Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social), page 2

#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.

Water is wet.

Reuters: US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MOVES TO END PROSECUTION OF TWO #TRUMP ASSOCIATES OVER CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS-COURT FILING

Of course.

NEW: The Justice Department is dropping its lawsuit challenging #Virginia’s voter purge program. Under Biden, the DOJ sued the state for removing voters from the rolls shortly before the November election, violating federal law.
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/virginia-noncitizen-voter-purge-program-challenge/

“#Russia is sending cargoes of sanctioned oil to India on tankers that have been blacklisted by the US Treasury — setting up an acid test of Moscow's ability to get around aggressive measures imposed by Washington earlier this month”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/russia-is-finding-ways-round-us-oil-sanctions-for-now

🤨EXCLUSIVE: Apple has been secretly working with SpaceX to add support for Starlink in the latest iPhone software
- Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/apple-and-spacex-link-up-to-support-starlink-satellite-network-on-iphones

“ #Trump is expected to sign an exec order to prioritize & free up federal funding for school choice programs..

The executive order directs the secretary of defense, Pete #Hegseth, to submit a plan to Trump for how military families can use Defense Dept funds to send their kids to the school of their choosing”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-funding-school-choice-programs/

@dangillmor 100% that. My very first thought.

@dangillmor Yes, I read several there, knowing about what you brought up. Joyce Vance is one of them, and I don't want to give her posts up, among others'.

I quit all Meta, but sadly, to read even my own radio host's posts, I have to go to Substack.

@20002ist

@HistoPol I fully expected this speed and intensity. It's why we moved.

“Multiple state Medicaid programs reported late Tuesday they have been able to resume accessing their payment systems after the nationwide lockout.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head-start-health-centers-trump-funding-freeze/

That’s why they were all picked. Election denier?✔️

Via Kyle Griffin:

FLAG:

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse released Russell Vought's responses to the questionnaire he submitted during the confirmation process to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

He lies and says the 2020 election was "rigged."

"I believe that the 2020 election was rigged."

Read. 🚨

“Amid the drama & bombast consuming the exec branch, Congress is preparing to act on legis that could restrict the vote for millions of eligible American citizens.

This would be worst voting bill to be passed by Congress in memory, probably ever. It would restrict millions of eligible citizens from registering. & in the clamor of the moment, it could slip through. Defenders of democracy need to stand up, stand firm, and fiercely call attention to its risks”
https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/restricting-the-freedom-to-vote?publication_id=1061914&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=5n3e&utm_medium=email

@HistoPol Well, to be fair, a bunch of us were all right about that.

Bloomberg:

Elon #Musk 's X announced a partnership with Visa on Tuesday that would allow users of the social media platform to send money to one another

Via Jennifer Griffin on #ClusterFox, via Acyn:

Griffin: Secretary #Hegseth has decided to immediately pull General Milley's security detail. Hegseth also ordered the new acting inspector general to conduct a review board to potentially strip General Milley of a star in retirement.. All highly unusual actions.

🚨 #Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-offer-federal-workers-buyouts-resign-rcna189661

2/ 🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️
Via Joyce Vance:

This is a blatant effort to get career people to leave so #Trump can replace them with loyalists. And, given his track record in his own business dealings, it’s not hard to imagine him looking for a way to renege once people are out.