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Mildly geeky and left-handed. Waste, er, spend time on #raspberrypi and #linux in addition to #WordsWithFriends, #photography and calmly (most of the time) following world happenings. Most frequently in the #Seattle area.

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GottaLaff, to legal
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New #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal 🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

Picking up after my "mistrial" thread/ 1/...

All via McB for awhile:

Counsel approaches, brief sidebar

"Binoculars down."

As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better

bls,
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@GottaLaff I'm sure! But thank you SO MUCH for the post-by-post account you're providing. Totally AWESOME! ❤️

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.
PLEASE NOTE: I likely can’t reply while live-posting. Adding NFL (Not For Laffy) helps! Thx.

1/…

Via Andrew Weissmann:

Court about to begin. The defense table, from left to right: Blanche, the defendant (ie Trump), Bove, and Necheles (notably farthest from Trump). Gaggle of photographers shoot Trump, inches from his face: he maintains an implacable and dour expression. ADA Josh Steinglass and his team now enter: Steinglass is very much the lead here.

bls,
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@GottaLaff
NFL: Mr. Blow Dryer 🤣🤣🤣

msquebanh, (edited ) to pnw
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Some other sights around the gorgeous forested private property that I spent most of yesterday at 11:30AM-1:30AM.

I don't know what that wagon wheel thing is - does anyone know?

bls,
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@msquebanh Cool! Nature reclaiming former pickup truck.

GottaLaff, to random
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Hi from Functioning-WiFi Laffy!

Pro tip: You don’t need to use NFL (Not For Laffy) on days when I’m not live-posting trial threads.

NFL is only applicable when I need to skip your replies (they pile up enormously even on non-trial and slow days), but no need to extend that courtesy on non-proceedings days.

And thanks again for being considerate enough to use it when I need you to. It really helps.

Kthxbye.

bls,
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@GottaLaff Home internet down is nearly as life-threatening as running out of oxygen on the moon 🤔

moira, (edited ) to USpolitics
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Woah look at this after-hours intervention recovering today's Trump Media stock losses! Mostly!

And look at some of the incredibly low-value trades doing it! Single-share trades! Wow!

I'm not saying it's market manipulation but I'm saying it sure does look like market manipulation

bls,
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@moira Nah, it's just people buying a share or two today instead of a pair of gold sneakers or a bible. 🤣

GottaLaff, to random
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“’s media & tech group, DJT, has lost about 36% of its value since it began publicly trading on 22 March, dropping his stake to approximately $2.8bn.

As of Monday afternoon, DJT stock was priced at about $36 – down from a high of $66 seen on 27 March. But market analysts are saying it’s too soon to draw any firm conclusions…value now stands at where it was when Trump Media merged under a special-purpose acquisition co. deal w shell company in March”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/djt-stock-price-trump-media

bls,
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@GottaLaff It's bound to go a LOT lower! Virtually no revenue, and only moronic wingnut "investors" propping it up....

GottaLaff, to random
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🏆
Via Scott MacFarlane:

There it is:

Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduce bill to change the name of the federal prison in Miami, Florida to the Donald J. Federal Correctional Institution

Days after House GOP members offered bill to rename Dulles Airport for Trump

bls,
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@GottaLaff Perfect!

GottaLaff, to random
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Via @stevebenen :

isn't the only one to make provocative claims about Judge Merchan's daughter: This week, House Republican Conference Chair Elise did it, too. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/race-bottom-continues-stefanik-targets-ny-judge-rcna146581

bls,
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@GottaLaff @stevebenen Getting SO tired of this performative lying crap

bls, to random
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Rats! Looks like the M4.7 in NJ missed Bedminster by 7 miles 😮

bls,
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@shelenn 🤞🤞🤞

bls,
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@shelenn hehe. THAT would be entertaining!

GottaLaff, to Ohio
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Keep it up, we cannot afford to lose the Senate (and yes, I donated).

Via Kyle Griffin:

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown hauled in more than $12 million in the first quarter of 2024 for his re-election bid — breaking an record, according to his campaign.

bls,
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@GottaLaff ditto. Doing regular donations to several. Is there a list of elections that are either at-risk or ripe-for-flipping? Haven’t found one yet

bls,
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@GottaLaff @charlesgaba thx!

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Klasfeld:

New: DA Alvin Bragg's prosecutors skewer 's latest effort to seek Justice Merchan's recusal, through a "daisy chain of innuendos" about the judge's daughter

NY's judicial ethics board denied Trump's claims of a conflict last year

Trump's att'ys also claim Justice Merchan made inapprop "extrajudicial" statements by agreeing to this brief interview w AP.

Notably, Merchan declined to talk about the Trump case & affirmed he had "no agenda."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24529464-040224-peoples-opp-recusal-argument

bls,
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@GottaLaff At the same time he'll argue vociferously that Clarence Thomas should not recuse himself from anything related 🤯

bls, to random
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Bikes are all tuned up for . Now this mostly fair weather biker only needs some, er, fair weather.

bls, to Seattle
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Turtles think spring is here.

GottaLaff, to random
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Okay then.

Donald #Trump’s social media company, fresh from a merger with a cash-rich shell company, surged on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, adding billions to the former president’s wealth -NYT

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@GottaLaff Just watched the trades go by for a bit, they're all 100 sh or so. No blocks larger than a few hundred.

Won't be long before the giant sucking sound as all the money flows right back out of this turkey stock!

GottaLaff, to random
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Via @lolgop :

Donald doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.

bls,
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@GottaLaff @lolgop And weak-minded individuals believe repeated lies because they are weak-minded. The more repeated lies they believe, the more weak-minded they become.

GottaLaff, to random
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Thom Hartmann shared this on his show today. Thread 🧵via Marty Taylor, Executive Director NewBlueUSA. President niteflyermedia. Pilot. Musician. Political and media consultant. 1/...

A personal story about Donald Trump, Marla Maples. The “Carpet King” Bob Shaw, Adolph Hitler and my wife Martha.

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@GottaLaff Holy crap! Truly frightening! 🤯

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Ryan Reilly:

The benefits of the Dominion taking Fox's lunch continue:

Daily Beast:

Fox News anchor Sandra Smith cuts away from Peter 's speech outside of prison:

"To fact check there, it is no longer an alleged crime... he has obviously been convicted and there was no evidence that would have excluded him, per executive privilege, from testifying."

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@GottaLaff Checks news feed...whoa, and hell didn't freeze over today. 😮

GottaLaff, to random
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He’s trying to get someone killed… again.

Via Kyle Griffin:

has attacked Judge Arthur Engoron half a dozen times this morning — including calling him "a Crazed, Trump Hating, Rogue Judge."

Engoron, along with his court staff, have received numerous threatening messages from Trump supporters since the civil fraud trial.

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@GottaLaff At some point he'll be thinking "I should've kept my mouth shut"

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Kyle Griffin:

A federal judge is giving election denier 30 days to pay a $5 million arbitration award for losing his 'Prove Mike Wrong' 2020 election challenge.

bls,
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@GottaLaff 🤣 🤣 🤣 He's only got one thing left to try: Pleading total stupidity

GottaLaff, to random
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Republicans are unfit. Period.

Via Jon Favreau:

I won't vote for foreign aid without border security legislation but I voted against border security because we don't need border security legislation but I won't vote for foreign aid without border security legislation but...

Acyn:

After Republicans tanked the border security bill, Tim Scott says he voted against a stand-alone bill for Israel/Ukraine aid because: We should first secure our southern border.

bls,
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@GottaLaff Disgusting and mind-blowingly stupid. They're so lucky that many of their supporters are dumber than they are.

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Everybody at a party: laughing

Political reply guy: Hold up. I have a serious point to make.

bls,
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@the_etrain Used to work with that guy 😮

Waitnwallflower, to random
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Jury rules Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defamation

I'm hoping that is the easy one. Let it continue.

🎶
Your Time Is Gonna Come
Your Time Is Gonna Come
Your Time Is Gonna Come
Your Time Is Gonna Come
🎶

bls,
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@Waitnwallflower If this is the beginning of justice, it's a good start 👍 Now just need a federal conviction or two to go with it.

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