Eyal Press
@epress.bsky.social
Contributing writer at The New Yorker, Puffin fellow at Type Media Center, author (Dirty Work, Beautiful Souls), long-suffering Bills fan.
Just imagine what might have happened if, on income inequality, free trade and a host of other economic issues, the Democratic Party had listened to Jesse Jackson instead of sidelining him. newrepublic.com/article/2066...
30 Years Later, It Looks Like Jesse Jackson Won the Economic Argument
The civil rights icon’s progressive ideas were sidelined during the centrist Clinton years, but they’re ascendant in the Democratic Party today.
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Just imagine what might have happened if, on income inequality, free trade and a host of other economic issues, the Democratic Party had listened to Jesse Jackson instead of sidelining him. newrepublic.com/article/2066...
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Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories | Rebecca Solnit
A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
Post material laced with Nazi and Confederate themes at the Department of Labor, get a promotion to do PR for Homeland Security. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Post material laced with Nazi and Confederate themes at the Department of Labor, get a promotion to do PR for Homeland Security. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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this is big: www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-dema...
Trump Demands Obama be Named After Him
The demand appeared in a flurry of late-night Truth Social posts.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
this is big: www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-dema...
Someone please explain to me how annihilating the planet is conservative. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Someone please explain to me how annihilating the planet is conservative. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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2017 poll: Nearly 50% of Americans don’t know Puerto Ricans are fellow citizens www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/u...
Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
2017 poll: Nearly 50% of Americans don’t know Puerto Ricans are fellow citizens www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/u...
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This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
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KALW interview I did today on American Carnage and on the state of politics in America right now.
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
The Authoritarian Playbook: "American Carnage" exposes DOGE's damage
In "American Carnage," The Nation’s Sasha Abramsky follows the stories of eleven of the over 300,000 federal workers who lost their jobs because of Trump, Musk, and DOGE.
www.kalw.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
KALW interview I did today on American Carnage and on the state of politics in America right now.
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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The federal government is just disappearing children.
These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The federal government is just disappearing children.
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We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
A diabetic on Social Security sent the DHS an email urging mercy for an asylum seeker — triggering an ‘administrative subpoena,’ which requires no approval from a judge or grand jury, and, soon thereafter, federal agents at his door. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
A diabetic on Social Security sent the DHS an email urging mercy for an asylum seeker — triggering an ‘administrative subpoena,’ which requires no approval from a judge or grand jury, and, soon thereafter, federal agents at his door. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
“Unusual.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
“Unusual.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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A cherished goal in at least half of the US political class at least since Reagan: cripple or dissolve the UN: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.N. secretary general says global body is at risk of fiscal collapse
The United States owes nearly $2.2 billion in overdue and current assessments for the regular U.N. operating budget.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 AM
A cherished goal in at least half of the US political class at least since Reagan: cripple or dissolve the UN: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Excellent piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Excellent piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good...
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good...
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good...
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good...
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.
No, they were fulfilling your quota obsession and following your command. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
No, they were fulfilling your quota obsession and following your command. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Hours after Alex Pretti was executed, Apple's Tim Cook went to the WH for the debut of the Melania 'documentary'
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
Aside From That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?
Let them eat popcorn...
spyglass.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Hours after Alex Pretti was executed, Apple's Tim Cook went to the WH for the debut of the Melania 'documentary'
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
His taste and his timing disgust me.
I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon.
spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...
Highly recommend this extraordinary essay on America under Trump by Adam Shatz, a brilliant meditation on a country he has tried to ‘love with sorrow’ even as Trump transforms it into a ‘fortress state’ at war with immigrants and domestic enemies. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Another Country
America is a ‘battlefield’, Simone de Beauvoir wrote, ‘and you can only become passionate about the battle it is...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Highly recommend this extraordinary essay on America under Trump by Adam Shatz, a brilliant meditation on a country he has tried to ‘love with sorrow’ even as Trump transforms it into a ‘fortress state’ at war with immigrants and domestic enemies. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
As Masha Gessen rightly notes, trying to make sense of the details can obscure the larger picture, which is clear: “state terror has arrived.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM
As Masha Gessen rightly notes, trying to make sense of the details can obscure the larger picture, which is clear: “state terror has arrived.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Kremlinesque
How revealing.
Border Patrol Union watched the video and this is their conclusion:
"We have full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat."
Border Patrol Union watched the video and this is their conclusion:
"We have full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat."
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Kremlinesque
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New, from me: Defenders of police abuses will sometimes talk about “bad apples” spoiling the barrel.
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
Past the breaking point
The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
New, from me: Defenders of police abuses will sometimes talk about “bad apples” spoiling the barrel.
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
genuinely stunning image
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end … a great American city is being invaded by its own federal government.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end … a great American city is being invaded by its own federal government.”