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Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Thursday [1]
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Date: 2025-01-30
(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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Trump’s First Big Fiasco Triggers Stephen Miller’s Rage—Take Note Dems. newrepublic.com/…
Admitting failure is anathema to the authoritarian leader, who is perpetually in danger of being diminished only by those who are resentful of his glory—which is why White House adviser Stephen Miller is frantically searching for scapegoats to blame for the unfolding disaster around President Donald Trump’s massive freeze on federal spending. “Welcome to the first dumb media hoax of 2025,” Miller angrily tweeted on Tuesday night. “Leftwing media outright lied, and some people fell for the hoax.” What Miller is actually angry about is that the media covered this fiasco aggressively and fairly. Miller insists that the press glossed over the funding pause’s supposed exemption for “aid and benefit programs.” But this is rank misdirection: The funding freeze, which is likely illegal, was indeed confusingly drafted and recklessly rolled out. This is in part what prompted the national outcry over the huge swath of programs that it threatened, Medicaid benefits included—and the media coverage that angered Miller. All of which carries a lesson for Democrats: This is what it looks like when the opposition stirs and uses its power in a unified way to make a lot of what you might call sheer political noise. That can help set the media agenda, throw Trump and his allies on the defensive, and deliver defeats to Trump that deflate his cultish aura of invincibility.
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Amen AOC!
x Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This is a really good read from Joyce Vance. How to Push Back. joycevance.substack.com/…
There is a reason Trump is afraid of the federal bureaucracy, the career civil servants he wants to replace. They are powerful. They are knowledgeable. And although they often get a bad rap, in my experience—25 years of it—they are dedicated and mission driven. Tell doctors at CDC, federal prosecutors at DOJ, or scientists at the Department of Agriculture that they can’t do their job, and they will find a way to get it done. Tell the entire bureaucracy you want them to leave? You’ve summoned the sleeping giant. ✂️ After the emails went out last night and some of the initial shock subsided, something very interesting happened. Perhaps the most pressing question of this era is, “but what can I do about it?” It seems that we are about to learn what people who have developed a yearning to resist anti-democratic moves by this new administration can do. The federal workforce seems to be deciding to show Donald Trump who they are. On Reddit last night, it was clear that a sizeable number of federal employees are digging in for the fight. Donald Trump has always fantasized about a deep state inside of government that opposes him, something that didn’t exist. Now, he is well on the way to creating one. It turns out federal employees take their oath, their job, and their duty to serve very seriously. If you’re not familiar with Reddit, one of my kids described it to me as being “very useful for getting answers to questions,” and said, “It is the epitome of what social media should be: boring and useful.” As you’ll see below, quirky usernames and colorful language both feature heavily on the site, and it was anything but boring last night on the federal employees subreddit, where a post titled, This non "buyout" really seems to have backfired took off. A common theme was the love and respect these employees have for their work and their service—and their desire to “hold the line.” Lots of people expressed the view that they were done with being afraid and ready to fight.
Read the whole thing, it's worth it. ===
I'm sure you've heard about the plane/helicopter crash last night. There are plenty of stories on dkos and elsewhere, so I'm not going to cover it in depth. I will include these however.
x The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough. The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023. No acting FAA head has been appointed. — Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
x The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.
[image or embed] — Joy-Ann Reid (@joyannreid.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
x COLLINS: We don't even yet know the names of the people killed and you're blaming Dems and DEI policies. Don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation? TRUMP: No, I don't think so C: Does it comfort their families to hearing you blaming DEI? R: That's not a very smart question
[image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
x I just want to know why Pete Hegseth has yet to show up before a camera -- whatever the cause of the accident, the Black Hawk would have had more ability to avert it. Was he drunk in a gutter when this went down?
[image or embed] — emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Example eleventy billion and one of why The Law Of Unintended Consequences cannot ot be repealed.
x Yes, well, Trump's pardon of January 6th cases should also get me out of my parking tickets. I should file a motion.
[image or embed] — Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My attempt at a "Shock-Cute-Er-Whee!" A smorgasbord of insanity from the multitude of confirmation hearings.
x Hassan, through tears: "I am the proud mother of a 36 year old with severe cerebral palsy. And a day does not go by when I don't think about what I did I do when I was pregnant with him... So please do not suggest that anybody in this body doesn't want to know what the cause of autism is" Powerful
[image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
x FYI, the answer to the first question is 41%. 41% of all births in the United States are paid for by Medicaid.
[image or embed] — Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charlesgaba.com) January 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
x The American people deserve an intelligence chief that will stand up to Donald Trump if he gives them a directive to illegally gut funds from watchdogs that oversee intelligence agencies. Tulsi Gabbard refused to answer, which tells you everything you need to know.
[image or embed] — Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) January 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
x SCHIFF: I want you to look at Capitol police and tell them you're proud that you raised money off people that assaulted their colleagues PATEL: That's an abject lie. I've never accepted violence against law enforcement. SCHIFF: You didn't accept it, you glorified it!
[image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
x Adam Schiff points out that it sure seems like Kash Patel is lying under oath when he claims he didn't have anything to do with recording the January 6 choir
[image or embed] — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
x Kash Patel testified under oath today that he wasn’t sure who right-wing Nazi talk show host Stew Peters is. Stew? Never heard of him …
[image or embed] — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Remember, Senator Schiff was part of the J6 Committee and the Impeachment hearings. He knows stuff others weren't privy to.
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Evening Shade Seekers! Happy Yodel For Your Neighbors Day!
The sounds of yodeling — melodious, funny, or croaky — will fill the air when people celebrate Yodel For Your Neighbors Day on January 30. Every year, the day encourages people to try their hand at yodeling. It motivates them to get to know people around them better by inviting them to yodel along.
Happy Sonam Lhosar!
Sonam Lhosar is a New Year's day festival of the Tamang and Hyolmo people of Nepal as well as Sikkim and Darjeeling regions of India. It falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice which is usually the Magh Sukla Pratipada based on the eastern lunar calendar.
Happy National Escape Day! Sometimes (especially these days) we all need to just get away.
Happy National Draw a Dinosaur Day (longish)
AND Happy National Croissant Day!
Tomorrow is National Eat Brussel Sprouts day, as well as National Brandy Alexander and National Hot Chocolate Day!
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