Travis McGee
@procrastin.bsky.social
Boomer. Liberal. Vaccinated salvage consultant.
Cheers! (from the Busted Flush)
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Now on MSNBC: Epstein emails.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
Now on CNN: Epstein emails.
Now on Fox: It's Pete Buttigieg's fault that air travel sucks.
The more you watch Fox, the less you know.
Good people handle inconveniences (like airport delays) in stride. MAGA are entitled morons and the fact that they will be inconvenienced every single day that Tubby is in office adds a small element of joy to these tough times.
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It's like a cult of lack of personality.
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's like a cult of lack of personality.
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I also want to add to @vermontgmg.bsky.social's point on the public hatred of immigration raids. We *just had a test case of this in Virginia.* No one is talking about this, but that election actually tells us something about the politics of immigration:
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I also want to add to @vermontgmg.bsky.social's point on the public hatred of immigration raids. We *just had a test case of this in Virginia.* No one is talking about this, but that election actually tells us something about the politics of immigration:
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
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It benefits the far-right
if Nazi Germany is viewed
as an anomalous outlier
rather than an
ethno-nationalist model
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#HistorianSignBunny
It benefits the far-right
if Nazi Germany is viewed
as an anomalous outlier
rather than an
ethno-nationalist model
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February 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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It benefits the far-right
if Nazi Germany is viewed
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It benefits the far-right
if Nazi Germany is viewed
as an anomalous outlier
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ethno-nationalist model
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I wrote this piece too soon, but it remains true! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now it’s Epstein forever
The Trump administration's ham-handed moves have ensured that Epstein conspiracy theories will never really end.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I wrote this piece too soon, but it remains true! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
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This is pretty intense foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/11/t...
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is pretty intense foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/11/t...
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Trump did not say that the licenses of ABC affiliates should be taken away, as much of the media is reporting. Trump said that ABC's license should be taken away. He has believed for years that TV *networks* are licensed. He believes this the way he believes you need ID to buy groceries.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Trump did not say that the licenses of ABC affiliates should be taken away, as much of the media is reporting. Trump said that ABC's license should be taken away. He has believed for years that TV *networks* are licensed. He believes this the way he believes you need ID to buy groceries.
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Turns out that the $16MM payoff ABC made to Trump bought them only a few months' reprieve. Weird how that happens.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Turns out that the $16MM payoff ABC made to Trump bought them only a few months' reprieve. Weird how that happens.
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Michael Whatley is affirmatively running on ICE/CBP invasion and I hope NC can make him pay the price for this.
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Michael Whatley is affirmatively running on ICE/CBP invasion and I hope NC can make him pay the price for this.
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Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
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Btw, Newsom's trolls are given Trump some of his own "Quiet Piggy" medicine.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Btw, Newsom's trolls are given Trump some of his own "Quiet Piggy" medicine.
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1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
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This is a great message, NIcky.
I fear that much of America has forgotten Ukraine. It brings to mind the AMERICA FIRST policy from 1941.
I fear that much of America has forgotten Ukraine. It brings to mind the AMERICA FIRST policy from 1941.
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is a great message, NIcky.
I fear that much of America has forgotten Ukraine. It brings to mind the AMERICA FIRST policy from 1941.
I fear that much of America has forgotten Ukraine. It brings to mind the AMERICA FIRST policy from 1941.
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The message seems to be that one must love one's own country before one can love any other. But this week let us do whatever small act we can to "Love Ukraine."
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The message seems to be that one must love one's own country before one can love any other. But this week let us do whatever small act we can to "Love Ukraine."
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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One potential reason that they haven't sent Bovino and his goons to Dallas or San Antonio is that they know the odds of bullets coming back at them is a lot higher than in Chicago or Charlotte. VERY bad incentive, it's only a matter of time until this logic + lax gun restrictions = shootout.
I don’t love what this suggests as a course of action for vulnerable churches, if I’m being honest
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
One potential reason that they haven't sent Bovino and his goons to Dallas or San Antonio is that they know the odds of bullets coming back at them is a lot higher than in Chicago or Charlotte. VERY bad incentive, it's only a matter of time until this logic + lax gun restrictions = shootout.
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He tried to get in front of it once a jailbreak was imminent.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
He tried to get in front of it once a jailbreak was imminent.
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I think they’ve delegated that one to neil gorsuch
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I think they’ve delegated that one to neil gorsuch
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I think this is likely.
Also, this Epstein thing has been, from the start, about Trump's failure to control attention, which is truly his superpower.
Also, this Epstein thing has been, from the start, about Trump's failure to control attention, which is truly his superpower.
My expectations that Epstein files release will tangibly change Trump's standing are low (just see what Bill Barr did to the Mueller Report); however, Congress unanimously (-1) bucking Trump on one of his biggest stands is a watershed moment for THESE Congressional Republicans. Smells lame ducky.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I think this is likely.
Also, this Epstein thing has been, from the start, about Trump's failure to control attention, which is truly his superpower.
Also, this Epstein thing has been, from the start, about Trump's failure to control attention, which is truly his superpower.
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The fact that people believe this when there has not been one single national level Democrat candidate running on open borders or '100% self-ID' in my lifetime & it has never, ever been part of the party platform is amazing. Living in a fully constructed conservative news bubble of disinfo.
That’s not it. There are policies where Dems are captive to extreme elements. 100% open border and 100% self-ID are among them.
If you can’t see that, to middle America, not being able to define “woman” looks insane, you’re in a bubble.
*Should Isla Bryson have been in a woman’s prison? Y or N?*
If you can’t see that, to middle America, not being able to define “woman” looks insane, you’re in a bubble.
*Should Isla Bryson have been in a woman’s prison? Y or N?*
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The fact that people believe this when there has not been one single national level Democrat candidate running on open borders or '100% self-ID' in my lifetime & it has never, ever been part of the party platform is amazing. Living in a fully constructed conservative news bubble of disinfo.
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Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."