John Ettorre
@workinwithwords
Emmy-winning writer, editor & writing coach. Member American Society of Journalists & Authors. Forgive my periodic Cleveland sports rants. Pronoun: Your Majesty
Slightly belated happy 92nd bday to my pal Roldo Bartimole. Chicago Tribune once called him "the conscience of Cleveland" & Pulitzer-winner David Cay Johnston dubbed him "Cleveland's I.F. Stone clone." But for half my life he's been a constant source of stimulating conversation.

Trump whose business claim to fame is six bankruptcies hands piece of paper to a guy running our money supply who instantly sees that Trump doesn't know what he's talking about.
This could literally pass as a scene straight from The Office
This is what a $12 sandwich at Jimmy John’s now looks like, it’s almost all bread For reference, in 2016 a standard 8 in sub was $5.50. Their “Giant Sub” only cost $6.50-$7.50 Jimmy John’s was bought by private equity in 2016, now you pay more than double the price for way less
Remember when you dumb gullible motherfuckers thought you were going to get $5000 doge checks
The White House posted this photo with some bullshit they thought was inspiring. But I actually find the photo a fitting metaphor: America, depicted as the dying Roman Empire. The collapse of our once great nation— our flag in tatters, and a narcissistic, sociopathic Nero Trump
Trump on the U.S. dollar’s nearly 11% fall, the biggest six-month drop in 52 years: “A weak dollar makes you a hell of a lot more money…I don't lose sleep over it. In fact, sometimes I go to sleep very happy.” What a F moron
Trump in Scotland: I say two things to Europe. Stop the windmills. I really mean it. It's so sad. You fly over and you see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds🤡
Well, it would if they saved a little money and started investing.
Stock markets going up doesn't mean anything good is happening for the working class.
Oh my… Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just corrected Trump’s math on national television, live, and called out his disinformation.
Good Christ. Do watch it all. Our tweet of the day.
Holy shit! Jerome Powell just showed more courage than the entire White House press corps combined. Trump, who NEVER gets any pushback from the press when he lies, just got publicly spanked by someone who is not taking any of his bullshit — Jerome Powell.
Huh? The state capital doesn't think about two of the state's major cities?
The difference between Columbus people and CLE/Cincinnati people is that Columbus don’t think about CLE/Cincinnati. What’s with all of the player hating on the recent Columbus boom? Why do you care?
Good luck with that.
#Browns Myles Garrett on his expectations!!!
With this silliness, he seems to have gone full MAGA. Pretending that all this baloney somehow puts Obama in the crosshairs. How the mighty have fallen.
A brief 🧵 on the new report released by @DNIGabbard today, which conclusively blows up core Russiagate myths: racket.news/p/in-brutal-do…
Uh, no. No one has the inalienable right to services from health professionals, who must be paid for their labor.
Healthcare isn't a perk. It's not a bonus. It's not up for debate. Healthcare is a human right.
Universal Basic Income is a great idea according to anyone who doesn't understand basic economics and human nature.
When you think about it, Universal Basic Income is inevitable.
Just go away, you raving moron.
I’m still not over the COVID tyranny and I never will be. Our government turned communist and half our people turned into sheep.
I have a rare mental disorder that causes me to believe rational arguments and accurate data will cause people to change their mind.
No shit, Sherlock. Can we stop pretending this is some kind of revelation?
BREAKING WSJ: Kash Patel has told multiple people in the administration that Donald Trump appears in the Epstein Files WOW.
Just one more reason to hate the Ravens.
Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh delivered a masterful response to a nasty reporter when asked why he met with Trump: “Why do you frame that question [like that]? … It was amazing—it was awesome. And I promise you, I root for our President. I want our President to be…