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GottaLaff

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social

Bite me, Musk.

Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well.

Now where's my trough of wine? ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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'Night all.

That's it, just ... 'night all.

GottaLaff, to Bulgaria
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AFP- Centrist groups have retained a majority in the European Union parliament despite high-profile gains by far-right parties: projection

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Laura Jarrett:

scheduled to be interviewed virtually by probation dept tomorrow for pre-sentencing recommendation/report .

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AGAIN.

Via Chris D. Jackson, โ€œ 16 Years Elective Office, TN Election Commissioner, Local Democratic Party Chair, Strategistโ€:

Caught Paying People to Attend Rally

A Craigslist ad has been found offering payment for people to attend Trump's rally in Las Vegas today.

Remember the video from a few days ago where Trump was waving at a non-existent crowd? It appears EVERYTHING IS A FACADE.

The media wants you to think Trump has enthusiasm, but the facts say otherwise.

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Via Lawrence Tribe:

The great federal judge David Tatel โ€œwrites that he stepped down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in January in part because he was tired of having his work reviewed โ€˜by a Supreme Court that seemed to hold in such low regard the principles to which Iโ€™ve dedicated my life.โ€™โ€

GottaLaff, to Bulgaria
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AFP-Macron dissolves French parliament, calls new legislative elections for June 30 after heavy loss in vote

GottaLaff, to France
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's National Rally on course to trounce President Macron's party in European elections, exit polls say - BBC

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Yet another :

โ€œThe automotive company Kia issued a recall on Friday of certain Telluride SUVs from the years 2020 through 2024 and urged the owners of the vehicles to park outside and away from structures because of a fire risk, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

The issue stems from the front power seat motor, which can overheat..โ€

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/automobiles/kia-recall-fire-telluride.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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โ˜น๏ธFirst case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the U.S. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/first-case-rare-sexually-transmitted-fungal-infection-reported-us-rcna155275

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But if youโ€™re in line to vote in MAGA states, youโ€™re outta luck.

โ€œโ€ฆ 's campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally in Las Vegas.โ€ https://abc7.com/post/trump-will-hold-outdoor-las-vegas-rally-scorching/14928651/

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๐Ÿ˜ซโ€After voting closed on Sunday evening, a forecast poll based on surveys carried out over the past week shows them comfortably in first place with 27%.

Thatโ€™s ahead of the conservative Peopleโ€™s Party, ร–VP, with 23.5%, and the Social Democrats, SPร–, with 23%.

If this forecast is confirmed, it will be the first time the FPร– has come in first place in a nationwide election in Austria. It suggests a dramatic change of fortune for the partyโ€
https://bbc.in/3RlhNSH

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Via Steve Herman
@w7voa:

โ€œThe humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in #Gaza,โ€ says US Central Command. โ€œAn area south of the facility was used by the Israelis to safely return the hostages to Israel. Any such claim to the contrary is false. The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed lifesaving assistance into Gaza.โ€

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#Switzerland is on course to approve a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy as the country targets carbon neutrality by 2050, a polling institute said -AFP #ClimateCrisis

GottaLaff, to iran
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's Guardian Council allows 6 candidates to seek the presidency, while barring former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -AP

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About time! But would SCOTUS ban this one too? Or is that just for womenโ€ฆ [Folks, that was rhetorical. We know the answer]

โ€œA male birth control gel is one step closer to reality

Researchers at Endocrine Societyโ€™s conference in Boston presented encouraging earlystage clinical trial results of a male birth control method that takes the form of a hormonal gel.โ€
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/male-birth-control-gel

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Omg.

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic โ€œEarthriseโ€ photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90
https://apnews.com/article/6d3800130ef4e67d761f96b328f7c263

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Canโ€™t get clearer than this:

Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator With a Mercedes-Benz

Jose Uribe said he had provided the car to Senator Robert Menendezโ€™s girlfriend in exchange for gaining his โ€œpower and influence.โ€

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

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Gift link wasnโ€™t available. Sigh.

Justice discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow

2023 financial disclosure reports for Supreme Court justices also show six-figure book payments for Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Jackson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/

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'Night all.

Still enduring the cold that apparently has become very attached to me.

I'll post alerts if they come my way.

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They're even projecting about THIS!

Via Patriot Takes:

MAGA used a deceptively edited video posted by โ€œRNC Researchโ€ to claim Joe was sitting in an invisible chair or โ€œpoopingโ€ on stage.

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro later deleted her tweet. Politifact lists others who pushed the fake narrative.

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โ€œOne of two Black contestants chosen for that season in 2010, Folkes was insulted that 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.

โ€œHe came up and he asked me: โ€˜Is this your woman? Because you two would make a really great couple. You both have the same backgroundโ€™โ€ https://apnews.com/article/d962dfce1220920681ede63b90058f5d

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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

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โ€œThe Republican Senate candidate addressed supporters with a Confederate flag displayed behind her during a campaign event at a merchandise store in Arizona last week, where she repeated false claims about election fraud.โ€ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/07/kari-lake-confederate-flag?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ #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.

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