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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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
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Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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Democrats are complicit in authoritarianism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Democrats are complicit in authoritarianism.
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Oh no that’s terrible somebody do something
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Oh no that’s terrible somebody do something