Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)

Aww😢 #RIP Marianne Faithfull

“Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78…

Faithfull was known for hits such as As Tears Go By, which reached the UK top 10 in 1964, and starring roles in films including 1968's The Girl On A Motorcycle.”
https://bbc.in/4geEule

Via Rupar:

BALDWIN: Would you consider 98% of people taking a drug and having no complications is generally safe?

#RFKJr: It depends

BALDWIN: When you say that when 99 out of 100 experience minimal or no complications that drug is safe?

RFK Jr: It depends on risk

BALDWIN: I'm talking about mifepristone

Deny, obfuscate, evade…

Via Rupar:

KLOBUCHAR: You said Trump has every right to tell the world that in 2020, 2016, and every other election in between was rigged by our govt because they were. Did you say that?

#KashPatel: I don't have that statement in front of me

KLOBUCHAR: Ok, that was from Aug 27, 2023. I'll put it on the record

Via Rupar:

REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?

DUFFY: *walks away*

(The FAA director resigned on the day of #Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon #Musk)

“The US #economy just had another robust year

Another year of robust economic growth is in the books, underscoring how the #Biden administration handed #Trump … a solid economy.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/economy/us-economy-gdp-q4?cid=ios_app

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From this morning:

Good point!

Via Elie Mystal:

Is anybody going to ask the entirely relevant questions of #Trump and his DEIA for incompetent Americans transportation chief Duffy if the freeze in hiring of these critical functionaries contributed to the accident?

Or is the mainstream “free press” gonna roll over for Trump like saps, again?

Sam d on Bsky:

the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin

🚨“Ronald Reagan National Airport says that all takeoffs and landings have been halted after a crash nearby.

D.C. Fire and EMS said on X on Wednesday night that a small aircraft was down near the airport just outside Washington and that fireboats were on the scene.

The airport said emergency personnel were responding to “an aircraft incident on the airfield.”

https://apnews.com/article/ronald-reagan-national-airport-crash-cebb142d24859ba0c4e0e4fd6c33773f?taid=679ae4f71929b5000147d1b9&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Big tough guy, Drunk Pete. You’re great at following orders from a fellow rapist.

“Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth has told Gen. Mark Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is removing his security detail, revoking his security clearance, and ordering an inspector general inquiry into his record, the Pentagon said.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-pentagon-milley-security.html

#WompWomp

Bloomberg:

New: Tesla shares fell after its revenue fell short of estimates.

Wow.

Via Haile Soifer:

Directive to DIA workforce - and presumably others - ending all religious, racial, ethnic and other holiday observances except for Christmas, of course.

No more Holocaust Remembrance, Pride, Women's Equality Month, or disability awareness.

#Trump is creating a white Christian nationalist regime.

Via Kyle Griffin;

Breaking:

Security agents escorted the Dept. of Agriculture inspector general out of her office after she refused to comply with her firing by #Trump.

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had said she didn’t believe the admin followed proper protocols.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-inspector-general-escorted-out-her-office-after-defying-white-house-2025-01-29/

A friend posted the link to X, but I won't, but this is from July 15, 2024:

#JDVance: “We need a De-Ba’athification program in the U.S....We should seize the administrative state for our own purposes. We should fire all of the people...every single middle-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state. Replace them with our people.”

New shiny keys. Don’t forget all the other atrocities. Eye on the ball.

Via Aaron Rupar:

#Trump says he's signing an order to build a migrant detention camp in Guantanamo Bay

@timo21 @spocko There's never been a question of them not trying and trying again until they succeed.

Project 2025 is their bible, and they won't give up until they get their way.

Hope you watched Maddow last night

#Trump rant in 5…4…3…2…1…

“Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump's calls for a cut

Policymakers left rates unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s tradition-bucking pressure on the central bank.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-january-2025-what-to-know-rcna189628 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-january-2025-what-to-know-rcna189628?cid=mob_npd_nn_ios_mar

@WarnerCrocker @Lazarou And that's the part most people fail to understand. Ahem, Trump voters.

What a self-inflicted disaster

#Trump administration rescinds federal spending freeze that sparked confusion - WaPo

@Lazarou The entire spending freeze was intended to cause chaos. This was the goal.