This week marks the start of confirmation hearings in D.C. and the start of the Washington state legislative session. Please join us this evening for a much-needed drink 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 198 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

White House: West Wing Week.

SCOTUS Wars:

• Young Turks: Could Dems block Supreme Court nominations for entire Трамп term?
• Sam Seder: Republicans are now saying that obstructing SCOTUS nominees is wrong!?!

Trevor with Keegan-Michael Key: A final address from Obama’s Anger Translator:

Farron Cousins: Paul Ryan attaches Planned Parenthood defunding provision to Obamacare repeal.

Young Turks: Proof Republicans don’t give a shit about ethics.

Michelle Obama’s says goodbye as FLOTUS.

Трамп—The Putin Poodle, Sexual Assaulting, Serial Philanderer, Scam Artist Goes to Washington:

• Stephen: Трамп Tweets tough, but he has nothing on Jesus.
• Maddow with Chuck Schumer: Donald Трамп captured by hard right.
• David Pakman: Трамп spokesidiot wants Hillary “punished” for “trying to influence election”!
• Trevor: Russia/Трамп reacts to President Obama’s Sanctions
• Olbermann: What did Трамп know and when did he know it?
• Sam Seder: Kellyanne Conway thinks its unfair That Dems won’t help destroy Obamacare
• Young Turks: Трамп on Russian hacking
• James Corden: Hillary Clinton will make Трамп’s inauguration awkward.
• Maddow: Republicans shift Donald Трамп coverage with packed schedule
• Jimmy Kimmel explains how truth works.
• Is Трамп a crony capitalist?
• Young Turks: Трамп takes aim at CIA
• David Pakman: Трамп whines that hearing was delayed. It wasn’t. Officials call out his lie.
• Olbermann: Still supporting Трамп? This message is for you:

• Sam Seder: Bernie shows YUGE Трамп Tweets on the floor…
• Ari Melber: Donald Трамп biographer thrown out of Трамп golf course
• Farron Cousins: New study confirms racism, sexism propelled Трамп into office
• Some House Members object to the Electoral College vote.
• David Pakman: Why hasn’t anyone hacked Трамп’s tax returns.
• Young Turks: What is the T. R. U. M. P. act?
• Stephen: ТрампCare and “Intelligence”
• Late Night: Трамп and Cover
• PsychoSuperMom: It’s My Patriotic Duty (To Make As Much Fun Of Trump As I Can)
• Joy-Ann Reid: Donald Трамп’s lack pf acts for inauguration getting under his skin
• David Pakman: Трамп is so hated, he has to go to British singers for inauguration entertainment.
• Maddow: Resistance to Donald Трамп grows with local roots
• James Corden: Трамп Tweets.

Ways Hitler was like a teenage girl.

Young Turks: Republicans ban live-streaming from the floor…what do they have to hide?

Vice News: Seattle’s trans law enforcement.

David Pakman: Republican’s bizarre attempt to prevent Supreme Court from citing their prior ObamaCare cases!!!.

Sam Seder: GOP Rep’s Twitter poll BACKFIRES BIGLY, shows YUGE support for Obamacare.

The 2017 Congressional Clown Show:

• Trevor: House Republicans grapple with backlash on ethics vote:

• Farron Cousins: Voter backlash forced Republicans to abandon plans to destroy Ethics Committee.
• Mark Fiore: De-Obamafication.

Obama: President Obama on social progress and equality.

Sam Seder: Megyn Kelly pretends to be sad about leaving FAUX News to join the real “Journalists” at NBC.

Stop Jeff Sessions.

Young Turks: What is Obama’s real record on the economy?

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

Start out 2017 by feeding your inner political animal. Please join us tonight for a New Year edition 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 196 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Pap: Racist Republicans target minorities in Georgia.

Jeff’s earth.

Adam Ruins everything: Electric cars aren’t as green as you think:

White House: West Wing Week.

2016 Was Fucking Insane!

• Young Turks: How 2016 impacted us all.
• Daily Show: Hasan Minhaj says “Goodbye” to 2016
• You’re Wrong with Mike Lawrence2016 was great for nerds.
• 2016 was a bad year for music lovers.
• Young Turks: 2016 Jerk of the Year
• Young Turks: 2016 Turk of the Year
• Famous farewells of 2016
• Honest New Years

Young Turks: Oops! Professional asshole Carl Paladino didn’t mean to PUBLICLY post racist comments.

Chris Hayes: Mega racist and Drumpf campaigner Carl Paladino fired from School Board for being a fucking racist.

Epic Rap Battles of History: Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill:

Ari Melber: FAUX News reports FAKE NEWS about Food Stamp fraud.

Minute Physics: The No Cloning Theorem.

The Sexual Assaulting, Putin Loving, Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest:

• Sam Seder: How easy will it be to roll back civil rights under Drumpf?
• Young Turks: Meet the con artist leading Drumpf’s inauguration prayer.
• Ben Dixon: Are Drumpfists beginning to realize they’ve been conned?
• Drumpf’s attack on sanctuary cities explained.
• Michael Brooks: Drumpf on “Lock Her Up”, “That plays great before the election, now we don’t care”.
• Young Turks: Drumpf already historically unpopular.
• Farron Cousins: Still think Drumpf’s a populist? Then you aren’t paying attention!
• Ari Melber: Drumpf is Tweeting the U.S. towards nuclear destruction
• Mark Fiore: Ode to the pundits.
• Sam Seder and Digby: “The fact that [the James Comey letter] happened at all should be deeply, deeply concerning.”
• Ben Dixon: Did the RNC really compare Drumpf to Jesus?
• Young Turks: Drumpf takes credit again for doing what he didn’t do.

Sam Seder: Lawrence Lessig on why the Electoral College has got to go!

PsychoSuperMom: Eight is better than one.

White House: Rare look inside where Obama lives at the White House.

Newzoids: Putin’s Top Gun:

Alex Lawson with Nancy Altman: The GOP’s plot to kill Medicare starts Jan. 3rd!

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

Please join us tonight for a year-end edition of Drinking Liberally with 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 196 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Daily Show holiday gift guide.

“Skeptic on a Stick” holiday toy commercial

Adam Ruins Everything: The drunken, pagan history of Christmas:

Conan: The Toilet Santa.

You’re Wrong with Mike Lawrence: The best and worst of Christmas

Seth Meyers: Walking in a Winter Punderland

Liam Neeson Auditions For Mall Santa Claus:

Drumpf in Twitter war with Santa

PsychoSuperMom: Don’t they know (not everyone does Christmas)?

Obama’s Holiday message

Young Turks: How to trigger a war on Christmas.

Woke Christmas Carols

Late night Crew Poetry: My Christmas wish, New Year’s groove

Trevor and Barack: Navigating America’s racial divide.

David Pakman: Most Americans realize that things are pretty good under Obama.

How one man found his inner Obama.

Putin Puppet, Pussy Pawing, Presnit Erect Трамп:

• Daily Show: The gift of reproductive rights
• Olbermann: Our new corporate overlords plan to thrive.
• Conan: Трамп and Obama’s last phone calls of 2016.
• Jon Stewart and David Axlerod on what makes Трамп’s presidency horrible
• Roy Zimmerman: My TV
• Farron Cousins: Трамп is the result of years of GOP anti-intellectualism
• David Pakman: Do Трамп supporters realize that Trump has NO mandate?
• Thom and Dan Sisson: Thomas Jefferson would be appalled.
• Michael Brooks: Oh Good! Henry Kissinger is Giving Трамп “presidential advice”
• Young Turks: Those weren’t LIES…Трамп was being “symbolic”
• Rachel Maddow and Seth Mayers on Трамп conflicts of interest.
• David Pakman: Newt Gingrich admits that Трамп is not draining the swamp
• Conan: Трамп calls Obama about line of succession.:

• David Pakman with Richard Cahan: Трамп’s Muslim registry should remind us of Japanese internment camps
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at climate change and a Трамп presidency
• Mark Fiore: The Трамп who stole America
• Thom: To hell with Godwin’s Law… We’re there!
• Sam Seder: The imminent threats to voting rights under the Трамп administration
• Seth Meyers: Tweetin’ with the Prez

Michael Brooks: Alex Jones is back to Birferism!

Mental Floss: 27 things you might not know about Star Wars.

Left behind in the rush for lithium.

The Hostile Transfer of Power:

• Seth Meyers: A Closer Look at the power grab in North Carolina.
• Michael Brooks: NC just experienced a coup. It could spread.
• Samantha Bee: A very special legislative session
• Thom: The NC GOP power grab.

Samantha Bee: Strange bedfellows.

Young Turks: Michelle Obama responds to “angry black woman” criticism.

2016 Pretty Much Sucked:

• The Daily Show year in review
• Key of Awesome: The 2016 Didn’t Totally Suck Song
• James Corden recaps 2016
• Four heated house moments from 2016

Demographics of the 115th Congress.

Jonathan Mann: Abolish the Electoral College:

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

Some Mondays really suck. And, holy crap do we all need a drink today! Fortunately, we have the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Come on in, order a pint, and let’s talk resistance.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 196 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Mental Floss: 21 things that turned 21 in 2016

Samantha Bee: Democrats in the Wilderness.

Adam Ruins Everything: The truth about the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit:

Conan: Keegan-Michael Key on playing Luther & meeting Obama.

Jimmy Kimmel: The YEAR in unnecessary censorship.

President Elect Donald “Serial-Philander-Sociopath-Racist” Drumpf:

• Stephen: Drumpf meets with Kanye.
• Olbermann: The grave danger of Drumpf’s intelligence failure
• Kimmel: Christmas edition of Drunk Donald Drumpf.
• Trevor: “Truth Drumpf” comes out after the election
• Farron Cousins: Drumpf backs out of press conference that would have addressed conflicts of interest
• Jonathan Mann: Brief the Electors
• Young Turks: Donald Drumpf “tortured” Mitt Romney.
• Conan: Drumpf calls Obama, dad to dad:

• Conan: Drumpf calls Obama about the inauguration
• Jimmy Dore: Drumpf meets titans of tech & it goes exactly as you’d think
• Thom: Is Drumpf a target for blackmail?
• Mark Fiore: From Russia with loveski.
• Sam Seder: Presnit-elect pathological personnel appointment.
• Good Grief: It’s a Stephen Colbert Christmas Special
• Joy-Ann Reid: Vladimir Putin directly involved in US election hacking.
• Stephen: Putin hacked the election because of a vendetta against Clinton
• Kimmel: Drunk Donald Drumpf, America’s Dairyland edition
• James Corden: Kanye and Donald are “just friends.”
• Stephen: Congratulations to Russia on winning the cold war.
• Young Turks: Drumpf ordered to give up hotel. Will he?
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s cabinet of plutocrats and hardliners
• Trevor: Profiles in Tremendousness—Secretary of State edition.
• The pros and cons of Drumpf’s Cabinet picks
• David Pakman: Drumpf National Security Aide claimed Hillary spied on her by helicopter
• Young Turks: Who is Drumpf’s worst cabinet pick?
• Stephen interviews Donald Drumpf
• Farron Cousins: Drumpf camp threatening defecting electors
• Sam Seder: Monica Crowley isn’t just another unqualified Drumpf appointee…
• The Drumpf kids audition to lead ‘blind trust’
• A loyal Republican who won’t vote for Drumpf
• David Pakman: 1/3 of Republicans don’t realize Drumpf lost popular vote BIG LEAGUE
• Olbermann: Hamilton’s plan to keep Drumpf from becoming president.
• Young Turks: Will Ivanka be running the White House?
• Randy Rainbow interviews Donald Drumpf:

• Kimmel: Drumpf on a Stump.
• Sam Seder: Ivanka and her father.
• Stephen: Even Drumpf didn’t see this coming.

The dark history of gay conversion therapy.

Vsauce: Spinning.

2016: The year the world went crazy.

White House: West Wing Week.

Stephen and friends: It’s the end of the year as we know it:

The HOSTILE Transfer of Power:

• North Carolina Legislature try to curb incoming Governor’s power
• Sam Seder: N.Carolina Republicans lose Gov. election, quickly pass laws limiting new Gov.’s power
• Joy-Ann Reid: North Carolina GOP makes power grab after election loss of Governorship
• Young Turks: Republicans scramble to strip Governor of authority
• Pap and Thom: North Carolina GOP politicos ignore democracy

Liberal Viewer: FAUX News hates San Francisco? (Sanctuary city policy.)

Young Turks: Republicans are after your Social Security.

Three-D view of climate change gas.

Samantha Bee: Ms. Robot.

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

It’s free. It’s fun. And, no extreme vetting is involved! Please join us tonight for an evening of politics 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 195 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Farron Cousins: Repealing ObamaCare could kill 36,000 people per year.

Kimmel: The Christmas Wall.

Slate: What dinosaurs really looked like.

PsychoSuperMom: If there’s a war on Christmas, Christmas is winning:

All-Wrong:

• Are the Alt-Right the new Nazis?
• Seth Meyers: A message to media normalizing the Alt-Right
• Stephen: Pizzagate is an alt-right fever dream.
• Full Frontal: Fake news, real consequences.
• Young Turks: Adult Swim cancels alt-right show

Stephen: Family meeting with Joe Biden.

White House: West Wing Week.

Samantha Bee: Eroding electoral confidence.

Mental Floss: 16 myths about blindness.

The Sexual Preditor, Sociopath, Racist President-Elect:

• Daily Show: Drumpf’s “thank-you” tour
• Late Show: How Time choose “Person of the Year”
• Young Turks: White supremacists super triggered by new Star Wars
• Michael Brooks: Was Drumpf’s call with Taiwan buffoonery or intentional provocation?
• Conan: More leaked calls between Donald Drumpf and Barack Obama:

• Conan: Donald Drumpf keeps calling Barack Obama.
• Farron Cousins: Drumpf picks climate change denier for EPA
• Four things you need to know about Drumpf EPA nominee, Scott Pruitt
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s Carrier deal.
• Kimmel: Drunk Donald Drumpf on Desert Storm
• Thom: Trump on the couch with Dr. Justin Frank, MD
• Trevor: Donald Drumpf fakes a deal.
• Sam Seder with Rick Perlstein: Gen. Michael Flynn’s former coworker says he’s seriously unqualified to be National Security Advisor
• Samantha Bee: The big lie.
• Stephen: Nothing makes Drumpf happier than being angry.
• Olbermann: Let’s take a look at Drumpf’s cabinet of villains
• Sam Seder: Drumpf defends plutocratic cabinet to crowd of people who will likely lose everything they depend on.
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Local union President responds to Donald Drumpf’s tweet attack
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Donald Drumpf’s false claims & “foreign policy”
• Mark Fiore: Exclusive audio of Drumpf phone calls.
• Kimmel: Drunk Donald Drumpf, “I’m asking you!”
• Stephen: Trump’s cabinet selections are making us queasy
• Young Turks: Greedy Drumpf won’t give up “The Apprentice”
• Jonathan Mann and Ben Carson: Facts Don’t Matter.
• Sam Seder: Al Gore meets with Ivanka and Ivanka’s dad about climate change
• Trevor: President Elect Dumb-Fuck talks to Taiwan.

Stephen: Will Joe Biden run in 2020?

Young Turks: Ohio destroys reproductive rights.

Trevor: Making sense of the Electoral College:

Sam Seder: Corey Lewandowski appears on Hannity propaganda vehicle to announces victory in fake war on X-mas.

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

Come in from the cold this evening, warm your hands at the wood burning stove, order the beverage of your choice, and then join us for discussions and merrymaking 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 191 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

The world’s most polluted cities.

Mark Fiore: Pipeline Protector

Roll Call Decoder: How does new member orientation really work?

Trevor: The Dakota Access Pipeline’s reservation reroute.

Denying climate change is like living in a burning house:

Mental Floss: 27 amazing accomplishments of elderly people.

Farron Cousins: The fight for 15 has tens of thousands hitting the streets to fight for a living wage.

Facebook Live with President Obama.

Young Turks: Veterans deploy to Standing Rock #NoDAPL.

The Serial Philanderer, Con Man, Putin-loving, President Elect:

• Young Turks: Why Drumpf’s “landslide” mandate is nonsense
• Keith Olbermann: Can Donald Drumpf possibly believe what he’s saying?
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney humiliates himself at Drumpf Tower.
• David Pakman: Drumpf now trails Clinton by 2.3 million votes
• Maddow: Drumpf does a pre-inauguration ‘Thank You’ tour.
• Thom: Did Carrier fleece both Drumpf & America?
• Stephen: Drumpf will soon acquire mass text capability
• Young Turks: Drumpf picks Sarah Palin to lead largest government agency
• David Pakman: Rumors about faithless Drumpf electors.
• Sam Seder: Romney forced to have intimate dinner of shame with Drumpf for SOS job.
• Roll Call: Who has Drumpf picked for his Cabinet
• PsychoSuperMom: Tweetin’ Donald:

• Trevor: President-elect Drumpf’s conflicts of interest
• Understanding real Drumpf voters.
• Maddow: Drumpf plans to privatize VA? Vets say “NO!”
• Jimmy Dore: Republicans target Medicare despite Drumpf’s promise to protect it
• Sam Seder and Ari Berman: Drumpf & the GOP are trying to destroy democracy
• James Corden: Donald Drumpf and Mitt Romney make nice over dinner.
• Drumpf could violate the Constitution on Day 1.
• More leaked taped calls between Drumpf and Obama:

• Young Turks: Drumpf Tweets out a huge lie about the election.
• Stephen: At dinner with Donald Drumpf, Mitt Romney ate crow.
• Maddow: Drumpf’s scary pick for Deputy National Security Adviser is clueless!
• Don’t freak out about Donald Drumpf! This country has always been run by questionable people.
• Trevor: Adapting to Donald Drumpf’s lies
• David Pakman: Donald Drumpf has been turning down intelligence briefings since winning election

Full Frontal game night.

Adam Ruins Everything: How prostitutes settled the wild west.

Conan: Celebrity survey.

David Pakman: Texas now requires funeral services for all abortions.

White House: West Wing Week.

Jimmy Dore: Low wage workers rise up to demand livable wage.

How to make fake news.

Olbermann: “Government-backed attackers” may have hacked my account.

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

Daily Show: R.I.P. Facts.

David Pakman: The truth about the alt-right.

Young Turks: The Emails Mike Pence doesn’t want you to see.

Adam ruins everything: The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money:

Common Ground: The game we can all agree on.

Jonathan Mann: Fight These Fucking Nazis Right Now.

The Serial Philanderer, Con Man, Putinophile, President Elect:

• Stephen: Drumpf vs. ‘Hamilton’ inspires a hip hop musical spin-off
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk Reince Priebus questions Steve Bannon
• David Pakman: Possible Drumpf Security Secretary accidentally reveals Homeland Security docs. DOH!
• Olbermann: This is what happens when you criticize Donald Drumpf.
• Young Turks: Practical things we can do while Drumpf is President
• Farron Cousins: Democrats must constantly attack, you don’t play nice with a bully
• Thom: Drumpf’s secret weapon and conflict of interest.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Donald Drumpf’s cabinet and conflicts of interest
• David Pakman: Donald Drumpf, who “Never settles,” settles Drumpf University scam case for $25 million
• Randy Rainbow: About Hamilton…Donald Drumpf, grow up!

• Mark Fiore: Drumpflink jobs network
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s “Hamilton” feud distracts from conflicts of interest
• Michael Brooks: Neo-Nazis celebrate Drumpf’s win in DC’s Ronald Reagan Building, cheer “Hail Drumpf!”
• David Pakman: Drumpf against net neutrality despite not having a clue about what it is.
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk RNC Chair talks Drumpf’s kids on Jimmy’s voice mail.
• Stephen: The Drumpf train is already off the rails.
• Young Turks: Drumpf accuses Hamilton Cast of harassing Mike Pence.
• Thom: How Republicans plan to stop Medicare.
• Olbermann: The surprisingly easy way to get rid of Donald Drumpf
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s foreign business ties
• Young Turks: Drumpf could be violating the Constitution on day 1, says former Bush WH lawyer
• David Pakman: Drumpf lies again, claims to have stopped Ford from moving plant to Mexico
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk Reince Priebus reacts to his new position in the White House

Farron Cousins: Glenn Beck attacks alt-right, forgetting he helped create it.

Trevor interviews Wesley Lowery, author of “They Can’t Kill Us All”.

Geologist’s nightmare.

Jonathan Mann: Recount!

PsychoSuperMom: I’m not a scientist:

Thom: How many Japanese sent to internment camps were US citizens?

Young Turks: Republican gerrymandering ruled unconstitutional

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