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Pretty checked out right before Thanksgiving.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for more adventures in politics. You are invited to stop by.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. 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 another chapter near you.

– Boo to the Seattle budget.

– Boo, I say. Boo.

– I’m not one to put much faith in issue polling, but it seems like not popular, so boo.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Electile Dysfunction 2024:

• Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart urges Dems to fight like Republicans and exploit loopholes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Mike Johnson, and Shaken Baby Syndrome ♬
• Seth Meyers: Musk defends Gaetz amid sex trafficking allegations and Трамп cabinet adds Oz & McMahon
• Desi Lydic: Bombshell Matt Gaetz testimony alleges sex trafficking a minor
• SNL: Trump and Biden meeting
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Though you may be worried, Трамп’s not ♬
• Stephen: Gaetz proves too toxic for GOP Senators & Трамп’s unpopular cabinet picks
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Who’s Sorry Now? Election Edition ♬:

• Christopher Titus: The Dotard’s clown car cabinet picks
• Stella Magz: Matt Gaetz withdraws AG nomination!!
• Ross Childs: Where has J.D. Vance been?
• Desi Lydic: Трамп’s TV administration adds Dr. Oz and Linda McMahon
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 62 w/ AI Lauren Boebert, Bernie Sanders, Matt Gaetz, and MORE
• Ari Melber: Трамп announces Pam Bondi as new attorney general pick
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Трамп nomination song ♬
• Stephen: GOP protects Gaetz & The Dotard picks McMahon to lead DOE & Dr. Oz’s dubious takes
• The Late Show: Venmo’s advice for Matt Gaetz
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: Idiocracy:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Matt Gaetz accused of paying for sex, Трамп’s sentencing gets pushed & MyPillow Mike gets the shaft
• Scared Ketchup: ♫ Trump vs RFK Jr on the POWER of Food! ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Трамп’s cabinet picks are somehow even more insane this time
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Elon Musk is the new Melania ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s “National emergency” plan, GOP’s Gaetz cover-up, and RFK Jr.’s McDonald’s pic
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s Proud Boys night out and no FBI checks for his cabinet
• Scott Grinthal & Lauren Mayer: ♫ Matt Gaetz Is Standing Down ♬:

• Michael Kosta: Which stocks should you buy during the Трамп administration?
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: ♫ I Thought the Tariffs ♬
• Dark Brandon: A message from The Dotard to his Incel supporters
• Stephen: Трамп’s not-so-happy-meal & Gaetz’s drug-fueled orgies
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ It May be the G.O.P., but It No Longer Stands for “Grand Old Party” ♬
• Ari Melber: “Shrinking” Трамп backs down as MAGA reckons with Gaetz collapse, GOP resistance & lack of “mandate”
• Chris Hayes: AOC eviscerates Republican rep’s trans bathroom stunt
• Steve Shives: Why, God?!

• Jimmy Kimmel: Matt Gaetz’s bombshell sex allegations, Трамп’s shady squad & Don Jr’s unwanted attention
• Stella Magz: Linda McMahon—World wrestling education….
• Darrin Bell: Timelapse video-political cartoon—Morning Joe bends the knee to Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Matt Gaetz, He Rose so High, only to Fall so Far ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard chooses Pam Bondi to replace Matt Gaetz
• The Late Show: GOP Senators give Matt Gaetz some thoughtful feedback
• Seth Meyers: Gaetz out as more damning info surfaces, Трамп cabinet rocked by scandal
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler Phones The Dotard
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s shocking cabinet picks, Elon Musk spending every day with Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s body double conspiracy & Gaetz out as Attorney General
• Stephen: Трамп picks Dr. Oz to run medicare & Ambassador Colbert? & Hegseth family values & praying for Трамп

John Oliver: TikTok ban

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Tommy Campbell: The Onion buys Infowars hilariously owning Alex Jones
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Was Nancy Mace a MAN? Just asking. ♬
• Desi Lydic: Gaetz drops AG bid & Nancy Mace wages transphobic attack on Sarah McBride
• Tommy Campbell: Don Jr. caught rubbing his gums at rocket launch and it’s hilarious
• LegalEagle: The insane story of how The Onion bought InfoWars (and how Alex Jones is trying to steal it back)
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Matt Gaetz’s Internship for High School Girls ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

– Happy Friday to all who celebrate. Maybe an introduction instead of an exit?

– The bike and walking path over 520 looks pretty cool.

– Anybody doing Autumn foraging?

– Seems like there could be trouble for Hanford.

– I hope glass recycling doesn’t go the way plastic bags did.

Good morning. I hope you survived the storm. Not too bad on the urban core of Seattle, but your mileage may vary. Anyway, here are some links.

– Still reading these essays in Assigned Media, but goddam. Any trans people reading this, I am glad you’re around.

– Seattle’s budget is yuck.

– Home Depot Unveils 12-Foot Turkey Carcass Skeleton

– Spokane looks to be doing good transportation planning.

– It’s good to have a police accountability agency, but it sure would be great if they did some police accountability.

– Still in need of a proper sign off, but it’s probably still a good idea to wash your hands.

Join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for a pre-bomb cyclone drink, with festivities and discussions about all things politics. Please stop by if you can.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. 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 another chapter near you.

– NDA’s for renters. What will asssholes think of next?

– HA was once a preeminent spot to learn about school closure. This round we can leave it to others to look for solutions.

– I don’t know what the right thing for a library asked to host bigoted organizations is. But I can say with 100% certainty fuck transphobes.

The Onion: Scientist explains how climate crisis would be averted if Greta Thunberg just tried a little harder

Electile Dysfunction 2024:

• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Future Attorney General Matt Gaetz is High School Neanderthal ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Wayne Gretzky partied with Трамп and RFK Jr.’s RIDICULOUS health post
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Biden meet at White House; Трамп picks FAUX host Pete Hegseth for SecDef
• Alex Wagner: Anticipating Трамп abuses, Biden pushes to bolster courts
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s insane cabinet taking shape, Jimmy interviews Marco Rubio & the bigliest election moments
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What if Трамп suddenly disappeared ♬
• Stephen: Трамп picks RFK Jr. to run nation’s health & Gaetz nom is a “Fuck you” to America & Gabbard is Aweful
• The Late Show: Escape the news on Carnival’s new cruise
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard unleashes his cabinet
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ The Dotard and Melanie Marriage Therapy ♬:

• Steve Shives: Should Democrats demand a recount?
• Charlamagne Tha God Pleads to Трамп, “Leave the Constitution in one piece”
• Stella Magz: Трамп’s cabinet is junk drawer….
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп acts cordial with Biden while Gaetz, Gabbard, and Hegseth score nominations
• Liberal Redneck: Takeaways from Трампp’s win, one week later
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s new squeeze Elon Musk, comic book villain cabinet secretaries & Don Jr mocks Zelensky
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Plan—Transition from Democracy to Kakistocracy ♬
• SNL: Cold Open for Трамп
• Tennessee Brando: ♫ Hope They Enjoy CHEAPER EGGS ♬
• Sidney Morss: Post-election dating
• Seth Meyers: Трамп cabinet “shocks” Republicans and Gaetz resigns before “highly damaging” report
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Thank God That Kari Lake’s Gone ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s CRAZY cabinet picks and meeting with Biden
• Stephen: Shock noms—Трамп picks Gaetz, Hegseth, Huckabee, Gabbard and Biden & Трамп’s cordial WH meeting
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ What Doesn’t F&@#-ing Kill Us Makes Us Stronger♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The New Трамп “Environmental Anthem” ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп humiliates Elon Musk by telling House GOP, “Elon won’t go home”
• The Late Show: Трамп fills his cabinet with friends from the TV
• Jabari Jones: AI Трамп nominates the Hamburglar
• Tommy Campbell: Marco Rubio forgets he warned all about “con artist” Трамп
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп nominates RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz in latest shock moves
• Dulcé Sloan makes a time capsule of American art & culture before The Dotard bans it all
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Not See Country ♬
• LegalEagle: All the crazy shit Трамп is going to try
• Steve Shives: Democracy dies in disbelief
• The Late Show: Republicans react to Matt Gaetz nomination
• John Oliver: ♫ Reelection of the Felon von Shitzenpantz ♬
• Stella Magz: Matt Gaetz of HELL
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп packs cabinet with more kooks, MAGA minions bootlicking Dotard & his fight with Gavin Newsom
• Darrin Bell: Timelapse video-political cartoon—Трамп nominates Matt Gaetz for AG
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Cabinet—Misfits, Miscreants, and Malcontents ♬:

• Stephen: Von Shitzenpantz taps Rubio & Noem for cabinet & Rudy’s tough times & how to move to Canada
• Kat Abu: FAUX News’ outsized seat at Трамп’s table
• The Late Show: Zelensky calling
• Alex Wagner: Трамп may have gone too far with Gaetz elevation to attorney general
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп, Bobo & Putin’s darkest secrets revealed in POOTIE CALL 2!
• Patrick Fitzgerald: You Got an Enemy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ KEEP the Immigrants, Deport the Racists ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп wins 2024 election, becomes first felon elected President

The Onion: Expert explains why, essentially, you’re fucked

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

– I suspect that it will be a theme of these open threads, but it’s tough to know how much Washington should do on its own and how much should be deducted to opposing awful things from the Federal government.

– Info Wars is good now. What a world.

– Algorithms have been pretty bad for the Internet.

– I have mentioned it before, but if you’re new to BlueSky and inexplicably looking for me, there you are. Darryl and Goldy are also there.

Between the election and Veterans Day, I haven’t posted one of these in a while and frankly, I have too many tabs open.

– The attacks on transgender people are not just a metaphor.

– Downtown Spokane is doing better than the naysayers suggest.

– I somehow got into my head that the new station on the 1 Line was already called 130th, but apparently there are 4 finalists.

– More and more people are taking the G Line.

– Welcome to the high minimum wage club, Everett.

– Seattle looking into using a King County facility in ways the county isn’t going to do?

– Also, Washington has shut down the vaccine locator. You should still get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible, but it’s no longer a struggle to figure out where to find a vaccine. So do I need a new closing?

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for both celebrating electoral success in Washington state and lamenting losses nationally. Please stop by if you can.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. 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 another chapter near you.

LegalEagle: How to kill the Electoral College

Electile Dysfunction 2024:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to winning the election
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп minion Elon Musk calls Jimmy a propaganda puppet & MAGA floats baseless election conspiracies
• Sandy Pliskin: ♫ We Are Marching to Dystopia ♬
• The Daily Show: Killing Mother Earth
• Darrin Bell: Timelapse video-political cartoon—Трамп win reveals USA’s true colors
• Ari Melber: Confronting Трамп’s “red romp” with facts over fear
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: ♫ We Need A Little Xanax ♬:

• Bill Hoover: ♫ Shaking Трамп Is Hard To Do ♬
• Seth Meyears: The Dotard has won, now what?
• Bob Levin’s Videos: ♫ Трамп is Now America’s First Fascist President!!! ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Reaction to Трамп victory
• Vox: How Трамп’s second term will be different
• Seth Meyers: Seth Meyers addresses the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The reason why liberals are upset ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Guess I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue (2024 edition) ♬:

• Stephen: You are not alone. The world reacts to America’s decision
• Jimmy Kimmel reacts to The Dotard winning
• Brenna Perez: The most upsetting thing you can say to a Трамп supporter right now… (apparently)
• Ronny Chieng: Biden & Harris vow peaceful transition and Трамп’s potential cabinet is a motley crew
• ONN: Neo-Nazi pulls off surprise victory in long-held KKK district
• The Late Show: Thank you, madam
• Seth Meyers: Dems pledge to contain Трамп; Musk profits from Трамп win; pundits blame the left
• Christopher Titus: The Felon Von Shitzenpantz won. What now?:

• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler reacts to The Dotard winning
• Desi Lydic: Трамп’s election win & the media’s blame game
• Robert Reich: What the felon’s victory means
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Luckily for us, we’ve got each other ♬
• Steve Shives: Now what?
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп wins election, but the FIGHT isn’t over
• Stephen: Plunging back into the Трамп hole, VP Harris concedes, & we know what’s coming

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Trevor Noah: We treated President Biden like SHIT!

Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Tommy Campbell: Tucker Carlson claims a demon mauled him in his bed
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Advice for Трамп—When your microphone is smarter than you ♬
• Jesse Welles: ♫ We’re All Gonna Die ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Break Our Strike ♬:

• Brenna Perez: Idaho counties ban vaccines while ALSO arguing abortion is bad for its population size…
• Parody Project: ♫ In D.C. ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Football, The Flag, and Трамп. (It’s what Jesus would want for us) ♬
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: ♫ Hopelessly Devoted to Pu–tin ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Giuliani runs out of places to hide from massive court penalty—and Трамп can’t help him
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Gonna Do It! (Whether women like it or not) ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Ghost Dotard in the Sky ♬

Grace Kuhlenschmidt: Non-voters teach her how to not give a fuck about politics

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

Dear Bob Ferguson,

Congratulations on your victory this week. I am writing to ask you to stand up to Donald Trump in his second term. I appreciate the way you did that as Attorney General, but I fear the pressure will be different as governor. There will be pressure and potentially a lot of money from the Federal government. And those resources could be used to build a better Washington. I am also worried that you didn’t do much to deal with the sort of problems that made Donald Trump more attractive when you were on the King County Council. I don’t know where this is going, except to say don’t give in and don’t make the not giving in the only thing you do.

XOXO

Carl Ballard

(I sent this to the AG’s contact page, not sure if there’s a transition office or something like that)

Weeeeeeeeeell fuck.

Good things in Washington for sure. A Democrat in every statewide office. I think the legislature will be able to keep making progress. Shaun Scott and Alexis Mercedes Rinck are going to help define who the Democrats are for the good, compared to their opponents.

Fuck man, fuck.

The initiatives are going to fail, so we can use that momentum. And maybe we don’t get a new Tim Eyman. Go waste your money somewhere else.

Jesus Christ on the Cross, man. Fuck. Fuck.

There will be a lot of opportunities going forward in the state to lobby to protest to write your legislators and city council members. There is also opportunity to push back against some of the horrors coming from the Federal government.

Fuck.