Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
@joshuaeakle.com
Once on the right, now Liberal. Fighting for a free and open society with @ProjectLiberal.org. Husband and father. Views are my own.
ICE is out of control.
This week, ICE shot a canister of pepper spray directly into a family’s car — hitting a 1-year-old baby.
The family was shopping at Sam’s Club when the agents drove by and sprayed the chemical agent into the car with two young children inside.
Abhorrent.
This week, ICE shot a canister of pepper spray directly into a family’s car — hitting a 1-year-old baby.
The family was shopping at Sam’s Club when the agents drove by and sprayed the chemical agent into the car with two young children inside.
Abhorrent.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ICE is out of control.
This week, ICE shot a canister of pepper spray directly into a family’s car — hitting a 1-year-old baby.
The family was shopping at Sam’s Club when the agents drove by and sprayed the chemical agent into the car with two young children inside.
Abhorrent.
This week, ICE shot a canister of pepper spray directly into a family’s car — hitting a 1-year-old baby.
The family was shopping at Sam’s Club when the agents drove by and sprayed the chemical agent into the car with two young children inside.
Abhorrent.
Trump may tell Americans — even his own supporters — that they won’t pay the tariffs.
But at the same time, his own lawyers are arguing before the Supreme Court that American businesses and consumers pay the tariffs.
Listen for yourself.
But at the same time, his own lawyers are arguing before the Supreme Court that American businesses and consumers pay the tariffs.
Listen for yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump may tell Americans — even his own supporters — that they won’t pay the tariffs.
But at the same time, his own lawyers are arguing before the Supreme Court that American businesses and consumers pay the tariffs.
Listen for yourself.
But at the same time, his own lawyers are arguing before the Supreme Court that American businesses and consumers pay the tariffs.
Listen for yourself.
MAGA is losing its mind over Mamdani and imaginary “sharia law” and “Islamic radicalism” — while actually pushing to take away women’s right to vote, arrest women for miscarriages, ban LGBTQ “ideology,” and fuse church and state.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
MAGA is losing its mind over Mamdani and imaginary “sharia law” and “Islamic radicalism” — while actually pushing to take away women’s right to vote, arrest women for miscarriages, ban LGBTQ “ideology,” and fuse church and state.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
Mamdani: "My message to ICE Agents... is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law.
If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
We need to see this same energy from Mayors and Governors across the country.
If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
We need to see this same energy from Mayors and Governors across the country.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Mamdani: "My message to ICE Agents... is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law.
If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
We need to see this same energy from Mayors and Governors across the country.
If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."
We need to see this same energy from Mayors and Governors across the country.
The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
The Democrats are on track for Reagan-’84 margins in the next election.
That's because, without a doubt, Trump will take no lessons from last night.
He won’t change a thing.
The decline will deepen, the suffering will get worse, and the GOP will rightfully take all the blame.
That's because, without a doubt, Trump will take no lessons from last night.
He won’t change a thing.
The decline will deepen, the suffering will get worse, and the GOP will rightfully take all the blame.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Democrats are on track for Reagan-’84 margins in the next election.
That's because, without a doubt, Trump will take no lessons from last night.
He won’t change a thing.
The decline will deepen, the suffering will get worse, and the GOP will rightfully take all the blame.
That's because, without a doubt, Trump will take no lessons from last night.
He won’t change a thing.
The decline will deepen, the suffering will get worse, and the GOP will rightfully take all the blame.
I’ve spent two years warning about the danger of a second Trump term.
At this point, I hardly feel the need to say anything.
Every day provides indisputable proof of Trump's corruption, lawlessness, and contempt for the Constitution.
Even MAGA diehards are starting to wake up.
At this point, I hardly feel the need to say anything.
Every day provides indisputable proof of Trump's corruption, lawlessness, and contempt for the Constitution.
Even MAGA diehards are starting to wake up.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’ve spent two years warning about the danger of a second Trump term.
At this point, I hardly feel the need to say anything.
Every day provides indisputable proof of Trump's corruption, lawlessness, and contempt for the Constitution.
Even MAGA diehards are starting to wake up.
At this point, I hardly feel the need to say anything.
Every day provides indisputable proof of Trump's corruption, lawlessness, and contempt for the Constitution.
Even MAGA diehards are starting to wake up.
Reposted by Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽
The last week has proved this incredibly accurate.
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The last week has proved this incredibly accurate.
Reposted by Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
Trump was a fascist in his first term, in the sense that he was ideologically fascist and wanted to rule as such. But he was constrained in ways that made it possible to overlook. Since Jan 6, and especially since the start of his new term, those constraints are gone.
I used to mock people who called Trump a “fascist” during his first term.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump was a fascist in his first term, in the sense that he was ideologically fascist and wanted to rule as such. But he was constrained in ways that made it possible to overlook. Since Jan 6, and especially since the start of his new term, those constraints are gone.
I used to mock people who called Trump a “fascist” during his first term.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I used to mock people who called Trump a “fascist” during his first term.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
Leaders who value human dignity & freedom have a rarw opportunity to build new alliances & spark a cultural renaissance rooted in true liberalism.
But to seize this moment, we must first understand who stands with us—& who does not.
My latest at @theunpopulist.net
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
But to seize this moment, we must first understand who stands with us—& who does not.
My latest at @theunpopulist.net
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Liberalism Is a Bold Force That Ends Corrupt, Oppressive, and Arbitrary Hierarchies
It doesn't defend the status quo, it upends it
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Leaders who value human dignity & freedom have a rarw opportunity to build new alliances & spark a cultural renaissance rooted in true liberalism.
But to seize this moment, we must first understand who stands with us—& who does not.
My latest at @theunpopulist.net
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
But to seize this moment, we must first understand who stands with us—& who does not.
My latest at @theunpopulist.net
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Reposted by Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
"Authoritarianism is an instinct, a yearning for control, for hierarchy. ... It manifests in different costumes, but it always tells the same story: trust the strongman, fear the outsider, silence the dissenter."
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
Liberalism Is a Bold Force That Ends Corrupt, Oppressive, and Arbitrary Hierarchies
It doesn't defend the status quo, it upends it
www.theunpopulist.net
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Authoritarianism is an instinct, a yearning for control, for hierarchy. ... It manifests in different costumes, but it always tells the same story: trust the strongman, fear the outsider, silence the dissenter."
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
from @joshuaeakle.com's superb pro-liberalism manifesto in @theunpopulist.net 🗽🗽🗽
Bannon: “Trump will be president in 2028 and get a third term. People oughta get accommodated with that.”
They're telling you in plain language what they intend to do.
If you don't take this seriously now, your kids will never forgive you.
They're telling you in plain language what they intend to do.
If you don't take this seriously now, your kids will never forgive you.
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Bannon: “Trump will be president in 2028 and get a third term. People oughta get accommodated with that.”
They're telling you in plain language what they intend to do.
If you don't take this seriously now, your kids will never forgive you.
They're telling you in plain language what they intend to do.
If you don't take this seriously now, your kids will never forgive you.
Symbols matter.
No matter the cost, demolishing the ballroom has to be the #1 priority of the next administration.
Swearing in on January 20.
Public demolition on January 21.
No matter the cost, demolishing the ballroom has to be the #1 priority of the next administration.
Swearing in on January 20.
Public demolition on January 21.
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Symbols matter.
No matter the cost, demolishing the ballroom has to be the #1 priority of the next administration.
Swearing in on January 20.
Public demolition on January 21.
No matter the cost, demolishing the ballroom has to be the #1 priority of the next administration.
Swearing in on January 20.
Public demolition on January 21.
All of the momentum is moving against Trump.
All of it. Left, right, and center.
The institutions, candidates, and thought leaders who recognize this and act on it now will be rewarded greatly in time.
All of it. Left, right, and center.
The institutions, candidates, and thought leaders who recognize this and act on it now will be rewarded greatly in time.
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
All of the momentum is moving against Trump.
All of it. Left, right, and center.
The institutions, candidates, and thought leaders who recognize this and act on it now will be rewarded greatly in time.
All of it. Left, right, and center.
The institutions, candidates, and thought leaders who recognize this and act on it now will be rewarded greatly in time.
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
Just so you know.
If Trump can tear down the entire East Wing with no oversight or restrictions, he can do the same to the entire White House.
If Trump can tear down the entire East Wing with no oversight or restrictions, he can do the same to the entire White House.
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just so you know.
If Trump can tear down the entire East Wing with no oversight or restrictions, he can do the same to the entire White House.
If Trump can tear down the entire East Wing with no oversight or restrictions, he can do the same to the entire White House.
The MAGA worldview in a nutshell.
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The MAGA worldview in a nutshell.
If tearing down Confederate Statues is erasing history, what do you call tearing down the White House?
Spotted at the East Wing of the White House over the past couple hours.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If tearing down Confederate Statues is erasing history, what do you call tearing down the White House?
Spotted at the East Wing of the White House over the past couple hours.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Spotted at the East Wing of the White House over the past couple hours.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
Trump is literally tearing down the People's House.
Reposted by Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽
The American people have made their voices heard today. Trump and the Republicans have never looked smaller. Their lies about these protests have completely discredited them and backfired. They miscalculated. Badly.
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The American people have made their voices heard today. Trump and the Republicans have never looked smaller. Their lies about these protests have completely discredited them and backfired. They miscalculated. Badly.
Over 10,000 people showed up to protest in Tim Burchett's district today.
This is how he responds.
This is how he responds.
October 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Over 10,000 people showed up to protest in Tim Burchett's district today.
This is how he responds.
This is how he responds.