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.
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.
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Lmfao
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Lmfao
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Congrats, Rand Paul, you’ve invented health insurance companies.
After 10 years, the plan Trump came up with to replace Obamacare is *more Obamacare*, but Senate Republicans don't like it.
Trump was expected to unveil a health care proposal that included extending Obamacare subsidies for two years. Now it's off, according to reports.
Trump plan for Obamacare subsidies on hold after GOP pushback: reports
Trump was expected to unveil a health care proposal that included extending Obamacare subsidies for two years. Now it's off, according to reports.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
After 10 years, the plan Trump came up with to replace Obamacare is *more Obamacare*, but Senate Republicans don't like it.
Jesus Christ
RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jesus Christ
Yep. I suspect Whiskey Pete knows this. He's preening for an audience of one.
Leaving aside that Mark Kelly is a US Senator and has certain rights and privileges that attach thereto. The Speech and Debate Clause *MAY* apply here.
Leaving aside that Mark Kelly is a US Senator and has certain rights and privileges that attach thereto. The Speech and Debate Clause *MAY* apply here.
The SECDEF confirming an investigation to the world and labeling an individual under investigation as being part of the “Seditious Six” is unlawful command influence.
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yep. I suspect Whiskey Pete knows this. He's preening for an audience of one.
Leaving aside that Mark Kelly is a US Senator and has certain rights and privileges that attach thereto. The Speech and Debate Clause *MAY* apply here.
Leaving aside that Mark Kelly is a US Senator and has certain rights and privileges that attach thereto. The Speech and Debate Clause *MAY* apply here.
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Virtually the definition of...
The SECDEF confirming an investigation to the world and labeling an individual under investigation as being part of the “Seditious Six” is unlawful command influence.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Virtually the definition of...
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The SECDEF confirming an investigation to the world and labeling an individual under investigation as being part of the “Seditious Six” is unlawful command influence.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The SECDEF confirming an investigation to the world and labeling an individual under investigation as being part of the “Seditious Six” is unlawful command influence.
Reminder: The Department of War is not a real thing in the United States Government.
The Department of War was renamed the Department of the Army in 1947.
Only Congress can name an Executive Department.
You could just as easily call it the Department of Drunken Woman-Beating Cosplayers.
The Department of War was renamed the Department of the Army in 1947.
Only Congress can name an Executive Department.
You could just as easily call it the Department of Drunken Woman-Beating Cosplayers.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reminder: The Department of War is not a real thing in the United States Government.
The Department of War was renamed the Department of the Army in 1947.
Only Congress can name an Executive Department.
You could just as easily call it the Department of Drunken Woman-Beating Cosplayers.
The Department of War was renamed the Department of the Army in 1947.
Only Congress can name an Executive Department.
You could just as easily call it the Department of Drunken Woman-Beating Cosplayers.
Attention @kenwhite.bsky.social
YOUR TIME HAS COME
YOUR TIME HAS COME
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Attention @kenwhite.bsky.social
YOUR TIME HAS COME
YOUR TIME HAS COME
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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AI enabled washing machine? Ok but you’re not lugging my laundry downstairs or folding it for me, which is 99.9% of what makes laundry an onerous task, so fuck off.
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
AI enabled washing machine? Ok but you’re not lugging my laundry downstairs or folding it for me, which is 99.9% of what makes laundry an onerous task, so fuck off.
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Contempt proceedings resume in the case involving Trump’s deportation of migrants (after claiming we were under invasion from the Tren de Aragua gang) and the government’s apparent willingness to ignore a key court order. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
November 23, 2025
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Contempt proceedings resume in the case involving Trump’s deportation of migrants (after claiming we were under invasion from the Tren de Aragua gang) and the government’s apparent willingness to ignore a key court order. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Somebody explain it to me like I'm six.
If Elon's most deeply held lifelong dream is to colonize Mars, and he thinks it's a survival imperative for the Human race, what does he need a trillion dollars in pay for?
Wouldn't that money be better spent testing and building rockets and habitats and gear?
If Elon's most deeply held lifelong dream is to colonize Mars, and he thinks it's a survival imperative for the Human race, what does he need a trillion dollars in pay for?
Wouldn't that money be better spent testing and building rockets and habitats and gear?
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Somebody explain it to me like I'm six.
If Elon's most deeply held lifelong dream is to colonize Mars, and he thinks it's a survival imperative for the Human race, what does he need a trillion dollars in pay for?
Wouldn't that money be better spent testing and building rockets and habitats and gear?
If Elon's most deeply held lifelong dream is to colonize Mars, and he thinks it's a survival imperative for the Human race, what does he need a trillion dollars in pay for?
Wouldn't that money be better spent testing and building rockets and habitats and gear?
Forget it, Charlie Brown. It's Chinatown.
Frankly, Charlie Brown, I don't give a damn.
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Forget it, Charlie Brown. It's Chinatown.
Kavanaugh stops working as intended.
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Kavanaugh stops working as intended.
THIS WHOLE THREAD
Just a PSA to the men out there who are mad about not getting what they want in this world: Being a man is like playing life on easy or at most normal difficulty, you need to get your shit together, the world is not against you because you're a man
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
THIS WHOLE THREAD
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This is the technological equivalent of not being able to get your house insured in Florida, and for similar reasons.
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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This is the technological equivalent of not being able to get your house insured in Florida, and for similar reasons.
share.google/SOpWK172vQx5...
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