The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. I suppose we’ll toast the start of the Senate trial. But there are lots of other politics—local, regional, state, and national—to discuss over a beverage. Stop by, if you can.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are hundreds of chapters of Living Liberally, including dozens in Washington state, a bunch in Oregon and even a few in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Trevor Noah: Ronan Farrow’s “Catch and Kill” and accountability for Harvey Weinstein.

Now This: Here’s how the draft actually works in the U.S.

WaPo: Beyond Greta Thunberg—The uprising of youth climate activists.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Criminals on Trial:

• Stephen’s Interview of FAUX News’ interview of The Dotard
• Farron Cousins: Devin Nunes goes nuts [has a cow?] after he’s exposed in Ukraine scandal
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard tweets, “GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL”
• Seth Meyers: Bombshell evidence emerges as House sends impeachment articles to Senate
• WaPo: People deny knowing Lev Parnas….Then they show up in a photo with him.
• Chris Hayes: Трамп picks Jeffrey Epstein lawyers to defend himself
• The Late Show: Release the articles!
• Stephen: Parnas implicates Трамп & co. in Ukraine crimes, and he has receipts
• The Late Show: Lev Parnas sings!

• Young Turks: Lev Parnas directly implicates Трамп, Pence, and Barr
• The Daily Show: Here are your friends, Dotard Трамп
• Robert Reich: Should Facebook and Twitter stop Трамп’s lies?
• Stephen: Трамп officials contradict The Dotard when offering justifications for Soleimani killing
• Bruce Nelson: Mangy Fetlocks (shameless smart ass) sings a song about Lev Parnas
• Trevor: Senate impeachment trial & Lev Parnas’s Maddow chat
• Bill Maher: Nancy Pelosi on impeachment
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lying about Ukraine & Space Force
• Stephen: Giuliani acted with Трамп’s “knowledge and consent” when conspiring with Parnas in Ukraine
• David Pakman: Trump rants about dishwashers at unhinged MAGA rally
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s team can’t defend his shifting Iran lies
• Lauren Mayer: Fasten your seatbelts:

• Mark Fiore: The war powers resolution
• Bill Maher needs a post-vacation vacation
• Young Turks: Watchdog report on Трамп confirms he broke the law
• Farron Cousins: Трамп abused and harassed Kirstjen Nielsen after she told him “no”
• Stephen: Трамп’s dishwasher rant is highlight of rambling pre-debate rally
• Trevor: Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment procession and Lev Parnas’s Paper Trail
• Samantha Bee: Democratic debate—The drama in Iowa
• Jimmy Kimmel: Impeachment moves to Senate
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Amy Klobuchar talks Democratic debates, Ambassador Yovanovitch and Трамп’s trial
• Conan: Impeachment rules were written 200 years ago
• Daily Show: The Dotard Трамп dishwasher:

• The Young Turks: Трамп’s weird flex about Mount Rushmore
• Stephen: The Dotard taunts Cory Booker on Twitter after the candidate suspends his campaign
• David Pakman: Трамп family short-circuits on Twitter over impeachment trial

Farron Cousins: Matt Gaetz fights Republican lawmaker over DUIs and sex games

The Daily Show: Arizona in the grip of climate change.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Mayor Bloomberg explains why he apologized for his “stop and frisk” policing policy
• Now This: Funniest moments from the debate
• Samantha Bee discovers she has 2020 vision
• The New Yorker: On the trail—Welcome to the Iowa caucuses
• Daily Show: Jordan Klepper fingers the pulse—Why is the Iowa caucus first?
• Stephen: Andrew Yang explains why the 2020 candidates are a very white bunch
• Trevor: January 2020 Democratic debate in Iowa
• Ronny Chieng: Andrew Yang’s alternative Asian debate
• Stephen: Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign only has one donor—Himself
• Now This: Who is Andrew Yang?
• The Late Show: Survivor Iowa—Outwit, outplay, outspend
• Stephen: Candidates clash over “woman president” question at Iowa debate.
• Now This: 2020 candidates explain their top issue
• Samantha Bee: We need to talk about Tom Steyer’s tie

Mother Jones: The next front in the Republican war on voting rights.

New York Times: How one vote can change history.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of politics, food, and drink. Oh…and a wood-burning stove. Stop by, if you can.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

The Daily Show: Iran’s Foreign Minister vows not-so-swift revenge

Wired: Former Secret Service agent explains how to detect counterfeit money.

Roll Call: Authorizing conflict—The AUMF and Congress explained.

Bruce Nelson: Staying hopeful in troubled times, aka, “The shit song”.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Murderous Dictator Wannabees:

• The Late Show: The Dotard Трамп’s Super Bowl ad—Exclusive sneak peek
• Seth Meyers: Congress votes to limit Трамп’s war powers after Iran lies
• Now This: Fact check—The Dotard made a LOT of false claims in his Iran speech
• Chris Hayes: Трамп moves to gut landmark environmental law
• WaPo: Why Democrats say they’re withholding the impeachment articles
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп, master of naming things, pitches “NATOME” at presser
• Young Turks: Трамп attacked Iran over (imminent threat of) impeachment
• Mark Fiore: SPACE FORCE!
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп gets no credit
• Daily Show: What’s behind Трамп’s decision to kill Iran’s Qassem Soleimani?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The future of the Трамп “cult”
• Late Night: “Hey Congress, U Up?”:

• Chris Hayes: Trump in 2011 suggests a President could start a war with Iran for political survival
• Jimmy Kimmel: No one trusts The Dotard
• Stephen: John Bolton, who objected to Трамп’s Ukraine “drug deal,” days he would testify
• Now This: Who is Stephanie Grisham? Narrated by comedian Andy Haynes
• Seth Meyers with Rachel Maddow: Iran’s retaliation against the US
• Stephen: Sen. Sanders is concerned that Sen. McConnell wants an impeachment trial without witness testimony
• Reflect: Michael Flynn slammed with six month prison sentence recommendation
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп just wants to be #1
• The Late Show: Exclusive footage of team Трамп’s Iran intel briefing
• Now This: Who is Stephen Miller? (Narrated by Debra Messing)
• WaPo: A brief history of when Трамп has shown self-awareness
• Trevor: Трамп brings U.S. to brink of war with Iran
• Chris Hayes: Facebook’s new decision to allow lies in political ads will benefit Трамп
• Stephen: President Трамп sez “I like to obey the law”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What happens when Трамп goes off prompter
• David Pakman: Forensic psychiatrist—There’s a madman in the White House
• Ali Velshi: Nancy Pelosi gets results by withholding impeachment articles
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard Трамп responds to Iran’s retaliation
• Jimmy Kimmel: Never give The Dotard crazy options
• Trevor: Iran retaliates & Трамп outlines next steps
• Rachel Maddow: Another Clinton investigation championed by Трамп comes up empty:

• WaPo: Republicans on impeachment witnesses, then and now
• Now This: Трамп is silent as Puerto Rico reels from back-to-back earthquakes
• Stephen: White House officials “shushed” lawmakers who asked questions during Iran briefing

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

MoveOn: Nationwide news coverage of #NoWarWithIran protests.

The Atlantic: The dramatic 5-year journey of opening a zero-waste restaurant.

Rachel Maddow: Another vindication for Clinton as probe reportedly hits dead end.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Seth Meyers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks Julian Castro’s endorsement, Kate McKinnon and calling donors
• Rachel Maddow: Bloomberg, Steyer ad spending dwarfs rest of 2020 field
• WaPo: 2020 candidates speak out against escalating tensions with Iran
• Chris Hayes: Vote to hear witnesses? “Had hope before that was dashed” Booker says
• Stephen: For Sen. Bernie Sanders, the increased focus on climate change is the difference between 2016 and 2020
• Full Frontal Rewind: Make Voting Fair Again
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren discusses Iran, avoiding war and Трамп’s impeachment trial
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What Tom Steyer saw early on about impeaching The Dotard
• Samantha Bee: Delaniacs, rejoice!
• Andrew Yang enters The New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest:

• Stephen: Sen. Bernie Sanders will do everything he can to stop A war with Iran
• Rachel Maddow: Tom Steyer spending suggest explanation for surprise polls in NV and SC
• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic presidential debate

Vox: How to fix our unreliable power grid.

Bruce Nelson: It can only get better once it can’t get worse.

The Atlantic: How cities became childless

Farron Cousins: After 3-year investigation, DOJ still can’t find any way to prosecute Hillary Clinton.

Robert Reich: Four reasons why millennials don’t have any money

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

It’s 2020! Celebrate the start of this new (possibly transformative) year with the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally on Tuesday night.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Now This: Most heroic first responders of 2019.

Daily Show: Top 10 Obama Scandals.

Mental Floss: 18 weird & wonderful holidays to celebrate in the New Year.

The Dotard Трамп and His Henchpersons:

• Trevor: Everything you need to know about Трамп’s tremendous road to impeachment
• Chris Hayes: Why The Dotard was cut from “Home Alone 2”
• Now This: What would happen if Трамп overturned Obamacare?
• Mark Fiore: The Emoluments Clause
• Lawrence O’Donnell: State Department demurs on Mike Pompeo-Volodymyr Zelenskiy meeting
• Joy Reid: Evangelicals and Трамп—Facing a final split?
• Lauren Mayer: Putin put the P in GOP:

• Robert Reich: How Citizens United got us Трамп
• Now This: The top impeachment in 2019
• Lawrence O’Donnell: All the President’s men must testify in Senate impeachment trial
• Chris Hayes: New unredacted emails contain “Clear direction from POTUS to hold” funding
• Ari Melber: GOP nightmare? Giuliani “would testify” at Трамп trial as insiders push him away
• Now This: Pro-Трамп pastor says impeachment is a “Jew coup”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: NYT report reveals the truth about The Dotard Трамп’s tax cuts
• Vox: The rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani
• Now This: The most absurd Трамп quotes of 2019
• Chris Hayes: Трамп’s strange habit of retweeting obscure accounts

Now This: Top Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez moments of 2019.

Roll Call: Best of Congressional Hits and Misses in 2019.

Weird History: Hedy Lamarr—The Nazi-fighting bombshell who made cell phones possible.

Now This: Who is Devin Nunes, and why is he always having a cow?

Hasan Minhaj: How to survive 2020:

Chris Hayes: Senate staffer portrayed in “The Report” responds to Mike Pompeo.

Vice News: Inside the cryptocurrency revolution.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Rachel Maddow: Castro on dropping 2020 bid
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sen. Booker—“This President has no larger strategic plan” in Middle East
• Trevor: Getting to know Elizabeth Warren
• Rachel Maddow: Julian Castro on changes needed in the caucus and presidential nomination process
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sen. Booker on impeachment—“All of us should want the truth to come out”

Now This: How reproductive freedoms were limited in 2019.

Sky News: A new climate—What Antarctica tells us about the past…and the future.

Chris Hayes: On the threat of Anti-Semitism.

Vox: Google and Amazon are now in the oil business.

Robert Reich: Why I’m still hopeful about America:

Vice: Why college athletes don’t get paid

Now This: Michelle Obama voted most admired woman in U.S.

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

Now This: Top 10 most absurd stories in 2019 U.S. politics.

Jimmy Kimmel: The YEAR in unnecessary censorship.

Full Frontal: Frost Bee the Snowwoman.

WaPo: The wildest political moments of 2019.

Robert Reich: Five ways to stop corporations from ruining the future of work.

The Dotard Трамп and His Impeachable Henchpersons:

• Ali Velshi: Advocates for fair Senate impeachment trial press Collins and other Senators
• Now This: Who is Melania Трамп? Narrated by Logan Guntzelman
• Ayman Mohyeldin: How divided are evangelicals over Трамп?
• Vice: How Трамп’s embassy move is escalating the battle for Jerusalem
• SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on FAUX News handling Трамп’s impeachment:

• Ari Melber: The mountain evidence build against The Dotard
• Now This: The Dotard reignites his crusade against windmills
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard gets back to “work” at golf club resort
• Conan: Brands are capitalizing on Трамп’s impeachment
• Ali Velshi: Shocking testimony about SEAL pardoned by Трамп leaked to NYT
• Now This: CNN debunks all of the GOP’s impeachment talking points
• Chris Hayes: Mitch McConnell’s “big tactical error”
• Reflect: The Dotard sneaks “OK” hand sign into Turning Point USA speech
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Report on the Трамп tax cuts & corporations
• Mark Fiore: The war on Christmas
• Now This: Трамп’s 2019 by the numbers
• Ali Velshi: Трамп bullying and scapegoating is decimating U.S. Foreign Service

Now This: Obama kisses baby at golf course.

Vice News: Space debris is now a big problem.

Jimmy Dore: Politicians leave holiday wishes on Jimmy Dore’s voicemail:

Now This: How far LGBTQ+ rights have come this decade.

Hasan Minhaj: How America is causing global obesity.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Trevor: The Intercept’s senior columnist Mehdi Hasan analyzes the Democratic debate
• Now This: Where the 2020 candidates stand on college & education
• Desi Lydic Womansplains: We need a lot more women to run for Congress:

• Chris Hayes: Andrew Yang explains his healthcare plan
• Daily Show: In Demoriam—Remembering the campaigns we lost in 2019

Full Frontal: Best pieces on women’t health.

The Atlantic: Will Congress fulfill a 184-year-old promise?

Reflect: Eleven interesting facts about Kwanzaa.

Chris Hayes: FBI looking into pardons by Ex-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin

BuzzFeed: Blind people answer commonly Googled questions about being blind.

Daily Show: Shit that pissed off Lewis Black in 2019.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together this Tuesday for Christmas eve and end-of-the-year toasts. Stop by and join the festivities, if you can. And if I don’t see you, merry Christmas, happy Hannikuah, awesome Pancha Ganapati, joyous Kwanzaa, fulfilling Boxing Day, or miraculous Festivus to you and yours!

We meet every Tuesday (except this New Year’s Eve) at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

The Daily Show: Fox News’ fair and balanced misogyny.

Hasan Minhaj: Why we can’t retire.

The Atlantic: The Nazi hunter—Capturing Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the holocaust.

Now This: Why millions of Americans are “going solar”.

Huffington Post: Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism.

Minute Physics: Hacking the periodic table.

The Dotard Трамп^* And Other Constitutional Criminals:

• Seth Meyers: The House impeaches Трамп^*
• Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses—Impeachment edition
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani returns from his conspiracy tour of Ukraine
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s^* impeachment is “a mark he will carry for the rest of his life”
• Samantha Bee: An Impeachment Carol:

• Reflect: Rep. Pramila Jayapal destroys Трамп’s^* deceptive Ukraine defense
• Chris Hayes: Трамп^* warned us about who he was
• Seth Meyers: Трамп^* melts down at rally after getting impeached
• Rachel Maddow: Sen. Chuck Schumer on Трамп’s^* call for a Senate trial
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп^* has been impeached
• Trevor: Трамп^* impeached
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Adam Schiff discusses Трамп^* quid pro quo and the behavior of his GOP colleagues
• Now This: Farmer says Трамп^* is “backstabbing” his supporters
• Stephen: Shamelessly partisan Senators McConnell and Graham pledge to not convict The Dotard^*
• Reflect:The moment The Dotard Трамп^* was impeached
• Jonathan Mann: The President has been impeached
• Seth Meyers: Every crime The Dotard Трамп^* has ever committed
• Trevor: Трамп^* is totally fine with being impeached
• Late Show: Rudy Giuliani is America’s greatest crime fighter
• The Late Show: Once upon impeachment,” A Late Show animated Christmas classic:

• Stephen: Yes, the Трамп^* presidency is just a TV show we all have to live through
• Ari Melber: Impeachment stain on Трамп^* will “never be erased”
• Mark Fiore: Rudy, P.I.
• Seth Meyers: Senate Republicans say they won’t hold a fair impeachment trial
• Trevor: Трамп’s^* shameless media strategy
• Rachel Maddow: Adam Schiff on Senate process and the next steps.
• Samantha Bee: Merry Impeachmas
• Ari Melber: Трамп^* trial nightmare? WH aides have legal duty to testify
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп^* raises “smocking” age to 21, and Ted Cruz is not happy
• Vox: Impeachment is Трамп^*‘s ultimate loyalty test for Republicans
• Stephen: Complains of “spiteful actions” & “egregious conduct” in angry letter to Nancy Pelosi
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Christianity today editorial calls for Трамп’s^* removal from office
• MSNBC: What Трамп^*‘s impeachment means and what comes next
• Conan: Introducing the Stephen Miller vaginal dryness locket
• The New York Times: Trump’s^* snake poem is really about him:

• Rachel Maddow: Трамп^* impeached as the House passes both articles.
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Adam Schiff talks about Giuliani’s capacity as a lawyer and impeaching Трамп^*
• Chris Hayes: Трамп^* belief in bogus Ukraine conspiracy theory started early
• The Late Show: A Congressional carol of the bells

Now This: Most inspiring environmental stories of 2019

WaPo: How massive wood buildings could help fight climate change

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Kurzgesagt: Overpopulation & Africa

WA Rep. Matt Shea is accused of domestic terrorism!

Now This: How AI could revolutionize recycling.

The New York Times: What does the rise of homemade guns mean for gun laws? We made one to find out.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Robert Reicht: The most important idea of the presidential primary
• Stephen: Despite an irregular heartbeat, Joe Biden is a healthy, vigorous 77 year-old
• Now This: 2020 candidate interviews—Funniest moments
• The Late Show: Andrew Yang approves of psychedelic mushrooms
• Wendover: The logistics of the US election
• Trevor: 2020 December Democratic debate in Los Angeles
• Stephen: Joe Biden floats being a one-term President
• Robert Reich and Ro Khanna: Winning the 2020 election
• WaPo: 2020 candidates think we should pay teachers more
• Stephen: Mayor Pete takes heat over dinner held in a billionaire’s wine cave

Wired: Could humans hibernate for space travel?.

Verge Science: The science and controversy behind your lightbulbs.

Chris Hayes: Washington State lawmaker, Matt Shea, engaged in “domestic terrorism”:

Now This: How to shop against gun violence.

Minute Earth: Why it’s hard to bring a new apple to market.

Trevor: Mental health stigma in the Black community.

^*Impeached and awaiting trial.

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

It isn’t every day you can meet with fellow liberals on the eve of a presidential impeachment. Join us tonight as we debate, contemplate, cheer and jeer about the impending impeachment of 45. For the regulars it’s just another weekly meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally….

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Vox: What facial recognition steals from us.

John Oliver: SantaCon.

Full Frontal: The Sammies—Awards for government workers.

The Atlantic: Too many people want to travel.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Characters:

• Stephen: Trump’s weekend Tweet-A-Thon covered a lot of ground, from MMA to North Korea
• Trevor: Look at these assholes—Трамп family edition
• Seth Meyers: Трамп blasts “impeachment light” at deranged rally
• Stephen: Трамп pays $2 million to charity (by court order)
• Late Show: The Dotard Трамп may become the 4th member of the Impeachment Club
• Roll Call: Democrats charge Trump with abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
• Stephen: Трамп, Barr And Lou Dobbs are all-in on deep state conspiracy
• Seth Meyers: Ari Melber thinks Democrats introducing only two articles of impeachment is a gamble
• Samantha Bee: The White House hates food stamps
• Stephen: Greta claps back after The Dotard’s lame attempt to troll her on Twitter
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s new toilet initiative
• Stephen: The Dotard wants to call his own witnesses in Senate impeachment trial
• Bruce Nelson: Let’s impeach Трамп for Christmas

• Seth Meyers: House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Трамп
• Trevor: Dems bring two articles of impeachment against Трамп
• Stephen: House Democrats find evidence of Трамп’s misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is definitely getting impeached
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard is “surprised” he’s being impeached for Ukraine scandal
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Трамп risked national security for his political gain
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Republican Congresspeople need to vote their conscience
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Evidence of the President’s wrongdoing is overwhelming
• Samantha Bee: The Dotard Трамп and the articles of impeachment
• Trevor: Trump’s dramatic toilet talk
• Stephen: As impeachment closes in, Трамп holds angry rally in Hershey, PA
• Mark Fiore: Spygate!
• WaPo: Impeachment inquiry enters endgame in the House
• Seth Meyers: House Judiciary holds impeachment hearing as GOP lies about Ukraine
• The Late Show: Dotard Трамп, destroyer of films
• Jimmy Kimmel knows who the whistleblower is
• Seth Meyers: Ari Melber thinks Rudy Giuliani’s done more to impeach Трамп than Pelosi or Mueller
• SNL: Them Трампs:

• Stephen: Трамп’s allies in Congress don’t care how history will remember them
• The Daily Show: Watch Rep. Jerrold Nadler fend off Republican interruptions
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard’s insane outburst against 16-year-old Greta Thunberg
• Samantha Bee: Marriage story—The hateful edition
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп is a 15-flush kind of guy

Roll Call: Drug prices are too high. What is Congress trying to do about it?

Trevor: America’s Afghanistan fiasco.

The New York Times: How to fight fake news on vaccines.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Vox: Why German spies blew up this US island.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Hassan Minhaj puts #YangGang to the test
• Robert Reich: Why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will win the presidency.
• Trevor: World War D—Damage control edition
• Hassan Minhaj: Don’t ignore the Asian vote in 2020
• Jimmy Dore: Bernie has “Had it up to here!” with Jimmy

Trevor: Finland’s super young new Prime Minister.

Jim Jefferies: America needs a new national bird.

New York Times: Is your plastic actually being recycled?

The Late Show: The Late Show’s 2019 reel-in-review.

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

We’re living in extraordinary times of peril and destiny. And that calls for a drink! Please join us this evening for our weekly meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. It’ll be memorable.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Solana Rice: How America created its shameful wealth gap

Physics Girl: How the edge of our galaxy defies known physics

Full Frontal Rewind: American greed.

Chris Hayes: GOP Congressman still in Congress despite guilty plea!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Mental Floss: 26 facts about fossils.

The Atlantic: : The hidden crisis in rural America.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Characters:

• Trevor: The Dotard feuds with France at the NATO summit
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп team still stoking Ukraine story despite US intel warning
• Reflect: A Stanford legal scholar breaks down why Трамп is guilty of bribery in front of Congress
• Stephen: Трамп’s golf club employees spill the beans on their boss
• WaPo: How Rudy Giuliani went from ‘America’s mayor’ to the man at the center of the Ukraine scandal
• Now This: World leaders caught on camera mocking The Dotard
• Ari Melber: Трамп impeachment defense shredded as Ukraine still missing key funding
• The Late Show: We know what North Korea got America for Christmas
• WaPo: When William Barr has echoed Трамп’s rhetoric
• Lauren Mayer: I’m dreaming of a White supremacist Christmas:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Neal Katyal weighs in on potential articles of impeachment against The Dotard
• Conan chats with Chelsea and Hillary.
• Jimmy Kimmel: PROOF that the world is laughing at The Dotard Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Sen Chris Murphy—Трамп inconsistency is “an absolute foreign policy disaster”
• Trevor: Pelosi presses on & constitutional scholars testify
• Now This: How Трамп got caught red handed by the impeachment inquiry
• Ari Melber: Трамп could be impeached partly for admissions on FAUX News
• Stephen: Congress looks likely to charge Трамп with abuse of power, bribery, and obstruction
• James Corden: It’s time to draft articles of impeachment
• Trevor: World leaders caught talking shit about Трамп
• WaPo: From Spicer to Giuliani—How SNL female cast members break the gender mold
• Jimmy Kimmel: No one has “never met” more people than The Dotard Трамп
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп likes 2 and a half of things—including his orange makeup
• Stephen: Pelosi, impeachment and make-up sex.
• Reflect: Shady reporter asks Nancy Pelosi if she hates Трамп, Pelosi [confiscates his balls]
• Rachel Maddow: Rep. Eric Swalwell & Rep. Pramila Jayapal talk about how the Mueller report will likely influence articles of impeachment
• WaPo: When Republicans have sounded like Vladimir Putin on election interference
• The Late Show: Don’t mess around with Nancy:

• Mark Fiore: McConnell & Senate
• Chris Hayes: What is “phenomenally dangerous” about this political moment
• Maddow: Senate Intel report debunking Russian Ukraine story completed
• Jimmy Kimmel: Pelosi moving forward with impeachment
• Conan: What people watched instead of the impeachment hearing
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Neal Katyal—Republicans struggle to defend “smoking gun” in impeachment inquiry
• Stephen: Трамп arrives at NATO summit already angry with America’s allies
• Ari Melber: Rudy Giuliani’s odd Ukraine trip may widen legal exposure
• James Corden: Princess Anne, Trudeau shade The Dotard
• Now This: Impeachment witness tears into Republican assholes
• Rachel Maddow: Impeachment hearing takes vital step of consulting constitution

Wendover: Amtrak’s grand plan for profitability.

Jim Jefferies: The most invasive species of all.

Vice News: Greta Thunberg—It would be “absurd” for everyone to cross the ocean by sailboat.

Vox: How online ratings make good schools look bad.

Today I Found Out: How did the cold war start and end?

The Atlantic: The climate hellscape is coming, and capitalism can’t save us

Roy Wood, Jr.: Cutting-edge meat alternatives for carnivores who want to save the world.

Minute Physics: Why do mirrors flip left & right (but not up & down)?

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Biden gets feisty on his “No Malarkey” Iowa bus tour
• Trevor: Bloomberg’s bucks, Buttigieg’s beef and Biden’s bite
• Conan: The Biden campaign on their “No Malarkey” slogan
• WaPo: Harris dropped out of the 2020 election. What happened?
• Trevor: Biden’s Iowa brawl
• Daily Show: Joe Biden’s super dated “no malarkey” slogan

Roll Call: Drug CEOs are being taken to task for the opioid crisis. Here’s how.

Minute Earth: The great acceleration.

Chris Hayes: Rep. Denny Heck gives first interview after announcing retirement from Congress:

Jim Jefferies: The rules for appropriating from other cultures.

Vox: This goofy bird vs. the fossil fuel industry.

Rachel Maddow: Russian transgressions met with increasingly weak US response

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

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for pre-holiday celebrations and libations. You probably won’t regret it.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 267 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!