Kevin Ellis
@kevinellis52.bsky.social
Recovering newspaper reporter, podcast host exploring and writing about what lies beneath our politics and culture. Vermonter from NJ. Kevinkellis52.substack.com
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Why are there so many empty seats at the French Open?
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Why are there so many empty seats at the French Open?
Education reform and the mayor of Burlington on my VT Viewpoint radio show at 9 am. Join me. @wdevradio.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Education reform and the mayor of Burlington on my VT Viewpoint radio show at 9 am. Join me. @wdevradio.bsky.social
Judge Bill Sessions of Vermont for the win. Get ready for The NY Times to ask “Who is William Sessions.” Vermonters could tell you just by going to the grocery store in Middlebury.
May 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Judge Bill Sessions of Vermont for the win. Get ready for The NY Times to ask “Who is William Sessions.” Vermonters could tell you just by going to the grocery store in Middlebury.
With Pakistan and India facing off, play time is over for Trump and Rubio.
May 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
With Pakistan and India facing off, play time is over for Trump and Rubio.
The @nytimes.com won the Pulitzer for its series on nuclear weapons. It is the least written about but most important issue. Check out my friend Ward Wilson’s writing on the same.
May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The @nytimes.com won the Pulitzer for its series on nuclear weapons. It is the least written about but most important issue. Check out my friend Ward Wilson’s writing on the same.
Hey @npr.org if you want to get the word out about the Trump proposal to defund you, make it easier for radio/podcast hosts to find you and invite you on the show.
May 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hey @npr.org if you want to get the word out about the Trump proposal to defund you, make it easier for radio/podcast hosts to find you and invite you on the show.
Tune into VT Viewpoint tomorrow at 9. I’ve got the ACLU lawyers arguing the kidnapping case against ICE in VT. And we will talk with the VT Secretary of State about the same. Join me.
@wdevradio.bsky.social
@wdevradio.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tune into VT Viewpoint tomorrow at 9. I’ve got the ACLU lawyers arguing the kidnapping case against ICE in VT. And we will talk with the VT Secretary of State about the same. Join me.
@wdevradio.bsky.social
@wdevradio.bsky.social
So often it’s the private jets and the hubris that brings them down.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Kash Patel Embraces the Limelight, Unlike Recent F.B.I. Directors
Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past, as his predecessors typically did the job with little fanfare.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So often it’s the private jets and the hubris that brings them down.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
I had UConn assistant coach Morgan Valley on my radio show this morning to discuss the title run. Fantastic. I’ll drop the podcast episode when I have it.
April 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I had UConn assistant coach Morgan Valley on my radio show this morning to discuss the title run. Fantastic. I’ll drop the podcast episode when I have it.
Never have I witnessed the imposition of a national sales tax by fiat with money going to pay for a tax cut for the rich. And Democrats still playing 1980s game.
April 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Never have I witnessed the imposition of a national sales tax by fiat with money going to pay for a tax cut for the rich. And Democrats still playing 1980s game.
I’m still monitoring Twitter. But nothing going on there. So I’m here.
April 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m still monitoring Twitter. But nothing going on there. So I’m here.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/a... read Zephyr Teachout. And then read Abundance. Then come on my Conflict of Interest podcast to discuss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
An Abundance of Ambiguity | Washington Monthly
Klein and Thompson argue that a world of plenty awaits us if we reform zoning and environmental laws but that can’t be the whole plan, right?
washingtonmonthly.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/a... read Zephyr Teachout. And then read Abundance. Then come on my Conflict of Interest podcast to discuss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Join me on my VT Viewpoint show tomorrow for a talk with former Pat Leahy Chief of Staff Luke Albee on Schumer shut down vote and Democrats strategy. Luke comes on at 10 am. Join us. @wdevradio.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Join me on my VT Viewpoint show tomorrow for a talk with former Pat Leahy Chief of Staff Luke Albee on Schumer shut down vote and Democrats strategy. Luke comes on at 10 am. Join us. @wdevradio.bsky.social
It turns out that everything @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social said about Sheryl Sandberg and Zuck was true. Running to get Sarah Wynn-Williams new book now and inviting her on my Conflict of Interest pod.
March 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It turns out that everything @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social said about Sheryl Sandberg and Zuck was true. Running to get Sarah Wynn-Williams new book now and inviting her on my Conflict of Interest pod.
Sorry to take you back to Jan. 6. But it’s important. Journalist Mark Bowden did the work for his book and I discuss it with him on the pod!!!
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What Really Happened on Jan. 6?
Podcast Episode · Conflict of Interest · 03/13/2025 · 37m
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March 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sorry to take you back to Jan. 6. But it’s important. Journalist Mark Bowden did the work for his book and I discuss it with him on the pod!!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Defending and explaining federal employees.
March 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Defending and explaining federal employees.
The host asked anyone who works for the federal government to stand up. Look what happened.
March 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The host asked anyone who works for the federal government to stand up. Look what happened.
Place is packed thanks to politics and prose.
March 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Place is packed thanks to politics and prose.
Here is DC talking about this book. Michael Lewis, Davis Shipley, casey cep.
March 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here is DC talking about this book. Michael Lewis, Davis Shipley, casey cep.
Yup
No one seems willing to think about how getting nuclear weapons creates a pretext for attack against those weapons. If UKR had kept its nukes - aimed mostly at us, btw - the Russians would have attacked them many years ago.
Iran has played this game of "almost, but not quite" very cleverly.
Iran has played this game of "almost, but not quite" very cleverly.
March 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yup
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... my latest pod episode with filmmaker Alex Gibney.
Alex Gibney has some Optimism
Podcast Episode · Conflict of Interest · 03/07/2025 · 41m
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March 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... my latest pod episode with filmmaker Alex Gibney.