Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)

Trump, once again, shows himself to be the fraud that he's always been.

The Hill:

#Tillis told #Trump to 'start thinking about my replacement' before primary threat

A lawsuit that never should have been brought.

Via Kyle Cheney:

Trump drops lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and Ann Selzer over her late-campaign poll showing Kamala Harris in play in Iowa. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.iasd.89411/gov.uscourts.iasd.89411.71.0.pdf

Racist Trump and his racist thugs can't reach their quota, so...

"ICE detentions of non-criminal immigrants spike; about 8% have violent convictions, analysis of new data shows" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-detentions-non-criminal-immigrants-violent-crime-convictions-analysis/

Welp.

1/...

Via Jen Bendery:

Translated: In a party-line vote, Republicans just voted to weaken the Senate filibuster by using a gimmick to hide the cost of Trump's ~$4 trillion tax-and-spending bill.

Senate Press Gallery
@senatepress.bsky.social
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By a vote of 53-46, the decision of the Chair stands that the Graham Amendment #2360 does not violate section 313(b)(1)(E) of the Congressional Budget Act. Party line vote.

2/ Those last 5 words. Sigh.

Via Mark Joseph Stern:

This creates a precedent that Democrats can use to circumvent the filibuster and enact a LOT of their agenda with a simple majority, if they have the spine.

Think about this. "Whether the government will deport babies..."

Just... STOP. Racist MAGA GOP thugs. STOP.

Adam Klasfeld:

Judge Boardman orders the DOJ to submit something in writing about its position about whether the government will deport babies pending resolution of the TRO motion.

No ruling on that motion yet.

🤦🏻♀️Via Chris Geidner:

BREAKING: DOJ will oppose a request for class certification — to create a class-action lawsuit — in the Maryland CASA case challenging Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court ended universal injunctions and said class actions remain available for broad relief.

"In 7+ major depts/agencies DOGE secured power to view records that contain competitors’ trade secrets, nonpub details abt govt contracts, sensitive reg actions or other info..no evidence DOGE viewed/misused govt info to benefit #Musk ..But competitors alarmed" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2025/musk-doge-personal-data-tesla-companies/

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Via Kyle Griffin:

Sen. Thom Tillis:  "I mean, if you've got to surprise or jam your conference to get something done, you're a pretty shitty legislator."

“The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump’s trade and economic policies prompt global investors to rethink their exposure to the world’s dominant currency.

“The dollar has become the whipping boy of #Trump 2.0’s erratic policies”
https://breaking.iavian.net/article/400312?load=1

#Breaking news: U.S. intelligence obtained private communication among Iranian officials, discussing this month’s military strikes on #Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had expected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/29/trump-iran-nuclear-damage-intercepted-call/

2/ Via Joyce Vance:

1/ Remember (& you’ll hear this caveat from all the legal commentators) today’s SCOTUS decision in the birthright citizenship case is not about whether Trump can do away with birthright citizenship in an EO. It’s about whether a single district judge can issue a nationwide injunction pausing the EO.

3/ Stern:

KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

4/ Vance:

That means they apply to the plaintiff who sued. But don’t worry, the lawyers will be back in court today. Expect more lawsuits in class action lawsuits, much as we’ve seen with deportation. This fight is far from over.

5/ Vance:

And a little side snark— the next time MAGA wants to, say, ban access to medication abortion on a nationwide basis, this will apply to them too. I’m off to study for decision, but you’ve got the broad contours.

6/ Elie Mystal:

The main upshot of today's birthright citizenship ruling (that I'm still making way through) seems to be that each person victimized by an unconstitutional Trump order has to pretty much sue individually.
Trump is free to act unconstitutionally to everybody individually.

Also, all you liberals who were humping Amy Coney Barrett last month really should have listened to me when I told you SHE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND

7/ Brad Moss:

Republicans have to just hope they never lose control of the White House or they are going to HATE this SCOTUS ruling gutting nationwide injunctions.

It was just as commonly used by conservatives to upend Biden's policies through lower court injunctions issued by overly-conservative judges.

8/ Mystal:

The Supreme Court has neutered the ability of every other federal court to stop Trump's lawless decrees.

9/ Moss:

Every lawyer in line to advise potential Democratic presidential candidates is drafting right now a host of policies that could be implemented without fear of nationwide injunctions slowing them down.

10/ Jackson, dissenting: "Today’s ruling allows the Executive to
deny people rights that the Founders plainly wrote into our
Constitution, so long as those individuals have not found a
lawyer or asked a court in a particular manner to have their
rights protected."