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Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Wednesday [1]
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Date: 2025-01-29
(Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE)
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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Take FIDJT's methodology and throw it back in his face. Again. And again. And again.
x This is the way. Sue and sue and sue and sue and fuck their shit up. Then delay and delay and delay and delay the litigation. Trump himself has shown us how.
[image or embed] — Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In case the name is new to you. Karoline Leavitt is this term's Kellyanne Conway or Sarah Huckabee.
x Your Honor, I would like to introduce a tweet from the White House Press Secretary where she is assuring Trump supporters that rescinding the memo was just done to fool you.
[image or embed] — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
x Judge MCCONNELL will *grant* the restraining order, saying the withdrawal of the "hugely ambiguous" OMB order is only a distinction without a difference "based on comments by the president’s press secretary.” — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Trump's chaos governance failed once. He's trying it again. www.publicnotice.co/…
Pundits spent the past week expressing wonderment at how Donald Trump has lumbered back into the White House with a massive show of dominance and power. What they missed is that he’s already done more damage to the two most valuable assets of the office — its legitimacy and institutional power — than any prior presidency. Trumpers have relished the chaos and utter dysfunction they’ve rapidly and deliberately sown, calling it a “shock and awe” operation. Leaving to one side the perversion of likening a president’s governance to the mass bombardment of a military adversary, the comparison of the start of Trump’s second term to the beginning of George W. Bush’s failed Iraq War may prove to be very apt, in a catastrophic sort of way. While many are already unfurling “Mission Accomplished” banners for The Donald, there are many red flags flying.
Its a long article, but definitely worth a read.
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I really hope Ben Wikler gets the nod.
x A highlight of this campaign for me was joining Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. With only days left in this race, our mission remains the same. We have a moral obligation to win—because the real measure of our work is the difference it makes in people's lives.
[image or embed] — Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Tim Kaine nails it.
x Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers "He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy" — Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Not only as shats, but lazy as shats as well.
Especially as the method to the Madness of King FIDJT comes into focus.
Side note. In case you've been looking for a movie to add to your To Watch list.
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the stoopid. It burns!
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The new SecDef getting to work on his priorities. As shat. Pentagon pulling Gen. Milley's security detail and clearance 'immediately,' may face demotion in retirement. www.foxnews.com/…
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is "immediately pulling" retired Gen. Mark Milley's personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News. The secretary is also directing the new acting Inspector General to conduct a review board to determine if enough evidence exists for Gen. Milley to be stripped of a star in retirement based on his actions to "undermine the chain of command" during President Donald Trump's first term, officials say. The Pentagon will also be removing a second portrait of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon. This one is from the Army's Marshall Corridor on the third floor honoring his service as chief-of-staff of the Army. Fox is told the removal of this second portrait will take place as soon as tonight. This means there will be no more portraits of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon.
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Dog, this is an amazing thread. Live coverage of RFK Jr.'s Confirmation Hearing.
x I am going to put together a thread covering RFK Jr's confirmation hearing for the HHS secretary job. Follow along for clips and commentary.
[image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Some snippets
x Just to be clear: RFK is saying that whatever Trump wants the FDA to do with mifepristone, he’ll do, regardless of what the science and evidence say (which, btw, shows mifepristone is safer than over-the-counter Tylenol)
[image or embed] — Erin Maye Quade (@erinmayequade.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
x RFK, Jr. said he does not know if a valid federal law takes precedence over a conflicting state law.
Well, that is just what the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution says.
Although he's a lawyer, RFK, Jr.'s apparently just as ignorant about the law as he is about health care.
[image or embed] — davidrlurie (@davidrlurie.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
There's also some really ugly stuff out there about things RFK Jr. did, said or recorded against his first wife, who ultimately committed suicide. I didn't want to go down that rabbit hole.
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Rick Wilson tackles another aspect of RFK Jr. That hasn't gotten enough attention. The Secretary of Plague: RFK, Jr. Must Be Rejected. therickwilson.substack.com/…
✂️ But I think the endless lying made the hearing unlike any other Trump appointment to date. He was proven not simply to be a liar but a dangerous one. The GOP avoided much of its usual theatrical scenery-chewing because even they admitted to themselves that RFK, Jr. was unqualified and lacked the knowledge and the character to do this job. And make no mistake: he is the most dangerous nominee in Trump’s domestic policy orbit. Putting this grifting quack in charge of America’s healthcare system would be a travesty of historic proportions. ✂️ Let’s talk about that profit motive. With all the sincerity of a mob accountant filling out a tax form, Kennedy's letter to the HHS Ethics Officer conveniently notes that he’s keeping his investments in a massive lawsuit against Merck over the Gardasil HPV vaccine. Quelle surprise! He’s suspending his law firm relationships, but that horse has long since left the barn. His so-called legal work? Manufacturing anti-vaccine hysteria to drive lawsuits against vaccine makers and collecting a tidy slice of the vig. He’s made millions from his for-profit fear machine, but the real payday is the potential multi-billion-dollar settlement against Merck. His role in whipping up these lawsuits has been financially lucrative, to say the least. Meanwhile, Gardasil has been scientifically proven to reduce cervical and other HPV-related cancers, with clinical trials, real-world data, and every major health organization on Earth confirming its safety. But Bobby Kennedy doesn’t care about public health. He cares about cashflow. His business model? Litigation, publishing anti-vax conspiracy books, and running a phony advocacy group that has suckered far too many parents into vaccine hesitancy.
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This was not expected, let's hope it's a sign of things to come. Iowa Democrats flip Senate seat in special election to cut into Republican majority. www.desmoinesregister.com/...
Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated Republican Kate Whittington in the special election for Senate District 35. According to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State's website, Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Whittington's 48%. ✂️ Senate District 35 spans Clinton County, as well as parts of Jackson and Scott counties. It encompasses the cities Clinton, DeWitt, Camanche, Wheatland, Maquoketa and Princeton. Although Republicans will maintain a firm hold on the chamber, now with a 34-16 majority, Democrats celebrated Tuesday evening. “Mike Zimmer’s victory in Senate District 35, which President Trump won in November with nearly 60% of the vote, is a clear rejection of the Republican agenda led by Kim Reynolds and the Senate Republicans that have failed Iowans," Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner said in a statement.
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Evening Shade Seekers! Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy National Puzzle Day (long)
Happy National Crumudgeon Day!
Happy National Carnation Day!
AND, Happy National Cornchip Day!
Tomorrow is National Croissant Day.
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