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Charles Jay

@chazjay425.bsky.social
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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.

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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Friedrich Trump, patriarch of the Trump crime family, died in the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stonewall Mountain 2
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Central Park 5 were also innocent of the rape charges, which is not the case with the Cornell 7.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia sent Jewish NYPD officers to patrol pro-Nazi street marches by the German-American Bund.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The real question is why Trump has to campaign in a deep-red state like Nebraska less than a month before Election Day.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe you should start with Tracy in “Judgment at Nuremberg” which is particularly relevant today when you consider the Supreme Court and DOJ.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At least Cheryl Hines divorced Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” And RFK Jr makes Larry David look like a pretty, pretty good husband compared to him.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ghislaine Maxwell should be deported after she serves her full sentence in a prison other than Club Fed.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shame on the New York Times. There is not a single comment from a Ukrainian official expressing how their country views these US-Russian business entanglements.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Elon Musk has not gotten over his estranged trans daughter Vivian Zjenna Wilson who cut ties with him in 2022 and described him as an absent and cruel father in interviews.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2028, the next Democratic president must appoint Jack Smith as Attorney General or at the very least FBI Director. No more Merrick the meek. Trump and his enablers must be held accountable.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bessent isn’t stupid. Don’t tell MAGA but Bessent made his fortune as George Soros’ right- hand man.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How many of the witnesses will be wearing tinfoil hats?
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump and Hegseth could face charges before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the extrajudicial killings at sea. In a story I wrote last year I noted the comparison with the ICC case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. www.unchartedblue.com/philippines-...
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Philippines' ex-president awaits trial by the ICC for "extrajudicial killings" similar to Trump's illegal boat strikes
Filipinos were stunned back in March 2025 when former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court and flown to the Netherlands where he remains in cu...
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And when will RFK Jr. speak out against Trump’s destruction of the memorial to his uncle?
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No wonder Trump finished at the bottom of his class at Wharton. He managed to go bankrupt running a casino, now he is trying to make the country go bankrupt.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This was the policy of the Revisionist Zionists whose leaders in 1948 included Benzion Netanyahu, Bibi’s father. Their extremist policy was opposed by Israel’s founding father, David Ben Gurion, the first prime minister. Ben Gurion was a democratic socialist.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You are being unfair to Irving Berlin. I wrote a story that included how "God Bless America" was intended as a wake up call to the dangers of fascism. After WWII the song was coopted by the right. www.unchartedblue.com/irving-berli...
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Irving Berlin's long-forgotten anti-Hitler song strikes the right chord for our troubled times
Irving Berlin wrote more than 1,000 songs during a life that spanned more than 100 years. Many have become iconic parts of American culture,  including such standards as “White Christmas,” “Easter Par...
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We will never know how many people died of illnesses related to health hazards during the post 9/11 recovery efforts. And that was thanks to Rudy Ghouliani.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Only 7% of US oil imports came from Saudi Arabia before the Iran war. The biggest exporters of oil to the U.S. are Canada and Mexico. In fact the U.S. has surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s biggest oil exporter. And now the U.S. is taking oil from Venezuela.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There is no provision for a recall of an elected US senator.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The incompetent owner of the New York Jets Woody Johnson is a major Trump donor who was ambassador to the UK in Trump’s first term and pushed to have the British played on one of Trump’s golf courses in Scotland.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I still don’t know why there were no mass protests called for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Zohran so far has not endorsed any candidates running for office outside of New York City. He leads by example.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hello Don. Please include me in your next starter pack.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I would impeach the Cabinet members first, starting with Hegseth, RFK Jr. and Blanche.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What's even more dangerous is what happens when a malignant narcissist confronts failure. Trump is undergoing what mental health providers call "narcissistic collapse." I wrote about this in a story for the progressive website Uncharted Blue. www.unchartedblue.com/trumps-actio...
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Trump's actions are a textbook case of the danger posed by a malignant narcissist reacting to failure
"If the narcissist is going to be brought down, they will also seek to bring everyone else around them down."
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When will Cheryl Hines finally realize that being married to RFK Jr. in real life is worse than being married to Larry David on TV. At least she left Larry on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just read the history of how Hitler had the leader of his SA stormtroopers Ernst Rohm and others killed on the Night of the Long Knives in 1934.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
By the way, Karen Agnifilo is the defense lawyer for Luigi Mangione. She also spent nearly two decades as a top prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I doubt the occupants of Buckingham Palace know what it means to work 9 to 5, but it’s nice to see the guardsmen pay tribute to Dolly.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reagan signed an amnesty law for several million undocumented immigrants, opposed tariffs and supported an assault weapons ban after his presidency. A broken clock does tell the right time twice a day. But prominent Reagan supporters are now never Trompers. Trump shows how low the GOP has descended.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dr. Andrews also needs to challenge Graham over the Iran war and her late warmongering brother.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In 2020, Trump carried South Carolina by a margin of 55% to 43% over Joe Biden. You would need a swing of seven percentage points for Dr. Annie Andrews to defeat Graham. It’s an uphill battle but not impossible for Andrews to pull off an upset.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think South Carolina might be the surprise Democratic Senate upset in November. I can’t wait to see Graham debate Dr. Annie Andrews. Darline is a totally inept candidate who has foot in mouth disease.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A couple of Venezuelan catchers were wearing chest protectors with their country’s flag to protest ICE’s detention of a Padres coach from that country.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It should read Sakall. Spellcheck strikes again.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
SZ Sakai, the waiter, was a Hungarian Jew who fled after Hungary joined the Axis. And the cast also included Peter Lorre, a German Jewish expatriate.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Banner (Sgt. Schultz) was an Austrian Jew who lost most of his family in the Holocaust. Werner Klemperer (Klink) played the title role as the villain in the B movie “Operation Eichmann” while Banner played the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If Ossoff could get Mitch McConnell to reappear he might be proclaimed the new Messiah.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
That’s why caddies gave Trump the nickname Pele for his tendency to cheat by kicking the ball.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The only major league team that would have scouted Trump is the Mets in 1962 since he’s a Queens boy.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And like clockwork Collins announced that she will vote against Blanche’s nomination.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They just wanted to ensure their status as lobbyists.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So if Trump’s previous tax returns are no longer subject to being audited maybe he should make them public as he promised to do in 2016. He used the audit excuse as his reason for not releasing them.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Susan Collins will now vote against Blanche because her vote doesn’t matter anymore.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@gtconway.bsky.social I wrote a piece on this very topic -- the dangers when a malignant narcissist like Trump faces failure after failure -- for the progressive website Uncharted Blue. www.unchartedblue.com/trumps-actio...
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Trump's actions are a textbook case of the danger posed by a malignant narcissist reacting to failure
"If the narcissist is going to be brought down, they will also seek to bring everyone else around them down."
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@gtconway.bsky.social I wrote a story on this very topic of what happens when a malignant narcissist like Trump faces failure for the progressive website Uncharted Blue. www.unchartedblue.com/trumps-actio...
unchartedblue.com
Trump's actions are a textbook case of the danger posed by a malignant narcissist reacting to failure
"If the narcissist is going to be brought down, they will also seek to bring everyone else around them down."
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Could someone provide context on what issue this young man was addressing. I assume it was a proposed data center. It is only identified as taking place in Sussex County.
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Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I guess she finally sobered up.
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