Archives for May 2019

The last time I took a bus to Olympia, the entire way between Tacoma and Olympia, I was sat next to a very talkative man. Y’all! He had so much to say about his neighbor’s herpes. On and on and on.

Anyway, people complain about the Seattle freeze, and there was recently some discussion about it on Twitter. But I love it. It is a lovely combination of Nordic stoicism and big city life. Small talk is great but not with randos. I love not talking to you. I know that it isn’t for everyone, but I appreciate it so hard.

Is I wrong to just use this to thread to figure out where to watch the Women’s World Cup? I don’t own a TV, so when I want to watch sports, I have to go out (or stream). Men’s international soccer, especially the World Cup, usually has bars open whenever. But on the women’s side, there are fewer options. So do you know of anywhere that will be hosting games, even when time zones make it tough?

Please join us tonight for an evening of politics over a pint 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 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!

Trevor explains 5G.

Jordan Klepper: Jordan gets arrested standing up for undocumented students’ rights.

The Dotard Трамп:

• Stephen: Why Adm. William McRaven challenged the Dotard Трамп
• Our Cartoon President: Cartoon Pelosi fights off calls for impeachment
• Jordan Klepper: The terrifying situations undocumented people face daily
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s Iran conflict confusion
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп throws a tantrum
• Mark Fiore: Xenophobe trading cards
• Our cartoon President: Cartoon pillow guy Mike Lindell introduces himself to the press
• The Late Show: Трамп words that start with “I”:

• WaPo: Трамп’s CDC wants to silence this climate change scientist, but he isn’t going away
• Stephen: Stop investigating me! Or else!
• Our Cartoon President: Cartoon Reagan teaches cartoon Трамп how to be a Republican President
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard threatens Iran on Twitter
• Stephen: Трамп’s records are in Merrick Garland’s hands
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s fate in Merrick Garland’s hands
• Stephen: Justin Amash is the only Republican of his kind
• Our Cartoon President: Cartoon Rudy Giuliani teaches cartoon Трамп how to be disgusting
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lashes out after Pelosi accuses him of a “cover-up”
• Stephen: Finding Rick Perry—The missing Secretary of Energy

Jordan Klepper: Bill Nye has a plan to solve climate change.

SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on her FAUX News suspension

Shit-hole States:

• The Late Show: Call now to help an abandoned Pennsylvanian
• Trevor: Extreme anti-abortion laws passed in Alabama, Missouri and Georgia
• SNL Weekend Update: Leslie Jones on Alabama’s abortion ban/a>
• Lauren Meyers: The Handmaid’s Song:

• WaPo: Abortion rights protests spread across the country
• Stephen: Today in unfortunate news out of Alabama

The Late Show: Ted Cruz says there are space pirates… Ye be warned!.

Stephen: Another unfortunate photo of Anthony Weiner.

The New York Times: I’m in Nike’s ads, but they won’t give me maternity protections.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Where Sen. Kamala Harris stands on impeachment
• Our Cartoon President: Cartoon Joe Biden wants the Democrats to fall in line
• The View (SNL): Pete Buttigieg
• Samantha Bee: Democrats on FAUX
• Full Frontal: Candidate sweep
• Seth Meyers: Julián Castro talks about Barack Obama, Ben Carson and immigration
• Our Cartoon President: The Democrats freak out over cartoon Joe Biden’s lead
• Stephen: Трамп lambasts FAUX News for hosting Pete Buttigieg
• Jim Jefferies: Announcing the perfect Democratic Presidential candidate for 2020

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Samantha Bee: Journalism’s corporate sponsors.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

Dear Representative Jayapal;

I want to thank you for your support of impeachment hearings. I hope that it will be as broad as possible. While the obstruction in the Muller Report is important to investigate, he has committed plenty of high crimes and misdemeanors including many in the open. I hope that the House will consider the deaths of children in custody. I hope that you will consider the Lester Holt interview.

Thank you,

Carl Ballard

Turn me into dirt and spread me under a cool tree. Wait not yet: I mean after I die. But at least now that’s an option. I am relatively free of weird chemicals. Also, I have some connections to rural New England, can my relatives transport dirt me across state lines? Into a state that doesn’t do human composting?

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for our weekly meet-up to share some political discussion 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 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!

Did you watch the finale of Game of Thrones? Like 95% or so of America, I didn’t watch. I hope you enjoyed it if you did watch it, but if my timeline is anything to go off of, you probably didn’t.

Late Show: Air Bud’s North Korea sequel.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Wendover: Mini countries abroad—how embassies work.

Chris Hayes: Florida Panhandle county hacked by Russia in 2016.

Jordan Klepper: On the ground with diehard environmental activists.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Grifters:

• Stephen: Трамп labels the trade war a “little squabble”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп releases immigration policy
• Chris Hayes: Weighing the worst case scenarios of Трамп’s presidency
• Ari Melber: House Judiciary Chair says Трамп’s AG Barr “Is just a liar”
• Stephen: Jared’s immigration plan is a “complete whiff”
• Michael Kosta: The Dotard Трамп tour of New York City.
• Трамп Driver: When your driver won’t stop talking about the dangers of wind power:

• Rachel Maddow: Unsealed court docs in Flynn case add detail to Трамп obstruction
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп Jr. to testify before Republican-led Senate
• Seth Meyers: Трамп fights with China, Rudy seeks Ukraine’s help in 2020
• WaPo: What you need to know about Трамп’s ‘merit-based’ immigration plan
• The Late Show: Tariffs could drive up walrus prices
• Chris Hayes: US denies citizenship to some kids of same-sex couples
• Stephen: Dotard Jr. puts the Трамп playbook to use
• Move On: The familiar drumbeat of war
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is a fraud and people don’t care
• Ari Melber: Former Трамп co-worker on his obsession with scary beauty
• SNL: Meet the Press—“What would it take for Трамп to lose your support?”
• The Late Show: Трамп tariffs call for an update to mother goose
• Rachel Maddow: Judge orders Flynn-related redactions removed from Mueller report
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Трамп is making school lunches greasy again
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп is a diagnosed narcissist
• Lauren Mayer: Tariff Man:

• James Corden: The Dotard Трамп has lots of exams planned for immigrants
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard lies about his trade war with China
• Our Cartoon President: Season II premiere
• Stephen: Трамп wants To Rebrand His Trade War
• Chris Hayes: U.S. escalation on Iran.

Jim Jefferies: So, what is a universal basic income?.

Trevor interviews Valerie Jarrett

Jimmy Kimmel: Cocaine Mitch McConnell.

Kurzgesagt: The side effects of vaccines—How high is the risk?

Sex in the Shit-Hole States:

• WaPo: What Alabama’s abortion legislation could mean for the rest of the country
• Chris Hayes: The GOP is coming for Roe v. Wade
• Jonathan Mann: Fuck you Alabama, fuck you Georgia:

• Amber Ruffin explains Alabama’s abortion ban
• WaPo: Anticipating the end of Roe v. Wade, states are passing new abortion laws
• Seth Meyers: Alabama’s abortion ban and Трамп’s war on Congress
• Ari Melber: Alabama Republicans vote for radical anti-abortion bill
• Samantha Bee: Sex ed for Senators:

• Chris Hayes: The hidden agenda of Alabama’s abortion ban
• Stephen: 25 Republican men ban abortion in Alabama

Desi Lydic: Globetrotting for gender equality.

Today I found out: The curious case of the green children of Woolpit.

Chris Hayes: Ted Cruz to Chris Hayes, “May space pirates devour your liver”

NOVA: New fossil discovery offers glimpse into the day the dinosaurs died.

Daily Show “Worst scandal in Presidential history”: Obama’s Saudi bow

Robert Reicht: Why we need a wealth tax.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Seth Meyers: Rep. Rashida Tlaib on growing up in Detroit, Holocaust comments and fighting poverty
• Stephen: Buttigieg gets christened with a Трамп nickname
• Desi Lydic: We need a lot more women to run for Congress
• Mother Jones sits down with Julián Castro
• Samantha Bee: Back to school with Kamala Harris
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Michael Bennet on government spending, economic growth and marijuana
• Roll Call: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA-) is running
• Stephen: Bill de Blasio joins the race to a resounding “why?”
• Mark Fiore: Maga impeach 2020
• Jimmy Kimmel: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is running for President
• Ari Melber: Cory Booker’s call for men to defend women’s rights
• WaPo: 2020 candidates weigh breaking up big tech
• Trevor: It’s 2020 24/7
• Seth Meyers: Biden says Republicans will have an “epiphany” after Трамп
• Samantha Bee: The electables

Daily Show: Daily affirmations with FAUX News’s Jeanine Pirro.

Vox: Why drugs cost more in the U.S.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Daily Show: The kid gloves come off.

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

I don’t understand how the pollin is getting worse even as it has been rainy the last few days. Seriously, it was terrible after a couple weeks without rain, and now it’s TERRIBLE. Some years allergies barely hit me and this year they are knocking me out.

Congrats are in order for Boeing. A few more months of no sales, and the union will really take a hit. Just think about how much they can do to break the union if they never sell another plane again.

It’s Tuesday, and that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for our weekly meet-up filled with conversations over a couple of drinks. Please stop by if you can!

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!

Filing Week,

Filing Week,

Find whatever office you seek.

Local race, any size

Run for something you guys

Look out!

Here comes the filing week.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Drunk History: The history of the birth control pill .

Daily Show: A message to the Arctic from the people of Africa

Samantha Bee: NRA’s unfriendly fire.

Bill Maher: Michael Lewis on why government is good

The Dotard Трамп and His Flock of Felons:

• Seth Meyers: Don Jr. subpoenaed as Трамп lies about Mueller report
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard has Lost Over a Billion Dollars
• Bill Maher: The resistance is futile
• Stephen: The Dotard plays tough with China
• Rachel Maddow: Counterintel clements of Трамп-Russia probe remain in a black box
• WaPo: Is The Dotard ‘goading’ Democrats into impeachment?
• Trevor: Mnuchin says no to Democrats, Barr flirts with jail time and DeVos doesn’t get strikes
• Chris Hayes: Michael Cohen says he helped Jerry Falwell Jr. with racy photos
• Ari Melber: See the striking video revealing GOP impeachment hypocrisy
• Conan: The huge revelations about Трамп’s tax returns
• Daily Show: Dotard Трамп tour of NYC:

• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп cheats and Vladimir Putin stumbles
• Lawrence O’Donnell: NYT report on The Dotard Трамп’s taxes begs the question, who is paying Трамп?
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press conference.
• Stephen: Трамп has made billions of dollars disappear
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп scared of new Don Jr. subpoena
• Mark Fiore: Case closed!
• WaPo: What “contempt of Congress” could mean for Barr
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп lost over $1 billion over a decade
• Robert Reich: Divider in chief
• Stephen: Where Трамп stands on “shooting immigrants”
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen said he fixed “racy photo” problem for Jerry Falwell Jr.
• Our Cartoon President: Трамп pukes over tax returns & Biden News
• Bill Maher: The great wife hope:

• The Late Show: The Dotard gets some Netflix shows of his own
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says Mueller shouldn’t testify, as Cohen goes to prison
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп on Kentucky Derby & Tiger Woods
• Stephen: Ari Melber—Impeach or don’t impeach
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп is still a con artist
• Seth Meyers: Hey! Mike Pompeo’s comments on climate change
• WaPo: Трамп’s war on the constitution is testing our democracy
• Jimmy Kimmel: Michael Cohen is locked up in super fun party prison
• Stephen: Трамп spent years posing as his own spokesman
• Ari Melber: Historic rebukes
• Lauren Mayer: Трамп hasn’t got any money:

• Our Cartoon President: Giuliani flawlessly defends Трамп Tower-Moscow’
• Stephen: Trump LOVES showing athletes the Lincoln bedroom
• Trevor: Finalists for America’s Next Top Battle—Iran, Venezuela and China
• Samantha Bee: Трамп’s paper trails
• Rachel Maddow: The Dotard Трамп’s red line failing despite urgency to keep finances opaque
• Late Show: “McConnell Squad” starring Mitch McConnell
• Chris Hayes: Faux, friends, and the case of the ten eggs
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lost over $1 billion in 10 years
• Stephen: It’s all smiles with Трамп and Putin

Real Engineering: The challenge of building a self-driving car

Jim Jefferies: Helping kids in foster care with Ty Burrell.

Stephen: The VEEP/Colbert crossover episode.

Wired: How scientists are preparing earth for an incoming asteroid.

The New Yorker: Why noise pollution is more dangerous than we think.

Desi Lydic: Can we pass the equal rights amendment already?

Mental Floss: The Declaration of Independence and other amazing yard sale finds.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Craig Ferguson’s idea for motivating Americans to vote
• Mother Jones: Sen. Warren calls to impeach Трамп…from the Senate floor
• Desi Lydic: Female candidates fight to break the airtime glass ceiling
• Full Frontal: Black Twitter 2020
• New York Times: Who is Andrew Yang, the internet’s favorite candidate?
• Stephen: Biden’s references aren’t up to date
• Mother Jones: Castro slams Трамп
• Trevor: Pete Buttigieg on why it’s not radical to reform the electoral college
• SNL Weekend Update: Senator Elizabeth Warren on college debt forgiveness
• Roll Call: Michael Bennet is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Chris Hayes: Elizabeth Warren on why we need to impeach The Dotard Трамп now
• Stephen: Doin’ it donkey style: Andrew Yang
• Bill Maher with Rep. Tim Ryan.
• Trevor: Footage surfaces from Bernie Sanders’s 1980s public access show

Roy Wood, Jr.: Why aren’t people more worried about climate change?

The Late Show: Russian trolls are fueling the anti-vaxxer movement

The New York Times: Facebook is “too big”. Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes tells us why:

Desi Lydic: Uber and Lyft vs. old-school taxis.

Jordan Klepper: The inside story of a pro wrestling league for war vets.

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

I don’t blog much anymore, but I thought I’d stop by HA for a moment to mark my 15th blogiversary.

It was on May 10, 2004 that I put up my very first post, clearly with no fucking idea how this foul-mouthed blog would eventually take over my life.

I’ve got a habit of shooting for the moon, but I’m also a realist, so nobody was more surprised than me when my shitty little blog developed such a large and loyal audience. I’ve been very fortunate. So if you’re still around to read this thank you… thank you for your support. (Also, a big thank you to Darryl and Carl for keeping alive what would otherwise be a static archive.)

And finally, as always: Tim Eyman is a horse’s ass.