Joel for Kentucky
@joelforkentucky.bsky.social
Kentucky born and raised
From Army and CIA to CEO
Running for Senate to fight like hell for everyday Kentuckians.
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From Army and CIA to CEO
Running for Senate to fight like hell for everyday Kentuckians.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jw_bs
Pinned
Tulsi Gabbard revoked my security clearance after learning I'm considering a Senate run.
Laura Loomer and right-wing trolls unleashed a wave of attacks. Then came death threats.
The Trump machine wants to shut me up. But I won't:
I'm running to be Kentucky's next senator.
Laura Loomer and right-wing trolls unleashed a wave of attacks. Then came death threats.
The Trump machine wants to shut me up. But I won't:
I'm running to be Kentucky's next senator.
Had a great time speaking with the Henderson County Democrats tonight. Kentucky is ready to turn the page on 42 years of Mitch McConnell.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Had a great time speaking with the Henderson County Democrats tonight. Kentucky is ready to turn the page on 42 years of Mitch McConnell.
Thanks to the @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social crew for having me!
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
LGM Podcast: Ditching Mitch in '26 with @joelforkentucky.bsky.social and @dhnexon.bsky.social www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/lgm-... @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social
LGM Podcast: Ditching Mitch in '26 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
On the latest LGM podcast Dan and I had the opportunity to interview Joel Willett, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s 2026 US Senate seat. We talked about: Joel’s donation page is ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thanks to the @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social crew for having me!
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Shared my convictions around maintaining a robust, non-partisan civil service and getting this government to try as hard for the working class as it does for the ultra wealthy .
Thanks for saying this, @velshi.com
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
Democracy is not a spectator sport www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Velshi: Democracy is not a spectator sport
Ali Velshi comments on last week’s vote results: “‘Democracy is not a spectator sport’… You can’t just watch from the sidelines, and expect democracy to succeed. You have to participate and work at it...
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks for saying this, @velshi.com
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
I’ve said it often when folks ask me why I’m running for the U.S. Senate. My generation of elder millennials has to get off the sidelines and in the game.
Went to bed mad. Woke up mad. Working families deserve so much better than what the ode 8 senators gave them last night.
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Call it what it is: a betrayal. I’m running for a U.S. Senate so working families in Kentucky aren’t invisible to this system any longer.
TikTok video by Joel for Kentucky
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November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Went to bed mad. Woke up mad. Working families deserve so much better than what the ode 8 senators gave them last night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8D4DqdM/
Call it what it is: A betrayal. Working families just last week showed up all over the country for democrats because they believed democrats were fighting for them. And tonight, 8 senators threw in the towel on that fight in exchange for empty promises
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Call it what it is: A betrayal. Working families just last week showed up all over the country for democrats because they believed democrats were fighting for them. And tonight, 8 senators threw in the towel on that fight in exchange for empty promises
Nothing says you’re looking out for working people like appealing a court order forcing you to feed the hungry.
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Trump administration asks for emergency pause on judge's order to fully fund SNAP — NBC News
The administration has said it cannot draw from money set aside for child nutrition programs, known as Section 32 funding, to pay for SNAP during the government shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nothing says you’re looking out for working people like appealing a court order forcing you to feed the hungry.
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“Wealth continues to accumulate at the top, leaving most of the population behind. Everywhere in history where fascism grows, it does so in the fertile fields of wealth inequality.”
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WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Wealth continues to accumulate at the top, leaving most of the population behind. Everywhere in history where fascism grows, it does so in the fertile fields of wealth inequality.”
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
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You can’t run as a democrat in red state pretending to be a republican…voters see through that…they don’t like it.
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WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You can’t run as a democrat in red state pretending to be a republican…voters see through that…they don’t like it.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
“There is no greater to our national security and national cohesion than the economic war being waged on working families…”
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
WCPT Candidate 820 Interview: Joel Willett - Chew's Views with Richard Chew
Richard Chew is joined by Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
omny.fm
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“There is no greater to our national security and national cohesion than the economic war being waged on working families…”
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
Thanks to Richard Chews and @chewsviews.bsky.social for having me this morning.
omny.fm/shows/chewsv...
Reposted by Joel for Kentucky
Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
This administration’s policies continue to fail working families across Kentucky and the country. Voters will hold it accountable. Last night’s election results were just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This administration’s policies continue to fail working families across Kentucky and the country. Voters will hold it accountable. Last night’s election results were just the beginning.
Congrats to my former CIA colleague Abigail Spanberger and to Mikie Sherrill on their election wins tonight - unmistakable victories for working families and those who want calm, steady leadership.
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Congrats to my former CIA colleague Abigail Spanberger and to Mikie Sherrill on their election wins tonight - unmistakable victories for working families and those who want calm, steady leadership.
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
And because some democrats have trouble saying it, congrats to New Yorkers and Zohran Mamdani!
My thoughts are with the families of the flight crew, airport workers, and our first responders who are working in dangerous conditions to protect the community.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My thoughts are with the families of the flight crew, airport workers, and our first responders who are working in dangerous conditions to protect the community.
It was great meeting with the Pulaski County Democratic Women’s club last night.
Fair warning: they invited me back to sing at their Christmas party. I expect demand for tickets to be roughly on par with the Eras tour .
Fair warning: they invited me back to sing at their Christmas party. I expect demand for tickets to be roughly on par with the Eras tour .
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It was great meeting with the Pulaski County Democratic Women’s club last night.
Fair warning: they invited me back to sing at their Christmas party. I expect demand for tickets to be roughly on par with the Eras tour .
Fair warning: they invited me back to sing at their Christmas party. I expect demand for tickets to be roughly on par with the Eras tour .
I’m running for the U.S. Senate with a simple message: the greatest threat to this country is the economic war being waged against working families. Costs are out of control and wealth continues to accumulate at the top. We chose the policies that created this, and we can choose differently.
Dems need to figure out how to have a message that cuts through the noise created by right-wing mainstream & social media. You could have the best policy proposals ever, but that’s simply not enough.
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m running for the U.S. Senate with a simple message: the greatest threat to this country is the economic war being waged against working families. Costs are out of control and wealth continues to accumulate at the top. We chose the policies that created this, and we can choose differently.
The same poll showed democrats with only a 2 point advantage on the generic ballot, down from an 11- point advantage at the same point in Trump’s first term.
We have to do a better job.
We have to do a better job.
🚨A new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows that on the economy — the issue that carried Trump back to the White House — only 37% of Americans approve of his performance, compared to 62% who disapprove. This is in line with other recent polls.
This is a very serious problem for Republicans.
This is a very serious problem for Republicans.
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The same poll showed democrats with only a 2 point advantage on the generic ballot, down from an 11- point advantage at the same point in Trump’s first term.
We have to do a better job.
We have to do a better job.
Martha Layne Collins was a trailblazing and enterprising Kentuckian. The first and only female governor of our Commonwealth, she brought Toyota to Kentucky and brought unprecedented economic growth to the state. Her commitment to her fellow Kentuckians was exemplified in her public service.
Martha Layne Collins, KY’s first woman governor & Toyota dealmaker, dies at 88
One of Collins’ biggest achievements in office was luring a Toyota plant to Georgetown, a move that created thousands of jobs in the region.
www.kentucky.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Martha Layne Collins was a trailblazing and enterprising Kentuckian. The first and only female governor of our Commonwealth, she brought Toyota to Kentucky and brought unprecedented economic growth to the state. Her commitment to her fellow Kentuckians was exemplified in her public service.
Joined the @findoutpodcast.bsky.social to discuss my campaign for US Senate and how our political system continues to leave working families behind.
We also got to important things like basketball and bourbon.
Check it out !
We also got to important things like basketball and bourbon.
Check it out !
Trump Tried to Silence Him — Now Joel Willet’s Running for Senate
YouTube video by The Find Out Podcast
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October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Joined the @findoutpodcast.bsky.social to discuss my campaign for US Senate and how our political system continues to leave working families behind.
We also got to important things like basketball and bourbon.
Check it out !
We also got to important things like basketball and bourbon.
Check it out !
I don’t think there can be any other conversation until we know exactly what Trump means by “testing.”
Three subcritical tests were conducted during his first term, deer god please let it be that.
Three subcritical tests were conducted during his first term, deer god please let it be that.
A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I don’t think there can be any other conversation until we know exactly what Trump means by “testing.”
Three subcritical tests were conducted during his first term, deer god please let it be that.
Three subcritical tests were conducted during his first term, deer god please let it be that.
Reposted by Joel for Kentucky
Powell: "Higher tariffs are pushing up prices in some categories of goods, resulting in higher overall inflation."
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Powell: "Higher tariffs are pushing up prices in some categories of goods, resulting in higher overall inflation."
Could have easily happened trying to change the font in MS Word.
I just almost deleted an entire chapter out of my novel trying to get a piece of lint off my laptop screen.
Touchscreens are the power to destroy. #amwriting
Touchscreens are the power to destroy. #amwriting
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Could have easily happened trying to change the font in MS Word.
My thoughts on A House of Dynamite.
“Nuclear deterrence depends not just on technology and procedure, but on wisdom, clear communication, and stable democratic institutions - much of which is in short supply in 2025 America. “
“Nuclear deterrence depends not just on technology and procedure, but on wisdom, clear communication, and stable democratic institutions - much of which is in short supply in 2025 America. “
A House of Dynamite: What happens when an ICBM is launched at the United States?
The film forces us to confront the system of nuclear deterrence and response rather than become distracted by a specific villain
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October 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My thoughts on A House of Dynamite.
“Nuclear deterrence depends not just on technology and procedure, but on wisdom, clear communication, and stable democratic institutions - much of which is in short supply in 2025 America. “
“Nuclear deterrence depends not just on technology and procedure, but on wisdom, clear communication, and stable democratic institutions - much of which is in short supply in 2025 America. “
NOBEL.PEACE.PRIZE.
Netanyahu orders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he had ordered
apple.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NOBEL.PEACE.PRIZE.
It’s because SNAP recipients didn’t collectively praise him like Milei did.
Let me get this straight: Trump found tens of billions of dollars to give to Argentina for a bailout during our government shutdown, but he couldn't find funding to keep SNAP program benefits going for 42 million hungry Americans past this Friday?
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s because SNAP recipients didn’t collectively praise him like Milei did.
I worked in the White House Situation Room and fortunately, most of the critical functions shown in the movie are performed by competent civil servants. Soon though, there won’t be enough left.
Watching nuclear war drama A House of Dynamite, and by far the most jarring aspect is that the US executive staff are portrayed as competent, sober adults.
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I worked in the White House Situation Room and fortunately, most of the critical functions shown in the movie are performed by competent civil servants. Soon though, there won’t be enough left.