Notices by Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social), page 6

Pay attention.

Via #Maddow:

“The Senate won’t confirm them” is not even a wishful thinking response, it’s 1 that ignores what’s happening:

Trump announced in advance of these picks that he expects the Senate to shut itself down so he can make recess apptmts — which means no confirmation process at all

1st rule of authoritarian politics: there’s only one source of authority.

Cong will be expected to give up its role in governing, partic anything that restrains Trump’s choices and desires.

@WarnerCrocker Thank you. I really don't like that expression at all.

My opinion.

Trump’s thugs are not “clowns” or a “clown car” as so many pundits & others like to say. Clowns are intended to be amusing, goofy,
👉🏼harmless👈🏼, and appeal to kids.

Zero of those apply to the GOP Fascist Party. They’re malignant, calculating, and lethal. I find nothing comical about them.

“Should be left to the states”, right?

Via Kyle Griffin:

Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker and Jared Polis are launching an effort they say is designed to protect American democracy during #Trump’s second term.

The initiative — Governors Safeguarding Democracy — is intended to "protect state-level institutions of democracy" via the legislative, budgetary, executive and administrative powers granted to governors.

Via Angry Staffer:

The Senate *hates* Matt #Gaetz.

This is going to be an early check on whether or not they’ll be a realistic check on #Trump’s power or if they’ll just roll over and do what he wants.

But the fact that a coked up pedo was even nominated for AG is insane.

@WarnerCrocker Seriously, how much more? I'm going to explode!!

Thank you.

My day so far, and it’s only 8:30 am:

Up since 4:30 because, well, same as you.

F’ing Mastodon server crashing every 2 seconds.

Have to go back to Calif tomorrow for a flurry of routine dr apptments bc no dr set up in Canada yet (it takes forever)

Found out my sister in law just had a mastectomy. She seems fine, caught VERY early

Have to miss my favorite part of #LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation because timing

How’s your day going?

2/ Sharlet:

Not a good time to be a woman in the military under new Sec Def Pete Hegseth (formerly a stalled major), who repeatedly speaks of it as a place for "normal men." Black women will face even more trouble. And here is a Pentagon leader openly attacking US troops..

New Sec Def Hegseth describes as the twin enemies of US "radical Islam" and... former commander in chief Obama. This is civil war talk

Via Jeff Sharlet, who provides excerpts, but I’m just posting his comments: 🧵 1/…

MSM weirdly slow out of the gate on openly fascist anti-vax Pete Hegseth as Trump Secretary of Defense, considering he just published a book on his views of the military, War on Warriors…he attacks "diverse" soldiers and seems to be calling for civil war.

3/ Sharlet:

Pete Hegseth, soon to be the second only to Trump in command of the most powerful military in U.S., declares liberals, leftists, Democrats, even Presidents of the U.S. "domestic enemies." He doesn't mean it as a figure of speech.

4/ Sharlet:

I wanna emphasize that tho I'm a journalist, reading chap. 1 of Hegseth's new book on the military isn't any kind of special reporting. I'm just reading. Why aren't journalists on the beat digging in? Habit of assuming that powerful fascists don't really mean what they say

Via Rupar:

And so it begins

#Trump

Via Jake Sherman:

NEW -- Former Rep. TULSI GABBARD (D-Hawaii) is in the mix to be named director of national intelligence, according to a source familiar. This is a Senate confirmed position.

#Trump

“Special counsel #JackSmith intends to step down before #Trump takes office and is discussing the mechanics of winding down the federal prosecutions against him with Justice Department leadership, a DOJ official familiar with the discussions said”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/jack-smith-donald-trump?cid=ios_app

North Korean troops 'engaging in combat operations' with Russian forces, says US—AFP

@WarnerCrocker I can't muster that. Not any more. I am not smirking or laughing.

Oh good grief.

Via Katie Phang:

Because apparently being a lawyer wasn’t in the cards for Habba…

Alina Habba Emerges as Front-Runner for #Trump Press Secretary

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/scoop-alina-habba-emerges-as-front-runner-for-trump-press-secretary/

#ClusterFox

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Trump just picked a Fox host to be his Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell I know. "Concerns." Omg.

Oh good. Hang onto it!

Via Roger Sollenberger:

New filing just shows Donald #Trump converted his 2024 campaign to a leadership PAC, called “Never Surrender, Inc.” This means Trump has two leadership PACs right now that he can use as personal slush funds—his other, Save America, was his legal slush fund https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00828541/1848570//