Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social), page 13

The first [known] #Jan6-er post-pardon to get in trouble with police was shot for resisting arrest. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-man-fatally-shot-deputy-identified-jan-6

“A group of Quaker congregations are suing the Dept of Homeland Security for changing a policy that used to forbid ICE agents from conducting immigration enforcement activities in so-called “sensitive locations” like houses of worship, playgrounds, schools and hospitals without approval from supervisors”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/quaker-groups-file-suit-end-policy-restricting-ice-arrests-houses-wors-rcna189471

5/ 8: use the skills you have to contribute. Dad was an electrical engineer. When the Nazis imposed the death penalty for owning a radio (the British sent coded messages to the Resistance after BBC shows) he said he became the most popular guy in town.

“Days before this week's high-stakes confirmation hearing of Kash #Patel to be FBI director, a bureau insider has come forward with new information questioning Patel's judgment during sensitive hostage rescue missions, CBS News has learned. “

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-insider-kash-patel-hostage-rescue/

"Out of the 52 presidential directives that #Trump signed last week, “28 contained language resembling text published as part of #Project2025"

https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/27/implementing-project-2025/

EDIT:
“Colombian govt agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land..”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e62gyo

Via @Pachacutec:

BBC article is rewriting US press release. It omits that #Colombia obtained agreemt from US to ensure deported citizens transported safely, not in chains, w respect for the bodies, dignity, human rts. This was Pres Petro's core demand.

Western media is at this pt consistently framing the agreemt as a unilateral concession by #Colombia and that is false.

@Pachacutec @alienghic @_L1vY_

https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113900896012317066

Premier Doug Ford is planning to call a provincial election next Wednesday, which would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, a senior Conservative source has confirmed to CBC News.
#Canada 🇨🇦

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-super-caucus-1.7439752

Colombia caved?

The US will not levy threatened #tariffs on #Colombia after reaching a deal, the White House said — Bloomberg

#Trump

Colombian president orders increase of import #tariffs on US goods in retaliation to #Trump order https://apnews.com/article/colombia-immigration-deportation-flights-petro-trump-us-67870e41556c5d8791d22ec6767049fd

@DavidM_yeg @Infoseepage @SnowshadowII I see it’s #Toodles time.

So by slapping tariffs on Columbia, #Trump just slapped a 25% tax on the US. Way to go, Felon!

2/ Via Angry Staffer:

Escalating 25/50% tariffs? Monumentally stupid. Will make coffee, limes, avocados, cut flowers, and bananas cost more for US citizens.

If @willbunch.bsky.social
wrote it, you should read it.© :

"Reagan & Nixon, “war on drugs,” end of affordable college etc were the start of a backlash by the forces of white privilege & patriarchy that — by playing the long game — made it poss for a corrupt and contented #SCOTUS to gut LBJ & MLK’s Voting Rights Act in 2013 & to end affirmative action in higher ed 10 yrs after that. But that wasn’t enough for an ascendant far right that had a dream of wiping it all away" https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-presidency-1960s-civil-rights-20250126.html

Via Kyle Griffin:

Pete #Hegseth's former sister-in-law post-vote:

"I was promised that my statement, on the record, would corroborate the other accusations and make a difference in key votes. But in the end, it did not. [This vote] will make women who have experienced abuse and mistreatment even less forthcoming…"

4/ (He misnumbered, so I will too)
6th: and this is a no brainer, operate in cells to limit damage to the resistance should they take you out. Limit the circulation of info to your cell, avoid writing things down and . . .

7th: be very careful with whom you trust. Snitches and compromised individuals are everywhere. My Dad was arrested because of a snitch. His friends weren't so lucky, the Gestapo machine gunned the cabin they were in without bothering to try and arrest them.

3/ 3rd: use your privilege and access if you've got it. He and his buddies stole weapons from the Nazis by driving up with a truck to the weapons depot, speaking German, acting like it was a routine pick up, and driving away.

4th, and this is part of the third point really, sometimes the best way to do things is right out in the open. Because no one will believe something like what you're doing would be happening so blatantly. All good Social Engineers know this.

2/ First, you're never going to win a head on battle with an adversary that's got you outgunned. That's not the point of the Resistance. The point is to create friction, make it hard for your adversary to operate, to increase transaction costs.

2nd: resistance doesn't have to be a dramatic act. It can be a small act, like losing a sheet of paper, taking your time processing something, not serving someone in a restaurant. Small acts taken by thousands have big effects.

Important via Elie Mystal:

Really good advice. Esp abt utility of small acts…& ubiquitousness of snitches

I’d tell ppl to always remember some of those snitches are gonna be elected Dems & minstrel people of color. Be aware👇🏼
🧵via Tor Ekeland, lawyer:

My dad was tortured by Gestapo for 4 days & thrown in concentration camp for being in Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he wd tell me things he learned in Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things 1/

@Infoseepage Me neither. @SnowshadowII