Travis Mushett
@travismushett.bsky.social
Film professor at Fordham & Marymount Manhattan
Host of The Haunted Screen podcast: https://www.hauntedscreenpod.com/
Life is Ephemeral, Old Posts Occasionally Cleared
Host of The Haunted Screen podcast: https://www.hauntedscreenpod.com/
Life is Ephemeral, Old Posts Occasionally Cleared
When historians assess life under Trump 2.0, it will be remembered as an era of zen-like calm.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
When historians assess life under Trump 2.0, it will be remembered as an era of zen-like calm.
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
I named my fists Fanny and Alexander because they’re fundamentally gentle and skeptical of corporal punishment.
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I named my fists Fanny and Alexander because they’re fundamentally gentle and skeptical of corporal punishment.
Samuel L Jackson feels like an obvious option? He hangs on to a bunch of Spike & Tarantino. Jurassic Park. Goodfellas. Hell, Coming to America, Ragtime, and Exorcist III. Plus all the action you could even want to turn your brain off to.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Samuel L Jackson feels like an obvious option? He hangs on to a bunch of Spike & Tarantino. Jurassic Park. Goodfellas. Hell, Coming to America, Ragtime, and Exorcist III. Plus all the action you could even want to turn your brain off to.
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Kiss of death
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kiss of death
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So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
Cuomo losing in the primary and even being allowed to run in the general would be illegal/impossible nearly anywhere but NY. We can all come up with rationales that confirm our priors, but there’s nothing generalizable here.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Cuomo losing in the primary and even being allowed to run in the general would be illegal/impossible nearly anywhere but NY. We can all come up with rationales that confirm our priors, but there’s nothing generalizable here.
Okay but half of them probably just asked GPT to research what GPT got wrong.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Okay but half of them probably just asked GPT to research what GPT got wrong.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Really similar to how progressives didn’t go hard at ‘08 Obama for being “against” gay marriage. Trust gives you latitude.
or, to put it more positively, the progressive base *trust* mamdani & don't trust, say schumer
if he was that palley with trump, they'd suspect he was gonna sell us out
if he was that palley with trump, they'd suspect he was gonna sell us out
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Really similar to how progressives didn’t go hard at ‘08 Obama for being “against” gay marriage. Trust gives you latitude.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
donnie think we're playin
what i suspect here is that for Trump himself, accusations of fascism are viewed as "keyfabe" by either side
During his visit to the White House, NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani was asked about a recent interview in which he called President Trump a fascist. Mamdani began to answer the question before Trump jokingly cut him off.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
donnie think we're playin
Yes. Charismatic politicians who persuade their voters that they genuinely believe in things get more latitude than poll-tested oafs.
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Yes. Charismatic politicians who persuade their voters that they genuinely believe in things get more latitude than poll-tested oafs.
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WHY WOULD COLUMBIA STUDENTS DO THIS???
“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
WHY WOULD COLUMBIA STUDENTS DO THIS???
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So he doesn't have to grade at all?
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So he doesn't have to grade at all?
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Really ties all the threads together, this one
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really ties all the threads together, this one
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Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson!
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson!
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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Umm technically he’s called Netanyahu’s Monster
John Fetterman has released a picture showing the injuries he sustained after falling on his face:
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Umm technically he’s called Netanyahu’s Monster
This just showed up in one of those iPhone photo slideshows. I can’t remember the context, but whatever who cares Snuffy rules.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This just showed up in one of those iPhone photo slideshows. I can’t remember the context, but whatever who cares Snuffy rules.
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A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts