Jeremy Press
@jeremypress.bsky.social
Chicagoan, swimmer, lover of long walks on the beach and off short piers.
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Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
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1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull
interviewer: incredible
interviewer: incredible
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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I would like to see a debate on this topic between Durbin and literally anyone who knows WTF they are talking about.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I would like to see a debate on this topic between Durbin and literally anyone who knows WTF they are talking about.
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I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
This is perfect. I love it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is perfect. I love it.
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For the rare jobs that do exist, faculty get to vote on who to hire. Many have an unofficial “no assholes” rule, which makes the working environment so much more pleasant for everyone. If you’re a grievance-obsessed weirdo, and there are 10 equally-qualified normal people, the decision is easier.
I have so much empathy and solidarity for those struggling with the painful and structurally unjust academic labor market, but this racial grievance shit is simply not the way.
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For the rare jobs that do exist, faculty get to vote on who to hire. Many have an unofficial “no assholes” rule, which makes the working environment so much more pleasant for everyone. If you’re a grievance-obsessed weirdo, and there are 10 equally-qualified normal people, the decision is easier.
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Their very obvious claim is that it’s racist discrimination to *have a policy to address racial disparities* but it’s fine to have a system that simply creates massive racial disparities. The correction attempt is the outrage. Not the disparities. Because they are white supremacists.
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Their very obvious claim is that it’s racist discrimination to *have a policy to address racial disparities* but it’s fine to have a system that simply creates massive racial disparities. The correction attempt is the outrage. Not the disparities. Because they are white supremacists.
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Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
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Agree, but I also think it's reasonable that appeals to the law are often heard as calls to the manager given the recent orientation of Democratic politics. The burden on all of us (which Jamal understands) is to explain simultaneously how to remake our institutions so that law actually matters.
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Agree, but I also think it's reasonable that appeals to the law are often heard as calls to the manager given the recent orientation of Democratic politics. The burden on all of us (which Jamal understands) is to explain simultaneously how to remake our institutions so that law actually matters.
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The energy Chicago has for CTU would be better directed to the FOP but lemme be quiet
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The energy Chicago has for CTU would be better directed to the FOP but lemme be quiet
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In that column, Brooks wrote:
"I know a thing or two about the American elite, [whom I've criticized as] insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase 'the Epstein class' is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible."
"I know a thing or two about the American elite, [whom I've criticized as] insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase 'the Epstein class' is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible."
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In that column, Brooks wrote:
"I know a thing or two about the American elite, [whom I've criticized as] insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase 'the Epstein class' is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible."
"I know a thing or two about the American elite, [whom I've criticized as] insular, self-indulgent and smug. But the phrase 'the Epstein class' is inaccurate, unfair and irresponsible."
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Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62l...
Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
Not so fast, David Brooks.
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Having a newborn in a Republican-controlled state has got to be terrifying right now. And because viruses don't care about state borders it'll probably be an issue everywhere soon enough.
Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Having a newborn in a Republican-controlled state has got to be terrifying right now. And because viruses don't care about state borders it'll probably be an issue everywhere soon enough.
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
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The first person Chris Rufo hired as an assistant when he made the big time in 2021 was a guy who believed the greatest threat America faced was “gay race communism,” so Chris can miss me with his guy in the hot dog costume routine.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The first person Chris Rufo hired as an assistant when he made the big time in 2021 was a guy who believed the greatest threat America faced was “gay race communism,” so Chris can miss me with his guy in the hot dog costume routine.
This guy belongs nowhere near a federal bench. Jesus Christ almighty.
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This guy belongs nowhere near a federal bench. Jesus Christ almighty.
My life savings for a mayor who can do fucking ANYTHING about the fascist CPD.
In Chicago, a man on Facebook Live was following the Border Patrol north on Lake Shore Drive. At the end of the drive, a bunch of city cop cars cut off the man who was following and live-streaming Border Patrol.
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My life savings for a mayor who can do fucking ANYTHING about the fascist CPD.
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In Chicago, a man on Facebook Live was following the Border Patrol north on Lake Shore Drive. At the end of the drive, a bunch of city cop cars cut off the man who was following and live-streaming Border Patrol.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In Chicago, a man on Facebook Live was following the Border Patrol north on Lake Shore Drive. At the end of the drive, a bunch of city cop cars cut off the man who was following and live-streaming Border Patrol.