Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social), page 8

Same.

Via Aaron Rupar:

i covered the entirety of #Trump's first term and things are getting much darker much quicker than they did last time around.

UPDATE re #TrumpTax #tariffs

Via Heather Long:

#Trump's trade war is here.

Trump said Friday there is nothing #Canada, #Mexico and #China can do to stop it.

1) Tariffs will be enacted on Feb. 1
2) Tariffs on oil and gas by Feb. 18
3) Oil tariff could be 10%
4) He said there "absolutely" will be tariffs on Europe, too.

#Project2025 1/..

Via Brad Moss:

A nongovernmental employee and his team are taking over fed govt systems.

When things start breaking, you know why.

"Aides to #Musk charged w running govt human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of fed employees..

#Trump has embarked on massive govt makeover, firing/sidelining 100s of civil servants in steps twd downsizing & installing more loyalists" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

2/ “The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades & length of service of gov’t workers…We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems”

"Senate Republicans backed an effort from Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Cruz has unsuccessfully tried to disassemble the agency in the past and is now working to reduce the amount of funding it receives from the Federal Reserve to zero.

Sup Court ruled that Congress controls the agency’s funds despite the fact it falls outside of congressional appropriations" https://www.yahoo.com/news/cruz-revive-push-abolish-government-223238785.html

#TrumpTax on Americans.

Via Aaron Rupar:

[SpoxBarbie] Leavitt: "The president will be implementing tomorrow 25 percent #tariffs on #Mexico, 25 percent on #Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on #China."

ADDED (At least they asked!):

REPORTER: Can you guarantee that those tariffs won't increase prices for Americans, including at the gas pump and grocery store?

LEAVITT: I think Americans who are concerned about increased prices should look at what President [sic] Trump did during his first term

@NyakoKitty Any day now

#Jan6 Capitol rioter who fled to #BC sent back to U.S. after pardon from #Trump — and banned from #Canada for a year https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/jan-6-capitol-rioter-who-fled-to-b-c-sent-back-to-u-s-after/article_08b27156-dfde-11ef-b7d1-9b5d6102eb14.html

#UnionStrong

Costco is raising pay for most of its hourly US workers to more than $30 an hour amid contract talks with unionized employees
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/costco-increases-pay-to-over-30-an-hour-for-most-store-workers

Obey obey obey🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️

“NEW: CBS's parent company is in talks with #Trump about settling his lawsuit against "60 Minutes." If a deal is reached, it would be another extraordinary concession by a major media company to a president who has spent years vowing to clamp down on news outlets.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html...

🤦🏻♀️ #ProLifeMyAss

“Conservative 5th Circuit appeals court ruled longstanding federal ban on handgun sales to people between the ages of 18 and 20 violates the Second Amendment, pushing the question of age limits for handguns one step closer to the Supreme Court”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/appeals-court-strikes-down-ban-handguns-teenagers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Lol, wrong person to say that to, Jr.

#RFKJr: Almost all of the members of this panel including yourself are accepting millions from the pharmaceutical industry

Bernie Sanders: Nooo. I got millions of contributions. They didn’t come from executives. Not one nickel from the pharmaceutical industry. They came from workers.

Via @radleybalko:

So even when a white person is clearly at fault, the real fault lies with people who aren't white.

Convenient! And really fucking racist!

Brandon Friedman:

#JDVance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."

#Hegseth finally speaks and this is how he begins?!

Via Rupar:

Pete Hegseth begins his video statement this morning by talking about #Trump's new concentration camp at Gitmo instead of the plane crash that happened last night

Via Rupar:

ALSOBROOKS: You said 'we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that is given to whites.' Can you please explain what you meant?

#RFKJr: There's a series of studies ...

ALSOBROOKS: What different schedule would you say I should've received?...

(he starts to give some BS answer)

That is SO dangerous. That is SO dangerous.

A given.

Via Rupar:

all I know is that had President Biden forced out the FAA chief under pressure from his top adviser and his corrupt motives, and then the next week there was a plane crash that killed more than 60 people, Republicans would be howling that it was an impeachable offense.

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)