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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Ann Telnaes: America’s selective righteousness.

Sam Seder: The Hobby Lobby decision is already getting worse.

Rubin Report: Easiest and hardest places to live.

Mental Floss: 20 misconceptions about sex.

Maddow: Why Rick Perry will never be Prez, Part I
Maddow: Why Rick Perry will never be Prez, Part II

Thom: Time to fine-tune Washington’s pot laws.

John Oliver: Antartic tourism.

David Pakman: House may spend more on Banghazi panel than Veterans Affairs Committee.

Boehner, Bachmann & Steinweitz: Attorneys against deadbeat Presidents:

Washington Goes To Pot:

Maddow: Right-wing Republican hypocrisy on prostitution scandals, Part I.
Maddow: Right-wing Republican hypocrisy on prostitution scandals, Part II.

Sam Seder: Fox and Friends humiliated by a child.

Young Turks: Obama is first ‘Jew-Hating’ President claims FAUX News nutjob “hate expert”.

Pap with Digby: Corporate media enables Teabagger oddballs.

Mark Fiore: Blasy the Drone, To Protect and Swerve.

Jimmy Dori: Luke Russert’s stupid tweet.

Sarah Palin’s Comedy Corner:

Sharpton: Boehner unveils bill to authorize his stunt ‘lawsuit’ against Pres. Obama.

Rubin Report: The reality of who actually earns minimum wage.

Grace Parra’s Pretty Strong Opinions: Batten down the snatches:

WaPo: Things to do in Denver when you are Prez.

What’s the Matter With Kansas?

Ed: ‘Obama economic growth’ ruins GOP’s HATE-talking points.

Young Turks: Bob Beckel earns his pay as FAUX News’ clown ‘liberal’ racist.

Pap: The Republican 50 state strategy.

The NSA spying scandal.

Nutburger Immigration Conspiracy Theories:

White House: West Wing Week.

Bill Maher: GOP and FAUX News refuse to stop telling stupid zombie lies about Obama.

Pap with Abby Martin: Blackwater’s criminal history.

Young Turks: ‘Legitimate Rape’ idiot takes back his apology and doubles down.

UCB Comedy: Senatorial Candidate for Human-Dog Marriage.

Ann Telnaes: Pandora’s Hobby Lobby box.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some political discussion over a drink. Please join us in the back room. There is no agenda, no program…just liberals hanging out and conversing.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.



Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state chapter of Drinking Liberally over the next week. The Tri-Cities, Vancouver, WA, and Redmond chapters also meet on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Bellingham chapter meets. And the Bremerton chapter meets on Thursday.

With 201 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and three in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Thom: Citizen Koch.

Ed and Pap: Turd Blossom rewrites history to smear Obama.

Sam Seder: The silliest GOP ad ever?

Michael Brooks: Chris Christie, the bullshit artist.

Pap: Kochs buying what’s left of our Democracy.

Corporate Religion and Contraceptive Conscience:

Alex Wagner: Obama Throws Punches at GOP NUT-Bags.

Maddow: Boehner fakes a lawsuit against Obama.

David Pakman: Congress embarrassingly unproductive.

Sam Seder: Shocking news for Libertarians (and Wingnut concern trolls)…Minimum wage increase does not lead to job loss.

ONN: Meat prices skyrocket after cow smashing machine gets all beefed up.

Liberal Viewer: 9-0 decision on cell phone case.

Sharpton: Obama will use executive action to push ahead on immigration.

Sam Seder: Nutjobber right wing blogger interrupts Cochran campaign conference call.

Independence Day!

Maddow: Tea-party loser Chris McDaniel claims Cochran paid Blacks $15 a piece for votes.

Sharpton: Nutbag Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is STILL trying to find an IRS scandal.

David Pakman: A creepy Republican’s “cranking” fetish.

Chris Hayes: Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage meets with extremists repeatedly, talks about ‘hanging’ Democrats! (with bonus Gov. Gregoire cameo).

White House: West Wing Week.

Jimmy Dore: 935 Lies.

Pap: Scott Walker in the criminal hot seat.

Bad Jobs News for Conservatives:

Chris Christie: Who Knows?

Thom: Big Oil is a family affair.

Richard Fowler: Boy Scouts lead thousands in NYC Gay Pride Parade.

Maddow: Pres. Obama explains why he will reform immigration by executive action.

David Pakman: Twice+ divorced FL Attorney General says gay marriage would destabilize marriage.

Michael Brooks: Insane ME Gov. hangs with violent sovereign rights group .

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us tonight for an Independence Day week 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. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state DL over the next week. The Tri-Cities chapter also meets this and every Tuesday night. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. For Thursday, the Spokane and Tacoma chapters meet. And next Monday, the Yakima, South Bellevue and Olympia chapters meet.

With 201 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and three in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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

Stephen gets batshit serious about migrant kids.

Sam Seder: Rick Perry visions of being Jewish.

Ed: Gov. Bobby Jindal calls for a rebellion with a hostile takeover of Washington.

Young Turks: Here’s the Republican scandal machine in 10 easy steps.

Liberal Viewer: FAUX News, “Girls more likely to have hateful little minds” ???

ONN: The Onion Week in Review.

The Return of the Neocon and Wingnut War Criminals:

Dark Snow 2014: Why we are here.

Young Turks: FAUX News’s Soccerghazi!!!!!!11!1!!

David Pakman: Looney Toon Rick Santorum says Christians should fight war against gay marriage.

Thom: GOP is the pro-death party.

Daily Show: College sexual assault.

Some historical iced tea for the 4th.

Young Turks: Michele Bachmann’s latest insanity turns Neil Cavuto reasonable?!?

Sam Seder: Election fraud is real, and rich white Republicans are doing it.

Thom and Pap: Gov. Walker’s (R-WI) “Criminal Scheme”.

Sam Seder: Christie builds another bridge to jail.

White House: West Wing Week.

Young Turks: California’s historic vote to get money out of politics.

WaPo: 44 years of Charles Rangel, in one minute.

David Pakman: Benghazi has become an epic Republican embarrassment.

Boehner’s Silly Lawsuit:

Liberal Viewer: Is ISIS the #1 threat to the U.S.?

Factivists: The GOP’s Immigration Inaction.

Ed: Herman Cain thinks Obama voters are “stupid”.

Bill Mahar’s guest draws comparison between Teabaggers and Nazis.

Supremes Greenlight Harassment at Abortion Clinics:

Young Turks: Syria hands over their chemical weapons…THANKS OBAMA!

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle It’s an election Tuesday! No…not in Washington or Seattle, but there are primaries in Colorado (where we might witness the return of former presidential and gubernatorial fringe candidate Tom Tancredo), Maryland, New York (federal offices only), Oklahoma, and Utah. And there are runoff races in Mississippi and South Carolina. It could be entertaining…one never knows when the next “Cantor” will happen. Please join us Tuesday night for an evening of electoral politics over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet this and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner and east coast returns.



Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state DL over the next week. They’re everywhere! The Tri-Cities chapter also meets this and every Tuesday night. On Wednesday, the Bellingham and Burien chapters meet. And on Thursday, the Woodinville chapter meets.

With 207 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Rick Perry sets the record straight on homosexuality.

Matt Binder: The Conservative strategy to lower school gun violence…don’t count ’em.

Seattle comic Derek Sheen does San Francisco.

Gov. Walker’s Investigated for Crimes:

Jimmy Dore on George Will’s idiotic comments.

Mental Floss: 29 weird museums.

Maddow: Why the GOP sucks.

Chris Hayes: ObamaCare is winning.

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: What does Cantor’s loss mean for Mitch McConnell?

Quagmire Accomplished:

John Oliver chats with Stephen Hawking.

Some things Obama wants to protect.

Alex Wagner: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is intellectually unqualified to be President!

Jon can’t believe that Republicans are willfully blind on climate change.

Full Interview with Bill Gates on the Common Core (27:53).

Jimmy Dori interviews Bill O’Reilly.

Benghazi Derangement Syndrome:

Young Turks: Washington R******s looses their trademark protection.

PsychoSuperMom: How far to the right is right enough?:

Eric Cantor sets off Brian Schweitzer’s gaydar.

Richard Fowler: Another nail in the coffin for Texas women’s rights.

WaPo: Who is Josh Earnest?

White House: West Wing Week.

Stephen does Jay Carney.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

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. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.



Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state chapter of Drinking Liberally over the next week. The Tri-Cities and Shelton chapters also meet this Tuesday. The Lakewood and South Seattle chapters meet this Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Spokane and Spokane chapters meet.

With 206 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Thom: Boost the economy by forgiving student loans.

ONN: Onion Week in Review.

Gun Nutz:

Science: Giant solar flares may have disrupted communications on Friday.

Pap and Seder: The dumbing down of America.

Jon: VA computers.

George Will is an Ignorant Asshole:

Eric Schwartz: Senator Whoever:

The bear is loose: Obama escapes.

The Daily Show considers Google Glass.

Stephen: Sen. Cruz’s citizenship.

Stuck in an airport and All By Myself.

WaPo: Five questions with Bill Gates.

More on Cantor’s Stunning Upset:

How badly has Benghazi hurt Hillary Clinton? Not much.

White House: West Wing Week.

David Pakman: Nutjobber Tony Perkins is worried that Obama will seize government and cancel 2016 election.

WaPo: Five incredible upsets in political history.

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

Young Turks: What news does America trust?

Mental Floss: 39 facts about comedy.

The Right Wing Terrorizes an American P.O.W.:

Obama answers the question “Where do you see yourself in 10 years”.

WaPo: Late night laughs.

Alex Jones and friends think Obama is training military to attack Teabaggers (via Crooks and Liars).

Science: Solar roads?

Ann Telnaes: Republicans play with fire.

Alex Wagner: Students stand-up to hate-group, Westboro Baptist Church.

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

Jon: What the fuck is going on in Iraq.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleTuesday comes with a big bunch of primary or run-off elections in Arkansas, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. The races seem less competitive and consequential than the pile we had last week, but there may be some interesting surprises.

In any case, join us tonight for an evening of electoral 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. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.


Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state chapter of Drinking Liberally over the next week. The Tri-Cities, Vancouver, WA, and Redmond chapters also meet on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Bellingham chapter meets. The Bremerton chapter meets on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen, Yakima and Olympia chapters meet.

With 207 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Thom: The Vast Right-wing conspiracy.

Mental Floss: 83 old slang phrases that we should bring back.

Ann Telnaes: This is what Speech is and isn’t.

Hatein’ On an American POW?!?

A reverend’s evolution on gay rights.

David Pakman: “American Spring” is back, as 10 people assemble and yell ‘Benghazi’ at White House.

John Oliver reveals what he hates about Last Week Tonight.

Michael Brooks & Cliff Schecter: WIll McConnell’s career of lies finally catch up with him?.

Stephen takes on Amazon.

Thom: Will we see a constitutional amendment on Citizens United?.

Tiananmen Square After 25 Years:

Young Turks: Why Stephen Colbert should be proud and the media ashamed.

David Pakman: The five craziest bills passed by Republicans last month.

White House: West Wing Week.

Gun in the News…Again:

Zina Saunders: Save our bees:

Thom takes apart Dinesh D’Souza.

Stephen: On the Clinton conspiracy theories.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

Today is a special day in the Calendar of Political Americana. It’s National Fist Bump Day, a day to remember a young Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama using a body gesture in public that so befuddled FOX News anchor E.D. Hill that she asked, “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?!?.”

The idea behind National Fist Bump Day is to give Americans a chance to make the world a slightly better place with a simple and fun gesture of respect,” says David Weiner, one of the organizers, along with Sarah Greenwalt. “It may not solve the world’s problems, but it can at least reaffirm the fact that in the end, we all can get down with each other.

Wait…screw that Kumbaya shit. It’s a day to ruthlessly mock the the fuck out of the right wing propaganda mill’s outrageous, dishonest, and racist attacks against Barack Obama.

Tuesday is also a primary election day of some consequence. In California, the top two-style primary will select the Republican that will go on to be crushed by Gov. Jerry Brown in the general election. There are a bunch of interesting House races in California, as well.

In Mississippi, the senior Sen. Thad Cochran (R) is in a tight race against a Teabagger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel.

In South Dakota, a large Republican primary will determine the opponent for Rick Weiland (D) in the U.S. Senate seat race opened up by the retirement of Sen. Tim Johnson (D).

A similar scenario is happening in Iowa with the retirement of Sen. Tom Harkin (D), and a 5-way GOP primary will determine the opponent for Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA-01). Of course, Braley’s House seat is open and there are competitive races on both sides of the isle in that race.

In Montana, Sen. John Walsh (D), who was appointed to the seat that Max Baucus left to become U.S. Ambassador to China, seems likely to win the Democratic primary. Also in Montana, the open house seat has a five-way GOP primary that will select an opponent for  John Lewis (D).

In New Mexico, there is a five-way primary that will determine Gov. Susan Martinez’s (R) Democratic opponent.

New Jersey has a primary election, as well, with some mildly interesting House races.

So, with all that excitement on deck, please join us tonight for an evening of electoral politics and scary body gestures over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.



Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state DL over the next week. They’re everywhere! The Tri-Cities chapter also meets this and every Tuesday night. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. For Thursday, the Spokane and Tacoma chapters meet. And the Enumclaw chapter meets on Friday.

With 207 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: How the far right took over the Republican party.

White House: West Wing Week.

Chris Hayes: The G.O.P.s hopeless fight against science:

David Pakman: Ted Cruz’s nutburger father blames end of school prayer for teen pregnancy & crime.

Sharpton: Rebrand update on the GOP’s new ‘leadership” team

VA Scandal:

Michael Brooks: Mitch McConnell’s amazingly deceptive ObamaCare distortion.

The G.O.P. summer of scandal.

Young Turks: Boehner, “I’m not qualified to debate science so I reject it!

Maddow: The latest Republican Senator to run away from CNN.

100 Seattle cops file lawsuit against city and Justice Dept.

ONN: The Onion Week in Review.

Chris Hayes: The GOP’s miserable campaign for ‘junk-food’ in schools.

Ari Melber: The Republican ‘overreach’ of 2014 could flop badly in the midterms.

Ann Telnaes: Manning Up.

The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun, is the Bad Guy With the Gun:

Mental Floss: 26 famous art heists.

Obama: Jay Carney steps down (via Crooks and Liars).

Suzie Sampson: Let it Go!:

Young Turks: Congressman Louie Gohmert calls gays intolerant, just like Nazis!.

Sharpton: KY Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn’t realize KYNECT is part of ObamaCare.

Ana Kasparian: “Abortion Barbie” posters hit LA streets.

Ann Telnaes: We’re Number 1…for the wrong reason.

Rich Webster: Marco Rubio is not an abortion scientist.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle It’s happening again. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is holding its weekly gathering for an evening of politics over a pint.

Please join us tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. The starting time is 8:00 pm, but some folks show up before that for dinner.



Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out another Washington state DL over the next week. They’re everywhere! The Tri-Cities chapter also meets this and every Tuesday night. On Wednesday, the Bellingham and Burien chapters meet. And next Monday, the Yakima, South Bellevue and Olympia chapters meet.

With 207 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, four in Oregon, and three more in Idaho, chances are excellent there’s a chapter meeting somewhere near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jonathan Mann: The Arctic is melting.

ONN: The Onion Week in Review.

Chris Hayes: Fox’s “ace” “criminal-reporter” James O’Keefe’s BUSTED on latest bogus claim:

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Is Mitch McConnell about to lose reelection?.

David Pakman: Right-winger, Dinesh D’Souza, pleads guilty to felony.

Mental Floss: 47 charming facts about children’s books.

Refining Marriage:

Adam Carolla for President.

Thom: The birth of the Kochtopus.

FCC responds to net neutrality ruling.

David Pakman: Ex-Christie aide says Christie was told about Bridgegate plans.

Thom: If the fast food industry can’t pay its workers a living wage, then it has no business doing business in America.

Young Turks: Rush Limbaugh deaf, dumb, and colorblind?

Macklemore than Meets the Eye?

Jon on the NRA’s opposition to smart guns.

Sam Seder: (Wheel of Fortune’s) Pat Sajak is a climate change denying nutburger.

WaPo: The music of the civil rights movement.

Mark Fiore: AntiTrust Us!

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Cover-up:

Chris Hayes: “Repeal The World”, the Teabagger’s Kamikaze platform.

David Pakman: The most sickening political stunt of the year.

Ed: Pat Sajak’s “wheel of climate denial”.

White House: West Wing Week.

Sharpton: A ‘kinder’ GOP unveils new mean manifesto to roll back America 50 years.

Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: Is PA about to elect their most Progressive governor ever?

Jake Tapper’s political cartoons.

Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Some Yahoo Named Yoho:

Jorge Ramos: Latinos will remember GOP racism on immigration in 2014 & 2016.

Ed: The GOP’s lies and misinformation about the U.S. Postal Service.

Thom: Sarah Palin’s death panels:

Jon: The Tea Party’s new host.

Maddow: Majority leader Eric Cantor abandons immigration reform. I.
Maddow: Majority leader Eric Cantor abandons immigration reform. II.

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

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