@GottaLaff
@gottalaff.bsky.social
Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) in US for years, now in Canada. I post (A LOT) breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. Bite me, Musk.
Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦
Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦
Pinned
For the umpteenth time, this is the ultimate goal.
All the violence, thuggery on US streets, efforts to interfere with elections every which way, it's all about November (and beyond).
STOP this in its tracks, somehow.
All the violence, thuggery on US streets, efforts to interfere with elections every which way, it's all about November (and beyond).
STOP this in its tracks, somehow.
How do Dems win elections after MAGA:
-SCOTUS rulings
-gerrymander/redistrict
-stack elec bds
-buy voting machine co's
-disenfranch voters
-cheat/rig
-state supermajorities' bad bills
-armed thugs at polls/bomb threats
-fake elec scandal to crack down, take control
-restrict mail voting, drop-offs
-SCOTUS rulings
-gerrymander/redistrict
-stack elec bds
-buy voting machine co's
-disenfranch voters
-cheat/rig
-state supermajorities' bad bills
-armed thugs at polls/bomb threats
-fake elec scandal to crack down, take control
-restrict mail voting, drop-offs
This is an ongoing thread.
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The cables also revealed drama in Iceland — and demands for a high-level U.S. apology — after Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the country joked that it could become the “52nd state.”
‘Let's not get a divorce’: A behind-the-scenes look at how countries handled Trump’s Greenland grab
State Department cables obtained by POLITICO lay bare the frustrations — and aspirations — of US allies and adversaries watching Trump seek the Danish island.
www.politico.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The cables also revealed drama in Iceland — and demands for a high-level U.S. apology — after Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the country joked that it could become the “52nd state.”
And now MAGA-GOP/Trump want even more funding.
Federal immigration officers across the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill that transformed ICE into the country’s most highly funded law enforcement agency.
Here’s a look at their arsenal:
Here’s a look at their arsenal:
The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
And now MAGA-GOP/Trump want even more funding.
It CREATES "bad weather," you idiot. #ClimateCrisis
Trump: "Coal doesn't mind very cold weather, right? You're not allowed to say the word 'coal' with preceding by saying 'clean, beautiful coal.' It's not affected by bad weather. The windmills are are frozen. You know that, right? They don't turn. The windmills aren't turning."
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It CREATES "bad weather," you idiot. #ClimateCrisis
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We’ve sent a metric shit ton of hardware to the Middle East in the last 48 hrs.
The most significant force posture changes aside from the carrier strike group:
- more Growlers (electronic warfare platform)
- Combat Search and Rescue aircraft
- multiple C-17 transport aircraft
The most significant force posture changes aside from the carrier strike group:
- more Growlers (electronic warfare platform)
- Combat Search and Rescue aircraft
- multiple C-17 transport aircraft
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
We’ve sent a metric shit ton of hardware to the Middle East in the last 48 hrs.
The most significant force posture changes aside from the carrier strike group:
- more Growlers (electronic warfare platform)
- Combat Search and Rescue aircraft
- multiple C-17 transport aircraft
The most significant force posture changes aside from the carrier strike group:
- more Growlers (electronic warfare platform)
- Combat Search and Rescue aircraft
- multiple C-17 transport aircraft
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Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
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Cool, cool. So glad RFK Jr. is running the show right now. What could possibly go wrong.
NY confirms 5 cases of highly pathogenic bird flu on Long Island.
www.nbcnewyork.com/long-island/...
www.nbcnewyork.com/long-island/...
NY confirms 5 cases of highly pathogenic bird flu on Long Island
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Thursday that it had five preliminary positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in Suffolk County. M...
www.nbcnewyork.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Cool, cool. So glad RFK Jr. is running the show right now. What could possibly go wrong.
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Rs voting w/Ds to avoid partial govt shutdown:
- Ted Budd (NC)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Ashley Moody (FL)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rick Scott (FL)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
Maj. Leader Thune switched his vote from Yes to No to be able to bring the package up for a later vote.
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- Ted Budd (NC)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Ashley Moody (FL)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rick Scott (FL)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
Maj. Leader Thune switched his vote from Yes to No to be able to bring the package up for a later vote.
🧾 is.gd/vYpaAV
Senate blocks massive funding bill, with critical talks underway to avoid government shutdown | CNN Politics
Bipartisan senators blocked a massive spending bill Thursday, as eleventh-hour talks continue to avoid a costly partial government shutdown that looms at the week’s end.
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Rs voting w/Ds to avoid partial govt shutdown:
- Ted Budd (NC)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Ashley Moody (FL)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rick Scott (FL)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
Maj. Leader Thune switched his vote from Yes to No to be able to bring the package up for a later vote.
🧾 is.gd/vYpaAV
- Ted Budd (NC)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Ashley Moody (FL)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rick Scott (FL)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
Maj. Leader Thune switched his vote from Yes to No to be able to bring the package up for a later vote.
🧾 is.gd/vYpaAV
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This is what, just a roving prosecutor now? I can't wait to see Judge Cannon's ruling re-emerge in relevance here.
Scoop: AG Bondi gave St. Louis US Attorney Thomas Albus special appointment with nationwide authority to probe voter fraud. This explains why Albus, not the Atlanta US attorney, was on FBI's Fulton County search warrant yesterday. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi Hands St. Louis Prosecutor Nationwide Election Fraud Remit
The St. Louis-based US attorney overseeing the FBI search warrant executed on Fulton County’s election office Wednesday received a special appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate elec...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is what, just a roving prosecutor now? I can't wait to see Judge Cannon's ruling re-emerge in relevance here.
He knows what they'd ask. Coward.
in an unusual twist, Trump wraps up the cabinet meeting but refuses to take questions from reporters
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
He knows what they'd ask. Coward.
Still?
Trump: "JD, if you'd like to say something, you can. He is after all the vice president of the United States."
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Still?
Best gif ever, courtesy of Ann
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Best gif ever, courtesy of Ann
Trump: Homes shouldn't be affordable.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Trump: Homes shouldn't be affordable.
Hallucinating on drugs again
RFK Jr: "Mr President, we're in the process of implementing your great American healthcare bill." (There is no healthcare bill.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Hallucinating on drugs again
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground |Will Bunch
Two iconic U.S. newsrooms slash reporting and stress opinion writing even as Minnesota proves the need for factual journalism.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it.©
Like illegally invading a sovereign country.
Witkoff: "The Russians are doing things maybe that people wouldn't give them the credit for doing, and I think it always comes down to your indomitable spirit"
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Like illegally invading a sovereign country.
Putin is so empathetic. What a guy.
Trump: "Because of the cold -- extreme cold -- I personally asked President Putin not fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week. He agreed to do that."
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Putin is so empathetic. What a guy.
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Trump hallucinates about phone calls that never happened with foreign leaders & Cabinet laughs at him instead of invoking 25th amendment removal process.
Trump: "I spoke with Macron. He was not at that time wearing sunglasses. He said, 'No no Donald. I will not do this. You're asking me to double drug prices?' I said, 'If you don't, I'm gonna charge you a 25% tariff on your wines, champagnes, & everything else.' He said, 'Like I said, I will do it.'"
January 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Trump hallucinates about phone calls that never happened with foreign leaders & Cabinet laughs at him instead of invoking 25th amendment removal process.
Feeling a little defensive about napping, Deteriorating Donald?
Trump: "Last time we had a press conference it lasted for 3 hours. And some people said, 'He closed his eyes!' Look, it got pretty boring, in all fairness."
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Feeling a little defensive about napping, Deteriorating Donald?
Yet another alert. It's the elections, stupid.
North Carolina election officials are considering a plan to flag voters as “presumptive noncitizens” and potentially strike them from the state’s voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina weighs investigating ‘presumptive noncitizens’ in latest attack on voting
Republicans took control of the board last year, installing a GOP majority and immediately replacing the long-time, nonpartisan director with a party political operative.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Yet another alert. It's the elections, stupid.
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As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
Good
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
There will be a partial government shutdown if lawmakers cannot reach a deal by Saturday morning.
dlvr.it
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Good
Tell a friend.
I’m on my way to vote on the Republicans' bill to give billions more to Trump's ICE.
I’m not just a no — I’m a hell no.
I’m not just a no — I’m a hell no.
I’m on my way to vote on the Republicans' bill to give billions more to Trump's ICE.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Tell a friend.
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