Grimm on the Rocks

About Grimm on the Rocks

Strong opinions. Hard questions. Room to be wrong. Edward Grimm takes on politics, media, and the motives behind the headlines—with evidence, humor, and a willingness to challenge his own side. Featuring full episodes of Grimm on the Rocks and The Distillation: straight news, with a twist. An American History Studio production.

Publisher

Edward Grimm

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Same Question. Two Answers.

   Israelis and Palestinians on the street were asked the same questions. Do you want to live with the other side in peace? Could they stay? As equals? Israeli after Israeli says yes, live next to us. On the Palestinian side, the "yes" usually comes with conditions. About two million Arab citizens live in Israel. No Jews live in Gaza. Until more people on the Palestinian street say the Jews can stay, peace isn't being blocked by a map. It's being blocked by an answer. Before that: Obama says Ilhan Omar's investigation is an "unsubstantiated theory" (how does he know?), Sen. Elissa Slotkin wants a "deterrence message" for young people who'd work for Trump, and France's "mostly peaceful student protests." (Commentary and opinion. Clips used under fair use for commentary. Many street interviews were filmed before October 7th.) 0:00 Obama: show your work 3:30 Slotkin's "deterrence message" 5:26 France: don't believe your lying eyes 8:25 Same question, two answers 8:50 The street interviews 12:03 What I found 13:31 Take them at their word 14:36 We already tried it 16:16 Democracies and death cults 17:25 What October 7th changed 18:04 The other side 18:46 The Distillation Sources: - Obama on X, Oct 18, 2026; Obama "not even a smidgen of corruption" (Fox, Feb 2, 2014); Obama on 60 Minutes, Oct 2015; Comey, "extremely careless" (July 2016) - Omar 2019 review, evidence too thin for a full investigation (Washington Post, Oct 2026) - Slotkin at UChicago (Chicago Thinker clip): https://x.com/ThinkerChicago/status/2111560599167795418 · Turley: https://jonathanturley.org/2026/10/18/i-want-that-deterrence-message-did-michigan-democrat-sen-elissa-slotkin-just-go-full-kurtz/ - France protests: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/13/violence-in-paris-as-tens-of-thousands-turn-out-for-student-protests-across-france · Greta and the flags: https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/tmum84 - Street interviews: Ask Project / Corey Gil-Shuster (2015–2025); Zach Sage Fox (filmed 2024–25, posted Sept 2026) - Arab citizens of Israel, Dayan Center survey (May 2026): https://dayan.org/content/integration-and-influence-survey-arab-citizens-israel - Ghazi Hamad, LBC, Oct 24, 2023 (MEMRI translation): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Hamad - Abu Marzouk on the tunnels (RT Arabic via MEMRI/ynet): https://ynetnews.com/article/bk00giq0fa - Pew, June 2025: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/03/israeli-public-is-increasingly-skeptical-about-lasting-peace/ - PCPSR, Aug 2026 (via The National): https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/13/palestinians-support-for-armed-struggle-and-hamas-drops-poll-shows/ - Douglas Murray clips: spiked (June 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux2CflOyQcs · Piers Morgan Uncensored (Jan 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk9Nr0WyKf0 · Fox News (Oct 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWcbxyBHVg - France clips via Mario Nawfal, Gunther Eagleman, Visegrád 24, Eric Daugherty (on X) Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/GrimmontheRocks Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CLV6n7mzDRg

2. 

   17 Oct 2026

   AI: Who’s Holding the Keys?

   Recorded October 16, 2026. I want my robot butler. My wife won't trust the automatic cat feeder. Neither of us gets a vote on whether AGI is coming: some of the people building it predict it's a year or two out. But we do get a vote on who's holding the keys when it gets here. Right now that's a handful of companies, and whoever happens to be in the White House and Congress at the time. This isn't about left or right. Write the rules for the guy you don't trust, because sooner or later, he's the one in charge. Commentary and opinion. Clips used for commentary. CHAPTERS 0:00 The robot butler vs. the cat feeder 0:37 What Hollywood told us 1:26 The people building it say it's coming 3:00 Who's in charge? 4:50 Whatever it takes 5:11 Anthropic vs. the Pentagon 6:28 The built-in advantage 8:07 Who's buying the keyholders 8:33 Nobody trusts anybody 9:21 The bright spot: fraud 10:15 What we do now 11:17 The Distillation SOURCES AGI predictions: https://letsdatascience.com/news/ai-industry-leaders-diverge-on-agi-timelines-47d1779e AI spending: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/hyperscalers-hit-700-billion-2026-111243744.html Anthropic–Pentagon dispute: https://wtop.com/business-finance/2026/02/what-to-know-about-the-clash-between-the-pentagon-and-anthropic-over-militarys-ai-use/ Federal agency order: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/president-trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-stop-using-anthropic-after-pentagon-dispute/ Court rulings: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/anthropic-gets-its-first-court-win-over-the-pentagons-supply-chain-risk-label/ https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-appeals-court-ruling Update: Anthropic requested a rehearing October 13: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/anthropic-seeks-rehearing-case-over-pentagons-security-risk-branding-2026-10-14/ Obama 2012 data team: https://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-data-crunchers-who-helped-obama-win/print/ Trump 2016 Facebook ads: https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2018/04/04/facebook-confirms-trumps-ads-bested-clintons-during-presidential-bid/ Forethought: https://www.forethought.org/research/ai-enabled-coups-how-a-small-group-could-use-ai-to-seize-power AI PACs ($55.7M tally reported September 30): https://aiweekly.co/alerts/openai-anthropic-aligned-pacs-spent-557m-on-2026-midterms Pew: https://thenextweb.com/news/pew-research-americans-ai-chatbot-skepticism-regulation-distrust-2026?type=AI Senate 99–1 vote: https://www.ropesgray.com/en/insights/alerts/2026/03/examining-the-landscape-and-limitations-of-the-federal-push-to-override-state-ai-regulation Safety testing poll: https://cybernews.com/ai-news/majority-americans-government-own-half-ai-companies/ GAO fraud estimate: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-24-105833 Treasury: https://hothardware.com/news/us-treasury-using-ai-fight-fraud Switchboard photo: Bell System, 1940s, public domain. #AI #AGI #GrimmOnTheRocks Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AG3AKc4KiW4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/GrimmontheRocks

3. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Cenk Uygur Doesn't Know Enough

   Recorded October 15, 2026. It took Cenk Uygur 28 years to admit the genocide in his own homeland. He figured out Israel in about five minutes. This week he's calling Jews disloyal, saying Israel "clearly" controls Congress, rewriting Einstein, and telling his audience that "antisemite" now means "a very moral and kind person." I'm a Jew, and I'm not letting it slide. You can criticize Israel's government. That's politics. This isn't. Commentary and opinion. Clips used for commentary and criticism. Criticizing Israel's government is legitimate; this video addresses specific statements, quoted with sources below. CHAPTERS 0:00 You hear it everywhere 1:10 Who is Cenk Uygur 1:34 The greatest hits 2:12 The Armenian genocide 3:57 This week 4:27 "Dual loyalty" 5:30 JFK and the Pope 5:48 "94% of Congress" 6:47 "Antisemite means kind" 7:11 Einstein 8:39 The screaming 9:26 The scapegoat 10:04 The Distillation SOURCES Cenk Uygur background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenk_Uygur 1991 op-ed, 1999 letter, 2016 statement: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2016/04/26/after-years-of-denying-the-armenian-genocide-cenk-uyguar-now-admits-he-doesnt-know-enough-about-it-to-say-anything/ 2019 acknowledgment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zaXNF1sLM The Young Turks name: https://thewrap.com/cenk-uygur-the-young-turks-armenian-genocide/ JFK, Houston, September 12, 1960: https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/houston-tx-19600912-houston-ministerial-association Tucker Carlson interview transcript: https://singjupost.com/tucker-carlson-show-w-cenk-uygur-on-epstein-jfk-9-11-transcript/ Congress post: https://x.com/cenkuygur/status/1946453172849082419 "Antisemite" post: https://x.com/cenkuygur/status/2096994404426993848 Einstein and Israel's presidency: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/offering-the-presidency-of-israel-to-albert-einstein Einstein's last speech: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/einsteins-last-speech https://www.algemeiner.com/2013/04/17/einsteins-never-before-seen-israel-independence-day-speech-revealed/ Einstein, 1938, 1946, 1948: https://israeled.org/timeline/albert-einstein-praises-zionism-but-opposes-partition-of-palestine/ https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/einstein-zionist-views-in-1946/ https://www.raabcollection.com/literary-autographs/einstein-weizmann Piers Morgan clip: https://mediaite.com/media/tv/shut-the-fck-up-cenk-uygur-has-nuclear-meltdown-on-piers-morgans-show Headset Crowd references: https://algemeiner.com/2026/08/24/hasan-piker-claims-pro-israel-jews-cause-antisemitism-sparks-backlash-across-political-aisle https://www.timesofisrael.com/controversy-over-carlson-interview-reveals-conservatives-rift-over-antisemitism/ https://adl.org/resources/backgrounder/candace-owens https://www.ajc.org/news/who-is-nick-fuentes-and-why-is-his-antisemitism-dangerous-for-america https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3758250-masked-ye-goes-on-antisemitic-tirade-on-infowars-i-see-good-things-about-hitler/ Painting: William Holman Hunt, The Scapegoat (1854–56), public domain. #CenkUygur #Antisemitism #GrimmOnTheRocks Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WVDR3f1Rvsk Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/GrimmontheRocks

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