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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 5/9/23, 3:45 pm

DLBottle DLBottle Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation. We’d be pleased to see you.

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.

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Monday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 5/8/23, 8:04 am

– Oh look, the transit tunnel is back to almost normal hours today and then full hours tomorrow.

– Here’s something cool Portland is doing with safe rest villages.

– And cool that here in Seattle, the first new affordable housing high-rise tower in decades is opening.

– Get vaccinated or boosted. It’s well past time. Just, fucking get it done.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 5/5/23, 11:58 pm

LegalEagle: First Amendment auditors—Knights or nuisance

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: Late-night hosts express solidarity with TV and film writers

Carla Ulbrich and Lauren Mayer: ♫ It must be hard (to have a penis) ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: Supreme Court “is in crisis” over lack of ethics rules

Alex Wagner: “This is really a five alarm fire”—Supreme Court in crisis after spate of scandals

The Cult of Cheeto Jesus and His Copy Cats:

  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Blessed Assurance, Clarence is Mine! (A Harlan Crowe Hymn) ♬
  • Alex Wagner: At least 8 Georgia fake electors get immunity deals, and transcript mentions “the indictment”
  • Stephen: Why Tucker got fired, angry FAUX viewers turn to Newsmax and DeSantis is no Brit star
  • Ari Melber: The Трамп rape trial
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s deposition testimony LEAKED
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: How could private racism get public racist Tucker Carlson fired at FAUX?
  • NowThis: Florida residents sound off on DeSantis-Disney feud
  • Chris Hayes: Newly revealed text confirms Tucker Carlson is also privately racist
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Proud Boys No Longer Quite so Proud ♬
  • Ayman Mohyeldin: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pushes back on the GOP’s authoritarianism
  • Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Hello Carlson ♬:

  • Desi Lydic FAUXsplains the Tucker Carlson’s firing
  • Alex Wagner: How Трамп’s pattern of behavior strengthens E. Jean Carroll’s case against him
  • Robert Reich: How to stop MAGA radical Republicans from trashing the U.S. economy
  • Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell offers Tucker work and bobblehead DeSantis sued
  • Mehdi Hasan: Bursting the Ron DeSantis right-wing media bubble
  • Seth Meyers: FAUX Hosts scared they could be fired after Tucker and are paranoid about “snitches”
  • The Daily Show: The Patriot Hammer, for smashing woke products
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ron DeSantis Song (Whose Life Should I Try Ruining Today?) ♬
  • Alex Wagner: DOJ has cooperating witness in Трамп documents case and issues “wave of new subpoenas”
  • Mark Fiore: Silence dissent with Decorum ™
  • Parody Project: I THANK YOU (not):

  • Liberal Redneck: The problem with DeSantis
  • The Late Show: Tucker Carlson gets to say goodbye to his viewers
  • Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп fights D.A. over evidence
  • Tommy Campbell: Steve Bannon’s associates jailed and Scotland mocks The Dotard
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to snub by King Charles
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Report of an “insider witness” is Трамп’s new worry
  • Bruce W. Nelson: A big crush on Трамп
  • Alex Wagner: Tucker remarks on “how white men fight” ignored previous day’s rioting by Трамп supporters
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson & Don Lemon text post firing, Трамп flees to Scotland & MyPillow Mike owes $5 million

Alex Wagner: What the writer strike is all about

Now This: Why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough to end gun violence

Robert Reich: How can we stop bank failures? Make banking boring

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Pay the goddamn writers! ♬

NY Times: How to fix America’s other drug problem

The Watched and the Watch Dogs Feast and Joke Together:

  • President Joe Biden: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ dinner
  • Roy Wood, Jr.: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

  • The Remix Bros: ♫ Dark Brandon remix ♬
  • Joy Reid: White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Roy Wood, Jr. on roasting Biden, Clarence Thomas

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vice News: Will detainees at Guantanamo Bay ever go to trial?

Rachel Maddow: Blue states passing laws to protect against red state overreach

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

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Friday! Open! Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 5/5/23, 8:20 am

– I don’t believe that all cops are bastards, but my goodness do we need to do more about the bastard cops.

– This is a tough story about homelessness in Spokane.

– Senator Marko Liias gets a lot of shit for being great.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 5/3/23, 8:13 am

Jay Inslee is not going to seek a 4th term. Not totally unexpected, but still, it feels like the end of an era. It’s still a year and a half away from the election to replace him, so no need to pick just yet. Ferguson and Franz have both done a good job at their current positions, although I was not impressed with Ferguson on the King County Council. Should be an exciting campaign.

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 5/2/23, 5:31 pm

DLBottle DLBottle It is a lovely evening to stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll be getting together for drinks and conversation. 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.

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Open Thread, Monday

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 5/1/23, 8:09 am

A new connection between Downtown and the waterfront just opened. I live nearby, so I gave it a bit of a test walk. It’s not as bad as maybe Twitter would have you believe. There are buildings blocking most of it from the waterfront. So it isn’t Viaduct Part 2, but at the same time, there isn’t much of a view.

There are sidewalks and bike paths. They may be smaller than you might want, but I am glad that activists have made that sort of thing necessary in projects, even if they absolutely shouldn’t be satisfied. I think when family comes to town and we show them Pike Place, it’ll be easier to show them the waterfront.

But ultimately, the issue is more cars on the waterfront and in the urban core. And yeah, there are already a lot of cars on it. I imagine it will be gridlocked pretty frequently, especially during rush hour.

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

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