Charles Jay
@chazjay425.bsky.social
I worked for more than 30 years for a major news outlet as a correspondent and editor. Follow my work at the progressive website Uncharted Blue. I had been a member of the Community Contributors Team at the Daily Kos website. I also write about jazz.
Today in history: On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered with his troops to George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the Revolutionary War and guaranteeing the colonialists freedom from the crown.
We got rid of rule by a mad king then; we'll do it again.
We got rid of rule by a mad king then; we'll do it again.
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Today in history: On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered with his troops to George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the Revolutionary War and guaranteeing the colonialists freedom from the crown.
We got rid of rule by a mad king then; we'll do it again.
We got rid of rule by a mad king then; we'll do it again.
The US Army soldier depicted in the video may have put his career at risk over misinformation posted on social media. The facility depicted in these posts was inaccurately described as a U.S. military base. In fact, it is a privately owned facility. This is a photo from Google maps.
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The US Army soldier depicted in the video may have put his career at risk over misinformation posted on social media. The facility depicted in these posts was inaccurately described as a U.S. military base. In fact, it is a privately owned facility. This is a photo from Google maps.
Only one former justice gets a magnet, and the honor goes to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
supremecourtgifts.org/collections/...
supremecourtgifts.org/collections/...
August 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Only one former justice gets a magnet, and the honor goes to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
supremecourtgifts.org/collections/...
supremecourtgifts.org/collections/...
There was a Tom Tomorrow post with photos of magnets sold at the Supreme Court Gift Shop, run by the Supreme Court Historical Society, with quotes from Roberts and Alito. There are magnets with quotes from all 9 justices, including the three liberal female justices.
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There was a Tom Tomorrow post with photos of magnets sold at the Supreme Court Gift Shop, run by the Supreme Court Historical Society, with quotes from Roberts and Alito. There are magnets with quotes from all 9 justices, including the three liberal female justices.
According to the cheerleading website Flocheer, four future U.S. presidents were male cheerleaders.
1. George W. Bush (Phillips Academy and Yale)
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard)
4. Ronald Reagan (Eureka College)
1. George W. Bush (Phillips Academy and Yale)
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard)
4. Ronald Reagan (Eureka College)
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
According to the cheerleading website Flocheer, four future U.S. presidents were male cheerleaders.
1. George W. Bush (Phillips Academy and Yale)
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard)
4. Ronald Reagan (Eureka College)
1. George W. Bush (Phillips Academy and Yale)
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower (West Point)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard)
4. Ronald Reagan (Eureka College)
I sometimes think we are actually living in an episode of "The Twilight Zone."
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I sometimes think we are actually living in an episode of "The Twilight Zone."
And back in July 2022, this sign reading "Alaska Is Ours" appeared in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk.
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
And back in July 2022, this sign reading "Alaska Is Ours" appeared in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk.
You never know what to expect on the NYC subways. But I had to tip these two performers who played Woody Guthrie’s “I ain’t got no home anymore.” They also acknowledged Woody’s legacy with stickers on their guitars reading “This machine kills fascists.”
July 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You never know what to expect on the NYC subways. But I had to tip these two performers who played Woody Guthrie’s “I ain’t got no home anymore.” They also acknowledged Woody’s legacy with stickers on their guitars reading “This machine kills fascists.”
Is it ICE or ISIS? You be the judge.
June 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Is it ICE or ISIS? You be the judge.
Is it ICE or ISIS? You be the judge.
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Is it ICE or ISIS? You be the judge.
The Murdoch-owned New York Post sank to a new low with its front page headline on Sunday about the Minnesota gunman who targeted Democratic politicians. It read: Minny Maniac: Masked Walz appointee suspected in assassination of politician." It's totally outrageous.
June 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Murdoch-owned New York Post sank to a new low with its front page headline on Sunday about the Minnesota gunman who targeted Democratic politicians. It read: Minny Maniac: Masked Walz appointee suspected in assassination of politician." It's totally outrageous.
There were dancing bearded Hamas fighters in drag in that AI-generated Trump Gaza video. So the GOP should have asked whether Hamas would be allowed to use women's bathrooms in the Trump Hotel in Gaza.
June 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There were dancing bearded Hamas fighters in drag in that AI-generated Trump Gaza video. So the GOP should have asked whether Hamas would be allowed to use women's bathrooms in the Trump Hotel in Gaza.
I wonder if TACO Trump will chicken out and stop serving those taco bowls at the Trump Tower Grill. He posted this on Cinco de Mayo just after clinching the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
May 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I wonder if TACO Trump will chicken out and stop serving those taco bowls at the Trump Tower Grill. He posted this on Cinco de Mayo just after clinching the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
There is no excuse for #KanyeWest putting out a song titled #HeilHitler. The Nazis organized a 1938 "Degenerate Music" exhibition in Duesseldorf.
www.dw.com/en/the-nazis...
This was the poster for the exhibition.
www.dw.com/en/the-nazis...
This was the poster for the exhibition.
May 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
There is no excuse for #KanyeWest putting out a song titled #HeilHitler. The Nazis organized a 1938 "Degenerate Music" exhibition in Duesseldorf.
www.dw.com/en/the-nazis...
This was the poster for the exhibition.
www.dw.com/en/the-nazis...
This was the poster for the exhibition.
#DonaldTrump is a national embarrassment. #AlexOvechkin, is a national hero in #Russia. When Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's record, #VladimirPutin called it "a genuine cause for celebration for fans in Russia." Ovechkin has supported Putin in the past.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
May 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#DonaldTrump is a national embarrassment. #AlexOvechkin, is a national hero in #Russia. When Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's record, #VladimirPutin called it "a genuine cause for celebration for fans in Russia." Ovechkin has supported Putin in the past.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...
Trump says he will reduce to zero the tariff on the new line of #KristiNoem #ICEBarbie dolls with its Salvadoran prison accessory set. In return, Mattel has agreed it will only keep stereotypical #Barbie, but drop the president, physicist, judge and journalist Barbies.
ICE Barbie
ICE Barbie
May 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump says he will reduce to zero the tariff on the new line of #KristiNoem #ICEBarbie dolls with its Salvadoran prison accessory set. In return, Mattel has agreed it will only keep stereotypical #Barbie, but drop the president, physicist, judge and journalist Barbies.
ICE Barbie
ICE Barbie
Editorial cartoonist #AnnTelnaes, who quit the #WashingtonPost in protest after editors killed her cartoon criticizing owner #JeffBezos and other media execs, wins #PulitzerPrize for “delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity and a fearlessness."
May 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Editorial cartoonist #AnnTelnaes, who quit the #WashingtonPost in protest after editors killed her cartoon criticizing owner #JeffBezos and other media execs, wins #PulitzerPrize for “delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity and a fearlessness."
The future Pope Donald I was asked to name his favorite verse of The Bible. He couldn't.
youtu.be/ERUngQUCsyE?...
Oh he did quote once from Two Corinthians.
youtu.be/Z2RTsYpwK-M?...
youtu.be/ERUngQUCsyE?...
Oh he did quote once from Two Corinthians.
youtu.be/Z2RTsYpwK-M?...
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The future Pope Donald I was asked to name his favorite verse of The Bible. He couldn't.
youtu.be/ERUngQUCsyE?...
Oh he did quote once from Two Corinthians.
youtu.be/Z2RTsYpwK-M?...
youtu.be/ERUngQUCsyE?...
Oh he did quote once from Two Corinthians.
youtu.be/Z2RTsYpwK-M?...
#MayDayProtest. #NewYork Maybe Dear Leader could go with a new hair style that is more befitting.
@50501movement.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#MayDayProtest. #NewYork Maybe Dear Leader could go with a new hair style that is more befitting.
@50501movement.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
#MayDayProtest A highlight of the May Day protest in lower Manhattan was the mariachi band near the front of the march. #NewYork
@50501movement.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#MayDayProtest A highlight of the May Day protest in lower Manhattan was the mariachi band near the front of the march. #NewYork
@50501movement.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
John Grisham has begun working on a new legal thriller, "The Panican Brief."
April 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
John Grisham has begun working on a new legal thriller, "The Panican Brief."
This is the official portrait of Donald Trump that will appear in post offices and all federal facilities.
In "1984," George Orwell had the appropriate caption that should accompany this photo.
"Big Brother is watching you."
January 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is the official portrait of Donald Trump that will appear in post offices and all federal facilities.
In "1984," George Orwell had the appropriate caption that should accompany this photo.
"Big Brother is watching you."