Please join us the evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers to celebrate stuff and talk about stuff.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Samantha Bee: Food waste and climate change—How your leftovers can save the world

Daily Show Rewind: President Barack Obama—Post-presidential life and nurturing future leaders

Stephen: Justice Stephen Breyer addresses speculation about his retirement plans

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Greedy Ghouls, Greasy Goblins, Gruesome Gnomes, and Genocidal Gadflies of the Ghastly GOP:

• Stephen: Why the Generals hid the nukes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ General Milley Thought Трамп was Unstable. Didn’t Everyone? ♬
• Mark Fiore: Losers…The new winners!
• The Late Show: The adventures of Mike Pence–To coup or not to coup
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What is Kevin McCarthy Hiding? ♬
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani insists he wasn’t drunk during rambling 9/11 speech
• The Late Show: Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre, drunken speech
• Parody Project: WITH THIS CREW:

• Seth Meyers: Трампism rejected in major landslide as Newsom wins California recall
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Endangered Lives ♬
• Keith Olbermann: The Legacy of 9/11 is not those we mourn. It’s cruelty with which we responded which now blights us
• Rachel Maddow: Republican war on elections makes casualties of civilian stewards of democracy
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS with RAGE at new Melanie Трамп book
• Trevor: Трамп & Rudy Giuliani mark 9/11’s 20th anniversary in the weirdest ways possible
• Jimmy Kimmel: Nicki Minaj’s controversial vaccine tweet, Трамп gets bomb blocked & lunatics run for CA Governor
• Stephen: Should we be worried about Rudy Giuliani?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Not Fond of Death, Disease or Dotard ♬:

• The Late Show: Senator’s bizarre Biden button conspiracy
• act.tv: Unhinged right wingers are coming for our schools
• Bill Maher: I don’t recall
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike’s major MAGA fail, Трамп’s “Abdul” obsession & Nicki Minaj responds to Jimmy Kimmel
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who is the Greatest Threat to America? ♬
• J-L Cauvin: EXCLUSIVE: January 5th phone call between Трамп and Pence

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Joy Reid: First Black principal at TX school suspended after being accused of promoting CRT

LegalEagle: The Texas abortion decision is bad for everyone

Robert Reich: The $3.5T bill corporate America is terrified of

Vice News: WTF is an earmark?

This week in ТрампPlague:

• Trevor: Biden’s vaccine mandates & the GOP’s freak-out
• Samantha Bee: Getting vaccinated doesn’t take (your) balls
• Stephen: Misinformation station—Onions, betadine, and other things that won’t treat covid
• Trevor chats with the Minister of Health for Trinidad & Tobago
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Delta Quarantine ♬:

• The Late Show: ♫ Nicki Minaj Presents: “Super Balls” ♬
• Samanth Bee: What Republicans get wrong about vaccine mandates
• Seth Meyers: White House offers to call Nicki Minaj after swollen testicles tweet
• Trevor: Dr. Anthony Fauci on new mandates & convincing vaccine skeptics
• Stephen: President Biden claps back at anti-vax GOP Governors over mandates
• Now This: Biden calls out GOP hypocrisy over vaccine mandates
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains vaccine mandates
• Trevor: From Delta to “Donda”—Problematic mutations abound
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ The FDA Approved the Pfizer COVID Vaccine, Proving It’s Not Poison ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Lauren’s Lament ♬:

• Stephen: #SuperBalls: Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s testicles are still the week’s biggest story
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson’s wacky, deadly coverage of Minaj’s skepticism
• Spitting Image: Coroni is getting back out there after a tough year
• Trevor: Debunking Nicki Minaj’s swollen balls claims

WaPo: What states with restrictive abortion laws get wrong about women’s health

Bloomberg Law: How many votes? A guide to getting it done in Congress

Samantha Bee: What American citizens can do to help Afghanistan

The Late Show: Mole gets whacked every time there’s a crack in Democracy

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

Hey! Tonight’s election night…in California. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and join the election watching party and discussion. It won’t all be about California.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm (or a bit earlier for the 8pm ballot drop). We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

LegalEagle: Who has the war power?

Texas Becomes the Western Hemisphere’s North Korea:

• Bill Maher and Friends: Will the Texas abortion ban backfire?
• Rachel Maddow: Passage of new voting restrictions in Texas prompts immediate voting rights lawsuit
• Amber Ruffin’s minute of fury: Texas’ abortion ban
• Mark Fiore: Lawsuit vigilantes not just for Texas anymore
• Samantha Bee: What Texas’s new abortion ban means for reproductive rights across the country
• Bill Maher: Riches for snitches
• Rachel Maddow: How one bar’s liquor license case could bring down the new Texas abortion ban
• Seth Meyers: AOC explains Biology 101 to Greg Abbott after SCOTUS guts Roe v. Wade in Texas

The Late Show: This week on Animal Earth—Animals are having to adapt to climate change

Liars, Cheaters, Traitors and Other Brown-nosers of The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Drag It Must Be to Be Republican ♬
• The Late Show: Трамп’s inspiring California recall pump up speech
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ The GOP Elephant Pooped It’s Poopy Pants [BEWARE] ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We Never Thought They’d Be That Dumb ♬
• The Daily Show: Eye on Texas—Ted Cruz, immigration, and blaming AOC
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Robert E. Lee, and the history that wasn’t ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп claims Robert E. Lee would have won the war in Afghanistan
• Now This: Jim Jordan leaks that Трамп will run again
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Short Ballad of Gov. Kristi Noem’s Long Desk ♬
• The Late Show: Evil Squad shocked by Lara Трамп’s Beau Biden comment
• Rachel Maddow: New Grand Jury activity in Трамп organization case is reminder that investigations are ongoing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Coulter and Fetlocks Agree (Трамп’s a Wuss) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп does his own makeup and Biden boots Conway & Spicer
• Roy Wood, Jr.: The best of unsolved MAGA mysteries
• The Daily Show: When was America great? Трамп supporters face the ultimate test.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To Those Waiting For Трамп To Get What’s Coming to Him ♬

Robert Reich: Why the filibuster is unconstitutional

Bill Maher: America’s pipe dream

The Week in ТрампPlague:

• Stephen: Mu becomes a concern and the delta spread continues
• Andre Antunes: Kenneth Copeland Unplugged [Wind Of God Acoustic Remix]
• WaPo: How coronavirus variants like delta form and spread
• Samantha Bee: Dr. Charity Dean predicted the pandemic. Here’s what she thinks is next.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hypocrisy reigns as Republican lawmakers lash out over their “right to choose”
• The Remix Bros: ♫ AJ’s Nobel Prize Winning For Humans REMIX ♬
• Stephen: Biden’s plan to defeat covid before a monster variant emerges
• WaPo: How ivermectin became the latest false cure for the coronavirus
• The Late Show: Consult doctor Ed for all your medical needs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel is BACK and very much ALIVE
• Stephen: Hurricanes, reproductive rights, ivermectin—Did anything happen during our break?
• Samantha Bee salutes petty TikTok teens

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Crazy Weather ♬

Legal Eagle: The origin of the law

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. We’d be pleased to have you stop by and join in on the conversation.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Cheers,
Darryl Holman

Ronny Cheing: Global temperatures are going UP

The End of an Error:

• Chris Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—And it’s remarkable
• WaPo: Republicans slam Biden after previously supporting Afghanistan withdrawal
• The New York Times: “I won’t go 20 years back in time”—Young Afghan women speak out
• Rachel Maddow: With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan’s will
• Samantha Bee: It’s time to take responsibility for what we’ve done in Afghanistan
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Chickenhawks Longing to Renew Afghan Conflict ♬

Robert Reich: Is billionaire philanthropy a scam?

Parody Project: ♫ Miss Me ♬:

Samantha Bee: Racist and sexist school dress codes continue to fail students

Today’s G.O.P. and Other Deplorables Wearing the Taint of Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, The “Law and Order President” ♬
• The Late Show: Madison Cawthorn threatens “bloodshed”
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal mess—New testimony in criminal probe ratchets up pressure
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Needy, Petty, and Pathetic—The Dotard Трамп ♬
• Chris Hayes: New details on Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan phone call with Трамп on Jan. 6
• Jordan Klepper: How do Трамп supporters feel about masks?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп’s Like Play Doh ♬

Ali Velshi: Biden wants action on climate change citing Ida floods and California fires

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

VICE News: An unprecedented fire season is devastating California… again

Reproductive Wrongs:

• Rachel Maddow: Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the New Texas law by SNITCHING!!
• Samantha Bee: Fuck off, Texas!:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Justice Sotomayor, “Stunning” SCOTUS decision creates “citizen bounty hunters” in TX
• Chris Hayes: Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious
• Rachel Maddow: Women’s health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law
• Ali Velshi: Biden and Pelosi vow action after Texas abortion ban

Now This: Powerful signs From the March For Voting Rights

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Explaining humans to aliens

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Snake King gets where DeSantis is coming from
• The Daily Show: Horsey Vax—The alternative medicine for anti-vaxxers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Suspectin’ that Ivermectin Has Taken Over Your Brain ♬:

• WaPo: Mask mandate bans—What’s the legality of these laws in states like Texas
• Mark Fiore: The “I won’t kill you” card!
• Vice News: Florida schools are fighting the Governor for kids to mask up
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ You Are Not a Horse ♬:

• The Late Show: Fauci finally gets through to MAGA guy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Know the Vaccine’s Safe (Song of the Honest Republican) ♬

Full Frontal: Tenacious unicorn ranch is pioneering a new and queer wild West

Now This: How restrictive voting measures impact Americans with disabilities

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

Please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint, as well as a toast to the end of America’s longest war, at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Full Frontal Rewind: Gun control

Pullin’ Out:

• WaPo: Трамп officials touted their Taliban talks before criticizing Biden’s Taliban talks
• Rachel Maddow: CIA Target Taliban leader freed by Трамп meets with CIA
• Now This: One hundred percent. Says Трамп.
• Bill Maher: The lesson of Afghanistan
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ After the latest losses in Afghanistan ♬
• Vox: How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan:

• Mark Fiore: How Biden ruined a perfectly good 20-year war, Part II
• John Oliver: Afghanistan
• AJ+: Four reasons the Taliban takeover happened so quickly
• WaPo: How the Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan allies work
• Bill Maher: Operation GTFO
• Vice News: Why 20 years of American aid couldn’t fix Afghanistan’s roads and hospitals
• The New York Times: 20 years, 4 Presidents—The words that shaped the war in Afghanistan

Robert Reich: The real Socialism in America is not what you think

The Clowns, Cowards, Con-artists, Criminals and Conspirators that Comprise the Current G.O.P.:

• Rachel Maddow: January 6 Committee shows seriousness about investigation
• The Late Show: Kylie Weaver’s ULTIMATE Dotard Трамп insult
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mo Brooks and Ron Johnson in 2024! Truth in Advertising ♬
• Jordan Keppler: How do Трамп supporters describe Трамп?
• The Late Show: Mike Lindell vows Трамп 2021 reinstatement
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп supporters make a martyr of 1/6 rioter Babbitt, ignoring previous “law and order” stance
• Vice News: The MyPillow guy is lying, Republicans are listening
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Mike Lindell Limerick ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп is also suing Nirvana!
• The Daily Show: Joe Biden—Crisis machine
• The Late Show: Tyler Templeton’s Трамп reinstatement miracle
• Rachel Maddow: FCC clobbers Трамп-supporting activists over racist robocalls
• act.tv: Watch the MyPillow Guy change his dates after he was proven wrong!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Trump’s the Disease That Keeps on Spreading ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Kayleigh McEnany shamelessly claims Трамп didn’t have “crisis after crisis”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyers face accountability—“They used the federal courts to broadcast lies.”
• The Daily Show: Jordan Keppler’s journey into the MAGAverse
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mo Brooks is Among the Dumbest Congressmen ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Sirhan Sirhan parole decision
• Rachel Maddow: Federal judge excoriates Трамп lawyers, refers them for disbarment
• The Late Show: True believers explain how Трамп will be reinstated as president
• Ari Melber: GOP spends 2021 recounting Трамп’s loss in several states

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Bill Maher: Conservative comedy

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: FAUX News already skeptical of FDA approved vaccine
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “We Ain’t Got Worms” (An anti-vax, pro-Трамп, FAUX-viewer anthem) ♬
• Andre Antunes: ♫ Covid Rant goes METAL! [San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting Remix] ♬:

• The Daily Show: FAUX News on the FDA’s vax approval vs. Operation Warp Speed
• Joy Reid critiques Ron DeSantis’ recent policy choices impacting children
• act.tv: Florida doctors are fed up with the anti-vaxxers!
• Seth Meyers: FDA warns people not to use horse de-wormer Ivermectin to treat COVID
• Chris Hayes: Right wing nutburgers tout unproven covid treatments over preventative vaccines
• Jordan Klepper debates anti-vax mandate protesters in NYC
• The New York Times: Dying in the name of vaccine freedom
• Ari Melber: As COVID kills in red states, long war on science proves costly
• Eric Schwartz: ♫ The Stupid Vaccine ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп rally crowd boos vaccines and Pfizer shot gets full FDA approval
• Chris Hayes: Doctors stage demonstration to protest unvaccinated
• Amber Ruffin: A brief history of what happens when we don’t listen to scientists
• Rachel Maddow: New facet of covid crisis—Misguided people taking Ivermectin anti-parasite animal drug
• The Late Show: Трамп maintains Death Cult Figurehead status
• Desi Lydic: FDA spokesperson debunks vaccine myths

Amber Ruffin: A year since George Floyd’s murder and no police reform bill

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

What are you up to this evening? The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet tonight for conversations over a drink. You are welcome to stop by.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

The Late Show: Come visit the Colorado River

Vox: How the US made affordable homes illegal

The Cult that Calls Itself the “Republican Party”:

• The Daily Show: The Dailyshow-ography of Lindsey Graham—Married to the game
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Library of Congress with tough negotiating
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Reinstatement Day ♬:

• Ari Melber: Трамп lost, so why are Трамп ideas watering down police reform bill in 2021?
• Jordan Klepper’s top 10 moments with Трамп supporters
• The Remix Bros: ♫ Mike Lindell (aka My Pillow Guy) REMIX ♬
• Andre Antunes: ♫ Anti-Biden preacher goes Metal! ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Voting rights activist—“We’re going to fight” effort by Georgia GOP to takeover local elections
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Scatological Lesson for Трампsters ♬

Dulce Sloan: How do we get more Black women in the Senate?

Amber Ruffin: Immigrants are not the doom of America

This Week in The ТрампPlague:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Use “Трампblock” to Avoid a Painful MAGA Reaction to the Son” ♬
• Ari Melber: Watch Sean Hannity get fact-checked by CDC Director on live TV
• Stephen: Covid Trufers claim unvaccinated sperm will be the next Bitcoin
• Joy Reid: Dr. Fauci—Hospitals becoming overrun due to COVID is a tragedy
• Rachel Maddow: FAUX News hosts push people to animal anti-parasite drug as junk science covid medicine
• The Late Show: Get vax-free seed at Gary’s Man Seed Emporium
• Stephen: Anti-vaxxers bring the crazy at public meetings in California
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Spreadneck Moron ♬:

• Now This: Schools across U.S. fight bans on mask mandates
• Al Franken: Tucker Carlson—Most COVID-vaccinated American?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz (the disease) ♬
• Seth Meyers: DeSantis bans mask mandates & Трамп says COVID was “over” when he left
• Ari Melber: Returning to lockdowns in 2021? Why COVID is worse than ever in some places
• Stephen: An epidemic of disinformation—Dr. Jon LaPook on barriers to defeating covid
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP Governors endanger children by playing politics with COVID-19

Full Frontal Rewind: American greed

Withdrawal Method:

• Seth Meyers: As US withdraws from Afghanistan, refugees must be evacuated immediately
• Mark Fiore: How Biden ruined a perfectly good 20-year war
• Now This: Трамп took credit for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
• Stephen: “They do not blame America for withdrawing”—Clarissa Ward on reactions to the U.S. Military exit
• The Daily Show: 20 years went by so fast
• Bill Maher: Graveyard of empires
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп demands Joe Biden resign!
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп admin deliberately sabotaged refugee process, stranding Afghan allies
• Seth Meyers: John Bolton and Mike Pence criticize Biden’s handling of Afghanistan
• Joy Reid: Mike Pence’s hypocrisy on Трамп’s Taliban deal is the absolute worst
• Stephen: Taliban promises a gentler touch with women and civilians in new charm offensive
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s own security adviser blames him for surrender to Taliban

John Oliver: Ransomware

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

Please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to carry in food. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

John Oliver: Opioids III—The Sacklers

Cracked: If megachurches were honest (Honest Ads)

Now This: How new census data impacts the future of U.S. politics

WaPo: How climate change could shift where tornadoes strike most

Traitors, Traffickers, and Terrorists of the Трамп-era G.O.P.:

• Ari Melber: Трамп crime? Bombshell new testimony reveals DOJ pressure to support “Big Lie”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s “Patriotic” Followers ♬
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani drowns in legal bills and Mike Lindell melts down at cyber symposium
• Rachel Maddow: The one line that exposes Трамп’s real plan to overturn the 2020 election
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans, a steaming plate of contradictions ♬
• Stephen: “FAUX News has lost control of the monster that it created,” says Brian Stelter
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Hooked On Their Stealing ♬:

• Ari Melber: Трамп’s inside job busted by Barr’s replacement in 2021 testimony
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Finally Successful Celling ♬
• LegalEagle: I tricked Rudy Giuliani into congratulating me on 2,000,000 subscribers
• The Daily Show: For the record, it was 14 words
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Is Трамп Striving to Reduce His “Bottom Line”? ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Facts so far in Трамп coup probe suggest criminal referral likely
• Seth Meyers: Bombshell emails reveal Трамп planned coup with loyalist Jeffrey Clark
• Founders Sing: ♫ You’re all a buncha suckers ♬
• John Di Domenico: Трамп announces shadow Cabinet ahead of reinstatement on 8.13 or 8.21 or 8.31 or Sept or Oct or Nov.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ In Appreciation of Those With Трамп Intolerance ♬
• Seth Meyers: Judge rules Dominion lawsuit against Трамп allies can move forward
• Rachel Maddow: Resignation of U.S. attorney takes spotlight in probe of Трамп effort to overturn election
• Ali Velshi: Трамп implemented a “calculated, premeditated plan to pressure the DOJ”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Dreadful Current Crop of GOPers ♬

Amber Ruffin: Black parents’ tax dollars pay for White kids’ “segregation academies”

The Late Show: Captain Planet has… given up

LegalEagle: When pets are legally people

Robert Reich: The media bias nobody is talking about

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Just ‘Cause You’ve Got a Dick Doesn’t Mean You’ve Got to Act Like One ♬

The Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Marlon Brando Stars as “The Covid One”
• Rachel Maddow: Fauci worried about delta variant spread “If we don’t do the right thing”
• Stephen: The vaccine conspiracy train makes stops at Ivermectin
• Now This: Dr. Reiner, “Don’t get your medical advice from the Governor of Florida”
• The Late Show: Sen. Rick Scott and Joe Camel celebrate American decision making
• Mark Fiore: Patriotism is our passport
• Joy Reid: Politics expert says of GOP COVID deniers, “The Republican Party only cares about ME”
• Seth Meyers: Getting to know the lambda variant
• The Late Show: Ron DeSantis’ ludicrous anti-mask defense
• Stephen: Covetton Med has luxury therapies for long covid sufferers
• The New Yorker: One woman’s mission to get vaccines to her rural Alabama town
• Ari Melber: How a “mini-Трамп” is running Florida into the ground amidst covid-19 deaths
• The Late Show: ♫ I saw a vaccinated tiger ♬
• act.tv: Another day, another perfect #PsakiBomb:

• Stephen: The ТрампPlague got Stephen uninvited from Barack’s 60th (and other covid news)
• WaPo: How to safely travel with the covid-19 delta variant surging
• The Late Show: Sen. Rand Paul’s anti-vax mandate rant

WaPo: Late-night hosts react to Cuomo’s resignation

Vox: The law that broke US immigration

Dulce Sloan: What happened to America’s public pools?

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

Join us this evening for a night of political chat over a drink at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle chapter meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to carry in food. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find another chapter near you.

John Oliver: Emergency medical services

The Daily Show: New York rolls out protective measure to keep citizens safe

The Treasonweasels, Truthless Turkeys, and other Terrible Tools of the Трамп Tribalists:

• Ari Melber: “100 times worse than Nixon”—Historian warns of Трамп’s “coup” in damning 2021 emails
• John Di Domenico: Трамп slams Cuomo’s 11 counts of sexual harassment
• Ali Velshi: Трамп DOJ official prepped to ask GOP in six states to void Biden win
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Imagine if you will ♬
• Bill Maher: The big liars
• Keith Olbermann: Mccarthy’s excuse for talking of hitting Pelosi. Is he stoned? No, seriously – is he?
• Chris Hayes: This Трамп loyalist “Aimed a nuclear weapon” at U.S. democracy
• LegalEagle: DOJ won’t defend Mo Brooks
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s “attempted coup”—Bombshell evidence reveals how close Трамп came to overthrowing democracy
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп visits the U.S. Capitol for the first time since January 2021
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ An Honest Assessment of Dotard Трамп ♬:

• Ari Melber: Rep. Gaetz turns on FAUX News after sex crimes probe blackout
• LegalEagle: Трамп notes urged DOJ to declare election corrupt
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Hello & goodbye to world history
• Ali Velshi: Missouri Governor pardons right wing characters and leaves wrongfully convicted man in prison
• WaPo: Трамп asks judge to block release of tax returns
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп demands Andrew Cuomo resign
• Ari Melber: Loser mentality—GOP plans Трамп attack on 2024 loss
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy, A Man with no Shame ♬
• Ali Velshi: The truth behind Tucker Carlson’s disturbing trip to hungary

The Daily Show: Should gay couples be equal?

Full Frontal Rewind: Climate change

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Sen. Ron Johnson and deadly asteroid agree on value of human life
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ If You Don’t Need a Mask Because God’ll Protect You, Then Why Do You Need a Gun? ♬
• WaPo: Lindsey Graham tests positive for the coronavirus
• Joy Reid: Joy Reid calls out GOP leaders re-tooling party around vaccine refusal
• Ali Velshi: Who will and will not need a covid vaccine booster soon
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Let’s bring back syphilis ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ I’ve Seen Unvaxed People ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Parents sue Arkansas Governor and lawmakers over mask mandate ban
• Lewis Black Rantcast: Fuck covid
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Donald Damages Democracy ♬
• Mark Fiore: Wonderful unvaccinated people
• The Late Show: Rep. Matt Gaetz pulls in for a cocaine pit stop

Robert Reich: How the system is failing young people

Trevor: Happy birthday, President Obama!

Ari Melber: Obama at 60—See the 44th President’s incredible journey to the White House

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

Today is Primary Election Day in Washington state. So get that ballot in the mail or into a drop box and then stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for some election chat over drinks.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen isn’t open yet but will be soon. Carry-in food is okay when the kitchen is closed. Note: The Roanoke Park Place Tavern will require proof of vaccination and a matching ID for admission to the bar.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.