Travis McGee
@procrastin.bsky.social
Boomer. Liberal. Vaccinated salvage consultant.
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If at first you don’t commit misconduct, try try again
BREAKING: For a second time in a week, a grand jury in Virginia has REFUSED to INDICT NY AG Letitia James .
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
99.6% of all cases presented to a federal grand jury result in an indictment.
The chances of the same case being brought to a grand jury and failing twice are about 1:40,000
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If at first you don’t commit misconduct, try try again
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This is a truly remarkable moment. Simultaneously debunking Kristi Noem’s lie in real-time and elevating the story of a veteran who was deported under Trump & Noem’s dehumanizing, belligerent deportation policy.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a truly remarkable moment. Simultaneously debunking Kristi Noem’s lie in real-time and elevating the story of a veteran who was deported under Trump & Noem’s dehumanizing, belligerent deportation policy.
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This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
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Another Option You Could Have Exercised Was Shutting the Fuck Up (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2025/12/anot...
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Another Option You Could Have Exercised Was Shutting the Fuck Up (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2025/12/anot...
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Apologies for yet another thread with a hate read of a Douthat joint, but we need to talk about the role the credulous "center-right" is playing in normalizing fascistic illiberalism in the US. Kolvet is a rabid Islamophobe and anti-trans hatemonger, but you'd never know that from this interview.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Apologies for yet another thread with a hate read of a Douthat joint, but we need to talk about the role the credulous "center-right" is playing in normalizing fascistic illiberalism in the US. Kolvet is a rabid Islamophobe and anti-trans hatemonger, but you'd never know that from this interview.
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McIver: Do you agree that using DHS resources to target members of Congress is an abuse of power.
Noem: blah blah blah blah
Noem: blah blah blah blah
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
McIver: Do you agree that using DHS resources to target members of Congress is an abuse of power.
Noem: blah blah blah blah
Noem: blah blah blah blah
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“I can’t understand why DHS is hiding us when we are handing them strategy on a silver platter,” Bovino wrote to a contact listed as “Diz.”
Minutes later, Bovino followed up: “Massive disturbance at apartment complex in Kenner. We are running tags and such.”
Minutes later, Bovino followed up: “Massive disturbance at apartment complex in Kenner. We are running tags and such.”
The Stagecraft Behind the New Orleans Immigration Raids
In a text exchange, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino calls his operation a "massive disturbance" in the making.
www.thenation.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“I can’t understand why DHS is hiding us when we are handing them strategy on a silver platter,” Bovino wrote to a contact listed as “Diz.”
Minutes later, Bovino followed up: “Massive disturbance at apartment complex in Kenner. We are running tags and such.”
Minutes later, Bovino followed up: “Massive disturbance at apartment complex in Kenner. We are running tags and such.”
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We have evidence to suggest that Antifa is headquartered in Mongolia and has opened diplomatic channels with a "Great Khan."
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We have evidence to suggest that Antifa is headquartered in Mongolia and has opened diplomatic channels with a "Great Khan."
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Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
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BREAKING: A judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
BREAKING: A judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody
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Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
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One thing that @thefarce.org and I found when working on a video on tariffs is this superb podcast, which is totally lowkey, mostly two host reading off futures, in between debunking the bullshit the Administration tries to feed farmers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
Clueless and LYING!! China Soybean "Commitments" and the White House
YouTube video by Grain Markets and Other Stuff
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One thing that @thefarce.org and I found when working on a video on tariffs is this superb podcast, which is totally lowkey, mostly two host reading off futures, in between debunking the bullshit the Administration tries to feed farmers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cT...
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One thing that's evident over at Xitter is the extent to which Trump's $12B donation to farmers is being used as a propaganda vehicle by farm state right wingers to lie about Trump "saving" these farmers.
Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
One thing that's evident over at Xitter is the extent to which Trump's $12B donation to farmers is being used as a propaganda vehicle by farm state right wingers to lie about Trump "saving" these farmers.
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There aren’t enough hotdogs costumes in the universe for this.
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There aren’t enough hotdogs costumes in the universe for this.
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As a former drug and alcohol therapist, I can say that cocaine deaths are due to underlying factors usually heart/high blood pressure related.
Alcohol literally destroys nearly every organ in the body, not to mention vehicle related deaths.
Alcohol literally destroys nearly every organ in the body, not to mention vehicle related deaths.
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As a former drug and alcohol therapist, I can say that cocaine deaths are due to underlying factors usually heart/high blood pressure related.
Alcohol literally destroys nearly every organ in the body, not to mention vehicle related deaths.
Alcohol literally destroys nearly every organ in the body, not to mention vehicle related deaths.
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One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One thing I've learned as a media critic involves scale. The tools of criticism work within certain boundaries like the metaphor in use here: five-alarm fire. Our imaginations can handle that. The PR team will respond. "I'm running my ideas for CNN past the president" is too huge to be criticizable.
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"Readers are not asking the Times to print propaganda or stump for Democrats. In my view, they simply want the Times to be more clear-eyed and honest about the depth of the crisis this country currently faces." — @froomkin.bsky.social
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
presswatchers.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Readers are not asking the Times to print propaganda or stump for Democrats. In my view, they simply want the Times to be more clear-eyed and honest about the depth of the crisis this country currently faces." — @froomkin.bsky.social
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
Sad but accurate, Dan.
presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
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i mean... didn't Puck also fall for the Havana Syndrome story to the tune of, like, several feature-length articles confidently asserting it was secret Russian ray guns?
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
i mean... didn't Puck also fall for the Havana Syndrome story to the tune of, like, several feature-length articles confidently asserting it was secret Russian ray guns?
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Stuff with the US and Venezuela is bad and likely to get worse, but this seized tanker is reportedly owned by a Russian oligarch, and was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2022 due to suspected involvement in illegal oil smuggling with Iran. Plus breaking maritime law re: flags.
Not piracy. Not war.
Not piracy. Not war.
December 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Stuff with the US and Venezuela is bad and likely to get worse, but this seized tanker is reportedly owned by a Russian oligarch, and was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2022 due to suspected involvement in illegal oil smuggling with Iran. Plus breaking maritime law re: flags.
Not piracy. Not war.
Not piracy. Not war.
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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ICE are thug scum.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
ICE are thug scum.
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The SV oligarchs and their fellow travelers are deadly serious about the network state. They want Dubai But Everywhere and are scouting locations.
Trump is a crooked, avaricious 80s real estate guy with the most powerful military in history at his fingertips.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
Trump is a crooked, avaricious 80s real estate guy with the most powerful military in history at his fingertips.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The SV oligarchs and their fellow travelers are deadly serious about the network state. They want Dubai But Everywhere and are scouting locations.
Trump is a crooked, avaricious 80s real estate guy with the most powerful military in history at his fingertips.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
Trump is a crooked, avaricious 80s real estate guy with the most powerful military in history at his fingertips.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
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I know the Conventional Wisdom On Here is that Dems lost the shutdown (and I definitely think they should have held out at least one week longer).
But this healthcare stuff is causing the GOP no end of headaches.
But this healthcare stuff is causing the GOP no end of headaches.
NEW THIS MORNING: National Democrats target US Senate GOP incumbents on health care votes scheduled for today--by @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nati...
National Democrats target US Senate GOP incumbents on health care votes
The Democratic National Committee will run ads Thursday on the home pages of newspapers in a quartet of Republican senators’ hometowns, calling on the incumbents up for reelection next year to support...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I know the Conventional Wisdom On Here is that Dems lost the shutdown (and I definitely think they should have held out at least one week longer).
But this healthcare stuff is causing the GOP no end of headaches.
But this healthcare stuff is causing the GOP no end of headaches.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Please treat our treasured IP like trash
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Please treat our treasured IP like trash