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President Joe Biden---Day 1340---Fourth Year---Day 335---Evening Shade---Wednesday [1]

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Date: 2025-01-01

YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS

THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS

EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER

RULES IN THE DIARY

WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE

YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY

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Evening Shade Seekers! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I am hosting a Rose Bowl Football Party today. Depending on the score, everyone may have already packed up and left by halftime. If it's a nail biter though, I may be late to the Shade. Play nicely amongst yourselves and I'll see you when I see you.

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Just a little bit of politics. Louisiana’s Governor-Elect Wants To Withhold Funds For New Orleans’ Decaying Water Infrastructure Until Women Who Seek Abortions Are Prosecuted. www.essence.com/…

In September, the city of New Orleans and some surrounding parishes in south Louisiana began to prepare for at least three months of saltwater intrusion in the local water supply. President Joe Biden then declared the crisis a federal emergency and authorized funding for FEMA and other state agencies to mitigate the burgeoning crisis. While months of extreme, record-high heat and lack of rainfall in and around the Crescent City are responsible for the crisis, some are pointing at current Louisiana Attorney General and Louisiana governor-elect Jeff Landry as partially responsible for the city’s ability to address the now circumvented crisis, as well as the decayed state of the city’s entire water infrastructure. Landry personally solicited the Louisiana State Bond Commission last year to withhold millions in funding from the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board due to the city government’s refusal to arrest and prosecute women in the wake of Louisiana’s total ban on abortion. The New Orleans Sewage and Water Board remains in desperate need of funding to tackle necessary repairs to its four water intake structures—one of which that has been inoperable for 34 years.

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House Republicans facing 'more embarrassing disarray' despite Trump interference: report. www.rawstory.com/…

Despite a Donald Trump endorsement on Monday for Republican Party members of the House to re-elect Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as House Speaker, several GOP lawmakers are currently unpersuaded setting up yet another embarrassing scenario for the House majority party. Trump's very long Truth Social post on Monday touched upon a multitude of topics before getting to he end where he wrote, “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!” then adding, "LETS NOT BLOW THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN." ✂️ Following Trump's Monday post, Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) responded on X by writing, "I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan."

Dont forget to stock up on your favorite munchies of choice by Friday!

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I put the Shade together this morning and this was a Breaking Headline. I'm sure there have been updates, but here are the bare bones of what they knew at the time. At least 10 dead as truck plows into New Orleans’ Bourbon Street crowds. www.rawstory.com/...

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Enough politics. Back to nuggets of joy.

Did you know how Hershey PA celebrates New Years?

Or how I celebrated when i was in Japan

With special New Years food

Or in Scotland, where it's known as HogManay.

I particularly like the idea of "First Footing," or crossing a home's threshold for the first time in the new year, by going out and visiting friends and neighbors.

If you're a Terry Pratchett fan (or have considered becoming one), see if you can find Hogfather, wherein Death has to fill in for Santa Claus.

There are lots of ways to celebrate The New Year!

Or how they celebrated back in the day.

And Happy Zoo Year!

As I said to someone this morning, let's take it day by day, and keep expectations low for the entire year. Celebrate those nuggets of joy where and when you find them.

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