w7voa , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to Random stuff

There are casualties following an explosion at a military academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. https://t.me/s/groza_media

GottaLaff , 2 days ago to Random stuff

Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy #Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years https://apnews.com/article/b41b6c776fb27f62913e3754afa1ceac

GottaLaff , 2 days ago to Random stuff

He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice #Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by #Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. #SCOTUS

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

luckytran , 3 days ago to Random stuff

It's ridiculous that most Democrats are just watching passively as Republicans are passing mask bans. In states where Democrats hold power, they should absolutely be passing laws that codify and protect people's rights to wear a mask.

petergleick , 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to Random stuff

This is the most extreme form of #climate denial. Not only is the State of Florida, perhaps more vulnerable to climate change than any other state, pretending that climate change doesn't exist, but it's deleting any reference to it in state law. This is truly putting your head in the sand.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/desantis-bill-climate-change-florida/index.html

hacks4pancakes , 7 days ago to Random stuff

GottaLaff , 8 days ago to Random stuff

Off to get my COVID shot. It's been months, so here we go.

Open House today too. Busy busy.

luckytran , 9 days ago to Random stuff

This North Carolina bill is ridiculous. It justifies punishing protestors for blocking emergency vehicles, yet bans wearing masks for health reasons. This bill is dangerously anti-public health and restricts people's ability to protest and exercise their First Amendment rights.

rbreich , 9 days ago to Random stuff

Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's presidential immunity claim, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

pluralistic , 9 days ago to Random stuff

The ruins at dusk

#Tartu

The ruins of a medieval church, integrated into the University of Tartu museum, at dusk, surrounded by trees.
The ruins of a medieval church, integrated into the University of Tartu museum, at dusk, surrounded by trees.

rbreich , 10 days ago to Random stuff

Ron DeSantis signed a law that prevents municipalities in Florida from requiring that employers provide shade and water breaks for outdoor workers.

A study found that heat-related deaths in FL shot up by 88% between 2019 and 2022.

Folks, this is the GOP's vision for America.

GottaLaff , 11 days ago to Random stuff

Ha!

Via Lawrence O’Donnell:

#Trump posted this right after my show tonight. Must’ve been something I said.

“I spotted Ratings Challenged Lawrence O’Donnell, of MSDNC, in the Courthouse today. I haven’t seen him in years. He looks like shit, a real loser! DJT.”

GottaLaff , 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to Random stuff

Via Gavin Newsom:

What Donald Trump’s version of “quite well” means (Image below.):

Biden-Harris HQ:

Embedded video:

#Trump: They tried to cancel Roe v. Wade for many years. We did it. It’s working out quite well, actually
#abortion

GottaLaff , 11 days ago to Random stuff

Oh, and to those of you who have been kind enough to ask, I just got word that the house showing today was 👎🏻. This day can’t end soon enough.

JonChevreau , 12 days ago to Random stuff

@Teri_Kanefield Hi Teri, believe Mastodon would love to hear your take on Judge Cannon “indefinitely” suspending the MAL documents case.

GottaLaff , 12 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to Random stuff

Interesting reading: "...what everyone—literally everyone—is missing about the 34 felonies Donald Trump committed to win the 2016 presidential election. This will change how you understand the 2016 election cycle."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1787543910509666332.html

GottaLaff , 12 days ago to Random stuff

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

GottaLaff , 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to Random stuff

Ever have days when you have so much going on that your insides are on perma-rev-up and you can't slow it down?

Today is that day. We finished spackling/painting all the spots where artwork was hanging, we've dusted, vacuumed, and prepped the house. Our painters were unavailable, so it was us.

By the time the showing and trial are over today, I'll need to unwind. Lucky for me, Hammy needs walking at just the right time. That always does it.

ProPublica , 16 days ago to Random stuff

More States Are Allowing Child Support Payments to Reach #Children

Since a ProPublica investigation found that states were seizing child support headed to #families as reimbursement for the mother having received welfare, at least six states have changed their policies. Others are debating doing the same.

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-states-allow-child-support-to-reach-children?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

GottaLaff , 17 days ago to Arizona

#Arizona governor signs into law measure to repeal 1864 #abortion ban

“Hobbs’ signature does not alone guarantee that the ban will not take effect. Arizona legislation typically takes effect 90 days after the conclusion of the state legis session, which may last into summer. Arizona Dem lawmakers lacked the numbers to add an emergency clause into the repeal to let it go into effect earlier…ban may temporarily come into force”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/arizona-1864-abortion-ban-repealed-governor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

w7voa , 18 days ago to Random stuff

Republican attorneys general from multiple states, led by Texas, sue the Biden administration to stop a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling firearms at gun shows and online. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-leads-multistate-coalition-suing-biden-administration-over-unlawful-ban

GottaLaff , 18 days ago to Random stuff

👍🏻Via Kyle Griffin:

Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy just won a special election for the #NewYork congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins — further narrowing Republicans' slim majority in the House.

CrimethInc , 18 days ago to Random stuff

Thousands upon thousands of police are surrounding Columbia University and raiding the building occupation there now, determined to crush the movement in solidarity with those experiencing genocide in Gaza.

Every time a mercenary puts on an NYPD uniform, selling their capacity to inflict violence to the highest bidder, they are committing treason against humanity.

We salute the courage of those occupying the university. This struggle is far from over.

Background on the movement at Columbia:

https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

A video of police using an armored vehicle to enter a second-story window of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University campus.

poligraf , 18 days ago to palestine group

« Students at Sorbonne University in Paris are joining students worldwide denouncing what they say is their school’s complicity with Israel’s war on Gaza. »

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osH-KaOzj5c

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️ 🇫🇷

GottaLaff , 20 days ago to Arizona

Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an #Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. #legal

https://apnews.com/article/877c1740e69bb576717873fd31961309

lowqualityfacts , 20 days ago to Random stuff

Sadly I had to flush my beloved goldfish down the toilet today. He quickly swam to the top of his fish bowl when I fed him and splashed a drop of water on my table. I know this will upset some of the snowflakes on here but it is one of the many hard decisions us goldfish owners have to make.

w7voa , 21 days ago to Random stuff

“My vice president actually endorses me,” says President Biden, taking a jab at his predecessor and presumptive Republican nominee. #WHCA Dinner

GottaLaff , 23 days ago to Random stuff

NEW #TrumpTrial THREAD 🧵 STARTS HERE. #Trump #legal 1/...

Klasfeld:

Trump is back at the defense table, and we're waiting for the judge to return to the bench.

GottaLaff , 24 days ago to Random stuff

Via CNN's Kristen Holmes:

#Trump spent Wednesday playing golf at his Bedminster club, sources told CNN. Wednesday's the only weekday court isn't in for his NY criminal trial. Trump has lamented that trial has kept him off campaign trail: “Im not in GA or FL or NC campaigning like I should be" he said Mon.

GottaLaff , 24 days ago to Random stuff

🎯 Via Jim sciutto:

The script-flipping here is a remarkable: rather than focus on the severity and precedent of what’s before them - whether #Trump should be prosecuted for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election - they appear focused on the potential for a future president to be frivolously prosecuted. There appears to be little concern among the conservative justices for the substance and significance of the #Jan6 case. #SCOTUS

GottaLaff , 25 days ago to Random stuff

“#Russia vetoed UN resolution sponsored by US & Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous #nuclear arms race in outer space.

The vote 15-member Security Council: 13 in favor, Russia opposed, China abstaining.

The resolution calls on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty that included the U.S. and Russia, and to agree to the need to verify compliance”
https://apnews.com/article/175d45ddb658729eff060bd8a83b8a55

GottaLaff , 25 days ago to Random stuff

Via Acyn (who has the vid):

#Biden: "Remember when #Trump was trying to deal with COVID, he suggested injecting a little bleach in your veins… he missed, it all went to his hair (Loud, extended laughter and applause)

(smiling) I shouldn't have said that... You guys are a bad influence on me."

AkaSci , 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to Random stuff

Joe Biden today on the 4th anniversary of TFG telling Americans to inject disinfectant to cure COVID:
"Don’t inject bleach.
And don’t vote for the guy who told you to inject bleach."

Let's watch Sarah Cooper again, who brought the dangerous idiocy of that day to light in this lip-sync video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxDKW75ueIU

lowqualityfacts , 26 days ago to Random stuff

I knew it.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

rbreich , 26 days ago to Random stuff

Four years ago today, Donald Trump suggested Americans could be injected with disinfectant to fight covid.

If anyone asks you: "Are you better off than you were four years ago," the answer is a resounding yes.

GottaLaff , 26 days ago to Random stuff

Oh good lord.🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Via Katie Phang;

So at 11:00 a.m. ET, #Trump posts on Truth Social calling Judge Merchan's courtroom a "kangaroo court" and calling on Merchan to recuse himself. Trump also assails the gag order, (falsely) claiming that he cannot defend himself.

This while we await a ruling from Judge Merchan on Trump's 10 violations of the #GagOrder... #TrumpTrial #legal

GottaLaff , 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago) to Random stuff

#Maddow was at the courthouse today:

"#Trump seems old and tired and mad"

"He seems annoyed. Resigned, maybe angry. He seems like a man who is miserable to be here."

appassionato , 27 days ago to photography group

A woman sits at her destroyed house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/portfolio-work-mohammed-salem-2024-04-19/

@palestine
#Gaza
#Rafah
#displaced
#women
#MohammedSalem
@photography

w7voa , 28 days ago to Random stuff

“I’m urging all governors to pardon prior state offenses of simple possession of marijuana,” says President Biden in a 4/20 post on social media. “No one should be in a federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, and no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.”

georgetakei , 1 month ago to Random stuff

Thank you to Stephen Colbert and everyone at The Late Show for the opportunity to come and speak about my new book, “My Lost Freedom.” These stories are important, and I'm grateful for the chance to share mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQKrFV-FbM

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to Random stuff

Via Lisa Rubin:

As NBCNews has reported, each side gets a NEW allotment of peremptory challenges once the remaining 5 jurors are selected and we move to alternates. Then, each side gets 2 per alternate. (This is under NY statute; I don’t make the rules. 🤷‍♀️) #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to Random stuff

"#Trump's article manipulation posts appear to be screenshots of actual articles, but they have been changed. These altered articles share a news organization’s logo, title, and byline, but scrub out all the unfavorable content that Trump doesn't like. It's truly egregious."

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-alters-national-review-article-deletes-that-affair-allegations-could-have-torpedoed-his-campaign

CoinOfNote , 1 month ago to France

It's the fifth anniversary of the fire that severely damaged Notre Dame #Cathedral in Paris, #France. Here is a medallion issued by Monnaie de Paris in 2019 with proceeds going to the cathedral reconstruction efforts.

https://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en/notre-dame-de-paris-reconstruction-medal-yellow-bronze-100-mm

#OnThisDay #NotreDame #Fire #History #Numismatics #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

w7voa , 1 month ago to Random stuff

FBI opens a criminal investigation into Baltimore’s Key Bridge crash https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/15/balitmore-key-bridge-criminal-investigation/

w7voa , 1 month ago to Random stuff

Israel requests the UN Security Council convene immediately to condemn Iran's unprecedented attack.

GottaLaff , 1 month ago to Random stuff

Oh hell yeah.

💪🏼
Via Kyle Griffin:

A proposed amendment that would formally enshrine access to #abortion in #Colorado's constitution is all but certain to appear on the November ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates said they have collected the required number of signatures.

In fact, the groups collected 100,000 more signatures than necessary.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/colorado-signatures-abortion-ballot-measure-rcna147558

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random stuff

Office Hours: Should parents be criminally responsible for a child who kills? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-responsibility?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon