Jay Jochnowitz
@jayjoch.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, animal lover, martial artist, kyudoka, failed retiree.
"Sandwich Guy." Street art in Washington, D.C. I hear just looking at this makes Jeanine "Is it wine o'clock yet?" Pirro livid, so don't share widely.
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Sandwich Guy." Street art in Washington, D.C. I hear just looking at this makes Jeanine "Is it wine o'clock yet?" Pirro livid, so don't share widely.
So, basically, Jeanine Pirro is the only prosecutor in the United States who can't get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich?
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So, basically, Jeanine Pirro is the only prosecutor in the United States who can't get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich?
The forcible entry into Rep. Jerry Nadler's office, and handcuffing and detention of a staffer, is straight out of the novel, "It Can't Happen Here," in which members of Congress who disagree with the president are jailed "for their own protection." Police-state, Gestapo-style abuse of power.
June 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The forcible entry into Rep. Jerry Nadler's office, and handcuffing and detention of a staffer, is straight out of the novel, "It Can't Happen Here," in which members of Congress who disagree with the president are jailed "for their own protection." Police-state, Gestapo-style abuse of power.
How Trump gets around tariffs and emolument concerns in accepting a jet from Qatar...
May 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How Trump gets around tariffs and emolument concerns in accepting a jet from Qatar...
"Well, I don't approve of everything he does but..." ought to be embarrassing to repeat on a near daily basis after ten years.
May 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Well, I don't approve of everything he does but..." ought to be embarrassing to repeat on a near daily basis after ten years.
They laughed when I bought penguins two weeks ago. Who's laughing now, huh?
April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They laughed when I bought penguins two weeks ago. Who's laughing now, huh?
Republicans in Congress may soon be forced to decide where their first loyalty lies — with the Constitution, or with a president who is openly violating it by defying court orders. Make no mistake about it, our very republic is at the risk many of us feared.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Editorial: Mr. Trump defies the law
The president’s disobedience of at least two judicial orders sets up a constitutional crisis that only Congress may be able to resolve.
www.timesunion.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Republicans in Congress may soon be forced to decide where their first loyalty lies — with the Constitution, or with a president who is openly violating it by defying court orders. Make no mistake about it, our very republic is at the risk many of us feared.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
"Democrats who have pleaded helplessness in the face of one-party control of the government would be irresponsible not to seize the opportunity they finally have to insist on a return to some semblance of constitutional order."
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Editorial: Shut it down, if you must
The only thing worse than a federal shutdown would be for Congress to abdicate its responsibility to rein in unbridled executive power.
www.timesunion.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Democrats who have pleaded helplessness in the face of one-party control of the government would be irresponsible not to seize the opportunity they finally have to insist on a return to some semblance of constitutional order."
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Anyone have a sense out there of how the boycott is going. No more than ever this administration and Congress need a message.
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Anyone have a sense out there of how the boycott is going. No more than ever this administration and Congress need a message.
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Trump says Zelenskyy's hatred for the Russian leader who invaded his nation and killed tens of thousands of his people is a problem, as the American vice president scolded the Ukrainian for not saying "thanks." www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
The Latest: Trump, Vance call Zelenskyy ‘disrespectful’ in Oval Office meeting
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Volodymyr Zelenskyy as...
www.timesunion.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump says Zelenskyy's hatred for the Russian leader who invaded his nation and killed tens of thousands of his people is a problem, as the American vice president scolded the Ukrainian for not saying "thanks." www.timesunion.com/news/politic...
6 years ago, Donald Trump was forced to shut down his foundation and agree to a settlement that restricted his ever getting involved with a non-profit again. His takeover of the Kennedy Center may well violate that settlement.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Jochnowitz: Did Trump violate his settlement with N.Y.?
Taking over the Kennedy Center and appointing its entire board brings to mind the president's ill-starred history running a nonprofit
www.timesunion.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
6 years ago, Donald Trump was forced to shut down his foundation and agree to a settlement that restricted his ever getting involved with a non-profit again. His takeover of the Kennedy Center may well violate that settlement.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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The Times Union editorial board: Keeping the mayor in office, even for the 10 months remaining in his current term, would allow the perversion of the Justice Department to go unanswered. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Editorial: Eric Adams needs to go
The Trump administration uses the possible dismissal of corruption charges as a cudgel to keep NYC's Eric Adams docile and pliable.
www.timesunion.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Times Union editorial board: Keeping the mayor in office, even for the 10 months remaining in his current term, would allow the perversion of the Justice Department to go unanswered. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Mitch McConnell should have led Senate Republicans to convict Trump in 2021 for trying to subvert our democracy and foment an insurrection. These votes of supposed conscience against unqualified, dangerous nominees are impotent attempts at redemption now.
February 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mitch McConnell should have led Senate Republicans to convict Trump in 2021 for trying to subvert our democracy and foment an insurrection. These votes of supposed conscience against unqualified, dangerous nominees are impotent attempts at redemption now.
Russia just declared this Toolski Gabbard Day.
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Russia just declared this Toolski Gabbard Day.
The AP has good reason for doing this. The Gulf of Mexico is international, & some countries aren't calling it what Trump wants; AP's policy reflects that. Now Trump is punishing AP for not reporting the way he demands. A clear 1st Amendment violation. A serious fight over a small man's triviality.
Bringing the media to heel: White House bars AP reporter for still using Gulf of Mexico name. Will media organizations fall in line? abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office over AP policy on 'Gulf of America'
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ...
abcnews.go.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The AP has good reason for doing this. The Gulf of Mexico is international, & some countries aren't calling it what Trump wants; AP's policy reflects that. Now Trump is punishing AP for not reporting the way he demands. A clear 1st Amendment violation. A serious fight over a small man's triviality.
You're not imagining it; our republic is undergoing an authoritarian makeover. This piece from FP looks at how it's happening (and happened elsewhere), how weaponization of government stands to weaken and scare off the opposition, and what can yet be done. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You're not imagining it; our republic is undergoing an authoritarian makeover. This piece from FP looks at how it's happening (and happened elsewhere), how weaponization of government stands to weaken and scare off the opposition, and what can yet be done. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
My professional email is now on the White House press list, and today I received two "pool reports." I'm not a veteran of the WH press corps, but I've always understood pool reports to be from reporters, not PR staff. If this is going on, hope the press corps has the guts to file an objection.
January 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My professional email is now on the White House press list, and today I received two "pool reports." I'm not a veteran of the WH press corps, but I've always understood pool reports to be from reporters, not PR staff. If this is going on, hope the press corps has the guts to file an objection.
"I was saved by God to make America great again." Yes, he said that. And followed it with more self-aggrandizing exaggerations and misrepresentations of the election and claims of much broader support than he has.
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"I was saved by God to make America great again." Yes, he said that. And followed it with more self-aggrandizing exaggerations and misrepresentations of the election and claims of much broader support than he has.
Franklin Graham's fawning "prayer" is disgraceful, further dividing America into Trump supporters and enemies.
January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Franklin Graham's fawning "prayer" is disgraceful, further dividing America into Trump supporters and enemies.
What a contrast: A warm, smiling, upbeat exiting president, and a scowling incoming one, forcing himself to smile and for some reason giving his wife an air kiss.
January 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What a contrast: A warm, smiling, upbeat exiting president, and a scowling incoming one, forcing himself to smile and for some reason giving his wife an air kiss.
Headline I wouldn't be surprised to hear:
"Village People insist backbeat in new YMCA version is tap shoes, not jackboots."
"Village People insist backbeat in new YMCA version is tap shoes, not jackboots."
January 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Headline I wouldn't be surprised to hear:
"Village People insist backbeat in new YMCA version is tap shoes, not jackboots."
"Village People insist backbeat in new YMCA version is tap shoes, not jackboots."
The top advisor to the president elect of the United States endorses a Neo-Nazi party, calling it the only thing that can save Germany. Still cool with this guy, and his partner, US conservatives?
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
The top advisor to the president elect of the United States endorses a Neo-Nazi party, calling it the only thing that can save Germany. Still cool with this guy, and his partner, US conservatives?
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
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I will post this everyday for the next 4 years as a reminder that Jan 6th was a day of insurrection.
December 19, 2024 at 8:21 PM
I will post this everyday for the next 4 years as a reminder that Jan 6th was a day of insurrection.
2/2 "...Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that."
--US District Judge Lewis Kaplan
--US District Judge Lewis Kaplan
December 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
2/2 "...Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that."
--US District Judge Lewis Kaplan
--US District Judge Lewis Kaplan