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

"#Tesla's director of service for the N American market has left Tesla after 9 yrs, joining an exodus of execs grappling w drop in sales..latest of string of departures joining Tesla's top sales exec in N America, who left in July after 15 yrs with the company" https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-north-american-director-service-leaves-ev-maker-2025-08-11/

When people say "Journalism is dead," sadly, it has more than one meaning these days.

This is absolutely horrific.

Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
· 1m
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

I could have written this👇🏼. I think that very thing every single day.

Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
· 8m
I used to believe if enough people knew terrible things were happening, then they would stop them from continuing to happen.

Time has proven me wrong, and I feel stupid for ever having believed it.

What a colossally insecure weakling

“Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/politics/trump-moves-obama-bush-portraits-to-hidden-stairwell?cid=ios_app

If you haven't seen this yet, watch.

It's an AI vid of the "grand opening" of the hideously gilded, wildly overpriced, Let Them Eat Cake future Trump Ballroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_25aSMSFc&t=5s

😳“Pfizer’s #Covid vax for young children may not be renewed by FDA this fall, prompting Moderna to fill possible gaps in supply

..would pull the only remaining Covid vaccine for all children under 5 from the market.

Moderna is only approved for children w 1 or more health conditions, Novavax only avail for children aged 12 & up w health conditions” #ProLifeMyAss

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/pfizer-covid-vaccine-fda-children-dfa?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

It occurs to me that Putin is just one more child trafficker who Trump has cozied up to. Birds of a feather...

Keep ‘em coming

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: Texas Democrats fired their first legal volley against Gov. Abbott's bid to remove them from office. Rep. Gene Wu said the TX constitution permits only the legislature to remove its own members — and that Abbot's bid was full of other holes too. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26045868/gene-wu-response-to-governors-quo-warranto-petition-final-1.pdf

2/ Via Mark Joseph Stern:

Among other things, Katsas and Rao's opinions foreshadow how these two will run interference for Trump if Democrats take the House in 2026 and try to investigate the executive branch. They start from the premise that Trump is a king and work backward from there.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26045028-jggcontemptopn080825/

3/ More from Mark:

The upshot of Katsas and Rao's opinions is that the judiciary has no real power to investigate or punish the Trump administration for defying its orders. Their reasoning would make it impossible for courts to issue contempt orders against this government, civil or criminal. It's honestly insane.

EXCUSE ME?

"Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, CNN has exclusively learned, marking the latest effort by the White House to shape higher education and extract significant concessions from universities." https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/ucla-trump-administration-settlement?cid=ios_app

Little girls have to worry about their safety in Trump’s US. No, not just for that reason.

“The Girl Guides of #Canada, the country’s equivalent of the Girl Scouts, is suspending all trips to the U.S. over concerns for the safety of its members amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/canada/girl-guides-canada-us-trips-trump-border.html

Little girls have to worry about their safety in Trump’s US. No, not just for that reason.

“Girl Guides of #Canada, the country’s equivalent of Girl Scouts, is suspending all trips to US over concerns for safety of its members amid Trump admin immigration crackdown”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/canada/girl-guides-canada-us-trips-trump-border.html

🤦🏻♀️

Via Josh Gerstein:

BREAKING: In 2-1 ruling, DC Circuit overturns Judge Boasberg's order initiating contempt proceedings against Trump admin over Alien Enemies Act Deportations. Majority Katsas (Trump)/Rao (Trump). Dissent: Pillard (Obama).

Order: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26045026-jggorder080825/

headline: TRUMP KISSES PUTIN'S ASS AT UKRAINE'S EXPENSE

Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
· 58s
* US AND RUSSIA PLAN TRUCE DEAL TO CEMENT PUTIN'S GAINS IN UKRAINE -- BLOOMBERG NEWS

* US AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TOWARD AN AGREEMENT ON TERRITORIES FOR A PLANNED SUMMIT MEETING AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK -- BLOOMBERG NEWS

Keep 'em coming

Via Klasfeld:

NEWS

Another court BLOCKS Trump's birthright citizenship order for a class of all children affected by it.

The advocacy group CASA—behind the best-known challenge of Trump's order—wins a ruling that the ban is "almost certainly unconstitutional."

Background https://www.allrisenews.com/p/birthright-babies-class-protected

THEY SERVED, you vile bigots!!

The Associated Press
@apnews.com
· 12m
BREAKING: The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.

THIS.

This is a great idea. An in-your-face great idea.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
@pressley.house.gov
· 26m
🚨I'm leading @oversightdemocrats.house.gov calling for a hearing to let survivors of Epstein's abuse testify before Congress.

For those who wish to speak up, we cannot meet their courage with inaction.

This is crucial to getting the healing, transparency & accountability survivors deserve.

@WarnerCrocker FoolsGoldfinger

I finally figured out why Trump uses that rancid-looking bright orange makeup and brasses up his little hairburger. He's trying to gild his own face the way he's gilding the WH.

Both are repulsive.