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Archives for January 2018
SOTFS Address
President Shithouse is going to talk reel gud about himself in a few minutes. This thread is your sandbox.
5:59: Melania sends a message to President Shithouse.
TV commentators, please resist your urge to be impressed by Trump not trying to impregnate the podium.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 31, 2018
6:06: The Dotard is in the house.
6:11: Why is the Dotard clapping? And swaying like he has to pee?
6:11: It looks like Melania is standing next to two men—One really short and one in uniform. No doubt, this will really piss off President Shithouse.
6:18: “If there’s a porn star, we tap it!”
TV commentators, please resist your urge to be impressed by Trump not trying to impregnate the podium.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) January 31, 2018
Fact-checking #SOTU : Unemployment in the context of the last 10 years of data: https://t.co/8OY3s5b1ea pic.twitter.com/32ndr0DKS8
— Roll Call (@rollcall) January 31, 2018
6:25: What what? The individual mandate is the “core of ObamaCare?” Hardly. I am old enough to remember Obama campaigning AGAINST a mandate. Hillary was FOR the mandate. Ultimately Congress put it in to ensure enough young, healthy people signed up to reduce rates for everyone. ObamaCare lives, but President Shithouse and the Republicans own forthcoming premium increases.
You know what's a lot of money? A 130k payout to your mistress #SOTU
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 31, 2018
6:32: “…and why we proudly stand for the National Anthem.” So now we are getting into the “racist fuck” part of the talk.
6:36: Seems to me that no federal employee undermines trust in the government than The Dotard himself. “Mr. President, it is time to resign.”
6:37: “America is now a net exporter of energy.” Yeah…that was the case under Obama.
When Donald Trump tells you how “amazing” the economy is remember President Obama added 13,000 more jobs per month in his last year in office than Donald Trump’s first year in office. President Obama also ushered stock market growth 233% compared to Trump’s 27% #SOTU
— ♻️ Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) January 31, 2018
6:55: The Dotard brings out the token Hispanic person…. Sorry, Shithouse, you aren’t going to get the Hispanic vote.
6:59: Republicans are all into pillars now. I’m old enough to remember when Barack Obama took all kinds of shit about the pillars at his nomination acceptance speech.
Ugh, this demagoguery on the visa lottery and "chain migration" is particularly loathsome.
There is no way to describe this as a unifying speech. He has, if anything, doubled down on all his favorite hate tropes.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 31, 2018
7:07: Man…that story about the cop who adopted the baby of the drug addicted woman was creepy! Is that the best heart-lifting story they could fucking find?!?
35% of America supports Trump.
65% of America does not.If Trump wants to UNITE the majority of the Country during the #SOTU then there’s only one thing that he can say: “I am resigning from the Office of the Presidency and turning myself in to the FBI.”
Period. End. Of. Story.
— Ryan Knight, PROUD RESISTER 👊 (@ProudResister) January 30, 2018
7:17: …”and we no longer tell our enemies our plans”…unless you consider Russia our enemy.
7:18: Shorter Drumpf on U.N.: “We bought your votes and you voted against us, damnit!”
7:19: …”sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela”…but not Russia!
Immigrants aren't the problem in this country. Racists are. #SOTU
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 31, 2018
7:26: Maybe I missed something. What was the point of the protracted anecdote about he Korean guy with crutches?
7:32: That was a LOT of windbaggery empty rhetoric.
Las Vegas Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Sandy Hook Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Charleston Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Aurora Movie Theater Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Texas Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Columbine Shooters:
Not immigrants.#SOTU— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) January 31, 2018
Drinking Liberally — Seattle: State of the Union edition
Please join us Tuesday evening for a State of the Union edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. The SOTU begins about 6pm local time, so we will start early. If you are boycotting the SOTU, stop by for the Democratic rebuttal at about 7:30pm. Oh, and I’ll be live-blogging the SOTU right here.
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. We usually start at 8pm, but join us by 6pm for the SOTU address.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 244 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.
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I’m a slow reader. So it’s no bad mark against What Happened to say that I’m only about half way through. It’s still a mix of beautiful, funny, and harrowing. I guess Hillary Clinton had prerecorded a bit on the Grammys. According to parts of my Twitter, she was the worst for just showing up. I mostly feel sorry for people who think that, honestly. Hillary hate and misogyny mean you’re missing out.
It’s like the cut of the new Star Wars movie without the women. It seems like a terrible film: (minor spoilers) Kylo mostly talks to himself, sometimes shirtless. Then he gets into a fight and stares at a light saber that’s inexplicably floating. Luke tries to burn down a tree, after living alone for too long, and watching rocks fall. At some point they face off, and it helps like 5 people. Also, there’s a mutiny: Against who? How does it get resolved? Nobody knows.
HA Bible Study: Proverbs 21:19
Proverbs 21:19
It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
Discuss.
Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!
Lawrence O’Donnell: Paul Ryan promised dreamer wouldn’t be deported, now her future is uncertain.
Vox: Why Puerto Rico is not a US state
Stephen: Bad office romance—U.S. Congressman Meehan.
Mark Fiore: Trust meditation for Democrats.
VICE News: How a corrupt Baltimore Police task force tainted thousands of cases
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: America’s senseless gun violence debate
Young Turks: Conservative trolls pwn themselves on healthcare.
Slate: How to tell if someone is lip-syncing.
David Pakman with Gordon Whitman: How can activists make change happen?
Newsbroke: Love Israel, hate Jews.
Vox: Is you commute killing you?
Dotard Трамп and His Shithole Shit House Coneys:
- Stephen: Shutdown over, Трамп gets back to work
- Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп is afraid of sharks
- Seth Meyers: The women’s march and the government shutdown
- Bill Maher: New Rule—Snide and prejudice:
- Rachel Maddow: GOP tries to save President Dotard Трамп, attacks FBI, U.S. intelligence
- Stephen: Stormy Daniels spanked Трамп with a magazine with his face on it
- Sam Seder: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revealed to be total ass after ‘secret society’ joke
- Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп asked acting FBI Director who he voted for in 2016
- VICE News: Here’s a supercut of Трамп trying to talk about technology
- Trevor: Republicans investigate the investigation
- Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп didn’t get the women’s march
- Seth Meyers: Who is Трамп calling?
- Full Frontal: Apology Race Part 1 and Part 2
- Joy Reid and Allan Lichtman: Dotard Трамп Impeachment Could Happen
- Chris Hayes: FAUX News flummoxed by Dotard Трамп-Robert Mueller story
- Stephen: Trump is in Switzerland and Melania is not
- Young Turks: Evangelicals bending over backwards for the Dotard Трамп
- Vox: The awkward debate around Trump’s mental fitness
- Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Stormy Daniels payment might have been illegal
- SNL: Stormy Weekend Update on the women’s march and shutdown
- Stephen: Big news in the Russia investigation
- Rachel Maddow: New report suggests Jared Kushner may be compromised by China.
- Jimmy Kimmel: Melania Трамп’s journey for love
- Samantha Bee: We need to talk about Stephen Miller
- WaPo: Трамп’s “Fake news” attacks carry a very real danger
- Stephen: Трамп didn’t make it to the Women’s march
- SNL: Трамп’s doctor press conference
- Jimmy Kimmel: Donald Trump and Mueller
- Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “No one likes or respects you”
- Late Show: A member of the FBI’s “secret society” speaks out
- Chris Hayes: What did Jeff Sessions tell the Russia investigation?
- Sam Seder: Republicans make total asses of themselves over “secret society” propaganda
- Young Turks: Dumbfuck Hannity—There’s no proof! Wait…there’s proof?
- Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп gets wasted before Switzerland
- Stephen: The secretive FBI secret society is no longer a secret
- Trevor: Who can America blame for the government shutdown?
- Seth Meyers: Трамп goes to Davos while Congress debates immigration
- The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Vicente Fox standing up for Mexico in the Трамп era, Part I and Part II
- Jimmy Kimmel: How to pay for Трамп’s wall
- Stephen: Трамп forced to skip his own anniversary party
- Joy Reid: Robert Mueller still vulnerable to Dotard Трамп, Republican smears and sabotage
- Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп’s failing “great memories of all time”:
- Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “Let me out of this elaborate charade”
- Young Turks: Republicans going full Alex Jones
- Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп ally thinks Robert Mueller interview is a “Perjury Trap.”
- Jonathan Mann: Stormy Daniels didn’t like The Last Jedi
- Jimmy Kimmel: No one wants to stay at Трамп Hotels
- Sam Seder: Трамп goes off the deep end, says he’ll go under oath with Mueller
- Stephen: Трамп is up for “doing it under oath” with Mueller
- WaPo fact checkers: No, “nearly 3 in 4” convicted of terrorism aren’t foreign-born
- Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “Just Be Quiet”
WaPo: Jan 31 moon is 150 years in the making.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Shawarma Law brings extreme tolerance to middle America
Slate: The racist history of cartoons
SuperDeluxe: A message from Tomi Lahren.
Bill Maher: Women’s march.
Jimmy Dore chats with future Sen. Mittens
Young Turks: Another school shooting massacre and the media barely notices.
VICE News: The war between cattle ranchers and conservationists over wolves.
Trevor: Gerrymandering—because America can hack its own elections:
David Pakman: After Roy Moore disaster, Alabama cancels “special elections”.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Slate: Why it’s so hard to make realistic snow.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Tim’s tactics—co-opting liberal words
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Op’n Thread
The Washington State Senate has passed a ban on bump stocks. If all goes according to plan, horrific mass shootings will be a bit less deadly. It’s an important victory, but also it isn’t nearly enough.
..open thread..
Patrick Meehan sure picked the right time for all his gross gross behavior to be public. Who cares that their Congressman is a telling women in his office that they’re soul mates and retaliating against her for having a boyfriend when there’s Superbowl hype?
Drinking Liberally — Seattle
Please join us this evening for more adventures in politics, conversation and drinks at this week’s meeting of the 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 244 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.
Open thread…
I have started reading Hillary Clinton’s book. I was ready for the yuck of the loss. I was prepared for it to be a good read. I was not expecting how funny it is.
I’m only a couple chapters in, and I have had half a dozen belly laughs. The epigraph for Chapter 1 sets the tone perfectly. It has been a while, but I don’t remember her other books being this funny.
HA Bible Study: Luke 19:27
Luke 19:27
Now bring me the enemies who didn’t want me to be their king. Kill them while I watch!”
Discuss.
Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The war on men—Resisting the evil Estrogenda
Stephen: Raw water.
Sam Seder: Project Veritas’ lame surprise! Twitter expose.
Jimmy Kimmel: Government shutdown and funding CHIP
CAFE: California is experiencing a deadly flu epidemic.
VOX: How rats take advantage of human failure
Dotard Трамп, A.K.A. President Shithole Shithouse, and His Band of Con Men and Thieves:
- Stephen: Tuck Buckford Wants To Be Трамп’s Poison Tester
- PsychoSuperMom: He’s not sick, he’s just a shithole
- Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s fake news awards
- Francesca Fiorentini: Not a President, not yet a dictator
- James Corden: What will be President Трамп’s nickname for John Kelly?
- The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Glitz, glamour and lies—The fake news awards red carpet
- Jimmy Kimmel asks kids how Трамп is doing.
- WaPo: A year of Pres. Shithole on Трамп
- Trevor: Cory Booker is not having the DHS secretary’s shithole testimony.
- Conan on Трамп’s physical and public service.
- The Magic School Bus goes inside Трамп:
- Sam Seder: Trump, “Sleeping with my friends’ wives makes life worth living!”
- Stephen: Трамп is conveniently one pound under obese
- Seth Meyers: Трамп and GOP face a government shutdown of their own making
- James Corden: Melania Трамп sings “Part of Your World”
- Songify the News: I’m a shitholer
- Stephen: General Kelly says Трамп’s wall promises were “not fully informed”
- WaPo: Fact-checking Трамп’s claims about coal
- Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп is the Least Racist Person Ever
- The Daily Show: Little Dotard’s first year
- Stephen: Did Трамп say shithole or shithouse?
- Samantha Bee practices her fakies speech
- Farron Cousins: Трамп’s Mar-a Lago cited for more than a dozen health and safety violations
- David Pakman: Creepy Трамп told porn star she reminds him of Ivanka during affair
- WaPo Fact-checking President Трамп’s “Fake News Awards”
- Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s physical results and other stories
- Late Show: The Dossier has a message for all the haters
- Jimmy Kimmel: The porn Dotard Трамп doesn’t want you to see
- Seth Meyers: Трамп, Stormy Daniels and a possible government shutdown
- Conan: Melania likes to go to bed disguised as a salad
- Young Turks: “Girtherism” explained
- WaPo: Liars on parade—the defenses and dodges to Трамп’s ‘shithole countries’ remark
- Stephen: Sen. Chuck Schumer has “no doubts” Трамп said “shithole”
- James Corden: Can we say aloha to the weekend’s Stormy, shithole news?
- Roy Zimmerman: Bleep-hole:
- Stephen: Who let the Wolff in?
- Lawrence O’Donnell: The President and the porn star
- Jimmy Kimmel: Borderline obese Трамп in excellent health
- Stephen: Shocking news, our President is perfectly healthy
- Maddow: Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into President Dotard Трамп’s dealings
- Young Turks: Трамп too stupid to lie about campaign stop
- Stephen: People keep buying the wrong “Fire And Fury” book
- Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп brings the government to the brink of shutdown
- Samantha Bee: Is this racist racist?
- Trevor: Dotard Трамп is somehow healthy
- Young Turks: Трамп’s lawyer fears Mueller “perjury trap”
- David Pakman: At least SOME of Трамп’s medical report was lies
- Stephen: Sarah Huckabee Sanders explains why Трамп isn’t racist
- WaPo: Трамп’s divisive first year in office
- Chris Hayes: How did Michael Wolff get access to the White House?
- Trevor: So stupid it’s not funny—Трамп’s crackdown on legal immigration
- Conan: Трамп’s doctor has his own TV ad
- Jimmy Kimmel: The dishonest & corrupt President awards
- Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп’s first year to be marked by return of nationwide protests
- David Pakman: Трамп disputes DISASTROUS interview, then audio is released
- James Corden: And the #FakeNews awards go to…404 Error
- Sam Seder: Trump “affair” story proves what we already knew—He’s A CREEP
- Late Show: The Stormy-Трамп porno that no one’s been waiting for
- Jimmy Fallon: James Taylor sings “Fire and Fury”:
- Seth Meyers: Трамп and Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Recovery
- WaPo Fact Check: Do illegal immigrants commit more crimes?.
- Conan: Трамп and Haiti have a lot in common
- Young Turks: Porn star Stormy Daniels, “Трамп said I’m just like Ivanka”
- Maddow: Mueller subpoena blocks Steve Bannon Congressional testimony
- Stephen: Stormy Daniels, “Sex with Трамп was ‘textbook generic'”
- Farron Cousins: Our idiot President speaks at a fourth grade level
- WaPo: Fact checking Трамп’s claim that terror suspect bring two dozen relatives to U.S.
- Stephen: Is the President a pornstar-dating racist?
- Young Turks: Трамп go help doctors discriminate
- Weekend Update: President Shithole news
- Late Show: A full history of Трамп’s fake awards
Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
VOX: The chocolate science hype machine.
Samantha Bee: #MeToo backlash.
Mark Fiore: Algorithm News.
WaPo: Short-term spending bill fails in the Senate
White noise sleep machine: How racists sleep at night.
On Wisconsin and Midterm Elections:
- Sam Seder: Democrats score HUGE upset in Wisconsin election, Republicans should be terrified
- Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP fears of “blue wave” in midterm elections grow
- Ari Melbur: Midterms and Dotard Трамп’s record low approval
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Raging out to cable news
The Women’s March on Washington one year later.
Stephen: Don’t fire the Hawaiian who hit the emergency alert.
VOX: How faster computers gave us Meltdown and Spectre.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Open Thread
So much, is happening, y’all.
Washington state has a capital construction budget.
The second year of the Women’s March.
It’s looking pretty likely that there will be a government shutdown.
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I realized that I haven’t watched a playoff game this football season, and it’s great. I have 2 teams that I root for, and neither made the playoffs.
So now there isn’t a chunk taken out of the weekend. I don’t have to watch interminable replays. I don’t have to see injury after injury.
Drinking Liberally — Seattle
Join us this Tuesday evening for another adventure in politics and drinks at the 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 244 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.