Jeremy Press
@jeremypress.bsky.social
Chicagoan, swimmer, lover of long walks on the beach and off short piers.
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
Fuck everything today, but especially this man.
Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor
Gov. Greg Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents...
www.kut.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
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Chuck Schumer currently in mid-air after the football was pulled away.
US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Chuck Schumer currently in mid-air after the football was pulled away.
Good thread
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good thread
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The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
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Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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The rewards are pouring in
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The rewards are pouring in
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Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov tell @durbin.senate.gov to retire now. He’s worse than useless. It’s time he’s put out to pasture. Same goes for @duckworth.senate.gov if she doesn’t vote to remove Dick and Schumer from leadership.
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov tell @durbin.senate.gov to retire now. He’s worse than useless. It’s time he’s put out to pasture. Same goes for @duckworth.senate.gov if she doesn’t vote to remove Dick and Schumer from leadership.
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Any Dem Senator decrying this deal - you better be making a motion to remove @schumer.senate.gov at the next available opportunity. Otherwise, it’s all just performative bullshit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Any Dem Senator decrying this deal - you better be making a motion to remove @schumer.senate.gov at the next available opportunity. Otherwise, it’s all just performative bullshit.
Helpful thread
not snark, actually asking: after pushing a comma strategy that focused on health care, what is the case for the Democrats making a deal to end the shutdown now that doesn't involve a win on health care?
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Helpful thread
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"Dems cannot successfully cave because John Cornyn got trapped in a broom closet" would be easily the funniest way for tonight to end
Update: They can't find Cornyn.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"Dems cannot successfully cave because John Cornyn got trapped in a broom closet" would be easily the funniest way for tonight to end
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The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
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It is rational for Republican senators wanting to nuke the filibuster only as a last resort -- it's a major net benefit to reactionary interests over the long run. For Dem senators to prefer near-total capitulation to a democratic voting rule is a lose-lose situation
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It is rational for Republican senators wanting to nuke the filibuster only as a last resort -- it's a major net benefit to reactionary interests over the long run. For Dem senators to prefer near-total capitulation to a democratic voting rule is a lose-lose situation
Dick Durbin announced his retirement just so he could serve out his term as a fucking Republican stooge. What a way to destroy what could’ve been a half decent legacy
this is senate dems’ second coordinated “just enough” vote to help republicans and betray house dems of the year, remember
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Dick Durbin announced his retirement just so he could serve out his term as a fucking Republican stooge. What a way to destroy what could’ve been a half decent legacy
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Teaching the Trump administration that disrupting air travel gets them what they want would be a bad idea. They’d pull that lever again.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Teaching the Trump administration that disrupting air travel gets them what they want would be a bad idea. They’d pull that lever again.
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3 GOOD: some real approps working right for the first time in EONS, built based on need & politics, not from toplines. SHALL language on backpay 4 feds. Good anti-RIF language we’d want to see continued
2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already
2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already
Text of the CR here. Negative implications galore.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
3 GOOD: some real approps working right for the first time in EONS, built based on need & politics, not from toplines. SHALL language on backpay 4 feds. Good anti-RIF language we’d want to see continued
2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already
2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already
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Everyone will remember that the last deal came with a "promise" for a vote on something that the Senate Ds making the deal cared about (DC funding) which Johnson threw in the trash. Dunno why theyd expect a promise on a healthcare subsidies vote to be any different.
CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Everyone will remember that the last deal came with a "promise" for a vote on something that the Senate Ds making the deal cared about (DC funding) which Johnson threw in the trash. Dunno why theyd expect a promise on a healthcare subsidies vote to be any different.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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So Senators saw the election returns and decided that what the people wanted was for them to fold their cards?🤔
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So Senators saw the election returns and decided that what the people wanted was for them to fold their cards?🤔
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the impeachment of donald trump post jan 6 was scuttled by democratic senator chris coons because he wanted to get home for valentine’s day
reactions to this one are wild folks. members cave over personal inconvenience! it happens time and again.
hope it doesn’t happen here! But it’s just contrary to history to say it doesn’t happen.
hope it doesn’t happen here! But it’s just contrary to history to say it doesn’t happen.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the impeachment of donald trump post jan 6 was scuttled by democratic senator chris coons because he wanted to get home for valentine’s day
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More and more people need to be saying this
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
More and more people need to be saying this
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
A good reminder that ADF are ghoulish supremacists lacking any genuine moral principles.
I just want to remind everyone that Alliance Defending Freedom litigated a protester’s right to speak and pray — although outside an abortion clinic
adflegal.org/case/mcculle...
adflegal.org/case/mcculle...
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A good reminder that ADF are ghoulish supremacists lacking any genuine moral principles.