Ray Cunneff
@raycunneff.bsky.social
Former television & motion picture writer (WGAW), CBS Television Network Executive Producer, CBS Director, Program Practices, radio Program Director & news/talk host, Sgt. E-5 U.S. Army.
Putin wants to carve the world into: Russia, China & the US. But Russia's not the powerhouse Putin would have us believe. Economically, Russia's not in the top ten. California's economy is larger. Russia's military is the biggest economic engine. Otherwise, they're "a gas station that sells vodka".
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Putin wants to carve the world into: Russia, China & the US. But Russia's not the powerhouse Putin would have us believe. Economically, Russia's not in the top ten. California's economy is larger. Russia's military is the biggest economic engine. Otherwise, they're "a gas station that sells vodka".
It's all about the oil. Hasn't this "drug boat" pretext worn beyond thin? There's a new 'Trump Doctrine' for the western hemisphere being executed and the tech billionaires are the architects. Scoop: Propensa, Hondouras is "freedom city" for techno/crypto fascists. It starts to make sense.
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's all about the oil. Hasn't this "drug boat" pretext worn beyond thin? There's a new 'Trump Doctrine' for the western hemisphere being executed and the tech billionaires are the architects. Scoop: Propensa, Hondouras is "freedom city" for techno/crypto fascists. It starts to make sense.
Warrior-dude Pete Hegseth needs a lesson in the 'fog of war':
"Charging a guy with murder in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500." - Capt. Willard "Apocalypse Now".
"Charging a guy with murder in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500." - Capt. Willard "Apocalypse Now".
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Warrior-dude Pete Hegseth needs a lesson in the 'fog of war':
"Charging a guy with murder in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500." - Capt. Willard "Apocalypse Now".
"Charging a guy with murder in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500." - Capt. Willard "Apocalypse Now".
What is wrong with the Dems? Hakeem Jeffries' latest campaign solgan for the midterms, "Strong Floor, No Ceiling", typifies the mealy-mouthed, vague and largely inoffensive rhetoric from Jeffries and Schumer - "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory".
Opinion | The Democrats new slogan is political malpractice
Paul Waldman says that in addition to being inscrutable, the new slogan doesn't even describe what Democrats ought to want.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What is wrong with the Dems? Hakeem Jeffries' latest campaign solgan for the midterms, "Strong Floor, No Ceiling", typifies the mealy-mouthed, vague and largely inoffensive rhetoric from Jeffries and Schumer - "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory".
FUN FACT: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, awaiting trial on three counts of 'crimes against humanity', specifically non-judicial murder in his 'war on drugs' including strikes on "drug boats".
December 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
FUN FACT: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, awaiting trial on three counts of 'crimes against humanity', specifically non-judicial murder in his 'war on drugs' including strikes on "drug boats".
We are being conditioned for another fabricated war, like Vietnam and Iraq, with lies and propaganda to prepare us for war in Venezuela. A flotilla of ships, planes & 15,000 US troops assembled for a land & air assault. It's not about fentanyl or cocaine. It's about the world's largest oil reserves.
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We are being conditioned for another fabricated war, like Vietnam and Iraq, with lies and propaganda to prepare us for war in Venezuela. A flotilla of ships, planes & 15,000 US troops assembled for a land & air assault. It's not about fentanyl or cocaine. It's about the world's largest oil reserves.
Beyond "affordability", we need a party dedicated to Quality of Life - education, healthcare, freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, an optimistic, benevolent, dynamic vision of the future.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Beyond "affordability", we need a party dedicated to Quality of Life - education, healthcare, freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, an optimistic, benevolent, dynamic vision of the future.
After fifteen years of trying to kill ACA ("Obamacare"), the GOP offers only "concepts" and "ideas" designed to go nowhere, revealing their true healthcare philosophy:
"If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it"
"If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it"
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
After fifteen years of trying to kill ACA ("Obamacare"), the GOP offers only "concepts" and "ideas" designed to go nowhere, revealing their true healthcare philosophy:
"If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it"
"If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it"
Beyond "affordability", we need a party dedicated to Quality of Life - education, healthcare, freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, an optimistic, benevolent, dynamic vision of the future.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Beyond "affordability", we need a party dedicated to Quality of Life - education, healthcare, freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, an optimistic, benevolent, dynamic vision of the future.
All dictators scapegoat "others", "barbarians at the gates", "animals", and by dehumanizing them justify deportations, incarcerations, and murder. What sets Trump apart, the sheer number of groups he finds undesirable. Those not rich, white, male, straight and Christian unwelcome in Trump's America.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
All dictators scapegoat "others", "barbarians at the gates", "animals", and by dehumanizing them justify deportations, incarcerations, and murder. What sets Trump apart, the sheer number of groups he finds undesirable. Those not rich, white, male, straight and Christian unwelcome in Trump's America.
INSTANT POLL
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment that would enshrine Education and Healthcare as "inalienable rights" of American citizenship?
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment that would enshrine Education and Healthcare as "inalienable rights" of American citizenship?
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
INSTANT POLL
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment that would enshrine Education and Healthcare as "inalienable rights" of American citizenship?
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment that would enshrine Education and Healthcare as "inalienable rights" of American citizenship?
What's a cartoonist to do in the Age of Trump?
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What's a cartoonist to do in the Age of Trump?
Any discussion about the following of illegal orders needs to factor in the chaos, brutality, stupidity, absurdity, and moral ambiguity leading to corruption inherent in war. "War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
White House Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal
The Trump administration is twisting U.S. military code to take revenge against Democrats who reminded troops to follow the law.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Any discussion about the following of illegal orders needs to factor in the chaos, brutality, stupidity, absurdity, and moral ambiguity leading to corruption inherent in war. "War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
Today marks the 62nd anniversary of the day that changed my life and my view of the world. In many respects, I have judged everything that has happened since that day as the dawn of cynicism, the loss of innocence. Yet the date is now slipping into history, little remembrance, as remote as Lincoln.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Today marks the 62nd anniversary of the day that changed my life and my view of the world. In many respects, I have judged everything that has happened since that day as the dawn of cynicism, the loss of innocence. Yet the date is now slipping into history, little remembrance, as remote as Lincoln.
Enormous funds were being transferred, far beyond expected for sex-trafficking, and the money didn't move in ways typical of blackmail. But it's bigger than "leverage", money-laundering or bj's for rich guys. If "the girls" were the icing on the cake, we don't yet see the cake... or who baked it?
Latest Epstein files knock White House on its heels
The latest revelations stand to further fracture a party that already splintered once this year over the so-called Epstein files — during a much less politically fraught moment.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Enormous funds were being transferred, far beyond expected for sex-trafficking, and the money didn't move in ways typical of blackmail. But it's bigger than "leverage", money-laundering or bj's for rich guys. If "the girls" were the icing on the cake, we don't yet see the cake... or who baked it?
Not just about bj's for rich guys. Follow the $, the patterns of a financial conduit or intel asset, rather than a solo predator.
• State-sponsored compromise ops (CIA, Mossad, MI6)
• Corporate espionage, sex as bait for leverage
• Political blackmail, ties to campaign financing and lobbying
• State-sponsored compromise ops (CIA, Mossad, MI6)
• Corporate espionage, sex as bait for leverage
• Political blackmail, ties to campaign financing and lobbying
What we know about the latest Epstein emails referencing Trump
In emails released by Democrats, Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls". The White House says they are an attempt to "smear" the president.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Not just about bj's for rich guys. Follow the $, the patterns of a financial conduit or intel asset, rather than a solo predator.
• State-sponsored compromise ops (CIA, Mossad, MI6)
• Corporate espionage, sex as bait for leverage
• Political blackmail, ties to campaign financing and lobbying
• State-sponsored compromise ops (CIA, Mossad, MI6)
• Corporate espionage, sex as bait for leverage
• Political blackmail, ties to campaign financing and lobbying
The Democratic Party: "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" for fifty years.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Democratic Party: "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" for fifty years.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States... The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-Isaac Asimov, 1980
-Isaac Asimov, 1980
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States... The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-Isaac Asimov, 1980
-Isaac Asimov, 1980
Dirty Secret: America faces a rapidly evolving technological triad that will profoundly change all our lives & work in ways we can't predict: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Virtual Reality. An ever-greater portion of human experiences and relationships will be virtual. We're not prepared.
AI, robotics, virtual reality, Oh My! Assessing the philosophy and ethics of the digital technologies of our time
Digital technologies are increasingly implemented and used in different sections of public life. Although these technologies have been implemented and used in ...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Dirty Secret: America faces a rapidly evolving technological triad that will profoundly change all our lives & work in ways we can't predict: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Virtual Reality. An ever-greater portion of human experiences and relationships will be virtual. We're not prepared.
"Who's On The Ballot? Trump's On The Ballot!"
The bears ate his Big Mac. They must have cheated. They're not real Americans, anyway. Radical deviants. It can never be his fault, so perfect, so adored. "Who's your Baddy...?"
The bears ate his Big Mac. They must have cheated. They're not real Americans, anyway. Radical deviants. It can never be his fault, so perfect, so adored. "Who's your Baddy...?"
Trump Falls Back On His Go-To Explanation For GOP Election Disaster
Voters on Tuesday disagreed, telling exit pollsters that Trump was an important reason for turning out in droves for Democratic candidates.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Who's On The Ballot? Trump's On The Ballot!"
The bears ate his Big Mac. They must have cheated. They're not real Americans, anyway. Radical deviants. It can never be his fault, so perfect, so adored. "Who's your Baddy...?"
The bears ate his Big Mac. They must have cheated. They're not real Americans, anyway. Radical deviants. It can never be his fault, so perfect, so adored. "Who's your Baddy...?"
For a sociopath savvy in messaging and optics, his recent impulses prove he's now totally bonkers.The optics could not be more appalling. The East Wing? A ballroom? The Oval? A "Gatsby" party? He's fully blind to the symbolism, the destruction, to contempt for history, values, traditions, people.
Jon Stewart on Trump’s Gatsby party: ‘The theme was apparently gross income inequality’
Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s tone-deaf Halloween party held as food assistance lapsed for 42 million Americans amid the government shutdown
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For a sociopath savvy in messaging and optics, his recent impulses prove he's now totally bonkers.The optics could not be more appalling. The East Wing? A ballroom? The Oval? A "Gatsby" party? He's fully blind to the symbolism, the destruction, to contempt for history, values, traditions, people.
Once-mighty CBS News has become a sad casualty of Trump's war on reality, coerced into "scribe journalism", dictated (in at least two meanings) by America's 'Dear Leader'. After extorting $16 million to approve the Paramount/Skydance merger, he praised Bari Weiss and the MAGAfication of the news.
Trump Demanded CBS Cut a Clip From 60 Minutes Interview—and It Did
Donald Trump apparently feels he can now dictate CBS News’s content.
newrepublic.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Once-mighty CBS News has become a sad casualty of Trump's war on reality, coerced into "scribe journalism", dictated (in at least two meanings) by America's 'Dear Leader'. After extorting $16 million to approve the Paramount/Skydance merger, he praised Bari Weiss and the MAGAfication of the news.
In case anyone was wondering why Trump, shortly before his meeting with China's Xi, ordered immediate nuclear testing by his "War Department"? The answer may be 'Poseidon', a Russian nuclear-capable underwater drone that challenges nuclear defenses reminiscent of "The Hunt for Red October".
Putin says Russia's nuclear-armed underwater drone was tested successfully
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted.
apnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case anyone was wondering why Trump, shortly before his meeting with China's Xi, ordered immediate nuclear testing by his "War Department"? The answer may be 'Poseidon', a Russian nuclear-capable underwater drone that challenges nuclear defenses reminiscent of "The Hunt for Red October".
Thugs R Us/The Gravy Seals: Satire has become difficult in the Age of Trump, when the everyday reality seems so implausible, preposterous as to defy belief. What to do when "outlandish" isn't? Only manly men need apply, no girly behind the burly. Matricide counseling is available.
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thugs R Us/The Gravy Seals: Satire has become difficult in the Age of Trump, when the everyday reality seems so implausible, preposterous as to defy belief. What to do when "outlandish" isn't? Only manly men need apply, no girly behind the burly. Matricide counseling is available.
