Archives for August 2019

The New York Times: How Americans learned to love their front lawns.

Francesca Fiorentini: What’s scarier to racists than reparations?

Mark Fiore: Make the apocalypse great again!

The Dotard Трамп and Other Tools of The Russian Mafia:

• Ari Melber: Trump hires undocumented workers, defends raid that left kids alone
• Trevor: Backlash over SoulCycle & Equinox owner’s Трамп fundraiser
• Stephen: El Paso to Трамп, “You’re not welcome here”
• Chris Hayes: He can’t help, so he hurts
• Seth Meyers: Трамп picks political fights as he visits Dayton and El Paso
• The Late Show: Worried Трамп’s trade war will cause economic calamity?
• Stephen: Трамп to reporters, “You do the vetting for me”:

• Rachel Maddow: ICE raid speaks louder than Трамп’s platitudes on El Paso shooting
• Ari Melber: Трамп-ordered ICE raid leaves kids crying
• Seth Meyers: Hey! New York Times Трамп headline
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Banks turn over documents on Russians possibly tied to The Dotard Трамп
• Now This: Racist white woman echoes Трамп in Sesame Place incident
• Stephen: Трамп offers no moral leadership
• Rachel Maddow: The Dotard Трамп’s Chief-of-staff caught being honest about USDA relocation
• Seth Meyers: Трамп attacks Biden & the NRA calls Трамп
• The Late Show: The Dotard claims his rhetoric brings people together
• Samantha Bee: How to get your head(lines) right
• Chris Hayes: From the standpoint of The Dotard Трамп
• James Cordon: Трамп is suing California to keep his taxes secret
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп thinks he’s bringing people together
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What The Dotard Трамп was really doing during El Paso visit
• Stephen: Трамп greeted by protests in Dayton and El Paso

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Vox: Why so many suburbs look the same

Gunz-n-Nazis-in-America and Putin’s Mitch:

• Samantha Bee: Just another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week of gun violence
• Now This: The truth about mental illness and gun violence
• Daily Show: FAUX News vs. El Paso shooter’s manifesto:

• WaPo: No, Dotard, video games do not cause mass shootings or white supremacy
• Trevor: What causes mass shootings?
• Rachel Maddow: Victims of white nationalist terror fight back (and win) in court
• The Late Show: The Dotard’s violent video game
• Bill Maher: Tragedy meets Трамп
• Stephen: America’s gun culture is melting down.
• WaPo: Dayton protesters tell Trump to go home
• James Cordon’s message after the El Paso & Dayton tragedies
• Now This: Woman fights for gun reform after losing both parents to gun violence
• VICE news: Inside Sen. Chuck Grassley’s town hall after the El Paso and Dayton shootings
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mass shootings in El Paso & Dayton
• The Atlantic: Inside America’s ridiculously old-fashioned gun-tracing center
• WaPo: How FAUX News has referred to migrants as an “invasion” that is “replacing” Americans
• The Late Show: There was a turtle by the name of Mitch
• Trevor: Are FAUX News’s gun violence solutions better for guns than for people?
• Now This: Remembering the victims of the El Paso shooting
• WaPo: How tech firms pulled the plug on 8chan
• Samantha Bee: A reminder to our government that white supremacist violence is terrorism:

• Seth Meyers: Politicians react to shootings in El Paso and Dayton
• VICE News: Gamers have had it with being scapegoated for gun violence

Full Frontal: Spring breakers—Young voter edition featuring Allana Harkin

Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard can’t even spell his own name

Bill Maher chats with Richard Engel.

Vox: All student debt in the US, visualized.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Dem candidates take desperate measures to qualify for next debate
• The Late Show: Vote Gregory Whytman 2020!
• WaPo: Biden—“Everything the president says encourages white supremacists”
• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic presidential debate round two
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Past & furious
• Francesca Fiorentini: 5 ways to beat Трамп at his own game in 2020
• Stephen: October’s Dem debate could see MORE candidates
• Trevor: Dems share four-letter thoughts on Трамп and guns

Wired: Why cities are banning facial recognition technology.

Robert Reich: The myth of the rugged individual.

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

Amazing protest of ICE yesterday. It seems like every day there’s a new horror. Baby cages. Mass deportations on the first day of school. It would be great to have human decency at the border.

The other day, I was in West Seattle after work. Rather than take the bus Downtown like a reasonable person, I decided to walk. I used to take my bike that way pretty frequently, but it has been a while.

Anyway, I walked down East Marginal Way and there were no cars. I assumed that traffic was cut off due to all the construction, but it didn’t look like it. And there were plenty of bikes. It was eerie and wonderful at the same time. I would recommend more places inexplicably devoid of cars.

It’s election night in Washington state. So fill out your ballot, drop it off at the nearest ballot box, and then join us for an evening of electoral edification and political pontification at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm. Show up a little earlier to catch the 8pm ballot drop.

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!

Hey everyone. Please don’t murder anyone. Don’t be a white supremacist. Don’t spread white supremacist garbage online or in person. This country needs to confront a lot of horrible things including racism and easy access to guns. But in the meantime don’t kill anyone.

Jim Jefferies: The TSA isn’t actually very good at stopping terrorism.

Now This: Even FAUX News is #MoscowMitch on his inaction against Russian interference.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Chris Hayes: The Ronald Reagan tape.

Vox: Where Manhattan’s grid plan came from.

The Racist Slumlord Dotard Трамп and His Racist Enablers:

• Stephen: Marianne Williamson and “The least racist person in the world”
• Now This: Трамп’s racist use of “infested” when describing black & brown communities
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kathy Griffin on her ISIS membership & Dotard Трамп
• Ari Melber: Watch a Republican Congressman scold Трамп—Don’t be “An asshole”
• Chris Hayes: A history lesson from the Dotard
• Stephen: Alert your book club! Donald Trump Jr. is an author
• Ali Velshi: A majority of House Democrats now backs impeachment
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney hilariously avoids calling Трамп a “racist”:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп tweets racist attacks on Elijah Cummings amid investigations
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп offers Putin help with Russia fires
• Robert Reich: How Трамп plans to kick 3 million people off food stamps
• Stephen: Трамп isn’t a first responder, but he was “down there” on 9/11
• Mark Fiore: Need damage control? Be a racist!
• Now This: The Dotard Трамп habitually attacks women journalists of color
• Joy Reid: Mitch McConnell loses sense of humor over “Moscow Mitch” ahead of roast
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard attacks Baltimore
• Stephen: Rahm Emanuel points out that Obamacare’s protection for pre-existing conditions is working
• The Late Show: Shark week just got even scarier
• Stephen: Will Трамп stop his MAGA rally crowd from chanting racist shit?
• Chris Hayes: Ta-Nehisi Coates defends his hometown of Baltimore
• Now This: The Dotard bullshits about being at ground zero alongside first responders on 9/11
• Stephen: God bless America, except Baltimore
• Ari Melber: Трамп under fire for mocking burglary at Rep. Cummings’ home

Full Frontal: Kentucky wants to break up with Mitch McConnell.

Lauren Meyer: #MoscowMitch & #LeningradLindsey:

Jenny Hagel on the Political Protests in Puerto Rico.

Robert Reich: The 5 biggest myths Republicans use to avoid raising the minimum wage

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Ali Velshi: More House Republicans head for the exits
• WaPo: What a string of House GOP retirements means for 2020
• Stephen: A whole lot of Delaney fans
• Now This: The Democratic candidates’ favorite debate catchphrases revealed
• The Late Show: Just one question—Democratic candidates edition
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes wishes he could moderate a presidential debate
• Trevor: Democratic debate 2, night 1
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kids tell us who should be next President
• Samantha Bee: Decriminalizing migration is not open borders, with Julián Castro
• Seth Meyers: Best case/worst case—2020 Democratic presidential candidates
• The Late Show: Say goodbye to nice guy Joe Biden
• The Daily Show: Too many candidates
• Samantha Bee: Student loan Debt—It’s not just for millennials anymore!
• The Late Show: Kim Jong Un throws his hat in the ring
• Trevor: Andrew Yang—Bringing bold and unique ideas to his 2020 White House bid
• Stephen: Guess who is probably not going to be president
• Jimmy Kimmel on the first Democratic debate
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes wants to see Buttigieg, Warren, Harris, Sanders and Biden debate each other
• Now This: Fact checking the 2020 candidates on night 1 of second Democratic debates
• The Late Show: Scooby-Doo unmasks a Democratic candidate
• Stephen: Throw your hands up in the air
• Now This: Eight true facts from 2020 candidates on night 2 of second Democratic debates
• Trevor: Democratic debate 2, night 2
• Stephen: Dems debate night 2—Joe Biden attacked from all sides
• Seth Meyers: CNN’s Democratic debate, night one
• Jimmy Kimmel on the second Democratic debate
• Stephen: This time it isn’t all white people
• Seth Meyers: CNN’s Democratic debate, night two

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Robert Reich: Where your tax dollars really go.

Wired: Scientist explains climate change using maps.

Ben Folds sings his new song “Moscow Mitch”:

Vox: Why the US has so many tornadoes.

Stephen: Rahm Emanuel—Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line

Ari Melber: Mitch McConnell earns “Moscow Mitch” moniker blocking security bills.

Seth Meyers: Jose Antonio Vargas explains what politicians get wrong about immigration

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

Congrats to Representative, soon to be Speaker, Jinkins. A good liberal will make an excellent speaker. I am excited to see what her Speakership brings. It has been a long time, probably too long, since the Las Speaker election. Also, definitely read the article if for nothing else, the sine die joke.