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@GottaLaff

@gottalaff.bsky.social

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Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post (A LOT) breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. Bite me, Musk. Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · Jul 22

They're not distractions because we can multitask.

Next.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 34m

I sure do

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 36m

Hi Trump

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 37m

Waiting on those $1000 tariff rebate checks. 🤡

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 36m

That's your headline, Politico? It should be this:

"A reminder on the 8th day of GOP shutdown: Johnson cd call Members back to negotiate to re-open govt any time he wants. He's choosing not to.

GOP wd rather raise costs & kick millions of Americans off their health care"

bsky.app/profile/jaya...

Politico @politico.com · 41m

Mike Johnson is hammering Senate Dems with the shutdown impacts in their states.

The speaker rattled off headlines from around the country to shame Democrats into reopening the government.

Johnson hammers Senate Dems with shutdown impacts in their states

The speaker rattled off headlines from around the country to shame Democrats into reopening the government.

www.politico.com

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1h

Comey’s lawyer Pat Fitzgerald tells the court they will be filing a selective prosecution motion and I’m sure others as well. That’s the right move even though Comey had seemed rarin’ to go to trial.
Trial set forJanuary 5. EDVA moves fast, but not that fast given the motions practice. It will slip.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

The people running our major media institutions are not human beings—they're paid mercenaries.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently he's lying

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

It does if it never gets to trial because of what the judge thinks

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

👊🏼

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Accurate.

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” Pritzker said; “This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out. He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

This is excellent.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1h

In June I announced that I was retiring from NYU after 39 years, but I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press.

Today I can explain what I meant by not leaving the field. I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Read on. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news...

I joined up with News Creator Corps by putting two and two together… Allow me to explain. - News Creator Corps

The consumers of news and information, the people formerly known as the audience, have gone into the production side.

newscreatorcorps.org

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

It's like, back of my mind hopeful. It's not one of those, "OMG, yay!" hopefuls.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Keep 'em coming

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

I keep forgetting that, as a Dem, I'm really a commie pinko Marxist fascist card-carrying Antifa member.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Johnson on nuking the filibuster: "Is it wise? A lot of people would tell you it's not. I mean, on the Republican side, I would be deeply concerned if the Democrats had a bare majority in the Senate right now of Marxist ideology taking over the Democrat Party...turning us into a communist country"

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

I'm not being fooled. I'm making an observation that Swalwell must feel confident or he wouldn't have said it. I'm feeling hopeful.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Well, the judge already gave Comey better than he asked for.

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Agree

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

I think the judge already sees that

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Don't forget how this began. I had.

Those buses. Remember?

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1h

First, Texas buses thousands of migrants to Chicago as a political stunt. Now, Trump sends the Texas National Guard to "manage" the situation they helped create. The audacity is breathtaking.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Seriously? You're going with that?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

YVW.

I was barely awake when I saw the headline☕️

@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Even more details.

Keep 'em coming.

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1h

Breaking news: Jim Comey has a trial set for January 5, 2026 — but his lawyers will try to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the attorney President Trump appointed at the very last minute to indict the former FBI director.

Comey's team will try to have the case dismissed for "vindictive prosecution."

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

What have I been saying since Day One?

Miller. Vought.

As for talking head, more like babbling incoherently.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1h

Trump is a talking head, often obliviously, doing the bidding of vitriolic Stephen Miller & Russ Vought.

@repdangoldman.bsky.social breaks down who’s really running the government, immigration, and the ongoing MAGA shutdown
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-miller-meltdown-and-maga-shutdown

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

Again, while that's true, I really don't think Swalwell would have said that publicly unless he was really confident