Archives for February 2017

1 Timothy 5:23
Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

Discuss.

Samantha Bee is going to need a bigger closet.

Three unreported attacks by Muslims on US soil.

The twisted history of Valentine’s day.

Fake news investigative journalism.

Mental Floss: Is there an explanation for déjà vu?

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Narcissistic Swamp with Strong Sociopathic Tendencies:

• Stephen is a Bowling Green Massacre trufer
• David Pakman: Drumpf angry that SNL chose woman to play Sean Spicer
• Samantha Bee: Fluffer in Chief.
• Kimmel: New White House Communications Director
• Bill Maher with Al Franken:

• PsychoSuperMom: The ballad of Donald vs. Nordstrom
• Young Turks: How Drumpf deportations are breaking up families.
• David Pakman: Donald Drumpf is a threat to 1st Amendment & free speech
• Jonathan Mann: The courts have stopped your ban.
• Seth Meyers: A Closer Look at Drumpf abusing presidential power.
• Ari Melber: Kellyanne Conway may face a federal ethics inquiry
• Bill Maher: Is Drumpf tired of losing?
• Sam Seder: Drumpf’s call with Putin doesn’t go so well for the unprepared man-baby.
• Olbermann: Is this how Drumpf will deport millions?
• Jimmy Fallon interviews Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
• Kimmel: Drunk Sean Spicer’s big day
• Stephen: Drumpf says, “Voter fraud.” Stephen says “Bull.”
• Samantha Bee: Donald and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sanctuary cities
• The White House shopping network!
• Donald Drumpf’s cry baby commercial.
• Late Show: Drumpf has the art world on edge
• Matt Yglesias: What Donald Drumpf doesn’t understand about trade
• Kimmel: Drunk Sean Spicer on Kellyanne Conway
• Maddow: Court hands President Donald Drumpf a loss and a lesson on EO ban
• Olbermann: Drumpf just made life worse for your pets.
• Stephen: Drumpf is literally keeping his staffers in the dark.
• Daily Show: Kellyanne Conway’s artful deceptions
• Sam Seder: Drumpf proves he can read by bizarrely & slowly reading ‘beautiful’ Muslim ban order to room of cops
• Kimmel: Drumpf TV
• Farron Cousins: Kellyanne Conway in hot water for impromptu “Drumpf brand infomercial”
• Sean Spicer becomes Melissa McCarthy during today’s White House briefing.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at how Democrats are responding to Drumpf
• Jimmy Fallon: DeVos confirmed.
• Young Turks: Nordstrom stock UP since dropping Ivanka, Drumpf Tweet.
• Kimmel: Melania’s new line of greeting cards
• Stephen interviews Drumpf, post-game.
• John Oliver (with Stephen) doesn’t think he’ll get deported, but he’s being cautious
• Sean Spicer’s alternative alphabet
• Full Frontal: The original Drumpf haters:

• Jimmy Fallon: President Drumpf criticizes Nordstroms
• Olbermann: The travesties done in your name and mine
• Bill Maher: Make America learn again.
• Young Turks: Does Drumpf hate being President?
• Trevor: The Drumpf family’s White House hustle
• 1984 quotes that seem eerily relevant in 2017 and explain Drumpf’s rise.
• Kimmel: Does Drumpf know Putin?
• Stephen presents Drumpf with RobeForce One
• Seth Meyers: Sean Spicer criticizes Nordstrom
• David Pakman: 21 minutes into intel briefing, Drumpf Tweets about Ivanka & Nordstrom’s
• Kimmel: Drunk Donald Drumpf on why he got elected.
• Full Frontal: A moment with Ashley
• Roll Call: The Drumpf presidency at 3 weeks.
• Trevor: Is Steve Bannon the real President?
• Young Turks: “Pee-gate” dossier gaining credibility?
• Stephen: Betsy DeVos is donating more so our schools get less
• Seth Meyers: Check In—Drumpf federal hiring freeze.

Mental Floss: 24 scientific studies about food.

Full Frontal: We made a promise.

Sam Seder: Bernie Sanders Vs. Ted Cruz ObamaCare debate.

Bill Maher: New Rule, “Pity slicker”.

Farron Cousins: Angry voters are confronting terrifying GOP members oer potential ObamaCare repeal.

Roll Call: A chat with the first African American Senate Chaplain for Black History month.

Valentines and guns.

Sen. Warren is Turtlehandled!

• Trevor: Senator Elizabeth Warren reacts to being silenced.
• Sen. Warren and Sen. Turtle spar over Coretta Scott King letter
• Farron Cousins: New low for Republicans – silencing Elizabeth Warren for quoting Coretta Scott King
• David Pakman: Republicans ban Elizabeth Warren, it completely backfires
• Sam Seder: Elizabeth Warren silenced after reading Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter about Jeff Sessions’ racism
• Roll Call: Hear Senate Democrats read Coretta Scott King’s letter opposing Sessions.
• Jonathan Mann: She Persisted
• Sam Seder: Asswipe Sean Spicer suggests Coretta Scott King would TOTALLY support Jeff Sessions now

Armchair Presidents: The big game.

Jonathan Mann: The ballad of Judge Robart:

Pussy hats explained.

America needs Mexico…here’s why.

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

I wrote this this morning, but forgot to actually hit publish. Sorry.

When the recreational marijuana initiative passed, I was a bit worried that Governor Inslee would sort of let it go by the wayside if challenged by Federal authorities. But I’m glad to see he’s going to defend it fully. Hopefully the Trump administration will have worse garbage to deal with and not want to prioritize this.

So proud of Seattle for divesting from Wells Fargo. If you do enough crap for long enough, you start to make enemies. For the foreseeable future banking is probably going to be ugly and harmful (it doesn’t have to be that way, but it does need to be regulated better). But at least the city can collectively stop spending its money on the worst of banks.

Please join us this evening and raise a toast for the small victories at this week’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 198 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

I was going to write about how you should contact Council Member Sawant if you were harassed by SPD at the airport demonstration, and obviously, please do that.

But instead: Snow. It’s snowing, y’all. Snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooowwwwwww.

1 Samuel 18:25-27
“Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

Discuss.

Millions of us. Fighting corruption, and winning.

Why cartoon characters wear gloves.

Trumputin:

• Jonathan Mann: He’s gonna take us to war.
• Stephen: Beyoncé and Trumputin celebrate Black History Month in very different ways
• Armchair Presidents: Executive orders
• Samantha Bee: The Not-A-Muslim-Ban Muslim ban
• Trevor: Trumputin’s Muslim-targeted travel ban
• Mark Fiore: The soul of Steve Bannon
• Stephen: How much damage can a president do in 1 week?
• The alternative Constitution:

• Samantha Bee: Refugee ban
• Olberman: Donald Trumputin is aiding the enemy
• Conan: Trumputin calls Obama to discuss Black History Month
• Indivisible: A practical guide to resisting Trumputin.
• Jon and Stephen: Reading Trumputin executive orders.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Trumputin’s second chaotic week.
• Kimmel: Drunk Trumputin—Tough phone calls
• WA AG Bob Ferguson on Judge Robart’s temporary restraining order.
• Late Show: Cartoon Trumputin has a few thoughts for Australia
• Armchair Presidents: We heart Justin.
• Trevor: President Trumputin tangles with foreign leaders
• Bill Maher: Trumputin did what?!?
• Liberal Viewer: Bowling Green “Massacre” is Fort Knox attack Zombie lie!
• Seth Meyers has a lot of questions about Melania’s Vanity Fair cover
• Jonathan Mann: Rex Tillerson is an actual villian.
• Stephen: Trumputin prays for his haters at national prayer breakfast.
• Trevor: The disastrous rollout of Trumputin’s immigration ban
• Don’t feel sorry for Australia.
• Late Show: Trumputin gets to use his favorite catchphrase.
• Conan: White House is photoshopping Trumputin’s hands.
• How should the media cover a White House that isn’t afraid to lie?
• Trumputin’s ban actually makes it harder to fight terrorism.
• PsychoSuperMom: We are (mostly) all immigrants, you shmucks.
• Stephen: Pres. Trumputin…we are putting you on notice.
• Kimmel: Trumputin TV
• 20 lies the Trumputin administration told THIS WEEK:

• Late Night: Amber reads Donald Trumputin’s Black History Month speech with commentary
• Samanth Bee: Loyal to a T
• Bill Maher: New Rule–Cheer no evil.
• Armchair Presidents: Hillary Tweets.
• Liberal Viewer: Trump Administration sees 5-year-old as possible threat?

Paul Ryan’s Diary: Letting the right people into your heart (and country).

Stephen: Alter egos.

SCROTUS Nominee:

• Stephen looks at Washington and wonders…What’s happening?
• Trumputin is running America like a reality TV show.
• Kimmel: Trump hires a new Supreme Court justice
• Roll Call: Who is Judge Neil Gorsuch?
• Trevor: Profiles in tremendousness–SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch
• Seth Meyers: A couple thing about Trumputin’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
• Kimmel: Drunk Sean Spicer—Supreme Court nominee edition.
• Stephen: President Trumputin asks Judge Gorsuch, “So you think you can SCOTUS?”

Waxing presidential with the Late Show road show.

Second City on immigration.

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

Between Reuven Carlyle opposing light rail to Ballard last year and now Sharon Tomiko Santos wanting to restructure Sound Transit, there really should be some primary elections. You can’t keep opposing this vital institution in the Puget Sound and expect no consequences. I don’t know if they have an eye toward statewide office and think pissing on Sound Transit is the way to go, or if they genuinely think it’s a problem. But either way, they’re wrong.

I couldn’t be prouder of the fact that Washington State is leading the legal fight against Trump’s immigration order. I’ve been saying on this blog since Trump won the presidency that much of the resistance will be local. Our local officials are doing great work.