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Evening Shade-- Resistance Rising-- Saturday, September 6th,2025 (Regional edition) [1]
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Date: 2025-09-06
WELCOME
TO THE EVENING SHADE
A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM
YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS
(Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE)
AND EVEN MORE CRITTERS
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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PostingADiary
CritterHerding
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I’m not living up to the Today Is outlined near the bottom. I screwed around, put this off, ran some errands, took a nap and finally got to work. To be fair to myself, Today Is was done, I had gathered, but not read or organized, the stories I’ve included. I also went searching BlueSky for palate cleansers, so all of that had been done before the nap. I finally feel fairly well rested after the other night, thanks for asking.
All that said, I’m relatively happy with the way this turned out and I hope you enjoy it. I left a LOT on the cutting room floor.
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Unicorn Riot
RIP Mercury, Hello Retrograde! How Administrators Failed to Stop the Presses at the University of Texas Dallas
It would have been easy for the small team of student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas to just crash. Administrators had been throwing obstacles in front of them since October 7. But the students forged a new path. A path riddled with craters, bumps, and sometimes stars. And as for administrators… “University administrators are not competent. They are career bureaucrats. … They’re not there because they are the best in their field. They’re there because they had good political maneuverings to get into their position. … They’re there because they make the school look good sometimes. So if there is pressure on you, it’s not because they know the law. It’s not because you did something wrong. …They will do their violations and they will move on. You’re just another student to them unless you stand up for yourself. And I think we really show that you can stand up for yourself and be successful.” That’s a quote from Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, editor-in-chief of the University of Texas Dallas’s first guerilla newspaper, The Retrograde. Maria Shaikh is the editing manager. Shaikh is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas Dallas, — which she and Gutierrez frequently abbreviate to UTD — in her final year studying biochemistry. She became interested in student journalism during her first semester, when the school newspaper was covering a series of bizarre tragedies surrounding students and alum. Noticing the expertise and care the paper put into discussing these crimes, Shaikh decided to apply — starting as a copy editor before moving up in the editorial team. Gutierrez joined the local paper for similar reasons. He’s currently in his third year, studying political science and philosophy as a pre-law student. ✂️
The university fired the editorial staff and hollowed out the newsroom. The displaced students formed their own paper and got to work. Their readership on campus soared, they are now publishing print versions as well as online. The new paper has become the official university paper. University rules governing them are being reformed. The remnants of the original paper (filled in with inexperienced scabs) have yet to publish anything.
This is a really great story that would make great screenplay! It’s a bit long, but the kids are alright!!!
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Health
I found a bunch of more regional stories regarding (mostly) vaccine access today. So I’m breaking them out into a section.
Nevada Current
CVS will begin carrying new COVID vaccine in Nevada, following new state guidance
The nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain now plans to offer the updated COVID vaccine in Nevada, the Current confirmed Friday. CVS confirmed the Nevada Board of Pharmacy issued new guidance Friday and as a result the vaccines will be made available, though they offered no timeline on when people can expect to receive them. “Following today’s regulatory action by the Nevada Board of Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy will ensure COVID-19 vaccinations are available as soon as possible at our pharmacies throughout the state,” a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement Friday. CVS previously announced it would not offer the updated COVID vaccine in Nevada and two other states because they only allow pharmacists to administer drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. That panel has not approved this season’s COVID vaccine and now includes vaccine skeptics appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to The Nevada Independent, which first reported the new guidance, the Board of Pharmacy’s position is that pharmacists are allowed to widely administer vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ✂️
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Reuters
New York governor issues order to bypass Trump administration's COVID vaccine limits
new limits on inoculations. NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Friday authorizing pharmacists in the state to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone who wants a shot, becoming the latest Democratic governor to try to countermand the Trump administration’son inoculations. The order, which Hochul signed during a visit to an elementary school, is effective for 30 days, though the governor said she would extend it as needed until the state legislature meets in January and can consider a more permanent fix. “If you want your child to have a COVID shot, it should be available to you and covered by insurance,” she said. “Extreme times call for extreme measures.” Under the leadership of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved new versions of the COVID vaccine only for Americans over 65 or those with certain underlying medical conditions. In past years, the shots have generally been available to anyone. , which owns one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, said it would "ensure COVID-19 vaccinations are available as soon as possible at all New York CVS Pharmacy locations" in accordance with Hochul's order. ✂️ A spokesperson for CVS Health (CVS.N) , opens new tab , which owns one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, said it would "ensure COVID-19 vaccinations are available as soon as possible at all New York CVS Pharmacy locations" in accordance with Hochul's order. ✂️
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Oregon Capital Chronical
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek weighs standing order to protect COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy access
Gov. Tina Kotek and the Oregon Health Authority are exploring similar measures to a standing order issued in Washington aimed at ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccination in the face of federal guidelines that have tightened access to the shot and spurred confusion for patients across the state. The announcement comes two days after the democratic governors of Washington, California and Oregon announced what they called a West Coast Health Alliance aimed at safeguarding access to vaccines in the wake of political turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in June removed all members of the centers’ key Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a move medical expert groups widely denounced as undermining transparency in the institution. The Food & Drug Administration in late August tightened annual restrictions to access to the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, which previously made the shot available to anyone 6 months or older regardless of health status. The new restrictions limit access to people 65 and older or younger people with at least one underlying health condition that would risk severe illness. Health authority spokesperson Jonathan Modie told the Capital Chronicle that Kotek and the agency are working to “review existing statutes and rules to determine next steps needed to support continued access to vaccines throughout the state, including at pharmacies.” “Each state may have different processes and timelines for implementation based on the recommendation and legal authorities,” he said. “Standing orders are one mechanism being considered. Oregonians can talk to their provider or pharmacy about getting a 2025-2026 vaccine.” ✂️
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Hawaii News Now
Hawaii joins state alliance to coordinate public health guidelines
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushes controversial new policies, Hawaii is joining forces with three other Democratic states in a new public health partnership. The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington formed the West Coast Health Alliance in response to what they call the Trump administration’s “destruction” of the CDC. They announced the addition of Hawaii Thursday to coordinate public health guidelines and vaccine recommendations that will be “grounded in science, not in ideology.” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who’s a physician, said in a statement: “Hawaii is proud to stand with our West Coast partners to ensure public health decisions are grounded in science, not politics. As an island state, we understand how critical it is to protect our communities from preventable disease. By joining the West Coast Health Alliance, we’re giving Hawaii’s people the same consistent, evidence-based guidance they can trust to keep their families and neighbors safe.” ✂️
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Stateline.org is new to me, but it will undoubtedly play an increased role in my Regional editions.
Stateline
States break with FDA restrictions on COVID vaccines, ensuring broader access
Several states, including Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York and Pennsylvania, announced this week that they would be breaking with restrictive eligibility policies unveiled last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for the fall season. In New York, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Friday morning to authorize pharmacists to provide the shot to anyone who desires it for the next 30 days, which can be renewed. “When they said that they are not going to be requiring COVID shots and other vaccinations for our families, I said, ‘No, here in New York we will make parents have the option.’ If you want your child to have a COVID shot, it should be available to you and it should be covered by insurance,” Hochul said during a news conference Friday morning, where she signed the order. “So what I’m doing now is signing an executive order, because extreme times call for extreme measures. And this is the power I have to use in the interim until we are able to have the legislature get back in January and pass legislation that mandates this.” Previous FDA policy recommended that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots be made available to anyone 6 months or older regardless of their health status. But in August, the federal agency announced restrictions for the new shot. ✂️
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more Stateline, this one a little more tangential, but it still fits under “health”
Blue states hold on to public health dollars while red states lose out
After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split sharply along political lines. Democratic-led states that sued to block the cuts kept much of their funding, while Republican-led states lost the bulk of theirs, according to a new analysis from health research organization KFF. The uneven fallout underscores how politics continues shaping health care in the United States. The nearly 700 CDC grants were worth about $11 billion and had been allocated by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, state and local health departments had spent or planned to spend the money not just on COVID-related efforts, but also on prevention of other infectious diseases, support for mental health and substance use, shoring up aging public health infrastructure, and other needs. The CDC grant terminations initially affected red and blue states about evenly, according to KFF. California, the District of Columbia, Illinois and Massachusetts — all led by Democrats — had among the largest numbers of terminated grants. ✂️
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Minnesota shooting
Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota students walk out of schools in demonstration for gun control
Students across Minnesota walked out of classes Friday to demand greater gun control following the mass shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis that left two students dead and 21 other people injured. The walkouts were part of a national demonstration coordinated by Students Demand Action, which formed after the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Rayah Tolles, a sophomore at Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts, marched with dozens of her classmates to the Capitol for a rally calling for bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. “Sometimes I don’t even want to go to school because I’m afraid of what might happen,” Tolles said. At Great River School in St. Paul, more than a hundred students filed out of class and into the parking lot carrying signs reading “Protect kids not guns” and “The scariest thing in school should be my grades not guns.” Bella Carls-Rehovsky, a senior at Great River, said fear drove her to organize the demonstration with her fellow students after learning about the Annunciation shooting. “Because coming to school every day with the risk of a shooting hanging over our heads is detrimental to everything,” Carls-Rehovsky said. Carls-Rehovsky said she’s been participating in demonstrations and lobbying efforts for gun control since she was 10 years old, when her cousin died by gunfire. Firearms are now the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States. ✂️
The kids are alright.
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more Minnesota Reformer
Blood donations up 44% the week of the Annunciation shooting
Memorial Blood Centers reported a 44% increase in blood donations in the week following the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church which left two children dead and 21 others injured. Memorial Blood Centers, which services several local hospitals, provided over 250 units of blood platelets and plasma to Children’s Minnesota, M Health Fairview, Hennepin Healthcare, and North Memorial Health for treating victims from the Annunciation shooting and other shootings last week, according to spokesperson Corey Bianchi-Rossi. Blood donations at this point may not go to the victims directly, but a constant supply of donations helps prepare for any future tragedies, as well as provide for the routine need for blood transfusions in surgeries or illnesses, the spokesperson said. “The reason we were able to supply the hospitals that needed the blood to help their patients, the victims, is because of the people who donated the week prior,” Bianchi-Rossi said. Before the Annunciation shooting, blood donation organizations had declared a “blood emergency”, when the state’s blood supply dropped to below a two-day inventory — far below the ideal seven-day inventory. A lower supply of blood is to be expected in the summer months, when accidents increase and regular donors might be traveling. As of Tuesday, the blood supply is back up to a four-day inventory, Bianchi-Rossi said, and will likely trend upward in the coming days. ✂️
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Fire fighter raid
Both of these are from Stateline
Wildfire veterans furious at DHS claim that raided crews were not firefighters
Wildland fire veterans are seething at a claim made by federal officials that two crews raided by immigration agents at the scene of a wildfire in Washington state were “NOT firefighters.” Many political figures and media outlets have repeated the claim, even though public documents show the crews have firefighting classifications and were assigned to key frontline roles battling the blaze. “Everybody in the profession sees through it, but the public doesn’t and that’s concerning,” said Riva Duncan, a former wildland fire chief who served more than 30 years with the U.S. Forest Service. “It’s a lie. Everybody I’ve talked to is very upset about it. It does not just those two crews a disservice, but it does all firefighters a disservice.” Duncan also serves as vice president of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of wildfire professionals. Last week, federal immigration officials staged a raid at the site of the Bear Gulch fire in Washington, the largest active wildfire in the state. Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection questioned two crews, totaling 44 members, and arrested two firefighters who they said were in the country illegally. ✂️
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Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid
Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours. Wildfire veterans say the operation was nearly unprecedented, a breach in longstanding protocol that federal agents don’t disrupt emergency responders to check immigration status. Worse, many wildfire veterans believe the management team overseeing the fire crews played a key role in handing over the firefighters to immigration authorities. Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors familiar with the incident, who shared their belief that the top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status. Most of them spoke privately for fear of retaliation. The raid has reverberated among fire crews, agency leaders and contractors. Wildfire veterans say the arrests have stoked fear and distrust among firefighters on the ground. They worry that crews may be scared to deploy if they may become a target for immigration raids. “There’s really no way [the wildfire management team] could not have been involved,” said Riva Duncan, a former wildland fire chief who served more than 30 years with the U.S. Forest Service. “We’re all talking about it. People are wondering if they go on a fire with this team, if that could happen to them.” ✂️
Emphasis mine...
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Supporting our allies
The Jukebox is here. Ghost is the host with the most, from coast to coast. The theme is Lyrics that Land.
Ghost is also hosting What’s for Dinner , but they publish at the same time as we do, so I’m not able to drop in a direct link.
This Week in the War on Women will be here or here (the first queries by publishing group, the second by tag). If one doesn’t show you the new diary, try the other. They publish a half an hour after the Shade does.
Bilbo’s latest CHC Roundup can be found at CHC Roundup
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Today is…
OK, I’ve put this off long enough…
Fight Procrastination Day
Imagine a day dedicated to tackling that sneaky habit of saying, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Yes, we’re talking about Fight Procrastination Day! Celebrated every September 6, this day is like a fun wake-up call for everyone who has ever found themselves scrolling through their phone instead of tackling their to-do list. It’s a day filled with motivation, quirky challenges, and a bit of laughing at ourselves for the creative ways we find to avoid tasks. Why do we celebrate such a day, you ask? Well, procrastination is a crafty foe that affects almost everyone at some point. It’s that voice telling you it’s okay to put off tasks, leading to last-minute rushes and unnecessary stress.
I’ve always lived by the old adage, “hard work pays off tomorrow, but procrastination pays off today!”
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Phoebe is all about her carpe diem. The more carp, the better.
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Paging Momma O!
NATIONAL HUMMINGBIRD DAY
National Hummingbird Day happens during the first Saturday in September on the National Day Calendar. We are sharing our curiosity about the beautiful and tiny little bird known as the hummingbird. We want everyone to spread their wings today and learn facts, history, and folklore on National Hummingbird Day.
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I suspect that DP will approve of this.
National Read a Book Day
For some people, reading is their ultimate form of relaxation and fun! For others, reading can seem like a bit of a chore. No matter what category you fall into, we encourage you to embrace National Read a Book Day. Usually, it is simply about finding the right book for you. From memoirs to sci-fi; there are so many different types of books out there today, so use National Read a Book Day to find the perfect book for you to really get stuck into. Read on to discover everything that you need to know about National Read a Book Day and the different ways that you can celebrate this date.
I’m still waiting for madame VP Harris’ book to come out later this month. DP was running a special on it. Hopefully he’ll put out a link here for it on Literate Lizard.
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International Bacon Day
Sizzle, sizzle. The sound of frying bacon is enough to make the mouth water all on its own. And the additional smell of bacon cooking? There’s so much promise for what is to come! Show some love and affection to this most venerable breakfast meat by getting involved with International Bacon Day.
With all due respect to those who order a bacon with bacon sandwich on bacon, with a side of bacon, I’m remarkably ambivalent to it.
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It’s that time of year.
NATIONAL TAILGATING DAY
On the first Saturday in September, National Tailgating Day reminds us of what the autumn colors and scents already do. Those colors signal grilling time and a season of cheering on our favorite teams!
A few years ago, I was subbing in two bands on drums that would perform for tailgating before St. Paul Saints (St. Paul minor league baseball). Our payment was entry to the game and a few bucks worth of “Saints bucks”, that could be redeemed in the stadium. I’m not a sports guy, so I’d get my payment and start scanning the folks going into the stadium and watch for someone who looked like they could use the little bump and handed over my tickets before I left. It was always well received.
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Lots of interesting looking Birthdays .
Catharine Beecher (1800-1878) - Activist who co-authored The American Woman's Home with her sister Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Wilson Greatbatch (1919-2011) - Inventor of the cardiac pacemaker.
Norman Joseph Woodland (1921-2012) - Co-inventor of the bar code.
Margaret Keane (1927-2022) - "Big Eyes" painter whose husband claimed credit for her work.
Jeff Foxworthy (1958-Still Living) - Comedian known for his "You might be a redneck" jokes.
There are more. I’ll be looking with interest at WineRev’s good and Goofy in the GNR to see what I can “harvest” from him.
Here’s a really good one from the Reverend
1860 [September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935] Cedarville, IL Birth of Jane Addams [Wikipedia], activist, reformer, pioneer. The youngest of 8 children, her mother died at age 2, and three other siblings died before she turned 8. At age four she contracted “Potts’ Disease” (tuberculosis) that left her in poor health and with a limp the rest of her life . Graduated Rockford College at age 21 just as her adored father died suddenly. Each surviving child inherited about $50,000 (now about $1.3 million). Converted to Christianity at age 26 and on a visit to England became enamored of the idea of a ‘settlement house’ where immigrants and local folk could meet to form what she called a “neutral civil society” among both the poor and the growing middle class. Founded Hull House in Chicago on this model in 1889. Suffragist, social reformer, co-founder of the ACLU , vocal pacifist before and during World War I. Practically invented the field of sociology in the US. First woman ever granted an honorary degree by Yale University. First American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize . “The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of one’s self.” A long, LONG entry in Wikipedia and worth reading, to the point of regretting having never met her. (Thought be several to be the real-life ‘Edith Keeler” character from the Star Trek episode “City on the Edge of Forever.”)
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Events
1628 - The Puritans settle Salem (Massachusetts Bay Colony).
1866 - Frederick Douglass becomes the first Black delegate to a national convention.
1870 - Louisa Ann Swain (Laramie, WY) becomes the first woman in the U.S. to legally cast a vote after 1807.
1901 - President McKinley is shot and assassinated in Buffalo, NY.
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