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GottaLaff , 3 days ago to random

Of course.

“The pastor of a #Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.

Gateway Church’s board of elders said they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder.”

https://apnews.com/article/texas-pastor-robert-morris-abuse-cb2c633de3a5d43538141c1736e33245?taid=667211418e738f0001244cc3&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

GottaLaff , 3 days ago to random

Via Angry Staffer:

🚨 HEY GOP VOTERS AND UNDECIDEDS 🚨

A top GOP think tank that is influential in shaping conservative policy wants to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70

Quote

Heritage Foundation:

Yes, the Social Security retirement age should be raised. If Congress does nothing, benefits will be cut by 21% across the board beginning in 2033

GottaLaff , 6 days ago to random

We need to do this in the US.

“Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded onto French streets on Saturday to denounce the rise of the country’s far-right political party and call on fellow citizens to block it from taking power in snap parliamentary elections set by President Emmanuel Macron.” #France
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/france-protests-far-right.html?smid=threads-nytimes

GottaLaff , 15 days ago to random

👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24

https://cbsn.ws/3x9XxN9

GottaLaff , 15 days ago to random

Unbelievable.

Via Rupar:

46 House Republicans voted to defund NATO two days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day

GottaLaff , 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

#BREAKING 💥🔥 #WOMPWOMP #WOMPAGE

TO REPEAT, #TrumpTrial

#TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!!!

GottaLaff , 22 days ago to random

#BREAKING NEW: THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THE TRUMP TRIAL. #TrumpTrial

GottaLaff , 26 days ago to random

#CountdownToCanada ends today! TODAY.

(Click on that hashtag to see all the dopey gifs, including one with Hammy!)

You've been with me every step of the way and for that I thank you.❤️

👉🏼Here are the links to the why, how, and omg it's happening blogs: https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112413459979525215👈🏼

For the next few days we'll be on the road to #Canada 🇨🇦, our new home. Bear with me for not replying w/ more than a "like" & for not live-posting the #TrumpTrial.

I'll post alerts & pop in.

IT'S HAPPENING!!

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GottaLaff , 30 days ago to random

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ “During a marathon day of proceedings in the #Trump Mar-a-Lago classified #documents case, a morning hearing in front of Judge Aileen #Cannon devolved into a shouting match amongst the attorneys, and the afternoon series of arguments prompted the judge to wonder if the legal nuances of the case may be too difficult for jurors to understand” https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/trump-documents-case-judge-cannon-hearing?cid=ios_app

GottaLaff , 30 days ago to random

Was there ever a doubt?

#NikkiHaley is supporting #Trump’s 2024 White House bid, she said Wednesday in her first public remarks since exiting the Republican presidential primary more than two months ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/nikki-haley-donald-trump?cid=ios_app

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to random

Another utterly exhausting day of packing the POD and loading up boxes.

But never too tired to post the next dopey #CountdownToCanada gif and wish you all a good evening.

#Canada 🇨🇦

We leave A WEEK FROM TODAY!

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GottaLaff , 1 month ago to random

🙄 Former Donald Trump lawyer John #Eastman 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

GottaLaff , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Lol. 1/...

"The Floor Action Response Team, shorthanded as “FART,” aims to guard against an unannounced request to pass resolutions that would limit the group's leverage."

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/congress/hfc-on-alert-00153097

Freedom Caucus on alert for possible moves against it by GOP leaders

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Snapshot from Decision Desk HQ. I'm only posting this because of the #RFKJr part, which pisses me off.

#Michigan Presidential

Donald #Trump (R): 37% (+3)
Joe #Biden (D): 34%
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I): 13%

https://elections2024.thehill.com/michigan/biden-trump-michigan/

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

'Night all. Done in.

If news breaks, yeah yeah... the usual.

GottaLaff , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

#Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money/election interference trial, marking a singular moment in U.S. history.

It’s the first criminal trial of any former U.S. commander-in-chief and the first of Trump’s four indictments to go to trial. #legal
https://apnews.com/article/8da8759352478be8effd3d5734aae35e

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

#Biden wins #Wyoming Democratic caucus

https://trib.al/89fGUYg

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

I'm rich again!

$48 residuals from The Jetsons and Hogan Family! Beats the 12 cents I usually get.

Drinks for everyone, I'm buying!

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Happy to report that my lab results from today's physical are already in and I am one healthy ol' broad.

Now I can move with a lighter load on my mind. Whew!

🥳

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Half a million #California workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting today - NPR https://apple.news/Ax2EooNQkRWab_RdyL4_s5w

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

#WompWomp

Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4560409-judge-rules-john-eastman-should-be-disbarred-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election/

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

I hope you’re watching #RachelMaddow

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

🇨🇦We are in #Canada! 😊For 9 days.☹️

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

blink

Via Rupar:

"You can't have an election in the middle of a political season" -- and #Trump accuses other people of being in decline

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

🇨🇦 Trudeau government will stop sending arms to #Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says #Canada

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-government-will-stop-sending-arms-to-israel-foreign-affairs-minister-m-lanie-joly-says/article_da41c41c-e60e-11ee-8cb4-874d0836cd34.html

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

📌“Fulton County judge says #FaniWillis disqualification ruling 'should be out tomorrow'

"These kind of orders take time to write," the judge said. “No decision of mine will be based on politics.” #Georgia

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fulton-county-judge-fani-willis-disqualification-ruling-tomorrow/story?id=108137448&cid=social_twitter_abcn

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Bibi is Israel’s Trump. ‘Nuff said.

🚨 #Israel's #Netanyahu has said he will defy Joe #Biden’s "red line" and invade Rafah -Politico

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

🤢 The GOP Fascist Party's Jesus, ladies and gents:

“Aides said he talked about #Ivanka #Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” Taylor writes.

“Afterward, Kelly retold that story to me in visible disgust. Trump, he said, was ‘a very, very evil man.”

https://polinews.org/donald-trumps-alleged-attraction-to-his-own-daughter-was-reportedly-so-deeply-inappropriate-and-severe-that-his-chief-of-staff-had-to-remind-trump-that-ivanka-was-his-daughter/

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

I've been saying this for a long time now: Lying/gaslighting/cheating are now flagrant strategies openly flaunted and employed by GOP Fascist Party.

Via Chris Hayes:

It is truly wild they are making this argument when the US has quite literally never produced more energy, has never been a more dominant energy producer in the world.

Chuck Grassley:

Welcome 2Pres Biden’s America where the fed govt chooses energy dependence over energy DOMINANCE AND INDEPENDENCE

GottaLaff , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Via Spiro’s Ghost:

4 years ago this month Covid exploded out as #Trump endlessly lied about the seriousness of it and there were so many dead bodies from it that cities had to rent trailers to stuff full of corpses.

#Stefanik: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? The answer is a resounding no

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Destroying America, Part 38473.

Via Acyn:

Speaker Johnson: We also advanced cuts to some of the agencies that have been turned against the American people. We are going to cut 3% from DOJ, 7% from the ATF, 6% from the FBI, and 10% from the EPA.

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

#Maddow's A-Block last night was brutal, but mandatory viewing. Here's just part of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV51sWQ9s3A&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK&index=5

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

#WompWomp 1/...

Former #Twitter Executives Sue Elon #Musk for $128 Million

"The plaintiffs, including Parag Agrawal, the former chief executive, are asking for severance after they lost their jobs during Mr. Musk’s 2022 takeover of the company." #legal
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/technology/twitter-executives-sue-musk.html

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Settlement in #Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by #Trump lawyers https://apnews.com/article/f416cd04adfa9f92c382b7c9e8a94ce7

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Well, that’s one.

#NikkiHaley wins Washington, D.C. Republican primary, NBC News projects

GottaLaff , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

📌 Via Tamar Hallerman: 1/...

Coming at 1 pm: closing arguments from Fulton election defendants who are arguing #FaniWillis should be disqualified from the case. We're also expecting both sides to try and submit additional evidence, incl text messages, cell records and an affidavit #Georgia #legal

Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@judgescottmcafee/streams

Among today's spectators: Scott Grubman, att'y who rep'd defendant Ken Chesebro. Former Dekalb CEO and gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones is also back

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

We used to set good examples.

“#France’s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an #abortion in the French Constitution, clearing a major hurdle for the legislation.

The measure was promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in court rulings in the US”
https://apnews.com/article/6e8cfc46d3fa4553c4d78e8a227f23b2

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Via Anna Bower: 1/...

COMING UP: Terrence Bradley--the former divorce attorney of special prosecutor Nathan Wade--is expected to take the stand and resume his testimony in Fulton County. #FaniWillis #Georgia #legal

Watch the hearing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKSRifybjg

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

“We are mere days away from a partial government shutdown on March 1. Unless Republicans get serious, the extreme Republican shutdown will endanger our economy, raise costs, lower safety, and exact untold pain on the American people,” Schumer wrote in a letter to lawmakers on Sunday.

https://trib.al/Gq68KHj

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Now that I've spend over half an hour catching up on replies, I'm thoroughly stressed out again.

Time to walk Hammy.

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

cc: GOP Fascist Party

Via Kyle Griffin:

Breaking: Alexander Smirnov, the ex-FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens' dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested, according to his attorneys.

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

He makes a good point.

Mitt Romney: “I will not be voting for former President Trump. I must admit that I find sexual assault to be a line I will not cross in the people I select to be my president.”

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

Nighty night, folks.

I'll post news if it breaks.

And it always seems to break, which I really wish would stop so I could take a breather.

But hey. News.

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

Via Olivia Nuzzi:

Seems like the Turner statement was designed to induce panic.

Mychael Schnell:

Intel ranking member JIM HIMES just told me “people should not panic, that is unequivocal” after this statement from Intel Chair Turner.

“It’s something that the Congress and the administration does need to address in the medium to long run.”