Joshua Starnes
@jstarnes.bsky.social
Film critic for Vital Thrills, former president of Houston Film Critics Society. Writer / publisher, Currently THE BOX for
Red 5 Comics, KULIPARI for Netflix. President of AMP Comics.
Red 5 Comics, KULIPARI for Netflix. President of AMP Comics.
The problem here and with Morris’ piece is the risk of replaying 2020-24 over again. The countries’ natural reaction to Trump does not mean they don’t want the reform the senate worked on in 23-34.
"I spent much of 2025 pointing out that political pundits were misreading immigration and effectively ceding ground to Trump. This argument was controversial when I started making it. Now it is undeniable," writes @gelliottmorris.com. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
Trump has made ICE a 70-30 issue — for Democrats
By using brutal force in public, ICE has given Democrats a chance to change how voters think about immigration policy. Will they take it?
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The problem here and with Morris’ piece is the risk of replaying 2020-24 over again. The countries’ natural reaction to Trump does not mean they don’t want the reform the senate worked on in 23-34.
I’m so excited for the first FCBD offering from Amp Comics, our continuation of the 80s staple Greatest American Hero, with a fantastic cover by David Mack! I can’t wait for people to be able to see this.
January 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I’m so excited for the first FCBD offering from Amp Comics, our continuation of the 80s staple Greatest American Hero, with a fantastic cover by David Mack! I can’t wait for people to be able to see this.
At the comedy show.
January 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
At the comedy show.
I would rather not cut off Medicaid or SS funding or FDA inspection just because the WH sucks.
Funding the government is treason at this point
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I would rather not cut off Medicaid or SS funding or FDA inspection just because the WH sucks.
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Saw something similar (on a much smaller scale) last night in SF. A Nurse and Rabbi excellent speakers. DSA rep was cravenly trying to get signups and attacking Mayor Lurie. Not to mention being an arsonist returning to the ash pile of their efforts.
It’s the iron law of protests: the protests are good, most leaders are bad. Tonight’s leaders spent considerably more time denouncing Frey and Walz than Republicans, although to their credit, several of the speakers were laser focused on Trump, ICE, this admin, etc. That itself is significant.
The protest leaders are screaming denunciations at… Tim Walz
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Saw something similar (on a much smaller scale) last night in SF. A Nurse and Rabbi excellent speakers. DSA rep was cravenly trying to get signups and attacking Mayor Lurie. Not to mention being an arsonist returning to the ash pile of their efforts.
Maybe no one will want Greenland anymore after this
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Maybe no one will want Greenland anymore after this
There needs to be a bunch of investigations of ICE in the next admin and people need to go to jail.
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There needs to be a bunch of investigations of ICE in the next admin and people need to go to jail.
Do we?
Hakeem Jeffries talking in inarticulate circles on the Last Word tonight clearly demonstrates the need for new Dem leadership. We have the bench strength in the party to do so much better. We need strong messaging, a compelling plan and leaders able to inspire.
January 7, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Do we?
That would make it less likely for impeachment to actually happen.
Performative resistance will not help us.
Performative resistance will not help us.
File impeachment TODAY
File impeachment TOMORROW
File it every day until it succeeds
File impeachment TOMORROW
File it every day until it succeeds
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 AM
That would make it less likely for impeachment to actually happen.
Performative resistance will not help us.
Performative resistance will not help us.
It was sadly clear a year ago this is what was going to happen. A lot of people said we were being dramatic.
we can’t make this website happen if people can’t stop being so goddamn unpleasant and mean
if we want to win a better world we do actually have to exemplify better
if we want to win a better world we do actually have to exemplify better
that's a lot of power users gone because of dogpiling. christ
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
It was sadly clear a year ago this is what was going to happen. A lot of people said we were being dramatic.
I don’t know, voters in exit polls said pretty clearly they didn’t care about dangers to democracy only price.
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I don’t know, voters in exit polls said pretty clearly they didn’t care about dangers to democracy only price.
A lot of leftist taking Trump’s brazenly illegal invasion of Venezuela as the perfect time to reiterate their attacks against Kamala Harris. Which tells you all you need to know about the left and their true goals.
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A lot of leftist taking Trump’s brazenly illegal invasion of Venezuela as the perfect time to reiterate their attacks against Kamala Harris. Which tells you all you need to know about the left and their true goals.
People who think like this are a big part of the problem and actively support people like Trump who benefit from apathy.
I think it’s time for us as US citizens to take action into our own hands and accept that majority of these politicians are not our saviors. Regardless of their political party.
Democracy is dead and no one is coming to save us. When the fuck are we going to save ourselves?
Democracy is dead and no one is coming to save us. When the fuck are we going to save ourselves?
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
People who think like this are a big part of the problem and actively support people like Trump who benefit from apathy.
So obviously all the bluster about Iraq being a mistake was just about not stealing their oil while we were there.
January 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
So obviously all the bluster about Iraq being a mistake was just about not stealing their oil while we were there.
I usually don’t get too crazy over impeachment talk because it’s more about posture than reality.
But if the Dems do take the House in 26 they really do have to file Articles over Venezuela.
But if the Dems do take the House in 26 they really do have to file Articles over Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I usually don’t get too crazy over impeachment talk because it’s more about posture than reality.
But if the Dems do take the House in 26 they really do have to file Articles over Venezuela.
But if the Dems do take the House in 26 they really do have to file Articles over Venezuela.
I’ve tried real hard with Letters From An American but every time I read it, it sounds like someone took the days Discover tab from Bluesky and feed it into ChatGPT.
It totally unrelated news I will be launching my politics Substack next week.
It totally unrelated news I will be launching my politics Substack next week.
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I’ve tried real hard with Letters From An American but every time I read it, it sounds like someone took the days Discover tab from Bluesky and feed it into ChatGPT.
It totally unrelated news I will be launching my politics Substack next week.
It totally unrelated news I will be launching my politics Substack next week.
No.
imagine giving backshots on the Don Callis bed 😂😂😂 #AEW #wrestlesky 🤼♂️
Last year I made a Hangman Page throw for my fiancee as a Christmas present, of him sitting in front of Swerve's burning house
This year, I may have gone waaayyyyy too far 😬
🤼♂️
This year, I may have gone waaayyyyy too far 😬
🤼♂️
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
No.
In general I make it a rule to never look at someone’s list of best films of the year and say ‘man what are you thinking?’ because I think your list is your list.
But sometimes you guys make it really hard.
But sometimes you guys make it really hard.
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
In general I make it a rule to never look at someone’s list of best films of the year and say ‘man what are you thinking?’ because I think your list is your list.
But sometimes you guys make it really hard.
But sometimes you guys make it really hard.
Bari Weiss and her ilk remind me of a number of people I have worked with who’s only real skill was selling themselves.
Very funny part of this bogus lawsuit is Taibbi saying that Bari Weiss was a much more successful grifter than he was
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Bari Weiss and her ilk remind me of a number of people I have worked with who’s only real skill was selling themselves.
Just me reposting my review of Marty Supreme with it opening wide tomorrow:
www.vitalthrills.com/marty-suprem...
www.vitalthrills.com/marty-suprem...
Marty Supreme Review
Marty Supreme is electrifying from its first moment as Chalamet stomps across every threshold, demanding all eyes on him.
www.vitalthrills.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just me reposting my review of Marty Supreme with it opening wide tomorrow:
www.vitalthrills.com/marty-suprem...
www.vitalthrills.com/marty-suprem...
Is there a word for a dyed in the wool, blue no matter who voter who hates all liberal media from Vox to Pod Save to Letters from an American.
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Is there a word for a dyed in the wool, blue no matter who voter who hates all liberal media from Vox to Pod Save to Letters from an American.
Considering the genie bottle is open the move is for the FCC to investigate CBS and DOJ to open Paramount antitrust case under next Dem president, not because it can win but to enforce to business there is cost to partisan favoritism and enforce balance.
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Considering the genie bottle is open the move is for the FCC to investigate CBS and DOJ to open Paramount antitrust case under next Dem president, not because it can win but to enforce to business there is cost to partisan favoritism and enforce balance.
What’s really funny about the Bluesky Nate Silver hate, besides the problem with inability to handle critique, is how much everyone will be glued to his poll averages next year and in 28.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What’s really funny about the Bluesky Nate Silver hate, besides the problem with inability to handle critique, is how much everyone will be glued to his poll averages next year and in 28.
When I was a child I thought as a child and spoke as a child and loved Transformers more than anything.
Then I became a man and put away childish things and realized GI Joe was actually the best all along.
Then I became a man and put away childish things and realized GI Joe was actually the best all along.
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
When I was a child I thought as a child and spoke as a child and loved Transformers more than anything.
Then I became a man and put away childish things and realized GI Joe was actually the best all along.
Then I became a man and put away childish things and realized GI Joe was actually the best all along.
The Bluesky experience in a single post.
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Bluesky experience in a single post.