Archives for September 2023

NowThis: Dianne Feinstein passes at 90, leaving behind 3 decades of work in the Senate

More Perfect Union: This new deal jobs program is coming back

Darrin Bell: Rupert Murdoch retires—an animation of the creation of an editorial cartoon

NowThis: Sen. Menendez faces several federal corruption charges

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Robert Reich: Inequality for All turns 10. Has the movie’s warning come true?

Gropey. Old. Pervs. and Other MAGA Rubbish:

• Alex Wagner: Трамп suffers potentially catastrophic loss in court; Judge “furious”
• Mark Fiore: The House Freedom Caucus
• The Good Liars: This guy wants to arrest the Georgia DA
• Bill Maher: Tips for Трамп’s cellmate
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What are they going to call Трамп Tower if The Dotard loses it?
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ (In prison for) The Longest Time ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Sicker by the Day ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Something’s Coming” (for Трамп) ♬
• Mehdi Hasan: Трамп’s extremely fascist week
• LegalEagle: Ranking Трамп’s terrible lawyers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Not the Man He Says He Is ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп loses fraud case as lawyers ask if his sons must move out
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s crazy phone claims & George Santos embarrasses himself defending Menendez
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to radical judge calling him a fraud
• Ari Melber: Трамп guilty as N.Y. A.G. wins key ruling in fraud case
• scaredketchup: Lauren Boebert co-hosts The Трамп Show 17
• Alex Witt: An insider’s take on the Трамп bombshell allegations
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ultra-MAGA Marching Song ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
• Alex Wagner: Another Трамп prosecutor asks judge for protective measures as threats continue
• Ali Velshi: Judge finds Трамп committed fraud in NY civil case
• Lewis Black Rantcast: Shakespeare’s plays too sexual?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fraudulent Трамп. Lock up The Lump! ♬
• Joy Reid: GOP-fueled government shutdown threat mocked as “a shutdown about nothing”
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп calls Travis Kelce a “big cuck”
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп’s Tiny White Balls 2—The re-do:

• Ari Melber: Трамп on edge as coup “sweep” plotter Navarro is convicted & others await trial
• Stella Magz: GOP—“Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ evidence!”
• Jordan Klepper finds out if democracy is done for
• Alex Wagner: Трамп’s “coded” calls for violence, tacit intimidation backfiring as judge considers gag
• WaPo: Republicans have floated government shutdown since January
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reveals Ivana’s final moments
• Joy Reid: The looming shutdown—With MAGA extremists, the cruelty is the point
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Questions for the Freedom Caucus ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to remove her from Jack Smith’s 2020 election case

The Daily Show: Life on Dick Street

Vox: How to fight climate change with parking lots

Bloomberg Law: Why Congress so rarely passes government funding bills on time

NowThis: Why Illinois abolishing cash bail is important

More Perfect Union: The REAL reason EpiPens & inhalers are so expensive

Electile Dysfunction:

• Stella Magz: The Republican debate was embarrassing!
• Lewis Black’s Rantcast: Old Presidents
• WaPo: The second G.O.P. debate in 3 minutes
• NowThis: How “model bills” have helped push anti-trans bills across the U.S.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A New Hymn from The Church of the Holy Cow ♬
• Stella Magz: Latest polls—Are we REALLY surprised?

Vox: The anti-racist town in the American South, explained

Michael Kosta blows the lid off three conspiracies

WaPo: Remembering the life and career of Dianne Feinstein

NowThis: The Koch brothers and Clarence Thomas’ corruption

Bill Maher: “I need a drink”

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

– Look, if I had my way the iconic Seattle building would be the Smith Tower, not the Space Needle. It’s better located as part of the city and just looks better. But recognizing that that ship has sailed, the new Sounds crest is pretty rad.

– Green Jacket Lady 2025.

– You don’t have to stop biking just because it’s raining.

– Starbucks’s anti labor bullshit was anti labor and bullshit, judge finds.

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

Good morning to everyone except for Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison who can eat a doo doo pie. The incredibly low bar for sweeping homeless people isn’t low enough for her. It’s incredibly frustrating, and in the meantime, things aren’t improving. So cruel.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. 1

Looking for something fun to do tonight? How about joining like-minded individuals at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’re getting together this evening to chat about politics, have a beer, and unwind.

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 have been walking through SoDo and the waterfront when Beyoncé and Coldplay had their recent shows. I love the crowds and the chaos. Also, the bikes that take people around were all blasting whoever was playing that night. Delightful.

I feel like they could probably coordinate themes other times. I don’t know, that’s probably a lot of work for people doing a hard job for not a lot of money as is.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. And hey, new tests are available. Order a few if you’re in the US.

More Perfect Union: Skyrocketing CEO pay is fueling a historic auto strike

Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Kamala Harris

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week of the week

Vox: It’s time to replace urban delivery vans

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Chris Hayes: “It’s not polling, it’s real”—Dems overperform in 24 of 30 special elections so far in 2023
• Mehdi Hasan: “Nosedive”—The downward trajectory of the DeSantis campaign
• The Founders Sing: ♫ We Are Cowardly ♬:

• NowThis: Key takeaways from Трамп’s “Meet the Press” interview
• Mehdi Hasan: Forget Biden. Here’s “stable genius” Трамп in his own bizarre words

Alex Wagner: Flipping Kavanaugh—What’s really behind Alabama’s gerrymandering gambit

Pres. Joe Biden: A new White House office for gun violence prevention is created

Robert Reich: Say goodbye to lousy, low-paying jobs. The benefits of a jobs guarantee

Mark Fiore: Death subsidies

WaPo: What happens during a government shutdown

Трампestuous Traitors:

• Ari Melber: Coup bomb goes off as Трамп and aides literally admit anti-democracy agenda
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп Jr just got HACKED
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Representative / Artisan Lauren Boebert Still Makes It by Hand ♬
• Joy Reid: House GOP slammed for spreading misinformation at AG Garland hearing
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell releases more lumpy pillow outburst deposition footage
• scaredketchup: AI Lauren Boebert explains why she got ejected from Beetlejuice (Трамп Show 15)
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Good News for the Dotard (in Prison) ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Vape Ho ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard wants to see Beetlejuice with Lauren Boebert
• Ari Melber: MAGA Chaos? FAUX chief out after Tucker firing & billion dollar lie lawsuits
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Believe in Democracy. Трамп Doesn’t ♬
• Jen Psaki: Трамп confesses on air
• scaredketchup: AI Lauren Boebert explains Beetlejuice groping fest (Трамп Show 16)
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Senator Bob Menedez resign
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fundamentally / Fundamentalist Hypocrites ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Tuberville is the most disgraceful senator of the year
• Ari Melber: New lawsuit rocks FAUX. See why Murdoch’s are still “paying” for election lies after firing Tucker
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Vape It, Lauren! ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Lauren Boebert Giving Handies At The Theatre ♬:

• John Di Domenico: Трамп loses it over babies, fish sticks, trial date & Sleepy Joe!
• Stella Magz: MAGA GOP is holding America hostage
• Liberal Redneck: Conservatives trash the military for being “woke”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Praising God While Backing Satan (The Трампer Dilemma) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he is being treated worse than Jesus
• LegalEagle: Does 14th Amendment bar Трамп from the presidency?
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert removed from conservative summit after new Buell Theatre footage airs
• Alex Wagner: “He will be destroyed on the stand,” Трамп’s rhetorical tricks wear thin as evidence mounts
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Big Bad Don ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America, Love It or Leave It (for Marjorie Greene) ♬
• The Daily Show: 15 minutes of Sean Hannity getting roasted
• Ari Melber: Coup bomb explodes as Трамп and aides confess anti-democracy plot in bid to duck prison
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard DESTROYS UAW strike [leaked audio]
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Legal panel reacts to Трамп admitting election subversion was his decision
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Anathema Song ♬

Trae Crowder: Pride or prejudice (of the South)?

Vox: How Republicans conquered Florida

More Perfect Union: Why the auto strike matters for all of us

Desi Lydic Womansplains: The wage gap, female representation, and the E.R.A.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Biden gave the country a lesson in hope

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

The new Seattle drug law has a lot of whereases. They do not have the force of law behind them, but they generally seem like good things. But of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating. And as budgets get proposed and passed, and as the law is implemented and enforced, we will know how valuable those whereases are.

The law is better than when it was first proposed. But I fear that people who were concerned about getting people to treatment will be disappointed.

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

Starbucks should give its union a faircontract. But they can also stop dicking around with negotiations. Jeez, just fucking have the negotiation how you agreed.

Anyway, employees must wash their hands, and you should too. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of drinks under the influence of politics.

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 newly remodeled 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.

In Friday’s open thread, I talked about the disgusting comments a Seattle Police Department offcer said about Jaahnavi Kandula, who was hit by an officer going way too fast. I didn’t realize at the time, but it was flagged by an SPD employee. I don’t know if that’s an officer or someone else. But I do want to acknowledge that they are one of the good apples we keep hearing about. I hope that there are systems in place to protect them.

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

Humphrey Yang: Wealth inequality in America—The brutal truth

Steve Shives: Stepping outside my liberal bubble

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Katie Phang: Why Republican voters are just not that into Gov. Ron DeSantis
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy’s Foul Play (or Fowl Play) ♬
• WaPo: Biden’s impeachment inquiry, explained
• The Daily Show: Lindsey Graham—From Трамп-hater to Трамп-lover
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ A Waste of Money ♬:

• Stella Magz: What’s more embarrassing, this impeachment inquiry or Aaron Rodgers jet career?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America’s Greatest Threats (as identified by Republicans) ♬
• Mark Fiore: Impeachmagic!
• Rachel Maddow: Voter wrath flares as Wisconsin GOP tries to disregard election results
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Has 91 Felony Counts. Joe Biden has NONE ♬

Robert Reich: Socialism fear-mongering is bananas

Now This: The consequences of Ron DeSantis’ rhetoric and inadequate gun laws

Stella Magz: Hunter Biden—The poster child for gun control?

The Dotard Трамп:

• Alex Wagner: “Nobody’s driving the bus”—GOP extremists lead party toward political disaster
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to gag order
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jack Smith asks Jan. 6 case judge to tell Трамп shut up about witnesses, court officials
• Chris Hayes: New footage shows Lauren Boebert vapes before ejection from “Beetlejuice” musical
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Gym Jordan, still thirsty for humiliation ♬
• Stella Magz: MAGA destroyed this country
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Classified Doc Stash ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Mitt Romney gives up on Republican Party he once led
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard mocking Elon Musk’s kid
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lauren Boebert Isn’t Fit for the Theater ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal hell week continued with RICO loss and aide’s conviction
• Liberal Redneck: Boebert’s undying trashness
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert kicked out of Beetlejuice musical at Buell Theatre
• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep 14 PROMO w/cohost MTG
• Remix Bros: ♫ Mike Lindell’s deposition (Lumpy Pillows) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Mitt Romney quitting
• Alex Wagner: Courts wrestle with scheduling Georgia trial of Трамп, co-defendants
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Flipping Dotard Off at “The Big Game” ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп has been lying about 9/11 since 9/11
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Big bullshit Трамп fountain ♬:

• Ali Velshi: The Трамп’s “banana republic”
• Stella Magz: Lauren Boebert gets escorted out of a Sunday night performance of “Beetlejuice”!
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s emotional reaction to Aaron Rodgers’ injury
• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep. 14 w/co-host AI MTG
• Alex Wagner: Judge rejects Трамп slow-walking as RICO trial schedule takes shape
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song of Conviction (Трамп’s) ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Fani Willis points out key flaw in GA co-defendants asking to move cases to federal court
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to indictment of Hunter Biden
• Ari Melber: Confession bomb explodes as Трамп admits it as federal trial looms
• Alex Wagner: As Трамп keeps running his mouth, Jack Smith asks court to crack down

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Politicians Are Too Old ♬

Alex Wagner: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson decries “discomfort” displacing “knowledge, truth or history”

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Alex Wagner with Rep. Pramila Jayapal: McCarthy humiliated as “basic task of governing” proves too much to ask of fractious party

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

SPD, get your house in order. Limited value. Christ. Limited value. Anyone going 74 un a 25 zone has limited value, not the person they hit. Limited value? Can buzz through the city unsafely, but can’t investigate adult rape. Limited value, fucking celebrating when their reckless behavior kills people who they swore to protect and serve.

And I understand there’s an ongoing process, but geez Mayor Harrell’s statement is pathetic. Mention SOD. Talk about how things will improve.

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

Let’s finally move away from Carl rides the bus in Tacoma to something different indeed. Today in Carl takes the train in Seattle: Fare ambassadors.

I don’t take the train regularly, and I guess fare ambassadors have been around for a bit. But they were on the train checking people’s cards yesterday. It was the first time since the pandemic that I had seen them.

I guess this is more of a heads up to, um, fare dodgers than anything else. But it is another thing returning to pre pandemic ways.

And one thing that isn’t pre pandemic is that you really need to get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

It’s Tuesday! And that means a meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally takes place. Consider stopping by tonight and join our political discussions over a 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 newly remodeled 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.

Hey, Carl. You spent the last two open threads talking about things that you think are worse and better about Tacoma busses versus Seattle, do you have a couple things that are just different? You know to stretch it out even further?

Yes!

Talking to strangers: It’s not just the bus. It’s like everyone everywhere in Tacoma is chit chatting with someone. I am a big fan and defender of the Seattle chill. But I can understand how it can be isolating.

And for a more bus specific one, there are a lot more frequent stops in Tacoma. It was every couple blocks for stretches. It made the route slower, but less of a walk before and after.

Anyway, hopefully this is less Carl rides the bus and back to normal (?) open threads soon. In the meantime, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.