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Last Notes npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Iām going to go shower now and when I get back, Iād like nothing more than to see all positive replies in my feed instead of the doom Iām seeing now. Take the challenge. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/julian-assange-reached-plea-deal-us-allowing-go-free-rcna158695 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy I can barely tolerate reading news alerts these days. To maintain some semblance of sanity, I'm trying to take more time off, away from the computer. As always, I'll post any breaking news as it comes in. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy āFor more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks.ā https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayoumi-video-examined-as-september-11-evidence-60-minutes/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Hell yeah they went there: #Biden #Trump https://youtu.be/MOEMX6_A8MM?si=3xjLseEqqqHQzCAC npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Another day, anotherā¦ At least 9 shot, including an 8-year-old, at Michigan recreation center, suspect is ācontained,ā police say #GunViolence https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/us/rochester-hills-michigan-splash-pad-shooting?cid=ios_app npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Rudy #Giuliani Told by Creditors to Sell Apartments 'as Soon as Possible' āLawyers allege Giuliani using his expenditure on upkeep of apartments as an excuse to keep spending $ that legally belongs to creditors. They said that he wrongly alleged that he was keeping "equity in his 2 apartments for the benefit of creditors." The filing also says that Giuliani has shown a "blatant disregard" for a court order to reveal his income and assets to the creditorsā https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-must-sell-apartments-asap-bankruptcy-1912833 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy BREAKING NYT: Samuel #Alito told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible and then agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness. "One side or the other is going to win," Alito told Lauren Windsor at an exclusive gala at the Court. "ā¦there are differences on fundamental things that really canāt be compromised." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/us/politics/supreme-court-alito.html npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy š«š¤¦š»āāļø #Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) sent a letter to county clerks on Wednesday urging them to eliminate the use of mail-in ballot drop boxes ahead of the November election. - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/wyoming-secretary-of-state-seeks-to-eliminate-ballot-drop-boxes/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Canāt get clearer than this: Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator #Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz Jose Uribe said he had provided the car to Senator Robert Menendezās girlfriend in exchange for gaining his āpower and influence.ā Gift: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/nyregion/jose-uribe-menendez-trial-bribery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x00.D3mX.Aw1T2m8WTe-c&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via CNN's Zachary Cohen: News: #Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark #Meadows just pleaded NOT GUILTY to multiple state-level felonies in #Arizona after he was indicted for alleged role in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. #legal npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy āOne of two Black contestants chosen for that season in 2010, Folkes was insulted that #Trump had called him inarticulate and accused him of illiteracy in a lengthy boardroom tirade minutes earlier. As the crew member, a Black woman who worked as a contestant manager, consoled him, Trump suddenly appeared at the bar. āHe came up and he asked me: āIs this your woman? Because you two would make a really great couple. You both have the same backgroundāā https://apnews.com/article/d962dfce1220920681ede63b90058f5d npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy @npub1y3mā¦r6lg Oh, itās okay. Iām still under the weather and cranky, so weāre even, lol npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Americaās employers added a vigorous 272,000 #jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates. #Bidenomics https://apnews.com/article/d1d73005dbc40b081a555850a44e73d1 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy @npub1y3mā¦r6lg Um, just a figure of speech. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Unbelievable. Via Rupar: 46 House Republicans voted to defund NATO two days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy FINALLY! ! Judge rules #Bannon must go to prison by July 1 while appealing contempt case ā©The former #Trump adviser is challenging a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating #Jan6 #legal https://wapo.st/3X9kc6M npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Griffin: Reps. Jamie #Raskin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are hosting a roundtable next week on the ethics crisis at the #SCOTUS. The roundtable will feature panelists ā including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ā to examine how "Justices beholden to right-wing dark money networks and unencumbered by any binding code of ethics are imposing an extremist agenda that undermines American democracy, deprives Americans of basic civil rights, and guts environmental protections." npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Drinking Water #Recall: Full List of Companies With Ongoing Warnings https://www.newsweek.com/fda-recall-drinking-water-bottles-warnings-1908991 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke #Trumpās license to carry a gun https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/trump-gun-nypd-revoke?cid=ios_app npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Decision Desk HQ projects Andy Kim wins the Democratic primary for US Senate in New Jersey. DecisionMade: 8:02pm ET Follow live results here: https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/Primaries/races/new-jersey-us-senate-democratic-primary npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Of course. Via Alejandra Caraballo: Oh my god. The entirety of the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chief-financial-officer-multinational-media-company-charged-participating-scheme npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 8 years later, #Trump haunted by rhetoric about candidates, crimes By the reasoning Donald Trump pushed in 2016, his candidacy creates āan unprecedented constitutional crisis,ā and he has āno right to be running.ā https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/8-years-later-trump-haunted-rhetoric-candidates-crimes-rcna155138 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Sally Buzbee, the executive editor of The Washington Post since 2021, has stepped down, publisher and CEO William Lewis announced late Sunday. She will be replaced temporarily by Matt Murray, the former editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, Lewis said. After the presidential election in November, Robert Winnett, a veteran of Telegraph Media Group, will take over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/02/sally-buzbee-washington-post-steps-down/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-supporters-try-doxx-jurors-violent-threats-conviction-rcna154882 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy President #Biden on the #Trump verdict: "It's reckless, it's dangerous, it's irresponsible, for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict." npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Trumpās campaign took in $35 million in fundraising since this happened: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/536/138/737/788/964/original/72c9b8acc6096eab.jpeg npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 2/ OMG I'M CRYING AND SHAKING SO HARD, I ALMOST COULDN'T TYPE THIS npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #BREAKING NEW: THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THE TRUMP TRIAL. #TrumpTrial npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 2/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/531/417/930/082/905/original/4c8f4d367a8b287a.png npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Blather, wince, repeat. āChief Justice John #Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel #Alito.ā #SCOTUS https://apnews.com/article/dc879158dd42050a9a52c850abfb90b9 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Cheney #TrumpTrial HAPPENING NOW: The jury says it wants Merchan to begin the instructions with the part about how they are supposed to consider the evidence and draw inferences -- including the metaphor about how if the ground is wet in the AM, you can infer it rained over night. #legal #Trump npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy NYT: ā#NikkiHaley, the former Republican presidential candidate, wrote āFinish themā on an artillery shell during her visit to Israel this week. Haley finished her inscription with a note that āAmerica loves Israel always,ā using a heart emoji for āloves.ā Her visit came just days after Israel drew international condemnation for a strike that killed dozens of Gazan civilians in a camp for displaced Palestinians.ā npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy šš¤¦š»āāļøJust hours after #Trump asked libertarians for their party's nomination and votes, the party chair said he never submitted the appropriate paperwork to actually be considered at the party's nominating convention. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy After a long morning of loading the POD, stuffing the car, cleaning, scrubbing, double-checking, all on very little sleepā¦ weāre off! #Canada here we come. #Hammy loves these long road trips. First night: Sacramento-ish. #DogsOfMastodon https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/508/905/425/614/604/original/122aed92bc5168fc.jpeg npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy I can't possibly reply to all your loving wishes and kindness, so please consider this one big ol' THANK YOU. #Canada npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy šššVia Kyle Griffin: New: Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse are requesting a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss "the Supreme Court's worsening ethics crisis" and have sent a letter imploring Roberts to "take appropriate steps" to ensure Samuel #Alito recuses himself from 2020 election and Jan. 6 cases. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Another loooong day of packing up a POD, this time with furniture, so sorry for short/no replies. Time to rest, so here is today's Daily Dose of dopey #CountdownToCanada gifs. Click on the hashtag to see all of them. Hammy even makes an appearance! #Canada šØš¦ Have a good evening. SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/493/161/073/339/454/original/8ddf727e2150871d.mp4 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy A #Tesla owner says his carās āself-drivingā technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash caught on camera A video viewed millions of times on social media shows a Tesla almost crashing into a train. Documents from Tesla show the car was in Full Self-Driving mode at the time. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy āSmartmatic alleges that Newsmax has destroyed evidence in the voting machine company's lawsuit against the right-wing news channel over false claims that Smartmatic helped ārig" the 2020 election, according to court documents made public this week. Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a ācover-upā by destroying texts and emails of key executivesā¦ā https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/smartmatic-alleges-newsmax-deleted-evidence-lawsuit-vote-rig-claims-rcna153231 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Griffin: In her ruling, Judge Howell questions how #Trump could not have noticed he had highly sensitive #documents in his bedroom. "Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-classified-documents-bedroom-00159182 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Donald #Trump's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions āTrump sparked commentary on social media after he stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds during a speech.ā https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-glitch-nra-speech-1902257 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp Arizonaās attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the stateās fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trumpās loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Giulianiās political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car. https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy š Former Donald Trump lawyer JohnĀ #EastmanĀ pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in #Arizona. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/politics/john-eastman-arizona-not-guilty-plea?cid=ios_app npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy CNN hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump next month, the network announced today. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Adam Schiff: People are losing respect for our system of justice because a Speaker of the House stands outside a courthouse to falsely denigrate it. If you have no respect for the rule of law, Mr. Speaker, At least have some self-respect. Aaron Rupar: Speaker Mike Johnson is outside #Trump's trial offering a stream of lies npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy FYI, #OrangeTurd is still trending on Xitter. #HappyMothersDay npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Justā¦. Go. #Trump #Doonesbury #comics https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/05/12 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Huh. Imagine that. š IRS Audit of #Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Even Lying Trump will have had enough of her lies. Via Kyle Griffin: #France's government is disputing a portion of #KristiNoem's book that describes a canceled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. A representative from the ĆlysĆ©e Palace disputed Noem's account, saying thereās no record of a scheduled meeting, nor was there an invitation extended to her. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/french-official-disputes-kristi-noem-book-passage-emmanuel-macron-rcna151742 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp Via Kyle Cheney: BREAKING: Judge MERCHAN has just quashed #Trump's effort to subpoena Mark Pomerantz, former prosecutors in Bragg's office. https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/DM-PomerantzSubpoena.pdf npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy "The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant's brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday." #Musk https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/elon-musks-neuralink-reports-trouble-with-first-human-brain-chip/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy āBillions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources ā ones that donāt emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methaneā¦ For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued to grow fast.ā #ClimateCrisis https://apnews.com/article/2718fce0ed37232dc25dbf46fff87955 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy The House votes 359-43 to table Rep. Greene's motion to oust Speaker Johnson, effectively killing the effort- CBS News npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy šš¼ Via Kyle Griffin: President #Biden just announced his 49th round of nominees for federal judicial positions ā bringing the total number of announced federal judicial nominees to 240. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy šš» #RFKJr.'s new hire who downplayed #Jan6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack Photos and videos from outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uncovered by online sleuths and NBC News appear to show Zach Henry, a right-wing influencer now working for Kennedy's campaign. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-staffer-zach-henry-jan-6-downplay-capitol-attack-rcna150476 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy The only hot take I've seen is from Joyce Vance saying this would push the trial past the election. That seems pretty rational to me. But hopefully, the outcome will be ok Via Anthony Michael Kreis: For everyone complaining about the Fulton County case appeal, let me just say that our #Georgia Court of Appeals has incredibly smart, hard-working, and serious judges. They are good and decent folks by and large. So cool it on your hot takes and conspiracy theories there. #legal #FaniWillis npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Griffin: President #Biden is traveling to Racine County, Wisconsin today to unveil a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build an AI data center in the state. This is the same location where, seven years ago, #Trump touted a $10 billion Foxconn facility as the "eighth wonder of the world." That facility never fully materialized. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Pagliery: So, actual brain worms. NYT reports RFK Jr. had previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite in his brain. āI have cognitive problems, clearly,ā #RFKJr. said in the 2012 deposition. āI have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.ā https://nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy U.S. prosecutors are examining whether #Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehiclesā self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy US paused bomb shipment to #Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says https://apnews.com/article/432aa51e3569d1a73b22273295b1a53f npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy AstraZeneca says it will withdraw #COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/astrazeneca-withdraw-covid-vaccine-worldwide-telegraph-reports-2024-05-07/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy ā ļøYet another #recall More than two dozen confectionary products have been recalled over fears they may be contaminated with salmonella. ā¦Palmer Candy Company's "White Coated Confectionary Items"ā¦ The recalled products were distributed nationwide in Walmart, HyVee, Target and Dollar General stores in 17 states https://www.newsweek.com/recall-map-palmer-candy-company-walmart-target-1897880 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Katie Phang: NEW: The Manhattan DAās Office advises Judge Merchan that they expect to be done with their case-in-chief two weeks from tomorrow. #TrumpTrial #legal #Trump npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Greg Bluestein: āThe GOP will never rebuild until we move on from the #Trump era, leaving conservative (but not angry) Republicans like me no choice but to pull the lever for #Biden,ā writes former #Georgia Lt. Gov.GeoffDuncanGA. a Republican, on supporting Biden. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 2/ Klasfeld: Merchan: "The magnitude of such a decision is not lost on me, but at the end of the day, I have a job to do." Trump's defiance of the gag order threatens the integrity of the proceedings and constitute "direct attack on the rule of law," he says. "I cannot allow that to continue." After that warning, Merchan hands physical copies of his decision to the parties. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #TrumpTrial š§µstarts HERE. #Trump #legal 1/ā¦ Bower: Justice Merchan starts off will the prosecution motion for contempt. He tells Trump he's about to issue his ruling, in which he will again find Trump in contempt of court. The last thing I want to do is put you in jail, Justice Merchan says to Trump. You are the former President of the United States and possibly the next President as well. But "going forward," he continues, "this court will have to consider jail sanctions" if necessary. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Preamble to #TrumpTrial thread. Pagliery: Prosecutors with the Manhattan DA's office have just walked in. They haven't announced which witness they intend to call next... and they aren't too keen on letting #Trump's team know either--especially since he keeps blasting away on social media, which they see as a threat. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Griffin: White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates on #Trump's gestapo remark: "Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President #Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law ā an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reduction in 50 years." npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy @npub1cczā¦7l0l Cows are sweet and benign. She's a lying coward. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 1/... The quote: MARGARET BRENNAN: Did you meet Kim Jong Un? #KristiNoem As soon as this was brought to my attention, I made some changes and looked at this passage BRENNAN: So you did not meet with Kim Jong Un? NOEM: I've met with many world leaders. I'm not going to talk about specifics. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Israel closed the Kerem Shalom humanitarian crossing into Gaza on Sunday after #Hamas fired a rocket barrage from Rafah - Bloomberg npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Israelās Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu says that the operations of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera will be closed in the country. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/middleeast/israel-al-jazeera-closure-intl?cid=ios_app npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Lawrence OāDonnell: āWe had a monster in the presidency not because of Donald #Trump, but because of the people who voted for Donald Trump and because of the people who worked for Donald Trumpās campaign to get him there. You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks.ā https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-you-get-monsters-like-donald-trump-thanks-to-people-like-hope-hicks-210249285691 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy ā ļøYet another #recall: Nearly 8 tons of beef sold at Walmart recalled due to E. coli risk - CBS News https://apple.news/Af59DOfnRTqWXfCMcbBh1wA npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Gift link: #Giulianiās Spending: $43,000 a Month and a Lot of Credit Card Bills Rudy Giuliani promised a bankruptcy court that he would limit his spending, but it didnāt take long before he broke that pledge, and by a lot. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/politics/bankruptcy-giuliani-spending.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o00.AFii.-gqxdk6tStlp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Angry Staffer: Itās about time the media is starting to report on Trumpās cognitive decline. If he canāt stay awake during his felony trial, how are we supposed to trust him to handle a national security crisis? #Biden-Harris HQ: Reporter: #Trump is sleeping in court. It is 100 percent true. Iāve seen it. People around him have confirmed to me that he has been sleeping npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Welp. Via #Biden-Harris HQ: #Trump VP contender Doug Burgum: āIf youāre a billionaire like me, you should support Trump because his policies will support youā npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy HIS "justices". Via ABC's Will Steakin: #Trump says he heard āthe justices were on their gameā during todayās Supreme Court oral arguments on immunity. #SCOTUS npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy š³š³A man set himself on fire in the designated protest area outside #TrumpTrial in New York, a witness says -NBC npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy House #Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for #Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan Republican House speaker now set to push forward legislation, which had stalled in the House amid protest from rightwing GOP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/house-democrats-mike-johnson-foreign-aid npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy GOP Fascist party has a lust for violence. ā#Arizona GOP Senate hopeful #KariLake told supporters they can "strap on a Glock" to be prepared for the intensity of the 2024 campaign and urged military and law enforcement veterans to be "ready," as her race heats up in a key battleground state.ā https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kari-lake-suggests-supporters-strap-glock-ready-2024-rcna147902 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy šVia Emptywheel: I'm with 'paw. Not a single participant in a Trump-related case (or Hunter Biden's) has avoided life-altering threats. You can't do this to people serving their civic duty. nycsouthpaw: Another Lawfare editor has posted a threadābased on pool reportsācompiling copious personal identifying information for all six seated jurors. Itās so dangerous, at least as I perceive the character of the #Trump movement, I donāt even want to link it. WTF are we doing? npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp Via Angry Staffer: Most transparent pump and dump in history Via Josh Marshall: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/275/560/564/357/694/original/c601c8adab24d60e.jpeg npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #RIP Faith Ringgold, Who Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Childrenās Books, Dies at 93 A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word. https://nyti.ms/4aL3LkU npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy One question asked from the list I posted earlier... Via NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben: I asked the #Trump campaign whether heād use Comstock to restrict #abortion. They wouldnāt answer directly. So Comstock is still an open question npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp Via Will Sommer: Bad news for blundering right-wing operative Jacob Wohl ā he now has to pay $1.25 mil for a racist robocall voter suppression scheme, as part of an agreement with NY AG Letitia James. #legal npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Doonesbury outdid itself. #Trump: āIām being persecuted the same way Jesus was in terms of horrible things being done to a big star.ā #comics Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/04/07 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/230/364/319/459/467/original/a1e3935e32f35643.jpeg npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #WompWomp Exclusive: Tesla scraps long-promised low-cost car plans that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker ..amid fierce Chinese EV competition Entry-level Tesla car wonāt be built, three sources tell Reuters ā¢ Tesla to focus on self-driving taxis instead, sources said ā¢ Strategy shift comes as Tesla faces competition from China EV makers including BYD https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-scraps-low-cost-car-plans-amid-fierce-chinese-ev-competition-2024-04-05/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy 4/ Via Angry Staffer: Until Cannon agrees to decide on the jury instructions related to the Presidential Records Act, Iām viewing this denial as a poison pill. It feels like sheās trying to outmaneuver Jack Smith and seat a jury before he can appeal her awful instructions. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Lol āIt appears that Elon #Muskās X, formerly known as #Twitter, has restored blue check marks to popular users overnight ā and some of them are taking to the platform to clarify that they didnāt pay for the perk.ā https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/elon-musk-restores-blue-checks-x-influential-users-1235960188/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Nebraska legislators block a late effort to change how the state allocates its Electoral College votes, despite public pressure from #Trump to shift to a winner-take-all system that would likely benefit him in the fall - NBC npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Noooo! š #RIP Joe Flaherty, star of 'SCTV' and 'Freaks and Geeks,' dies at 82 https://trib.al/LoKDvx7 npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Joyce Vance: āThis is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe #Biden tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald #Trump in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutionsāthe courts, the Republican partyālet him take it.ā https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession. āA judge ruled that the Georgia Republican Partyās first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted 9 times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentenceā Judge rules #Georgia #Republican Party vice chairman voted illegally https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-judge-rules-that-republican-brian-k-pritchard-voted-illegally/M4A27QQNQJDW7MTI66MRF5B4EQ/ npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy #Toodles šš¼ #WompWomp Via Kyle Griffin: Breaking: In a message to staff, NBC's Cesar Conde announces that #RonnaMcDaniel will not be an #NBC News contributor. "No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned ā¦ [I]t has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal." npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy LOL! Via Rupar: #RFKJr just announced that someone named Nicole Shanahan is his running mate but she hasn't been seen on stage yet lol CNN gave up too. RFK Jr got every cable news channel to pay attention to him and then totally botched his VP rollout by endlessly talking and talking and talking we still don't know if Nicole Shanahan is a real person. every channel has cut away and i'm giving up too. npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Politico: Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who worked closely with Donald #Trump in a bid to subvert the 2020 election, should lose his license to practice law, D.C. bar disciplinary authorities argued Tuesday. #legal npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy š¤¦š»āāļøš¤¦š»āāļøš¤¦š»āāļøA New York appeals court agreed to slash the amount of the bond Donald #Trump must post to cover a $454 million civil fraud verdict to just $175 million -Bloomberg #legal npub1g0at4zevc4jukat67y9pj7ztm87akkadc25grmdsh2kmy7cl4drqe22y39 Laffy Via Kyle Griffin: At hush $/ interference hearing, Judge Merchan seems to suggest #Trump's team deliberately waited to bring up docs issue ā reminding them that, in February, they asked for the trial to be delayed, but didn't bring up the documents. "Why didn't you bring any of this to my attention? Why didn't you tell the court or anyone in the courtroom at that time that you had made this request, that it was taking a little longer than you expected? So how come you didn't bring them up?"