Please join us this evening for a St. Patrick’s Day party peppered with political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks stop by earlier for dinner.

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 chapter meets.

There are 189 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Mental Floss: 23 bad business moves.

David Pakman: When did right-wing anti-intellectualism begin?

Pap: GOP is scamming its donors.

Young Turks: Megyn Kelly drops some reality sauce on Mike Huckabee’s head.

#47Traitors

• Jon: On Republican Senators’ open letter to Iran
• Thom: Iran sabotage…is the GOP committing treason?
• Young Turks: Traitor Senator Tom Cotton is taking money from defense industry
• Sam Seder: 47 Republican Senators may have broken the law
• John Kerry hammers the Senators who sent the letter.
• James Rustad: “My Senators Wrote Iran A Letter”

• Young Turks: Senators face backlash over letter
• Thom: Is it time to put Senators in jail yet?
• Sam Seder: Just how dumb can the Republicans be?
• Maddow: GOP Senators now claim letter was A JOKE?!?
• Young Turks: Republicans blame Obama for the seditious letter to Iran
• Michael Brooks and Cliff Schecter: GOP’s hysterical Iran letter
• Chris Hayes: What if Obama secretly sold 1,500 missiles to Iran?

If Susan B. Anthony had a Vlog.

David Pakman: A President Lindsey Graham would deploy military against congress to reverse military cuts.

Sam Seder: The mainstream press fails Wisconsin Workers

SNL Weekend Update girl at a party on ISIS and Boko Haram.

Kerry spars with Rubio over ISIS

Anti-Vax Fever (with chills and light sneezing):

• The anti-vax story the media doesn’t want you to hear:

• SCTV: Kids settle the debate about vaccines

Jon mocks CNN’s Selma coverage of… a drone.

Thom: Why unions are the seeds of democracy.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about your lawn.

John Oliver: U.S. Territories.

Wrong-email-address-ghazi!!!!!11!1!11!!!!

• Sen. Reid: “I have no concerns about [Clinton’s emails].
• Young Turks: Final Judgment on Clinton Emails

Amazon Prime for Women (because you deserve 78% satisfaction).

Jon questions Christie’s loyalty to NJ.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Ecdemicly Ugly.

Mental Floss: Why do we get dark circles under our eyes.

Rep. Donna Edwards launches Senate bid.

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Scott Walker butchers Wisconsin workers.

Racism in America:

• Mark Fiore: Racist EZ Cash.
• Richard Fowler: Ferguson police created a “toxic environment”
• Maddow: Racist emails from Ferguson
• Young Turks: Frat boy defends racist bros on Twitter
• Sam Seder: Morning Joe blames racism on rap music
• Young Turks: Morning Joe blames rap music for racist frat boys
• Jon: SAE frat boys finally apologize.
• Thom: Will the Voting Rights Act get fixed?
• Sam Seder: Why Selma’s country club is still “Whites Only”

Kimmel: Obama reads mean tweets:

Sam Seder: The legacy of Paul Wellstone.

White House: West Wing Week.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Jubately Ugly.

David Pakman: The Obama economy.

Sen. Patty Murray and other Democratic leaders cry foul over abortion language shamefully put into anti-human trafficking bill:

Vsauce: Human extinction.

ONN: Should unpaid interns be paid for fighting for their boss’ amusement?

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

Please join us this evening for some politics over a pint, some civics over cider, some campaigning over champagne, or some electioneering over…um…Everclear? Whatever your taste in governing or guzzling, stop by for this week’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks stop by earlier for dinner.

Can’t make it to Seattle on Tuesday night? Check out one of the other DL meetings this week. The Tri-Cities and Redmond chapters also meet on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Bellingham and Spokane chapters meet. The Bremerton and Kent chapters meet on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 189 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Mental Floss: 30 weird apps.

Bibi Goes To Washington:

• Maddow: Netanyahu on Iran echoes his incorrect 2002 Iraq alarm
• Young Turks: Rand Paul attacked for not applauding Netanyahu enough
• Mark Fiore: Greater Republica.
• Young Turks: Final judgement on Bibi’s little talk
• Jon on the CNN coverage
• Sam Seder: Chris Matthews destroys Netanyahu and Republicans for trying to hijack U.S. foreign policy
• Young Turks: Chris Matthews calls Netanyahu speech a startling “takeover attempt”

Pasco Police kill man but don’t know ‘use of force’ policy:

Jimmy Kimmel on his anti-vax haters.

Sam Seder: Nutcase Rep. Louie Gohmert thinks we can’t fight Boko Haram because of THE GAYS!.

Wrong-email-address-ghazi!

• Jon: Wrong-email-address-ghazi
• Young Turks: Did Hillary Clinton break the law
• David Pakman: Panic over Hillary’s emails for doing what Powell did

Funny or Die: An apology from Uber.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and the Very Very Crapaudinely Ugly.

They told this DEA agent not to enforce drug laws in white areas.:

Health Care Challenge:

• David Pakman: New challenge to ObamaCare explained
• WaPo: Health Care at the Supreme Court.
• Thom: Obamacare haters should be careful what they wish for
• Chris Hayes: GOP DISASTER if Obamacare “LOSES” at SCOTUS
• Sam Seder and Brian Beutler: Will SCOTUS save Obamacare?
• Ann Telnaes: Republicans look to trash health care through the Supreme Court.
• Young Turks: Upcoming Supreme Court decision could kill Obamacare
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Why did SCOTUS take the case that could destroy Obamacare now?

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and the Very Very Banausicly Ugly!.

David Pakman: Sheriff who refused Obamacare now begging strangers to pay medical bills.

Mental Floss: How does a two-way mirror work.

The 2016 Clown Parade:

• Maddow: Christie challenged on ExxonMobil pollution settlement
• David Pakman: Birfer Donald Trump has an idea on how to defeat ISIS
• Sam Seder: Dr. Ben Carson’s delusional presidential announcement.
• Dr. Ben Carson is convinced he knows how to become bay.
• Young Turks: Ben Carson’s queer silence about his homosexuality remarks
• David Pakman: Ben Carson apologizes for his previous idiotic statement on homosexuality
• David Pakman: Santorum’s CPAC Birfer joke bombs
• The irony of Presidential wannabe Scott Walker.
• David Pakman: Scott Walker can defeat ISIS because he took on prounion protesters
• Matt Binder: Scott Walker claims Reagan’s most important FOREIGN POLICY decision was firing 11,000 union workers

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about allergies.

Bill Maher: Republican’s obsession with whether Obama loves America enough.

David Pakman: 57% of Republicans say dismantle Constitution, make Christianity national religion.

Thom: Welcome to the new corporate feudalism.

Ferguson’s “Officers Friendly”:

• Thom: Shocking new report on Ferguson Police
• Jon on DOJ and the Ferguson police.
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: The systemic and grotesque racism of the Ferguson Police Department is uncovered
• Young Turks: DOJ show a racist Ferguson police department.
• Larry Wilmore gets pulled over. In his show’s studio.

Sam and Pap: How stupid has the GOP made America?

White House: West Wing Week.

David Pakman: Unemployment rate down to 5.6%, 212,000 new jobs.

“Senator Barb” paved way for Senate women:

Bill-O-The-Liar:

• Pap and Sam Seder: Bill O’Reilly’s career of lies
• Thom: Bill-O-the-Clown’s nose is growing again.
• Bill Maher and friends: Why isn’t the media going after bald-assed liar Bill-O like they did Williams?
• David Pakman: Audio tape debunks Bill-O’s claims regarding JFK case
• Michael Brooks: Audio tape proves Bill O’Reilly lied about JFK story
• David Pakman: Another lie…Bill-O-the-Liar didn’t really see ‘Irish terrorists kill and maim’ in Northern Ireland

Young Turks: Nutbag conservative blogger doesn’t like Spock because of Obama?!?

Greenman: Climate change elevator pitch from Mauri Pelto.

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

Please join us tonight for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks stop by earlier for dinner.

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

There are 188 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

The week’s Politiclips.

Net Neutrality:

• Sam Seder: Net neutrality wins.
• Young Turks: Net neutrality is real and why you should celebrate
• Maddow: Net neutrality supporters enjoy hard fought victory in new FCC rules

CPAC: Duck Dynasty kook Phil Robertson, rants about STDs.

Mental Floss: 43 words invented by authors.

Greenman: Simon Donner’s elevator pitch for global warming.

The 2016 Parade of Clowns

• Sam Seder with breaking news about The Donald
• Mark Fiore: America the Rudyful.
• Liveral Viewer: Sen. Grahm thinks ISIS hates vegetarians?
• Sam Seder: Nutcase Gov. Scott Walker suggests American workers are just like ISIS
• Richard Fowler: Rand Paul pre-announces….
• Ed: Anti-union derby for 2016 nomination
• CPAC: Paul supporters walk out on Jeb
• Sam Seder: Rick Santorum bombs at CPAC with a Birfer joke about Obama
• CPAC: Birfer nutcase Donald Trump isn’t sure about Obama’s birth certificate
• Young Turks: Sarah Palin’s CPAC theory about ISIS

Chris Hayes: Amen, Sister Laura Ingraham.

Thom: Koch brothers caught funding climate change deniers.

The Republican War on Gynecology™

• Sam Seder: Idaho State Rep ask if women can swallow a camera for gynecological exam.
• Young Turks: Idaho lawmaker is very confused about female anatomy
• David Pakman: A bad case of alimentary–vaginal confusion
• Maddow: Vagina confusion by Idaho lawmaker

Sam Seder: Ron Paul suggests that Black lawmakers are only against war because they want the money for food stamps.

Richard Fowler: What was American’s most successful industry in the past century?

The U.S. is turning Green:

• WaPo: D.C. new pot law explained.
• Thom: D.C. strange pot legalization.
• David Pakman: Alaska becomes 3rd state (and 1st red state) to legalize pot.
• Young Turks: And, Alaska makes three….
• Pap and Sam Seder: A breakthrough in AK
• David Pakman and Pap: Why do drug agencies & big pharma oppose marijuana legalization?

Young Turks: Sean Hannity’s creepy CPAC joke.

Mental Floss: Why don’t humans have a mating season.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Junkettaceously Ugly.

The Fog of War Zones:

• Young Turks: Bill O’Reilly is a pompous, lying ass.
• Sam Seder: How many lies can Bill-O get away with?
• Maddow: Bill O’Reilly reporter threats indefensible
• PsychoSuperMom: Won’t You Shut Up, Bill O’Reilly?

• David Pakman: Bill O’Reilly deliberately confusing people to hide his lies
• Young Turks: Oops…Bill did it again.
• Jon: Bill-Os war zones and Netanyahu
• Maddow chats with David Corn
• James Rustad: Bill O’Reilly Lies
• Thom: Are Bill-O’s days at FAUX News numbered?
• David Pakman: Bill O’Reilly caught in 2 more lies
• Young Turks: Bill-O the Clown’s lying habit
• Sam Seder: Remember when Bill O’Reilly was publicly shamed for another lie?

Ann Telnaes: A test for loving America.

Vsauce: Would Headlights Work at Light Speed?

David Pakman: Billionaire Governor raises minimum age and raises taxes…economy booms.

White House: West Wing Week.

He Lived Long and Prospered:

• Young Turks: Leonard Nimoy is dead
• Cliff Schecter and Sam Seder remember Leonard Nemoy.

Jon: Why does the Obama Administration keep prosecuting whistle blowers?

Ed: Obama vetos Keystone XL.

David Pakman: CPAC excludes gay Republicans, welcomes white nationalists.

Department of Homeland Insolvency:

• WaPo: DHS Funding by the numbers
• Maddow: Republicans in knots over DHS funding

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about makeup.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Cuculinely Ugly.

Young Turks: The Obama-hate bubble is FULL of stunning beliefs.

Knuckle-dragging Climate Denier:

• Crazy Senator throws a snowball on Senate floor
• Young Turks: Nutcase Sen. James Inhofe throws a snowball.

How you are accidentally helping the Koch brothers:

Jon: FAUX News’ 50 lies in 6 seconds.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally turns 10 years old this Tuesday. Please join us in our celebration. There are rumors that founding hosts Nick and Lee will make an appearance. I’ll be handing out copies of “Drinking Liberally: 10 Years In Poetry.” There will be food. There will be drinks. There will be conversation. Will you be there?

We meet every Tuesday evening—birthday or not—at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks stop by earlier for dinner.

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

There are 189 chapters of Living Liberally, including seventeen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Mental Floss: Why does asparagus make your pee smell?.

Global Divestment Day: 2015.

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: The GOP civil war brewing between House and Senate Republicans.

Pap and David Pakman: The progressive solution to the student loan crisis.

Eight people who have accomplished more than you at every age.

America’s Racist Mayor:

• Young Turks: Is Guiliani a “love truther” or just a racist asshole?
• WAPO: Why aren’t Republicans condemning Giuliani?:

• Josh Earnest: “I feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani today.”
• Young Turks: Giuliani makes excuses for his racism…

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses—Chuck Schumer edition.

Richard Fowler: Republican lawmaker wants to own women’s uteri.

To prison for poverty.

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: The wheels are falling off the Republican clown car.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Ugly.

Pap and Howard Nations: GOP mad scientists create a disaster.

Climate change elevator pitch: Ken Calderia.

2016 Clown Parade:

• Thom: Jeb has a Bush problem
• David Pakman: Jeb Bush gives cringeworthy speech. (Who does that remind you of?)
• Young Turks: Jeb Bush is just like his brother in the scariest way
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: The mystery woman behind corrupt Chris Christie’s shady dealings
• Maddow: Jeb Bush’s campaign launch blunders
• Pap: Scott Walker’s criminal scandal is worse than you think.
• Pranking Scott Walker (a.k.a. Governor Koch):

• Chris Hayes and friends: Scott Walker Didn’t Get A College Degree. Should You?
• David Pakman: “Freedom” Sen. Rand Paul opposes net neutrality?!?
• David Pakman: Nut case Sen. Rand Paul’s epic backtrack on vaccines & mental disorders
• Richard Fowler: Bobby Jindal slashes education budget

Mental Floss: Misconceptions from the internet.

David Pakman: Republicans about to go Benghazi on net neutrality.

Young Turks: Mother Jones catches Bill O’Reilly lying about Falkland Island War coverage:

Sam Seder: Watch this anti-net neutrality ad accidentally backfire on their message.

White House: West Wing Week.

Thom: Does the GOP want to starve poor people?

War Without End, Amen:

• Mark Fiore: The long war of foreverness.
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: War powers and the erosion of Democracy.

Obama’s lunar new year message.

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Young Turks: Judging Rush Limbaugh’s statements about Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Was TX judge blocking executive order even legal?

David Pakman: Conservative convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza calls Obama ‘ghetto’.

Mental Floss: 80 facts about the 1980s.

Thom with more Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

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

It’s Tuesday, and the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally will, once again, meet. As it happens, this meeting is the last week of our ninth year since the inaugural meeting of the Seattle chapter. That’s right…next Tuesday will be the tenth anniversary of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally. That’s a huge number of meetings, and a boat-load of political conversation floating in an ocean of beer.

Please join us. We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks stop by earlier for dinner.

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

There are 189 chapters of Living Liberally, including seventeen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions from television.

Sam Seder: New PA Gov. suspends death penalty.

John Green: Understanding Boko Haram:

Thom with The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Ugly.

The Fog of War:

• Mark Fiore: Brian Williams and the fog of war.
• Cenk on Brian Williams
• Pap and Sam: The scary pathology of Brian Williams
• Jimmy Dore: “Hey everybody, fire Brian Williams.”
• David Pakman: William’s name disappears….
• Maher: The real problem for Brian Williams

Jon: FAUX News wants a Muslim King for President.

Thom: More Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

Ann Telnaes: Alabama resists civil rights again.

Young Turks: Senator Inhofe caught using fake photos of Russian invasion to push for military aid.

Climate Change and Denial:

• This is what 8000 people marching for real climate Leadership looks like.
• Sam Seder: FAUX News’ most batshit insane climate denial segment ever?
• David Pakman: Dumbshit Pat Robertson claims snow in Boston disprove climate change.
• Greenman: Climate change elevator pitch with Eric Rignot.
• David Pakman: FAUX News had to “give up her freedom” because of snowstorm and climate change “hoax”.
• Young Turks: FAUX News nutbag suggests climate change “hoax” costs us our freedom!

Obama: “Can I live?” The Buzzfeed video.

Young Turks: A woman without an identity.

West House: West Wing Week.

Perpetual War:

• Liberal Viewer: Should Congress declare war on ISIS?
• Thom with Alan Grayson: ISIS and perpetual war.
• Sam Seder: Obama’s perpetual war?
• David Pakman: Obama wants war authorization

Mental Floss: 23 weird awards.

Joe Biden misses his butt buddy?!?

David Pakman: NYC Mayor Calls for $15/hr minimum wage.

Matt Binder: The Crusades were in self-defense?: The bizarre Wingnut historical revisionism.

Jon is Leaving:

• Cenk: Jon is leaving
• David Pakman: Jon is leaving.
• HuffPo: Jon is is leaving….
• Chris Hayes: Jon Stewart destroyed Rumsfeld & CNN ‘Crossfire’
• Rush Limbaugh bloviates about what he thinks is the reason Jon is leaving.
• Young Turks: Who will replace Jon?
• James Rustad: Welcome back Kilborn
• Sam Seder: Jon Stewart’s legacy

Elizabeth Warren preempts GOP on Dodd-Frank rollbacks for large banks.

Young Turks: FAUX News caught reading RNC memo word for word.

Pap with Howard Nations: The IRS is soft on dark money.

Thom: Don’t be fooled…the Koch brothers are NOT social liberals.

Maddow: Dearth of inspectors raises pipeline risks:

Mental Floss: Why is the heart associated with love?

President’s Day: February’s sexiest holiday.

The 2016 Clown Parade:

• Sam Seder: Shock as Scott Walker dodges the evolution question.
• Young Turks: Scott Walker punts on evolution.
• Sam Seder: What does Rush Limbaugh know about Scott Walker?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rand Paul quickly caves to Bibi & principles
• Michael Brooks: Don’t be fooled…Republican (presidential candidates) are certainly not concerned about inequality!
• Young Turks: Rand Paul caught lying about his college record.
• Matt Binder: Alex Jones’ crazy sexist rant defending Rand Paul
• David Pakman: Shocking poll…58% of IA GOP think Joni Ernst has what it takes to be president

Thom: Even more Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

Maddow: Elvis leaves the Mississippi GOP.

Ann Telnaes: A flock of media sheep:

Kimmel: The collective wisdom of Pat Robertson.

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

Please join us for drinks, conversation, and political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but feel free to stop by earlier than that for dinner.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings this week. The Tri-Cities and Redmond chapters also meet on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Bellingham and Spokane chapters meet. The Bremerton and Kent chapters meet on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 188 chapters of Living Liberally, including seventeen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Former Congressman reminisces on the start of email in Congress.

The 2016 Clown Parade:

• Sam Seder: Wait. What? Will Mitt get back in?
• Vaccine Trufer Rand Paul has some shushin’ and mansplaining to do
• Daily Show writers riff on the 2016 contenders
• Jon handicaps the 2016 presidential contenders
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Young potheads.
• Chris Hayes: Chris Christie caught receiving lavish gifts
• David Pakman: Mitt is out
• Pap and Sam Seder: Glasses won’t save Rick Perry from prison time

The Ash Carter conformation hearing highlight reel.

White House: West Wing Week.

The Flordo-Texico War of 2015:

• Jon knows who would win a war ‘twixt Texas and Florida
• Oh Nos! Florida Democrat calls the state of Texas “CRAZY” (and he calls his own state “crazy” too).

Mental Floss: More life hacks.

Sam Seder: You’ll never believe what Mitt Romney said to Obama.

Young Turks: FAUX News has a wargasm over King Abdullah in flight suit.

Vsauce: Did the past really happen?

Vaccine Trufers:

• Pap and Sam Seder: Republicans FAIL on the vaccination debate PART I
• Pap and Sam Seder: Republicans FAIL on the vaccination debate PART II
• Mark Fiore: How to avoid maiming and killing children.
• Maddow: Christie and Paul…the Vaccine Trufers:

• Young Turks: Measles killing kids is the new freedom
• Vax-trufer Glenn Beck: Anti-Vaxxers being persecuted like Galileo
• Sam Seder: Republican blames measles outbreak on “illegal aliens”
• WaPo: The politics of the vaccine conspiracy.
• David Pakman: Rand Paul falsely claims “profound Mental Disorders after vaccines”
• Sam Seder: Rand Paul demonstrates he is a genuine QUACK
• Young Turks: Rand Paul goes into Damage Control Mode
• David Pakman: Rand Paul also belonged to a fringe medical group that denied HIV caused AIDS.
• Young Turks: Where do the antivaxers get their information?
• Mitch McConnell is no vaccine trufer. Sort-of…
• Maddow: Anti-Vaxers are an extreme public health risk
• James Rustad: “She don’t use Vaccines”
• David Pakman: Right Winger, “I’m not going to vaccinate my kid so that some female won’t get cervical cancer…
• Sam Seder: Nutjob conservatives misunderstanding HPV vaccine

Greenman: Eric Rignot on Ice Sheet Retreat.

Thom: More Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

Ann Telnaes: Sotomayor and Kagan backtrack on allowing cameras at the Supreme Court.

The week in Congressional hits and misses:

Net Neutrality:

• Young Turks: Net Neutrality wins big.
• David Pakman: Wheeler wants FCC to regulate internet under title II
• Chris Hayes: FCC makes the internet a utility
• Sam Seder: The historic net neutrality decision.
• Young Turks: Orwellian “Department Of Internet” ad attacks net neutrality

Sen. Reid: Republicans are more afraid of Dreamers than ISIS (with a cameo by Sen. Murray).

Thom: Why do we need black history month.

Greenman: Elevator pitch for climate change.

Young Turks: Obama at Prayer Breakfast warns of religion twisted to justify war.

Liberal Viewer: Did someone threaten Henry Kissinger?

Sam Seder: Crazy Republican suggests getting rid of Citizen United would destroy the Bill of Rights.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about crime.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Ugly.

The ISIS Propaganda Department….

• Young Turks: ISIS owes FAUX News a big thank you.
• Thom: FAUX News is the PR department for ISIS:

Pelosi: Republicans are “baying at the moon” with their 56th ObamaCare repeal vote.

Greenman: Ken Caldeira on what climate models have told us.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets tonight for food, conversation, revelry, and drinks with a progressive political theme. All are welcome. There are no dues, no initiation, and no items on the agenda. Just show up and say “hello.”

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but feel free to stop by earlier than that for dinner.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out another DL meeting over the next week. Tonight the Tri-Cities and the brand new Long Beach chapters also meet. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And for Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets.

There are 187 chapters of Living Liberally, including seventeen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Highlights of the Loretta Lynch’s confirmation hearing.

Thom: The real deficit that the GOP doesn’t talk about.

Mental Floss: 17 crazy hair myths.

White House: Precision medicine:

Maddow with a nice Fox story.

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Ugly.

David Pakman: Obama has reduced Bushes’ $1.4 trillion deficit by 75%.

$889 Million:

• Young Turks: Koch plan to spend almost a billion to buy the 2016 elections.
• Jon: Your next President…Johnny actual Cash.
• Ann Telnaes: The Koch Brothers and $889 million free speech dollars.
• Larry Wilmore: Dark Money
• David Pakman: Koch Brother’s intend to buy the 2016 elections.
• Young Turks: Candidates drop to their knees to please the Koch brothers
• Sam Seder: The Koch brother’s puppet for 2016

Thom: The Right’s home schooling conspiracy.

David Pakman: ObamaCare will cost 20% less than was originally projected:

Mark Fiore: King Abdullah, Royal pain.

Mental Floss: 24 cheese name origins.

Thom: More Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

On the Road to 2016:

• Maddow does Letterman to laugh at 2016 candidates.
• Young Turks: Sarah Palin teleprompts herself into a reality war with FAUX News
• Young Turks: More fur flies in the Sarah Palin, Bill-O-The-Clown war.
• David Pakman: Sarah Palin lashes out a FAUX News.
• Maddow: What if Hillary doesn’t run?
• Jon on Sarah et al.
• James Rustad: Jesus loves me this I know; ’cause Rick Perry tells me so.
• Pap and Thom: Will Perry do some time in the Pokey?
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Who can win what in the primary?
• Chris Christie falls out of a chair.
• David Pakman: Mike Huckabee says something idiotic about school prayer and school violence
• Sam Seder: Mike Huckabee’s “Trashy NY Women” comment
• Alex Wagner: Mitt’s a no-go
• Young Turks: The Mittster gives his fans a sad
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Why Mitt Romney dropped out.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Richard Muller: I was wrong on climate change.

David Pakman: DUI State Senator claims he can drive drunk and be privileged from arrest.

New Territory in the Republican War on Women™:

• Michael Brooks: Louie Goober, “Republican ‘Females’ Send the Wrong Message!”.
• Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Republicans try to hide their disgusting women’s health politics

Thom: GOP turns Medicaid expansion over to banksters.

David Pakman: Thanks to Republicans, Obama’s approval keeps increasing.

White House: West Wing Week.

Super What???

• Jon: PSI–New England.
• Ed: The ad everyone will be talking about.

Maddow: Five U.S.Pipelines Rupture in January.

Thom: Even more Good, Bad, and Very, Very Ugly.

Matt Binder: Politifact finds FAUX News lies more than ever:

Grandpa McCain to protesters: “Get outta here you low life scum”.

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

Please join us tonight for drinks, conversation, and, perhaps, dinner at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet every Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Our starting time is 8:00 pm, but feel free to stop by earlier than that for dinner.

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

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including sixteen in Washington state, four in Oregon and two in Idaho. Chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.