Archives for November 2019

Yesterday was a pretty good election nationally. Virginia and Kentucky had great wins for the Democrats. Statewide, oof. You hate to see the initiatives go the way they have.

And Seattle City Council is a mixed bag. With Mike O’Brien’s retirement and Kshama Sawant maybe losing, the left wing of the Council won’t be as liberal. But the median vote may be farther left. Hopefully we can get a head tax and figure out ways to minimize the impact of cuts that are probably coming to transit. I hope that some of the organizing that went into those races can be transferred to organizing to push those policies.

Tuesday is election day! So, if you haven’t voted yet, do so! Then, put on your “I think Eyman should get the chair” tee-shirt, drop off your ballot in a nearby ballot drop-box, and celebrate democracy by joining us 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.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 267 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!

For goodness sake, get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you’re in Seattle, please vote for the hold large corporations accountable slate. Everyone vote against killing transit projects. Vote for affirmative action.

Samantha Bee: Meet the badasses who roasted Harvey Weinstein.

Now This: Who is Steve King? Narrated by Nore Davis.

Vice News: The voting war in North Carolina.

Vox: Why Turkey is invading Syria.

Samantha Bee: Big little lies—Instagram’s sponsored content problem

The Dotard Трамп And Other Criers and Whimperers:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп allies attack Lt. Col. Vindman
• Trevor: Трамп impeachment update—Vindman’s explosive testimony
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sondland’s truthfulness under scrutiny as witnesses contradict his testimony
• Chris Hayes: Cybersecurity adviser Rudy Giuliani locks himself out of iPhone
• Stephen: Трамп gets extremely graphic in describing death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп kills al-Baghdadi and got booed at baseball game
• Rachel Maddow: Vindman reports that Трамп-Ukraine call record omitted Biden-related mentions
• Bill Maher: Who lost Syria?
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani butt-dials reporter; The Dotard is booed at World Series
• Trevor: Трамп announces killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi
• Stephen: Unlike The Dotard Трамп, Alexander Vindman’s character is unimpeachable
• Chris Hayes: Rudy Giuliani is dragging down The Dotard Трамп
• Robert Reich: Six ways The Dotard has sold out America
• The Late Show: Crowd chants “LOCK HIM UP!” at World Series game 5:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп impeachment going strong
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп backers aim to smear war hero amid more damaging testimony
• Mark Fiore: Vindmans Ukraine
• Stephen: White House intentionally left words out of the Трамп-Ukraine transcript
• Bruce Nelson: Oh, Mike Pence
• Chris Hayes: Трамп is searching for 5th DHS chief
• Stephen: Speaker Nancy Pelosi—Трамп undermined our national security to The benefit of the Russians
• Stephen: Speaker Nancy Pelosi on The Dotard’s future as President
• Seth Meyers: One of Seth’s writers explains her joke
• Trevor: Tackling Трамп’s attacks on Vindman
• Stephen: Chef José Andrés upstaged The Dotard at World Series game 5
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s al-Baghdadi speech & Obama’s Bin Laden speech:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senator Russ Feingold’s advice for Senate Republicans on impeachment
• Chris Hayes: As impeachment advances, what will Republicans do?
• Stephen: Трамп impeachment resolution passes with zero Republican votes
• Ari Melber: “A cover-up”—Democrats impeachment plan could go beyond Ukraine
• Full Frontal: Trump 2020—Are you ready to scream?
• Late Show: The Трамп impeachment moves to prime time
• Rachel Maddow: Top Трамп Russian official quits ahead of impeachment testimony
• Seth Meyers: Republicans compare impeachment to “a horror movie”
• Chris Hayes: Record detentions of migrant children at border
• Stephen: Трамп pleads for “Rupublicans” to defend him against “infair” impeachment
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп is mad at Jimmy
• Bruce Nelson: The Bill Barr song

• Ali Velshi: Republicans dodge questions about substance of Трамп’s Ukraine misconduct
• Chris Hayes: Nine pieces of evidence of quid pro quo
• Trevor: Sean Spicer plays dirty on Dancing with the Stars
• Bill Maher: Florida man
• Maddow: Трамп White House blocked condemnation of Russian aggression
• Lauren Mayer: Rudy’s turn to lie.
• Jimmy Kimmel: House votes to formalize impeachment process against Трамп on Halloween
• Conan: Трамп only gave candy to kids who promised to investigate Joe Biden
• Ari Melber: “Historic” vote moves Dems closer to impeaching Трамп
• Chris Hayes: As impeachment begins, the economy slows
• Seth Meyers: House votes to advance impeachment inquiry
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Intel Member says there’s a “Parade of patriots” testifying to impeachment inquiry

Roll Call: House Dems mourn bills buried in McConnell’s “legislative graveyard”.

Schmoyoho: Obama sings spooky scary skeletons—This day in Halloween history.

Stephen: Speaker Pelosi—We’ve sent “grim reaper” Mitch McConnell scores of bills

Samantha Bee: It’s complicated—Revenge porn and the Katie Hill controversy.

The New York Times: Inside Northeast Syria—What U.S. troop withdrawal cost the Kurds.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Ari Melber: 2020 Democrat Beto O’Rourke drops from Presidential race
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Kamala Harris talks about why she loves Iowa
• Now This: Why Republican Bill Weld is challenging Трамп in the 2020 primary
• Ali Velshi: Beto O’Rourke drops out as 2020 primary enters critical new phase
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Kamala Harris discusses the death of al-Baghdadi and the impeachment inquiry
• Stephen: Joe Biden—It’s time we put a pet back in the White House

Bruce Nelson: Republican guys.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—Date night.

Mental Floss: 28 facts about Theodore Roosevelt.

Samantha Bee: Organ failure—An American horror story.

Stephen: Twitter’s ban on political ads is a jab at Mark Zuckerberg.

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

Imagine being too racist for the College Republicans. Imagine being such a shitty organization that they have to explain, “I am NOT with those jerkoffs!” Oh, don’t get it wrong, they’re all assholes. But apparently the National College Republicans have a different threshold, or at least don’t want to have to explain the UW chapter anymore.