Jay of the Commonwealth
@dowhilebreak.bsky.social
Tea powered, code flinging, pie hoarding, politically dispossessed giant forehead, and master artisan of unwieldy sentences raging against the darkness.
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What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A blockbuster investigation by the AP, out today.
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
So much in it, give it a read, but starts with: "The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious."
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Important to remember that on top of the fascism and incompetence, everybody in the Trump admin is also stealing everything they can as quickly as possible.
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Important to remember that on top of the fascism and incompetence, everybody in the Trump admin is also stealing everything they can as quickly as possible.
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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President Trump has reportedly pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, following months of effort by the Chinese-born Canadian businessman to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company […]
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journa.host
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
President Trump has reportedly pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, following months of effort by the Chinese-born Canadian businessman to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company […]
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As bad as everything is, I think I hate the sheer stupidity of it the most
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As bad as everything is, I think I hate the sheer stupidity of it the most
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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Pittsburgh joined in on the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests today, with thousands gathering in front of the City-County Building downtown and Allegheny Commons Park on the Northside...
'No Kings' protests draw thousands in the Pittsburgh area - Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, Film
Pittsburgh joined in on the nationwide 'No Kings' protests today, with thousands gathering in front of the City-County Building downtown and Allegheny Commons Park on the Northside. The downtown prote...
www.pghcitypaper.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Pittsburgh joined in on the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests today, with thousands gathering in front of the City-County Building downtown and Allegheny Commons Park on the Northside...
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What is the Home Rule and what does it have to do with Trump’s federalization of D.C.?
@bensheehan.bsky.social breaks it down
@bensheehan.bsky.social breaks it down
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What is the Home Rule and what does it have to do with Trump’s federalization of D.C.?
@bensheehan.bsky.social breaks it down
@bensheehan.bsky.social breaks it down
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We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
July 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
The asshat's toadies run every branch of government, and they still can't fabricate a nothingburger document release after six months? Is the coverup really that complicated or are they just that lazy?
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The asshat's toadies run every branch of government, and they still can't fabricate a nothingburger document release after six months? Is the coverup really that complicated or are they just that lazy?
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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????
Trump wraps his speech on the big bill: "Schumer - our great Palestinian senator. He's changed. He used to like Jewish people, now he's totally against Jewish people. Try the weightlifting numbers some day if you want to see big differences. In a million years women will never catch these numbers"
June 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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"A Muslim socialist won the Democratic nomination to be mayor of New York City by going on a radio show with antifascist conservatives" I say as I step out of the time machine in 2003 and am immediately institutionalized
going on the bulwark podcast was a net positive for him lol
June 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"A Muslim socialist won the Democratic nomination to be mayor of New York City by going on a radio show with antifascist conservatives" I say as I step out of the time machine in 2003 and am immediately institutionalized
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Not the most important part of this story, but the fact this Vance meme is currently circulating the globe at light speed is a moment of quiet joy.
June 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Not the most important part of this story, but the fact this Vance meme is currently circulating the globe at light speed is a moment of quiet joy.
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Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
timesofsandiego.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
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Kari Lake (USAGM 'special adviser') is emailing ‘reduction-in-force’ (termination) notices to many VOA staffers who’ve been on paid leave since mid-March. She's also axing some who were brought back to implement her Potemkin Village VOA (reaching only 0.2% of our prior audience).
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kari Lake (USAGM 'special adviser') is emailing ‘reduction-in-force’ (termination) notices to many VOA staffers who’ve been on paid leave since mid-March. She's also axing some who were brought back to implement her Potemkin Village VOA (reaching only 0.2% of our prior audience).
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I... don't even know with this cat. this cat has just lost his shit entirely
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I... don't even know with this cat. this cat has just lost his shit entirely
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Domestic terrorists
Stockton, CA: Heavily armed masked kidnappers drove up in an unmarked car and pulled a landscaper out of his truck and kidnapped him. When the landscaping company owner asked the men what they were doing, the kidnappers assaulted him and pulled out a metal baton.
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Domestic terrorists
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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Can someone help me understand why all these people on CNBC think tariff uncertainty's gonna fade?
Seems...unrealistic.
Seems...unrealistic.
June 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Can someone help me understand why all these people on CNBC think tariff uncertainty's gonna fade?
Seems...unrealistic.
Seems...unrealistic.
