Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... 154112251783
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew! 3253151413
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthPittsburgh's Public Source @publicsource.org · 28/03/2026Pittsburgh saw thousands of people take to the streets on Saturday as part of a No Kings day of action, the third such event in a nationwide resistance movement against what organizers and participants deem an increasingly authoritarian government. buff.ly/RgQsoTa 02710
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026We need a ticker showing the cost to the American taxpayer every time a bomb is dropped, a jet takes flight, a warship moves etc Seems to be plenty of cash for that, not for, you know, actual living. 25817241
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today: —Democrats won HD94 by 63 points. (Harris won it by 30 in 2024.) —Democrats won HD42 by 35 points. (Harris won it by 17 in 2024.) [The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com]. 4354221339
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthConor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 12/12/2025What’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? 1530489
Reposted by Jay of the Commonwealthkia speaks @kiaspeaks.us · 21/11/2025My favorite piece of content today. 327102222293
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/11/2025A 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."apnews.comBorder Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patternsThe 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. 6307180
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Important 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. 12530163
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/11/2025I 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. 146165434266
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthSteve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2025President 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 […]journa.hostOriginal post on journa.host 0510
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 20/10/2025As bad as everything is, I think I hate the sheer stupidity of it the most 316026
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings. 351331676488
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthPittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 19/10/2025Pittsburgh 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...pghcitypaper.com'No Kings' protests draw thousands in the Pittsburgh area - Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, FilmPittsburgh 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... 15511
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/08/2025What is the Home Rule and what does it have to do with Trump’s federalization of D.C.? @bensheehan.bsky.social breaks it down 313442
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually. 54173261152
Jay of the Commonwealth @dowhilebreak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The 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? 000
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I 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. 43709649137474
Reposted by Jay of the Commonwealthjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025this 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? 282180954421
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthDavid R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025???? 139935149
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 25/06/2025"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 111165179
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Not 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. 401032354
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Michael 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...timesofsandiego.comICE 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. 441172024638
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthSteve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025Kari 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). 56741
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthDavid Thomas MooahahahAHAHA! @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I... don't even know with this cat. this cat has just lost his shit entirely 1110421
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthMy Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Domestic terrorists 31613210
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Harriet 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 1516315686165
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Can someone help me understand why all these people on CNBC think tariff uncertainty's gonna fade? Seems...unrealistic. 1782327200
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The answer is in ICE's selection of targets: * Democratic politicians in public * Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools None of those people will be armed. On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed. 552494735
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/06/2025I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles 515231347177
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/06/2025As they’re trying to do the right thing 53943151831
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthTasha Coryell @tashacoryell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025“It should be illegal for you to be mean to me and legal for me to kill you” is basically the Republican platform. 2141411389
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation. 10763647611579
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 17/06/2025"Politicians from the opposition party being detained" has become a thing that happens on a regular basis. 324872
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17/06/2025NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now. 140112683813
Reposted by Jay of the Commonwealthmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/06/2025This is one of the main reasons they wanted Trump to win in 2024. The bosses were desperate to get workers back into a situation where they are desperate and easy to exploit, and away from the tight Biden labor market, where low wage workers were getting double digit % raises. Promises kept! 201188326
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Mayor Brandon Scott appears to be doing something right, but somehow this remarkable, record setting decline in violence doesn't quite make national headlines the way the opposite does www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...thebaltimorebanner.comBaltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trendsBaltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory. 511956524
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/06/2025"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old? He said "I'm just beginning!" 864251698054
Reposted by Jay of the Commonwealthdmball70.bsky.social @dmball70.bsky.social · 15/06/2025@maddow.msnbc.com This is the best sign I saw at protests for no kings 211422168
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthXander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now. 10578441768
Reposted by Jay of the Commonwealthgreenspringrise.bsky.social @greenspringrise.bsky.social · 14/06/2025#NoKings Pittsburgh 312324
Jay of the Commonwealth @dowhilebreak.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My favorite sign of the day in Pittsburgh (and there were a lot of goodies) #NoKings 051
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthReuters @reuters.com · 13/06/2025Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoYreut.rsExclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video showsMarines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump. 1611317831
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..." www.wnep.com/article/news...wnep.comWayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurantNewswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained. 376215706091
Reposted by Jay of the CommonwealthHank G @neqone.bsky.social · 13/06/2025For no reason, today I've been thinking about that time a bunch of GOP House members broke into a SCIF where classified hearings were being held with media in tow, refused to give up their devices, and live tweeted from inside. No one was escorted out or put in cuffs. www.wired.com/story/republ...wired.comTotal SCIF Show: The GOP's Raid Puts National Security at RiskHouse Republicans barged into a secure facility uninvited Wednesday, creating a host of problems in the process. 10861284