Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Straight outta options:

Mental Floss: Fifteen facts about coffee.

Bill Maher: Lies are the new truth.

What led to Flint, MI’s poisoned water.

Stop making guns so sick.

Minute Physics: How to discover new particles.

I Oh Wha???

• PsychoSuperMom: Iowa Caucus Song
• Trevor Noah: Ted Cruz’s Iowa caucus win.
• Stephen: Everyone was a winner in Iowa except the losers.
• Kids analyze the candidates on the eve of the IA caucuses.
• Jimmy Fallon: Trump spins second place, “the Deuce is loose”.
• Sam Seder: Trump is the skank you bring home. Period.
• Mark Fiore: Corn Candidates.
• Sam Seder: Obama’s speech about inclusion was divisive?!?
• Harry Reid: Did you see diversity in Iowa?
• Young Turks: Iowa drives Paul out of campaign.
• Red State Update: Trump and Sanders lose Iowa.
• What is the difference between a Caucus and a Primary?
• David Pakman: Media falsely blames Hillary’s Iowa win on “coin flips”
• Sam Seder: Did Ted Cruz sabotage Ben Carson?
• Jimmy Dore visits Jeb!’s Iowa headquarters:

• Trevor Noah: Counting votes in popcorn containers at the Iowa caucuses
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Trump and Iowa
• Young Turks: Trump accuses Cruz of cheating.
• Stephen: Hungry for Power Games, Iowa edition.
• Watch a Democratic Caucus in 360
• And watch a Republican caucus in 360
• Young Turks: Why Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump in Iowa

Twelve minutes of Right-wing nutjob Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5) talking politics.

Stephen and Samantha Bee try out some lady euphemisms.

What the West gets wrong about Muslim women.

Obama: Employment is down to 4.9%.

Young Turks: “Pro-life” activist proves she’s not really pro-life at all.

Pap and Farron Cousins: Lunatic Michele Bachmann says Obama is about to reveal himself as Anti-Christ.

Larry Wilmore and friends: Anger and politics.

Conan meets his censor.

The 2016 Conservative Crazy Car:

• Kimmel: Jesus reads quotes of G.O.P. candidates.
• David Pakman: The best and worst of Rand Paul.
• Meet the GOP Frontrunners
• Sam Seder: Jeb begs for applause.
• Young Turks: Jeb to audience, “please clap”.
• Farron Cousins: Jeb begs audience for applause.
• David Pakman: Jeb begs for applause.
• David Pakman: Reporters visibly perplexed by Sarah Palin’s explanation of Trump’s abortion flip-flop.
• Fifteen stupidest lies from the last Republican debate
• Young Turks: Trump, “Who told you to call me sexist?”
• David Pakman: The best (worst) of Carly Fiorina.
• Christie refers to Rubio as the Boy in the Bubble.
• Thom: Why Ted Cruz is unfit to be President.
• David Pakman: Rand Paul bites the dust.
• Sam Seder: Jeb Bush’s childhood seems a little troubling.
• Friday Hot takes on the GOP candidates.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about famous companies.

Madame President.

David Hawkings Whiteboard: Here comes the budget:

Follow the money: The chemical industry writes a law.

Farron Cousins: Republicans destroy government to prove government doesn’t work.

VSauce: Math Magic.

One of these people will be President.

Thom: The Good, the Bad & the Very, Very Depascently Ugly!.

Martin Shkreli invokes his fifth amendment rights before Congressional oversight committee.

Space Station Live: African American History Month.

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

Donald Trump has been taunting Jeb! as being low energy. Judging from the need to add a high-energy punctuation mark after his name, I’m thinking that The Donald might be right on this one.

And this is kind of embarassing:

It brings back memories of this 2008 GOP low energy superstar:

On the other hand, Ronald Reagan was pretty low energy so it isn’t like energy level is all that Trump cracks it up to be.

And at least Jeb! doesn’t suffer from an abnormal chromosomal makeup.

Huh…can’t imagine what people want to talk about tonight. If you think of something, please join us for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. The Long Beach, Tri-Cities and West Seattle chapters also meet tonight. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

Conan and Zach Galifianakis talk about shushing the president.

Will humans be obsolete after the new industrial revolution?

Seth Meyers: Late Night Demopublican presidential debate:

Stephen gets a straight answer from Donald Rumsfeld.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about animals.

The microbes of New York.

Trever Noah: Getting personal at the CNN Democratic Town Hall.

Honest political ads: Puppets.

The 2016 Lunatic Asylum Squad:

• Young Turks: The Debate’s biggest loser.
• Young Turks: Worst line of the debate.
• Young Turks: Worst fail of the debate.
• Farron Cousins and Sam Seder: Even without Trump, GOP debate manages to sink even lower
• Francesca Fiorentini: Has the GOP always been this off the rails?

• Michael Brooks: Creepy Ted Cruz video from his high school days.
• Young Ted Cruz outtakes.
• David Pakman: CBS hosts laughs in Ted Cruz’s lying face.
• Michael Brooks: Trump thinks the Ted Cruz Canadian thing is very serious.
• Sam Seder: Bizarre Video of Oregon militia sumo guy to Chris Christie
• Young Turks: Sumo militia person threatens Chris Christie.
• Sam Seder: Chris Christie yells at woman, basically calls her a liar.
• Young Turks: Carly Fiorina sold baby parts.
• Daily Show: Ted or Donald…who is marginally less awful?
• Stephen: GOP edition of “Would You Rather”
• Maddow: Donald Trump vet stunts hurt real veteran outreach
• Seth Meyers with A couple of things: Trump and FAUX.
• Sam Seder: Was Trump justified in skipping the debate?
• Trevor Noah: Kelly v. Trump.
• Young Turks: Trump fans viciously swarm Megyn Kelly.
• Harry Reid is “pulling for” Donald Trump. (I guess that’s better than pulling for Santorum….)
• Inside the mind of a Donald Trump speech writer.
• Stephen moderates an all Trump debate.
• Farron Cousins: Is the GOP really this dumb?

Maddow: Who is to blame for Flint’s water problem?

A different kind of rape control.

Seth Meyers polls some Iowans.

Stephen holds a town hall meeting.

Matthew Filipowicz: Military games in Washington state Part I.
Matthew Filipowicz: Military games in Washington state Part II.

Young Turks: Will Obama become a Supreme Court Justice.

Planned Parenthood Surprise:

• Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Planned Parenthood indictments.
• Young Turks: Planned Parenthood cleared, two indicted over doctored tapes.
• David Pakman: Carly Fiorina loses it after “baby parts” filmmakers indicted

Stephen: Bernie Sanders promposals.

Farron Cousins: Is Sarah Palin the worst parent EVER???

Stupidest laws in the United States.

Conviction.

White House: West Wing Week.

Mental Floss: Life hacks tested and debunked.

Malicious Militia:

• Young Turks: Militia member killed by police.
• David Pakman: Unhinged militia lunatic promises bloodbath.
• Arrests and one dead in Oregon standoff.
• Young Turks: What is the right punishment for Oregon militia?
• David Pakman: Oregon militant went for gun twice before being shot.
• Young Turks: Oregon shootout leaves one dead, militia threatens “bloodbath”

Stephen: A Simon & Garfunkel tune for every candidate.

Florida politicians sell out sick babies.

Why does Iowa get to pick first?

Farron Cousins and Sam Seder: Obama finally fights back against Republican obstruction.

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

Its happening tonight starting at 6pm local, another FAUX News Republican Debate.

And there WILL BE BLOOD…from whereever. (Hmmmm…reminds me of this debate from the 2008 campaign.)

There will be one notable change: There will be no Donald J. Trump at this debate. It seems that Donald Trump is afraid of a girl.

I’ll liveblog when I get the chance. Use the comment thread for your own penetrating analyses.

Or, just fling your own poo.

6:08: You can stream the debate live at foxnews.com.

Jeb!: "this election is not about our pedigree"

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 29, 2016

First fib of the night: Jeb Bush says he "kinda misses Donald Trump." Uh, not credible.

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) January 29, 2016

6:09: Rubio, in his opening salvo, still comes off as irrationally angry and defensive like an adolescent. Or…as Atrios puts it…

Think rubio needs his binky

— Atrios (@Atrios) January 29, 2016

How far into the #GOPDebate do you think we'll get before FoxNews moderator asks an actual policy question?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 29, 2016

6:15: Kasich is so general that is words get lost.

6:17: Ben Carson: “We need people who can think out of the box.” Let’s call it “Pyramid Thinking.”

Fifteen minutes into the debate, not a single question about the candidates' positions on a single issue.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 29, 2016

6:19: Earth to Marco: ISIS is NOT the most dangerous terrorist group ever. Not even close.

Ted Cruz really, really wants to be Ronald Reagan.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 29, 2016

So, Rubio is promising a ground war—"overwhelming force"— in Syria and Iraq against ISIS? Good to know. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 29, 2016

6:30: Please, please, please, Ted…WALK OFF STAGE!!!!!

6:30: Let’s sell…Rubio attacked Ted over whining about moderators inciting attacks on Ted…

6:34: Rubio seems to think his path to electoral success is his daring stance to send people to Gitmo.

6:36: Rubio is continuing with his petulant ‘tude. Sorry, Marco, it is getting really old.

6:38: Ben Carson seems to believe we would “defeat ISIS” if only we could collectively stop being politically correct. What a moron!

6:39: Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Megyn Kelly got a nose bleed?

Hey look, idiots talking about encryption issues they don’t understand again! (This is a bipartisan theme.)

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) January 29, 2016

6:40: Someone should mention to Gov. Kasich…he is wearing his flaggy flag flag pin WAY TOO HIGH on his lapel. What a dork.

Please, please, please have @realDonaldTrump ask a question via YouTube!!!!! #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 29, 2016

6:49: Chris Christie boasts about trashing women’s health care access in NJ. Way to go tough guy! No White House for you.

6:51: Cruz unloads a big fat lie about negatives of ObamaCare. Lies, lies, lies.

6:54: O’oh oh. We are into to the “Science Denial” segment of the debate.

6:57: Rubio talks Cap & Trade with the same petulant, alarmist tone that he talks about ISIS. Hope he can find peace-o-mind in a bunker somewhere.

7:01: Now Marco is getting defensive and angry over immigration. One trick pony!

7:01: Jeb! “I’m kind of confused…”

Rubio continues to believe that saying his rivals are just as bad on immigration as he is is a winning argument.

— digby (@digby56) January 29, 2016

7:07: Ted Cruz totally dodges talking about his support of the immigration bill.

7:08: I think Rand Paul just cleaned Ted Cruz’s clock!

Seriously. Rand Paul is winning this #GOPDebate.

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 29, 2016

7:09: Ted…isn’t it about time for you to WALK OFF STAGE???

7:10: Apparently Ted Cruz flip-flopped on amnesty AND mean questions.

7:14: Jeb: “Dulce Candy is now an entrepreneur of The YouTube” (The Ghost of Ted Stevens takes notice.)

7:16: Ted: “Am not the candidate of the career politician of Washington” says the man who want to spend the next 8 years as exactly that.

There have not been substantial qs on the economy for two straight debates. Both have just been Obama/Clinton-blasting and fear-mongering.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 29, 2016

7:30: Rubio delivers an ANGRY answer on how Americans are the most generous people on earth.

7:32: Aqua Buddah talks his virtuous philosophy. (Dodging the real question.)

Rand Paul, I introduced a bill that would make all uteri national parks but we need to get government out of our lives.

— Cafe (@cafedotcom) January 29, 2016

7:34: Ben Carson: “Putin is an opportunist.” Can you say PROJECTION?

Maybe Fox should ask why so many GOP voters don't care at all that their frontrunner doesn't give a damn about conservative ideology.

— digby (@digby56) January 29, 2016

I couldn't tell, did Ben Carson just fall asleep in the middle of his own answer? #GOPDebate

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) January 29, 2016

6:39: Wait…did Chris Christie just TOTALLY dodge the “ground troops Libya” question by talking about Hillary Clinton dodging questions??

Proposal: Remove the Republican party from the ballot, but maintain the campaign as a reality teevee show.

— Chris Oestereich (@costrike) January 29, 2016

7:44: The debate turns to the topic of SEX. Specifically…a brief 20 year old affair.

Rand Paul: "I don't blame Hillary Clinton at all for this. I don't think she's responsible for [Bill's] behavior."

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) January 29, 2016

7:49: Cruz obfuscates his unpopular (in Iowa) position on Ethanol subsidies by confusing the hell out of everyone.

Sorry, Rand Paul, but your support for forcible childbirth is literally treating women like farm animals.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 29, 2016

“We are blessed with tremendous energy,” says Ben Carson, who’s in need of a little himself.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 29, 2016

Ben Carson is asked about ethanol, says he always liked fred better but usually doesn't watch "I Love Lucy." #GOPDebate

— Ken Rudin (@kenrudin) January 29, 2016

7:58: Carson just plagiarized 90% of his closing statement….

7:59:

Carson. WTF?!

— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) January 29, 2016

8:02: Carson: “I’ve had more 2am phone calls than all here on the stage.” No shit. Get some sleep, man!

So, I guess if you held a gun to my head and told me to vote for one of these #GOPDebate candidates, I'd tell you to pull the trigger.

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 29, 2016

8:10: Megyn Kelly seems pained having an on-air conversation with Charles Krauthammer.

When #Christie said that #Hillary "won't get within 10 miles of the White House," my 1st thought was: "because she'll be stuck on a bridge."

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) January 29, 2016

Tim Eyman’s hostage anti-tax measure was declared unconstitutional, Sarah Palin has re-emerged, and we’re down to a week until the Iowa caucuses. This calls for a drink! Please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. On Wednesday, the Burien chapter meets. The Woodinville chapter meets on Thursday. And next Monday, the Yakima and South Bellevue chapters meet.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

Matthew Filipowicz: My NSFW Phone-Banking Call With An Angry Conservative.

Farron Cousins: How bad will Republican hate get in Obama’s final year?

135 years of warmin in 30 seconds.

The 2016 G.O.P. BaffoonFest:

• Jimmy Dore: GOP insanity on Iran embodied by war-hungry Chris Christie
• Ann Telnaes: The likability problem for Ted Cruz.
• Bill Maher: Ted Cruz’s High School diploma.
• Sam Seder: Anti-Cruz Ad says he doesn’t tithe, also a huge liar and a phony.
• Jimmy Dore: Right wing kook fears ‘hypocrite’ Ted Cruz will ruin it all
• PsychoSuperMom: Trumpenfreude!
• Jimmy Kimmel finds the stupidest people on earth.
• Young Turks: Trump retweets ANOTHER neo-Nazi.
• When Kay Burley tracked down Donald Trump.
• Sam Seder: Will Trump select Scott Brown for VP?
• Farron Cousins: Trump speaks at a 4th grade level…but he is still smarter than his supporters.
• Will the UK ban Donald Trump?
• David Pakman: The ONE trait that predicts who will support Trump.
• Young Turks: Dead man’s obit. asks people to not vote for Trump.
• What Trump’s “Freedom Girls” were actually thinking:

• Stephen: Trump courts the Bible and ghost vote.
• Things Donald Trump was called in the UK Parliament.
• Palin’ around with Terrorists:
• Young Turks: Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump.
• Sam Seder: “Right-wingin’, something clingin”
• David Pakman: Palin endorses Trump by trying to use words and things.
• Sam Seder: Palin’s politically correct suicide vests.
• Farron Cousins: Sarah Palin makes a total fool of herself on stage again.
• Sarah Palin-isms.
• Sarah Palin the Poet at a Trump rally.
• Stephen: The original “material girl” is back
• Young Turks: Track Palin arrested for brutal domestic assault.
• David Pakman: Sarah blames Obama for Track’s arrest.
• Liberal Viewer: Sarah Palin blames Obama for her son’s domestic violence.
• Young Turks: Sara Palin blames Obama for Track punching his girlfriend.
• Jonathan Mann: Sarah Palin and Donald Trump.
• Sam Seder and Farron Cousins: Palin, Trump, Cruz is all the same in this crazy GOP.
• Sam Seder: Jeb!’s mom decides to endorse him afterall.
• Michael Brooks: Finally, Trump tells what he things of Cruz.
• Young Turks: Trump and Cruz trade blows on amenity.
• Sam Seder: Trump wishes Jeb well.
• Young Turks: Carly Fiorina nabs random kids for anti-abortion speech.
• Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie fights the scourge of healthy children.
• Young Turks: Chris Christie is tired of diet Dictator Michelle Obama
• Jimmy Dore: Chris Mathews goes full batshit bonkers on Chris Christie
• Marco Rubio’s most ridiculous lie.
• Maddow: GOP candidates deluded on Reagan Iran record.

President Obama asked about tampon tax by YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen.

Bill Maher wants Barack Obama for his 60th birthday.

Red State Update: Benghazi movie flop.

Why?

Why #Blacklivesmatter protests are happening all over America:

How to become a millionaire in one easy step.

White House: West Wing Week.

David Pakman: Conservatives are loosing it over “gender-inclusive” bathrooms.

Malicious Militia Men:

• Reformed Whores: Questions for the Oregon militiamen:

• Oregon’s armed Yokel Haram could face 10+ years in prison.
• David Pakman: Militant convicted of killing his father claims he can carry a gun.
• Farron Cousins and Howard Nations: The Oregon militiamen are the real welfare queens.

Thom: Finding America’s missing voters.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Congressional factions.

How the Tea Party is splitting the G.O.P.

This billionaire thinks you should be paid more.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about memory.

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed & The NRA.

World of Water Woes:

• Mark Fiore: Austerity Man!
• Sam Seder: Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) completely failed the people of Flint
• Farron Cousins: Republican Governor knowingly poisoned the city of Flint, Michigan
• Hillary Clinton calls out the poisoning of Flint, MI.
• Chris Hayes and Michael Moore: Flint’s water crisis.
• The city poisoned by its tap water.
• Young Turks: Flint residents are getting past due notices for water bills.
• Sam Seder: FAUX suggests Flint residents sort of did it to themselves
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Flint’s water crisis.

Follow the money: The truth about Citizens United.

Seth Meyers: Bernie and Hillary.

Comedy Central: Wrestling with History in Whitesboro, NY.

Thom with The Good, the Bad and The Very, Very Cleocentricly Ugly!

How to build a car.

Trevor Noah: Breaking down the Republican and Democratic debates.

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

Last week we had the first week of the WA legislative session, the State of the Union Address, Republican and Democratic debates, and big things happening on the foreign policy front. Oh…and the Seahawks. So let’s call this a Debriefing Edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Stop by and chat about it.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities, Vancouver, WA, and Shelton chapters also meet. The Lakewood meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma, Bremerton, and Spokane, chapters meet.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

Jimmy Dore: Republican liar claims Republicans aren’t anti-science knuckle-draggers.

The 2016 G.O.P. Clown Show:

• Farron Cousins: The GOP’s immigration hoax.
• Young Turks: Debate recap.
• Sephen: Just 19 days away.
• Farron Cousins: Another GOP debate devoid of issues
• Young Turks: Best line of the debate….
• David Pakman: First GOP debate of 2016 is an abortive freak show.
• Trevor Noah: Singles night with Rand Paul.
• Jimmy Dore:Jeb Bush on being a little bitch and releasing the W:

• Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush’s ‘mission accomplished’ joke and why he loves W
• Young Turks: Jeb! drums up the courage to call Trump a jerk.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Trump’s White nationalist supporters
• Comedians find Donald Trump boring.
• Young Turks: Creepy Donald Trump rally.
• Ann Telnaes: Trump is hard to swallow for the G.O.P.
• Stephen: Trump didn’t fare well in the latest warlock poll
• Young Turks: Trump refuses to return protester’s coat.
• Young Turk: Cruz hits Trump over NY values…Trump hits back.
• Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz fall victim to GOP Birfer hysteria
• Seth Meyers: A Couple Things, Ted, about New York values.
• David Pakman: Ted Cruz’s immigration ad is crazier than Trump’s
• Sam Seder: Ted Cruz says Clinton needs a spanking.
• Ted Cruz hits “New York values” at debate
• PsychoSuperMom: Everybody hates Ted Cruz:

• Ben Carson pitches a new movie.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about beverages.

Stephen: A town called Whitesboro.

Jimmy Dore: Why Republicans never compromise and Democrats do.

Seth Meyers: El Chapo visits Late Night.

Malicious Militias:

• Young Turks: Oregon Militia doesn’t want your bag of dicks…or do they?
• Stephen: Oregon militia needs more stuff.
• Young Turks: Man shot dead in drunken militia dispute
• David Pakman: OR domestic terrorists make hilarious list of demands

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Seth Meyers does Trevor Noah.

When guys go off their birth control.

John Oliver comes back for Season 3.

Baby got PACs:

Jimmy Dore: Ron Paul solves Oregon standoff with classic Ron Paul reasoning.

State O’ The Union Be Good:

• The whole SOTU Enchilada.
• Jimmy Dore: Paul Ryan dead-eyed during SOTU.
• Stephen: The great of the Union.
• Test Tube News: What has Obama accomplished as President?
• SOTU in three minutes.
• SOTU response in two minutes
• Republican base turns on Nikki Haley.
• Thom’s State of the Union
• Obama mic drop: 1999
• Thom: The Socialist response to the SOTU.
• Obama’s final SOTU.
• Stephen: Obama’s final SOTU.
• Ann Telnaes: The tragic state of our union.
• Jimmy Dore: Obama’s Sputnik line results in bullshit from right wing water boy.

Trevor Noah: The legend of Bernie Sanders.

Obama: Will Michelle run for President?

Matthew Filipowicz: Snyder administration defends water crisis handling.

Jimmy Dore: Political news (and jokes) of the week.

FAUX Business News asks most offensive question asked at a GOP debate, so far.

Obama’s biggest regret as President.

Gunz:

• Sam Seder and Zach Silk: Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence.
• Farron Cousins: Right Wing hate fuels surge in gun sales
• American gun laws depend on a comma.
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry celebrates open carry by naming his gun something purty:
  https://youtu.be/12ZxvbPh6dY
• Mark Fiore: Obama Control.
• David Pakman: Man ranting about Obama’s gun actions opens fire, gets shot dead

Mental Floss: 32 facts about body language.

Follow the Money: Big Money fighting legal pot.

Stephen with some Powerball Tips.

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

I’m heading over to the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (our DL bar) to meet a couple of friends and watch the “debate”. Please join me if you feel so inclined. Otherwise join the fun in the comment thread below.

5:47: Talking heads populate the tube in the Roanoke.

5:53: Reince Priebus makes the laughable claim that the Republicans are the party of diversity. Riiiiiigggggghhhhht.

5:58: Goddamnit. If they are going to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the start of a debate, I fucking want a ball, referees with whistles, timeouts, injuries, and the occasional physical altercation.

6:04: What the fuck the Canadian guy dodges the question about employment and economic growth to babble about Obama not mentioning “prisoners” that Obama knew were not prisoners? What a putz!

"The next Commander-in-Chief is standing on this stage." — Ted Cruz #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/gJ2lIoQru2

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 15, 2016

6:08: Kasich is in a particularly babbly mood this evening. No idea what the take-home was from that.

6:10: Chris Christie thinks Americans are cowards!

6:12: It is funny watching Cruz and Christie try to make something evil out of the Iranian incident. It is like they’ve rehearsed and rehearsed and then when it turns out to be absolutely nothing, they couldn’t not go ahead with their talking points.

6:16: Rubio seems angry….

6:17: Carson suggests that we no longer have “airforces” in 21st century warfare.

6:19: Paris has the “strictest no-good policy”, says Trump? It seems Trump got together before the debate to share in his stash of babble pills.

6:21: Ted Cruz does not seem to understand the difference between the news branch and the editorial branch of the NYT.

6:22: Cruz admitted he made a “paperwork error”. He’s toast. G.O.P. rule #12, “Never admit to an error!”

Major point of Goldman/Cruz story isn't the filing error. It's hypocrisy of bashing Goldman, then taking their $$ https://t.co/xtOKy9SslL

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) January 15, 2016

6:27: Birferism! Birferism!

Cruz makes me feel like a natural born citizen.

— digby (@digby56) January 15, 2016

6:30 Holy fuck…Trump bringing up how well he is doing in the polls borders on psychopathology. Totally inappropriate and awkward.

6:32: Cruz delivers a zinger, “I’ve been arguing before the Supreme Court…and I am not going to talk legal advice from Donald Trump.”

The real loser from this Trump v. Cruz birther debate is the rest of the GOP field. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Everybody besides Trump and Cruz should just leave the stage

— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) January 15, 2016

6:37: Really, Rubio? Common Core is a threat to our nation? Somebody’s been dipping into the Drama Pill stash.

The Mantle of Anger would be a great name for a metal band

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 15, 2016

Wait… is this the actual debate or the post-debate spin room? Because it kinda sounds like the latter. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

6:43: Someone should point out to Kasich…he is the Bernie Sanders of the Republican field.

No doubt, this will win the "Most Pathetic Line of the Debate" award. https://t.co/k7SYfiwstt

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

6:47: So far, Donald Trump has make a total ass of himself. Ben Carson and John Kasich have engaged in quasi-random babble. Ted Cruz has offered Trump the VP slot. Christie has endorsed Rubio. Rubio has come off as an angry psychopath. And Jeb Bush has almost smiled. Once.

To be fair, the comments section is destroying America. One caps lock at a time.

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) January 15, 2016

Finally, a presidential candidate willing to run against internet comment sections. I mean it. I have waited years for this candidacy.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 15, 2016

(Terrible news for Puddybud)

Did Neil Cavuto Just Blame Obama For The Bush Financial Crisis? (Hint: Yes, he did) https://t.co/pnBL5TWu1n

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 15, 2016

7:03: Wait…why is Cruz babbling on about NY?

7:03: Oh…for punchline, “Not a lot of conservatives come from NY”. Trump: “Well…William F. Buckley….” Trump does a nice job modulating down to make Cruz come off as a bit hyper.

7:05: Trump goes all Rudy on us. 9/11 9/11 9/11

7:06: Jeb Bush points out that the U.S. Navy is only 1/2 the size as it was in Desert Storm. Ummm…someone should inform the Gov. that most of the decline happened under his brother.

Is Strom Thurmond a person you want to tip your hat to? #GOPDebate

— Jonathan Sitko (@JTSitko) January 15, 2016

7:13: Someone should point out to Marco Rubio during this debate that he is not running against Obama.

7:14: FAUX Business moderators went out of their way to humiliate Lindsey Graham by calling him out as an audience member. Classy!

7:15: Carson is embarrassingly clueless about all things international. Please make him stop talking…for his own sake.

Chris Christie sure does talk fast, but not particularly loud. That's why I'm voting for Rubio—he's fast AND loud. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

They make it sound like Obama and Clinton are holding hands and running through a field of daisies and making plans to destroy the nation.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 15, 2016

Christie on Obama: "This guy is a petulant child" https://t.co/4Lj5fC15cQ #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/RaiDdBocSk

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 15, 2016

Jeb Bush trying crazy strategy of talking rationally. Trump to bury him in three…two….one…

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 15, 2016

7:24: Please Donald….tell us you want to torture the baby of the two TERRIBLE San Bernardino people.

7:27: Again…Rubio goes after Obama instead of Clinton. Is he fishing for the KKK demographic?

If I am elected president, I will deport Ted Cruz back to Cuba. Or Canada. Or wherever.

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Where did ISIS come from? That's the question you should really be answering, man. https://t.co/hPF3CBHnvn

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 15, 2016

Carson: We need a group of experts (because I don't know shit about foreign or domestic policy) #GoPDebate

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 15, 2016

Literally nothing Trump is saying about China right now is accurate.

— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) January 15, 2016

7:37: OH MY GWAD….CHINA DEVALUED THE YEN!!!!

Is Christie really suggesting that the best way to address our nation's $3.6 trillion infrastructure deficit is to cut corporate taxes?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

The odds of you dating a supermodel are 88,000 to 1—much better than winning the Powerball.

— UberFacts (@UberFacts) January 15, 2016

"Hi, I'm Ben Carsen, I may be a neurosurgeon, but beyond that, ii'm a fucking moron" #GOPDebate

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 15, 2016

Carson will rebuild infrastructure by not spending money. #thatshowabrainsurgeonrolls

— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) January 15, 2016

If Carson's mother was Sec of Treasury he'd try to kill the Sec of Treasury, or something. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Oh my. Carson think Treasury Secretary controls budget surpluses/deficits.

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 15, 2016

But, but, but, Ted, if we "eliminate the ObamaCare Taxes", how will we fund the Death Panels???

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

Now Marco Rubio is running against Barack Obama, the retiring Sen. Reid, and Rep. Pelosi. Earth to Marco….

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

Um… there's more #GOPDebate coming up? Will this hell never end?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

But how does the Cat in the Hat feel about the VAT?

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 15, 2016

8:04: Kasich created a task force about a year ago. Clearly qualified to be POTUS.

They’re com­ing to kill you, Amer­ica. Dirty bombs. Cy­ber-at­tacks. Elec­tro­mag­net­ic pulses. Dodd and Frank. https://t.co/RHFFwpnFZL

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 15, 2016

Rubio: "Doctors and engineers and fiancees are coming to kill us!" Or something. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

This debate was over 10 minutes ago. We have now crossed the debate event horizon. No one knows what lies beyond.

— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) January 15, 2016

I wonder what Jeb Bush is talented at doing. I’ve only seen him at debates. #GOPDebate

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) January 15, 2016

8:16: Holy crap…this is a Debate Moderator FILLIBUSTER!

#GOPDebate Closing statements! Kasich – I would have been a good GOP candidate 20 years ago.

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) January 15, 2016

8:22: Christie; “…fight…fight…fight…fight…fight…” Ummm…this isn’t a man I want in charge of the nuclear codes….

Ben Carson just out here selling mixtapes now. He doesn't want to be president.

— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) January 15, 2016

Rubio: "Our rights don't come from government, they come from God." So… um… atheists like me don't have rights then? #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

#GOPDebate J̶e̶b̶!̶ Jeb had zero energy tonight. It's like @realDonaldTrump took his exclamation mark away!

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) January 15, 2016

8:27: Trump: Iranian wise guys?!? Didn’t three of them visit Jesus?

Business Insider has published a ranking of state economies, and Washington State is at the very bottom of their list. Right down there after 49 other states and D.C. Oh…wait, the list is in descending order of rank.

Whoa, whoa, whoa…since when did Business Insider become a socialist-loving, minimum-wage-increase-approving, leftist pinko publication?

I suppose their methods account for something like per-capita arugula sales or Kumbaya downloads, no?

We ranked the economies of all the states and DC on seven measures: unemployment rates; GDP per capita; average weekly wages; recent growth rates for nonfarm payroll jobs; GDP; house prices; and wages. For more on our methodology, click here.

What the?!?

Here’s what they found:

Washington state scored extremely well on most of our metrics. Its Q2 2015 annualized GDP growth rate was a stunning 8.0%, by far the highest among the states and DC. The November 2015 average weekly wage of $1,073 was the second highest in the country, and was 5.6% higher than the weekly wage in November 2014, the third highest wage growth rate.

Huh…there goes Seattle’s minimum wage law utterly destroying our state again.

Okay…I’m late. Long day at work and bad traffic. But here ya go!

6:16: Are you better off today then you were in 2009? Almost everyone with an income under $200,000 should say yes, unless ordinary scenescence has brought you down. And then, you have health insurance, so there ya go.

Republicans not applauding the end of the recession #SOTU

— Carl Ballard (@BallardCrl) January 13, 2016

6:20: It’s hard to take Obama seriously for this State of the Union Address…what with Eddie Munster sitting behind him and all.

Eddie Munster will not clap for the good stuff. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/L96JwKk6qd

— BUST Magazine (@bust_magazine) January 13, 2016

.@POTUS: "Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline, is peddling fiction." (And/or, a Republican) #SOTU

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016

6:24: Obama isn’t really introducing policy…rather he is systematically laying out the case why most Americans should be Democrats.

Oh shit – Paul Ryan shaved! I guess I have to get rid of my Paul Ryan themed facial hair… #SOTU

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 13, 2016

President Obama says basic benefits should be mobile. We absolutely agree. More: https://t.co/5xQuKwikVA #SOTU

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016

Biden is cracking a joke to get Paul Ryan to smile because…well, why not. #SOTU

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016

6:32: Shit…now Republicans are going to start denying Sputnik…

But republicans deny DNA… #SOTU

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 13, 2016

6:37: Obama mentions “tea partiers”. Still conflict averse, or he would have said “tea baggers”.

6:38: I wonder if Obama, Biden, and Eddie coordinated their ties in advance….

Thanks, Obama "Gas under two bucks a gallon ain’t bad, either." —@POTUS #SOTU

— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 13, 2016

Obama in “Suck it Dubya” mode. #SOTU

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 13, 2016

via @Wonkette: Look who decided to show up to the office today. Hey, stranger! #SOTU pic.twitter.com/jnfwnMHfSb

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016

To be fair, Joe Biden spread Crazy Glue on the seats in the Republican section. That Joe! #SOTU

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016

This is, strangely, both the most hawkish and least hawkish speech Obama has given in recent memory.

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) January 13, 2016

Ryan also refuses to clap when Obama makes pro-diversity points.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016

I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016

I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016

6:58: What the fuck is up with dwelling on Kim Davis? She is a circus freak. Only deserves about 3 seconds….

Radical Obama assumption: The American people are a more intelligent audience that the majority in Congress.

— joel r. connelly (@joelconnelly) January 13, 2016

Ok for serious: Good job, President! 9/10. Would vote for again.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) January 13, 2016

Please join us this evening for a State of the Union edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. Normally, we start at 8:00pm…but show up early for the 6:00pm (PDT) start of Obama’s final address.

Note: We’ll have sound and video for the State of the Union address. But the pub has other customers, so the sound may not be as loud as you want, especially with the background noises of a busy tavern and peripheral conversations. If you are intent on hearing every word, I recommend you bring stuff to stream the audio. The pub has free wifi available.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities and Redmond chapters also meet. The Kent chapter meets on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 188 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

The 2016 Festival of Clowns:

• Trump’s ad may be misleading.
• What’s inside Donald Trump’s pockets?
• Michael Brooks: It isn’t the Donald’s fault…he just repeats what other’s say.
• David Pakman: Trump campaign in panic after disastrous campaign ad.
• Young Turks: Trump ad cranks the stupid up to 11
• Farron Cousins: Trump stars in ISIS recruitment video.
• Trump: Making Al Qaeda great again.
• Does Donald Trump’s America already exits?
• Michael Brooks: Trump’s first ad is chocked full of Teh Crazy.
• Young Turks: Is there anything Carson can’t lie about doing?
• Stephen: Is this the end of Jeb!?
• Michael Brooks: Jeb! pulls a Carson on gift from Charlton Heston.
• Pelosi on the Ted Cruz birfer issue.
• David Pakman: Trump finally goes birfer on Ted Cruz.
• Trevor Noah: Birfers target Ted Cruz:

• Young Turks: Republican Birfers question Cruz’s eligibility to be President.
• Faux News rings in 2016.
• Friday hot takes.
• GOP are wrong on national security.
• Colbert: Hungry for power games.
• Jimmy Dore: GOP debate is a race to out-stupid each other.
• Young Turks: Rubio takes some incoming for his high heeled boots.

Over the counter birth control is very exciting.

Late Night Democratic presidential debate.

Unclear Nuclear:

• North Korea claims they have tested an H-bomb.
• White House doubts N. Korea has thermonuclear weapons.
• Maddow: North Korea nuke claims doubted, still alarming
• Young Turks: N Korea claims H Bomb

Greenman: Exxon knew about climate change in the 1970s.

Preview: Obama’s Final State of the Union Address:

• Dave Hawkings’ white board: State of the Union.
• Obama previews the State of the Union address:

• White House: 70 Straight Months of Job Growth.

Jimmy Dore: GOP vows to pursue more nightmare policies in 2016.

Mental Floss: 29 facts about dinosaurs.

Gun Violence in America:

• Trevor Noah: President Obama targets gun violence
• Young Turks: Obama to Anderson Cooper, “Seriously dude?”
• Obama tears up over slain children.
• Thom: Something strange about NRA tax filings.
• Jimmy Dore: Obama tears up over dead kids, FAUX News attacks in ignorance.
• Stephen: Much ado about something.
• David Pakman: Gun nuts go crazy as Obama takes executive action on gun safety.
• Smart gun makers hope new plan means industry growth
• When the NRA was reasonable
• Sam Seder: Obama’s REAL gun control plan
• Obama: “Sense of Urgency” needed on gun violence.
• White House: NRA RAN.
• Jimmy Dore: The undeniable truth about guns & why it scares Obama

Ann Telnaes: White Americans are boiling mad.

Colbert: Beware of the Franken-Lincoln.

Malicious Militias:

• Militias And The Patriot Movement: Love My Country, Hate My Government
• Mark Fiore: The United States of Militiadom
• Oregon Standoff: Burns gives armed occupiers an earful.
• Sam Seder: Take-over was divinely inspired. Thanks Jesus.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Oregon militia.
• Young Turks: How media covered Oregon militia takeover
• Sam Seder: Lots of guns…not much food.
• Ann Telnaes: Armed activists? Or terrorists?
• Stephen: Oregon fail.
• Jonathan Mann: Terrorists in Oregon:

• Oregon standoff: What if the armed men were Muslim or Black?
• Farron Cousins: White men with guns? Okay. Black child with toy gun? You’re dead.
• Red State Update: Obama cries and Oregon terrorist patriots.
• Young Turks: Twitter trolls Oregon militia.
• Thom: Bundy boys want to take us back to the Articles of Confederation.
• Test Tube News: Why does the government own so much land?
• Farron Cousins: How FAUX News created the racist right wing terrorist movement

Congressional Hits and Misses of the week.

Farron Cousins: Koch brothers and ALEC team up to protect white collar criminals.

Water Emergency in Flint:

• Lead in water in Flint Michigan.
• Maddow: Disaster in Flint.
• Thom: Why isn’t Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) in prison?
• Republican cuts poison people.

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

How about this for a New Year’s Resolution: Join us for drinks, laughs, and political conversation at this week’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally?

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. The Long Beach, Tri-Cities and West Seattle chapters also meet tonight. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.