Jeff Avny
@jeffavny.bsky.social
Expect the worst from people and you’ll never be disappointed.
Chicagoland real estate attorney. Sportsball fan.
Chicagoland real estate attorney. Sportsball fan.
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See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
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Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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He doesn't have the motor skills to flip a coin
This is just so weird. Who tosses a coin like that? Typically presidents practice before doing the first pitch for baseball. Does this mean no one was willing to practice a coin toss with him?
I’ve been holding that in, but I just had to get it out. Like, WTF? Whatever this means, it isn’t good.
I’ve been holding that in, but I just had to get it out. Like, WTF? Whatever this means, it isn’t good.
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
He doesn't have the motor skills to flip a coin
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Cowardice from my alma matter - and tbh it’s pretty embarrassing to fold to Trump at this point; he’s wildly unpopular and politically toxic!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Cowardice from my alma matter - and tbh it’s pretty embarrassing to fold to Trump at this point; he’s wildly unpopular and politically toxic!
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"Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein" is a phrase that first appeared in newspapers in March 2011 and appeared regularly from that point onward. it is INCONCEIVABLE to me that this many people were still associating with him!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein" is a phrase that first appeared in newspapers in March 2011 and appeared regularly from that point onward. it is INCONCEIVABLE to me that this many people were still associating with him!!
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With all due respect, you're not going to get past "internal recriminations" unless and until the current congressional leadership steps aside.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
With all due respect, you're not going to get past "internal recriminations" unless and until the current congressional leadership steps aside.
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If you work for Rocket Money, I'd like to speak with you confidentially today. Please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you work for Rocket Money, I'd like to speak with you confidentially today. Please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47
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Fire Chief Dick Durbin, showing up at the four-alarm inferno with a coupon good for one (1) discounted glass of water, redeemable in three weeks.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fire Chief Dick Durbin, showing up at the four-alarm inferno with a coupon good for one (1) discounted glass of water, redeemable in three weeks.
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The president of the United States just announced via a social media post that the Supreme Court can’t rule his illegal tax policy is illegal because he can’t give the money he illegally took back because he already illegally spent it and they are going to agree with him
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The president of the United States just announced via a social media post that the Supreme Court can’t rule his illegal tax policy is illegal because he can’t give the money he illegally took back because he already illegally spent it and they are going to agree with him
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I really am tickled by the pageantry of these senators popping their monocles, dickies rolling up like window shades, at how there is bad stuff in the bill they are admitting by doing this they didn’t even bother to read before voting on.
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I really am tickled by the pageantry of these senators popping their monocles, dickies rolling up like window shades, at how there is bad stuff in the bill they are admitting by doing this they didn’t even bother to read before voting on.
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call in the troops to ... shop? staff the empty stores? bring in customers at gunpoint?
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
call in the troops to ... shop? staff the empty stores? bring in customers at gunpoint?
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Here we go again
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here we go again
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blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/f... They pepper-sprayed a one-year-old yesterday
Feds Pepper-Spray 1-Year-Old In Cicero, Use Tear Gas On Little Village Neighbors
Federal agents were shot at, according to the Department of Homeland Security, while legal observers said agents created a "dangerous and unsafe environment."
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/f... They pepper-sprayed a one-year-old yesterday
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BREAKING: President Obama Makes Veterans Day Surprise
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
BREAKING: President Obama Makes Veterans Day Surprise
Today is Veterans Day — a day when America pauses to honor the men and women who have worn the uniform of our nation, protecting our freedoms and defending our way of life.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: President Obama Makes Veterans Day Surprise
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
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I have a strong but uninformed sense this is actually really stupid. I should have paid better attention in Econ.
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have a strong but uninformed sense this is actually really stupid. I should have paid better attention in Econ.
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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I gotta say, even I am tired of the amount of politics were are forced to consume, and I do this for a living.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I gotta say, even I am tired of the amount of politics were are forced to consume, and I do this for a living.
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to be fair “what’s the point of standards” is the motto of the free press
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
to be fair “what’s the point of standards” is the motto of the free press
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage