Travis Fain
@TravisFain
A freelance solution to your problems. Communications consulting. Formerly @wral, @daily_press, @macontelegraph and more. 919.630.9296.
I stopped being a journalist, but I didn't stop seeing stories, so here's a running list of ideas. If you're a North Carolina reporter looking for a story, have a look --> docs.google.com/document/d/1dp…
You know I haven’t needed to mute many replies to this thread so maybe we’ve found the edge. Outright Naziism just a little too much - hey but it’s still there isn’t it, tweeting for the government
This post from the US government is Nazi trash and every #ncpol member of Congress should have to reckon with that @Addison_McD @RepRichHudson @GregMurphyMD @ChuckEdwards4NC @PatHarriganNC @MarkHarrisNC8 @virginiafoxx @timmoorenc @RepDavidRouzer @bradknottfornc
I’m excited for when Republicans, in their zeal to keep attention of the Epstein scandal, accidentally bring new evidence to light connecting President Trump and Putin
For years, the American people were sold a lie that President Trump colluded with Russia to “steal” the 2016 election. The intelligence community was weaponized, trust in our institutions collapsed, and our country was torn apart. Now, the DOJ has launched a strike force to…
Currently, more than 90% of people in ICE detention in the U.S. are held in facilities owned or operated by private prison corporations. The majority of these are owned by CoreCivic or GEO Group, whose contracts with ICE generate billions of dollars in revenue.
This is a big deal. After conducting preliminary investigations, OECD watchdogs in the UK and Switzerland have accepted complaints against Barclays, HSBC, and UBS for investments in private prison giants CoreCivic and GEO Group as Trump expands immigration detention. THREAD
We have more GOOD NEWS! Business ethics watchdogs in the UK and Switzerland accepted our complaints against Barclays, HSBC, and UBC for investing in private prisons. We're heading into mediation, which could be key to cutting off financing that enables their human rights abuses.
If the foreign news org journalists, and their families, are hungry, what do you think is happening to the people?
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
$5 million, drawn from an agency meant to protect consumers from banks that the Trump admin wants to shutter
Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail - Government Executive govexec.com/management/202…
Dr. al-Farra said the number of children dying of malnutrition had risen sharply in recent days. He described harrowing scenes of people too exhausted to walk. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…
“Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating, according to the United Nations, and hospitals are reporting rising deaths from malnutrition and starvation.” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
The Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters issued a joint statement about journalists in Gaza: "We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. For many months, these independent journalists have…
Corn sweat? CORN SWEAT? Damnit. scientificamerican.com/article/humidi…
