Laffy

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
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Bite me, Musk.

NOTE: NO BIO, NO POSTS = INSTANT BLOCK

Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well.

Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦

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Laffy33m ago
Show threadzemsgram34m ago
@GottaLaff He has evidently got most of what he wants out of the government, including ensuring that Space X and Starlink are embedded in US policy above all competitors and all investigations about Tesla safety issues have been squashed.
Laffy38m ago

More #TeslaTakedown on the way, Musk.

‪Ryan Mac:

#Musk says "starting next month my time allocation to DOGE" will drop. He suggests it will be one or two days a week for the rest of the Trump admin. He says he will focus more on #Tesla

Musk: "If the ship of America goes down, we all go down with it... including Tesla" [says the guy who's co-responsible for US "going down"]

Laffy43m ago

Keep 'em coming

Via Klasfeld:

Breaking:

A federal judge mostly overrules the #Trump admin's "specious" discovery objections in Kilmar #AbregoGarcia's case.

Blistering language about their "mischaracterization" of SCOTUS, "arbitrarily cramped reading" of her order, and more.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.100.0_2.pdf

Laffy48m ago

“ #Rubio Skipping #Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
The decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pull out of the meeting and an objection by Ukraine’s leader to a key U.S. proposal raised questions about the state of the negotiations.”

https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnyti.ms%2F4jqWtr2

Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea

The decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pull out of the meeting and an objection by Ukraine’s leader to a key U.S. proposal raised questions about the state of the negotiations.

The New York Times
Laffy1h ago
Show threadDanette 🐬2h ago

@GottaLaff I #blocked her too. She jumped to conclusions whilst judging you for the same- I changed my comment but clearly others understood what I meant

@me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org @peribotsarah

Laffy1h ago
Show threadSellaTheChemist1h ago
@GottaLaff "Musk has come under investor pressure to address his absence from Tesla as well as the perceived brand damage from his close relationship with US President Donald Trump " https://www.ft.com/content/5128df45-8595-41e5-84f1-695adba053a7
Tesla scraps sales growth forecast as profits fall to four-year low

Elon Musk’s electric-car maker warns tariffs will disrupt its supply chain

Financial Times
Laffy1h ago
Show threadJoshua J. Friedman1h ago
“Rümeysa Öztürk is my constituent, an accomplished scholar, and a valued member of our Massachusetts community. Like Rümeysa, Mahmoud Kahlil has committed no crime and is being punished by Donald Trump simply for exercising his right to free speech,” Pressley said in a statement to CNN.

Congressional delegation visit...
First on CNN: Congressional delegation visits Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana detention centers

A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk and inspect conditions at the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities where the two remain in custody.

CNN
Laffy1h ago
Joshua J. Friedman1h ago
NEW: A Democratic congressional delegation visited Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE facilities in Louisiana today, to demand their release and observe conditions there. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/n...
Lawmakers visit Öztürk, Khalil at Louisiana detention centers

The visit is an escalation of lawmakers’ advocacy for Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University, and Rümeysa Öztürk a Fulbright scholar at Tufts.

The Boston Globe
Laffy1h ago

This is why court cases matter. We get info.

‪Katie Phang‬:

This disclosure by the #Trump Administration would NOT have been made, but for Judge Xinis ordering that discovery can take place.

On 4/15/25, Xinis ordered that the Defendants answer, by 5 pm ET on 4/21/25, up to 15 Interrogatories & 15 Requests for Production propounded by #AbregoGarcia's lawyers.

Laffy1h ago
🤦🏻‍♀️“ #Musk 's DOGE has access to 19 sensitive systems at HHS. In at least one instance, it appears that access was granted without the proper security training.”
| WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/doge-data-access-hhs/
Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To

Elon Musk's DOGE has access to 19 sensitive systems at HHS. In at least one instance, it appears that access was granted without the proper security training.

WIRED