Archives for April 2019

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers this evening for a drink and to chat politics. I hope you can 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!

I am feeling a bit icky, so this is it from me.

Robert Reicht: Everything you need to know about the new economy

Full Frontal: White at the museum

Wendover: How airlines decide where to fly.

Stephen: What’s next (or not next) for Stacey Abrams?

Vox: How scientists solved this dinosaur puzzle.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Dotard Трамп And His Band of Insecure Imbeciles:

• Stephen: Трамп promises a healthcare plan, someday
• Ari Melber: Bill Barr hugging Mueller while undercutting him
• Late Show: Raiders of the Lost Tax Returns
• Trevor: Трампy news
• Chris Hayes: Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) asks, “What are Barr and The Dotard Трамп trying to hide?”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s lawyer threat on tax returns “Didn’t really say anything”
• Stephen: Mueller’s team punches back at Barr’s summary
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s many security clearance missteps
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard babbles about oranges and windmills
• Late Show: When Kellyanne Conway gets a healthcare question
• Rachel Maddow: New reporting suggests strain between William Barr and Mueller team
• Stephen: Трамп tilts windmills!:

• Trevor: Трамп wages war on windmills
• Stephen: Remember Herman Cain? Stephen does.
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп inauguration subject of at least seven open investigations
• Late Show: Трамп’s latest opponent is wind
• Seth Meyers: Police use a fake wall to catch a Трампy vandal
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s worst presidential appointment
• Stephen: John Lithgow Shares His Trump-Based Poems
• WaPo: Late-night hosts react to Trump’s windmill comments
• New York Times: How FAUX News and The Dotard Трамп lost control to their base
• Seth Meyers: Mueller team responds to Barr letter “exonerating” Трамп
• Stephen: What happens if Трамп closes the Mexican border?
• Ari Melber: Obama DHS Secretary blasts Трамп on border
• Late Show: The dossier is Webby-nominated.
• Trevor: The Dotard exacerbates America’s immigration crisis
• WaPo: Трамп’s longstanding opposition to windmills
• SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro
• Bill Maher: A mostly Трампy monologue
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп sucks at golf
• Lauren Mayer: Whatever became of Lindsey?
• Rachel Maddow: William Barr’s rosy report spin frustrates Mueller investigators
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes defends his coverage of the Mueller Report
• Stephen: Aggressive and mean, two words most associated with Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Representative Adam Schiff—New report on Mueller findings “concerning.”
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп scrambles to keep his tax returns hidden from review
• Late Show: An America without avocados
• Chris Hayes: Mike Pence just wants to live like it’s fifty years ago.
• WaPo: What could happen if The Dotard closes the U.S.-Mexico border
• Trevor: A White House whistleblower outs Трамп’s careless clearances
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп’s random lie about his father

John Oliver: WWE.

WaPo: The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.

Minute Earth: Why can’t we get power from waves?

Samantha Bee: Roe V. Wade V. everyone

Mother Jones: How right-wing memes go viral.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris isn’t satisfied by William Barr’s Russia investigation summary
• Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris wants to give every teacher in America a raise
• Jimmy Dore chats with Bernie Sanders
• Stephen: Joe Biden’s whispers make terrible ASMR
• Trevor: Joe Biden faces backlash for his “hands-on” approach to politics
• Mark Fiore: Repeal and Give Us a Minute.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Verge Science: The underground life forms that have taken over Centralia (PA, not WA).

The Atlantic: How virtual reality helps catch Nazis.

Ali Velshi: Legal trouble permeates North Carolina Republican party

Mother Jones: Rep. Pressley (D-MA-07) shares emotional story of survival.

Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes had the best day on social media when Tucker Boy Carlson attacked him.

Daily Show: How the pink tax is ripping off women

WaPo: Lori Lightfoot’s mayoral victory is full of firsts

New York Times: Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s first Black woman Mayor.

Chris Hayes: House rebukes NRA to renew the violence against women act

Minute Physics: Why do compressed air cans get cold?

Vox: Why Tucker Boy Carlson pretends to hate elites.

Samantha Bee: Anti-anti-vaxxers.

WaPo: Stopping HIV in America is possible. What will it take?

Roll Call: More Congressional hits and misses.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The selfie stick.

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

We should have comprehensive sex ed

In all of Washington, but instead

The Senate committee

Is acting so shitty,

The bill this year is now sadly dead.

Is anyone excited about the Seattle City Council elections? I am not excited about the current crop of candidates. I will be voting for one, and using my Democracy Vouchers on 1 to 4 of them. So, who should I be excited about?

Please join us on Tuesday as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of political conversation over a drink.

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 266 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!

This is really the opposite of what I want from bicycle infrastructure. Both as a bicyclist and a city driver. Seattle is very hilly, so we can use the help.