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Good morning, you lovelies. Seattle going back to grey and drizzly is so great. It’s going to turn too rainy, too dark and much too cold. But this? It’s grand.

Honestly, it’s the best. Mild, delightful drizzle. No smoke. No blazing sun. The rain is light enough to not soak you. Seattle summers are nice, but this is the best time in the city.

Anyway, you’ll be doing more things indoors, so please wash your hands right now and for goodness sake, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

7000 is too many deaths from COVID-19. And we’re a state with relatively low deaths. Thank goodness.

We’re a state that has taken precautions and has a governor who takes the virus seriously. Honestly, could you imagine how much worse it would be if Bill Bryant was governor, or Culp in the last year?

But still, 7000 is too high. There’s a free vaccine. It’s pretty effective. We could be mostly out of the woods by now.

For the love of God, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Hey! Tonight’s election night…in California. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and join the election watching party and discussion. It won’t all be about California.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm (or a bit earlier for the 8pm ballot drop). We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Good morning to everyone who is fighting ICE detections of children. Fuck me, some of the stories in that article are awful.

It has got a lot better under Biden, but more work needs to be done. Including in Washington. The Cowlitz facility seems pretty bad.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

LegalEagle: Who has the war power?

Texas Becomes the Western Hemisphere’s North Korea:

• Bill Maher and Friends: Will the Texas abortion ban backfire?
• Rachel Maddow: Passage of new voting restrictions in Texas prompts immediate voting rights lawsuit
• Amber Ruffin’s minute of fury: Texas’ abortion ban
• Mark Fiore: Lawsuit vigilantes not just for Texas anymore
• Samantha Bee: What Texas’s new abortion ban means for reproductive rights across the country
• Bill Maher: Riches for snitches
• Rachel Maddow: How one bar’s liquor license case could bring down the new Texas abortion ban
• Seth Meyers: AOC explains Biology 101 to Greg Abbott after SCOTUS guts Roe v. Wade in Texas

The Late Show: This week on Animal Earth—Animals are having to adapt to climate change

Liars, Cheaters, Traitors and Other Brown-nosers of The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Drag It Must Be to Be Republican ♬
• The Late Show: Трамп’s inspiring California recall pump up speech
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ The GOP Elephant Pooped It’s Poopy Pants [BEWARE] ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We Never Thought They’d Be That Dumb ♬
• The Daily Show: Eye on Texas—Ted Cruz, immigration, and blaming AOC
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Robert E. Lee, and the history that wasn’t ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп claims Robert E. Lee would have won the war in Afghanistan
• Now This: Jim Jordan leaks that Трамп will run again
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Short Ballad of Gov. Kristi Noem’s Long Desk ♬
• The Late Show: Evil Squad shocked by Lara Трамп’s Beau Biden comment
• Rachel Maddow: New Grand Jury activity in Трамп organization case is reminder that investigations are ongoing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Coulter and Fetlocks Agree (Трамп’s a Wuss) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп does his own makeup and Biden boots Conway & Spicer
• Roy Wood, Jr.: The best of unsolved MAGA mysteries
• The Daily Show: When was America great? Трамп supporters face the ultimate test.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To Those Waiting For Трамп To Get What’s Coming to Him ♬

Robert Reich: Why the filibuster is unconstitutional

Bill Maher: America’s pipe dream

The Week in ТрампPlague:

• Stephen: Mu becomes a concern and the delta spread continues
• Andre Antunes: Kenneth Copeland Unplugged [Wind Of God Acoustic Remix]
• WaPo: How coronavirus variants like delta form and spread
• Samantha Bee: Dr. Charity Dean predicted the pandemic. Here’s what she thinks is next.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hypocrisy reigns as Republican lawmakers lash out over their “right to choose”
• The Remix Bros: ♫ AJ’s Nobel Prize Winning For Humans REMIX ♬
• Stephen: Biden’s plan to defeat covid before a monster variant emerges
• WaPo: How ivermectin became the latest false cure for the coronavirus
• The Late Show: Consult doctor Ed for all your medical needs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel is BACK and very much ALIVE
• Stephen: Hurricanes, reproductive rights, ivermectin—Did anything happen during our break?
• Samantha Bee salutes petty TikTok teens

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Crazy Weather ♬

Legal Eagle: The origin of the law

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Good morning, and happy vaccine not quite a mandate. Seriously, it’s past time. I’m sure there are legal reasons, but I wish it applied to smaller business too. Oh, you only have 80 people, I guess it’s fine to put a bunch of unvaccinated people together.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Good morning. I am feeling rather well this morning, but I spent much of last week and the weekend hobbled. Fortunately, not COVID-19, but something nasty. It’s nice to be able to get tested for COVID, though. Just get that out of mind. It was free, but I did have to give them my insurance information, same as when it was King County.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. We’d be pleased to have you stop by and join in on the conversation.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Cheers,
Darryl Holman

Ronny Cheing: Global temperatures are going UP

The End of an Error:

• Chris Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—And it’s remarkable
• WaPo: Republicans slam Biden after previously supporting Afghanistan withdrawal
• The New York Times: “I won’t go 20 years back in time”—Young Afghan women speak out
• Rachel Maddow: With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan’s will
• Samantha Bee: It’s time to take responsibility for what we’ve done in Afghanistan
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Chickenhawks Longing to Renew Afghan Conflict ♬

Robert Reich: Is billionaire philanthropy a scam?

Parody Project: ♫ Miss Me ♬:

Samantha Bee: Racist and sexist school dress codes continue to fail students

Today’s G.O.P. and Other Deplorables Wearing the Taint of Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, The “Law and Order President” ♬
• The Late Show: Madison Cawthorn threatens “bloodshed”
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal mess—New testimony in criminal probe ratchets up pressure
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Needy, Petty, and Pathetic—The Dotard Трамп ♬
• Chris Hayes: New details on Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan phone call with Трамп on Jan. 6
• Jordan Klepper: How do Трамп supporters feel about masks?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп’s Like Play Doh ♬

Ali Velshi: Biden wants action on climate change citing Ida floods and California fires

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

VICE News: An unprecedented fire season is devastating California… again

Reproductive Wrongs:

• Rachel Maddow: Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the New Texas law by SNITCHING!!
• Samantha Bee: Fuck off, Texas!:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Justice Sotomayor, “Stunning” SCOTUS decision creates “citizen bounty hunters” in TX
• Chris Hayes: Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious
• Rachel Maddow: Women’s health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law
• Ali Velshi: Biden and Pelosi vow action after Texas abortion ban

Now This: Powerful signs From the March For Voting Rights

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Explaining humans to aliens

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Snake King gets where DeSantis is coming from
• The Daily Show: Horsey Vax—The alternative medicine for anti-vaxxers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Suspectin’ that Ivermectin Has Taken Over Your Brain ♬:

• WaPo: Mask mandate bans—What’s the legality of these laws in states like Texas
• Mark Fiore: The “I won’t kill you” card!
• Vice News: Florida schools are fighting the Governor for kids to mask up
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ You Are Not a Horse ♬:

• The Late Show: Fauci finally gets through to MAGA guy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Know the Vaccine’s Safe (Song of the Honest Republican) ♬

Full Frontal: Tenacious unicorn ranch is pioneering a new and queer wild West

Now This: How restrictive voting measures impact Americans with disabilities

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Good morning everyone.

Happy first day of school to Seattle, and first week of school for much of the rest of the region. Are you confident in the mask and vaccine requirements as a student, parent, or school employee? Are you a teacher hoping that the last year and a half of distance learning didn’t leave students unprepared?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you’re eligible.

Please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint, as well as a toast to the end of America’s longest war, at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Good morning to everyone except Compassion Seattle. I don’t know enough about the legal case to have an opinion on the merits. But I do know that their garage initiative was garage. So I’m glad it won’t be on the ballot.

It does mean that the City Council and mayor need to step the hell up. They need to do more to house people. It’s well past time.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Full Frontal Rewind: Gun control

Pullin’ Out:

• WaPo: Трамп officials touted their Taliban talks before criticizing Biden’s Taliban talks
• Rachel Maddow: CIA Target Taliban leader freed by Трамп meets with CIA
• Now This: One hundred percent. Says Трамп.
• Bill Maher: The lesson of Afghanistan
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ After the latest losses in Afghanistan ♬
• Vox: How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan:

• Mark Fiore: How Biden ruined a perfectly good 20-year war, Part II
• John Oliver: Afghanistan
• AJ+: Four reasons the Taliban takeover happened so quickly
• WaPo: How the Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan allies work
• Bill Maher: Operation GTFO
• Vice News: Why 20 years of American aid couldn’t fix Afghanistan’s roads and hospitals
• The New York Times: 20 years, 4 Presidents—The words that shaped the war in Afghanistan

Robert Reich: The real Socialism in America is not what you think

The Clowns, Cowards, Con-artists, Criminals and Conspirators that Comprise the Current G.O.P.:

• Rachel Maddow: January 6 Committee shows seriousness about investigation
• The Late Show: Kylie Weaver’s ULTIMATE Dotard Трамп insult
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mo Brooks and Ron Johnson in 2024! Truth in Advertising ♬
• Jordan Keppler: How do Трамп supporters describe Трамп?
• The Late Show: Mike Lindell vows Трамп 2021 reinstatement
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп supporters make a martyr of 1/6 rioter Babbitt, ignoring previous “law and order” stance
• Vice News: The MyPillow guy is lying, Republicans are listening
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Mike Lindell Limerick ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп is also suing Nirvana!
• The Daily Show: Joe Biden—Crisis machine
• The Late Show: Tyler Templeton’s Трамп reinstatement miracle
• Rachel Maddow: FCC clobbers Трамп-supporting activists over racist robocalls
• act.tv: Watch the MyPillow Guy change his dates after he was proven wrong!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Trump’s the Disease That Keeps on Spreading ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Kayleigh McEnany shamelessly claims Трамп didn’t have “crisis after crisis”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyers face accountability—“They used the federal courts to broadcast lies.”
• The Daily Show: Jordan Keppler’s journey into the MAGAverse
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mo Brooks is Among the Dumbest Congressmen ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Sirhan Sirhan parole decision
• Rachel Maddow: Federal judge excoriates Трамп lawyers, refers them for disbarment
• The Late Show: True believers explain how Трамп will be reinstated as president
• Ari Melber: GOP spends 2021 recounting Трамп’s loss in several states

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Bill Maher: Conservative comedy

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: FAUX News already skeptical of FDA approved vaccine
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “We Ain’t Got Worms” (An anti-vax, pro-Трамп, FAUX-viewer anthem) ♬
• Andre Antunes: ♫ Covid Rant goes METAL! [San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting Remix] ♬:

• The Daily Show: FAUX News on the FDA’s vax approval vs. Operation Warp Speed
• Joy Reid critiques Ron DeSantis’ recent policy choices impacting children
• act.tv: Florida doctors are fed up with the anti-vaxxers!
• Seth Meyers: FDA warns people not to use horse de-wormer Ivermectin to treat COVID
• Chris Hayes: Right wing nutburgers tout unproven covid treatments over preventative vaccines
• Jordan Klepper debates anti-vax mandate protesters in NYC
• The New York Times: Dying in the name of vaccine freedom
• Ari Melber: As COVID kills in red states, long war on science proves costly
• Eric Schwartz: ♫ The Stupid Vaccine ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп rally crowd boos vaccines and Pfizer shot gets full FDA approval
• Chris Hayes: Doctors stage demonstration to protest unvaccinated
• Amber Ruffin: A brief history of what happens when we don’t listen to scientists
• Rachel Maddow: New facet of covid crisis—Misguided people taking Ivermectin anti-parasite animal drug
• The Late Show: Трамп maintains Death Cult Figurehead status
• Desi Lydic: FDA spokesperson debunks vaccine myths

Amber Ruffin: A year since George Floyd’s murder and no police reform bill

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Good morning you beautiful people. What a lovely, drizzly morning. Walking down wet streets for the first time in forever. How fantastic. Anyway.

I was in the Central Library for longer than just grabbing a book and leaving for first time since it completely shut down. It’s just the lower level and the computers. I don’t know why this in particular, but it made me sad how slow the reopening is going. Like, how long until I can just grab a random book of poetry, read a few and put it back? I know there’s a deadly disease, so I’m glad they’re taking their time. But it’s such a great location when it can be.

Please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.