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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 4/13/19, 12:20 am

John Oliver: Mobile homes.

The Atlantic: Watch community self-policing in action.

WaPo: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “some people did something” comment on 9/11, in context.

Chris Hayes: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar targetted by conservative media

Trevor: Assange arrested and charged with conspiracy

Bill Maher: Masturbate, don’t procreate.

Vox: How Norway designed a more humane prison.

Robert Reich: Socialism of the rich, capitalism for the rest

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

New York Times: We’re losing the war against bacteria, here’s why

Dotard Quixote Трамп And Other Toxic Windbags:

  • Stephen: Трамп wrongly blames Obama for family separations
  • Rachel Maddow: William Barr scrambles to rewind “spying” conspiracy theory embrace
  • Trevor: The battle over Трамп’s tax returns
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп dodges questions on Mueller, tax returns, WikiLeaks
  • Lauren Mayer: If you’ve got nothing to hide
  • Jonathan Mann: Throw William Barr into the black hole
  • Bill Maher: Seth Abramson—Proof of Collusion
  • Conan: People gave Трамп money to get the hell out of Los Angeles
  • Mother Jones: The Dotard’s WikiLeaks amnesia:

  • Stephen: Mar-A-Lago is a spy’s dream come true
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Blocking Трамп tax return release puts Treasury Secretary in legal jeopardy
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The real reason The Dotard won’t release tax returns
  • The Late Show: The Kirstjen Nielsen farewell card collectjion
  • WaPo: The fight against Trump’s travel ban just arrived on Congress’s doorstep
  • Stephen: Caging kids isn’t tough enough for Трамп
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп listens to Stephen Miller and Lou Dobbs on immigration
  • Trevor: The Mueller report tug-of-war
  • Samantha Bee: The DHS purge
  • Chris Hayes: The Трамп’s Twitter feed is full of garbage
  • Stephen: William Barr hints at his Mueller report redactions
  • The Late Show: The Acting Secretary school of acting
  • Stephen: Maxine Waters has the gavel, not the “gravel”.
  • Ari Melber: Mueller indictment busts Democratic lawyer linked to Трамп’s guilty campaign manager
  • Roll Call: Swamp monsters return to the Hill to protest Трамп’s Interior secretary nominee
  • Bill Maher: 25 things you don’t know about Mike Pence:

  • Mark Fiore: Calling all xenophobes
  • Rachel Maddow: Assange Arrest puts WikiLeaks tie to Трамп camp back in spotlight
  • Stephen: Трамп’s “Our country is full” is the new “Lock her up”
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard thinks we’re very lucky he is President
  • Bill Maher: Barr fight
  • Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns
  • Seth Meyers: The Dotard lashes out over immigration and his tax returns
  • Samantha Bee: Fifty Cons of Way
  • Trevor: Profiles in tremendousness—Federal Reserve Board nominee Herman Cain
  • WaPo Opinion: Where’s the love for WikiLeaks now, Dotard?
  • Stephen: The Dotard thinks he has “won” the Mueller report
  • The Late Show: Should Mnuchin stay or should he go?

Seth Meyers: Chelsea Clinton doesn’t know what FAUX News would talk about without her mom.

Jim Jefferies: Jim talks with sex workers in Thailand about trans rights.

Physics Girl: How magnet paper works.

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses.

Songify some political news:

Vox: How Leonardo da Vinci made a “satellite” map in 1502.

Samantha Bee: Yemenis in Djibouti.

Jimmy Kimmel: DO NOT USE #YachtCocaineProstitutes or Devin Nunes will be mad.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

  • Stephen: Rep. Eric Swalwell is a presidential candidate
  • Roll Call: Tim Ryan is running for president, here are some congressional basics
  • Chris Hayes: Sen. Warren, Amazon should pay “fair share” in taxes
  • Conan’s dog is thinking about running for President
  • WaPo: The ever-expanding role of a candidate’s partner on the campaign trail

Vox: Why this black hole photo is such a big deal.

Seth Meyers: A political monologue.

Stephen interviews Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).

Jim Jefferies: The mistreatment of trans people in sports.

Roll Call: Climate debate heats up Oversight Committee.

Jimmy Fallon with political News and Improved.

Seth Meyers: Political monologue.

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 4/9/19, 1:25 am

DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers this evening for a drink and to chat politics. I hope you can stop by!

We meet 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 about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 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!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 4/6/19, 12:08 am

Robert Reicht: Everything you need to know about the new economy

Full Frontal: White at the museum

Wendover: How airlines decide where to fly.

Stephen: What’s next (or not next) for Stacey Abrams?

Vox: How scientists solved this dinosaur puzzle.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Dotard Трамп And His Band of Insecure Imbeciles:

  • Stephen: Трамп promises a healthcare plan, someday
  • Ari Melber: Bill Barr hugging Mueller while undercutting him
  • Late Show: Raiders of the Lost Tax Returns
  • Trevor: Трампy news
  • Chris Hayes: Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) asks, “What are Barr and The Dotard Трамп trying to hide?”
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s lawyer threat on tax returns “Didn’t really say anything”
  • Stephen: Mueller’s team punches back at Barr’s summary
  • WaPo: The Трамп administration’s many security clearance missteps
  • Seth Meyers: The Dotard babbles about oranges and windmills
  • Late Show: When Kellyanne Conway gets a healthcare question
  • Rachel Maddow: New reporting suggests strain between William Barr and Mueller team
  • Stephen: Трамп tilts windmills!:

  • Trevor: Трамп wages war on windmills
  • Stephen: Remember Herman Cain? Stephen does.
  • Rachel Maddow: Трамп inauguration subject of at least seven open investigations
  • Late Show: Трамп’s latest opponent is wind
  • Seth Meyers: Police use a fake wall to catch a Трампy vandal
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s worst presidential appointment
  • Stephen: John Lithgow Shares His Trump-Based Poems
  • WaPo: Late-night hosts react to Trump’s windmill comments
  • New York Times: How FAUX News and The Dotard Трамп lost control to their base
  • Seth Meyers: Mueller team responds to Barr letter “exonerating” Трамп
  • Stephen: What happens if Трамп closes the Mexican border?
  • Ari Melber: Obama DHS Secretary blasts Трамп on border
  • Late Show: The dossier is Webby-nominated.
  • Trevor: The Dotard exacerbates America’s immigration crisis
  • WaPo: Трамп’s longstanding opposition to windmills
  • SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro
  • Bill Maher: A mostly Трампy monologue
  • Stephen: The Dotard Трамп sucks at golf
  • Lauren Mayer: Whatever became of Lindsey?
  • Rachel Maddow: William Barr’s rosy report spin frustrates Mueller investigators
  • Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes defends his coverage of the Mueller Report
  • Stephen: Aggressive and mean, two words most associated with Трамп
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Representative Adam Schiff—New report on Mueller findings “concerning.”
  • Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп scrambles to keep his tax returns hidden from review
  • Late Show: An America without avocados
  • Chris Hayes: Mike Pence just wants to live like it’s fifty years ago.
  • WaPo: What could happen if The Dotard closes the U.S.-Mexico border
  • Trevor: A White House whistleblower outs Трамп’s careless clearances
  • Stephen: The Dotard Трамп’s random lie about his father

John Oliver: WWE.

WaPo: The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.

Minute Earth: Why can’t we get power from waves?

Samantha Bee: Roe V. Wade V. everyone

Mother Jones: How right-wing memes go viral.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

  • Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris isn’t satisfied by William Barr’s Russia investigation summary
  • Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris wants to give every teacher in America a raise
  • Jimmy Dore chats with Bernie Sanders
  • Stephen: Joe Biden’s whispers make terrible ASMR
  • Trevor: Joe Biden faces backlash for his “hands-on” approach to politics
  • Mark Fiore: Repeal and Give Us a Minute.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Verge Science: The underground life forms that have taken over Centralia (PA, not WA).

The Atlantic: How virtual reality helps catch Nazis.

Ali Velshi: Legal trouble permeates North Carolina Republican party

Mother Jones: Rep. Pressley (D-MA-07) shares emotional story of survival.

Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes had the best day on social media when Tucker Boy Carlson attacked him.

Daily Show: How the pink tax is ripping off women

WaPo: Lori Lightfoot’s mayoral victory is full of firsts

New York Times: Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s first Black woman Mayor.

Chris Hayes: House rebukes NRA to renew the violence against women act

Minute Physics: Why do compressed air cans get cold?

Vox: Why Tucker Boy Carlson pretends to hate elites.

Samantha Bee: Anti-anti-vaxxers.

WaPo: Stopping HIV in America is possible. What will it take?

Roll Call: More Congressional hits and misses.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The selfie stick.

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Monday, 4/1/19, 9:52 pm

DLBottlePlease join us on Tuesday as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of political conversation over a drink.

We meet 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 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!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 3/29/19, 10:49 pm

Stephen gives Mike Lee the Mike Lee treatment.

Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Contemplates What’s Next.

Bill Maher: I don’t know it for a fact…I just know it’s true.

Buzz Feed: Eight women who saved us

WaPo: Six geniuses who didn’t get the credit they deserved—at first.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Non-Collusioners:

  • Rachel Maddow: The Dotard seeks to take health care from tens of millions via courts
  • Stephen: Трамп suddenly remembers healthcare is a thing
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: A moral responsibility for Presidential candidates
  • WaPo: Did Mueller “exonerate” The Dotard? It depends who you ask.
  • Trevor: Team Трамп wants to rein in spending on the Special Olympics and hurricane relief
  • Full Frontal: Immigrants in the military
  • Chris Hayes: Swamp creatures crash The Dotard Трамп’s nominee’s confirmation hearing
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Mike Pence goes where no VP has gone before
  • Rachel Maddow: Low Трамп credibility necessitates Mueller report’s release
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: “You almost felt sorry” for Defense Sec. on border wall
  • Randy Rainbow: The Mueller Blues:

  • The Late Show: William Barr summarizes classic texts
  • Rachel Maddow: Democrats mobilize as Dotard Трамп tries to take insurance from millions
  • Trevor: Mueller report series finale—No collusion, maybe obstruction
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: A Republican challenge to The Dotard Трамп
  • Stephen: Healthcare, Puerto Rico aid, Special Olympics! Everything must go!
  • Rachel Maddow: Documents show The Dotard’s practice of misrepresenting his wealth
  • Ari Melber: Holder To Трамп, “Exactly when did you think America was great?”
  • Samantha Bee: Mick Mulvaney, bad scammer
  • WaPo: Inside the Трамп financial statements that Cohen unveiled
  • Rachel Maddow: Betsy DeVos Proposal To Cut Special Olympics Funding Sparks Outrage
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп basking in glow of Mueller report
  • Lauren Mayer: Show us the Mueller report
  • Mark Fiore: The Barr report
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s new attack on Obamacare may boost Democrats
  • Chris Hayes: The White House cover up of The Dotard’s North Korea sanctions tweet
  • Stephen: The Трамп campaign’s memo to TV producers
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Nancy Pelosi to Barr, “We do not want your interpretation” of the Mueller report
  • Rachel Maddow: Courtroom surprise—Robert Mueller grand jury “continuing robustly”
  • Roll Call: The back and forth on why Mueller’s report hasn’t been released yet
  • WaPo Opinion: Yes, the media made mistakes in the Mueller probe. Covering Trump wasn’t one of them.
  • Late Show: The Dotard Трамп could “go full animal”
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Rep. Adam Schiff’s controlled anger at GOP’s indifference on Russia
  • Samantha Bee: Collusion collusion:

  • Katy Tur: QAnon conspiracy theorists increase their presence at Dotard Трамп rallies
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп feels “exuberant” after Mueller report
  • Rachel Maddow: Why did so many Dotard Трамп associates lie about contact with Russians?
  • Ari Melber: Mike Pence “rebuts” Eric Holder’s MAGA critique
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Why does The Dotard Трамп love Kim Jong Un?
  • Bill Maher: The Dotard’s “Got away with treason” tour
  • Jimmy Dore: Sean Spicer’s new job is hilariously embarrassing
  • Trevor: Democrats demand Mueller’s full report and Republicans seek revenge
  • Rachel Maddow: Schiff Shames grandstanding GOP with litany of Трамп corruption

Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why the Green New Deal is about more than climate.

Vox: Why baby cages were a thing.

Verge Science: Everything wrong with the young blood injection craze.

Chris Hayes: People seem to really like the Green New Deal despite what Republicans say.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Capitalism PLUS:

New York Times: Spinning water droplets that seemingly defy physics.

Twenty Twenty Questions:

  • Trevor: Who is Pete Buttigieg and why is he killing it in the polls?
  • Roll Call: Beto O’Rourke is running for president, here are some congressional basics
  • Bill Maher: Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  • Stephen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn’t asking wealthy donors for help

Mother Jones: AOC tears into Republicans skeptical about Green New Deal.

Roll Call: Myths of the Green New Deal debunked.

Chris Hayes: The case for the Green New Deal.

Trevor: Dr. Leana Wen—Planned Parenthood & fighting the politicization of health care

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Monday, 3/25/19, 10:46 pm

DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets (as usual) this Tuesday evening. Stop by for a drink garnished with smart political conversation.

We meet 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 about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 3/23/19, 12:29 am

Robert Reich: Why unions matter to you.

Chris Hayes: Florida Republicans say “fuck you” to voters, and try to restrict felon voting rights.

Daily Show: Who’s responsible for the rise of socialism in America?

Seth Meyers: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks down what the Green New Deal really is

BuzzFeed: People share their experiences with cops.

Bill Maher: New Rules—reverse improvements.

Trevor: Boeing gets grounded and the FAA is broke AF.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Inhabitants of KKKrazyTown:

  • Stephen: The President thinks he runs FAUX News
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп exaggerates wealth & attacks McCain again
  • Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп tweet-rages as Robert Mueller report looms
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: What happens now that Robert Mueller submitted his report
  • Stephen: The Mueller probe might be maybe ending soon, possibly
  • New York Times: The Mueller Report–how did we get here?
  • Chris Hayes: Ben Carson learns to work like The Dotard Трамп
  • WaPo: he Mueller report is complete. Now what?
  • Ari Melber: DOJ insider on scoop about secretly taping The Dotard
  • Stephen: The Dotard is ready for a non-metaphorical fight
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Proof Трамп has narcissistic personality disorder:

  • Rachel Maddow: Trial of Трамп transition official may expose new Mike Flynn details
  • Trevor: Трамп’s rhetoric and the Christchurch shootings
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп attacks Conway and McCain and Nunes sues Twitter
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard is lashing out at everyone
  • Late Show: Ted Rye the science funding cut guy
  • Lauren Mayer: Tweetin’ Dotard
  • Rachel Maddow: Nation on edge for next steps as Robert Mueller probe runs its course
  • Chris Hayes: Wajahat Ali, “The Dotard Трамп is a racist”
  • WaPo: The Трамп administration’s own email scandal
  • Stephen: “Kushner, Inc. author, “Only Melania can say ‘no’ to Ivanka”
  • Conan: Трамп goes after McCain & Lincoln in new attack ad
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп thinks late night hosts are colluding with Russia
  • Vox: What Mueller has already revealed about Трамп and Russia
  • Rachel Maddow: Investigations multiply as The Dotard Трамп scandals spiral wider
  • Trevor: Mr. Kellyanne vs. Mr. President—A Twitter feud for the history books
  • Stephen: The President meets the “Трамп of the Tropics”
  • Samantha Bee: The Muslim ban is still a thing
  • Bill Maher: Whiny little witch:

  • Ari Melber: Трамп exposed for undercutting trafficking victim protections
  • Late Show: Mick Mulvaney asks “how many times?”
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп ramps up campaign as Mueller report looms
  • Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп stokes personal feuds, tells workers “you better love me”
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп Jr. running for President in 2024
  • Stephen: All New Zealand asked from Трамп was “love”
  • Daily Show: Unsolved mysteries: What happened to Rudy Giuliani?
  • WaPo: What you need to know about George Conway’s criticism of The Dotard
  • Conan: Don’t let Трамп speak at my funeral

Full Frontal: Black future month.

The Atlantic: Gaming disorder—What it’s like to be addicted to video games.

Seth Meyers: Rep. Steve King—couple things.

Roll Call: What is congressional recess? Explaining time off in the House and Senate.

Daily Show: Dumb solutions to policing problems

Kurzgesagt: The origin of consciousness—How unaware things became aware.

Nunes Has A Cow:

  • Stephen with Chris Hayes: Welcome to Twitter, Devin Nunes.
  • WaPo: Why some conservatives feel targeted by social media companies
  • Lauren Mayer: Mocking Devin’s Cow:

  • Mark Fiore: @DevinNunesLawyers.
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Whatever you do DON’T follow @DevinCow on Twitter
  • Stephen: Nunes is suing Twitter for being mean

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Vox: The conflict in Kashmir, explained.

Seth Meyers: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responds to FAUX News’ weird obsession with her

WaPo: Is FAUX News “obsessed” with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Late Show: Just one question with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

Jim Jefferies: Jim visits Australia’s massive anti-migration fence.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

  • Stephen: Elizabeth Warren and get rid of the Electoral College
  • Daily Show: Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s campaign for universal basic income
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Presidential candidate took mom to X-rated movie
  • Mother Jones: Elizabeth Warren wants to abolish the Electoral College
  • New York Times: Beto O’ Rourke in Iowa—Will his star power win votes?
  • Seth Meyers: Getting to know Pete Buttigieg
  • Samantha Bee: Guess Who’s Running?
  • Late Show: The Electoral College basketball tournament
  • Stephen: Biden’s accidental 2020 announcement
  • Conan filled out his bracket of 2020 presidential hopefuls
  • Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy checks in on the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates
  • Jonathan Mann: Beto on a countertop:

  • Chris Hayes: Democratic candidates want to get rid of the Electoral College
  • Stephen: Sen. Doug Jones could be challenged by Jeff Sessions
  • Trevor: Beto O’Rourke is born to run & born to apologize
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Senator Kamala Harris on running for President, electoral college, her family & Star Wars
  • Stephen with Chris Hayes: 2020 Town Halls

Chris Hayes: The lessons of the Iraq War 16 years after it started.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The bike helmet .

Mental Floss: Dogs don’t see in black and white and other animal myths, debunked.

Vox: How the British failed India and Pakistan

Trevor: The reparations debate—Should America compensate the descendants of slaves?

Seth Meyers: Mostly political monologue

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 3/19/19, 12:08 am

DLBottleHere’s an idea…stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally this evening. We have some politics and policy to discuss.

We meet 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 about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 263 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 3/15/19, 11:50 pm

Samantha Bee: #MeToon.

Jimmy Fallon does Jim Jefferies.

Jimmy Kimmel’s climate change warning to red states.

John Oliver: Robocalls!

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Felons, Past and Future:

  • Stephen: Policy proposals from Mar-A-Lago members
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lies about “Tim Apple”
  • The Late Show: Evidence that walls don’t work
  • Roll Call: Why presidential budget requests are usually dead on arrival, explained
  • Stephen: A Republican rebuke of the “President”
  • Conan: Melania went on FAUX News to ask for a divorce
  • Seth Meyers: Cheating rich people
  • The Late Show: Now that’s what I call an alibi
  • Lauren Mayer: Bibles & hush money:

  • Stephen: Stephen does the math on Manafort’s jail time
  • Trevor: You’re fired—In memoriam vol. 2
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп blasts late night shows
  • Stephen: New Трамп nicknames for 2020 Democrats
  • James Corden: Трамп has veto and beto on his mind
  • Seth Meyers: The Dotard Трамп lies about Paul Manafort and “Tim Apple”
  • The Late Show: What happens when The Dotard signs a bible?
  • Jimmy Fallon: Трамп vetoes via Twitter to get his border wall
  • Conan: Трамп is relaunching his airline business
  • Stephen: Трамп told Gen. Kelly to “get rid of my kids”
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп continues attacks on late night hosts
  • Joy Reid: The Dotard Трамп basks in praise before signing veto
  • Late Show: Mike Pence Loses Some Office Space
  • Stephen: Rudy Giuliani’s secret backchannels
  • Rachel Maddow: The Dotard Трамп makes gross mix of NZ condolences with border stunt
  • WaPo: Can The Dotard take a joke?
  • Trevor: Fake Melania, Tim Apple & Трамп’s six degrees of corruption
  • New York Times: Who is Paul Manafort?
  • Jimmy Fallon: Jim Jefferies on compares Трамп’s U.S. naturalization ceremony speech to Obama’s
  • Stephen isn’t above doing massage parlor jokes
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants Jared & Ivanka out of the White House
  • Stephen: Трамп denounces “very boring late night shows”
  • Conan: De-Трамп your Bible with MiracuClean wipes
  • The Late Show: President Трамп simplifies Air Force One
  • Rachel Maddow: Трамп admin tracked individual migrant girls’ pregnancies
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Continues attacks on late night hosts
  • Seth Meyers: Late Night White House Press conference with Трамп
  • Stephen: Speaker Pelosi puts impeachment on hold

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Stephen: Tucker Boy Carlson’s terrible apology for “naughty” comments.

Robert Reich: The yuge Republican lie about the deficit:

Today I Found Out: What happens if you are sleep walking and you kill someone?

Vox: Why you still don’t understand the Green New Deal.

Samantha Bee: Is Tucker Carlson a White Supremacist?

The Atlantic: Who has time for doomsday? Not Alaska.

Today I Found Out: When aluminium cost more than gold…

Venti Venti Venting:

  • Stephen: Doin’ it donkey style—Born to Beto
  • Trevor: Beto O’Rourke’s Texas-sized tease & Joe Biden’s lead in presidential polls
  • Seth Meyers: John Hickenlooper wants to heal the United States’ deep divide
  • Trevor: Beto O’Rourke becomes 2020’s 15th Democratic presidential candidate
  • Stephen: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on America’s role in the world
  • Jimmy Fallon: Beto O’Rourke’s hands announce his 2020 presidential campaign
  • Seth Meyers: Beto announces 2020 bid and The Dotard attacks him
  • New York Times: Who is Beto?
  • Trevor Noah and Jake Tapper at SXSW: Preparing for the 2020 election & keeping up with Трамп
  • Seth Meyers: John Hickenlooper jumped out of a plane for a campaign ad

Jimmy Fallon with some political news

New York Time: Fool House Rock—How measles is making a comeback:

Vox: Why you’re recycling wrong.

Jim Jefferies: Cole Kleen (Seth Rogen) is Jim’s new pro-climate change weatherman.

WaPo: Is “bipartisan” a bad word on Capitol Hill?

Samantha Bee: The great Ilhan Omar debate

Trevor: The truth about the Tomi Lahren interview.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 3/12/19, 12:43 am

DLBottleIt’s Tuesday! And that means Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. So please join us tonight for an evening of political discussions over the beverage of your choice at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the back of the pub, starting at about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 3/8/19, 10:59 pm

John Oliver: Automation.

Roll Call: Temporary protected status (TPS), explained.

The Atlantic: A police shooting, a viral video, and an obsessive quest for truth.

Samantha Bee: Richard Sackler handsome big penis is not a murderer.

Vox: The first aviation disaster caught on film.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The tan suit

Mental Floss: 17 signs that you’d qualify as a witch in the 1600s.

Roy Wood, Jr.: The cinematic history of the “magical negro”.

Robert Reich: What’s the Real American Story?

GQ: Can an average guy stop a hockey pro’s 98MPH slap shot?

Conan is NOT running for President.

Vice News: How ignorant whack-job Washington State Senator Lynda Wilson (R-17 LD) is rationalizing the measles outbreak.

The Atlantic: Peace by chocolate.

Today I found out: How exactly did one become an executioner in medieval times?.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Racists, Liars, and Cheats…and Their Many Scandals:

  • Stephen: Mueller is “An American hero,” says Трамп’s ex-lawyer
  • Rachel Maddow: Трамп FBI building scandal returns minus GOP cover from oversight
  • Jimmy Kimmel: EXCLUSIVE—Трамп’s high school transcripts revealed!
  • Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп is learning on the job
  • Now This World: Трамп’s historic “national emergency” explained
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: The company you keep
  • Stephen: Paul Manafort gets 47 months in prison
  • WaPo: Manafort’s sentence fires up debate on sentencing inequities
  • Conan: Old people want to live longer to read the Mueller report
  • Ari Melber: G.W. Bush’s aide slams Трамп GOP as cowardly moral sell out
  • Late Show: Kim Jong-Un envisions a third summit
  • Stephen: The Dotard thinks he invented the Fourth of July
  • Jimmy KimmelKim Jong Un riding high after meeting with Трамп
  • Bill Maher: An otherwise blameless life
  • Chris Hayes: Ivanka Трамп has some “clearance” issues
  • Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry wants to be called “Dick”.
  • Ari Melber: House Judiciary Chair warns DOJ, “Don’t cover-up Трамп crimes”
  • Samantha Bee: The FAUX News White House
  • Stephen: Трамп’s historically long, epically weird speech
  • Late Show: Naughty flags are waiting for your call
  • Mark Fiore: Nothin’ to see here!
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s trade deficit
  • Stephen: Трамп projected his academic shortcomings onto Obama
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп will NOT run against Hillary Clinton in 2020.
  • Ari Melber: Why Трамп aide Stone may go to jail after doing it for the gram
  • James Corden: The Dotard President had a big meeting with Tim Apple
  • Stephen: Why “Michael Cohen is a liar” is a lazy argument
  • Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп linked to possible inauguration scandal
  • Randy Rainbow He’s in love (and we’re all gonna die):

  • Rachel Maddow: Investigators checking if Трамп lying includes financial docs
  • Ari Melber: Michael Cohen sues Трамп organization for unpaid bills
  • Vice News: Трамп’s new ignorant whack-job science adviser says it’s not his job to correct The Dotard on his fringe climate change “ideas”
  • Bill Maher: Трамп live and unscripted at CPAC
  • Stephen: Трамп has been living a double life
  • Jimmy Kimmel: This is the dumbest thing Трамп does
  • Chris Hayes: Congresswoman Nanette Barragán and Chris Hayes on child separation hearing
  • Mother Jones: Kirstjen Nielsen grilled on border
  • Stephen: Трамп is having some trouble with names
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: All the “President’s” investigations
  • James Corden: Paul Manafort is headed to the slammer
  • Late Show: Трамп grants top secret security clearances
  • Joy Reid: White House leaks to Congress escalate trouble for The Dotard.
  • Trevor: The Russian scandal—The crème de la Kremlin III
  • Ari Melber: Watch Трамп’s border Czar confronted over Трамп “cages”
  • Stephen: The Dotard might regret becoming President
  • Bill Maher: Modern-day King Cyrus
  • Rachel Maddow: Former U.S. Attorney—Judge’s light Manafort sentence undercuts justice system

Vox: A better way to tax the rich.

Jim Jefferies: Daylight saving time is absolutely the worst.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

CH: Choosing things the way you choose politicians:

Wendover: How freight trains connect the world

The Atlantic: Countdown to “day zero”—The water crisis in Cape Town.

Full Frontal: A brief history of Brexit for Americans.

Jimmy Kimmel: Mitt Romney loves to get it on.

Vice News: Note to phone scammers—Don’t call the former head of the FBI.

Roll Call: Wait, there’s a Cannabis Caucus? Pot proponents on the Hill say it’s high time for policy debate

Verge Science: We tested NYC water for lead and the results were confounding

Vox: Why Republicans failed to fit taxes onto a postcard.

Daily Show: This is U.S.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 3/5/19, 1:03 am

DLBottle

Please join us tonight for some political punditry and populist pontification over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet 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 about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 3/1/19, 11:40 pm

John Oliver: Psychics.

Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—The history of trying to turn Black people against the United States.

New Scientist: The truth about male and female brains.

Late Show: Alter egos returns!

Minute Physics: How ISPs violate the laws of mathematics

David Pakman: Republican who stole election not running, endorses Confederate instead.

The Atlantic: Bridges, not walls—The priest at the border.

Seth Meyers: Prescription drugs.

Daily Show: The worst Black History Month ever

Jim Jefferies’ weatherman.

Vox: Why a US city is searching for mass graves.

The Dotard Трамп and Allied Miserable Failures:

  • Stephen: A denier is spearheading The Dotard’s climate panel
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп & Kim Jong Un are just like Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
  • Ari Melber: Michael Cohen bombshell “catches” Трамп in Mueller probe crime
  • Trevor: Трамп & Kim fail to strike a nuclear deal
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Racism in the Michael Cohen hearing?
  • Mother Jones: AOC expertly lays a trap to get Трамп’s tax returns
  • Rachel Maddow: Lanny Davis says Michael Cohen gave “game changing” information to House intel
  • Young Turks: Ivanka’s husband deemed a security threat
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп gives Guillermo directions
  • David Pakman: Трамп’s list of crimes (so far)
  • WaPo: Трамп keeps undermining his own administration
  • Mark Fiore: Трамп’s tour of duty.
  • Vice News: Michael Cohen’s Congressional hearing was a partisan nightmare.
  • Tiny Fingers Resistance: God Bless The Dotard Трамп:

  • Chris Hayes: What will The Dotard do when backed into a corner?
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s lawyer Michael Cohen begins testimony
  • Ari Melber: Former SDNY Chief—these prosecutors may indict a President
  • Mother Jones: Rep. Lynch rips Republicans a new asshole.
  • Seth Meyers: Michael Cohen testifies to Congress about Трамп
  • Young Turks: Трамп Jr. gets sexist at CPAC
  • Jimmy Fallon recaps Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress about Трамп
  • WaPo: A former campaign staffer accuses The Dotard of an unwanted kiss
  • Trevor: Трамп’s trip, Cohen’s testimony & Ivanka’s interview
  • Mother Jones: Cohen warns Republicans, “I did the same thing you’re doing now”
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп wants to “cause chaos” in the Democratic primary
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп knows how to handle North Korea
  • Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen testifies SDNY conducting additional Трамп investigations
  • Roll Call: Michael Cohen and the Трамп lying machine
  • Ari Melber: Former Трамп exec—CFO knows about over 5 more hush money payments
  • Jimmy Kimmel on Michael Cohen’s bombshell testimony
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Testimony was “peek inside the criminal enterprise”
  • Conan: Michael Cohen is a bad lawyer & a terrible doctor
  • Mother Jones: Watch Michael Cohen’s explosive remarks to the House Oversight Committee
  • Lauren Mayer: Mad, mad Michael Cohen:

  • Jimmy Fallon: The Dotard Трамп and Kim Jong-un arrive for Vietnam summit
  • Kimmel Kartoon: Michael Cohen is Droopy the Dog
  • WaPo Opinion: The President is a con and Republicans must heed Michael Cohen’s warning.
  • Vice News: Mueller’s investigation has created an underworld of online sleuths
  • Ari Melber: Cohen opened a “Pandora’s box” of Трамп “crimes.”
  • The Late Show: Трамп’s new Golf Simulator 3000
  • Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen contradicts Трамп’s excuse for not releasing his tax returns
  • Jimmy Kimmel chats with Трамп’s party planner
  • Lawrence: Michael Cohen’s evidence was a last minute add, he’s got more to tell
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп returns from Vietnam amid Cohen fallout
  • Ari Melber: Watch when Michael Cohen’s Трамп allegation ensnared Трамп Jr.
  • Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen documents raise questions about Dotard Трамп financial fraud
  • Trevor: Michael Cohen to Congress, “Трамп is a racist, a con man and a cheat.”
  • WaPo Fact Checking the Michael Cohen hearing.

Robert Reich: A bold new idea to boost wages.

Vice News: CPAC—The gathering of MAGAtards.

The Atlantic: What’s the deal with free college?

Trevor: Kamala Harris on how to fix policing and criminal justice in America.

CBS This Morning: Jay Inslee is in

Vice News: How Chicago’s Mayoral race could upend the city’s politics.

Minute Earth: The problem with concrete.

Chris Hayes: CPAC—God’s president and an AOC obsession.

Now This World: Has ISIS really been defeated?

Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney giddy over taking health care from poor people:

Verge Science: Moon exploration is coming back in a big way.

Conan: NBC’s helpful stats about members of Congress

Vox: How plastic from clothing gets into seafood.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Monday, 2/25/19, 11:21 pm

DLBottlePlease join us Tuesday evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally colludes for an evening of politics, drinks, and sentencing hearings.

We meet 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 about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 2/23/19, 12:09 am

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Trevor: Conservatives slam Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s green new deal.

Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie “names names!” in new book.

Full Frontal: Black History Month—Rosa Parks.

Roy Zimmerman: Rise Up with the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington.

Vox: Why safe playgrounds aren’t great for kids.

Kurzgesagt: Loneliness.

The New Yorker: How gender politics play out on the red carpet.

The Dotard Трамп and Other National Emergencies:

  • Stephen: The national emergency we “didn’t need”
  • Jimmy Fallon: Talk like Трамп
  • WaPo: The Dotard will take credit for almost everything!
  • Ari Melber: Judge rebukes Roger Stone and sides with Mueller
  • Stephen: Putin’s new missile threat against America
  • Rachel Maddow: Grand Jury investigating former Dotard Трамп Interior Secretary Zinke
  • Roy Zimmerman: Secret agent Manafort:

  • The Late Show: William Barr’s plan for the Mueller report
  • Bill Maher: Congressman Adam Schiff investigates
  • Stephen: Трамп asked a favor of Matthew Whitaker
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп prepares for Mueller’s final report
  • WaPo: How QAnon, the bizarre pro-Трамп conspiracy theory, took hold in right-wing circles online
  • Stephen: Roger Stone threatened the law and the law won
  • Lauren Mayer: The National Emergency Song:

  • Ari Melber: Former FBI Chief Andrew McCabe previews Mueller report.
  • Stephen: The Mueller probe enters the home stretch
  • WaPo: New wall or not? Трамп’s misleading claims on border wall progress.
  • Trevor: Трамп admits there’s no emergency while declaring a national emergency
  • Stephen with Andrew McCabe: There was no “coup” to remove Трамп
  • The Late Show: Трамп’s National Emergency Broadcasting System
  • Ari Melber: Busy Friday, and then Robert Mueller report news breaks
  • Stephen: The Трамп quote that stood out to McCabe
  • Mark Fiore: It’s a wall emergency
  • SNL Weekend Update: Nancy and Chuck on the wall funding:

  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Andrew McCabe’s credibility
  • Stephen with Jake Tapper: Republicans don’t want to vote on a wall
  • Bill Maher: If you see salsa, say something
  • WaPo Opinion: Money laundering may help explain Donald Трамп’s curious relationship with Russia
  • Stephen: Трамп could give a lot to Kim for a small victory
  • Rachel Maddow: DOJ policy on indicting a President has weak basis in 1973 memo
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп undercuts his national emergency declaration
  • Stephen: Andrew McCabe had Robert Mueller as a boss

Wendover: How Hong Kong changed countries.

Trevor: The opioid crisis—Трамп blames Mexico & big pharma blames addicts

John Oliver: Brexit III.

The Atlantic: Band-aids over bullet wounds.

Real Engineering: Designer babies—The problem with China’s CRISPR experiment.

Bill Maher: Geospatial inequality

Stephen: Obama takes in a basketball game.

WaPo: The modern anti-vaxxer movement explained.

Jim Jefferies: The fight for the right to be naked in Hawaii.

Daily Show: Jaboukie Young-White makes the case for climate change “preparations”

Campaign Venti-Venti

  • Stephen: The most “Bernie” way to kick off a campaign
  • James Fallon: Bernie Sanders announces his 2020 presidential run
  • Trevor: Bernie’s back, Kamala gets questioned, Gillibrand eats chicken & Booker doesn’t
  • Robert Reich: Who will be the next President?
  • James Corden: Elizabeth Warren reacts to fellow Democratic presidential candidates
  • Seth Meyers: John Oliver thinks it’s too early to talk about the 2020 elections
  • Trevor: Kamala Harris on her 2020 presidential campaign and Трамп’s vanity wall
  • The Late Show: Invasion of the presidential candidates

Mental Floss: 100 year-old words.

Roy Wood, Jr. Black contributions to music.

The Atlantic: America’s dopamine-fueled shopping addiction.

Vox: American segregation, mapped at day and night.

Jimmy Dore: Congressman Peter King elated over Ilhan Omar controversy.

Late Show: It’s not easy being the green new deal.

Vox: What the #$@!% are these?

Seth Meyers: The real national emergency is climate change

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