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Jerry Zremski

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Klingenstein Family Endowed Chair in Journalism & director @LNNMaryland @MerrillCollege @UofMaryland. Offering my take on politics at jerryzremski.substack.com.

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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I went to Mass last Sunday and came away with a Substack column — and a new sense of how evil America’s current immigration policies are. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-evil-t...
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‘The evil that is being carried out in our name’
Cardinal Robert McElroy turns Trump’s immigrant purge into a call for action
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I counted 27 ways in which the Trump administration has challenged or violated the First Amendment. And I might have missed some. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/trumps-bee...
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Trump’s beef isn’t just with the media. It’s with the First Amendment.
In multiple ways, the president is making the land of the free less free
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I went to Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Grok and asked: “How could AI lead to human extinction? Please list the ways.” What I got in response was, depending on your demeanor, somewhere between nerve-racking and terrifying. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/could-ai-k...
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Could AI kill us all? Let’s ask AI
The artificial intelligence models agree: they could eventually manufacture doomsday
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
AI is posing one of the gravest security threats the world has ever faced, but our government is doing nothing about it. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/make-ameri...
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Make America serious again
Scientists admit that AI could kill us all, but our unserious government is missing in action
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
President Trump calls data centers “the golden goose,” and he may be right — because evidence makes clear that the AI construction boom, with all the trouble it brings, is propping up an otherwise wobbly American economy. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/one-thing-...
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One thing is propping up the U.S. economy. Americans hate it.
People detest data centers, and for good reasons. But where would we be without them?
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump thought tariffs would make Canada bend and break, but just the opposite is happening: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/trump-want...
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Trump wants to break Canada. Good luck with that.
Rather than further dividing our fractious friend to the north, Trump’s tariffs are uniting it.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump is costing you money. Here's how. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/trump-is-m...
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Trump is making inflation great again
And it’s more than his war-induced spike in gas prices. Much more.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Signs of rage among Black voters have been appearing for nearly a year now. And by November, that rage may turn out to be one of the defining stories of the 2026 midterm election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans beware: Black voters are pissed
The GOP's attacks on DEI, history and voting rights could prompt an epic backlash
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s story is profoundly sad, but it’s also a life lesson to every aging public official: that the clock is ticking, and that it’s best to leave the arena when you’re still winning the game. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-slow-m...
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The slow-motion tragedy of not knowing when to quit
D.C.'s power brokers hang on too long. Yes, Dr. Anthony Fauci did, too.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Given how I mocked the Democratic Socialists of America last week, I thought it only fair to point out that President Trump is doing something very socialist himself: using federal funds to invest in private companies. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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The president is kind of a socialist himself
Trump has invested tens of billions of U.S. dollars in corporations. How conservative is that?
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
As Trump doubles down on his Big Lie about election fraud, here's an action plan for American voters: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
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Trump's 'Big Lie' and what you can do about it
Vote in person and on paper if you can. And think about joining the fight for fair elections.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This was the post I was going to share tomorrow until I got all worked up over Trump’s election fraud claims. So I figured I would publish this now as a bonus, a day before the much more important column I’m working on now. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-i-use-...
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How I use AI – and how I never will
Yes, an AI critic can use AI to great effect. But trust that those em dashes are mine, all mine.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In one of the most important battles that ought to be fought in the nation’s capital – the fight to save your Social Security benefits, and mine – Trump isn’t even on the battlefield. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/trump-fidd...
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Trump fiddles while your Social Security burns
The retirement plan is running out of cash. But the president has other, sillier priorities.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I covered Washington for 36 years and watched the nation get drunk on partisanship. Here’s a 12-step recovery plan. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/lets-celeb...
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Let's celebrate America's 250th by making the next 250 better. Here are some ideas.
Twelve nonpartisan proposals for curing a nation drunk on partisanship
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In a nation that leans right of center, a cell of radical Democrats – and the lefties who support them – together threaten what could otherwise be a Democratic sweep in November‘s midterm election. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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The Democrats' epic act of self-sabotage
In a center-right nation, the party's voters risk elevating the radical and crazy
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
After spending $29 billion on this fraught and fruitless war, which has led to raging inflation that has already cost the American people $132 billion, Trump took the only way out he could find. The trouble is, it could turn out to be no way out at all. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...
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This isn't a peace deal. It's an exploding cigar.
The "Memorandum of Understanding" with Iran should be understood for what it is: a desperate, no-choice capitulation that could blow up in President Trump's face.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Here in the new Gilded Age, the bloody battles staged by Ultimate Fighting Championship serve as an apt metaphor for the billionaire worldview, where money equals might and might makes right. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/life-as-a-...
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Life as a cage match
That's how the billionaire class sees it. But we don't have to see it that way
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Shouldn’t we have learned by now that "outsider" candidates tend to fail, either on the campaign trail or in office? jerryzremski.substack.com/p/graham-pla...
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Graham Platner and the long line of political 'outsiders' who turn out to be losers
Voter frustration is understandable. Counting on amateur politicians is not.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My recent hospital stay and the data both prove it: The America we know today, and America’s future, both depend on the immigrants the Trump administration is either trying to expel or alienate. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/immigrants...
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Immigrants really do get the job done
A hospital stay – and data – prove that we're hurting America by hurting our newcomers
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Creation of the "anti-weaponization fund" is the most un-American thing the “America First” president has done. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
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The art of the self-deal
Trump exempts himself from the law -- and promises a payout to felons, cronies and bootlickers
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
During the first Gilded Age, Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth” led him to give away most of his riches. But here amid the second Gilded Age, the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos follow the Gospel of Self. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/todays-tec...
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Today's tech titans aren't robber barons. They're worse.
They're a confederacy of cheapskates — and some are trying to subvert the act of giving
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
How does a coal miner's grandson end up meeting and writing about presidents? Here's how. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
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How to be a mother
Trust me, I know. I learned from the best.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Partisans are becoming more partisan — and wrecking the nation’s future in the process. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/weve-becom...
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We've become what the founders feared
The Founding Fathers detested partisanship. But now we're letting it wreck our future.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Political ad-making has never been one of the helping professions. But now, thanks to AI, it's no help at all. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-future...
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The future of politics is fake
Political ad-making has always been a sketchy business. AI is turning it into etch-a-sketch.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
How did we go from what Reagan’s ad team called “morning in America” to this dark place where a third of Americans surveyed see uncivil behavior both online and in person at least once a week? It may well be a matter of long-term conditioning. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/what-ever-...
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What ever happened to common decency?
Ronald Reagan embodied it. But over 40 years, we've collectively done away with it.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It appears that the president is a prideful, greedy, licentious, envious, gluttonous, wrathful sloth. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-seven-...
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The seven deadly sins of Donald Trump
The hero of Christian nationalism is, well, not a conventional Christian
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
And now for something completely different: a look at my own faith journey, and my increasing fear that Americans have stopped looking for the light: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-work-i...
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The work in progress called faith
I keep searching for the light -- and wonder if more people should be doing the same
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Don’t take the Democrats’ recent success as a sign that their happy days are here again. A close look at polling data shows they are likely just benefiting from President Trump’s growing unpopularity rather than building a solid coalition. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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The Democrats remain lost
They're winning -- a lot. That doesn't mean they've won over the American public
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The president and his aides launch a lawless attack on the news networks: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/an-iran-wa...
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An Iran War propaganda plan?
The president and his FCC launch a lawless threat against the news networks
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I've finally written something that people on every side of the political spectrum might agree with: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/in-defense...
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In defense of alcohol
Studies says it's bad for your health. Those studies ignore its social benefits.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Killing Khamenei implies that any nation can assassinate the leader of any other nation. All it takes is good intelligence and the right weapons – and the U.S. and Israel are by no means the only countries with good intelligence and the right weapons. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/have-we-en...
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Have we entered a new era of assassination?
Thanks to changing norms and drone technology, that's the key overlooked question stemming from the Iran War
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Pentagon’s battle with Anthropic could foreshadow creation of a surveillance state. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
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This is how Trump becomes Big Brother
The Pentagon's battle with Anthropic could foreshadow the creation of a surveillance state
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Artificial intelligence is booming. White-collar jobs and factory jobs are disappearing. Immigrants are leaving. Welcome to an economic moment unlike any America has ever seen. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/dont-fear-...
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Don't fear 'singularity.' Fear AI's short-term economic impact.
Artificial intelligence is booming. White-collar jobs and factory jobs are disappearing. Immigrants are leaving. Welcome to an economic moment unlike any America has ever seen.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The Trump administration is using prosecution as persecution – and no American is safe from a government that does that. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/why-don-le...
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Why Don Lemon's arrest is your problem, too
By using prosecution as persecution, Trump is making America less free
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I wrote this in anger on Wednesday night and held off publishing it, thinking it was just too angry. But actually, upon further reflection, I think the tone is just right. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos...
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Jeff Bezos just soiled his obituary
He's been mismanaging the Washington Post's bottom line for years. But that doesn't excuse what he did this week.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
WJLA asked me to discuss the evisceration of the Washington Post. Here is what I had to say: WJLA asked me to discuss the eviscerated Washington Post. Here is what I had to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2OI...
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Professor discusses future of journalism amid Washington Post layoffs
YouTube video by ABC 7 News - WJLA
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
CBS News served as the gateway drug to my lifelong addiction to journalism. But now it’s being pushed rightward — and to the abyss — by its grossly underqualified new leader. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-misedu...
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The miseducation of Bari Weiss
She's grossly underqualified to run CBS News -- and she's proving it again and again
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Stuck inside on a snow day with nothing to do, I couldn't help myself. I had to write about what's happening in Minneapolis. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/untruths-a...
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Untruths -- and consequences
After Renee Good's killing, Trump administration officials indicated that immigration agents could act with impunity and immunity. Then Alex Pretti took 10 bullets in the back.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Trumpland. The Trumpublican Party. The possibilities are endless: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
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A modest proposal for world peace
Denmark should rename Greenland after Donald Trump. And that should be just the start.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I saw a real insurrection firsthand on Jan. 6, 2021. So I think it's useful to compare what we saw then to what's happening now in the ICE protests in Minnesota. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/what-an-in...
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What an insurrection really looks like
Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota -- but what's happening there is nothing compared to the insurrection he inspired at the U.S. Capitol in 2021
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Level-headed, well-trained law enforcement officers typically don’t shoot people in the face and then walk away muttering: “F**king bitch.” jerryzremski.substack.com/p/americans-...
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Americans are turning on ICE -- and ICE is turning on Americans
Amid an unpopular immigration crackdown, Renee Good's slaughter serves as a warning
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I posted this on Saturday when you were probably reading about Venezuela. The @democrats.org refused to release their 2024 "autopsy," so I did one of my own: jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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The Democrats double down on denial
They buried their own autopsy -- yet on trans issues, immigration, crime and climate change, Dems and their allies keep making the mistakes that doomed the party in 2024
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I know my timing is a bit off here, what with the U.S. toppling a foreign government and all, but I always post on Saturdays, so here goes. The Democrats decided to bury their “autopsy” of their 2024 campaign, so I wrote one for them. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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The Democrats double down on denial
They buried their own autopsy -- yet on trans issues, immigration, crime and climate change, Dems and their allies keep making the mistakes that doomed the party in 2024
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Tired of all the partisanship and political division? It's time to take matters into our own hands. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
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How to be a better citizen in 2026
My advice after 36 years covering Washington? Ignore all political advertising. Re-examine your news diet. And get involved in your local community.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The Trump administration appears to have a plan to police ideology – replete with a tip line where, conceivably, your neighbors could snitch on you if they suspect you of any left-wing wrongdoing. How to respond? By investing in the First Amendment. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/as-the-tru...
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As the Trump administration develops a thought code, it's time to invest in freedom
This holiday season, give a gift to the First Amendment. Here's how.
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I had a bit of a spat with Google Gemini a few weeks ago -- and it made me worry even more that the AI craze could end in a stock market crash. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/ai-still-d...
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AI still does dumb things - but we bet the economy on it?
The bubble may be bursting in the workplace. When will Wall Street notice?
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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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...
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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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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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...
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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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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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. jerryzremski.substack.com/p/reasons-to...
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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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Jerry Zremski @jerryzremski.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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...
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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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