To our friends and acquaintances: JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF DRINKING LIBERALLY. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE THERE. SO STOP THE THREATS AND JUST SHOW UP!

Ahem…We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

The Atlantic: Life lessons—Everything is temporary.

Vox: How your split ends can help clean oil spills

John Oliver: Lost graphics, Vol. 3.

Trevor celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday.

WaPo: A 50-year-old photo mystery.

Eric Schwartz: I don’t know (A Sadly Topical Blues):

Stephen with Rep. Joe Kennedy III: House Republicans are doing nothing.

Jim Jefferies: Is America REALLY number one?

Vox: How 156 years of British rule shaped Hong Kong.

Mental Floss: The surprising history of Las Vegas and the Rat Pack!.

Now this World: Nelson Mandela’s legacy in South Africa today.

Trevor: Barack Obama’s Mandela address and world emoji day.

WaPo: Technology and luck—how cold cases are solved

Treasonous Трамп And His Tumultuous Treachery:

• Jimmy Kimmel: NRA Infiltrated by Russians?
• Stephen interviews Sean Hannity’s interview of The Dotard Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: New dots connect Mariia Butina case to K.T. McFarland and Mike Flynn
• Rachel Maddow: Sally Yates—W.H. knew flynn was under investigation…
• Seth Meyers: GOP refuses to hold Трамп accountable on Russia
• Trevor: The Putin plot thickens with an alleged Russian spy
• Late Show: Let’s all go to the summit!
• Ari Melber: NRA-linked Russian charged with being foreign agent
• Stephen: Kirstjen Nielsen doesn’t think Russia meddled to help Трамп
• Young Turks: Трамп gets TRIGGERED!
• Mark Fiore: Doubly negative.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Queen Elizabeth threw major shade at The Dotard
• Samantha Bee: Здравствуйте to our new mother Russia
• Seth Meyers: Katy Tur got Трамп to answer a question about Russia by complimenting him first
• SuperDeluxe: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t see why it would/wouldn’t be Russia
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Could The Dotard Трамп’s tax returns explain Helsinki performance?
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп News Network—Putin summit
• Our Cartoon President: The Трамп–Putin press conference

• Late Show: The first interview with Трамп’s translator
• Jonathan Mann: If you don’t bow down to Vladimir and Don
• Trevor: British journalists get Трампed for the first time
• Rachel Maddow: Plenty for Congress to do if it wants to deal with The Dotard Трамп crisis
• Stephen: Was Helsinki a “top-three” worst moment of Трамп’s presidency?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s royal protocol breaches
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Vladimir Putin made a big mistake in his presser with The Dotard.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lies about would & wouldn’t
• Ali Velshi: “I have the best words”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп admin waffles on standing up for Americans against Putin
• Ari Melber: FAUX News defends Трамп’s Russian media gaffe after criticizing it
• Trevor: Трамп blames his Putin summit debacle on a slip of the tongue
• Stephen: Finally there is bipartisan agreement—Трамп Blew It
• Michele Wolf: ICE Is:

• Vox: A surreal moment in US politics
• Jimmy Kimmel: Imagine FAUX News coverage if Obama supported Putin
• Michelle Wolf: Segment Time
• Late Show: The fly on the wall at the Трамп-Putin meeting
• Sam Seder: The Dotard Трамп should be terrified of new Cohen bombshell
• Stephen: Трамп walks back his “would” for a “wouldn’t”
• Rachel Maddow: Time for Americans to face “worst case scenario” on Treasonous Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Republicans fall in line after Трамп–Putin summit
• WaPo: Democrat vets in Congress slam Трамп’s Helsinki meeting
• Trevor: Трамп doing a bad thing publicly doesn’t make it better
• Our Cartoon President: Full episode 11
• Ari Melber: Rep. Lieu, Трамп-Putin summit a “obscene, disgraceful” moment in history
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Derangement Syndrome
• Seth Meyers: Трамп Derangement Syndrome, et al.
• Stephen: What do you mean Трамп and Putin are meeting again?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate decided in 3 minutes to rebuke The Dotard
• Samantha Bee: Goodbye, Roe v. Wade
• Ali Velshi: Is The Dotard Трамп committing treason?
• Jonathan Mann: Maria Butina is a (GOP + NRA) Russian spy
• Late Show: Double negative junction
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Трамп/Putin summit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп changes one word. What about the rest?
• Stephen: Maria Butina, the Russia agent, had a Republican boyfriend
• Rob Reiner demands Трамп meets with Mueller:

• Trevor: Трамп’s U.K. visit unites the British
• Rachel Maddow: Butina case raises questions on Russia’s role in Rex W. Tillerson
• Seth Meyers: Трамп meets Putin and Melania’s yellow dress
• Ari Melber: Трамп stands by embrace of Putin, says he misspoke one word
• Stephen with Lewis Black: Reclaiming the summer from Трамп

Vox: We produce 13 tons of hazardous waste every second

Minute Physics: Feynman’s lost lecture on planetary orbits.

Whoopi Goldberg OWNS FAUX News host.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

WaPo: A key innovation in how we use the pill today.

Vox: Road diets—designing a safer street.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Wendover: How airports make money

Stephen: The NRA-linked Russian spy who isn’t The Dotard Трамп.

Vox: The (mostly) true story of hobo graffiti.

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

Please join us at the weekly “summit” of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. No treason and no collusion…just a little beverage perfusion.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Bill Maher: Mitt Romney for a million

Vox: Why seeking asylum in America is so difficult

Late Show: Americans should “keep a low profile’ in London:

Minute Earth: Why earth has two levels

The Atlantic: How the trade war with China will affect the U.S..

The Dotard Трамп And His Reign Of Error:

• Stephen: The hungry to leave power games—Scott Pruitt edition
• Late Show: Kim Jong Un found out about Трамп’s other dictator
• Stephen: Трамп’s brain instrument is on the fritz again
• Sam Seder: As predicted, Трамп makes a total ass of himself during Britain visit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sen. Reed on the Dotard Трамп doing Vladimir Putin’s work with NATO attacks
• Our Cartoon President: “Little progress made at the NATO summit”
• Stephen Colbert and Lawrence O’Donnell on Strzok’s hearing and the Dotard’s trip.
• Sky News: Winners vs losers—Трамп’s language analysed:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans lose their minds during Strzok testimony
• Stephen: Migrant babies are making appearances in court
• Mark Fiore: Pablo—A family separation theme song.
• Ari Melber: Трамп baby blimp backstory
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate rebukes The Dotard with vote on NATO
• Trevor: Angela Rye—rebutting Трамп
• Stephen: White House welcomes a disgraced FAUX News boss and his racist wife
• Bill Maher: Aggressively stupid
• Deputy Attorney General announces 12 Russian spies indicted in Mueller investigation
• Stephen: Who needs allies when you’ve got foes like Vladimir?
• Lauren Mayer: Трамп baby:

• Conan: British people want Dotard Трамп immediately deported
• Late Show: The even more disgraceful Трамп balloon
• Sam Seder: Louie Gohmert transforms into blabbering idiot during hearing
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп’s not-so-welcome welcome to the U.K.
• Stephen: The Трамп administration threatens Ecuador over…breastfeeding?
• Our Cartoon President: “You sure are a chatterbox”
• Peter Stzok’s epic take-down of Trey Gowdy over anti-Трамп text messages
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп lied about Jimmy Kimmel:

• Jim Jefferies: Scott Pruitt resigns, but we’re still screwed
• Stephen: Man controlled by Russia says Germany is controlled by Russia
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп loves asbestos so much his face is being used to sell it
• Late Show: How German news covered Трамп’s NATO visit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Are Republicans finally showing sanity on Трамп’s trade war?
• Stephen: Kim Jong Un chose a potato farm over Mike Pompeo

Rachel Maddow: GOP stunt to smear counter-intel expert Peter Strzok ripe for backfire

Stephen: Red Hot Congressional Strzok-fest, 2018

Minute Physics: Not EVERYTHING is relative

Supremely Fucked:

• Stephen: Why The Dotard likes Brett Kavanaugh so much
• Heads of State: Трамп brags about Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen: Brett Kavanaugh had the most “dad” scandal ever
• Jim Jefferies: Supreme Court justices don’t age well
• Rachel Maddow: Brett Kavanaugh in for a long, hard fight for Supreme Court spot
• Michelle Wolf: The break with Michelle Wolf
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s shocking Supreme Court nominee

The Atlantic: A tourist attraction and a dying ancient culture.

Chris Hayes: Nazi and white nationalist are running for office as Republicans.

Real Engineering: The physics of racing games.

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

For well over a decade, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally has served as a gathering place for people to talk politics. So please join us this evening for conversations over a drink.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Jim Jefferies: Racism and homophobia at the World Cup.

Plastic Polution: How humans are turning the world into plastic

How a multiracial populism can build a 21st century economy.

Now This World: What countries have tried universal basic income?.

Trevor: Surprisingly good news for Pride Month.

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about modern day marvels.

The Dotard Трамп:

• Ari Melber: The Трамп baby blimp to troll Трамп.
• Mark Fiore: Independence Dotard
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP may turn on the Dotard over tariffs
• Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) doesn’t mind pissing off Трамп
• Young Turks: Jeff Sessions’ cruelty continues
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп: “I guess I speak well”
• Trevor: Duterte’s “stupid God” remark and Трамп’s travel ban
• Ari Melber: Betsy DeVos’s record of dismantling student protections
• Heads of State: Трамп celebrates the 4th by trying to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid:

• Ari Melber: EPA chief resigns as The Dotard Трамп finally surrenders to scandal outrage
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry asks “Do I always sound this dumb?”
• Sam Seder reads Scott Pruitt’s resignation letter
• Chris Hayes: All of Scott Pruitt’s scandals, from the beginning
• Jonathan Mann: Abolish ICE
• MoJo: ICE appears to be using a new tactic to keep migrant families apart
• This deported mom is desperate to get her children back from the U.S.
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans on board with Трамп in odd deference to Russian goals
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Teacher who confronted Pruitt responds to calls for civility
• Ari Melber: President Трамп baby war escalates with “world tour”.
• Young Turks: Трамп’s trade war backfires BIGLY
• Slate: Kids at anti-separation protests explain how they’ve processed Трамп’s policy
• Chris Hayes: EPA whistleblower on Scott Pruitt, “A bigger swamp creature”
• WaPo: Migrant child—“Never let them take me away from you again”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate Intel Committee confirms that Russia meddled to help the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen’s new legal strategy
• Late Night: Dotard Трамп’s salute to American independence:

• WaPo: Трамп’s bet on Pruitt backfires
• The Atlantic: Migrant kids describe fear of separation from parents
• Is the U.S. paying for Mexico’s border security?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Volunteer shares gruesome story from detention facilities
• Chris Hayes interviews Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA): The Dotard Трамп does not intend to reunite families
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s ice-cold immigration speech
• WaPo: Protesters march nationwide against Трамп immigration policies

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Nova: Jurassic World is wrong—DNA has an expiration date

How the U.S. territory of Guam became an American colony.

Mother Jones: Faith and fatigue—Surviving at the border

The Atlantic: How aristocracies work.

Elections Have Consequences:

• Rachel Maddow: History’s echo heard in current concerns about Supreme Court fate
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп meets 4 potential SCOTUS nominees
• Rachel Maddow: Senate intel report confirms Russian intrusion in 2016 election

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush has a meltdown after appearance on CNBC

Young Turks: Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory BACKFIRES

NASA: Fighting cancer from space.

The Atlantic: The Mayor of a ghost town:

Michelle Wolf: Workplace safety—Gun edition.

John Oliver: Gene editing.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Police use of deadly force changed by video.

Vox: Why the US national anthem is terrible—and perfect.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for drinks and political conversation. Please stop by!

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Jim Jefferies: How Jeff Bezos should spend his billions.

Physics Girl: Bandaids glow when opening?!

Bill Maher: Future headlines.

Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney says fuck discussing immigration.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Racists and Kidnappers:

• Stephen: How The Red Hen could’ve treated Sarah Huckabee Sanders
• Seth Meyers and Chris Hayes: What really drives anti-iImmigration politics
• Chris Hayes: Why Paul Manafort didn’t demand a salary to work for Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: If at first you don’t succeed, call it a “travel ban”
• Trevor EVISCERATES the civility argument:

• Late Show: A mobile restaurant for Трамп officials
• Jimmy Dore: Republican Peter King calls Трамп a “psychopath!”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Judge orders Donald Trump administration to reunite families within 30 days
• Stephen: Трамп and Putin are getting back together
• Joy Reid: Ivanka Трамп’s associates baffled by her silence on border
• Steve Kornacki: President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart—Different method, same message.
• Trevor: The truth about “Space Force”
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп is afraid to say Stephen’s name
• Seth Meyers: Трамп goes to Nevada amid migrant detention crisis
• Jimmy Fallon gets a Tweet from The Dotard:

• Rachel Maddow: GOP anxious to subvert Robert Mueller as Dotard Трамп Russia probe pushes on
• Stephen: Jon Stewart is ready to negotiate with The Dotard Трамп
• Trevor: Трамп’s Starburst tantrum & the President’s self-described elitism
• Late Show: What’s going through the President’s mind?
• Michele Wolf roasts the White House
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s unhinged South Carolina rally & SCOTUS upholds travel ban
• Steve Kornacki: To understand President Dotard Трамп, look to Pat Buchanan
• Jim Jefferies: Migrant detention centers—a firsthand account
• Stephen: New challenge coins for Трамп’s presidency
• Vox: Can Трамп really pardon himself?
• Heads of State: Трамп SINGS about eliminating due process for immigrants
• Ari Melber: Supreme Court decision is a fight for American values
• Trevor: Stephen Miller loves to cause pain
• Stephen: President Трамп reverts back to campaign rally Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: One Senator could block Dotard Трамп’s Supreme Court pick
• Daily Show: In Трамп’s universe, everyone loves “Space Force”
• Joy Reid: Is Dotard Трамп trying to dismantle NATO and the European Union?
• Jim Jefferies: Separating migrant families at the border:

• Late Night: Трамп’s favorite “red wave” political cartoon
• Seth Meyers and Chris Hayes: Why it’s important to yell at public officials
• Trevor: The message on Melania’s jacket
• Stephen: Melania Трамп has an entire “hidden message” wardrobe

John Oliver: Mexican elections.

Minute Earth: The similarity trap.

ABC CEO says “No more racist shows”.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Suckers.

Electoral Consequences:

• Stephen interviews Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
• Trevor: SCOTUS news devastates Dems but Hasan Minhaj has hope
• Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her win and “the start of a movement”
• Mark Fiore: The Supreme Court gets Трампier.
• Rachel Maddow: Democrats face day 1 of winnable fight for Supreme Court’s future
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Rally; Kennedy retires; GOP attacks Russia probe
• Stephen: Mitch McConnell’s supreme about face
• Chris Hayes: Republicans are suddenly silent about push to overturn Roe v. Wade
• Trevor: Anthony Kennedy and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rock the political world
• Late Night: A message for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Stephen: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez surprised everyone, even herself.

Minute Physics: Extraterrestrial cycloids—Why are they on Europa?.

Trevor: Bill Clinton and James Patterson — “The President Is Missing”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

We are now heavily into the 2018 election season, with primary elections tonight in Colorado, Maryland, New York (federal only), Oklahoma and Utah, and run-off elections tonight in Mississippi and South Carolina. Of course there are plenty of things happening in state and local politics, as well. Stop by and we can chat about them at tonight’s gathering of 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 rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Stephen: Profiles In Discourage—The “Gay Nazi” candidate.

Jimmy Kimmel: Kimmel vs Cruz—Blobfish basketball classic.

The Atlantic: Your brain on depression.

Seth Meyers: Senator Tammy Baldwin on being the first openly gay person elected to the Senate.

Roy Wood Jr. versus The News.

WaPo: Is the news stressing you out? Tips for dealing with news related anxiety.

John Oliver: Xi Jinping.

The Dotard Трамп And His Band of Kidnappers And Hostage Takers:

• Stephen: Melania Трамп really doesn’t care, do U?
• Mother Jones: Inside the spontaneous airport protest to greet separated children in NYC
• Seth Meyer: Трамп holds rally amid aftermath of family separation policy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: President Dotard Трамп admin fights rules on border children
• Stephen: Now we know who’s willing to defend caging children
• Jonathan Mann: This land is your land
• Full Frontal: Leaked audio from The Daily’s Stephen Miller interview
• Rachael Maddow: As HHS tent city filled with kids, Alex Azar left for college reunion
• Late Show: The OTHER cruel White House lawn press conference
• Trevor: Uproar over Трамп’s migrant separation policy reaches a fevered pitch
• Stephen: Stephen Miller takes a victory lap on family separation
• Heads of State: Трамп explains his immigrant child kidnapping policy:

• WaPo: The unanswered questions after Трамп’s immigration executive order
• Stephen gets really into Трамп’s MAGA rally
• Daily Show: Kirstjen Nielsen goes out for Mexican food
• Chris Hayes: Why did Scott Pruitt spend $1500 on “tactical pants”?
• Late Show: Scott Pruitt’s tactical pants
• Lauren Mayer: Tyrants are now Трамп’s best friends
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing
• Ari Melber: Трамп silent on how separated migrant families will be reunited
• Mother Jones: The Трамп administration keeps changing its story on child separation
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s wildly contradictory statements on family separation
• Stephen: Трамп wants FAUX News to learn from North Korea’s state TV
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The little girls blocking The Dotard Трамп
• The Atlantic: Watch the U.S. turn away asylum seekers at the border
• Late Show: This cloud either looks like Трамп or…
• James Cordon: Here’s how to reunite families at the US Mexico border
• Randy Rainbow: WTF, YOU GUYS!?:

• Trevor: Трамп’s child separation crisis hits a breaking point
• Chris Hayes: Detained migrant teens marched through airport
• Daily Show: FAUX News vs. North Korean State TV
• Samantha Bee: Migrant kids update—Трамп fixed it! Part I
• Samantha Bee: Migrant kids update—Трамп fixed it! Part II
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Will Michael Cohen turn on President Dotard Трамп?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп can’t stop excusing himself
• Lauren Mayer: I’m a Jew and I know than ain’t Christian!
• Stephen: Why is Трамп so hot on the Space Force?
• Ari Melber and friends: Трамп lies about migrant kids echo fascistic mechanism
• The Laura Ingraham detention center summer camp extravaganza!

• Seth Meyers: The Трамп team’s lies about immigrants and family separation
• Jonathan Mann: Jesus followed the law
• Full Frontal: The cult of impeachment
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Melania Трамп’s jacket sends mixed border messages
• Stephen: Corey Lewandowski’s life in two words—Womp Womp
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s latest shift on immigration
• Rachel Maddow: Americans finding ways to work against Dotard Трамп immigration policy
• Mark Fiore: Born into a policy of cruelty
• Stephen: Трамп’s executive order to undo an executive failure
• Vox: The voices of children separated at the border

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Greenman: Houston, Harvey, and and a hot ocean.

WaPo: Four years after riots in Ferguson, Mo., this part of the city is still reeling.

Jim Jefferies Jordan Peterson on free speech and college protests.

Trevor: So much news, so little time.

Roy Wood, Jr.: Wilmot Collins—From African refugee to Montana mayor.

Late Show: The NRA—Keep your hands off my dog’s guns

Jimmy Fallon: David Hogg and Lauren Hogg recount the trauma of the Stoneman Douglas shooting.

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

Are you fucking kidding me?!? The news about families being torn apart and children being confined in cages or tent cities by ICE is quite sobering. It makes me REALLY need a drink. Whatever your reasons are, stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight to share some politics over the beverage of your choice.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz has basketball on the brain.

Samantha Bee: The myth of crisis actors, Part 1

Vox: How TV gave us the classic soccer ball.

Mental Floss: Summer facts and life hacks!

Samantha Bee: The myth of crisis actors, Part 2

Daily Show: Secession vs. a two-state solution in California

MinuteEarth: Rise of the mesopredator

The Dotard Трамп and Other Petty Tyrants:

• Chris Hayes: Horror at the border—“We have no idea when or if mother and child will be Reunited”
• Stephen: Трамп met with Kim Jong Un… Now what?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mommin’ with Sarah Huckabee Sanders
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Who’s sleeping better, Paul Manafort or The Dotard Трамп?
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Pres. Vicente Fox
• Vox: What does “denuclearization” mean?
• Stephen: Трамп’s habit of ripping up papers is against the law
• Maddow: Paul Manafort appears to choose jail over helping Dotard Трамп Russia probe
• Seth Meyers: GOP’s Трамп “cult”; Трамп Foundation lawsuit; Comey report
• Michael Brooks: Dotard Трамп Jr. suddenly realizes his father doesn’t love him, while on FAUX News
• WaPo: Unraveling President Трамп’s claims about the North Korea deal
• Stephen: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has her eyes (and lies) on the exit
• Conan: Conan on the North Korea summit
• Heads of State: “Die Die Die”—Dotard Трамп sings about Obamacare:

• Stephen: The Mueller probe is about to “hit the fan”
• Trevor: Трамп gets a lawsuit and an FBI report for his birthday
• Samantha Bee: Canadian enemies and nuclear friends
• Late Show: The Dotard Трамп summit spectacular
• Young Turks: Cartoonist fired over Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп made a movie for Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Трамп celebrated his historic summit with a historic lie
• Conan: Kim Jong-un’s video message for Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп tries to “steal the grief” of fallen soldiers’ parents
• Trevor: Трамп hands a PR victory to Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Трамп is fighting for Russia and fighting with Canada
• Chris Hayes: White House can’t fill open positions, turns to job fair
• Bill Maher: Justin and The Dotard:

• Seth Meyers and friends: Do we like Michael Avenatti?
• Stephen: The odd movie trailer Трамп showed Kim Jong Un
• Farron Cousins: Трамп gets condemned by Canadian parliament in unanimous vote
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Kathy Griffin
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп and Kim Jong-un’s friendship inspires Jimmy
• Young Turks: Republicans are using slave owners’ favorite bible verse to justify child prisons
• Stephen: The IG report could lead to the impeachment of Hillary Clinton
• The Late Show: The Трамп/Kim boxing match
• Conan: A Canadian responds to Трамп’s latest attack on Justin Trudeau
• Bill Maher: A feckless stunt
• Stephen: Jeff Sessions cites the Bible in separating children from parents
• Late Show: How North Korea is reporting the summit
• Farron Cousins: Entire Трамп family named in massive charity fraud lawsuit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: New York A.G. files fraud lawsuit against Dotard Трамп Family Foundation
• Stephen: Трамп will use his “touch” and “feel” with Kim Jong Un
• Seth Meyers: Трамп meets Kim Jong-un
• Mark Fiore: Axis of allies.
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry sounds like he’s losing his mind:

• Stephen: Anthony Scaramucci & Michael Avenatti debate over Rosé.
• Trevor: Shredding Трамп
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп is lying about his child migrant policy
• Jimmy Kimmel: White House reveals everything Трамп gave to Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Anthony Scaramucci & Michael Avenatti predict Трамп’s fate
• Young Turks: Ex-CIA agents training ICE to be more evil
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Kirsten Gillibrand
• Rachel Maddow: GOP keeps pressure on DoJ in effort to sink Трамп–Russia probe
• Conan: The Kim Jong-un photobomber is now dead
• Stephen interviews Stephanopoulos’ interview of Трамп

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship

Maine passes rank choice voting.

Listen to Black women

Full Frontal: The Irish abortion referendum.

Electile Function and Dysfunction:

• WaPo: Did The Dotard sink Mark Sanford?
• David Pakman: Should Democrats be panicking about 2018 polls?
• WaPo: Behind the “rigged system” of drawing Congressional boundaries.
• Bill Maher: Billy Eichner on glam up the midterms
• WaPo: Women triumph in Virginia’s Democratic primaries
• David Pakman: Russia is ACTIVELY MEDDLING in 2018 election RIGHT NOW!
• Sam Seder: Democrats win HUGE in Wisconsin—Scott Walker is scared to death
• WaPo: The time California tried to change the redistricting game: Part 1
• WaPo: The time California tried to change the redistricting game: Part 2

Jim Jefferies: Carol Burnett on staying apolitical in political times.

Bill Maher: New Rule—#BlueToo.

Jimmy Kimmel does research on blobfish Ted Cruz.

Minute Physics: Relativistic addition of velocity

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

Tonight will be filled with primary election results from Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. Perhaps, the local issues in your head tax you to drinking. Whatever your reasons, stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight to ponder politics over a pint.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Ronny Chieng: A televangelist begs for a private jet.

Jimmy Dore: Nellie McKay’s anti-war song update.

Trevor with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.

The Cruz Challenge:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz says GAME ON.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ground rules for Ted Cruz basketball game.
• Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Ted Cruz trash talk

Physics Girl: The physics of skateboarding.

Vox: Why chronic floods are coming to New Jersey

Samantha Bee: A message.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Crass dismissed .

Lauren Mayer: Please stop making insults out of genitalia.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Future Pardonees:

• Stephen: Can a president pardon himself?
• Trevor: Are we in an alternate universe?
• WaPoТрамп did not dictate the Трамп Tower response. Until he did.
• Chris Hayes: Scott Pruitt tried to get his wife a Chick-Fil-A franchise
• Ari Melber: Watergate prosecutor says that Paul Manafort is “toast”
• The Late Show: This is how we Pruitt—The corruption story
• Trevor: North Korea gets back on Трамп’s good side
• Lawrence O’Donnell: In the Robert Mueller’s probe, “It’s the money, stupid”
• Stephen: Kim Jong-Un had a big message for Трамп
• WaPo fact check: Can President Трамп (or any president) be subpoenaed or indicted?
• Conan: Sports figures willing to visit the White House
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп administration struggles to find space for seized immigrant kids
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп and water just don’t mix
• Late Show: Meet the real Commander-of-Cheese:

• Heads of State: Can Трамп shoot someone and pardon himself?
• Chris Hayes: “Mattress-lotion Scott” somehow still has a job at EPA
• Samantha Bee: Missing migrant children update
• Ari Melber: Bob Mueller indicts a Russian known as “Paul Manafort’s Manafort”
• Stephen: Scott Pruitt is hungry for Chick-fil-A
• Trevor: Team Трамп’s above-the-law legal arguments
• Rachel Maddow: Light of Russia investigation sends Трамп affiliates scattering
• Young Turks: The Dotard scolds Trudeau for Canada burning down White House (they didn’t)
• Conan: Putin calls Трамп to talk about “The Americans” finale
• Farron Cousins: Creepy Scott Pruitt wanted to buy used Трамп Hotel mattress
• Vox: Трамп invented a fake spy scandal and people will still believe it.
• Stephen: Трамп makes the G7 summit awkwaaaard
• Bill Maher: Turd in the punchbowl
• James Corden: Apparently Трамп knows numerous legal scholars?
• WaPo: What Трамп (and you) need to know about pardons
• Late Show: The big words in Kim Jong Un’s big letter
• Young Turks: Guess how the Dotard is prepping for North Korea summit
• Chris Hayes: EPA imploding under weight of Scott Pruitt scandals
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s petty side hustles
• Stephen: Have you seen this first lady?
• Ari Melber: Kardashian winning Трамп pardon shows “terribly wrong” process
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “Thanks Pal”—Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer was cozy with Dotard’s lawyer
• Randy Rainbow: Commander of cheese!:

• Late Show: In search of the First Lady
• Conan: Трамп releases an album of patriotic songs
• Ari Melber: People who obstruct justice usually have something to hide
• Stephen speaks Kellyanne Conway’s language
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп and GOP keep Scott Pruitt on despite flagrant abuse of office
• WaPo: Does the Dotard even know the lyrics?
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s spending gets weirder
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Jeff Merkley describes immigrants held in cages “like dog kennels”
• Stephen: Paul Manafort is bad at being sneaky
• Jimmy Kimmel: Melania Трамп finally makes public appearance
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rudy Giuliani speaks, causes trouble for the Dotard Трамп
• Late Show: Under the table with Трамп and Pence
• Conan: Трамп the historian
• Farron Cousins: The Dotard fails basic history and embarrasses U.S. again
• Ari Melber: Melber on Трамп’s self-pardon claim—Pardons are for criminals
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani says, “I don’t even really look at porn”
• Chris Hayes: Family separation is “barbaric,” a “National Shame”
• Jimmy Kimmel wishes Трамп happy 500 days
• Trevor: Трамп gets snubbed by the Philadelphia Eagles
• Stephen: Трамп disinvites the Eagles for… never kneeling?

• Conan: The one Трамп business that made money
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп administration is violating human rights according to U.N.
• Stephen: Трамп, Sanders, and Sekulow got caught in a lie
• WaPo: The lawsuit against Ben Carson that was 50 years in the making
• Ari Melber: Michael Cohen plotted with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer to push lies
• Trevor and Hasan: Трамп changes his tune on celebrating Ramadan
• Mark Fiore: Presidential Pardon Power Supplement
• Young Turks: Putin OWNS Трамп
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп history, like drunk history, only not as smart
• Michael Brooks: Hannity goes full crazy on live TV, tells Трамп’s friends to destroy evidence
• Stephen: Трамп is turning pardon power into reality TV
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller puts Трамп in desperate position; pardon spree a bad idea

Daily Show: Facebook cashes in on conflict.

The Atlantic: Hawaii’s Kilaeuea volcanic eruption—A stunning time-lapse

The Onion: How to increase your cognitive ability by reading a fucking book for once.

Vox: How noise pollution is ruining your hearing.

Stephen: The FBI’s Breakdancing Training VIdeo

Elections and Stuff:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP gets wiped out in California Senate race
• WaPo: Winners and losers from 2018’s biggest primary night
• Sam Seder with Dave Weigel: Republicans should be TERRIFIED of California primary results
• Young Turks: Judge RECALLED after slap-on-the-wrist rape sentence
• Samantha Bee: The Texas conscience
• Trevor does New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.
• WaPo: Is 2018 really the “year of the woman”?

Jim Jefferies: Abstinence-only education makes no sense:

The Atlantic: Tangier Island—The first U.S. climate refugees?

New Scientist: Can sleeping pills make you racist?

Stephen: China’s sonic attacks reach the Late Show.

Vox: Trade wars, explained.

WaPo: The Supreme Court punted on the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling.

Late Show: Straight Cakes—The all-hetero cakeshop

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

Tuesday is a big election day with primary elections in Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, and a handfull of special elections. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for election gawking and analysis over a pint.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.