soonergrunt
@soonergrunt.bsky.social
Retired Soldier, Union guy, public lands lover. Capybara fan. Servant to Freddie the Rescue Pup. Utah
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. -Mencken
Bluesky Fauxscialists fuck off.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. -Mencken
Bluesky Fauxscialists fuck off.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I don't like Lindsey Graham. Like, at all.
But he was and is 100% correct about our duty to the Afghans who helped us.
But he was and is 100% correct about our duty to the Afghans who helped us.
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I don't like Lindsey Graham. Like, at all.
But he was and is 100% correct about our duty to the Afghans who helped us.
But he was and is 100% correct about our duty to the Afghans who helped us.
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A few things here:
1: This info could only have come from high within the Pentagon. Hegseth is hated by literally everyone.
2: The more prosecutable crimes these people engage in, the more reason they have to attempt to cling to power beyond their terms. Beware.
1: This info could only have come from high within the Pentagon. Hegseth is hated by literally everyone.
2: The more prosecutable crimes these people engage in, the more reason they have to attempt to cling to power beyond their terms. Beware.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A few things here:
1: This info could only have come from high within the Pentagon. Hegseth is hated by literally everyone.
2: The more prosecutable crimes these people engage in, the more reason they have to attempt to cling to power beyond their terms. Beware.
1: This info could only have come from high within the Pentagon. Hegseth is hated by literally everyone.
2: The more prosecutable crimes these people engage in, the more reason they have to attempt to cling to power beyond their terms. Beware.
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
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Maybe if we weren’t wasting 1,000 FBI agents scrubbing Epstein files and an insane number going after political enemies, we’d be able to vet properly.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Maybe if we weren’t wasting 1,000 FBI agents scrubbing Epstein files and an insane number going after political enemies, we’d be able to vet properly.
And now, to watch The 13th Warrior again.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
And now, to watch The 13th Warrior again.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who partake.
Happy Thursday to those who don't.
Happy Thursday to those who don't.
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to those who partake.
Happy Thursday to those who don't.
Happy Thursday to those who don't.
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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It's pretty openly acknowledged that their shit at best is hardware someone else built running their buggy kludged together shitty software and at worst just straight up doesn't work
But hey kath hicks said they're the future of defense so
But hey kath hicks said they're the future of defense so
US defense firm Anduril faces setbacks from drone crashes, including in a recent Air Force test, reported here for the first time reut.rs/3XFSBtb
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's pretty openly acknowledged that their shit at best is hardware someone else built running their buggy kludged together shitty software and at worst just straight up doesn't work
But hey kath hicks said they're the future of defense so
But hey kath hicks said they're the future of defense so
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
(And some others because I'm bragging)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Huey Lewis and the News
America / .38 Special
The Beach Boys
U2
The Eagles
James Taylor and Jackson Browne
Bob Seeger
Heart
(And some others because I'm bragging)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Huey Lewis and the News
America / .38 Special
The Beach Boys
U2
The Eagles
James Taylor and Jackson Browne
Bob Seeger
Heart
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Dr Hook
Bonnie Raitt
Huey Lewis and the News
Weather Report
The Bears
Dr Hook
Bonnie Raitt
Huey Lewis and the News
Weather Report
The Bears
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
(And some others because I'm bragging)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Huey Lewis and the News
America / .38 Special
The Beach Boys
U2
The Eagles
James Taylor and Jackson Browne
Bob Seeger
Heart
(And some others because I'm bragging)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Huey Lewis and the News
America / .38 Special
The Beach Boys
U2
The Eagles
James Taylor and Jackson Browne
Bob Seeger
Heart
Your semi-daily Freddie waiting not very patiently for the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and rolls to be ready.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Your semi-daily Freddie waiting not very patiently for the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and rolls to be ready.
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I think you need some Mahna Mahna tonight, so here's a 1971 performance from THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. The Muppet performers were absolute masters of the television frame, skillfully navigating the space to magical effect...
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I think you need some Mahna Mahna tonight, so here's a 1971 performance from THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. The Muppet performers were absolute masters of the television frame, skillfully navigating the space to magical effect...
Hey, @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social why the hell would anyone with half a brain ask that bigoted freak anything about this?
Does she have some level of expertise of which we (and apparently you) are unaware?
Does she have some level of expertise of which we (and apparently you) are unaware?
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hey, @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social why the hell would anyone with half a brain ask that bigoted freak anything about this?
Does she have some level of expertise of which we (and apparently you) are unaware?
Does she have some level of expertise of which we (and apparently you) are unaware?
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Our USDA Secretary who doesn't even know what the cattle cycle is
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
Brooke Rollins on spiking beef prices in November 2025: "There's a lot of reasons for that. The Biden-Harris administration had a war on cattle because they talked about climate change and cattle, um -- it was crazy."
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our USDA Secretary who doesn't even know what the cattle cycle is
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
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So currencies. Much medium of exchange. Very store of value.
Stablecoins are no more a replacement for dollars than Mexican or Argentine pesos were a replacement for dollars in the 1980s or 1990s. They're the equivalent of a fixed exchange rate peg with ever-present credibility/reserves questions.
Stablecoins are no more a replacement for dollars than Mexican or Argentine pesos were a replacement for dollars in the 1980s or 1990s. They're the equivalent of a fixed exchange rate peg with ever-present credibility/reserves questions.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So currencies. Much medium of exchange. Very store of value.
Stablecoins are no more a replacement for dollars than Mexican or Argentine pesos were a replacement for dollars in the 1980s or 1990s. They're the equivalent of a fixed exchange rate peg with ever-present credibility/reserves questions.
Stablecoins are no more a replacement for dollars than Mexican or Argentine pesos were a replacement for dollars in the 1980s or 1990s. They're the equivalent of a fixed exchange rate peg with ever-present credibility/reserves questions.
Every single one of them should video the encounter with the FBI, and demand of them to state what US Code is being investigated.
Better yet, tell them to come back with a subpoena, and then go to court and make them defend it.
Better yet, tell them to come back with a subpoena, and then go to court and make them defend it.
The same House members who warned service members that they must refuse unlawful orders from President Trump are now saying the FBI is attempting to intimidate them into silence.
Punchbowl also reporting that Senator Mark Kelly has heard from the FBI.
Punchbowl also reporting that Senator Mark Kelly has heard from the FBI.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every single one of them should video the encounter with the FBI, and demand of them to state what US Code is being investigated.
Better yet, tell them to come back with a subpoena, and then go to court and make them defend it.
Better yet, tell them to come back with a subpoena, and then go to court and make them defend it.
What, she's loaning him her mascara?
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.” https://cnn.it/4rlYMQy
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What, she's loaning him her mascara?
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I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
This is Bondi's latest stalling tactic--try to relitigate the Grand Jury issue again. The GJ transcripts amount to something like 3 or 4 pages that don't actually reveal anything out of hundreds of thousdands of documents that two Judges have already said DoJ could release at will.
DOJ asks judges to authorize release of Epstein and Maxwell grand jury material
A bill mandating the release of the Epstein files was recently signed into law.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-asks-...
A bill mandating the release of the Epstein files was recently signed into law.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-asks-...
DOJ asks judges to authorize release of Epstein and Maxwell grand jury material
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer set deadlines for the victims of Maxwell's crimes to weigh in by Dec. 3.
abcnews.go.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is Bondi's latest stalling tactic--try to relitigate the Grand Jury issue again. The GJ transcripts amount to something like 3 or 4 pages that don't actually reveal anything out of hundreds of thousdands of documents that two Judges have already said DoJ could release at will.
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.