Please join us tonight for an evening of politics 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 and the state’s newest chapter, the North Spokane chapter, meets. Finally, the Kent and Woodinville chapters meet on Thursday.

There are 177 chapters of Living Liberally, including twenty in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

Bernie and Hillary supporters kiss and make up.

Mental Floss: 37 ways you might be weird.

Stephen: Cory Booker talks what it means to be united.

What happens if the presidential election was a tie?

The 2016 Konservative Klown Kavalcade:

• Stephen with Hungry for Power Games
• Farron Cousins and Sam Seder: The GOP has destroyed itself with the worst candidates of all time
• GOP harmony.
• Young Turks: Jeb! tweets photo of gun…the Intertubes respond.
• Ann Telnaes: Jeb continues to shoot blanks.
• Young Turks: He’s back! George campaigns for Jeb.
• Jimmy Dore: Google users search for a troubling truth about Jeb!
• Trump’s Gamble: A failed bet in Atlantic City
• Stephen on Trump v. Pope:

• The Pope trashes Trump.
• Daily Show: Trump supporters speak out.
• Thom and Pap: Watch out for the fake populist.
• Susie Sampson: Donald, his people & the REAL issues.
• Jimmy Dore: Donald Trump bursts the GOP bubble.
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb defends George against Donald.
• Jimmy Dore: Donald Trump’s 9/11 comments rock the conservative world
• Young Turks: Trump continues to call out George Bush on 9/11.
• Thom: This guy could be President…Trump edition.
• Michael Brooks: Trump calls Cruz a liar.
• Young Turks: On Howard Stern’s show, Trump supported Iraq invasion.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Trump and the Iraq War.
• Stephen: Donald calling.
• Young Turks: Ted Cruz’s Photoshopped “dirty trick.”
• David Pakman: Ted Cruz hires a pornography actress
• David Pakman: Marco Rubio’s “America” in ad is really Canada.
• Liberal Viewer: Another Rubot slip-up?

Stephen: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is now an Incisive-Political-Humor Dog.

Buy food ethically unless it is too hard.

Why are so many Mexican journalists being murdered?

WaPo: Journalism in peril.

Obstructing Justice:

• Obama on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
• How is a Supreme Court Justice selected?
• Jeb sez he probably would nominate a new Justice.
• Matthew Filipowicz with David Dayen: How to solve the Scalia Supreme Court Constitutional crisis
• Obama: “The Constitution is clear” on Supreme Court nomination
• David Pakman: Republican hypocrisy on Scalia appointment exposed
• Farron Cousins: Republican obstruction will hurt them in November
• How long is a Presidential term, anyway???

• Stephen’s tribute to Antonin Scalia.
• Mark Fiore: Constitution alert.
• Michael Brooks: Alex Jones thinks Scalia was murdered!!!
• Congress…DO YOUR JOB!
• Conservative commentators rip the G.O.P. over obstruction.
• Reagan on nominating a Justice in the 4th year.
• Maddow: Justice Scalia was a racist, judicial activist and hypocrite
• Young Turks: Will the G.O.P. take Reagan’s advice on Supreme Court nomination?
• Farron Cousins and Pap: Can Obama outsmart Republicans on SCOTUS appointments?
• Mitch McConnell: Secret Senate Rules
• David Pakman: Implications surface that Scalia was murdered.
• Matthew Filipowicz: Republicans reveal their ultimate Supreme Court plan after Scalia.
• Jimmy Dore: Justice Scalia was as much a person as the corporations he represented.

NASA: Celebrating African American History Month.

Bill Maher: For the love of bud.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about sports.

Young Turks: Democratic town halls versus Republican town halls.

Jimmy Dore: Apple, Trump, Cruz and other bad apples.

FBI versus Apple:

• Seth Meyers: Apple versus the FBI…a closer look.
• David Pakman: Judge orders Apple to crack phone.
• Thom: Apple vs the FBI.
• Young Turks: Apple says iPhone “backdoor” risks all user’s security

White House: West Wing Week.

Does the President really need Air Force One?

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: What is Regular Order?:

David Pakman: January was the warmest January on record.

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

Please join us tonight for an evening of political pontification and revelry over the beverage of your choice 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, Vancouver, WA, and Shelton chapters also meet. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma, Bremerton, and Spokane, chapters meet.

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

Seth Meyers: A Closer Look at Martin Shkreli and pharmaceutical price gouging.

Young Turks: Is Henry Kissinger a war criminal?

Obama’s Weekly Address: State of American politics.

David Pakman: MI Republicans “fix” flint water crisis by outlawing anal sex.

Farron Cousins: Have the Koch brothers finally been caught?

2016 Kkkraaaaazy Kkklown Show

• Farron Cousins: The Republican plot to steal the 2016 election
• Stephen makes a Ben Carson entrance:

• Red State Update: Go to a Trump rally
• The GOPfather
• Jimmy Dore: Trump victory speech full of wild Trumpisms & completely devoid of substance
• The Movie: The Art of the Deal.
• Sam Seder: Donald Trump, Jr. is treated unfairly.
• Jimmy Dore: Meet the pissed-off grandma who made the Ted Cruz freedom van
• Rubio’s “oops” moment.
• Sam Seder: Marco Rubio keeps malfunctioning.
• Young Turks: RubioBot short circuits on the campaign trail.
• Test Tube News: Is the media responsible for Trump?
• Daily Show: Donald Trump is the greatest show on earth.
• Triumph the insult comic helps Mike Huckabee.
• Greenman: Truthsquading Ted Cruz’s climate denial.
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush kicked off stage in most embarrassing thing ever.
• Sam Seder: Sad Jeb Bush’s rotary luncheon speech cut off
• David Pakman: Jeb Bush’s most awkward moment ever.
• Farron Cousins: Jeb’s awkward moment getting the boot….
• Young Turks: Jeb! kicked off stage.
• David Pakman: The best (worst) of Jeb Bush.
• David Pakman: The best (worst) of Ted Cruz.
• Young Turks: Cruz campaign releases ad with staring porn star.
• Sam Seder: Trump calls Cruz a pussy.
• Young Turks: Trump calls Cruz a pussy.
• Matthew Filipowicz: John Kasich wants to advance a far right wing agenda in a “friendly” way:

• Trevor: Facing off at the GOP debate.
• David Pakman: The best (worst) of Marco Rubio.
• Robot Rubio
• Sam Seder: Awesome song for loser Marco Rubio robot
• David Pakman: Heckler tries to perform exorcism on Ted Cruz
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush a firm bottom but he ain’t out of Bush yet.
• David Pakman: Donald Trump trolled at rally
• Sam Seder: The first and last time Ted Cruz is funny.
• David Pakman: Two more bite the dust.

Five crazy facts about lobbyists.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about the wild west.

Young Turks: Oregon standoff ends; Cliven Bundy arrested.

Test Tube News: Should governments pay a basic income?

New Hampshire:

• Stephen: NH Diner woman just wants breakfast.
• Daily Show: Behind the scenes in NH.
• Stephen: Bernie Sandwiches won NH:

• Red State Update: New Hampshire Day 1
• Red State Update: New Hampshire Day 2
• Red State Update: New Hampshire Day 3
• Red State Update: New Hampshire Day 4
• Red State Update: New Hampshire Day 5
• Stephen brings some NH to his show.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look of the NH primary.

White House: West Wing Week.

Oregon siege ends.

Jimmy Dore: Dowd, Trump, Fiorina, Steinem & other jokes

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Jamila Woods: White Privilege II.

#MakeValentinesDayGreatAgain: Presidential Candidate V-Day Cards.

Thom: The Good, The Bad & The Very Very Brockedly Ugly!

Mental Floss: 26 facts about the science of love.

Minute Physics: Concrete does not dry out.

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

I’m at the Roanoke Tavern this evening with a couple of friends to watch the debate (starts at 6pm local). Please join us if you wish. Otherwise, join the fun in the comment thread.

I’ll post some commentary, snark, and (mostly) other people’s excellent Tweets.

Enjoy!

5:59: I’ll be watching the debate on PBS rather than CNN. Just a personal choice (and a choice endorsed by the bar management).

6:03: Opening shot of the candidate’s backs…looking for the secret radio receivers strapped to Clinton’s back…

6:07: Sander’s opening statement “Yuuuge count”: 1

6:09: Shorter Hillary, “I’m just like him.”

Who would have thunk that PBS would cut quicker to commercial break than the cable nets.

— michaelscherer (@michaelscherer) February 12, 2016

Winner of the debate so far: Commercials.

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) February 12, 2016

I thought Hillary loved the gays, why won’t she let them dress her?

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) February 12, 2016

6:21: Hillary is sure “we” will have the political capital to raise taxes on wealthy. Don’t think so, but probably better than Sanders.

.@BernieSanders answer to health care question suggests Coverage For All will be delivered by unicorns.

— Paul Singer (@singernews) February 12, 2016

O'Malley is good tonight.

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) February 12, 2016

Ok look I made a graphic so you can see how important this is. POTUS –> SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/b2JHPqEI2j

— Hanna Brooks Olsen (@mshannabrooks) February 10, 2016

Glad someone is keeping track of this. https://t.co/ck7Dsf0DdJ

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) February 12, 2016

Debate needs to start focusing on where the two disagree. That's what the debate format is for. Let them litigate differences.

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) February 12, 2016

6:43: Come’on, when is Bernie going to go all Christie on Hillary?

6:46: Will someone PLEASE ask the candidates about their position on waterboarding?!?

I understand why he didn’t, but I really wish Biden was a third person on this stage right now.

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) February 12, 2016

Sanders is doing better than Clinton tonight. More passion. More compelling. Even if Hillary’s pragmatism may be more realistic.

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) February 12, 2016

I'm confused as to what's happening right now on PBS. Mid-debate commentary and highlights? Is this the halftime show? -cd

— PurpleStrats/Chris (@PurpleStrats) February 12, 2016

Hard to make jokes when two intelligent people are talking and not saying things like "The Chinese are tremendous people. Let's waterboard."

— Jen Kirkman (@JenKirkman) February 12, 2016

PBS should've held a fundraiser. Early: "Your donation will help us return to the debate. Later: "Your donation can stop this debate."

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) February 12, 2016

tens of thousands of young bernie supporters are totally lost right now during the Kissinger portion of this debate

— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) February 12, 2016

Gotta admit, I didn't expect Kissinger-bashing tonight.

— Douglas Heye (@DougHeye) February 12, 2016

Have things really reached the point where we're debating Henry Kissinger? #WhatDecadeIsThis

— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) February 12, 2016

7:50: Man…Democrats SUCK at negative campaigning.

Tonight’s the first primary of the 2016 presidential election season, and there are some local elections happening as well. So please join us for an evening of election returns and primary politics 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 nation’s newest DL addition, the Federal Way chapter meets along with the Tri-Cities and Redmond chapters. The Kent chapter meets on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 187 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

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.