Jerry Zremski
@jerryzremski.bsky.social
Klingenstein Family Endowed Chair in Journalism & director
@LNNMaryland @MerrillCollege @UofMaryland. Offering my take on politics at http://jerryzremski.substack.com.
@LNNMaryland @MerrillCollege @UofMaryland. Offering my take on politics at http://jerryzremski.substack.com.
Trump has pardoned more than enough people to fill the federal prisons at Leavenworth. He’s freed insurrectionists, drug traffickers, crypto creeps, scammers of all sorts and plenty of corrupt politicians. The bottom line message? Anything goes. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-turkey...
The turkeys Trump has pardoned, ranked
"Gobble" got a reprieve last month -- but it's the others who deserve to be roasted
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December 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Trump has pardoned more than enough people to fill the federal prisons at Leavenworth. He’s freed insurrectionists, drug traffickers, crypto creeps, scammers of all sorts and plenty of corrupt politicians. The bottom line message? Anything goes. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-turkey...
People kept asking me: “What do you think of this Olivia Nuzzi thing?” Well, I'm afraid it offers a troubling lesson about journalism in Washington: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/olivia-nuz...
Olivia Nuzzi and the trouble with Washington journalism's caste system
It promotes flash over substance -- and leaves heartland America behind
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November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
People kept asking me: “What do you think of this Olivia Nuzzi thing?” Well, I'm afraid it offers a troubling lesson about journalism in Washington: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/olivia-nuz...
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I had a spare hour today, so I figured I’d write a bonus thank-you post to all of you who’ve been reading my Substack — and to anyone else who realizes that we all have a lot to be thankful for here in the U.S. in 2025.
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Reasons to be thankful
Forget the daily drumbeat of bad news. This is a great time to be alive.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I had a spare hour today, so I figured I’d write a bonus thank-you post to all of you who’ve been reading my Substack — and to anyone else who realizes that we all have a lot to be thankful for here in the U.S. in 2025.
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People seem to think Congress forced President Trump to quickly release a complete version of the #EpsteinFiles. Think again. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-can-we...
How can we trust Trump's version of the Epstein files?
The administration is built on lawfare, lawlessness and lies. Cue the doubts about any documents it releases.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
People seem to think Congress forced President Trump to quickly release a complete version of the #EpsteinFiles. Think again. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-can-we...
Leave it to Democrats to spit on their own victory parade: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/why-cant-d...
Why can't Democrats get much of anything right?
A good Election Day can't mask the interwoven problems dragging the party down
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November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Leave it to Democrats to spit on their own victory parade: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/why-cant-d...
This Republican Congress is not meeting its constitutional obligations. Admittedly, though, lawmakers are meeting at least one constitutional obligation. They’re meeting their obligation to get paid.
The Republican Congress is on welfare
Our lawmakers are collecting paychecks -- but not doing the job the Constitution calls for
jerryzremski.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This Republican Congress is not meeting its constitutional obligations. Admittedly, though, lawmakers are meeting at least one constitutional obligation. They’re meeting their obligation to get paid.
I just couldn't help it. I had to weigh in on last night's election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/recriminat...
Recrimination Day special: A big blue night
Five takeaways from an election that saw Democrats beat expectations
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I just couldn't help it. I had to weigh in on last night's election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/recriminat...
I've been around a long time, so I think I'm qualified to try to answer the question: How did the world’s oldest and proudest democracy become a demagogue’s plaything without a functioning legislature? jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-bipart...
The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked
How the two parties, the three branches and the American people created our current chaos
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November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been around a long time, so I think I'm qualified to try to answer the question: How did the world’s oldest and proudest democracy become a demagogue’s plaything without a functioning legislature? jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-bipart...
My column Saturday will be headlined “The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked,” and it will detail, error by error and crass move by crass move, how we got to this point. I’ve seen it all in 36 years covering DC. Subscribe at jerryzremski.substack.com.
This Hard Land | Jerry Zremski | Substack
Coming in October: Regular takes on what matters in America, and music, and life, from a reporter who's spent a lifetime covering it all. Click to read This Hard Land, by Jerry Zremski, a Substack pub...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My column Saturday will be headlined “The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked,” and it will detail, error by error and crass move by crass move, how we got to this point. I’ve seen it all in 36 years covering DC. Subscribe at jerryzremski.substack.com.
I'm mostly going to write about politics on my new Substack, but I decided to start with something personal: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/bruce-spri...
Bruce Springsteen made me. Here's how.
His music gave me the courage to pair with my curiosity -- and it still does
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October 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm mostly going to write about politics on my new Substack, but I decided to start with something personal: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/bruce-spri...
I'm heading to Buffalo today to say goodbye to my colleagues at The Buffalo News. Meanwhile, I'm thinking: "He not busy being born is busy dying." jerryzremski.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to 'This Hard Land'
Analysis and opinion grounded in 36 years of Washington reporting experience
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'm heading to Buffalo today to say goodbye to my colleagues at The Buffalo News. Meanwhile, I'm thinking: "He not busy being born is busy dying." jerryzremski.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
I'm retiring from The Buffalo News, but I'll be writing a column of analysis and opinion on Substack. Please subscribe -- it's free! open.substack.com/pub/jerryzre...
Welcome to 'This Hard Land'
Analysis and opinion grounded in 36 years of Washington reporting experience
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm retiring from The Buffalo News, but I'll be writing a column of analysis and opinion on Substack. Please subscribe -- it's free! open.substack.com/pub/jerryzre...
So this is how I am saying goodbye, sort of... buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Jerry Zremski: Looking back on 42 years of reporting for The News – and looking ahead
News Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Zremski, after 42 years at The Buffalo News, leaves readers with a look behind the scenes at the most significant stories of a "blessed career."
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October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So this is how I am saying goodbye, sort of... buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Some personal news: I've had a great career @TheBuffaloNews, but now it's time for me to move on -- to focus on my important work @merrillcollege and work just one job. Thanks for reading -- and just so you know, I am not done writing yet.
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some personal news: I've had a great career @TheBuffaloNews, but now it's time for me to move on -- to focus on my important work @merrillcollege and work just one job. Thanks for reading -- and just so you know, I am not done writing yet.
It sure is nice to be referred to as “the excellent Jerry Zremski”: open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
'Partisan bickering' is a media frame that fails the public
The government shutdown is producing an all-too-familiar barrage of performative neutrality
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October 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It sure is nice to be referred to as “the excellent Jerry Zremski”: open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Sometimes people say: “I hear you’ve retired and gone into academia” — and I laugh. At @merrillcollege, I lead the Local News Network, where my students and I have produced seven major projects in the last three years. You can see our work here: cnsmaryland.org/local-news-n...
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sometimes people say: “I hear you’ve retired and gone into academia” — and I laugh. At @merrillcollege, I lead the Local News Network, where my students and I have produced seven major projects in the last three years. You can see our work here: cnsmaryland.org/local-news-n...
Some interesting stats from the Cato Institute:
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Some interesting stats from the Cato Institute:
So many killers are extremely online. There may be a connection.
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Jerry Zremski: After Charlie Kirk's murder, ask yourself: How much social media is too much?
The two sides of America's endless political debate blamed each other for the murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk – but social media may be the real culprit.
buffalonews.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
So many killers are extremely online. There may be a connection.
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There. He said it.
June 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
There. He said it.
There. He said it.
June 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
There. He said it.
President Trump's nominee to head the FAA "has been one of the most vocal and persistent advocates of rolling back and circumventing basic air safety standards,” @Schumer.Senate.gov said. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
'Incredibly dangerous': Schumer, Flight 3407 families lambaste Trump FAA nominee
President Trump's choice to head the Federal Aviation Administration is a longtime critic of a key Flight 3407 flight safety rule, and neither the Flight 3407 families nor Senate Minority Leader Charl...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
President Trump's nominee to head the FAA "has been one of the most vocal and persistent advocates of rolling back and circumventing basic air safety standards,” @Schumer.Senate.gov said. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
I covered John LaFalce for years, and since he left Congress, I had lunch with him on many of my long trips to Buffalo. I hope @buffaloscribe and I gave this good man his due here.
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John J. LaFalce, hard-working WNY congressman for nearly 3 decades, dies at 85
A close friend and political ally, former Erie County Legislature Chairman Leonard Lenihan, confirmed LaFalce's death.
buffalonews.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I covered John LaFalce for years, and since he left Congress, I had lunch with him on many of my long trips to Buffalo. I hope @buffaloscribe and I gave this good man his due here.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about #tariffs but were afraid to ask: buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Trump's tariffs: What they will mean to the world – and to you
Here are some questions and answers that try to make sense of an extraordinarily complex topic.
buffalonews.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know about #tariffs but were afraid to ask: buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
I beat the buzzer on tariffs!
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I beat the buzzer on tariffs!
For what it’s worth, in my many years as a journalist, sources have sent me important information using the Signal app — but never battle plans.
March 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For what it’s worth, in my many years as a journalist, sources have sent me important information using the Signal app — but never battle plans.