James Powers
@justavet11.bsky.social
OIF veteran, blue cord type
Patriot • Father •Husband• Advocate
Nothing on here means any kind of endorsement or something like that
🤷♂️ oh my opinions are mine
https://linktr.ee/justavet
Patriot • Father •Husband• Advocate
Nothing on here means any kind of endorsement or something like that
🤷♂️ oh my opinions are mine
https://linktr.ee/justavet
Still pretty much on Instagram and tik tok. Occasionally make fun of the weirdos on X.
I rebooted my tik tok 🤷
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Still pretty much on Instagram and tik tok. Occasionally make fun of the weirdos on X.
Reposted by James Powers
I went to war to defend the Constitution. Now I’m watching it be dismantled from within. We are in a constitutional crisis — and only We the People can stop it. jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Guest Post: We The People...
Welcome to a special edition of The Experiment, your official hopepunk newsletter.
jasonstanford.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I went to war to defend the Constitution. Now I’m watching it be dismantled from within. We are in a constitutional crisis — and only We the People can stop it. jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Reposted by James Powers
The US media is starting to pay attention to this looming crisis - wapo.st/4kxPKeZ
Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection
The Trump administration claims conditions in Afghanistan have markedly improved under Taliban rule. Those who fought in the war say that’s ‘laughable.’
wapo.st
May 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The US media is starting to pay attention to this looming crisis - wapo.st/4kxPKeZ
Reposted by James Powers
Yet more evidence - the US is quietly dropping the bounty on Taliban leaders. The only reason to do this is if you seek a future relationship with these monsters. Also, yet another thing the Trump admin can point to and claim “see look, Afghanistan js safe now!” www.bbc.com/news/article...
US drops bounties on key Taliban leaders
The move comes days after US officials met with the Taliban government to secure the release of an American tourist.
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Yet more evidence - the US is quietly dropping the bounty on Taliban leaders. The only reason to do this is if you seek a future relationship with these monsters. Also, yet another thing the Trump admin can point to and claim “see look, Afghanistan js safe now!” www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by James Powers
A couple of years ago I put out a series of warning messages about what I felt was the inevitable & relatively soon collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban:
www.armytimes.com/opinion/comm...
time.com/5955477/afgh...
www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm...
jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guam-or-bust
www.armytimes.com/opinion/comm...
time.com/5955477/afgh...
www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm...
jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guam-or-bust
We must evacuate our wartime Afghan allies
President Biden must evacuate our Afghan wartime allies to Guam while they await visas, says the author of this commentary.
www.militarytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A couple of years ago I put out a series of warning messages about what I felt was the inevitable & relatively soon collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban:
www.armytimes.com/opinion/comm...
time.com/5955477/afgh...
www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm...
jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guam-or-bust
www.armytimes.com/opinion/comm...
time.com/5955477/afgh...
www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm...
jasonstanford.substack.com/p/guam-or-bust
I rebooted my tik tok 🤷
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
May 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I rebooted my tik tok 🤷
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
Probably still won't post here on Bluesky that often. Still randomly post on X. On a META bender of recent. Still very much an echo chamber of inaction jaw moving and keyboard pounding IMO
Hope anyone who sees this is well
I oddly don't want this to be fiction
Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
February 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I oddly don't want this to be fiction
Sent to me from A Veteran I served with prior to the repeal of "Don't Ask , Don't tell"
He has spent the last decade working at the VA.
He has spent the last decade working at the VA.
January 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sent to me from A Veteran I served with prior to the repeal of "Don't Ask , Don't tell"
He has spent the last decade working at the VA.
He has spent the last decade working at the VA.
Me in 2022 to everyone and anyone when asked what I thought if Trump returned for a second term....
"Trump, back in office, will be bad for Afghans, Day 1"
Color me shocked 😲
I and so many others were right.
@washingtonpost.com
"Trump, back in office, will be bad for Afghans, Day 1"
Color me shocked 😲
I and so many others were right.
@washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Me in 2022 to everyone and anyone when asked what I thought if Trump returned for a second term....
"Trump, back in office, will be bad for Afghans, Day 1"
Color me shocked 😲
I and so many others were right.
@washingtonpost.com
"Trump, back in office, will be bad for Afghans, Day 1"
Color me shocked 😲
I and so many others were right.
@washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Because all of you pundit fucks keep making this a he versus she, a blue versus red, us versus them all or nothing fucking argument. Go back to loving on Rick Wilson and the LP folks.
You are as much part of the problem, as you are the solution.
You are as much part of the problem, as you are the solution.
I completely understand TikTok creators being upset that they are losing income. I don’t understand being upset at Dems when Trump & Rs are the ones who started this. Now they suddenly reverse their position to enrich themselves. Wake up, open your eyes, you’re being conned.
January 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Because all of you pundit fucks keep making this a he versus she, a blue versus red, us versus them all or nothing fucking argument. Go back to loving on Rick Wilson and the LP folks.
You are as much part of the problem, as you are the solution.
You are as much part of the problem, as you are the solution.
If i saw you peddling you your partisan politics, gaslighting bullshit on either side of the aisle on any side of an issue over on TikTok, the last 3 years and you aren't outraged right now. Over what just occurred last night? You're a piece of shit and i'm going to expose you.
January 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If i saw you peddling you your partisan politics, gaslighting bullshit on either side of the aisle on any side of an issue over on TikTok, the last 3 years and you aren't outraged right now. Over what just occurred last night? You're a piece of shit and i'm going to expose you.
January 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It has begun
So I guess I should really start figuring things out over here....
Alright
Who is here?
#tiktokrefugee #justaveteran
#militaryhumor #vettok
So I guess I should really start figuring things out over here....
Alright
Who is here?
#tiktokrefugee #justaveteran
#militaryhumor #vettok
January 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It has begun
So I guess I should really start figuring things out over here....
Alright
Who is here?
#tiktokrefugee #justaveteran
#militaryhumor #vettok
So I guess I should really start figuring things out over here....
Alright
Who is here?
#tiktokrefugee #justaveteran
#militaryhumor #vettok
I will be participating in the people's march in Akron tomorrow
January 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I will be participating in the people's march in Akron tomorrow
Closure is overrated. Sometimes, the best exit strategy is a match and a decisive strut toward the glow.
January 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Closure is overrated. Sometimes, the best exit strategy is a match and a decisive strut toward the glow.
Oh and welcome to 2025. Where we are starting in the RED 📈 for Fucks to give 🤷
I am just getting warmed up with the shit we are going to talk about this year. Tired of trying to have the reasonable conversations.
So now let's try the uncomfortable ones.
I am just getting warmed up with the shit we are going to talk about this year. Tired of trying to have the reasonable conversations.
So now let's try the uncomfortable ones.
So yeah..... anybody actually seeing this? Like I was on bluesky before it was cool.
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
January 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oh and welcome to 2025. Where we are starting in the RED 📈 for Fucks to give 🤷
I am just getting warmed up with the shit we are going to talk about this year. Tired of trying to have the reasonable conversations.
So now let's try the uncomfortable ones.
I am just getting warmed up with the shit we are going to talk about this year. Tired of trying to have the reasonable conversations.
So now let's try the uncomfortable ones.
So yeah..... anybody actually seeing this? Like I was on bluesky before it was cool.
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
January 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So yeah..... anybody actually seeing this? Like I was on bluesky before it was cool.
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
If this blows up. Perhaps I will tell the story of how myself and journalists from @washingtonpost.com were almost assaulted in VFW back in 2022. All because we realized their member may be stolen/borrowed valor
Are they "comfy shoes" ?
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November 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Are they "comfy shoes" ?
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We are so morally bankrupt at this point. How do we realistically get out of this ethical debt we have created as a nation?
A Felon rapist president elect
A rapist AG nominee
A rapist SecDef nominee
Yeah. America has no moral high ground in the world anymore.
A Felon rapist president elect
A rapist AG nominee
A rapist SecDef nominee
Yeah. America has no moral high ground in the world anymore.
Records released by the Monterey Police Department offer the most detailed account yet of the steps police took to investigate Pete Hegseth as part of an incident that has been roiling Donald Trump’s team since the former president announced the former Fox host was his pick to run the military.
Police records reveal new details about sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth
The incident has roiled Trump’s transition team since the former president announced Hegseth as his nominee for defense secretary.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
We are so morally bankrupt at this point. How do we realistically get out of this ethical debt we have created as a nation?
A Felon rapist president elect
A rapist AG nominee
A rapist SecDef nominee
Yeah. America has no moral high ground in the world anymore.
A Felon rapist president elect
A rapist AG nominee
A rapist SecDef nominee
Yeah. America has no moral high ground in the world anymore.
Back in 2015, when Trump first announced he would run, I absolutely laughed at it. I didn't mock Trump, however. I mocked our country.
In a smoking area at the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Knox, I would say "If he is elected, it will mark the beginning of the Idiocracy"
In a smoking area at the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Knox, I would say "If he is elected, it will mark the beginning of the Idiocracy"
If you think the reason the Republicans won is because of Fox and other MSM you’re truly missing the entire information ecosystem that exists. Most people aren’t even watching MSM anymore. It’s a massive diverse information world. Remember mocking Trump for going on WWE and comedy podcasts?
Yeah.
Yeah.
November 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Back in 2015, when Trump first announced he would run, I absolutely laughed at it. I didn't mock Trump, however. I mocked our country.
In a smoking area at the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Knox, I would say "If he is elected, it will mark the beginning of the Idiocracy"
In a smoking area at the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Knox, I would say "If he is elected, it will mark the beginning of the Idiocracy"
Reposted by James Powers
Well now that it is part of the Library's records anyone can see it. To which I highly recommend doing so. This was probably one of the most authentic telling of the GWOT veteran experience that I have seen.
youtu.be/7fEY5UckFos?...
youtu.be/7fEY5UckFos?...
'War Words' Live
YouTube video by Library of Congress
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Well now that it is part of the Library's records anyone can see it. To which I highly recommend doing so. This was probably one of the most authentic telling of the GWOT veteran experience that I have seen.
youtu.be/7fEY5UckFos?...
youtu.be/7fEY5UckFos?...
Back at the end of September, My brother @mattzeller.bsky.social had invited me to see a live performance of a docu-play. But not just any docu-play and definitely not at just any place. It was called "War Words" and it was being performed at the Library of Congress
November 21, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Back at the end of September, My brother @mattzeller.bsky.social had invited me to see a live performance of a docu-play. But not just any docu-play and definitely not at just any place. It was called "War Words" and it was being performed at the Library of Congress