– I suspect that it will be a theme of these open threads, but it’s tough to know how much Washington should do on its own and how much should be deducted to opposing awful things from the Federal government.
– Info Wars is good now. What a world.
– Algorithms have been pretty bad for the Internet.
– I have mentioned it before, but if you’re new to BlueSky and inexplicably looking for me, there you are. Darryl and Goldy are also there.
Between the election and Veterans Day, I haven’t posted one of these in a while and frankly, I have too many tabs open.
– The attacks on transgender people are not just a metaphor.
– Downtown Spokane is doing better than the naysayers suggest.
– I somehow got into my head that the new station on the 1 Line was already called 130th, but apparently there are 4 finalists.
– More and more people are taking the G Line.
– Welcome to the high minimum wage club, Everett.
– Seattle looking into using a King County facility in ways the county isn’t going to do?
– Also, Washington has shut down the vaccine locator. You should still get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible, but it’s no longer a struggle to figure out where to find a vaccine. So do I need a new closing?
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for both celebrating electoral success in Washington state and lamenting losses nationally. Please stop by if you can.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.
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.
LegalEagle: How to kill the Electoral College
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Trevor Noah: We treated President Biden like SHIT!
Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Grace Kuhlenschmidt: Non-voters teach her how to not give a fuck about politics
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Dear Bob Ferguson,
Congratulations on your victory this week. I am writing to ask you to stand up to Donald Trump in his second term. I appreciate the way you did that as Attorney General, but I fear the pressure will be different as governor. There will be pressure and potentially a lot of money from the Federal government. And those resources could be used to build a better Washington. I am also worried that you didn’t do much to deal with the sort of problems that made Donald Trump more attractive when you were on the King County Council. I don’t know where this is going, except to say don’t give in and don’t make the not giving in the only thing you do.
XOXO
Carl Ballard
(I sent this to the AG’s contact page, not sure if there’s a transition office or something like that)
Weeeeeeeeeell fuck.
Good things in Washington for sure. A Democrat in every statewide office. I think the legislature will be able to keep making progress. Shaun Scott and Alexis Mercedes Rinck are going to help define who the Democrats are for the good, compared to their opponents.
Fuck man, fuck.
The initiatives are going to fail, so we can use that momentum. And maybe we don’t get a new Tim Eyman. Go waste your money somewhere else.
Jesus Christ on the Cross, man. Fuck. Fuck.
There will be a lot of opportunities going forward in the state to lobby to protest to write your legislators and city council members. There is also opportunity to push back against some of the horrors coming from the Federal government.
Fuck.
Big day today. There seems to be no relief or escape from this freaking election. So distract yourself with some more election-related stuff….
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will NOT be meeting on election day (Tuesday). Unfortunately, our regular meeting place, the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, will be closed. There will be plenty of other candidate parties, party parties, and election watching parties around the city.
We’ll meet again a week from Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle.
Did you vote yet? You have until tomorrow to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off. Probably a good idea to get it dropped off today. Just get it done. If you’ve in King County, find your dropbox location here. Let’s get Democrats into all of the statewide offices and run up the vote total for Harris. Dropboxes close at 8:00 on Tuesday and postmarks whenever your Post Office closes.
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
ONN: U.S. deploys socially awkward men along border to deter migrants
Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Robert Reich: The tax loophole billionaires die for
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Go vote if you haven’t yet. Shit’s important even if you don’t like Kamala Harris (I do). Shit’s important even if you don’t like Bob Ferguson (Complicated). Shit’s important even if you don’t give much thought to downticket. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday. Fill it out on your commute or over the weekend. But get it in. And yeah, I encourage people everyone to vote straight ticket Democrats.
– Hey Vancouver voters, if you dropped off your ballot at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center, make sure it wasn’t burned in the arson attack. There’s still time to make sure that your vote is counted.
– I wish there were more details about the Diaz suspension.
– Sorry this is both late and undercooked. Weird day at work.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting together tonight for conversation and good cheer over a drink. If you haven’t voted yet, fill out your ballot, drop it off in a nearby drop box, and then swing by The Roanoke proudly wearing your “I Voted” sticker.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.
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.
Good news, everyone! My ballot has been counted. It’s very nice to just be able to go to the website (or get it texted to you, if that’s your thing) and confirm it for yourself.
If you’re in King County, you can confirm your ballot has been counted here. If you’re somewhere else in the state, type your country and ballot tracker into your favorite search engine, maybe turn off AI so it doesn’t tell you that the tracks of the horned ballot of Walla Walla County leaves tracks in the snow or whatever. Anyway, pretty easy.
And hey, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Parody Project: This Land is Your Land
Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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