It is another beautiful summer evening in Seattle…in a time of ugly politics. Let’s talk about it. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for discussions and good cheer over a cold one.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by a chapter near you.
Hiring even one cop can be really expensive. A single unethical cop has already cost Chicago’s taxpayers $100 million and the final tab could reach $2 billion for legal settlements and expenses arising from his railroading dozens of innocent people to prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/chicago-men-1987-stabbing-death
The Senate vote on Trump’s Big Ugly Bill was 50-50. After Jaydee cast the tie-breaking vote that passed it, here’s what he said about the bill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugD-cUEyMQ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tiebreaker-vance-bashed-from-both-sides-on-big-beautiful-bill/ar-AA1HLEFV
Unbelievable.
2)Was there emergency funding for the Department of Commerce, specifically enough for a redo of the Census?
@3 In that Trump’s unconstitutional census do-over is just a proposal at this point, and MTG introduced a bill only yesterday, I assume the funding for it is not in the Big Ugly Bill and will come later.
https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1939697443097981032
Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general ordered a local prosecutor to drop charges against a cop who nearly killed a 71-year-old man by slamming his head onto pavement during a routine traffic stop. Republicans think this is perfectly okay.
At least the cop was fired, and of course there will be a lawsuit and multimillion-dollar settlement, but I wonder if that cop is working for ICE now? He exactly the kind of talent they’re looking for.
This flew under the radar during the sturm und drang over Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, but Kenneth Chesebro has been disbarred for the fake electors scheme. Good riddance to bad garbage!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-trump-lawyer-kenneth-chesebro-disbarred-new-york-2020-election-rcna215425
Cowardly corporatists at Paramount have settled Trump’s shakedown of CBS News for $16 million. What they’re actually doing is paying a bribe so a merger can go ahead.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/media/cbs-trump-60-minutes-paramount-settlement
Guess I dint have leave as much as my past generous tips, since I’m not taxing you anymore!