Archives for April 2022

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Amber Ruffin: How many mass shootings until we can have REAL gun control?

Samantha Bee: The case for universal free lunch

Dulcé Sloan is… Black Karen

The Crazy Coup-monkies that Worship Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy accidentally told the truth ♬
• Seth Meyers: Two Disney adults on Disney and Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill
• Rachel Maddow: Michigan GOP in chaos as fealty to Трамп’s big lie defines party
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell blocked from Amazon, Kushner’s shady billions and Dim Jr
• Really American: GOP lawmaker says rape is “opportunity” for women
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Part Of Their Herd ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s fear of fruit ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to being held IN CONTEMPT of Court
• Vox: Could the Constitution bar Трамп from running again?
• Rachel Maddow: The Republican war on journalism
• Samantha Bee: Mark Meadows’ 2,319 texts are absolutely bonkers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin and Трамп, Peas in a Pod ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Ron DeSantis is $1 billion stupider than we thought
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s mess of frightening candidates, Truth Social’s lies & Jimmy’s proposal for Mike Lindell
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп is no less dangerous for being a ridiculous buffoon
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republican Candidates Suck (Up to Трамп) ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says he won’t return to Twitter even with Elon Musk in charge
• Chris Hayes: Targeting of Madison Cawthorn reveals where Republican red line is
• Really American: Republicans MELTDOWN over student loan forgiveness
• Chris Hayes: McCarthy took issue with Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz, and Others after Jan. 6
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to dangerous fruits
• Rachel Maddow: Meadows and Трамп allies pursued alternate elector scheme despite legal advice against it
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “I’ve Had it With This Guy”, The Kevin McCarthy Song ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Marjorie Taylor Greene plays dumb in court and Трамп held in contempt
• Lawrence O’Donnell: DeSantis just signed the biggest property tax hike in history
• Seth Meyers: Ivanka Трамп election texts and Perdue & Vance embrace Трамп’s lies
• MeidasTouch: Top Democrat BLASTS Marjorie Taylor Greene during scathing speech on house floor
• Rachel Maddow: GOP leaders mortified by colleagues supporting Трамп insurrection
• Mark Fiore: How to atone for your vile disgusting thoughts
• Trevor: Why can’t these Republicans remember what they did on January 6th?
• Rachel Maddow: How populations are lured into tolerating previously unacceptable behavior in politics
• WaPo: New York judge holds Трамп in contempt of court in state attorney general’s civil probe
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Madison Cawthorn, The Victoria’s Secret Representative ♬:

• The Daily Show: Fringe-watching Madison Cawthorn
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп can’t handle the truth about 2020, Melania’s 52nd birthday & Devin Nunes’ bigly fail
• Chris Hayes: New details on why Pence refused to get in a Secret Service car on Jan. 6
• Seth Meyers: Pence’s “Chilling” words on Jan. 6, Greene’s texts about “Marshall law” and Трамп is bananas
• Joy Reid: GOP plans to “take the next election regardless of who wins” Harvard constitutional scholar says
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Doesn’t Like to be Called Stupid (So Why Does He Speak?) ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Deposition transcript reveals Трамп’s fear of flying fruit

Liberal Redneck: On Elon, Twitter, and our billionaire overlords

Robert Reich: Musk’s Twitter takeover—A win for oligarchy

Jonathan Mann: Unionize Twitter:

Trevor: South African racism vs. American racism

Full Frontal: Spring ‘22 fashion report—Reusable tote bags

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Chris Hayes: We have a pill that treats covid but it’s still widely ignored
• Vox goes to anti-vax Burning Man
• Now This: Fauchi—Can we eradicate COVID-19?
• Katy Tur: Dr. Birx on Трамп’s White House during covid

WaPo: Madeleine Albright eulogized by Biden, Clintons and family

Winlar: ♫ Fuck it, it’s Friday ♬

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

I don’t claim any expertise in the Seattle Community Court. But it seems good. And I certainly don’t trust Ann Davison. So, I am pretty skeptical of her plan to send fewer people there and more to prison. Especially if they are only committing very low level misdemeanors.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Good morning to everyone except for the people in Edmonds trying to criminalize homelessness. Jesus, man. 5 years in prison for a second offense. And they have the temerity to call their approach “compassionate”? Get the fuck out of here.

Anyway, I am glad it didn’t pass, but I couldn’t figure out from the article when it will be heard again. So if you live in Edmonds, you may want to contact your city council members and, politely, ask them to actually be compassionate, rather than using it as a buzzword while doing the opposite.

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

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets to discuss politics and life over a drink.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Sorry, sorry. I got the first alert that I was in proximity to someone with COVID-19 since the pandemic started. Honestly, I wasn’t sure it was working. My contact was last Monday, but honestly I don’t know when that would be. Best guess someone else in my building at work, but it’s weird that nobody else at my job got the notice. Anyway, I was working from home today, and I slept in this morning, then just dropped the ball.

But it’s out of an abundance of caution now because I have no symptoms and am testing negative. Hurray for vaccines and boosters.

Ronny Chieng roasts all things money in America

John Oliver: Police interrogations

Vice News: This abortion case could “galvanize” women ahead of midterm elections

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship

The Late Show: Jeff Bezos took Amazon employees on a trip to convince them unions are bad

The Losers, Lemmings and Liars that Worship The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republican fears ♬
• Stephen: Florida Republicans go after Disney over “Don’t Say Gay” law
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to nasty New York Times book
• Mark Fiore: Jared Kushner’s affinity partners
• Samantha Bee: Tucker Carlson’s cock doc and the far right’s bogus “War on Masculinity”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ God’s Plan for Lowering Testosterone Levels ♬
• Joy Reid with Randy Rainbow: On Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill
• Really American: Marjorie Taylor Greene PANICS about “nasty” press allowed to cover her in court
• Seth Meyers: Don Jr.’s coup texts revealed and Tucker Carlson promotes testicle tanning
• The Late Show: The Tucker Testicle Tanner is the perfect way to re-juice your carlsons:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker’s Testicle Tanning Trauma ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s Easter war on “radical left maniacs” & Florida’s war on CRT
• Zerlina: The GOP’s insurrection hypocrisy
• Robert Reich: The current plot to rig U.S. elections
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Piers Morgan clash and Rudy Giuliani appears on the masked singer
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Bill O’Reilly, Entitled, Pompous, Angry and Irrelevant ♬
• Really American: Even a FAUX News host CALLS OUT Desantis’ over CRT in math textbooks
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Chaya Raichik and the Libs of TikTok ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the end of airline mask mandates
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker Carlson, The Beginning of the End of Men ♬
• Jordan Klepper: The woke wars
• Stephen: Why is Florida at war with arithmetic? And, Tucker’s testosterone doc is too stupid to ignore
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s sweaty chat with Piers, Giuliani’s the most vomitous masked singer & MyPillow Mike’s plea
• Ari Melber: New smoking gun tape shows GOP leader eyeing Трамп conviction, pardon
• Samantha Bee: Alex Jones files for bankruptcy
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: ♫ Don’t say “gay” ♬:

• Really American: “Dark MAGA” Трамп supporters plot revenge on political opponents
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mark Meadows’ Lying History ♬
• WaPo: Fighting against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay’ bill
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell fired from ads, Don Jr texts and Marjorie’s bunker update
• Seth Meyers: DeSantis and Cruz attack Disney and a lawsuit seeks to bar Greene from ballot
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the SHUT DOWN of CNN+
• Jordan Klepper: Hungary for democracy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We Were Putzes, We Were Rubes (A song for Trumpsters who’ve seen the light) ♬

Liberal Redneck: Singin’ plane Christians and Ilhan Omar

Now This: Obama on saving democracy in the digital info realm

Samantha Bee: Wild horses are under attack and we’re paying for it!

Robert Reich: How we stand up to Putin and stop climate catastrophe

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Stephen: Airlines drop masks and CDC puts the people in charge
• Laruen Mayer: ♫ You May Be ‘Over’ Covid, But Covid’s Not Over You ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ It’s A Covid Celebration ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Airline mask mandates struck down, Трамп STILL trying to overturn election & Biden will run again
• Trevor: Airline travelers react to mask mandate repeal mid-flight
• WaPo: Masking is no longer required on planes. Should you do it anyway?
• Carla Ulbrich: ♫ Where have all the waiters gone? ♬

Now This: NYC’s Times Square goes dark for Earth Day

Trevor: Florida bans math books For CRT

VICE News: New ways private prisons are making billions

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

It feels weird that advice reporting in the President coming to town is treated as a traffic story. I don’t know, his Earth Day speech will probably be pretty important, avoid Seward Park.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get the fuck vaccinated or boosted.

I think everyone who (a) drives and (b) lives in Seattle’s urban core has taken a mistaken drive through Pike Place Market. I can remember not being able to find parking, so I took a punt on the market. Will, who used to write here, was a passenger and he was making fun of me the whole time. It’s so slow going, and you don’t really know how people are going to behave. found a spot, but it was just so miserable.

And that, more than the obvious improvement for pedestrians, has always baffled me about the debate about closing the market to cars. Honestly, it’s slow and awful. You don’t get to the other side faster than going down First Ave.

Driving in Seattle can be pretty shit at times. But Seattle can save new people from that particular mistake. And make the Market better for the people who use it.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet this evening for some political discussions over a drink. Stop by and join us if you can.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Good morning to everyone except Mike Kreidler. Come on, guy. At a minimum, there needs to be a serious investigation. At this point, he should seriously consider resigning. I am not really OK with throwing out an election based on a couple of (very serious) articles. But it has already been more than a month and I don’t see any signs of a serious investigation. I assume there are more shoes to drop.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re enough of a dumdum not have done it yet.

Zerlina: Arrested for abortion?

Samantha Bee: The sleep wellness industry is trying to sell you the weirdest shit

Robert Reich: How to stop profiteering and get money in your pocket

Honest Ads: If chocolate commercials were honest

Zerlina: The state of Black America

The Late Show: Elon Musk’s mission—Make earth really bad

The Party of Fraud, Fear and Fascism:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп Junior, the error apparent ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump still can’t bring himself to say Putin is evil
• MeidasTouch: Trump lies at NC rally FACT-CHECKED in real time
• Ari Melber: Trump aide backs down, testifies about elector fraud and insurrection
• Jimmy Kimmel: Marjorie Taylor Greene & Matt Gaetz are NOT HAPPY with Jimmy & Трамп FINALLY admits defeat
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Matt Gaetz had a girlfriend in high school ♬
• Chris Hayes: Gov. Abbott’s anti-trans order is child abuse
• Trevor: Greg Abbott buses migrants to D.C.
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ It’s hard to be a bigot and an artist ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп says woke Jackie Robinson destroyed Good Friday
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What I’d Like to Tell Ted Cruz ♬
• Now This: Is Marjorie Taylor Greene constitutionally disqualified to run for re-election?
• The Late Show: ♫ A Rap Song About Matt Gaetz, For Some Reason ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike banned from his own commercials and Tucker Carlson not vaxxed
• Mark Fiore: Republicans still all in with Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Cocaine, Orgies and Flying the Flag ♬
• Al Franken: How close is 2022 to Orwell’s 1984?
• Mehdi Hasan: The violent conspiracy theory that’s driving the GOP
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell gets pranked and Marjorie calls Capitol police on Jimmy Kimmel
• Bruce W. Nelson: The Party of Fraud, Fear and Fascism:

• Rachel Maddow: Massive Saudi payout to Kushner raises new questions about Трамп admin policies
• MeidasTouch: Top Republicans endorse Putin
• Chris Hayes: How Jared Kushner and the Трамп admin traded U.S. foreign policy for $2 billion
• Bruce W. Nelson: Decoding Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп still won’t call Putin evil
• Jordan Klepper: CPAC and the Hungarian right
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Lawrence explains strongest sign yet the Feds are investigating Трамп
• WaPo: What is the Jan. 6 committee’s endgame?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ 15 boxes of stolen documents ♬
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Author uncovers fraud in Трамп admin’s COVID aid deals
• Liberal Redneck: Herschel Walker and Georgia Politics

The Late Show: Krispy Kreme takes advantage of global crises

Rachel Maddow: New law puts immediate end to abortion access in Kentucky

WaPo: What Breonna Taylor’s killing reveals about no-knock warrants

Amber Ruffin: Anti-trans bills are disgusting; we deserve better

Andre Antunes: ♫ KAREN METAL! [New Extended Version] ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: Valerie Biden Owens on a life of running Joe Biden’s campaigns

Stephen: Major Biden embroiled in White House scandal

Supreme Happenings:

• The Daily Show: Republicans walk out as Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to Supreme Court
• SNL: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Clarence Thomas is a politician
• Joy Reid: Women will be punished for abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned by SCOTUS
• LiberalViewer: Republicans bring up bogus grievances about the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
• SNL Weekend Update: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed & Obama’s return to the White House

John Oliver: Data brokers

Vice News: Conspiracy theorists are creating their own nation

Zerlina: What is the RNC afraid of?

Samantha Bee: The manipulative midterm email scam already hit your inbox

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

“You are bad at driving, and should stop.” I feel like Seattle drivers have got worse recently. Maybe they forget post commute. But also, it seems like a lot of the bad driving is Uber and Lyft drivers. Parking in the crosswalk, crossing multiple lanes to drop people off. Blowing through red lights.

So when I see something, especially if they come close to hitting a a pedestrian, a bike, or a car, I just say, loudly but not yelling, “you are bad at driving, and should stop.” I hope if you have come close to hitting someone, or if you actually have, that you will take this advice.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And of you’re unvaccinated or unboosted, get that done.

Good morning to everyone except the right wing jackals who are trying to repeal the capital gains tax. Seriously, pay your fair share. I can’t imagine having $100,000 to spend on an initiative, and not thinking that you have too much money. Just, like, morally.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

As spring comes, I have been walking around town more. And my goodness has the sweeps heavy approach to homeless been not effective. Now whole blocks are lined with tents.

But at least the police are still investigating important things. Oh. Well um. They should probably investigate rape more than harrass homeless people with nowhere to go.

Anyway, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Daily Show: “The Talk” that every Black family has about police

Amber Ruffin: Unvaccinated mascots are back at work!

Robert Reich responds to Jim Cramer’s buffoonery

The Late Show: Obama And Biden—Presidents turned movie stars

Dulcé Sloan: Why low-income neighborhoods have fewer trees

The Worst of the Party of Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Sarah Palin is running for Congress ♬
• Seth Meyers: GOP Strategist Charles Reinke with some contradictions
• Bill Maher: Rightwing memes
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Schooling Ron DeSantis
• Joy Reid: Legal Expert says Proud Boys leader “confessed to organizing attack on Congress”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп rips off White House photographer & Sarah Palin runs for Congress
• Samantha Bee: Republican’s “don’t say gay” midterm strategy
• The Late Show offers ♫ Ron Desantis a campaign anthem ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Obama Came Back to See The White House (so Трамп was jealous) ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Tennessee Republicans’ new “gay marriage is bad and child marriage is fine” bill
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell drops his phone, Cawthorn’s wild party story and Трамп’s burner phone
• SNL: FAUX & Friends on Supreme Court confirmation hearings
• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel responds to Marjorie Taylor Greene after she reported him to police
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s posterior motives ♬
• Seth Meyers: Matt Gaetz melts down at hearing & Трамп endorses Sarah Palin for Congress
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ GAY! ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп holds unhinged Michigan rally to continue his slow-moving coup
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Called to Poke the GOP ♬
• Ari Melber: Don Jr. texted Трамп aide with plot to steal election
• Jimmy Kimmel: Sean Hannity cleverly trolls The Dotard
• Ali Velshi: Fake Трамп elector loses reelection bid to volunteer poll worker
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Ivanka BETRAYING him to the January 6th Committee
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трампers and Brain Disorders ♬
• Chris Hayes: Sarah Palin set the mold for today’s GOP, now she’s trying to rejoin it
• Jimmy Kimmel: Matt Gaetz pal Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “pro-pedophile” meltdown & Трамп haunted by pizza with Palin
• Parody Project: The banana Republican vote no song:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Shall I compare Трамп to a painful boil? ♬
• Samantha Bee: The GOP thinks everyone who disagrees with them is a pedophile
• Bill Maher: Bring ’em young
• Ari Melber: Трамп criminal case “ongoing” says NY Prosecutor in unusual statement
• Seth Meyers: House votes to hold two more of Трамп’s coup accomplices in criminal contempt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ginni Thomas was a cultist ♬

Seth Meyers: Political news of the day

Stephen: Obama returns to the White House

Robert Reich: How corporations could make your life more dangerous

SNL Weekend Update: First Amazon union formed and Jen Psaki to leave White House

Historic Supreme Court Nomination:

• Zerlina: KBJ makes history
• WaPo: Biden and Harris celebrate Jackson’s confirmation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP attacks during confirmation hearing were painful and sad
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп reacts to Senate confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Joy Reid: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation is a day of victory for America
• WaPo: Republicans praise Jackson then their racism kicks in and they vote against her

John Oliver: Trucks

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Man! (Stop Obsessing About) Who Gets To Be A Woman ♬:

The Late Show: Think you might be pregnant with an alien baby? Try ClearGreen

Ronny Chieng: The rise of Bitcoin and other stupid meme currencies

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