Laura Truffaut
@lauratruffaut.bsky.social
Paris to California, teacher, translator, film and book lover, Beatlemaniac.
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Hottest crime zone in Washington DC
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hottest crime zone in Washington DC
Sounds plausible.
Pentagon Cuts All Employees With Weak Jawlines
Pentagon Cuts All Employees With Weak Jawlines
ARLINGTON, VA—Arguing that the move would allow the government agency to present a united front against threats to national security, the Pentagon announced Monday that it was cutting all employees wi...
theonion.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sounds plausible.
Useful thread here. Rocks and hard places…
I voted against the horrible MAGA “continuing resolution” — a fake and partisan CR loaded up with executive power for Trump. I hated it. But respected colleagues voted otherwise, and not just to “cave in” versus “stand up.” 🧵
March 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Useful thread here. Rocks and hard places…
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Our government is in the hands of the NRA: Nazis, Russians and Apartheid nostalgists.
March 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our government is in the hands of the NRA: Nazis, Russians and Apartheid nostalgists.
“At long last my work here is done.”
Mitch McConnell is announcing he won't seek reelection in 2026.
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce populi...
apnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“At long last my work here is done.”
In a nutshell.
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In a nutshell.
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
"If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." -- AUSA Hagan Scotten, SDNY.
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
The shame of it all.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The shame of it all.
What a first-rate interview of a smart, dedicated President looks and sounds like… before we forget.
January 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
What a first-rate interview of a smart, dedicated President looks and sounds like… before we forget.
Joyeux Noël, yeah, yeah, yeah
December 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Joyeux Noël, yeah, yeah, yeah
Catch Me If You Can, 2024 reboot.
Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...
Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...
Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada
The woman, Svetlana Dali, had been ordered to wear an ankle monitor after her arrest, but she cut it off and boarded a bus, a law enforcement official said.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Catch Me If You Can, 2024 reboot.
Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...
Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...
My favorite entertainment reporter strikes again.
I've wanted to interview Chloe Bennet since 2013, and she did not disappoint! We talked about what it's like being biracial, how the industry has changed in the past 10 years, and how working on #InteriorChinatown helped her work through it all.
www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
How Chloe Bennet Is Breaking Free From Hollywood Stereotypes
After a decade-plus in Hollywood, the half-Asian actor is working through trauma in her new meta show.
www.cosmopolitan.com
December 14, 2024 at 4:15 AM
My favorite entertainment reporter strikes again.
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One thing to remember as Trump populates his administration with a cynic’s gallery of convicts, grotesques, and miscreants: Today’s toadies are tomorrow’s turncoats. Most of them will ultimately give him the shiv or vice versa. Trump’s pathologies conspire against loyalty.
December 1, 2024 at 1:30 AM
One thing to remember as Trump populates his administration with a cynic’s gallery of convicts, grotesques, and miscreants: Today’s toadies are tomorrow’s turncoats. Most of them will ultimately give him the shiv or vice versa. Trump’s pathologies conspire against loyalty.
Turns out, democracy also dies in broad daylight.
November 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Turns out, democracy also dies in broad daylight.