Jay Thurber Show
@jaythurber.bsky.social
The static-filled voice of the oldies, 12-3 pm Saturdays WRCT & Tube City Online Radio #McKeesport. Also W3MCK on #hamradio. 🏳️🌈 they/them
Cartoonist for Print #Pittsburgh, formerly @ CQ Mag. Union proud since 2000.
My opinions only, not anyone else's.
Cartoonist for Print #Pittsburgh, formerly @ CQ Mag. Union proud since 2000.
My opinions only, not anyone else's.
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Hitbound! Looking forward to breaking this one as a Pittsburgh EXCLUSIVE on the Jay Thurber Show
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Hitbound! Looking forward to breaking this one as a Pittsburgh EXCLUSIVE on the Jay Thurber Show
I've never told this story publicly, but about 10 years ago, I sued an attorney in small-claims court. She got so mad at me she threw a stack of papers at the district magistrate. He was unimpressed. (I won, but only a partial judgement.)
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I've never told this story publicly, but about 10 years ago, I sued an attorney in small-claims court. She got so mad at me she threw a stack of papers at the district magistrate. He was unimpressed. (I won, but only a partial judgement.)
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1. He comes off as a bitter crybaby.
2. He's going to piss off 2024 Harris voters.
3. ???
4. Become President!
2. He's going to piss off 2024 Harris voters.
3. ???
4. Become President!
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
1. He comes off as a bitter crybaby.
2. He's going to piss off 2024 Harris voters.
3. ???
4. Become President!
2. He's going to piss off 2024 Harris voters.
3. ???
4. Become President!
I used to have the same face when my grandpap was talking right before we put him in the home
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I used to have the same face when my grandpap was talking right before we put him in the home
"Make Heaven Crowded"? OMG they're going to Jonestown these people. Hurry up and buy stock in Flavor-Aid
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"Make Heaven Crowded"? OMG they're going to Jonestown these people. Hurry up and buy stock in Flavor-Aid
I'm regularly on a call with people from Europe and Australia and they laugh at us when we discuss our energy bills. Other countries are running laps on us.
I am pretty well into a script titled "you are being misled about renewable energy"
Not gonna pull out studies. Don't need to go over climate change.
Just a simple, plain conversation where we look at the realities of renewables vs. fossil fuels and I say "stop letting Republicans lie to you"
Not gonna pull out studies. Don't need to go over climate change.
Just a simple, plain conversation where we look at the realities of renewables vs. fossil fuels and I say "stop letting Republicans lie to you"
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm regularly on a call with people from Europe and Australia and they laugh at us when we discuss our energy bills. Other countries are running laps on us.
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Overheard:
"I think that creepy guy is listening to our conversation."
"I think that creepy guy is listening to our conversation."
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Overheard:
"I think that creepy guy is listening to our conversation."
"I think that creepy guy is listening to our conversation."
"If only Comrade Stalin knew they were doing this! Someone must tell Comrade Stalin! He would put a stop to it."
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"If only Comrade Stalin knew they were doing this! Someone must tell Comrade Stalin! He would put a stop to it."
Andrew Sullivan is still writing? Huh
"Forgotten but not gone"
"Forgotten but not gone"
January 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Andrew Sullivan is still writing? Huh
"Forgotten but not gone"
"Forgotten but not gone"
This thread is quite a journey, literally and figuratively, and you probably want to avoid traveling on a company called "BestBus"
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 AM
This thread is quite a journey, literally and figuratively, and you probably want to avoid traveling on a company called "BestBus"
. @motherjones.com: "Hell No, It's Not Over"
"We still have rights that people in 1930s Germany (or contemporary Russia or China) would have died for. It’s time to use them."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We still have rights that people in 1930s Germany (or contemporary Russia or China) would have died for. It’s time to use them."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hell no, it's not over
We still have rights. Time to use them.
www.motherjones.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:34 AM
. @motherjones.com: "Hell No, It's Not Over"
"We still have rights that people in 1930s Germany (or contemporary Russia or China) would have died for. It’s time to use them."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We still have rights that people in 1930s Germany (or contemporary Russia or China) would have died for. It’s time to use them."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tim Walz called them weirdos. The expert consultants told him to stop. But the right is deeply weird on every level — these people are so screwy they have to twist their socks on
January 20, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Tim Walz called them weirdos. The expert consultants told him to stop. But the right is deeply weird on every level — these people are so screwy they have to twist their socks on
Hank Azaria Reads Trump Quotes as Simpsons Characters 😂
YouTube video by Neal Brennan
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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I was working on this Greenland piece all day and didn't see the video of people barging into a church until now.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Yes, I know, some of you on Bluesky will think it was awesome, but in the fight for public opinion? Stupid stupid stupid.
Also: Stupid.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Yes, I know, some of you on Bluesky will think it was awesome, but in the fight for public opinion? Stupid stupid stupid.
Also: Stupid.
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I was working on this Greenland piece all day and didn't see the video of people barging into a church until now.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Yes, I know, some of you on Bluesky will think it was awesome, but in the fight for public opinion? Stupid stupid stupid.
Also: Stupid.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Yes, I know, some of you on Bluesky will think it was awesome, but in the fight for public opinion? Stupid stupid stupid.
Also: Stupid.
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I really appreciate people explaining to Christians that they should be hassling their fellow congregants.
Disturbing people while they worship, no matter how much you hate them, is not only wrong, it's a stupid tactic that will never go your way if you're trying win hearts and minds in public.
Disturbing people while they worship, no matter how much you hate them, is not only wrong, it's a stupid tactic that will never go your way if you're trying win hearts and minds in public.
I respect your opinion but I don't really understand why we all act like the people in a church are somehow innocent children. They are grown adults and should also be questioning their pastors participation and the hypocrisy of his actions against his faith.
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I really appreciate people explaining to Christians that they should be hassling their fellow congregants.
Disturbing people while they worship, no matter how much you hate them, is not only wrong, it's a stupid tactic that will never go your way if you're trying win hearts and minds in public.
Disturbing people while they worship, no matter how much you hate them, is not only wrong, it's a stupid tactic that will never go your way if you're trying win hearts and minds in public.
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COMMERCIAL: We know your money needs to work as hard as you do
ME: Why is my money so lazy
ME: Why is my money so lazy
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 AM
COMMERCIAL: We know your money needs to work as hard as you do
ME: Why is my money so lazy
ME: Why is my money so lazy
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Kinda funny that Trump thinks "asylum" means other countries send people from insane asylums, and a) this is real life, not a ham-handed Idiocracy-type satire, b) he has surely been corrected several times but is incapable of updating his priors, & c) most media politely agree not to mention it.
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Kinda funny that Trump thinks "asylum" means other countries send people from insane asylums, and a) this is real life, not a ham-handed Idiocracy-type satire, b) he has surely been corrected several times but is incapable of updating his priors, & c) most media politely agree not to mention it.
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you’re trying to tell me this ragtag group of kids is the future of starfleet
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
you’re trying to tell me this ragtag group of kids is the future of starfleet
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no non-US person i have met, particularly any european, has been capable of understanding the power of police in this country and the impunity with which they operate. there is nothing else like it, they have no frame of reference to comprehend it or understand how powerless we are against it
January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
no non-US person i have met, particularly any european, has been capable of understanding the power of police in this country and the impunity with which they operate. there is nothing else like it, they have no frame of reference to comprehend it or understand how powerless we are against it
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YOU CAN'T CHANGE BAD-FAITH MEDIA BULLSHIT WITH SUBSTANTIVE POLICY REFORMS.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
YOU CAN'T CHANGE BAD-FAITH MEDIA BULLSHIT WITH SUBSTANTIVE POLICY REFORMS.
I get tired of driving around all of the chickens and fiddle players on Shady Ave. no wonder Pittsburgh can't get the roads salted in the East End, what with all of the peddlers pushing carts
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I get tired of driving around all of the chickens and fiddle players on Shady Ave. no wonder Pittsburgh can't get the roads salted in the East End, what with all of the peddlers pushing carts
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David Brooks: This is a war on blue states
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM
David Brooks: This is a war on blue states
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
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the road to fascism, for a lot of liberals and leftists, is the need to be the Cleverest Boy. if you always have to be the Smartest Lad In Class you are eventually going to either become a fascist or like. A useful idiot
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
the road to fascism, for a lot of liberals and leftists, is the need to be the Cleverest Boy. if you always have to be the Smartest Lad In Class you are eventually going to either become a fascist or like. A useful idiot
As I've often said, Spy had Trump's number back in the 1990s. So did the New York tabloids. That we allowed Mark Burnett to reinvent this cafone as some kind of a business genius — and he then rode that into the presidency twice — is a propaganda success that Goebbels could only have dreamed of.
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
As I've often said, Spy had Trump's number back in the 1990s. So did the New York tabloids. That we allowed Mark Burnett to reinvent this cafone as some kind of a business genius — and he then rode that into the presidency twice — is a propaganda success that Goebbels could only have dreamed of.