Charles Jay
@chazjay425
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.
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February 1944 more than a year before the US first tested an atomic bomb in July 1945. US ground forces suffered heavy casualties. The US first used A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. US Marines raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.
Putin's nightmare would be if Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania agreed to restore the historic 17th century borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which would include Belarus and part of Russia..
The guests at the premiere of "Melania" included Cabinet members, Republican politicians and right-wing influencers. We haven't seen such an impressive guest list since the March 28, 1935, Berlin premiere of Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." And Hitler himself handed a bouquet to Leni.
In an effort to boost lagging ticket sales for "Melania," Amazon has launched a new ad campaign: Melania: How I Got An Epstein Visa
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.
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/...
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)
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.
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.”
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.
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.
#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...
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
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?...
#MayDayProtest. #NewYork Maybe Dear Leader could go with a new hair style that is more befitting. @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
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."