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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 19h

Trump's secret threat screening center, the FBI's chat app op, and China's vibe enforcement.

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Trump's secret "Threat Screening Center" — Instrumental Communications

Chicago journalists sue Trump admin over systematic violence against press covering ICE operations, while Texas AG Paxton announces investigations into "leftist terror cells" and the administration mo...

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 2d

Ask and ye shall receive. bsky.app/profile/inst...

Instrumental Communications @instrumentalcomms.bsky.social · 2d

@bryancurtis.bsky.social & @davidshoemaker.bsky.social here you go!

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 13d

Trump's Fingerprints on Justice's Scale Soros Foundations Under a Gale

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Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder: No new enforcement mechanisms but new prioritization and agency coordination. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization

Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

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Behind Carr and the White House’s war on the media

Donald Trump takes revenge on the main enemy.

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

Will Musk block StarLink in the US?

Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

Kimmel and Colbert and the FCC, sure, but this is as much of a story slate.com/technology/2...

How a Beloved Website Became MAGA’s Latest Villain After Charlie Kirk’s Death

Over the past week, conservative media have turned up their fury toward the free encyclopedia to a degree rarely seen in its 24-year history.

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

Media monoculture STILL sucks.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20d

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

While I appreciate this, I think giving people concrete things to do is way more helpful. We know it's bad. What should we DO besides "not be quiet in this moment," or, "What does not being quiet look like?"

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20d

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

OFFICIALLY, "terrorist" orgs must be “foreign” to fit under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

UNOFFICIALLY, Trump can say “Antifa” equals “Terrorist” and his followers can take whatever hint from that they want.

Cue: Horst Wessel.

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Trump says Antifa is a “MAJOR TERRORIST” organization. What does that mean? — Instrumental Communications

The government is using the fear and confusion surrounding a tragedy — in this case the killing of Charlie Kirk — to consolidate power. Let’s look at how they’re doing it this time —through the Depar...

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

So this is not a thing. Not how it works. But as ever we’ll see if he can turn nonsense into enforcement.

Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 20d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 21d

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ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Indefinitely After Host’s Charlie Kirk Comments

Nexstar, one of the biggest owners o US f TV stations in, said will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel's late night show due to the host's Charlie Kirk remarks

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 22d

It is very hard to reconcile or justify. I agree.

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 23d

Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 24d

Chainsaws : Trees // GOP : America?

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 29d

“This Is What Criticism of the President Cost Me”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Opinion | This Is What Criticism of the President Cost Me

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Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social · 29d

I feel like the people of Southeastern Iowa should be both insulted and relieved by this story from the Epstein files.

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Instrumental Communications @instrumentalcomms.bsky.social · 29d

"I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On the War Department, he said, 'I'm not so sure
I even know what it is'"

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