Travis Nichols
@travisjnichols.bsky.social
Director of https://tinyurl.com/y2y3rkts
Editor of http://bit.ly/326rRrY
Author of http://bit.ly/2x7mxCB & http://bit.ly/2CO2DSi
Formerly of CARE, Stand, Greenpeace, Poetry Foundation, Wave Books Poetry Bus, Seattle PI, Amherst Books, Flagpole, AHS Web
Editor of http://bit.ly/326rRrY
Author of http://bit.ly/2x7mxCB & http://bit.ly/2CO2DSi
Formerly of CARE, Stand, Greenpeace, Poetry Foundation, Wave Books Poetry Bus, Seattle PI, Amherst Books, Flagpole, AHS Web
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Tuesday, 2/10/26
Will Stephen Miller cost GOP the midterms? ICE abducts legal observers, Springfield schools close for safety, militants take Erik Prince, Atlanta battles corporate landlords, & American optimism hits record low
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/endange...
Will Stephen Miller cost GOP the midterms? ICE abducts legal observers, Springfield schools close for safety, militants take Erik Prince, Atlanta battles corporate landlords, & American optimism hits record low
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/endange...
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Tuesday, 2/10/26
Will Stephen Miller cost GOP the midterms? ICE abducts legal observers, Springfield schools close for safety, militants take Erik Prince, Atlanta battles corporate landlords, & American optimism hits record low
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/endange...
Will Stephen Miller cost GOP the midterms? ICE abducts legal observers, Springfield schools close for safety, militants take Erik Prince, Atlanta battles corporate landlords, & American optimism hits record low
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/endange...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Monday 2/9/26
DHS monitors Reddit, ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI causes national labor shortages, Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Substack profits from Nazis, and the FCC probes "The View."
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/trump-s...
DHS monitors Reddit, ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI causes national labor shortages, Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Substack profits from Nazis, and the FCC probes "The View."
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/trump-s...
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Monday 2/9/26
DHS monitors Reddit, ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI causes national labor shortages, Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Substack profits from Nazis, and the FCC probes "The View."
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/trump-s...
DHS monitors Reddit, ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI causes national labor shortages, Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Substack profits from Nazis, and the FCC probes "The View."
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/trump-s...
From Taffy Akner writing about Operation Mincemeat: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
Why on Earth Have I Seen the Same Broadway Show 13 Times? An Investigation.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
From Taffy Akner writing about Operation Mincemeat: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
Give this paragraph a Pulitzer please.
February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Give this paragraph a Pulitzer please.
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for 2/6/26
Bitcoin plunges $2 trillion, Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE leaves "death cards" for immigrants, Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Melania doc sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/bovino-...
Bitcoin plunges $2 trillion, Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE leaves "death cards" for immigrants, Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Melania doc sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/bovino-...
Bovino Booted from Bar, Crypto Spirals, ICE Drops Death Cards — Instrumental Communications
Bitcoin plunges as $2 trillion, Gregory Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE leaves "death cards" for immigrants, Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, and Jeff Bezos-funded Melania...
www.instrumentalcomms.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for 2/6/26
Bitcoin plunges $2 trillion, Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE leaves "death cards" for immigrants, Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Melania doc sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/bovino-...
Bitcoin plunges $2 trillion, Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE leaves "death cards" for immigrants, Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Melania doc sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/bovino-...
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Thursday 2/5/26
Layoffs hit highest levels since 2009, Trump's ICE tactics face backlash, Supreme Court upholds California redistricting, Utah probes GOP signature fraud, the internet asks, 'Are Those Veggies Even Christian?'
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/tulsi-g...
Layoffs hit highest levels since 2009, Trump's ICE tactics face backlash, Supreme Court upholds California redistricting, Utah probes GOP signature fraud, the internet asks, 'Are Those Veggies Even Christian?'
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/tulsi-g...
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Thursday 2/5/26
Layoffs hit highest levels since 2009, Trump's ICE tactics face backlash, Supreme Court upholds California redistricting, Utah probes GOP signature fraud, the internet asks, 'Are Those Veggies Even Christian?'
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/tulsi-g...
Layoffs hit highest levels since 2009, Trump's ICE tactics face backlash, Supreme Court upholds California redistricting, Utah probes GOP signature fraud, the internet asks, 'Are Those Veggies Even Christian?'
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/tulsi-g...
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The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Wednesday 2/4/26
Trump targets critics with admin subpoenas, support for abolishing ICE surges, Ray Dalio warns of capital war, "Wokeflix" faces GOP scrutiny, Education Dept layoffs cost $28M, OpenAI shifts focus from research.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/two-new...
Trump targets critics with admin subpoenas, support for abolishing ICE surges, Ray Dalio warns of capital war, "Wokeflix" faces GOP scrutiny, Education Dept layoffs cost $28M, OpenAI shifts focus from research.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/two-new...
February 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Wednesday 2/4/26
Trump targets critics with admin subpoenas, support for abolishing ICE surges, Ray Dalio warns of capital war, "Wokeflix" faces GOP scrutiny, Education Dept layoffs cost $28M, OpenAI shifts focus from research.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/two-new...
Trump targets critics with admin subpoenas, support for abolishing ICE surges, Ray Dalio warns of capital war, "Wokeflix" faces GOP scrutiny, Education Dept layoffs cost $28M, OpenAI shifts focus from research.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/two-new...
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Tuesday, 2/3/2026
Grok’s “nudify” juices engagement with nonconsensual porn, Nancy Mace's spirals, Epstein emails and equals signs, CAIR Florida defies "terrorist" designation, plus ICE body cams:
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/musk-tu...
Grok’s “nudify” juices engagement with nonconsensual porn, Nancy Mace's spirals, Epstein emails and equals signs, CAIR Florida defies "terrorist" designation, plus ICE body cams:
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/musk-tu...
Inside Elon Musk’s Nudification of Grok, Nancy Mace is Not Okay, and What’s Up with All Those Equals Signs? — Instrumental Communications
www.instrumentalcomms.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Tuesday, 2/3/2026
Grok’s “nudify” juices engagement with nonconsensual porn, Nancy Mace's spirals, Epstein emails and equals signs, CAIR Florida defies "terrorist" designation, plus ICE body cams:
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/musk-tu...
Grok’s “nudify” juices engagement with nonconsensual porn, Nancy Mace's spirals, Epstein emails and equals signs, CAIR Florida defies "terrorist" designation, plus ICE body cams:
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/musk-tu...
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for 2/2/26
Franco teaches, Trump approval dips, ICE expands, ProPublica IDs Alex Pretti's killers, abusers weaponize AI, Anthropic fights the Pentagon, Max Stein is Substack super agent, & Gallup poll says people like nurses.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/america...
Franco teaches, Trump approval dips, ICE expands, ProPublica IDs Alex Pretti's killers, abusers weaponize AI, Anthropic fights the Pentagon, Max Stein is Substack super agent, & Gallup poll says people like nurses.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/america...
What right-wing America is learning from Franco, more Epstein, less ICE — Instrumental Communications
Trump faces dipping Pew Research scores as ICE expands warrantless arrests. Protests erupt for Alex Pretti while Mike Johnson eyes a DHS budget deal. Anthropic fights the Pentagon on AI, Melania debut...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for 2/2/26
Franco teaches, Trump approval dips, ICE expands, ProPublica IDs Alex Pretti's killers, abusers weaponize AI, Anthropic fights the Pentagon, Max Stein is Substack super agent, & Gallup poll says people like nurses.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/america...
Franco teaches, Trump approval dips, ICE expands, ProPublica IDs Alex Pretti's killers, abusers weaponize AI, Anthropic fights the Pentagon, Max Stein is Substack super agent, & Gallup poll says people like nurses.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/america...
“I’m here to tell you there’s something else …”
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
“I’m here to tell you there’s something else …”
Taking his Center for Performing Arts and going home.
Breaking news: President Trump said that the Kennedy Center could temporarily close for roughly two years to undergo construction.
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Taking his Center for Performing Arts and going home.
Reposted by Travis Nichols
ICE OUT
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
ICE OUT
I regret to inform you that jt is dumber than you think: www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/marco-r...
Marco Rubio Hides from Trump Under a Blanket on AF1 — Instrumental Communications
Bye Bye Bovino, Rubio hides under a blanket, ICE agents arrive in Milan, F-15s deploy, and voters demand primary reforms. Kristi Noem invokes NSPM-7 terrorism labels, DOJ weaponizes the False Claims A...
www.instrumentalcomms.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I regret to inform you that jt is dumber than you think: www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/marco-r...
DOJ Delivers More Epstein Dirty Laundry
In a surprise Friday news dump, the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of documents, including videos and images, related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
In a surprise Friday news dump, the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of documents, including videos and images, related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Live updates: More Jeffrey Epstein files released by Justice Department | CNN Politics
The Justice Department released more files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
DOJ Delivers More Epstein Dirty Laundry
In a surprise Friday news dump, the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of documents, including videos and images, related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
In a surprise Friday news dump, the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of documents, including videos and images, related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Thursday, 1/29/26
The Nation nominates Minneapolis for Nobel, researchers find 512-million-year-old 'fossil bonanza,' a Columbian bot farm goes oopsie, Alex Pretti's shooters go on leave, & the FBI raids Fulton County.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/minneap...
The Nation nominates Minneapolis for Nobel, researchers find 512-million-year-old 'fossil bonanza,' a Columbian bot farm goes oopsie, Alex Pretti's shooters go on leave, & the FBI raids Fulton County.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/minneap...
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Your Daily #InstrumIntel for Thursday, 1/29/26
The Nation nominates Minneapolis for Nobel, researchers find 512-million-year-old 'fossil bonanza,' a Columbian bot farm goes oopsie, Alex Pretti's shooters go on leave, & the FBI raids Fulton County.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/minneap...
The Nation nominates Minneapolis for Nobel, researchers find 512-million-year-old 'fossil bonanza,' a Columbian bot farm goes oopsie, Alex Pretti's shooters go on leave, & the FBI raids Fulton County.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/minneap...
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Uncle Trump's Sneaky Peeky List
#DumbItDown generated by #InstrumIntel
A @kenklippenstein.bsky.social exclusive:
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#DumbItDown generated by #InstrumIntel
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Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
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January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Uncle Trump's Sneaky Peeky List
#DumbItDown generated by #InstrumIntel
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#DumbItDown generated by #InstrumIntel
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Your #DailyIntel for 1/28/26
Big tech co-opts PTA, DHS lies, Trump targets Cuba, Oregon's voter rolls stay private, the CIA moves into Venezuela, Trump Cyber Chief uploads policies to ChatGPT, Meta blocks links to ICE, & the U.K. blocks Pornhub.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/unseale...
Big tech co-opts PTA, DHS lies, Trump targets Cuba, Oregon's voter rolls stay private, the CIA moves into Venezuela, Trump Cyber Chief uploads policies to ChatGPT, Meta blocks links to ICE, & the U.K. blocks Pornhub.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/unseale...
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Your #DailyIntel for 1/28/26
Big tech co-opts PTA, DHS lies, Trump targets Cuba, Oregon's voter rolls stay private, the CIA moves into Venezuela, Trump Cyber Chief uploads policies to ChatGPT, Meta blocks links to ICE, & the U.K. blocks Pornhub.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/unseale...
Big tech co-opts PTA, DHS lies, Trump targets Cuba, Oregon's voter rolls stay private, the CIA moves into Venezuela, Trump Cyber Chief uploads policies to ChatGPT, Meta blocks links to ICE, & the U.K. blocks Pornhub.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/unseale...