Archives for October 2019

I keep writing limericks about how awful President Trump is. But now a cinquain.

Obstructs

Justice. Does not

Turn over documents,

Or let his people testify.

Impeach.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets for drinks, discussion and dancing. Only two of those things are actually true.

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.

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!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Now This: Why grown men are afraid of Greta Thunberg.

John Oliver: Compounding pharmacies.

Real Engineering: Should we fear the next big solar storm?

Wired: Astronomer explains how SETI searches for aliens.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crooked Clown Posse:

• Trevor: Трамп’s potential impeachment snowballs
• Stephen: Rachel Maddow—there is a second whistleblower
• Rachel Maddow: Hillary Clinton—Ukraine is “the canary in the coal mine” on Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Is The Dotard Трамп trying to impeach himself?
• Bruce Nelson: Трамп Reminds Me of a Horse:

• Stephen: The weird conspiracy theories sucking Трамп down the whirlpool of shame
• Lawrence O’Donnell: FEC chair sets the record straight on foreign interference in an election
• New York Times: Impeachment, Ukraine and the whistle-blower’s complaint—Meet the key players
• Chris Hayes: Rep. Connolly, “We have to call this what it is…extortion”
• Samantha Bee: Трамп has officially gone off the deep end
• Ari Melber: “This is not a drill”—Трамп’s Ukraine crisis tests government system
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard and the GOP melt down amid the Ukraine scandal and impeachment
• The Daily Show: Трамп’s Ukraine scandal and the moral blindness defense
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп v. the whistleblower
• Stephen: Трамп stole his border alligators idea from President Obama
• Trevor: Трамп wants a border moat filled with snakes & alligators
• Chris Hayes: Chris Hayes on how the text messages destroy The Dotard’s alibi
• Rachel Maddow: Mike Pence, at center of Трамп Ukraine scheme, scrambles for cover
• The Late Show: Rudy Giuliani appears on “conspiracy today”
• Stephen: Трамп’s inner circle facing intense scrutiny in Ukraine scandal
• Seth Meyers: Трамп publicly asks Ukraine to investigate Biden amid impeachment
• Lawrence O’Donnell and Rachel Maddow: Second whistleblower
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп implodes as scandals multiply
• Seth Meyers: Трамп is having an impeachment meltdown
• Trevor: The impeachment trial of Rudy Giuliani
• Stephen: Hillary Rodham Clinton—Impeachment inquiry is “exactly what should be done”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп recycling old Ukraine script in smear against Joe Biden
• Robert Reich: The biggest difference between Трамп and Nixon
• The Daily Show found Трамп’s secret server
• The Late Show: Cookie Monster spells S-U-B-P-O-E-N-A
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes explains the three categories of impeachment reactions
• Mark Fiore: Трамп, Giuliani and Barr investigators at large
• Stephen: Трамп lapdogs McCarthy, Graham, and Miller struggle on the Sunday shows
• Trevor: Gavin Newsom on California’s emissions battle with Трамп
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп openly admits to collusion, no probe needed
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Mike Pompeo admits he listened to Трамп-Ukraine phone call
• Stephen: If Трамп goes down, he’s bringing Mike Pence with him
• Chris Hayes: Трамп’s desperate attempts to obscure his corrupt abuse of power
• The Late Show: It’s The Dotard Трамп calling, can you do me a favor?
• Samantha Bee: Mike Pence takes HHS to the past
• Stephen: As the walls close in, The Dotard Трамп is clearly losing it
• Jimmy Kimmel: For Трамп, things that are true are talse
• SNL: Impeachment!:

• The Daily Show: FAUX & Friends can’t say “SERVER”
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s ignorance defense
• SNL Weekend Update: Democrats launch impeachment inquiry
• Stephen: Rachel Maddow—We just don’t know how impeachment will play out
• Now This: Hillary Clinton on the truth about The Dotard, impeachment, and her emails
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on the increasing speed of the impeachment investigation
• The Late Show: Like rats from a sinking ship
• Ari Melber: Трамп Ukraine call rings “alarm bells” with evidence of a cover up
• Stephen: Trump tries to normalize his criminal behavior by doing it in public
• Samantha Bee: Ilhan Omar—Impeachment pioneer
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп sets staff to task of contradicting US intel on Russia
• Trevor: A crime you admit to…is still a crime
• Chris Hayes: Трамп now openly soliciting foreign interference
• The Daily Show explains it good—The Biden-Ukraine story
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп going crazy over Gatorgate
• Stephen explains the Ukraine scandal to Ainsley Earhardt of FAUX & Friends
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Giuliani admits he provided docs the State IG flagged to House committees

Matt Lieb (Newsbroke): Why a universal basic income (UBI) isn’t progressive

Stephen: Rachel Maddow—Russia uses oil and gas as a weapon.

Mark Fiore: The billion ant mega colony and the biggest war on earth.

The Atlantic: Why your phone isn’t safe.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Warren passes Biden in poll, Bernie shops at Kohls
• Now This: Mark Zuckerberg says an Elizabeth Warren presidency would “suck” for Facebook
• Robert Reich: Chatting with Bernie Sanders
• SNL: The Impeachment town hall
• WaPo: At gun forum, 2020 Democrats amp up calls for licensing system
• Stephen: Bernie Sanders is Cosmo’s new cover model

Now This: Why Jay Inslee vows to keep fighting the climate crisis.

Jim Jefferies: What socialism really looks like

Vox: No, vitamin C won’t cure your cold

Stephen: Sec. Hillary Clinton—Greta Thunberg spoke truth to power at the U.N.

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

So, the President asks you to commit crimes against humanity. Maybe shooting border crossing people. You can’t just ignore it. Even just leaking to a couple of reporters who are in the middle of writing a book isn’t enough. It’s still complicity.

Hey folks, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets tonight for an unimpeachably great time! Hard to know what we’ll chat about, however.

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.

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!