Travis McColley
@travismccolley.bsky.social
Former Republican
Believer in Personal Liberty, Smaller Government.
#principlesfirst
Views are mine
Believer in Personal Liberty, Smaller Government.
#principlesfirst
Views are mine
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The 2025 Summit: American Principles & Priorities - Principles First
Restoring principled conservatism in America.
www.principlesfirst.us
@principlesfirst.bsky.social has the Event schedule on the website!!!
Big question for me is it really a @thebulwark.bsky.social Next Level Podcast without the @jvl.bsky.social ?
I am really excited for this event, and all of the panels look fantastic!
www.principlesfirst.us/summit/2025-...
Big question for me is it really a @thebulwark.bsky.social Next Level Podcast without the @jvl.bsky.social ?
I am really excited for this event, and all of the panels look fantastic!
www.principlesfirst.us/summit/2025-...
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Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
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The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
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The ICC can do whatever it wants, but it's irrelevant as far as prosecuting Americans goes.
True. Yet that's unlikely to happen any time soon. And if the ICC acts, it doesn't preclude any eventual American prosecutions.
Amen
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The ICC can do whatever it wants, but it's irrelevant as far as prosecuting Americans goes.
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On the one hand, Hegseth keeps ordering murders. On the other hand, that’s what he was appointed to do.
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On the one hand, Hegseth keeps ordering murders. On the other hand, that’s what he was appointed to do.
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Dear Fellow Americans:
Please stop thinking about the ICC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Please stop thinking about the ICC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I can't imagine campaigning on this, but if grave breaches become operational policy and other war crimes are routinely pardoned when/if prosecuted, joining the ICC seems much more reasonable than my previous belief that we'd hold our own accountable.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Dear Fellow Americans:
Please stop thinking about the ICC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Please stop thinking about the ICC.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Stephen Miller says Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal was incapable of assimilating to American culture. But a factcheck shows that Lakanwal used a gun to assault and kill multiple innocent people. Four Pinocchios.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Stephen Miller says Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal was incapable of assimilating to American culture. But a factcheck shows that Lakanwal used a gun to assault and kill multiple innocent people. Four Pinocchios.
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How do we not have other countries declaring war on us right now?
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How do we not have other countries declaring war on us right now?
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American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
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Go ahead and hate me, but either babies and children shouldn't be allowed in business lounges, or there should be a separate area for them.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Go ahead and hate me, but either babies and children shouldn't be allowed in business lounges, or there should be a separate area for them.
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Zohran Mamdani is apparently the most charming person alive
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Zohran Mamdani is apparently the most charming person alive
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Man, by the end of this press conference, Trump is going to announce he's imposing Sharia law.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Man, by the end of this press conference, Trump is going to announce he's imposing Sharia law.
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The Chinese do not care about spying on your morning routine. They do pretty much the same stuff you do.
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Chinese do not care about spying on your morning routine. They do pretty much the same stuff you do.
Well that aged pretty well
"The Republican Party, which controls all three branches of government and yet is addicted to whining about its own victimhood, is now the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs."
"The Republican Party, which controls all three branches of government and yet is addicted to whining about its own victimhood, is now the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs."
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Well that aged pretty well
"The Republican Party, which controls all three branches of government and yet is addicted to whining about its own victimhood, is now the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs."
"The Republican Party, which controls all three branches of government and yet is addicted to whining about its own victimhood, is now the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs."
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The CDC says that vaccines cause autism. Medical professionals say that they do not. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The CDC says that vaccines cause autism. Medical professionals say that they do not. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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If @kenwhite.bsky.social isn't Quiet Piggy Hat by the end of the day, then social media has no reason to exist
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If @kenwhite.bsky.social isn't Quiet Piggy Hat by the end of the day, then social media has no reason to exist
It todays media ecosystem I fear we will need to have a movie made before people care.
"This is the most important book like this since I think All the President's Men," @gtconway.bsky.social says of @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social' book Injustice.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It todays media ecosystem I fear we will need to have a movie made before people care.
This is like a Facebook quarrel that is going to make the family reunion awkward.
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is like a Facebook quarrel that is going to make the family reunion awkward.
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JVL says at the top that you won't like this Triad, but he's being humble. How can you *not* like it? www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
JVL says at the top that you won't like this Triad, but he's being humble. How can you *not* like it? www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...
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I’m increasingly annoyed with people’s cynicism about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s pivoting as she has. Lauren Boehbert, too. Who cares if they’re genuine or not? Every MAGA cultist who stands up to Trump about anything has value, no matter their motives or veracity.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m increasingly annoyed with people’s cynicism about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s pivoting as she has. Lauren Boehbert, too. Who cares if they’re genuine or not? Every MAGA cultist who stands up to Trump about anything has value, no matter their motives or veracity.
This is the way
Trump's people want a lot of bad things that will make America an authoritarian regime. But they haven't succeeded and it would take a while for them even to end democracy, much less build fascism.
So act as if you live in a democracy - because you do.
The End.
/20x
So act as if you live in a democracy - because you do.
The End.
/20x
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is the way
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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I think it had something to do with garlic but as I recall, it was only a minor point.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I think it had something to do with garlic but as I recall, it was only a minor point.
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I don’t know what the files say or prove. I know that Trump and Epstein appeared pretty damn chummy and the President is not acting like an innocent man who wants the truth to come out.
Mike Johnson accuses Democrats of "trying to manufacture some sort of hoax that the president something to do with Epstein. It is absurd ... they have Trump derangement syndrome."
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I don’t know what the files say or prove. I know that Trump and Epstein appeared pretty damn chummy and the President is not acting like an innocent man who wants the truth to come out.
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Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.