Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
If you haven't seen this yet, watch.
It's an AI vid of the "grand opening" of the hideously gilded, wildly overpriced, Let Them Eat Cake future Trump Ballroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_25aSMSFc&t=5s
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Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Well well
"IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted
Trump admin move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/09/trump-administration-irs-data-dispute/
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
"Trump’s freewheeling use of tariffs as a tool of American power may have been more extensive than was publicly known, encompassing an array of nat sec goals as well as the interests of individual companies" #TrumpTax
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/09/trump-trade-policy-national-security/
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Of course, Trump cares about DoD/DHS/ICE's well-being, but not the survivors of Epstein's/Maxwell's abuse.
Via Joshua Friedman:
NEW: DOJ asks Judge Breyer to close next week's trial on the Trump admin's possible violations of the Posse Comitatus Act to remote public access, arguing that it endangers DoD/DHS/ICE officials to let the public see who they are.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.146.0.pdf
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
It occurs to me that Putin is just one more child trafficker who Trump has cozied up to. Birds of a feather...
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Keep ‘em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
OVERNIGHT: A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked the Trump administration from authorizing commercial fishing in a national monument area designated by George W. Bush and expanded by Barack Obama.
The Trump admin blew off public input, judge ruled.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.hid.173877/gov.uscourts.hid.173877.36.0.pdf
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
😳
“Pfizer’s #Covid vax for young children may not be renewed by FDA this fall, prompting Moderna to fill possible gaps in supply
..would pull the only remaining Covid vaccine for all children under 5 from the market.
Moderna is only approved for children w 1 or more health conditions, Novavax only avail for children aged 12 & up w health conditions” #ProLifeMyAss
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/pfizer-covid-vaccine-fda-children-dfa?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
“ #Ukraine Pres Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to occupiers,” after Trump suggested that a peace deal would include some “swapping” of territories with #Russia.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/zelenskyy-rejects-trumps-proposal-ukraine-swap-territories-russia-rcna224022
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
👉🏼
“ #California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Friday they were moving forward with plans to hold a special election in November for voters to approve a ballot measure that would ultimately allow Democrats to pass a new House map ahead of 2026.”
https://breaking.iavian.net/article/4294967296?load=1
Laffy@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Another day, another…
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️ Emory University reported an active shooter on its Atlanta, #Georgia, campus on Friday.
The school's official website said the incident was occurring near the Emory Point CVS.
A shelter-in-place order has been put in place.
#GunViolence
https://breaking.iavian.net/article/131072?load=1