Jack Murphy
@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social
National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
"We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
"We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N
Current reading
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Current reading
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Fountains on Fire from Elysian Fields.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Fountains on Fire from Elysian Fields.
When I'm 70 I'm going to send my grandkids cringey boomerslop like this. They'll be like wow we thought grandpa was just a guy in his basement with a HO-scale model train layout, but actually he's a super badass with a skull mask.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When I'm 70 I'm going to send my grandkids cringey boomerslop like this. They'll be like wow we thought grandpa was just a guy in his basement with a HO-scale model train layout, but actually he's a super badass with a skull mask.
Did you do PT today Ranger?
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Did you do PT today Ranger?
Good book. I feel like I finally know what the hell @sharonk.bsky.social is posting about now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Good book. I feel like I finally know what the hell @sharonk.bsky.social is posting about now.
Guys, I support the cause (educating veterans) but tonight's event was an unmitigated partisan shit show, a self indulgent crank sesh of record. There was no need to drag MAGA talking points into a veteran's event. I will not be returning.
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Guys, I support the cause (educating veterans) but tonight's event was an unmitigated partisan shit show, a self indulgent crank sesh of record. There was no need to drag MAGA talking points into a veteran's event. I will not be returning.
Recent events have me thinking of a half finished novel I wrote nearly a decade ago. It's a Punisher/Mack Bolan type vigilante story about two former SOF guys targeting what is a thinly veiled Jeff Epstein network. It's the darkest book I've written and I stopped for a couple of reasons.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Recent events have me thinking of a half finished novel I wrote nearly a decade ago. It's a Punisher/Mack Bolan type vigilante story about two former SOF guys targeting what is a thinly veiled Jeff Epstein network. It's the darkest book I've written and I stopped for a couple of reasons.
Man, this author's page has mad sex appeal.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, this author's page has mad sex appeal.
That's my last issue. Like much of legacy media they are struggling to write anything relevant, or even readable, by an adult. Unprepared to deal with shifting historical realities, siloed off, and isolated. Leaning on lessons from the Peloponnesian War because there is no new thought.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
That's my last issue. Like much of legacy media they are struggling to write anything relevant, or even readable, by an adult. Unprepared to deal with shifting historical realities, siloed off, and isolated. Leaning on lessons from the Peloponnesian War because there is no new thought.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This was a really good book.
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This was a really good book.
Garth Ennis writing The Punisher is fucking amazing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Garth Ennis writing The Punisher is fucking amazing.
I'm sorry to do a whataboutism, but the press can't normalize a fascist cult and then expect me to freak out because some young guy wants to open government subsidized grocery stores. That math there just doesn't compute for me.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm sorry to do a whataboutism, but the press can't normalize a fascist cult and then expect me to freak out because some young guy wants to open government subsidized grocery stores. That math there just doesn't compute for me.
I'd be lying if I said I'm not enjoying all the meltdowns.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I'd be lying if I said I'm not enjoying all the meltdowns.
Next up. I've wanted to read this one for a long time.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Next up. I've wanted to read this one for a long time.
Took my daughter to Chinatown in Flushing. Got myself some comics.
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Took my daughter to Chinatown in Flushing. Got myself some comics.
I'm fucking dying here it's just page after page of this.
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm fucking dying here it's just page after page of this.
Jesus this book is tedious. The authors like to explain everything through little made up fables and fictional dialog between anthropomorphized characters. Just skipping page after page of nonsense writing.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Jesus this book is tedious. The authors like to explain everything through little made up fables and fictional dialog between anthropomorphized characters. Just skipping page after page of nonsense writing.
I think my 180lbs sandbag just gained an additional five pounds of rainwater. FML.
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think my 180lbs sandbag just gained an additional five pounds of rainwater. FML.
I regretfully inform you that we are now apparently using AI to sex up photographs of deceased service members for maximum likes, little heart shapes, and shares.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I regretfully inform you that we are now apparently using AI to sex up photographs of deceased service members for maximum likes, little heart shapes, and shares.
What the grift is this bullshit showing up in my mailbox? I would love to know which shit head company sold my mailing address to them. This isn't like some family running a gofundme to pay for a funeral, it's a depraved attempt to cash in.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What the grift is this bullshit showing up in my mailbox? I would love to know which shit head company sold my mailing address to them. This isn't like some family running a gofundme to pay for a funeral, it's a depraved attempt to cash in.