Archives for April 2019

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for conversations over a drink. All are welcomed!

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Another weekend another shooting in America. This time Chabad of Poway. It is another damn shame. Another toxic mix of hate and guns.

Fuck. It’s all so depressing. Talk to your kids if they’re espousing this kind of hate.

Jim Jefferies: The best way to win an argument

Today I Found Out: Why were executions held at midnight?

Minute Earth: Why is lyme disease getting worse?

WaPo: The fight for access to birth control and abortion, explained.

The Dotard Трамп and His Ring of Co-conspirators:

• Trevor: Why “No collusion” doesn’t equal “No obstruction”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard thinks Justices he appointed can overturn impeachment
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Crime and no punishment
• WaPo: Then and now—How Congress handled calls for underlying impeachment evidence
• Jimmy Dore: Трамп nominates Herman Cain To Fed Board:

• Ari Melber: Democrats hit Трамп for “massive, unprecedented” criminal obstruction
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Democrats threaten to jail Трамп officials who defy congressional subpoenas
• Rachel Maddow: President Dotard Трамп’s scramble to block Congressional investigations
• Rachel Maddow: Former Nixon attorney says The Dotard Трамп’s criticism of Don McGahn is “risky”
• Full Frontal: Historians roast Трамп
• Conan: Why The Dotard is losing Twitter followers
• WaPo: Hillary Clinton writes that the Mueller report documents serious crimes against America
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Even FAUX News’ Judge Andrew Napolitano believes The Dotard Трамп committed obstruction of justice
• Ari Melber: How Dotard Трамп’s bluff on House subpoenas may backfire
• Roll Call: Five ways Трамп is reshaping environmental policy
• Late Night: The Dotard Трамп and the big beautiful wall:

• Trevor: Трамп throws a tantrum over Twitter followers and tests the power of Congress
• Stephen: Robert De Niro on Трамп, “Even gangsters have morals”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s obstruction is disrespectful of the American public.
• Reflect: The worst moments of Трамп’s clown speech at the NRA
• Joe Biden SLAMS The Dotard’s “very fine people on both side” in presidential campaign announcement
• Trevor: Democrats are at odds over impeaching the Dotard
• Roy Wood, Jr.: What the hell does Ivanka actually do?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The light at the end of the Dotard Трамп tunnel
• Vice News: The Mueller report

• Mark Fiore: Free advice for Democrats.
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard claims his Charlottesville comments were “answered perfectly”
• Bill Maher: Rep. Adam Schiff on post-Mueller politics.
• WaPo: What is next for Democrats after the Mueller report’s release?
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller report shows The Dotard Трамп’s repeated efforts to obstruct
• Farron Cousins: The Dotard wanted to put detained children in Gitmo
• Lawrence O’Donnell: More video of Republican hypocrisy on impeachment
• David Pakman: Трамп threatens to use Supreme Court to block impeachment!?!

Jim Jefferies: You can attend your own funeral in South Korea.

Verge Science: This is what sea level rise will do to coastal cities

Ronny Chieng: Desperate ideas for a warming planet.

WaPo: Behind the speech—A joke that didn’t land. For a good reason.

Jimmy Fallen: Mostly political monologue.

Real Engineering: The truth about space debris.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• The Late Show: The Democratic endgame
• Trevor: The CNN Town Halls—Warren talks cents, Klobuchar gets real and Buttigieg wings it
• WaPo: Where the 2020 Democrats stand on free college and debt cancellation
• Conan: Who has the best chance at beating Трамп
• Mother Jones: 2020 candidates respond—Is it time to impeach Трамп?
• Kamala Harris: Stop human rights abuse at the border
• Jimmy Dore: Bernie screams about his tax returns
• New York Times: Biden announced his candidacy. Will his record help or hurt him?
• Cory Booker: It’s not enough to just say “I’m not a racist”
• Bill Maher: A fresh face
• WaPo: From ‘perfectly reasonable’ to ‘no’—2020 candidates weigh in on impeachment
• Roll Call: Joe Biden is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Conan: Bernie is building an unusual constituency
• Elizabeth Warren: Why you should vote for who you believe in
• Trevor: Joe Biden jumps on the 2020 train with a whole lot of baggage
• WaPo: Joe Biden’s biggest 2020 competitor may be … Joe Biden
• Ari Melber: Did Mueller prove Swalwell wrong on collusion?

Jim Jefferies: A simple solution to the retirement crisis.

Today I Found Out: How did flipping the bird come to mean “fuck you”?

Vice News: The evolution (or not) of school shootings in America since Columbine.

Farron Cousins: Devin Nunes is so afraid of the public he’s holding a fundraiser in secret location.

WaPo: Why do politicians switch parties?

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

CPB in Spokane acting scuzzy has caught up with them. I hope that Mr. Elshieky gets all of the money and that there are real reforms. Also, even if the fuckery were justified (it’s not) the bus ride from Spokane to Portland isn’t exactly the hot route for international smugglers.

Matt Shea is such a garbage person. At a certain point, there have to be the barest of consequences for all of the fuckery. I would hope that there is enough decency in the Republican Party to show him some serious consequences. But the truth is that the rot is the party. They have become the party that redefined the Second Amendment and elevated Donald Trump. Of course they don’t care about genocide manifestos or targeting professors and protesters.

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Happy Earth Day! Tomorrow, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for our weekly dose of political discussion over a beer. Please stop by.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Hey y’all, it’s that time again. Time for some spring cleaning? Yes, but I was also thinking of the Northwest Progressive Institute spring funding gala. It looks like a pretty good lineup as usual.

Trevor interviews Stephen.

Vox: What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you.

Jim Jefferies: The all-women group protecting animals in Africa from poachers.

The Dotard Трамп and Co-conspirators:

• Seth Meyers: Sarah Sanders says Congress is not “smart enough” for Трамп’s tax returns
• Lawrence O’Donnell’s initial analysis of the Robert Mueller report.
• Stephen gets his copy of the Mueller report
• The Late Show: The Mueller report audiobook
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп team and Russians pursued relationship of mutual benefit
• Jimmy Kimmel: Schoolhouse Rock—Mueller report redactions
• Ari Melber: House Democrats subpoena full Mueller report in new clash with Barr
• Stephen: Wikicollusion
• Conan: The tidy mouse helped redact the Mueller report
• Jimmy Fallon: “(Can’t Take No) Redactions”:

• Stephen: There’s some crazy shit in the Mueller report
• Rachel Maddow: Robert Mueller report a road map for charging The Dotard Трамп with obstruction
• Conan: Infomercial for the complete Mueller report collection
• WaPo: The Dotard threatened to close the border. Here’s what could happen if he did
• Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy responds to the redacted Mueller report
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп calls FAUX News “We”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The end of the beginning of the investigations of Трамп
• Ari Melber: See Mueller’s damning criminal obstruction evidence against Трамп
• James Corden: The Mueller report has (mostly) been released
• Mark Fiore: Barring the Mueller report
• Rachel Maddow: Robert Mueller report—Outline for prosecution
• Chris Hayes: Mueller report reveals a mob-like presidency.
• The Late Show: Трамп’s solution for everything—Rebrand!
• Conan: Трамп’s Tweetstorm about the Notre Dame Cathedral fire
• Stephen: Stephen Miller’s even more extreme immigration ideas
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп’s nickname game is weak
• Joy Reid: Sarah Sanders caught lying. So she lies again:

• Stephen: Mueller made it clear who the bad guys are
• Lawrence O’Donnell and friends: Robert Mueller report says “It does not exonerate” The Dotard.
• Ari Melber: Why Трамп AG said “No collusion” when Mueller found no conspiracy
• Seth Meyers: Washington reacts to the Mueller report
• Conan: Bernie Bros were out in force at Bernie Sanders’ FAUX News town hall
• Stephen: Neal Katyal—Mueller’s report is “The end of the beginning”
• Jimmy Fallon: Talk like Трамп
• The Late Show: Color code your own Mueller report
• Ari Melber: Why Barr got the Mueller report wrong.
• Rachel Maddow: Robert Mueller report shows many cases continuing & hidden from public
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Robert Mueller exposes Sarah Sanders’ lies
• Chris Hayes: Robert Mueller report will be lightly redacted
• Stephen: Трамп’s bad advice for the Notre Dame Cathedral

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Comedy Central: White tax.

Chris Hayes: GOP Representative flip-flips on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invitation.

Vox: The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice.

The Atlantic: Internet free speech—Do you know your rights?.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: FAUX News can’t contain Bernie Sanders
• Chris Hayes: Senator Kamala Harris—Robert Mueller should testify before Congress
• Jimmy Kimmel: Two Republicans, nine thousand Democrats running for President
• Seth Meyers: Democrats take on corporate profits and CEO pay
• New York Times: Who is Pete Buttigieg?
• Joy Reid: Democratic field for 2020 still a toss-up
• Conan identifies Pete Buttigieg’s anti-gay heckler
• Rachel Maddow interviews Pete Buttigieg
• Jimmy Fallon: Pete Buttigieg is the avocado toast of Democrats
• Seth Meyers: Mayor Pete Buttigieg is unsure the Mueller report will change anything
• Chris Hayes: Senator Amy Klobuchar wants to hear from Mueller directly
• Roll Call: Eric Swalwell is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Mayor Pete Buttigieg confronts Jimmy Fallon about his impression
• Rachel Maddow: Senator Elizabeth Warren first 2020 candidate to call for impeachment
• WaPo: Watch Mayor Pete Buttigieg speak many languages
• Jimmy Kimmel: Democrats’ best shot to win in 2020
• Seth Meyers: Mayor Pete Buttigieg on why sharing the stage with his husband is a reason to be hopeful

College Humor: Everyone is a Republican on tax day:

Jim Jefferies: Stop saying zoos are bad for animals.

Joy Reid: GOP Congressman hops fake border to prove how easy it is to cross border.

Robert Reich: Twelve myths about taxing the rich.

New York Times: How Communist East Germany held thousands of women as political prisoners

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

President Trump sure did a lot of things that look like crimes. I mean asking people to commit crimes on your behalf is pretty crimish. Don’t have people crime for you, everyone.

This is a week or so old, but I had not heard about it before. Some kid who seems disturbed is scary as hell. Also, he swims in a pervasive antisemitism. I don’t know how we deal with it, but letting him have guns seems like a bad idea.

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for an evening of drinks and politics.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 265 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Important Thunderpussy news!

Now that I have your attention, it’s trademark news. It seems like a different category than FUCT to me, but I am no trademark staffer or attorney.

And kudos to KUOW for actually saying Thunderpussy on my morning radio.

John Oliver: Mobile homes.

The Atlantic: Watch community self-policing in action.

WaPo: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “some people did something” comment on 9/11, in context.

Chris Hayes: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar targetted by conservative media

Trevor: Assange arrested and charged with conspiracy

Bill Maher: Masturbate, don’t procreate.

Vox: How Norway designed a more humane prison.

Robert Reich: Socialism of the rich, capitalism for the rest

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

New York Times: We’re losing the war against bacteria, here’s why

Dotard Quixote Трамп And Other Toxic Windbags:

• Stephen: Трамп wrongly blames Obama for family separations
• Rachel Maddow: William Barr scrambles to rewind “spying” conspiracy theory embrace
• Trevor: The battle over Трамп’s tax returns
• Seth Meyers: Трамп dodges questions on Mueller, tax returns, WikiLeaks
• Lauren Mayer: If you’ve got nothing to hide
• Jonathan Mann: Throw William Barr into the black hole
• Bill Maher: Seth Abramson—Proof of Collusion
• Conan: People gave Трамп money to get the hell out of Los Angeles
• Mother Jones: The Dotard’s WikiLeaks amnesia:

• Stephen: Mar-A-Lago is a spy’s dream come true
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Blocking Трамп tax return release puts Treasury Secretary in legal jeopardy
• Jimmy Kimmel: The real reason The Dotard won’t release tax returns
• The Late Show: The Kirstjen Nielsen farewell card collectjion
• WaPo: The fight against Trump’s travel ban just arrived on Congress’s doorstep
• Stephen: Caging kids isn’t tough enough for Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Трамп listens to Stephen Miller and Lou Dobbs on immigration
• Trevor: The Mueller report tug-of-war
• Samantha Bee: The DHS purge
• Chris Hayes: The Трамп’s Twitter feed is full of garbage
• Stephen: William Barr hints at his Mueller report redactions
• The Late Show: The Acting Secretary school of acting
• Stephen: Maxine Waters has the gavel, not the “gravel”.
• Ari Melber: Mueller indictment busts Democratic lawyer linked to Трамп’s guilty campaign manager
• Roll Call: Swamp monsters return to the Hill to protest Трамп’s Interior secretary nominee
• Bill Maher: 25 things you don’t know about Mike Pence:

• Mark Fiore: Calling all xenophobes
• Rachel Maddow: Assange Arrest puts WikiLeaks tie to Трамп camp back in spotlight
• Stephen: Трамп’s “Our country is full” is the new “Lock her up”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard thinks we’re very lucky he is President
• Bill Maher: Barr fight
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard lashes out over immigration and his tax returns
• Samantha Bee: Fifty Cons of Way
• Trevor: Profiles in tremendousness—Federal Reserve Board nominee Herman Cain
• WaPo Opinion: Where’s the love for WikiLeaks now, Dotard?
• Stephen: The Dotard thinks he has “won” the Mueller report
• The Late Show: Should Mnuchin stay or should he go?

Seth Meyers: Chelsea Clinton doesn’t know what FAUX News would talk about without her mom.

Jim Jefferies: Jim talks with sex workers in Thailand about trans rights.

Physics Girl: How magnet paper works.

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses.

Songify some political news:

Vox: How Leonardo da Vinci made a “satellite” map in 1502.

Samantha Bee: Yemenis in Djibouti.

Jimmy Kimmel: DO NOT USE #YachtCocaineProstitutes or Devin Nunes will be mad.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Rep. Eric Swalwell is a presidential candidate
• Roll Call: Tim Ryan is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Warren, Amazon should pay “fair share” in taxes
• Conan’s dog is thinking about running for President
• WaPo: The ever-expanding role of a candidate’s partner on the campaign trail

Vox: Why this black hole photo is such a big deal.

Seth Meyers: A political monologue.

Stephen interviews Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).

Jim Jefferies: The mistreatment of trans people in sports.

Roll Call: Climate debate heats up Oversight Committee.

Jimmy Fallon with political News and Improved.

Seth Meyers: Political monologue.

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

I appreciate that a police tower may be necessary in some cases, seeing the picture is a lot. I mean how do you insure that you are just intimidating criminals and not the public more broadly, especially in communities of color? That said the article says that the towers go to sports stadiums, so I have presumably seen them in the wild and not noticed them.

OK, you’re still out there, but why, man?

We all know it’s just lie, lie, lie, man.

It might sound appealing,

But you can’t go self dealing!

Here’s hoping the court says “goodbye, man.”