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During a 30-plus-year career as a writer and editor for an int'l news agency, I was barred from openly supporting a political candidate and posting a political opinion on social media. I'm retired and making up for lost time.
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Charles Jay's Profile
Location: New York, NEW YORK, United States, 10025
Groups: Daily Kos, Pro Choice, DKG Solidarity, Foreign Policy And International Events Group, Badger & Hound
Hobbies: Jazz
Diaries published: 672 (1 day since last diary on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 9856 (0 days since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 07:08 PM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 242
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Most Recommended Diary: The hosts of 'The View' give a master class in how to mock Trump and turn him into a laughingstock, 253 comments, 842 recommends
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It's high time: 6 Democratic governors urge Biden to push DEA to reschedule marijuana by end of year Six Democratic governors have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration�to push the Drug Enforcement Administration to “reschedule”�marijuana as a less dangerous Class III ...
by Charles Jay
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST
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The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg recalls a short-lived period when it seemed impossible to imagine that Donald Trump would once again be a candidate for president. That moment lasted from the night of Jan. 6, 2021, after the attack on...
by Charles Jay
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 01:15 PM PST
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New bill to make assault weapons less lethal shows waning influence of gun lobby over public opinion Yet another mass shooting occurred on Oct. 25, this time in Lewiston, Maine, that killed 18 people and wounded 13 others. As of Oct. 26, that makes an astounding 35,275 people that have been killed by gun violence in this country just in 2023. Maine...
by Charles Jay
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 09:30 AM PST
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In October, President Joe Biden announced a new campaign to crack down on junk fees, potentially saving American consumers billions of dollars. He announced new efforts to target the surprise fees that companies sneak onto consumer bills, such as...
by Charles Jay
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 01:24 PM PST
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President Joe Biden hit a trifecta during his visit to a wind tower turbine manufacturing plant in Rep. Lauren Boebert’s home district in Colorado on Wednesday: He managed to rib Boebert and fellow MAGA extremists in Congress, tout the increased...
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 01:40 PM PST
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Are you censoring me? Actor Robert De Niro wasn’t about to let anyone remove critical remarks about disgraced former President Donald Trump and Hollywood icon John Wayne�from his speech at the ...
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on Tue Nov 28, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST
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- Dear Republicans, After the corruption of the Coolidge and Hoover administrations crashed the world economy, kicking off the Republican Great Depression in 1929, it took your party decades to rid itself of the stink. After Nixon extended the Vietnam...189 comments 519 Recs
- Elon Musk’s bigotry is on full display this week, and as Daily Kos’ Hunter wrote Friday , the billionaire, who bought Twitter last year and renamed it�X, is facing some serious consequences.� ...234 comments 709 Recs
- I keep seeing, and dipping in and out of, diaries about Israel and Gaza, horrified by the one-sidedness of almost all of them. Clearly Hamas was successful in helping Putin by dividing the progressives in our nation. We are bitterly fighting each other...450 comments 471 Recs
- Recently, I’ve heard some white folks, who are ostensibly Democrats, say they are thinking about not voting for Joe Biden in the upcoming election. This is addressed to them. Seems like they have dis-remembered what happened in the not-so-long-ago past...1529 comments 847 Recs
- “What an interesting perspective! Thanks for the information!” “You know, I’ll have to ruminate on that one… let me get back to you!” “I think you’ve changed my viewpoint!” “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude.” “I think we could have a very positive...247 comments 429 Recs
- It is always fraught to wade into the Israel-Palestine conflict, now turned into a hot war with Hamas in and around Gaza. I am about to do so, so help me god. But this isn’t about who is right and ...575 comments 762 Recs
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which handles federal cases arising from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, is dominated by a bunch of Donald Trump appointees and has become the rogue court of the federal judiciary. The sheer volume of...70 comments 383 Recs
- If you had to guess, what do you think would be the most popular stories on Daily Kos in September 2023? Lots of Donald Trump? Lauren Boebert? Some Kevin McCarthy or Matt Gaetz nonsense? Well, let’s find out!45 comments 125 Recs
- This is a hard diary to write. I’m pretty sure every American of my generation has heard the song “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra and assigned it’s signature line “If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere!” to the whole of our nation as...371 comments 572 Recs
- UPDATE: Thursday, Sep 28, 2023 · 8:20:25 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner Comer finishes up by saying Democrats have done it wrong in the past by having evidence upfront before holding an impeachment. Then he goes on to spend the rest of his closing statement...122 comments 203 Recs
