DON SURBER: Trump’s war and peace. “Despite the title, this won’t be a long newsletter.”

LOL, DAVID FRENCH:

“Pete Hegseth used an encrypted app first put into use by the Biden administration so we should have fat troops and no basic standards” is quite the argument there, Dave. https://t.co/Fvwvt6EkaN

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 1, 2025

UPDATE: Related:

What’s your statement on why you made sure your kids got Navy Academy appointments ahead of everybody else? https://t.co/EnH8mLGMGN

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 30, 2025

Also:

This is an insane take. Hegseth is (as he often does) doing a variation on the Roman / Latin adage “Si vis pacem, para bellum” (If you want peace, prepare for war). It’s a very common & popular military concept & it has nothing to do with Orwell nor fictional fascist governments. https://t.co/H8lsRZV91d

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) October 1, 2025

THEY STARTED A WAR AND THEY LOST IT.

For people that are undergoing „genocide“ they seem to be quite picky.

— facts about (@destinationXIX) September 30, 2025

OUT: TRUMP IS HITLER. IN: Harvard President Blamed Jewish Student for His Own Assault, Text Message Shows.

OH NO. ANYWAY: Andrew McCabe Says He’s Afraid DOJ Might Come After Him.

DO TELL: Marines Say They Hit Recruiting Goals and Point to ‘Unapologetic’ Standards.

JOHN LUCAS: Secretary Hegseth Delivers a Speech That Could Have Been Given by General Patton. “My general reaction is one of great relief because it clearly presages a refocusing of the military on the core purpose for its existence. That is, as General MacArthur instructed the West Point Corps of Cadets in 1963, is, ‘to win our wars.'”

CHANGE:

Join @xAI and help build Grokipedia, an open source knowledge repository that is vastly better than Wikipedia!

This will be available to the public with no limits on use. https://t.co/3CnfrvNIpI

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 30, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s Groovy.

SPACE: Astronauts on the moon and Mars? World space leaders lay out visions for an ambitious future.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Big Balls Is a National Treasure.

I’M GLAD TO BE TYPE O: Your Blood Type Affects Your Risk of an Early Stroke, Study Reveals.

FASTER, PLEASE: Researchers Pinpoint Protein That May Halt the Progression of Heart Disease.

COMFORTABLY NUMB: A drug made from marijuana reduced back pain in a large study.

ZOOM: Tested! The Lucid Air Sapphire Just Set a New 0–60-MPH Record! “The Lucid Air Sapphire now has godlike grip to go with its hellfire 1,234 horsepower. Armed with Lucid’s new Track Tire package, the three-motor EV leapfrogged to the top of MotorTrend’s all-time 0–60-mph leaderboard with a 1.881-second blitz.”

WELL, HE SHOULD WANT TO: Trump Could Reopen an additional Pipeline for M1 Garands — If He Wants To.

SNAKES. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? It took half a century to solve the mystery of Missouri’s deadly snake panic.

ONSHORING: Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Ketamine deaths have increased 20-fold since 2015 with mixing drugs on the rise, UK analysis finds.

DON’T TRUST CONTENT FROM TIKTOK: Study urges TikTok viewers to check sources of sexual health advice.

OUR STAINLESS JUDICIARY: Logrolling and petty cruelty.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. “[P]ersistent and unfounded branding of a man as a ‘rapist’ cannot be easily dismissed as anything other than sex-based harassment.”

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED COMMON SENSE NOT LONG AGO: Pete Hegseth Torches ‘Fat Generals, Low Standards, Gender Delusions’ During Remarks to Military Leaders.

A HOPEFUL SIGN: Zero Brown U. freshmen interested in ‘Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies’ degree.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Brown University layoffs tied to Title VI investigation and years of administrative bloat: The move comes as the school grapples with a Title VI investigation, a settlement with the Trump administration, and deepening financial deficits.