Archives for April 2023

Desi Lydic: How to make it to the top of corporate America

Alex Wagner: Gorsuch joins Supreme Court scandal parade & Roberts gaslights on “ethics principles”

NowThis: The downfall of local news and what you can do about it

Tooning Out the News: FAUX fires Tucker and Biden runs for reelection

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Liberal Redneck: Tucker’s out, Biden’s in

The Dotard Трамп:

• Desi Lydic: FAUX News axes Tucker Carlson & Elon Musk has a blue check fiasco
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson crawls out of his hole, Dotard Jr interviews Трамп & Pence testifies about insurrection
• The Late Show: ♫ DeSantis Is A Joke, Joke, Joke ♬
• Tooning Out The News: Watergate legend Carl Bernstein on Трамп investigation and corruption
• Seth Meyers: Tucker Carlson posts cryptic video amid reports he was axed over texts
• Ari Melber: Hear indicted Трамп aide caught on tape blasting “criminal” Трамп colleagues
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Hannity Tonight! ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Trial begins in Трамп rape-defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the firing of Don Lemon
• Alex Wagner: Трамп lawyers’ disingenuous plea for help from Congress met with scorn
• Seth Meyers: FAUX allegedly has a secret dossier of dirt on Tucker Carlson amid messy split
• Tommy Campbell: Tucker Carlson is fired comedy special
• Rachel Maddow: Tucker Carlson’s fall marks another step in declining power of right-wing figureheads
• LegalEagle: FAUX News was screwed
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ 50 Reasons to Fire Tucker ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson out at FAUX News, Трамп attacks late night hosts & Musk gives back blue checkmarks
• Desi Lydic: FAUX’s “dossier of dirt” on Tucker & Disney’s lawsuit against DeSantis
• Alex Wagner: Carlson firing sends FAUX viewers to Newsmax in ironic reprise of election fallout
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Probing questions for Tucker ♬
• Ari Melber: Tucker Carlson abruptly fired
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell has to pay five million after election data proven to be false
• Desi Lydic: Do Kentucky residents agree with the state’s extreme laws?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s ridiculous new book of letters, Tucker “blindsided” by FAUX News firing & outrage over “woke”
• Mark Fiore: Do what we say or the economy dies
• Parody Project: ♫ A DAY IN THE LIFE (of a Swindler) ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces reality show to pick 2024 VP
• Alex Wagner: GOP concocts fictional Biden apocalypse to campaign against
• Joy Reid: Tucker Carlson undermined democracy through his “enormous platform”
• Chris Hayes: Tucker’s firing shows being a “misogynistic, bullying menace” may backfire
• Mother Jones: The 5 chapters of Tucker Carlson’s hate-filled extremism
• Ari Melber: Ted Cruz caught on tape plotting “step two” of Jan. 6 coup
• Jimmy Kimmel: FAUX News has dirt on Tucker, Трамп hints at skipping debates & Ted Cruz’s plan to overturn election
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tucker Carlson leaving FAUX News
• Seth Meyers: FAUX News ousts Tucker Carlson in shock move days after Dominion settlement
• Founders Sing: ♫ Cheer Up Sweet E. JEAN! ♬:

• Desi Lydic: Tucker emerges after firing & MTG criticizes stepmothers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Vladdy Putin Said to be Inconsolable over Loss (of Tucker) ♬
• The Daily Show: What was Трамп asked about?
• WaPo: Republican women block South Carolina abortion ban bill
• Alex Wagner: Трамп lawyers ask Congress to save Трамп from Mar-a-Lago investigation
• Rachel Maddow: Carlson crisis threatens right-wing media ability to carry feckless Republican Party

Robert Reich: How to make Congress less terrible

Desi Lydic: Pete Buttigieg on infrastructure, culture wars, and what “woke” means

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: The best moments of past White House Correspondents’ Dinners

John Oliver: Cryptocurrency II

Desi Lydic: Tucker Carlson fired for using “C-word” & Biden announces re-election bid

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

– What is happening with the transit tunnel? I understand the tracks needing repair. Shitty but it happens. But if hypothetically, I want to go North, I go to the South platform and make sure the bus is Northbound (presumably from the direction, but also hopefully signage and the intercom). I’m sure there will be signs, but what a mess.

– Man, Jenny Durkan, the more that comes out. Jeez.

The Seattle/ King County free clinic is happening at Seattle Center. Happening now through the weekend.

Hey, hey. Hey you. Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

I wasn’t too worried when the legislature didn’t pass a permanent drug possession bill. I would have preferred money and effort to get people help. Still, we shouldn’t criminalize addiction. And sometimes no solution can be better than a bad solution just to make a deadline. But man, some of the localities that would fill the void. Gross on toast.

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

It’s Election Day in Washington so, if you haven’t done so already, drop off your ballot in a ballot drop box, and then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of politics, discussion, and good cheer over a refreshing beverage.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Don’t forget to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you live in King County, please vote yes. If you don’t like voting on levies regularly, you can take an Office chair from Tim Eyman.

Anyway, please vote yes on the King County crisis center levy. I have been told that the Vashon parks levy is a good one.

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

SNL Weekend Update: Some political news of the week

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Rachel Maddow: OK local paper records county officials in violent and racist discussion

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Those KKKrazy Folks Flirting with Fascism:

• Jen Psaki with Jordan Klepper: on going inside the MAGA movement
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rupert Murdoch and FAUX surrendered. Truth won big. Rupert lost
• Alex Wagner: Lindell on the hook for $5M after losing his own bet on bogus 2020 data
• Chris Hayes: The right-wing paranoia problem
• Tooning Out The News: DeSantis campaign implosion & Трамп’s wild pudding attack
• Stephen: Pillow-guy loses, DeSantis humiliated & George Santos says Congress is like “Mean Girls”
• Now This: Will FAUX News face any real accountability after Dominion settlement?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп unveils more incredibly sad NFTs and shameless FAUX News settles with Dominion
• Liberal Redneck: Bud Light boycott
• Alex Wagner: Democrats get wise to standing up to GOP minority tyranny
• Chris Hayes: All the ways Republicans are trying to make America “terrible” again
• Parody Project: ♫ Callous Man ♬:

• Jordan Klepper: The FAUX News-Dominion fallout & racist Oklahoma officials caught on tape
• Ian Bremmer: Has a US president ever been arrested before Трамп?
• Alex Wagner: Willis attack on fake Georgia electors’ lawyer raises intrigue about new developments
• The Late Show: ♫ Jim Jordan fights crime in New York, New York ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп “People Were Crying” ♬
• Chris Hayes: Republicans ignore gun violence when fearmongering about crime
• Jordan Klepper: FAUX News and Dominion settle lawsuit & Ron DeSantis suggests building a prison by Disney
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s stupid idea to arm teachers, FAUX News in hot water over election fraud claims & the war on woke
• Alex Wagner: The better Republicans get to know Ron DeSantis, the less they like him
• Robert Reich: How Republicans are stepping closer to fascism
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene defends document leaker and Mike Lindell’s billboard flop
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ He’s a Small Man After All (the Ron DeSantis Song) ♬:

• Ari Melber: FAUX News surrender $700M+ payout for “lies” breaks records
• SNL Weekend Update: Molly Kearney on anti-LGBTQ bills in the United States
• Jordan Klepper: Recapping the NRA Convention & Clarence Thomas’s corruption scandal
• Ayman Mohyeldin: GOP’s failed “for the kids” arguments
• Stephen: Will Melanie show up to support her husband’s 2024 campaign?
• Chris Hayes: How the American Right built its own echo chamber
• Alex Wagner: FAUX big money penalty marks another step in onset of “accountability season”
• Tommy Campbell: Dominion gets $787.5 million from Fox News, Will Smartmatic Get Even More?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Musk takes away checkmarks, Трамп had fun being indicted & DeSantis attacks “The Woke”
• The Late Show: ♫ DeSantis threatens to build a prison next to Disney World ♬
• Jordan Klepper sneaks into America’s biggest gun show
• Rachel Maddow: How Russian propaganda went from fringey social media to FAUX News
• Chris Hayes: While DeSantis wages a war on woke, Трамп wages a war on him
• Stephen: FAUX settles suit & begins damage control and DeSantis attacks Disney again and George Santos needs cash
• Joy Reid: Even staunch Republicans say DeSantis has got to be stopped
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Big Lie song or “Yippie-i-oh, Get Along Little Sheep” ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Some Republicans resist repeal of ban on unmarried couples living together
• Puppet Regime: Putin’s pep talk for Трамп
• Tooning Out The News: Daily Show’s Desi Lydic breaks down the Clarence Thomas scandal
• Jordan Klepper: Why FAUX News won’t change after the Dominion settlement
• Chris Hayes: How the Republican freakout over “87,000 new IRS agents” turned out
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rocket Malfunctions for Elon and Dotard ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rupert Murdoch’s “stupidity” gave Dominion a huge win
• Jimmy Kimmel: FAUX News shockingly quiet about lying to viewers, DeSantis tries to outcrazy The Dotard & Lindell digs in
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard just ended Ron DeSantis over PUDDING
• Alex Wagner with Jordan Klepper: Humiliations threaten right-wing bubble
• Stephen: An apology from FAUX News & Трамп’s NFT trading cards sell out & Iowa puts kids to work
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To those worried that their beer may be “too woke” ♬
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Jordan Klepper on Трамп, Clarence Thomas & ending violence
• Chris Hayes: “Prove Mike Wrong”—The five million dollar reality check

Symone D. Sanders-Townsend: Governor Inslee on why he’s stockpiling the abortion pill that could be in jeopardy

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Shoot first, ask questions later ♬

Jordan Klepper: Andrew Tate & re-examining masculinity

John Oliver: Farming

Stephen: Some political news of the week

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

After the Tacoma boat fire, I have been thinking about why it got so much less attention than East Palestine. It got plenty of attention locally, and it wasn’t ignored nationally. But national media and activists just haven’t run with it the same.

The visuals are as compelling, and the toxicity is probably worse. It will effect more people, because it’s in a city.

It might be as simple as it is in a city, and people have pretty fucked up notions about cities are dirty already. It might be Tacoma specific: A very diverse place, with a certain reputation plays different from a heartland town. There are also some left activists who are obsessed with blaming everything bad on Pete Buttigieg, and maybe a fishing boat isn’t an excuse to complain about him winning the Iowa Caucasus. Maybe I am too cynical.

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

Good morning. Yes, SPD should apologize for how it handled the 2020 protests. But as noted in the article, Chief Diaz has already apologized. The department should apologize and apologize and apologize. It was really bad. But absent real reform, or more, does anyone believe it wouldn’t happen again?

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together this evening for some politics, chat, and good cheer over a drink. Stop by if you can.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

I got rid of my car recently. I didn’t use it during the pandemic. And then I hardly ever used it outside of commuting. So I finally ditched it. I don’t really miss it.

So I am glad to live in a city where you can (usually) get around without a car. In more cases than a lot of people realize, it’s easier than driving. I’m lucky enough to have an employer who pays for my ORCA Card, so it’s much cheaper.

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

Stephen: Top-secret Pentagon docs leak & Clarence Thomas didn’t report gifts & Tennessee GOP denies racism

Vox: How solar energy got so cheap

Robert Reich: You’re not alone…everybody hates junk fees

Stephen: Political news of the week

NowThis: Biden visits Northern Ireland for 25th anniversary of Good Friday agreement

The Indicted, Co-conspirators and Their Enablers:

• Ari Melber: D.A. who indicted Трамп unloads ‘one-two punch’ in Трамп prosecution
• Chris Hayes: Justice Thomas’ real estate deal with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow sparks new ethic concerns
• SNL Weekend Update: Jafar on Ron DeSantis ‘ attacks on Disney
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: God gets salty about guns
• J-L Cauvin: Is Tiffany Трамп the New Ivanka Трамп?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s 40-minute blab fest with Tucker Carlson, Pence saves women’s rights & Santos is Jewish!
• The Late Show: Boycotting Bud Light? Reach For Shaft Beer:

• Glenn Kirschner: Three Трамп stories—an anonymous jury, Barr says Trump’s sunk, & a last-ditch attempt to silence Pence
• Keith Olbermann: GOP’s racist Tennessee stunt creates hope of gun reform
• Chris Hayes: Tucker Carlson interviews man he hates “passionately”
• NowThis: AOC reiterates call to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
• Ari Melber: Bombshell ethics scandal has Justice Clarence Thomas under fire
• Alex Wagner: New Bragg lawsuit brushes back House GOP’s ploy to play shadow legal defense for Трамп
• Mark Fiore: Right wing travel
• Tommy Campbell: Clarence Thomas took megadonor-funded trips for decades
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Indescribable Pain of Dotard Трамп ♬
• Chris Hayes: The “politically toxic” abortion trap the GOP sprung for themselves
• Katie Phang: GOP’s Bizarre reactions to Трамп’s indictment
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is the MOST INNOCENT & Don Jr’s night with daddy
• SNL: Трамп Easter
• Katie Phang: Bombshell Thomas reporting renews call for SCOTUS reform
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Tennessee Shmucks ♬:

• Ari Melber: “Grift scandal” rocks Clarence Thomas
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s wild claims and “conservatives” cancel Bud Light over trans support
• SNL Weekend Update: The Dotard Трамп’s arraignment and Marjorie Taylor Greene slams NYC
• Chris Hayes: Feds probing potential wire fraud in Трамп fundraising off election lies
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s unhinged Easter message & a majority of Americans believe he intentionally broke the law
• The Late Show: ♫ Трамп sings, “XI’s Got The Look” ♬
• Keith Olbermann: Special Counsel nears Espionage charge against The Dotard
• WaPo: The legal implications of the Dominion-FAUX case
• Joy Reid: Nutburger Missouri Republican pushes to ban trans care and suggests marrying 12-year-olds(!!!) should be allowed
• Alex Wagner: Hear the Giuliani off-air audio FAUX News withheld from Dominion lawyers
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson—Not a messenger from God
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s crimes keep adding up, Giuliani can’t actually prove election fraud & disaster for DeSantis
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard loses it defending Clarence Thomas
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Clarence Thomas—For the man who has EVERYTHING ♬:

• Jon Stewart: How Трамп’s privilege protects him from accountability at every turn
• Ari Melber: FAUX News legal bomb rocks Murdoch empire
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп lied that NYC court staff cried, but he was the one close to tears
• Vice News: Two Black Reps were expelled in TN, it backfired for the GOP
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan stands by while Ohioans die ♬
• Chris Hayes: “Disaster upon disaster”—FAUX caught withholding key evidence in Dominion case

Stephen: Some political news of the week

John Oliver: Homeowners associations

Titus & Bradley: Press Conference vs. Press Conference

Stephen: Our Irish President & Big Pharma pushes back on abortion pill ban

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

More than you might ever want to know about Seattle street trees? Impossible! The map! The pictures! The personal stories! The tree ordinance! What a great read.

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

– We just passed the missing middle bill. Very, very exciting.

– Still, I am uncomfortable with property rights arguments from lefties. I like the idea of a strong tree ordinance and it seems like it’s not in conflict with the city planting more trees.

– Gosh, Republican appointed judges doing what they were appointed to do. You would think that they would celebrate it.

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

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for politics, discussion, and good cheer over a drink.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the patio off the back of the pub.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another chapter near you.

If you’re in King County, you should be getting a ballot if you haven’t yet. It’s for the crisis centers. I hope that you will vote yes. The need is there. I would prefer we pay for these things through the normal government process, voting no won’t make the County Council take it up.

And for goodness sake, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.