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Evening Shade--Resistance Rising--Wednesday [1]
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Date: 2025-03-26
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Welcome All to the Evening Shade!!!
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
So, about that Signal chat. On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans about a forthcoming attack on Yemen on the Signal messaging app. He answered, “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.” ✂
He was lying, of course. What follows in the article from this morning is eye-opening, to say the least. You can open that link at your leisure if you haven’t already seen it.
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Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
(I encourage you to click the link. I’ve included the opening and closing bits, but it is all worthwhile reading.)
The amount of damage the second Trump administration has already done on many fronts, from foreign policy to public health to America’s economic prospects, both for the months ahead and in the long run, is astonishing. And they’re just getting started. But whenever I talk with other people about one of these disasters, I find them arguing about how to think about what’s happening. Are we looking at mind-boggling incompetence on the part of what Dan Drezner, using the technical language of international relations theory, calls “the dumbest motherfuckers alive”? Or are we looking at a sinister plot to destroy America as we know it? The answer is “yes.” These people are both incompetent and evil. The big disaster of the week (so far) has been Trump officials accidently sharing secret war planning with the editor of The Atlantic. Somehow including Jeffrey Goldberg in the Signal chat was clearly a fuckup, and an incredible one. ✂ ✂ Which of these views is right? My answer is both. Musk is incompetent and evil. He suffers from billionaire brain — that special blend of ignorance and arrogance that occurs all too frequently in men who believe that their success in accumulating personal wealth means that they understand everything, no need to do any homework. But he also clearly detests anything that makes life better for non-billionaires. And he shares these traits with Donald Trump, which makes them allies, although I keep wondering when their egos will collide explosively. Anyway, at this point we should assume that the same combination of incompetence and bad intentions that afflicts national security and budget policy applies to everything the Trump administration touches. Incredibly, quite a few investors and journalists still believe that there’s deep thinking underlying the administration’s trade and currency policy. I guarantee you, there isn’t. I’ll delve into the “Mar-a-Lago accord” and all that over the weekend, but let’s just say that it’s quite clear, if you know anything about international economics, that these guys have no idea what they’re doing. And all of us will pay the price.
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Once again, Marc Elias proves how lucky we are to have him on our side.
✂ The group operated outside the usual channels of the law enforcement and intelligence communities, raising serious questions about its legality and the ethics of its operations. The plumbers were involved in a number of illegal activities, including breaking into the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist. ✂ This was part of a larger campaign of political spying and sabotage against the Democrats during the 1972 election. ✂
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The lawsuits are working and that is making the maladministration INSANE. A win for the Park Service and another doge edict reversed.
x The National Park Service can now rehire 1,000 employees who were terminated, following court rulings that found Trump’s firings to be illegal. And The Resistance Rangers—park staff working to save public lands—held protests at national parks all across America this weekend, thousands joined in.
[image or embed] — Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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We need to keep the pressure on, on all fronts!!! Keep calling and emailing Congress, keep attending rallies, keep protesting, keep holding Rs accountable and keep writing postcards, donating, whatever you can do, do more of it!!! An engaged and informed electorate is unbeatable!!
x History shows a legislative strategy alone is not sufficient to defeat fascists and dictators. You need organized civil society fighting back along with persistent legislative defense of democratic institutions and programs.
[image or embed] — Rep. Jamie Raskin (@raskin.house.gov) March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM === This sums it up for me. I swear, we can’t wrap our heads around the current outrage and then another one pops up. 😳 x There are multiple events every single week that at any other time in history would be career-ending scandals that you have to learn about in school, but instead they’re just replaced an hour or two later by the next five-alarm fire
[image or embed] — Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM ===
Many of you may know my love of birds. My favorite feeders are made by Brome. They offer a lifetime warranty on all parts and are ever so friendly when you call them. They ARE based in Canada, after all!
Another thing I like about Brome is their video series. Lately they have started an alphabet countdown of birds. The latest one is B for Brown Thrasher, one of my favorite birds! As a bit of a mental break from all the crazy mess we are dealing with, I am sharing the video with you all. 🥰
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Good evening everyone! There are some really fun National Observances today!
National Science Appreciation Day!!! How great is that?!?
x By attacking science: We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care. We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit. We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge. — Stand Up for Science! (@standupforscience.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Manatee Appreciation Day
National Spinach Day
National Nougat Day
I have to throw this one in too. Today in Russia, it's Reindeer Herders' Day. 😄
Tomorrow is National Joe Day!!! Can you believe it??? We get to celebrate our Joe! And have a cup of Joe, too!!
Oh boy, I can't wait!! 😎
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