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The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics-inspired conversation and cocktails. Only three more weeks until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 255 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

A few open threads ago, I mentioned several places in Washington where you can donate or volunteer. I mentioned the state Democratic Party, but here is a better link. There are only a few weeks left, and you can still make the difference.

Vox: Why the US celebrates Columbus Day.

Robert Reich with Mayor Michael Tubbs: New approaches to fighting inequality.

The Atlantic: The search for murdered and missing American Indian women.

Appalachian great-grandma calls out the GOP.

The Dotard Трамп and His Ilk:

• Chris Hayes: Трамп TV stops airing every single Трамп rally
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп and Kanye West are having lunch
• Ari Melber: Dotard Трамп’s tepid response to missing journalist news.
• Young Turks: Judge orders new investigation of Kavanaugh
• David Pakman: Трамп UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns day after investigation request
• The New Yorker: Michael Avenatti and journalists discuss Трамп’s tax fraud
• Joy Reid: Seator Elizabeth Warren hits back at John F. Kelly insult
• Lawrence O’Donnell: John Kelly insults Elizabeth Warren in disclosed email
• Watch people’s faces as they react to Трамп
• Swamp Tales: Episode 2:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The much anticipated Kanye West & Dotard Трамп lunch
• Stephen: The EPA says radiation isn’t so bad
• Young Turks: Трамп investigating Faux News
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kellyanne Conway on Kanye West/Трамп lunch
• Trevor: Nikki Haley’s surprise resignation
• Ari Melber: Robert Mueller report could mirror never-seen Watergate report
• The New Yorker: Sally Yates on protecting Robert Mueller’s investigation
• Joy Reid: Inside a detention camp for migrant kids
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lies about healthcare again

Vox: Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years.

Brave New Films: Locking up migrant children is government sanctioned child abuse

John Oliver on Brazilian elections.

Bill Maher: New Rule—The fault in our stars.

Supremely Boofed:

• The New Yorker: Brett Kavanaugh’s path to the Supreme Court
• Mark Fiore: Signs of the Illuminati.
• Lynzy Lab: A Scary Time (for Boys):

• Jimmy Kimmel with Lynzy Lab sings “A Scary Time” (for Boys)
• Heads of State: Трамп dxplains how Kavanaugh has been “proven innocent”
• Jonathan Mann: FAUX News celebrates Kavanaugh (remix)
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп nominates 13 male judges after Brett Kavanaugh confirmation
• Trevor: Трамп takes a victory lap after Kavanaugh is sworn in
• Andy Borowitz investigates Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking
• Jim Jefferies: Let’s play “Who’s the real victim?”

WaPo: Video claims to show chain of events in Istanbul on day of Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Bill Maher: This week in stupid.

Mental Floss: Everything you didn’t know about paper!

Midterms!

• Trevor with Jaboukie Young-White: Why young people don’t vote.
• Robert Reich: Are you suffering from presidential dysfunction?

• Maddow: Voter suppression in GA and Democratic aide arrested advocating for voting rights in TX
• Young Turks: Republican Governor candidate CHEATING in race.
• Bill Maher with Steve Kornacki: The red and the blue.
• Trevor with Carol Anderson: “One person, no vote” and the impact of voter suppression.
• David Pakman: Ted Cruz refuses to debate Beto O’Rourke.
• Willie Nelson sings “Vote ’em out”:

• Rachel Maddow: Brian Kemp record shows poor stewardship of Georgia’s election system
• Trevor: Democalypse 2018—Democrats look for history-making victory in Georgia .

Physics Girl: How to make fluid “climb” up!

Vox: How racism shapes jury selection.

Trevor: Kanye West and Taylor Swift pick political sides

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

Pfffffffffffff. Man, this year, huh? I don’t know.

Yesterday night, One Bus Away, as is sometimes its wont, lied to me. So I left Drinking Liberally and instead of waiting for a couple minutes, I waited for the better part of a half hour. It wasn’t rainy or cold.

So the first few minutes are saying that the bus was coming. Then that it had arrived, but, obviously, I hadn’t seen it. Then by the time I was sure it wasn’t coming, it said that the next bus was 10 minutes away (turned out to be a bit longer). So, is it rude to go back in the bar after saying your goodbyes, and then leave again in 5 minutes?

I should also say that One Bus Away is basically magic, but I only write about it when it doesn’t work as well as I would like.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for a bit of conversation over a cocktail. And, you know…we’ll all receive our “angry mob” checks from George Soros. Hey…there are just 28 days until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

With the Kavanaugh horror, I can understand anyone’s frustration. But if you want to vent that frustration, there are some great Federal campaigns here in Washington that could use your time or money. Maria Cantwell, Lisa Brown,Carolyn Long, and Kim Schrier are all much better than the people they’re running against. They could use you making calls, doing data entry, walking a neighborhood, standing on the corner waving signs, or whatever your talents are. If you want to get involved with the local party, the WA Democrats can help. If you want to work with an organization that has been organizing against Kavanaugh, let me recommend Washing NARAL. Finally, if you aren’t in Washington, or just need help figuring out a specific plan, I would recommend Crushthemidterms.org.

Stephen: Steve Kornacki looks into his midterms crystal ball.

Minute Earth: The secret weapon that could help save bees.

Lauren Mayer: Oh, Beto!:

Real Engineering: How we will colonise the moon.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Power begets power.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Rape Deniers:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп is a master of impressions
• Stephen: Трамп makes up with Canada, Melania goes to Africa
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Mississippi rally and presidential emergency alert system
• Trevor: Dotard Трамп’s dodgy tax history
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп out Трамп is NOT a self-made millionaire
• Late Show: Kim Jong-Un responds to Трамп using the L-word
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Extreme team-building in Трамп’s divided America
• James Corden: Трамп tax cheating and test messages.
• The Atlantic: The “nightmare” of a Tweeting President.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mike Pence reveals greatest threat to America
• Seth Meyers: Трампy monologue
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп “self-made” claims are bogus
• Trevor: Трамп “loco” trade announcement
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Dotard Трамп can’t stop bragging
• Stephen interviews Трамп’s new White House attorney
• Jimmy Fallen: Трампy news
• James Corden: Трамп’s shady taxes
• Late Show: Not all of Трамп’s presidential alerts were the same
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп’s dead father has a message for him
• Seth Meyers: Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant policies
• Trevor: Трамп makes a trade deal with Mexico and Canada
• Stephen knows how to block the presidential alert
• Late Show: How many times can Трамп interrupt women in one press conference?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s presidential alerts – The movie
• Trevor: Трамп’s China conspiracy
• Stephen: Трамп takes a stand for the real victims—men

Kurzgesagt: Why meat is the best worst thing in the world.

James Corden and Eric Idle: “We are probably all going to die’:

Now This World: The problem with the UN veto power

Supremely Boofed!

• Trevor: Jeff Flake flips on Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen with Jake Tapper: Jake Tapper credits Jeff Flake for “gutsy” decision
• Jimmy Kimmel: New proof that Kavanaugh has bad judgement
• Trevor: Brett Kavanaugh’s 1985 bar brawl brings his honesty under oath into question
• Roy Zimmerman: White Indignant Male Person (W.I.M.P.):

• Seth Meyers: Трамп melts down over Dr. Ford’s testimony
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hope for Kavanaugh and other men accused of sexual assault
• Late Show: Kavanaugh testimony drinking game
• Stephen: Kavanaugh’s drinking buddy speaks out
• Mark Fiore: Beer warning alert.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kavanaugh is one of the finest people Трамп has known
• Super DeluxeAmerican horror story—Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation
• Trevor: Why don’t Republicans just dump Brett Kavanaugh?
• StephenKavanaugh may have boofed the truth during his testimony
• Jimmy Kimmel: Things that lasted longer than Kavanaugh FBI investigation
• Seth Meyers: GOP pushes for Kavanaugh vote after FBI report
• Late Show: UB40’s “Red, Red Wine” Ft. Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen with Jake Tapper: Lindsey Graham’s transformation as a survival tactic
• A very scary time for men
• Trevor: Secretive, speedy & sketchy—The FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh
• Jordan Klepper Asks mississippi Трамп supporters about Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegations
• Seth Meyers: Трамп defends Kavanaugh in crazy press conference amid FBI probe
• James Corden: Brett Kavanaugh still has a shot
• Jonathan Mann: Angry Kavanaugh Lying Song:

• Rachel Maddow: Brett Kavanaugh vote will drive political backlash if history is any guide.
• Late Show: Ken Burns presents the Kavanaugh letters
• Conan’s high school year book
• Stephen: Brett Kavanaugh’s very stereotypical “80s bar fight”
• Trevor: Трамп weaponizes victimhood to defend Kavanaugh

Jim Jefferies: All America wants is the most entertaining candidate.

Wendover: Why the world is running out of pilots.

Late Show conspiracy theories with Damon Wayans Jr..

The Atlantic: Can women’s anger save America?

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

I said this after the Montana special election, but it bears repeating. Republicans don’t support people in spite of crimes. They support them in part because of their criminality. They supported Trump more after grab them by the pussy. They rallied around Kavanaugh because there were multiple sexual assaults.

There is a criminal class in America. We let them get away with sexual assault, with punching reporters, with financial crimes. Even many people who wouldn’t get away with those things, who in many cases are its victims, still support letting a criminal class exist. Just as many poor people consider themselves temporarily embarrassed millionaires, so to do people complaining about lying bitches want their own chance to rape women without consequences.

Congratulations to Amazon workers on your future raises. I still think that Amazon half owned by the workers and half owned by Prime members makes more sense than owned by shareholders. But still, it is undeniably good. For the workers. For the locations where people got more spending money. Ultimately for the company itself.

Please join us Tuesday evening for our weekly gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll drink beer. Boys and girls both. Yes, we’ll drink beer. We liked beer. We still like beer. We’ll drink beer. We’re old enough. Yeah…we’ll drink beer. We like beer….

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Finally, the permadrizzle returns to Western Washington. The leaves are changing, but it’s still nice out. The best time of the year.

Seth Meyers wants you to vote.

John Oliver: Facebook (overseas).

Vox: Why America needs automatic voter registration.

Samantha Bee: Revenge of the cheerleaders.

The Atlantic: The chimp who thought she was human.

FOD: Non-voters anonymous.

The Dotard Трамп And His Fellow Comedians:

• Stephen: The world unites in laughing at Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Kristen Bell reads Dotard Трамп’s tweets as Gossip Girl
• Stephen: Трамп wants to build a wall… In the Sahara Desert
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s insane press conference
• Late Show: The world is laughing at us.
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Church and destroy.
• Stephen: Confusion ensues during Rosenstein’s White House visit
• The Atlantic: The “nightmare” of a Tweeting President
• Daily Show: In the FAUX hole.
• James Corden: Dotard Трамп takes shots at George Washington
• Stephen with Hillary Clinton: She never had to steal documents from Obama’s desk
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s awesome new ride
• Seth Meyers: More Трамп chaos
• Stephen: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explains why the UN laughed at Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Dotard Трамп’s bigly win
• Late Show: Dotard Трамп stand up comedy special
• Trevor: Трамп’s Wild Press Conference feat.
• Stephen with Hillary Clinton: Can a President be subpoenaed or indicted

Trevor: 911 in South Africa.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen with Hillary Clinton: It’s a “fair request” to ask FBI to investigate Kavanaugh allegations

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Supremely Boffed:

• Seth Meyers: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh testify
• Trevor: Kavanaugh touts his virginity to refute allegations of sexual assault
• Jonathan Mann: This woman is our mouth
• Late Show: Exhibit A—Brett Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar
• Lauren Mayer: My sons never attempted rape in high school:

• Samantha Bee: Sam doesn’t need a show to vent about Brett Kavanaugh
• Jimmy Kimmel on Kavanaugh hearing/a>
• Roll Call: Huge crowds, long lines, tight security—What Capitol Hill was like on Ford, Kavanaugh hearing day
• Stephen: Трамп doesn’t believe the “acquisitions” against Kavanaugh
• Vox: Why Kavanaugh’s accusers can’t remember everything
• Mark Fiore: Denial Day Planner
• Trevor: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies against Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen: Dr. Ford is no longer Kavanaugh’s only accuser
• Samantha Bee: Sam goes full Carrie over Kavanaugh
• Joy Reid: Brett Kavanaugh credibility questioned even before assault accusations
• Jonathan Mann: Too many beers:

• Seth Meyers: Brett Kavanaugh—a couple-a things
• Daily Show: Republicans need Jesus
• Stephen interviews FAUX News’ interview of Brett Kavanaugh
• Samantha Bee: His so-called ruined life
• Bill Maher: Courting disaster
• Late Show: All male GOP Senators try relating to Dr. Ford
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s impassioned defense of Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen: Brett Kavanaugh screams about his innocence
• Trevor: America gets a lifetime appointment with Brett Kavanaugh news
• Jim Jefferies: Why Republicans continue to back Brett Kavanaugh:

• Stephen: Dr. Ford’s heartbreaking testimony was not a con job
• James Corden: Recapping a long, tough day for America
• Seth Meyers: Трамп holds crazy press conference to defend Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen: This is why Трамп doesn’t do solo press conferences

Jimmy Kimmel: Six siblings run attack ad against Congressman Brother.

Stephen: The state that’s removing Hillary Clinton from textbooks

Jimmy Dore: https://youtu.be/IWYvxPry9bM?t=42s

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

I am very glad to live in a country with the presumption of innocence. It is a foundation of our criminal justice system.

The part of the Constitution that deals with giving people lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court is not that. The presumption of innocence also is coupled with trials and investigations, not whatever sham we saw yesterday.

It’s not my stop, but I have used the Capital Hill Station enough times that I should know what escalator to take. But no, it’s still mostly just take one or the other. And the exits are several blocks away from each other. It’s not the end of the world, but it’s kind of embarrassing that I haven’t figured it out.