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Joseph Gerth

Louisville

Native Louisvillian. Columnist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Courier-Journal. Was once trolled by a preschool.

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  • Gerth: Thomas Massie is probably counting on Trump to chicken out (again) | Opinion

    3 days ago | courier-journal.com | Joseph Gerth

    GERTHWhile Donald Trump has lashed out at U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie in the past, he looks like he means it this time. Never before has he created a political action committee to target him. While I’m not sure what U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie will be running for in 2026 — whether he’ll be seeking reelection or trying for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat — I can’t wait.

  • Gerth: The Nia Center isn't being used for its intended purpose. Why save it? | Opinion

    5 days ago | courier-journal.com | Joseph Gerth

    GERTHMaybe tearing down the Nia Center and replacing it with apartments is the right idea because it appears the city gave up on the building’s intended use — a jobs and development incubator — a while agoThis was going to be a column in which I criticized the plan to sell the Nia Center to make way for affordable housing and to give Norton Hospital in Louisville’s Parkland neighborhood room to expand.

  • Gerth: Fighting kings and shows of military force reinforce American values | Opinion

    1 week ago | courier-journal.com | Joseph Gerth

    GERTHThousands of people in Louisville gathered for a peaceful protest our founders thought worthy of protection in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. While so many people in the nation were fixated on Washington, D.C., cosplaying as Pyongyang or Moscow, with soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets, I went to see America on Saturday. I found it in downtown Louisville where thousands of people came to do the most American thing anyone could ever do.

  • Gerth: It took White House picnic snub for Rand Paul to lose respect for Trump? | Opinion

    2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Joseph Gerth

    I swear, I didn’t know Sen. Rand Paul was such a cornhole fan. I mean he put up with Donald Trump being impeached twice, wasn’t worried at all about his felony convictions for using corporate money to pay off a porn star to help his presidential campaign, couldn’t care less when he drove wedges between us and our closest allies and made goo goo eyes at Vladimir Putin.

  • Gerth: It took White House picnic snub for Rand Paul to lose respect for Trump? | Opinion

    2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Joseph Gerth

    GERTHRand Paul put up with Trump being impeached twice and using corporate money to pay off a porn star, but he had to draw the line when he was uninvited to the White House Congressional Picnic. I swear, I didn’t know Sen. Rand Paul was such a cornhole fan.

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Joe Gerth
Joe Gerth @Joe_Gerth
15 Jun 25

Louisville. https://t.co/C6XqHj9tCB

Joe Gerth
Joe Gerth @Joe_Gerth
12 Jun 25

I’m working from our mobile newsroom at the Parkland Library today. Stop and say hello if you’re in the neighborhood. https://t.co/clejSZ7zjZ

Joe Gerth
Joe Gerth @Joe_Gerth
11 Jun 25

Tony gives no quarter when it comes to people exercising free speech. Too bad he doesn't have that same attitude when it comes to ethics laws.

Councilman Anthony Piagentini
Councilman Anthony Piagentini @CMPiagentini

So we are just letting criminals shut down streets again? Awesome. And the elites wonder why nobody wants to come downtown. If we don’t enforce the law, we don’t have a city anymore. https://t.co/UsndsVMA01