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Evening Shade-- Resistance Rising-- Thursday July 10 [1]
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Date: 2025-07-10
YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY
WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE
THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS
(Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE)
YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS
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Posting A Diary
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As always, check in at the front desk if you’d like a job writing or herding.
We take applications daily. 😎
A BIG THANK YOU to lemay50 for this comment in last night’s Shade
lemay50 Momma O author Jul 09, 2025 at 11:23:13 PM Indeed change is happening, MommaO! I meant to say this earlier, and you (or tomorrows author) can quote me on it: if one more person steps up to be a fill-in Shade writer/poster, I will do 1, 2 or 3 nights myself. Your missive of a week ago(?) touched me!
I feel just like the host of my local classical music station pleading for donations when a matching challenge is put forward by some generous listener. 😁
We are filling in for Nanny Ogg on her regular writing days which are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Considering Girasol is doing the heaviest lifting by writing on Tuesdays in addition to her regular Fridays and Sundays, it would be most appreciated to have a writer for Tuesdays.
Tuesdays are also without a critter herder so help there would be wonderful.
If there are volunteers above and beyond Tuesdays, I’d appreciate a writer for one or more Thursdays until Nanny returns the 2nd full week of August.
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Good evening everyone! I hope your days are full of enjoyable things: fun things to do, tasty things to eat and drink, loved ones, and some time for peace and quiet. Ahh.
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Responsiveness and Responsibility
Here’s how it’s supposed to work in a democracy: We elect our representatives. They take a measure of their constituents’ interests and do their best to legislate accordingly. They are rewarded with re-election if they represent their constituents well. If not, they are voted out. It’s a pretty simple process. One measure of the health of a democracy is how responsive Congress is to constituents and how effectively constituents hold representatives responsible for their actions. By this measure, American democracy has been ailing for a long time. Even before Republicans stuffed the megabill through the legislature last week, it wasn’t difficult to think of examples where Congress consistently refused to respond to the public interest. Gun safety and campaign finance reform measures come immediately to mind, but it shouldn’t be hard to think of other issues where well-funded special interests use influence and money to override the public will. If we are going to restore our democracy after we salvage it, this is going to have to change. Imagine how much better off we would be today if over the past decades we had a legislature that reflected and represented the interests of the country that elected it. ✂️ Republicans voted against the interests of their constituents. And they knew they were doing it. ✂️ There is no theory of representation that says members should knowingly vote against the interests of their constituents. But there is a theory of representation that says the electorate should fire a Congress that bends fully and completely to the wishes of the president. That votes against their better judgement. That votes against their constituents. Under these circumstances, firing them is an essential democratic act. Fortunately, it looks like plenty of people are going to feel this way. ✂️ Reclaiming Congress next year will be critically important for keeping Trump in check for the remainder of his presidency, but it would also make an important statement about the ability of democracy to function despite the damage it has sustained. ✂️
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Secretaries of state are the top election officials in their respective states, elected to administer fair and free elections — and ensure that the voting process is protected from all sorts of threats, from cybersecurity attacks to disinformation campaigns. For three secretaries of state to speak at an election integrity conference organized by conspiracy theorists and election deniers, without their remarks being available for their constituents to watch or hear is a huge problem. What did they talk about in regard to their plans for the upcoming midterm elections? Numerous parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order are currently blocked by the courts. Do they plan to implement the order anyway? What do they see as the biggest voting issues in their respective states, and how do they plan to address them? Numerous studies and reports consistently show that instances of voter fraud are extremely rare, yet the speakers at the conference peddle in disproven conspiracy theories that claim otherwise. Do they agree? Of course, we’ve already learned a lot about what these elected officials believe. Hoskins wants to hand count all ballots, and ban dropboxes, mail voting, and absentee voting. And Gray has called the 2020 election “clearly rigged.” (Warner has been more measured.) But that only makes it more important that we know what they’re telling election conspiracy theorists in private. So to our readers in Missouri, Wyoming, and West Virginia: Why not try asking them yourselves? Let us know what you find out! === Heather Cox Richardson’s Politics Chat video from July 8th is worth a watch. It’s 40 minutes long but I always take heart even though the topics discussed can be scary. She always emphasizes our duty as citizens to push back against the lawlessness of this administration. There are over 330 million of us. We are not powerless! x x YouTube Video
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Oh dear…
El Salvador recently told United Nations investigators that the Trump administration retains control over the hundreds of Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. and flown to a Salvadoran megaprison earlier this year, a surprise court filing revealed this week. For months, senior officials have claimed in federal courts that the U.S. has no control over the men because they are in El Salvador’s custody. Justice Department officials, too, have told several federal judges that the government can’t comply with their orders for the same reason. The damning court filing came through a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and Democracy Forward*, which are representing the men held in a Salvadoran maximum security prison called CECOT. ✂️ Plaintiffs alleged that El Salvador’s disclosure to the U.N. contradicts what Trump officials claimed in sworn declarations to Boasberg. According to the document, El Salvador’s response to U.N. investigators was received by the U.S. April 3. Over a month later, senior U.S. State Department diplomat Michael Kozak told Boasberg that the men were under El Salvador’s authority. ✂️ Even before the El Salvador document came to light, Boasberg had already found there was probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of court for showing “a willful disregard” toward his orders. The judge’s contempt proceedings have been temporarily halted by an appeals court. However, should they begin again, the El Salvador document will likely be a significant piece of evidence against Trump officials. The document also appears to undercut what Kozak and other Trump officials have told judges overseeing separate lawsuits, including Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s suit challenging his wrongful removal from the U.S. Several days after El Salvador replied to the U.N., Kozak told Judge Paula Xinis in a court declaration that the U.S. could not return Abrego Garcia because his release was up to El Salvador. ✂️ It’s way past time to hold these thugs in contempt of court. I’d like to see them held until all the detainees have been released. === This is unbelievable. Well, not really, considering who we’re dealing with, but OMG. I’m posting the flutter so you can get to the Krugman article easily. The felon is threatening a 50% tariff against Brazil, with whom the US runs a trade surplus; there is no deficit to fix. He’s doing this strictly to pressure Brazil’s prosecutor-general to drop the case against Jair Bolsonero, who attempted a coup to stay in power when he lost re-election. Birds of a feather… x With everything else going on, I'm not sure people realize that Trump's latest tariff on Brazil took things to a new (lower) level
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dic...
[image or embed] — Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) July 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM === Lula responds! 😃 x LULA: “.. Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage.” 🇧🇷
[image or embed] — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM === I like the tactic Girasol used to give us a brain cleanse mid-Shade, when the news is difficult. Look at this! x Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
[image or embed] — The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) July 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM Just one bullet point from the article: It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next. The rest is 100% worth a read. Despite the ignorant republican plan to bring back coal and their backward stance on fossil fuels, the world is well on its way to phasing out dirty energy and embracing renewables in a big, big way!
Deep breath in…. exhale slowly. We are making progress, and we will continue to fight injustices and this rise of fascism in our country. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS!
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Heather Cox Richardson has said many times during her Politics Chats that it is going to get much worse over the summer. It startled me to see this next bit basically saying the same thing. What I like about this one is the hope that although it will get darker, light is waiting.
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Popular pizza toppings in Brazil are Atum - tomato sauce, raw grated tuna and onions. Brócolis - tomato sauce, mozzarella, broccoli, bacon slices, cream cheese and oregano. Calabresa - tomato sauce, calabresa sausage, onions and oregano.
A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown or spurious about them. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. Wikipedia Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born on July 10th 1875. Bentley's first clerihew, published in 1905, was written about Sir Humphry Davy: Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the podium
Of having discovered sodium. x x YouTube Video
Piña colada means 'strained pineapple'. This popular cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut or coconut milk, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. There are two versions of the drink, both originating in Puerto Rico, though the exact history is disputed ranging from a 19th-century pirate to a bartender in the 1960s.
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