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@GottaLaff

@gottalaff.bsky.social

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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? 🍷🇨🇦

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · Jul 22

They're not distractions because we can multitask.

Next.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party.

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 4h

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

Here's the naked truth, Trump.

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

In 2 weeks?

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h

Trump: “Ukraine needs Patriots very badly. They’d like to have Tomahawks. We’ll see.

“I might have to speak to Russia about that. Tomahawks are a new step of aggression.

“If this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks.

“It’s an incredible, very offensive weapon.”

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

And I'm giving them a new air force facility in Idaho.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

As I got to know them, they gave me a $400m plane.

@acyn.bsky.social

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 Another day, another... #GunViolence

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h

Shooting with multiple victims at Wiregrass Commons Mall in Dothan, Alabama. (WDHN)

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 5h

1st Trump says, “I think [Putin] wants to make a deal for me.

Then, "The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with Pres Putin. But he's let me down. He's really let me down."

Now: "... and if he doesn't, it's not gonna be good for him."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "I really think that President Putin would look great if he got this settled. And I think he's gonna settle it."

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h

Keep ‘em coming #Canada

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 8h

The Canadian economy is too dependent on the US, the country’s industry minister said, as she vowed to protect jobs in its export-focused automotive sector.

Canada Will Fight to Save Auto Jobs Despite US Threat, Minister Says

The Canadian economy is too dependent on the US, the country’s industry minister said, as she vowed to protect jobs in its export-focused automotive sector.

bloom.bg

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h

"Person. Woman. Man Camera. TV. Umbrella."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h

"A little psychotic..."

"In our faces...."

"... and no one knows what to do."

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Worth your time.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h

"Order"

Then again, we all know Trump's version of "law and order"

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Just tuned in to Trump’s AF1 gaggle. On Hamas shooting Palestinians in the streets, he says “they’re keeping order since 2M are returning home to Gaza, it’ll be all alright”.

I won’t share the graphic footage, but it doesn’t resemble “order” by any stretch of imagination.

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 8h

Vance picked interesting examples:

- Trump publicly begged the DOJ to prosecute Hillary in his 1st term: tinyurl.com/bdhvrcfh

- Trump directed the DOJ to investigate Biden in 4 months ago: tinyurl.com/2s3w8fpv

- Trump accused Obama of being “guilty” of “treason” 3 months ago: tinyurl.com/2f6p265z

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 8h

"If"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

FOX: Do you think President Trump should be nominated for the Nobel Prize next year?

ZELENSKYY: We will be very happy to nominate President Trump next year if he will pressure and stop Putin

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 8h

We know why.

#EpsteinFiles

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8h

Once they understand that it is an unelected bureaucrat carrying out a coup, who knows.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 8h

Why else would they be barking orchestrated threats about it this week of all weeks, right?

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 9h

Good idea.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 9h

1. Really, Cuomo, "both sides"??

2. "Condemn him for what?" Seriously? SERIOUSLY?

3. ...proving Zohran's point about Cuomo having the same donors as Trump

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 11h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 9h

This is so deliciously perfect, @governor.ca.gov

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 9h

Murder, Inc. is really stupid, reckless, and itching for a fight.

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 9h

The Great Stunt Queen is blowing up Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean, but most of the world’s cocaine is produced in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia and smuggled through the Pacific, not the Caribbean. As for fentanyl, Venezuela does not supply it at all. It’s made almost entirely in Mexico.

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

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