@GottaLaff
@gottalaff.bsky.social
Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post (A LOT) breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. Bite me, Musk.
Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦
Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦
Capitulation. 🤦🏻♀️
Northwestern University is closing in on a deal with Trump’s administration to pay roughly $75 million in order to restore about $790 million in frozen federal research grants
Northwestern Nears Roughly $75 Million Deal With Trump
Northwestern University is closing in on a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration to pay roughly $75 million in order to restore about $790 million in frozen federal research grants, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
bloom.bg
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Capitulation. 🤦🏻♀️
Reposted by @GottaLaff
Called it: Trump is going to *give* China Taiwan (no, Taiwan is not his to give) in an attempt to reverse the damage of his stupid trade war.
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Called it: Trump is going to *give* China Taiwan (no, Taiwan is not his to give) in an attempt to reverse the damage of his stupid trade war.
Ooof.
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“Typical of Republican men telling a woman to ‘shut up get back in the kitchen and fix me something to eat.’ F*** you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate”
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ooof.
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Down to their usual standards, once again.
The shambles continues.
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism…though they say it might not be.
The FBI has an initial identification of the suspected shooter’s nationality…though they’re not wholly sure.
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism…though they say it might not be.
The FBI has an initial identification of the suspected shooter’s nationality…though they’re not wholly sure.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Down to their usual standards, once again.
Exactly what's gnawing at me. This.
So help me if Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi have been sitting on actual news about Butler, PA this whole time and didn’t tell anyone….
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Exactly what's gnawing at me. This.
Soooo... not "antifa" then.
NEWS via NBC
National guard shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
The suspect has been identified as an Afghan national.
National guard shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
The suspect has been identified as an Afghan national.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Soooo... not "antifa" then.
This is ... something.
I've avoided sharing Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK Jr (lotta Zs here) stories, but this is about journalistic malpractice. Or worse.
I've avoided sharing Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK Jr (lotta Zs here) stories, but this is about journalistic malpractice. Or worse.
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is ... something.
I've avoided sharing Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK Jr (lotta Zs here) stories, but this is about journalistic malpractice. Or worse.
I've avoided sharing Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK Jr (lotta Zs here) stories, but this is about journalistic malpractice. Or worse.
Trump bragged he'd "take over the horribly run capital of our nation, DC, & clean it up"
Sept, Trump: District is a “crime-free zone”
Yesterday: “We [DC] haven’t had a murder in 6 months.”
Today in DC 2 Nat Guard soldiers were shot
Trump failed, so he's sending 500 more to risk their lives
Sept, Trump: District is a “crime-free zone”
Yesterday: “We [DC] haven’t had a murder in 6 months.”
Today in DC 2 Nat Guard soldiers were shot
Trump failed, so he's sending 500 more to risk their lives
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump bragged he'd "take over the horribly run capital of our nation, DC, & clean it up"
Sept, Trump: District is a “crime-free zone”
Yesterday: “We [DC] haven’t had a murder in 6 months.”
Today in DC 2 Nat Guard soldiers were shot
Trump failed, so he's sending 500 more to risk their lives
Sept, Trump: District is a “crime-free zone”
Yesterday: “We [DC] haven’t had a murder in 6 months.”
Today in DC 2 Nat Guard soldiers were shot
Trump failed, so he's sending 500 more to risk their lives
Reposted by @GottaLaff
Kash is experiencing job insecurity about the position he is completely unqualified for, and he's desperate to appear competent and relevant.
Ultimately he is neither.
Ultimately he is neither.
As you know two National Guardsmen were sadly shot in DC and are in critical condition. Kash Patel, a moron, gets up and speaks in the presser, vowing to seek and prosecute those responsible. But the lone gunman was shot. He's in custody. There are no other suspects. What a rube.
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Kash is experiencing job insecurity about the position he is completely unqualified for, and he's desperate to appear competent and relevant.
Ultimately he is neither.
Ultimately he is neither.
Now not only are they there for no reason at all, they're also risking their lives for no reason at all.
one thing to remember about the Guard deployment in DC is that they aren’t actually doing anything beyond picking up trash and strolling around the touristy areas, they could all go home tomorrow and it wouldn’t materially effect the city
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Now not only are they there for no reason at all, they're also risking their lives for no reason at all.
Trump: "Piggy Justice"
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump: "Piggy Justice"
Oops
⚡️JUST NOW AT FORT CAMPBELL: “We don't just want people who mindlessly follow orders. We want people who think."
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
WHOOPSY — VP JD Vance seems to back up the Dems (veterans) who said the military shouldn’t obey illegal orders, which Trump said they should be executed for.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oops
Whoa.
tfw when you have a lead on the greatest assassination conspiracy theory of all-time but you're "just gonna have to leave there" but it interferes with your revenge against your ex-fiancée
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Whoa.
Brazil's Marina Silva said the "gravitational pull" of the US helped undermine the plan at COP30 for a road map to exit fossil fuels.
US Absence Hurt Fossil Fuel Exit Push at COP30, Says Brazil’s Silva
The country’s environment minister said the “gravitational pull” of the US helped undermine a key proposal at the UN climate talks.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The redrawn map that was being challenged targeted the district of Black Democrat Don Davis (NC-01). #ncpol
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ICYMI, ball is rolling.
Always the caveat: Let's see what they do with the files they get.
#EpsteinFiles
Always the caveat: Let's see what they do with the files they get.
#EpsteinFiles
The Justice Department asked a judge for permission to publicly release financial records, travel documents, and notes of victim interviews obtained during the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to comply with a new law.
Justice Department asks judge for permission to release records from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations | CNN Politics
The Justice Department asked a judge for permission Wednesday to publicly release financial records, travel documents, and notes of victim interviews obtained during the investigations into Jeffrey Ep...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
ICYMI, ball is rolling.
Always the caveat: Let's see what they do with the files they get.
#EpsteinFiles
Always the caveat: Let's see what they do with the files they get.
#EpsteinFiles
When is Kash ever right?
Kash is wrong. According to some of the criminal cases already charged, other-state Guard are operating under their governor's authority. These were WV officers, far from home.
Keystone Kash blows it again: The perpetrator that he’s going to use all available resources to track down in the DC guardsman shooting is already in the hospital. Idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
When is Kash ever right?
Reposted by @GottaLaff
Mob boss trying to interfere in elections again.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mob boss trying to interfere in elections again.
What did I say about Trump exploiting the DC shooting?
Welp.
Welp.
News via Reuters
“U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth says Trump has asked for 500 additional troops to be deployed to D.C. after the shooting.”
“U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth says Trump has asked for 500 additional troops to be deployed to D.C. after the shooting.”
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What did I say about Trump exploiting the DC shooting?
Welp.
Welp.
Reposted by @GottaLaff
Ugh.
Terrible news.
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America’s local TV news landscape.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ugh.
TDAP accomplished!
I have finally gotten every booster and shot I needed, like a thousand of them.
Done. Fini. The End.
I have finally gotten every booster and shot I needed, like a thousand of them.
Done. Fini. The End.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
TDAP accomplished!
I have finally gotten every booster and shot I needed, like a thousand of them.
Done. Fini. The End.
I have finally gotten every booster and shot I needed, like a thousand of them.
Done. Fini. The End.
Keep ‘em coming
A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant, unless the detainee posed a flight risk, the latest in a string of lower-court decisions rebuking President Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics.
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
The ruling that immigration agents are acting illegally is the latest to rebuke the Trump administration’s tactics, but earlier orders have been blocked on appeal.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Keep ‘em coming
I covered the McCarthy story relentlessly back then.
For good reason:
For good reason:
2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I covered the McCarthy story relentlessly back then.
For good reason:
For good reason:
Reposted by @GottaLaff
It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.