Travis Ratner
@travisratner.bsky.social
Now: progressive tech sales, then: campaigns, always: twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom
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Not to interrupt production at the takes factory but they should probably identify and catch the actual killer before we decide what it all means.
September 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Not to interrupt production at the takes factory but they should probably identify and catch the actual killer before we decide what it all means.
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Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.
Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.
on.wsj.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
one of the many many MANY reasons DC needs statehood and full congressional representation
imo the thing that took Schumer from "meh to bad" to "needs to fucking go immediately" is how he totally fucked over House Dems and DC with the gov funding bill
June 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
one of the many many MANY reasons DC needs statehood and full congressional representation
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Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum
Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
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i've accepted that living in the past rocks. give me the lay-z-boy and the stack of books about WW2, the goings-on of the present are less real to me than the storming of Tarawa
May 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
i've accepted that living in the past rocks. give me the lay-z-boy and the stack of books about WW2, the goings-on of the present are less real to me than the storming of Tarawa
Calling it now that at least one of these people was in AWB
How long until the first “persecuted” Afrikaner refuge that turns out to be actually fleeing criminal prosecution?
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Calling it now that at least one of these people was in AWB
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The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The claim that the destruction of essential civilizational institutions is being done in the name of the Jews is itself a form of antisemitism—cultural vandalism carried out in our name.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
That, my friends, is rank bullshit.
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
Very much beside the point but it drives me nuts that he's wearing a hat and t-shirt in the Oval Offfice
Asked to respond to people who say he's orchestrating a hostile takeover of government, Elon Musk lies that "a majority of the public voted for President Trump"
February 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Very much beside the point but it drives me nuts that he's wearing a hat and t-shirt in the Oval Offfice
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Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area
February 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area
a) meatloaf is good, especially smoked
b) you are describing a burger
b) you are describing a burger
One day I’m going to tell my kids I grew up eating literal loaves of meat, sauced with ketchup, and they’re going to think I grew up in the Depression
January 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
a) meatloaf is good, especially smoked
b) you are describing a burger
b) you are describing a burger
I am constantly insulted on this platform
December 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM
I am constantly insulted on this platform
DC is a great food city and us Washingtonians need to get over ourselves and just not let takes like this get under our skin
A few notes: NoVa is part of the DMV; DC is not a great city as it's a shit food town and most people there are not people you want to spend time with; I never imagined the indignity of non-Notre Dame fans rooting for Notre Dame over Georgia. I knew @stevengodfrey.bsky.social hated my team but damn
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December 24, 2024 at 6:17 PM
DC is a great food city and us Washingtonians need to get over ourselves and just not let takes like this get under our skin
Genuine curiosity about the world is undervalued
Use this post as a Festivus post! Air your grievances
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Genuine curiosity about the world is undervalued
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Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
December 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Iranian and Algerian revolutions let's goooooooo
Big announcement at the beginning of this weeks episode for all you Revolutions podcast fans. sites.libsyn.com/47475/118-bl...
Revolutions : 11.8- Bloody Sunrise
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December 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Iranian and Algerian revolutions let's goooooooo
We need to grant Jeff Nippard US citizenship ASAP
December 9, 2024 at 9:35 PM
We need to grant Jeff Nippard US citizenship ASAP
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Speaker of the Korean parliament: “Wherever the MPs gather, that's the parliament. We will start the parliament meeting immediately.”
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Speaker of the Korean parliament: “Wherever the MPs gather, that's the parliament. We will start the parliament meeting immediately.”