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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Sam Seder: Comrade Louie Gohmert’s Soviet Plan (Episode 1).

Young Turks: Hilarious, awkward concession speech

Lawrence O’Donnell: Meet hypocrite Greg Collett (R), Idaho State Representative.

This is Obamacare.

Ed: Teabaggers cost us $24 billion in shutdown.

Chris Cillizza: Third party time?

Red State Update: Podcast #48.

Kimmel: The Week in Unnecessary Censorship.

Political Dictionary: What is the “Hastert Rule”.

Mental Floss: 23 Unusual Animals.

Roy Zimmerman: Vote Republican 50.0–South Dakota:

Mark Fiore: Internal Patriot Discovery Smart Probe.

Hostage Crisis Aftermath:

Ed: Tea Party stupidity.

Sam Seder: Does Obamacare increase your health care costs?

You had me at NSA.

Stephen Colbert’s Al Smith Dinner Speech.

White House: West Wing Week.

Chris Cillizza: Mitch McConnell is in a run for his money.

Kimmel’s Kids Table.

ONN: The Onion Week in Review.

Sharpton: VA nutjobber Ken Cuccinelli is in trouble.

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

Rep. Tom Foley (D-WA)

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Former Rep. Tom Foley (D), who represented Eastern Washington from 1965 to 1995, has died at 84 from complications of a stroke.

Rep. Foley, a Spokane native, was the 57th Speaker of the House, serving from 1989 to 1995.

When I think of Speaker Foley, the word “Statesman” comes to mind. The NY Times puts it this way:

When he became speaker on June 6, 1989, Mr. Foley, from Washington State, appealed to “our friends on the Republican side to come together and put away bitterness and division and hostility.” He promised to treat “each and every member” fairly, regardless of party, and by most estimations he lived up to that promise to a degree unmatched by his successors.

By contrast, Speaker Boehner (R-OH) is a shameless partisan, acting more as a majority leader than a Speaker of the House…and frequently acting in the interest of his Party to the detriment of our nation. In my recent letter to Boehner, I reminded him that…

…you are the Speaker of the HOUSE, not the Speaker of the Republican Party. As second in line for the presidency, I expect you to show careful stewardship of our nation.

Indeed, Foley was the very archetype behind my words:

Despite sharp differences on issues, he got along better with members of the other party than any of the speakers who followed him. In that final news conference, asked to offer advice to the next speaker, Mr. Gingrich, he urged him to remember, “You are the speaker of the whole House and not just one party.”

We need more Tom Foley’s in Congress.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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The crisis continues…the federal government is still being held hostage, but that won’t keep us from plotting a rescue mission. Please join us for an evening of rescue politics over a pint at tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday evening at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm.






Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out another nearby DL meeting over the next week. The Tri-Cities and Shelton chapters meet tonight. The Lakewood and South Seattle chapters meet this Wednesday. For Thursday, the Spokane and Tacoma chapters meet. And next Monday, the Aberdeen, Yakima and Olympia chapters meet.

With 210 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 near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Shep’s FAUX News deck.

Mark Fiore: The Grand Bargain hoax:

Chris Cillizza with Maya MacGuineas: Why do we have an unbalanced budget.

Mental Floss: 30 Life Hacks Debunked.

Sam Seder: The conservative trucker protest that wasn’t.

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

Sharpton has some civics lessons for the G.O.P.

The Law of The Land:

Thom: The climate change point of no return.

White House: West Wing Week.

Sam Seder: Michele Bachman says some crazy shit.

Pit TV: Stop and Frisk…

Stephen: On the guy running for Michele Bachman’s seat’s totally illegal ads.

Ann Telnaes: Some $peech is worth more than others.

The Hostage Crisis Continues:

The GOP War on Women™ continues with anti-Hillary buttons.

Maddow: G.O.P. muddles message.

Chris Hayes: Meet a member of the Ignorance Caucus.

Pap: The death of Republican ideas.

Stephen: New Pot laws.

Red State Update: Podcast 47, All we want is a conversation with Obama.

Liberal Viewer: FAUX News’s fake Obama Muslim museum story.

Thom: Wendy Davis vs. the TX Good Ol’ Boys.

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

Crazier now? Or in the 90s.

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Last night I was having dinner with my friend Dave. We started exploring the question of whether the House Republicans were crazier when Clinton was Prez or now. Remember how totally outrageous the House was under the Newtster? They shut down the government…twice. And then they decided to impeach the President, essentially, for getting a blow job. The two charges that passed along party lines in the House was easily dismissed by the Senate.

There was a kind of zealotry in that bunch of Republicans that parallels what we see today. They share a collective tone-deafness that has caused House Republicans—then and now—to unwittingly undertake extreme actions that Americans disagree with.

Both then and now, there was a zealotry that was borne out of hatred for the Democratic President. But here is a difference I see between then and now. Republicans seemed angrier, but less crazy in their zealotry back then. Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde were angry and cynical men, who sometimes said outrageous things to make a point—but a point that had some connection to reality. The current crop of Republicans are expressing zealotry borne out of a much bigger dose of madness. It seems many in the current crop have been brainwashed into believing things that are at odds with facts, with reality (Kenya!, Obama Muslim conspiracy!, cutting taxes raises revenue, Obamacare kills!, etc.).

Michele Bachmann and Louie Gohmert seem to really believe the crazy-ass shit they say. They live in a largely self-constructed universe.

In some cases it seems the hatred observed of both groups is confounded in the current crop by racial hatred. It has driven some House Republicans to insanity.

So what do you think? Were they crazier in the crazy House days of the Clinton Administration? Has Obama derangement syndrome pushed today’s G.O.P. further off the cliff of sanity? Or was the Newt-pack just as bad?

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe extremists still have the federal government shut down, but the people’s business must go on! So please join us for an evening of politics over a pint at tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday evening at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings over the next week. Tonight there are meetings of the Tri-Cities and Vancouver, WA chapters. On Wednesday, the Bellingham chapter meets. On Thursday the Bremerton chapter meets. And on Friday, the Centralia chapter meets.

With 210 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 near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Robert Reich: Why So Angry?.

‘Key & Peele’ on Black Republicans.

The Scourge of Health Care for Everyone:

Kimmel: The week in Unnecessary Censorship.

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

Lewis Black has some words for the Barilla Pasta President.

Zina Saunders: Wayne LaPierre has a dream:

Ana Kasparian: Will Eric Holder slap down North Carolina’s voter ID law as racist?.

Terrorist Attack on Washington, D.C.!

White House: West Wing Week.

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

Mental Floss: 42 Idiom Origins.

ONN: The Onion Week in Review.

Mark Fiore: American Salebration.

Thom: The GOP is terrified and they will lose.

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

All we want is an “up or down vote!”

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Note: You may remember the Republicans riffing on the “all we want is an Up or Down vote!” when Democrats were threatening filibusters over some of George W. Bush’s nominees. It’s time to let them hear those words again. Please take a few minutes to send your own message to Speaker Boehner here.

Dear Speaker Boehner,

Must I remind you that you are the Speaker of the HOUSE, not the Speaker of the Republican Party. As second in line for the presidency, I expect you to show careful stewardship of our nation.

You’ve failed. You’ve failed to uphold your oath of office. You, and the band of terrorists that control you, are now engaging in treasonous acts of sabotage against the U.S. (I remind you that you are not immune from prosecution for Treason under Article I, section 6 of the Constitution.)

I demand that you stop your collusion with the terrorists. Put a CLEAN continuing resolution up for a vote IMMEDIATELY.

All Americans want is an up or down vote on a clean resolution. Call it the “Constitutional option”, an up or down vote put before House members. This is what the Speaker of the House is obligated to do.

Up or down vote!

Do it!

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe federal government has succumbed to a small group of White Collar Terrorists, but that won’t stop us! Please join us for an evening of prognostications over a pint at tonight’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday evening at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm.






Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out another DL meeting over the next week. The Tri-Cities chapter also meets tonight. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And for Thursday, the Spokane chapter meets. On Friday,the Enumclaw chapter meets. And next Monday, the Yakima, South Bellevue and Olympia chapters meet.

With 210 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 near you.

Breaking: Terrorist attack on Washington D.C.

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An anti-American terrorist group struck down the U.S. Government early Tuesday morning. The Government is now shut down for an indeterminate period that could last from mere hours to, perhaps, weeks.

The terrorists, who go by the name Republicans, have no known ties to al Qaeda but share a similar hatred of the U.S. Government and, apparently, share similar ambitions of shutting down and ultimately destroying the U.S. Government. The Republican’s methods of terrorism resemble those of al Qaeda in conducting hostage taking, demanding ransoms and, in the extreme, engaging in suicide missions. Unlike the individual suicide missions of al Qaeda operatives, however, Republican terrorists commit suicide as a group.

A full assessment of the damage to the U.S. Government brought on by the Republican terrorists actions is still underway. Sadly, the terrorist attacks will negatively impact millions of Americans every day until the U.S. Government can be restored to operational status.

Informed observers believe the U.S. Government will eventually make a full recovery, but likely with fewer Republican terrorists.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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ONN: The Week in Review.

The Affordable Care Act is front page news

Why do we have a debt ceiling?

Sam Seder: Former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer can’t count.

Terrorists Attack America!

Jon: On Republicans trying to scare Americans over health care (via Crooks and Liars).

White House: West Wing Week.

Young Turks: Wendy Davis to run for Texas Senate.

Jon: One of God’s messengers seems to have it wrong.

Virginia Race:

Stephen wants in on conservative children’s book racket (via Crooks and Liars).

What’s “normal” when you live in the White House?

Sam Seder: Climate change is at crisis level say scientists.

Mental Floss: 27 drinks made of coffee.

The Ted Cruz Comedy Hour Day:

Stephen on the return of Crossfire.

Ed: Ken Blackwell’s bizarre theology.

Invalid Arguments: Climate change.

Iran Courtship:

Sharpton: Obama cuts down GOP lies on healthcare with remarkable sarcasm.

White House White Board: What ObamaCare means for you:

Sam Seder: Obamacare premiums report show low prices.

Lower premiums: Busting the GOP’s Obamacare ‘Death Panels’ myths.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us for an evening of politics under the influence at tonight’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday evening at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm, but some people stop by earlier to eat before the political melee begins.




Can’t make it tonight? Check out another one of the other Washington state DLs over the next week. The Tri-Cities chapter meets tonight and every Tuesday night. The Bellingham and Burien chapters meet on Wednesday, and the Woodinville chapter meets on Thursday.

With 208 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 near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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White House: West Wing Week.

ONN: The Week in Review.

Sam Seder: The “gay AIDS ring” video that Pat Robertson doesn’t want you to see.

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

Maddow: Why Jeb Bush is not as moderate as he thinks:

Kimmel: This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.

Stephen: FAUX host predicts Syria will bring the apocalypse.

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

Republican’s Engage in Extortion and Sabotage over ObamaCare:

Young Turks: House GOP vote to cut food stamps by $40 billion.

Pap and friends: The de-evolution of the G.O.P. (a.k.a. The Party of Crazy).

Sam Seder: Obama extends labor protections for over 2 million people.

Obama on the economy.

O’Donnell: Republi-CARE, the GOP’s deluded alternative to ObamaCare.

Liberal Viewer: Bashar al-Assad Does “That’s What She Said”.

Thom: Democracy is in our genes.

Shoot….Not AGAIN!

Mental Floss: Unfinished Films.

Ann Telnaes: Mayor Gray vetoes living wage legislation.

Sam Seder: What if there was no food stamp program?

Jon: Employers cheating ObamaCare and screwing over workers.

Maddow: Lessons for Republicans in why cheating doesn’t pay.

Koch-funded Orifice Ads:

Red State Update: Podcast episode #44.

Thom: Here’s an ad for Rick Perry to use.

Thom corrects Steve Doocy for spreading lies.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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Please join us this evening for a pint peppered with political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday evening at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. Our normal starting time is 8:00pm.


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

With 210 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 near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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On Sept 21: Draw the Line on Keystone XL.

Maddow: G.O.P. War on Women™ yields gender gap in VA.

Syria’s Consideration:

Ed: Trickle-down fails.

Susie Sampson’s Sister: Is sex fun?

Michael Brooks: “Trifecta of Stupid” Reps Bachmann, Goehmert, & King go to Egypt to celebrate coup.

Alex Wagner: Former Rep. Allen West thinks U.S. should go to war with Libya.

Mental Floss: 48 names for things you didn’t know had names:

Weiner Goes Out Like a Dick:

Red State Update: Podcast Episode #43.

White House: West Wing Week.

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

Sharpton: G.O.P. insanity…with 41st failed attempt to “repeal Obamacare”.

Ed and friends: Is God really a Republican?:

Kimmel: This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.

Remembering September 11:

Meet the “Governor of D.C.”:

Thom corrects the Daily Mail on climate change.

Young Turks: NRA victory in Colorado.

Bashir: How “Obama derangement syndrome” is dating up the insides of the GOP tea-party.

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

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