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Enjoying the calm of the fediverse 🇺🇦
(schmubba is a gaming handle)
#GTD #Zettlekasten #TaiChi #LokHup #HsingI #Poodle #AOK #StarCraft
Lover of full fun image captions
And #CamelCase #Tags
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GottaLaff , to random
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#Biden to #Trump: You’re a whiner. Not one single court agreed with you that there was election fraud. “Something snapped in you when you lost the last time.”

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Every time I looked at Biden’s expression, it screamed what I was thinking, I can’t believe I have to debate this fucking serial liar.
Then Biden started to say everything he just said was a lie.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

Zero Fortune 100 CEOs — a group that historically leans Republican — have donated to this election cycle, according to data compiled by Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

Donations by CEOs of the country's 100 biggest companies haven't recovered since Trump became the Republican nominee in 2016.

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
I enjoyed the highlights and look forward to watching the full version over breakfast.
I really appreciate you posting her work here.

GottaLaff , to random
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🧵 via Katie Phang re: #Trump #Classified #legal #Cannon #JackSmith

1/...

UPDATE from MAL classified docs case hearing today:

  • Todd Blanche and Emil Bove appearing today on behalf of Trump. Stanley Woodward, Sasha Dadan, and John Irving appearing on behalf of Walt Nauta and Carlos DeOliveira. - No defendants are present in court today.
schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff isn’t the judge overseeing him (All be it badly)?

Nonilex , to random
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Eugene Robinson:

It is irresponsible to obsess over Pres #Biden’s tendency to mangle a couple of words in a speech while #Trump is out there sounding detached from reality. Biden, who is old, at least makes sense. Trump, who also is old, rants like someone you’d cross the street to avoid.

#Unfit #Demented #MalignantNarcissist #Deranged #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/10/trump-sharks-electrocuted-boat-story/

schmubba ,
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@Nonilex
“[policy via hallucination, girl bye]”

Is there a Randy Rainbow out I haven’t seen?

Nonilex , to random
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#Trump 2nd term #mandatory #military service
#ChrisMiller, Trump’s last #DefSec who led the #Pentagon during the chaotic closure of Trump’s tenure in Washington & author of the [#MillerMemo], is among a cluster of fmr admin ofcls & #GOP lawmakers who are proposing a #NationalServiceMandate & other measures as part of #Project2025, the #conservative #HeritageFoundation’s govt-wide game plan.

#conscription #draft #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/10/trump-military-draft-mandatory-service/

schmubba ,
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@Nonilex
As long as the president must take a tour of duty at the font line for his first hundred days
BonSpursMcFelon

Nonilex , to random
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schmubba ,
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@Nonilex
What is the Onion doing?

schmubba , to random
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Time to revisit this

https://youtu.be/ihvgfU_g7LI?si=Ljvgw_69bt0c89KH
@GottaLaff needs a laugh 😆

GottaLaff , to random
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Hi Trump.

The Dow crossed 40000 for the first time. The index has more than doubled from its low hit during the early days of the pandemic

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
4 years ago it was 18k

GottaLaff , to random
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The Open House was a good one, one couple interested. 🤞🏼

We're done in, my COVID shot arm is sore, so it's time for tonight's dopey gif.

Only 15 more days til we drive up! 🇨🇦

Have a peaceful evening, everyone.

video/mp4

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Didn’t they have you do the chicken dance right after getting it? The first time I got the jab, they were alternating between the Hokey Pokey and the chicken dance to keep people moving that shoulder. 🤪😎

GottaLaff , to random
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starts HERE.
Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

1/… Bower:

Trump enters the courtroom. Before arriving, he lingered for a moment in the doorway, talking to his lawyers, Emile Bove and Todd Blanche. He had a piece of paper in his hand, which he waved around as he spoke.

Wait for it….

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
The Movie Christine taught me many things 1) prescreen movies before showing to pre-teens, 2) I need to up my car care game if I want to stay alive and sane and 3) ya can’t polish a turd. (Even an orange one)

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

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
I kept thinking “what does the American Dental Association have to do with this?” 🤔🙃🤣

blogdiva , to random
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have you had any lunch yet? have you had a glass of water yet?

have you had a good stretch yet? have you had a good little walk around the block yet?

have you had a good laugh yet? have you had a good cry yet? have you had a good hug yet?

if you need any of these, go do them. especially the cry. if you need to, get yourself a good cry. then acknowledge it. thank it, and go do some good ol' life-affirming living.

you deserve everything you need. you got this.

#checkin #selfcare

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff @blogdiva
You are the greatest!

I’m capturing these questions for

  1. When someone is having a tough day
  2. When I’m having a tough one

My fave: you deserve everything you need.

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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1/… I'll ask a favor of you.

This trial hasn't even started yet, not one witness. Yet...

I'm getting Doomers galore in my feed.

A Trumpy helped convict him in an earlier trial.

The prosecutors are vetting the jurors carefully.

I am not Dooming. Not yet.

Can we wait for the trial to be in full swing before predicting the worst possible outcome? Or do people thrive on constant pessimism? I just don't.

Thanks so much for listening. Let's try to be hopeful.

More…

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
This is a call for Debbie downer posts to be labeled as

NFL Downer

So Laffy can skip the doomsday talk. Thanks.

futurebird , to random
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Have you ever tried to measure a cat with a tape measure? It will make you question the solidity of dimensional space.

Pica, small cat
Height: 22 to 47cm
Girth: 33 to ??cm (ouch cm)
Length: 37cm
Length w/ tail: 66cm
Weight: 5.9 pounds/ 2.7 Kg
Max Length (Dangle): 74cm! oh no

she's getting longer.

Rate of Enlonganmentation
dML/dt: 1.2cm / second

No signs of increase stopping. Cat keeps increasing.
All clear! ALL CLEAR!
Soon she will be in all locations.

This was a bad project idea.

schmubba ,
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@futurebird
Have you ever tried to give a Manx cat an enema all by yourself? It ain’t easy.
He felt so much better it was worth it. Eddie was such a great cat. 🐈‍⬛ miss him much.

schmubba , to random
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“What looks like laziness is often exhaustion. “

When I encountered this statement, I immediately thought of poor and sidelined and “othered” people.

Then I thought about people dealing with the never ending news cycle and social feeds.

If you are feeling exhausted with these, try following @GottaLaff in a separate list. She posts concise updates.

If you’re still in the rage cycle and respond to the rage quickly, it really looks like laziness (tldr or didn’t read the attached). Consider this might be shear exhaustion.

If you’re being exhausted by the rage cycle, @Teri_Kanefield has a great set of articles to help you understand how to see the underlying cause and maybe help us gain skills to find actual news reporting.

GottaLaff , to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️Prosecutors on Tuesday announced an agreement with #Texas Attorney General Ken #Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade.

Under the 18-mo pre-trial agreement, special prosecutors in the case would drop 3 felony counts against Paxton. As part of the deal, Paxton must pay full restitution to victims — roughly $300K — & must also complete 100 hours of community service and 15 hours of legal ethics educ.”
https://apnews.com/article/9ed5eecc30c1f967ec51f7e58ad9d0af

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Martha Stewart is rolling her ire in butter and spray painting last year’s turkey skeleton for a holiday decoration in protest!

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Rupar:

Rep. Shontel Brown describes #Trump as "the bondless, insurrectionist, broke bluffer, twice impeached, 4 times indicted, insurrection-initiator, election-denying, self-declared dictator on day 1 & puppet for Putin. The one who wants to terminate the Constitution & defund the FBI"

  • Via Kyle Griffin:

Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz wore a Vladimir Putin mask to today's House Oversight hearing — as Democrats (and Lev Parnas) accuse Republicans of pushing Russian disinformation.

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
She posts regularly here:

@RepShontelBrown
and boy does she get the job done!

Bam , to random
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Really, really disappointed in Katie Porter. Just not okay.

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller
The fact that standard business practices now include dishonest means politically doesn’t change the fact that they are dishonest.

GottaLaff , to random
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“US forces will build a temporary port on the #Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks to allow delivery of humanitarian aid on a large scale, #Biden will announce in the #SOTU speech.

“We are not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership,” a senior US official said on Thursday, reflecting growing frustration of what is seen in Washington as Israeli obstruction of road deliveries on a substantial scale”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/biden-us-port-gaza-aid-delivery?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff very good news.

GottaLaff , to random
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'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

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
What’s missing from this rage rant is what we can do about it and what others are actively doing to combat this. She has a responsibility to empower her viewers not just rage bate them. For example, Jamie Raskin is introducing a bill to call Jan 6 an insurrection and DJT the instigator or CDC guidance on handling measles outbreaks that are effective.

GottaLaff , to random
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👀 Supreme Court on Monday temporarily froze enforcement of #Texas’ controversial immigration law that allows state law enforcement to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally.

Alito issued the hold, which will block law from taking effect until March 13. That temp pause will give court additional time to review the case but does not neces signal which way court is leaning. (Alito oversees the fed circuit that handled the case.)

#SCOTUS

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/politics/texas-immigration-law-supreme-court-appeal?cid=ios_app

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
He’s only supposed to oversee one circuit but due to too small a court size, some are doubled up.
Expand the court to 13 members.

GottaLaff , to random
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#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

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
It’s the billionaire playbook.

jackmjenkins , to random
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States with highest support for Christian nationalism, per PRRI:

Mississippi (50%)

North Dakota (50%)

Alabama (47%)

West Virginia (47%)

Louisiana (46%)

Tennessee (45%)

States with the lowest:

Oregon (17%)

Massachusetts (18%)

Maryland (19%)

New York (19%)

New Jersey (20%)

Washington (20%)

https://religionnews.com/2024/02/28/new-survey-finds-pockets-of-support-for-christian-nationalism-across-the-country/

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff

The seed of the resurrection of White Christian Nationalism was planted the day the US put “Under God" ahead of “Indivisible" in the pledge of allegiance, subliminally telling us that religion should divide us.

"Out of many, one” is actually the description of a united pluralistic nation.

GottaLaff , to random
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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

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Having Ross Perot VP flashbacks
“ why am I here “
SNL did it so well

And here is the beginning of the actual debate SNL Satirized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKpX-5jQjQ0

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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OFFS. 1/...

Via Aaron Rupar:

"He comes at the invitation of Congress. Republicans are in control of the House. There's no reason that we need to invite him" -- Rep. Scott Perry wants House Republicans to cancel #SOTU

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
There is no reason to honor the gentlemen’s agreements in the constitution because it is an agreement of honor to your compatriots and your nation.

Footnote: the term gentlemen’s agreement in today’s reality is a gentle people’s agreement in the same way that all men are created equal means everyone is created equal to the gentle people of the United States.

schmubba , to random
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Take 27 minutes and listen to what qualifies a president to be effective and what not to do right now.

Share so others can get some peace of mind. Thanks @GottaLaff

https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111975762722033032

schmubba , to random
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Jobs said we are in a post Personal Computer era.

Now -
We are in a post democratic era
We are in a post middle class era
A post reward for useful contribution era
We are in a post individual rights era
We are in a post take responsibility era
We are in a post anti exploitation era
We are in a post antitrust era
We are in pro robber baron era
We are in a post help your neighbor era
We are in a post protecting other’s rights era

We can change this one conversation at a time and one vote enablement at a time.
Empower action one person at a time
Unless you are @GottaLaff who inspires us all, many times per day.

Tengrain , to random
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Too soon?

schmubba ,
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@GreenFire @Snowshadow @Tengrain @GottaLaff @morgfair

For the Poli Math teacher:
If you're a former president heading at the speed of light towards a bankruptcy cliff of $355M, how many $2 gold sneakers would you have to sell at $399 a pair?

GottaLaff , to random
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I'm getting offline early today.

I loved today's good news, all of it. I love it openly and freely. I'm more than aware of any possible negatives and simply don't care at the moment.

There's plenty of time for that tomorrow, but today was a good day. Try enjoying it, you'd be amazed at how reinvigorating it can be.

If news breaks, I'll post it.

Time to concentrate on the good news THAT I SHALL ENJOY, despite Debbie Downers.

Cheers.

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Great Coverage and great news!

Enjoy 👍🏻🎯

GottaLaff , to random
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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.”

schmubba ,
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@GottaLaff
Thank you Mitt

schmubba , to random
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@GottaLaff
The many negative replies are not a good thing.
I must admit, I have made some on ocasion.

I realized this while drafting a comment to @Teri_Kanefield about one of her thoughtful blog entries.

Then I read aloud to my wife what I wrote.

She said: Teri spent all that time writing a post you enjoyed & learned from & that's all you're going to say about it? To tell her your mother corrected your grammar?

She had a good point. I completely changed the reply & felt much better about it.

With this medium, there is an opportunity.

Unlike an interactive, in person conversation, we have the opportunity to take a moment & breathe & reflect on what we are saying.

Sometimes just rereading the portion of the original post I'm commenting on & then reading my comments does the trick.

Then I go back & put something at the beginning about the posters perspective that I connected with (there is almost always something).

It helps me pull the cartridge out of my flamethrower 😉

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Bradley Moss:

The commentary about #Biden's memory was legally irrelevant and the very kind of extraneous commentary that got Comey fired in 2017.

Jacqui Heinrich:

Biden's lawyers wrote to Hur asking that he revise descriptions of the President's memory - notable given voter concerns about his mental capacity.

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  • schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff I wish this wasn’t the first thing reported
    A better take:

    After Biden cooperated & returned all documents, $ no charges were brought, speaker Johnson hypocritically called Biden unfit for office while simultaneously supporting Trump after he refused to cooperate, & hid documents from his own attorneys & was criminally charged through an identical process.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    I’ve seen enough. SCOTUS can bite me.

    Meanwhile, via Emptywheel:

    So here's where we're at:

    1. Trump impeached for insurrection
    2. Senate acquitted bc he was post-Presidency
    3. SCOTUS is ignoring that to say he can stand for election
    4. Immunity?
    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff
    The worst part was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t get the clause and CO atty explained it.

    The clause pertains to all officers (which it doesn’t have to name them because Pres & VP are officers) then adds Senators, Congress and Electors for Pres & VP which are NOT officers, they are referred to as seats in the constitution.

    She was so focused on their being ambiguity and getting him to admit it, she missed his textualist answer to her question.

    This isn’t what we need right now.

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    UPDATE: #FAFO US says it killed a militia commander behind the deaths of 3 American troops in Jordan. Or as Angry Staffer put it:

    I like the finding out phase.

    US military strike on Wednesday in Baghdad killed a Kataib Hezbollah commander who was responsible for attacks on American forces in the region per CENTCOM

    “At a time and place of our choosing”

    The U.S. conducted a drone strike against a senior Kataib Hezbollah commander in #Iraq, a senior U.S. official tells CBS News' David Martin

    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff
    My thought is what would trump as president again do with this capability.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🙄49-50 Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats https://apnews.com/article/386dcc54b29a5491f8bd87b727a284f8

    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff
    The senator in the featured clip on cspan said Biden isn’t doing administrative border actions that Obama did.

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5105553/senator-lankford-appeals-colleagues-solve-border-crisis

    Has anyone seen this list? Or a summary?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    I'm amazed at how many of you seem to know what's going to happen with SCOTUS/Trump. You must all be clairvoyant.

    I don't do speculation as a rule, it seems meaningless. I prefer to wait and see.

    I do, however, share observations of those who have legal backgrounds because I find them interesting and more knowledgeable than most.

    But I don't think they know what's going to happen either.

    One thing I do know: We got a good ruling today. I'm savoring that for awhile.

    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff I can’t wait to hear Ketanji’s voice and her absolutely cut through the crap questions & hypotheticals. She’s amazing. I enjoy listening to her as much as I have Kagan & Sotomayor (& Breyer)

    I predict it will be worth listening to the arguments.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Omfg.

    I’m STILL getting replies wishing me well.

    I DO NOT HAVE COVID.

    Read the damn thread.

    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff wishing you a speedy recovery from idiot replies 🙃🫨😉

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    UPDATE. I'VE CHANGED THE LINK so you can avoid Threads (thanks @deborahh ❤️

    Via @atrupar

    Wow -- Hawley badgers into apologizing to people in the audience

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUAfRod2xgI

    schmubba ,
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    @CStamp @GottaLaff I made a post commenting on this this morning and when I saw how much comments had ruined y’all’s day, I deleted it.
    I should have edited it to say-

    keep posting positive posts.

    I would rather have the good celebrated. The flaws we can work on the next day using energy from the positive boost.

    Celebrate the good immediately and with gusto.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Three US Army troops were killed and at least two dozen service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war.”

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/28/politics/us-troops-drone-attack-jordan?Date=20240128&Profile=cnnbrk

    schmubba ,
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    @GottaLaff is a troop a single person?

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