Archives for November 2021

Tonight the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally engages in our weekly gathering to discuss all things political over fine beverages. Feel free to stop by and join us.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter.

Welcome to all of the Canadians who can now cross the border again. I had missed (?) all of the Bluejays hats around the city when they play the Mariners. And I imagine even more Canucks gear at some point. But seriously, it’s good because both sides of the border are good enough on COVID-19, and a lot of places depend on tourism.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And just get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Jon Stewart: How can America help its working class?

The Daily Show: Putting major court cases on trial

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Samantha Bee: How Amy Klobuchar is taking on big tech for you

Robert Reich: How wealth inequality spiraled out of control

Vox: The chicken industry’s worker safety problem

The Incendiary Insurgents, Impaired Idiots, Incoherent Imbeciles, Immoral Iconoclasts and Impeachable Imps That Make Up Трамп’s GOP:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mangy Paraphrases Marjorie (Taylor Greene) ♬
• The Daily Show: Tucker Carlson’s January 6th conspiracy documentary
• Ari Melber: Giuliani admits under oath he didn’t even check 2020 claims
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The United States of Freedom
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ As QAnon Waits Patiently for JFK Jr ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: QAnuts gather for JFK Jr’s triumphant return & Klan mom Marjorie Taylor Greene racks up mask fines
• Bill Maher: Let’s go Brandon
• Amber Ruffin: Marjorie Taylor Greene needs to stop
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ God Has Chosen Трамп ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп and the GOP are trying to cover up what happened on January 6
• Zerlina: A week in review of the January 6th investigation
• Stephen: The Q Files—JFK Jr. fails to appear at the Rolling Stones concert
• Rachel Maddow: Gabby Giffords group takes NRA to court over millions in illegal donations to Republicans
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the Virginia election
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is in a Panic! ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard crashes World Series, let’s go Brandon pilot investigated
• act.tv: The hypocrisy of Ted Cruz
• Seth Meyers: Virginia Republicans kept their distance from Трамп while courting his base
• Medhi Hasan: If you’re not scared about American fascism, you’re not paying attention
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Josh Hawley worries about feminization ♬
• Seth Meyers: Republicans lose in New Jersey and QAnon supporters await JFK Jr’s return
• Bill Maher: Heroes of the coup—Commemorative coin collection
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s dire warnings about Biden and QAnon waiting for dead celebrities
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Marjorie Taylor Greene’s New Campaign Song ♬
• Stephen: GOP has a big night and Rep. Boebert thinks parents don’t deserve paid family leave

Cracked: Six real Bible verses we’re hoping God gives us a pass on

Ari Melber: Obama on campaigning through Hip Hop and quoting Jay-Z

Mark Fiore: Leading the world to West Virginia

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Katie Porter’s Whiteboard ♬:

Ari Melber: Pundit freak-out fact-check—Why Democrats didn’t blow it in 2021 election

Samantha Bee: These Supreme Court decisions could decide the future of abortion rights

Amber Ruffin: Renaming Army bases from Confederate Generals to Black women

This Week In ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Santa’s reindeer won’t fly his sleigh this year
• Ari Melber: Biden vax mandate gets shot in the arm from SCOTUS
• The Late Show: Covid has an agent? New doc reveals the power brokers who helped corona go viral
• Zerlina: A turning point in the covid-19 fight?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Covid news
• The Late Show: Marshall from Paw Patrol isn’t a fan of the mandate

Bloomberg Law: The shadow docket and how the Supreme Court uses it

John Oliver: Homelessness

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Remix Bros: ♫ Meta remix ♬

The Late Show: “The no book’ starring Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema

Roy Wood, Jr.: Black horror movies

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

With last night’s ballot drops, I think it’s safe to say the people who will be in Seattle and King County elected offices. Other than Port it’s the same as election night.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you haven’t been vaccinated, get your shit together and make an appointment today.

Well that was unpleasant. While some of the races are still too close to call, it looks like the Seattle conservative, and in one case actually conservative, people won. It’s disappointing.

More lefty people won in SeaTac, but the Republicans they were running against were more explicit about it. In fact, suburbia still trended left in a lot of places. The you should be afraid Seattle messages didn’t scare people running in places that weren’t Seattle. The national picture is… bleaker.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now! And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

It’s Election night in Washington state. So please join us for an evening of electoral politics over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. But show up early for the 8pm ballot drop. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter.

Hey, get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. Local races are going to make a huge difference. It’s quite a clear cut difference in many races, including Seattle. 2 years ago, it was pretty stark in many of the districts, but also a few were both fine.

But this year, there’s a clear difference in every race. I — you’ll be shocked to know — voted for the lefty candidates for all offices. I hope you will too if you live in the city.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And the vaccine is safe, people have been taking it all year: Get flipping vaccinated.