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Most jobs should not require a driver’s license. Like, if you aren’t driving, who cares? You get a wider pool, and also driving makes people nuts; I am on the bus right now and writing an incoherent post instead of being angry with the car in front of me.

All this to say, I am glad that a bill about it has passed the Washington House. No idea about its prospects in the Senate, but it sure would be nice.

Anyway, it’s a good day to contact your legislator or member of Congress. Maybe your US Senator on the budget.

Please join us this evening for a pint and a plate of political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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.

It seems really bad to single out one law firm in an executive order. Being a Seattle person I have known plenty of Perkins Coie folks. They certainly don’t deserve this. This feels like a bill of attainder for the crime of investigating the President.

And also, many of the things they investigated about President Trump turned out to be true. Like, they wouldn’t deserve this if they were batting .000, but they have found many terrible things President Trump did with Russia.

Vox: Why the US has birthright citizenship

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Putin’s Puppet: Трамп rants about “fake news” Book, but accidentally confirms it’s real
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп and JD Vance RIDICULED by Canada and Australia
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Do You Wanna Have a Trade War? ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Hero or Zero ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп cuts and runs in self-inflicted “trade war” as markets call the shots
• Jimmy Kimmel reacts to The Dotard’s Address to Congress
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Marco Rubio’s Paralysis Renders Him Useless ♬
• Jon Stewart on Трамп’s heel turn on Zelenskyy in favor of Putin’s New World Order
• Knotheadusc: ♫ You Don’t Own Us ♬
• Stephen: Rep. Al Green tossed out for interrupting Трамп & useful lies and useless idiots
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler reacts to the Трамп—Zelenskyy argument
• Chris Hayes: Трамп is coming for Social Security. And he has a new “Big Lie” to justify it.
• Seth Meyer: Трамп’s disastrous meeting with Zelenskyy and Graham’s brazen Ukraine flip flop
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Won’t Enable Трамп ♬
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Defy Democracy ♬:

• LegalEagle: DOGE is the real fraud
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп scolds Ukraine President Zelensky & kisses lEon Musk’s feet in AI video
• Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans slobber over Трамп address, he lies about transgender mice & we hire a fired Fed worker
• Michael Kosta: Трамп pauses tariffs, crashes the stock market & threatens China
• Steve Shives: Welcome to the wrong side of history
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard saves two mice from transgender surgery!
• Stephen: Трамп’s tariff whiplash psychodrama & DOGE’s lame apology & Musk faces GOP’s “gentle” fury
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Our Dear Donald’s Ass (A MAGA Song of Devotion) ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Stage a Coup ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Ghost in the Oval ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: This is not what winning looks like
• Seth Meyers: Трамп confronted by Al Green over Medicaid cuts, lies about Social Security
• Christopher Titus: Is this the worst speech in American History ever?
• Dark Brandon: Support the troops? Not if it costs Republicans money!
• Jabari Jones: President Musk—E-Mails
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Letter to Putin
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin’s FAVORITE song about Трамп ♬
• Marsh Family: ♫ “Puppets on a Kremlin String?♬:

• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Zelensky Oval Office smackdown
• Christopher Titus: Трамп—Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting
• Taylor Tomlinson: Трамп’s speech to Congress
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Mind Control for the Mindless ♬
• Stephen: Dumbest trade war in history & effects of The Dotard’s tariffs already being felt & chicken rental deals
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп berates Zelenskyy & Vance wants a thank you
• The Late Show: You should be wearing a chicken hat
• Putin’s Puppet: Project 2025 bringing back Old Testament justice
• NowThis: Breaking down Трамп’s speech—What’s true & what’s not
• Stella Magz: State of the Union or State of Emergency
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s honest address to Congress
• The Late Show: ♫ MAGA Maniacs ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Make America Grow Afraid ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Canada’s Trudeau humiliates cowardly Трамп who backs down on tariffs. Again.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Anti-American Antics Don’t Fly with Me ♬
• LegalEagle: A judge just reversed Трамп’s purge
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ It’s Not Unusual To Get Measles Anymore ♬
• Michael Kosta: Трамп’s Canada & Mexico tariffs hike up prices, while GOP blames Biden for economy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and Vance perform “Dance of the Horse’s Patoot” for Putin ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Beneath the Seams ♬
• The Late Show: Russian TV plays Трамп-Zelensky fight
• David Corn (Mother Jones): Musk’s reckless ebola cuts could lead to deadly pandemics
• Ari Melber: Musk demoted! Go inside Трамп’s EXPLOSIVE, angry Cabinet meeting reported by NY Times
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Oval Office meeting
• Putin’s Puppet: Трамп on Ukraine “No cards, all cards, tremendous psychological warfare”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп walks back tariffs & wants to dismantle Dept of Education & plans to deport 200,000 Ukrainians
• Liberal Redneck: So Canada’s bad and Russia’s good now apparently?
• SNL: lEon Musk
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ While I Play Piano, Putin Plays Трамп ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ It’s Not Easy Bein’ Al Green ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard tells Wall Street to stop complaining!
• LegalEagle: Why the “five things” Email failed
• Seth Meyers: Трамп caves on tariffs as markets drop, faces backlash for firing veterans
• Parody Project: ♫ Before We Turn to Dust ♬
• Michael Kosta: Трамп lies, attacks Biden in Joint Address & Rep. Al Green leaves early
• Tommy Campbell: JD Vance has ski trip ruined by HILARIOUS protestors
• Stephen: Oval office shouting match & not playing cards & great television? Moscow celebrates

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Even More Deplorables:

• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Tax the Churches
• Stella Magz: So much hypocrisy, so little time….
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I Finally Own The Libs Tonight…. ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: Economic self sabotage—MAGA celebrates harmful tariffs
• Winlar: ♫ Better Than ♬:

• Dark Brandon: MAGA digs into Epstein files…and accidentally find Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: Advice to Трамп and lEon & Kanye supporters dealing with buyer’s remorse
• Stephen: Melania Трамп 2.0—A new look, a meme coin, and a $40M documentary
• Just a Canadian: ♫ MAGA Man ♬:

• Stella Magz: Putin hits the jackpot with MAGA…
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To Трампers—I Understand Your Anger ♬
• Chris Norlund: Tesla rebels CRUSH lEon Musk empire
• Desi Lydic Fauxsplains Трамп & Zelenskyy’s Oval Office meeting

Robert Reich: Debunking minimum wage myths since 1995

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

– Some of you drive like you’re hoping for an accident. Still, congratulations to Seattle for reduced pedestrian deaths and no bicycle deaths by cars.

– Fuck ghost buses.

– Anybody know where I can get a Federal building cheap? Oh, you do!

– We have a moral obligation to everyone in the country, but people in detention who might die otherwise,

– Anyway, please write or call your legislator or member of Congress. Do it today.

Good morning you lovelies. Did you watch Trump’s joint address? I sure as shit did not. I had better things to do, like walk part of the way to Drinking Liberally in uncomfortable shoes. Probably not my best idea ever, but it beats the alternative. Anyway, if you watched, congratulations on being more willing to be lied to by a jackass than me.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for conversation and drinks. Please stop by if you are so moved.

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—well after the convicted felon is done talking.

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.

– Seattle needs to build a ton more housing. Sometimes that’s where there are trees. We can also plant way more trees to make up for it.

– Tidepooling. Sounds like a blast.

– 15-Hour City

– Hey, go write your legislators or members of Congress.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Reign of King Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Tommy Campbell: The Felon Von Shitzenpantz TROLLED By Justin Trudeau
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Leon’s Plan for Subjugation of the American People ♬
• Stephen: MAGA gets buyer’s remorse & coffee, eggs, and potato chip prices spike
• Adam Conover: No one is coming to save us
• Putin’s Puppet: Трамп defends the Tate brothers “They’re just like me!”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп screws up Epstein list release, Dotard hocks golden dollars & GOP complains about Leon
• Desi Lydic: Can Macron’s accent stop Трамп from fanboying for Putin?
• Ari Melber: That was fast! Трамп MIA as prices spike from coffee to eggs to gasoline
• Chris Hayes: Трамп “irreparably destroyed” world order with Zelenskyy blowup
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Who Knew We Needed Medicaid? ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: New executive order—Eggs don’t exist
• LegalEagle: Shutting down USAID is illegal (but they did it anyway)
• Rachel Maddow: Busted—DOGE humiliated by brutal fact-checking, walks back bogus savings claims
• Founders Sing: ♫ Musk Must Go Away ♬:

• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Nothing matters
• Liberal Redneck: On gutting Medicaid and food stamps to cover more tax cuts for the wealthy
• John Waldron: MAGA joins DEMOCRATS to put an END to Трамп!
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Big Cuts 4 You, Big Spending 4 Me ♬
• Steve Shives: Трамп abandons Zelenskyy, defends Putin, and proves his unfitness (again)
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Dynamite, and Tight Pants ♬
• Stephen: Vulgar replies to Musk’s Email & Трамп’s mystery bruise
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп & Musk fire thousands of federal workers, Dotard gets a new tell-all & Macron visits Washington
• Resist: Political Art and Protest Music: ♫ Happy Gulf of America Days… Did They Really Just Rename the Gulf of Mexico? ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Shiny Object Syndrome ♬
• J-L Cauvin: ♫ The Dotard reacts to the death of Roberta Flack ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Chainsaw Massacre ♬:

• Sarah Cooper: King Трамп’s plans to invade Canada and more
• Desi Lydic: Elon Musk crashes Cabinet meeting & Трамп touts $5M “Gold card” for VIP immigrants
• Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart reworks Трамп & Elon’s sweeping DOGE budget cuts
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dementia Dotard ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Трамп
• Jabari Jones: President Musk—Government firings
• Stephen: Fed workers can ignore Musk email & a living cringe meme & Трамп licks feet in viral AI video
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Constitutional Crisis ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s CRAZY Gaza video, disgusting new immigration “Gold card” & Elon dominates cabinet meeting
• Desi Lydic: Elon Musk’s Email ultimatum—Justify accomplishments or get semi-fired
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ King Elon and Prince Трамп ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces he is replacing Pope Francis
• Patrick Fitzgerald and Knotheadusc: ♫ Where is Fraud? ♬:

• Lawrence: Трамп and House GOP taking health care away from poor people so Elon Musk can be richer
• Parody Project: ♫ Трамп’s Kennedy store ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Musk and Трамп Identify (with) MASSIVE Corruption ♬
• The New York Times: The one idea that connects Трамп’s recent actions
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Трамп inflation
• Chris Hayes: Fears grow as RFK Jr. downplays deadly measles outbreak
• ScaredKetchup: Project 2025: The Series Episode 3 w/ AI Elon Musk, Трамп, Jasmine Crockett
• Desi Lydic: Are Democrats taking the rizz out of resistance in their opposition to Трамп?
• Lawrence O’Donnell and Robert Reich: Трамп’s tyranny is undeniable
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reveals minerals deal with Ukraine!
• Christopher Titus: Measles and government SCANDALS uncovered
• Stephen: Who Runs DOGE? White House Press Corps, “We’re cooked” America’s Gold Card for rich foreigners
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and Musk Don’t Care about You (at all) ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Letter from a federal employee

Josh Johnson asks how NYCers honor Black history without breaking DEI bans

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Jabari Jones: President Musk—Ashley VS. Elon
• Stella Magz: Does the “D” in DOGE stand for DEADBEAT?
• Tommy Campbell: Leon Musk could lose his citizenship
• Dark Brandon: MAGA conservatives are the new snowflakes—And it’s hilarious
• The Late Show: Has Siri gone anti-MAGA?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s wedding vows for Kid Rock & Lauren Boebert
• Troy Iwata: Meet the choreographer teaching Elon Musk how to move like a normal person
• JoJoFromJerz: “America first” huh?
• LegalEagle: The travesty of the silk road pardon
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп clears up Musk’s ultimatum Email, Marjorie Taylor Greene vs federal workers & gross DeSantis
• Chris Hayes: Release of “Epstein Files” sparks MAGA anger and disappointment
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп LOVES Chaos ♬
• Steve Shives: Voter’s Remorse Helpline

Sandy Pliskin: ♫ Dear Bernie Sanders ♬

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

– Those stickers are so mean to Nazis. Also, I appreciate the article becoming self-aware at the end.

– I understand Seattle politicians giving Seattle or regional businesses people. But you can just not with Musk and Thiel.

– I think of Representative Strickland as a median Democrat. If she supports something, many Democrats also do, and if she’s leading there’s probably close to consensus. So I was glad to see her specifically sponsor a bill protecting transgender service members.

– Hey go call your legislator or member of Congress.

Good morning. Seattle Bike Blog has a delightful post proposing putting large trees in traffic circles. Some could have other amenities. Tom’s proposal is largely for residential areas. And it sounds lovely.

I would also like to replace every traffic light on Aurora with something. There’s already a great trail that runs parallel, so it would not have the same need for a little park. But you could still plant a giant tree in a roundabout. Or! A Miawaki forest. The best Miawaki Forest in the region is already just off Aurora.

As long as there’s enough setback that you can see oncoming traffic it seems safer than Aurora now. On my ideal world, we would eliminate curb cuts and drastically reduce parking, but that’s not what this post is.

Got politics on your mind? The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is your weekly sounding board for all things political. Stop by to converse over a drink.

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.

Phone weirdness means a short post today and I don’t know about the rest of the week.

Reign of King Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Steve Shives: When late-stage Democracy meets late-stage capitalism
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The country’s going backward now that Dotard Трамп is back ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: The Dotard speaks about Big Balls
• Christopher Titus: Трамп calls Zelenskyy a dictator?!?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard calls Zelenskyy a dictator
• LegalEagle: Legally, WTF is DOGE?
• The Late Show: Elon Musk is “Gold Finder”
• Stephen: Rehiring fired gov’t workers & Musk isn’t running DOGE & pro-Russia Трамп doesn’t care about Ukraine
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ You Cannot Shame the Shameless (like Трамп, Vance, or Musk) ♬
• LegalEagle: Worse than Watergate—The Thursday night massacre:

• John Oliver: Трамп 2.0
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s counting on the cowards ♬
• Rachel Maddow: “Have you considered resigning?”—Calling out Трамп staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—And so it begins
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard celebrates himself on President’s Day
• Putin’s Puppet: Трамп explains why he didn’t invade Gaza
• Stephen: “King” Don floats a troll balloon & all the gold in Fort Knox
• Jonathan Jensen and Friends: ♫ Not in America (A Трамп Resistance Song) ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Трамп called Zelenskyy “a dictator”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ DON’T Make Fun of Трамп! ♬
• Tommy Campbell: ♫ JD Vance bombs at Munich security conference ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Babies in the White House ♬:

• Steve Shives: The Dunning-Kruger presidency
• The Late Show: “I was just saving the country”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Gulf of Mexico is STILL the Gulf of Mexico ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How many laws has Трамп, who thinks he’s a king, violated publicly?
• Tommy Campbell: Hannity Трамп Musk interview fails & inflation is back!
• Rachel Maddow: Sidelined Трамп mostly “decorative” as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards
• Stephen: “I’ll break any law I want” & MapQuest resists “Gulf of America” & Kennedy Center dishonored
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Just Talkin’ ‘Bout X ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Hate to Tell You, Трамп was Lying ♬

The Late Show: Tim Meadows celebrates great Black Americans

A Pit Toilet Full of Deplorables:

• Liberal Redneck: More MAGA madness (and the DOGE problem)
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Child Support ♬
• John Waldron: Трамп WILL fail…and it’s ALREADY happening!
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: How to know you are in a cult
• Stephen: Трамп’s border czar confirms crooked deal with NYC Mayor Eric Adams
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Not Too Bright—Senator Ron Johnson ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: Elon describes exploring DEEPER states of consciousness with ketamine
• JoJoFromJerz: Plastic straw hill
• Parody Project: ♫ The Emperor Has No Clothes ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

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