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This is a week or so old, but I had not heard about it before. Some kid who seems disturbed is scary as hell. Also, he swims in a pervasive antisemitism. I don’t know how we deal with it, but letting him have guns seems like a bad idea.

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for an evening of drinks and politics.

We meet 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 about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 265 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Important Thunderpussy news!

Now that I have your attention, it’s trademark news. It seems like a different category than FUCT to me, but I am no trademark staffer or attorney.

And kudos to KUOW for actually saying Thunderpussy on my morning radio.

John Oliver: Mobile homes.

The Atlantic: Watch community self-policing in action.

WaPo: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “some people did something” comment on 9/11, in context.

Chris Hayes: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar targetted by conservative media

Trevor: Assange arrested and charged with conspiracy

Bill Maher: Masturbate, don’t procreate.

Vox: How Norway designed a more humane prison.

Robert Reich: Socialism of the rich, capitalism for the rest

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

New York Times: We’re losing the war against bacteria, here’s why

Dotard Quixote Трамп And Other Toxic Windbags:

• Stephen: Трамп wrongly blames Obama for family separations
• Rachel Maddow: William Barr scrambles to rewind “spying” conspiracy theory embrace
• Trevor: The battle over Трамп’s tax returns
• Seth Meyers: Трамп dodges questions on Mueller, tax returns, WikiLeaks
• Lauren Mayer: If you’ve got nothing to hide
• Jonathan Mann: Throw William Barr into the black hole
• Bill Maher: Seth Abramson—Proof of Collusion
• Conan: People gave Трамп money to get the hell out of Los Angeles
• Mother Jones: The Dotard’s WikiLeaks amnesia:

• Stephen: Mar-A-Lago is a spy’s dream come true
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Blocking Трамп tax return release puts Treasury Secretary in legal jeopardy
• Jimmy Kimmel: The real reason The Dotard won’t release tax returns
• The Late Show: The Kirstjen Nielsen farewell card collectjion
• WaPo: The fight against Trump’s travel ban just arrived on Congress’s doorstep
• Stephen: Caging kids isn’t tough enough for Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Трамп listens to Stephen Miller and Lou Dobbs on immigration
• Trevor: The Mueller report tug-of-war
• Samantha Bee: The DHS purge
• Chris Hayes: The Трамп’s Twitter feed is full of garbage
• Stephen: William Barr hints at his Mueller report redactions
• The Late Show: The Acting Secretary school of acting
• Stephen: Maxine Waters has the gavel, not the “gravel”.
• Ari Melber: Mueller indictment busts Democratic lawyer linked to Трамп’s guilty campaign manager
• Roll Call: Swamp monsters return to the Hill to protest Трамп’s Interior secretary nominee
• Bill Maher: 25 things you don’t know about Mike Pence:

• Mark Fiore: Calling all xenophobes
• Rachel Maddow: Assange Arrest puts WikiLeaks tie to Трамп camp back in spotlight
• Stephen: Трамп’s “Our country is full” is the new “Lock her up”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard thinks we’re very lucky he is President
• Bill Maher: Barr fight
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard lashes out over immigration and his tax returns
• Samantha Bee: Fifty Cons of Way
• Trevor: Profiles in tremendousness—Federal Reserve Board nominee Herman Cain
• WaPo Opinion: Where’s the love for WikiLeaks now, Dotard?
• Stephen: The Dotard thinks he has “won” the Mueller report
• The Late Show: Should Mnuchin stay or should he go?

Seth Meyers: Chelsea Clinton doesn’t know what FAUX News would talk about without her mom.

Jim Jefferies: Jim talks with sex workers in Thailand about trans rights.

Physics Girl: How magnet paper works.

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses.

Songify some political news:

Vox: How Leonardo da Vinci made a “satellite” map in 1502.

Samantha Bee: Yemenis in Djibouti.

Jimmy Kimmel: DO NOT USE #YachtCocaineProstitutes or Devin Nunes will be mad.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Rep. Eric Swalwell is a presidential candidate
• Roll Call: Tim Ryan is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Warren, Amazon should pay “fair share” in taxes
• Conan’s dog is thinking about running for President
• WaPo: The ever-expanding role of a candidate’s partner on the campaign trail

Vox: Why this black hole photo is such a big deal.

Seth Meyers: A political monologue.

Stephen interviews Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05).

Jim Jefferies: The mistreatment of trans people in sports.

Roll Call: Climate debate heats up Oversight Committee.

Jimmy Fallon with political News and Improved.

Seth Meyers: Political monologue.

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

I appreciate that a police tower may be necessary in some cases, seeing the picture is a lot. I mean how do you insure that you are just intimidating criminals and not the public more broadly, especially in communities of color? That said the article says that the towers go to sports stadiums, so I have presumably seen them in the wild and not noticed them.

OK, you’re still out there, but why, man?

We all know it’s just lie, lie, lie, man.

It might sound appealing,

But you can’t go self dealing!

Here’s hoping the court says “goodbye, man.”

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers this evening for a drink and to chat politics. I hope you can stop by!

We meet 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 about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

I am feeling a bit icky, so this is it from me.

Robert Reicht: Everything you need to know about the new economy

Full Frontal: White at the museum

Wendover: How airlines decide where to fly.

Stephen: What’s next (or not next) for Stacey Abrams?

Vox: How scientists solved this dinosaur puzzle.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Dotard Трамп And His Band of Insecure Imbeciles:

• Stephen: Трамп promises a healthcare plan, someday
• Ari Melber: Bill Barr hugging Mueller while undercutting him
• Late Show: Raiders of the Lost Tax Returns
• Trevor: Трампy news
• Chris Hayes: Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) asks, “What are Barr and The Dotard Трамп trying to hide?”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s lawyer threat on tax returns “Didn’t really say anything”
• Stephen: Mueller’s team punches back at Barr’s summary
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s many security clearance missteps
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard babbles about oranges and windmills
• Late Show: When Kellyanne Conway gets a healthcare question
• Rachel Maddow: New reporting suggests strain between William Barr and Mueller team
• Stephen: Трамп tilts windmills!:

• Trevor: Трамп wages war on windmills
• Stephen: Remember Herman Cain? Stephen does.
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп inauguration subject of at least seven open investigations
• Late Show: Трамп’s latest opponent is wind
• Seth Meyers: Police use a fake wall to catch a Трампy vandal
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s worst presidential appointment
• Stephen: John Lithgow Shares His Trump-Based Poems
• WaPo: Late-night hosts react to Trump’s windmill comments
• New York Times: How FAUX News and The Dotard Трамп lost control to their base
• Seth Meyers: Mueller team responds to Barr letter “exonerating” Трамп
• Stephen: What happens if Трамп closes the Mexican border?
• Ari Melber: Obama DHS Secretary blasts Трамп on border
• Late Show: The dossier is Webby-nominated.
• Trevor: The Dotard exacerbates America’s immigration crisis
• WaPo: Трамп’s longstanding opposition to windmills
• SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro
• Bill Maher: A mostly Трампy monologue
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп sucks at golf
• Lauren Mayer: Whatever became of Lindsey?
• Rachel Maddow: William Barr’s rosy report spin frustrates Mueller investigators
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes defends his coverage of the Mueller Report
• Stephen: Aggressive and mean, two words most associated with Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Representative Adam Schiff—New report on Mueller findings “concerning.”
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп scrambles to keep his tax returns hidden from review
• Late Show: An America without avocados
• Chris Hayes: Mike Pence just wants to live like it’s fifty years ago.
• WaPo: What could happen if The Dotard closes the U.S.-Mexico border
• Trevor: A White House whistleblower outs Трамп’s careless clearances
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп’s random lie about his father

John Oliver: WWE.

WaPo: The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.

Minute Earth: Why can’t we get power from waves?

Samantha Bee: Roe V. Wade V. everyone

Mother Jones: How right-wing memes go viral.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris isn’t satisfied by William Barr’s Russia investigation summary
• Seth Meyers: Senator Kamala Harris wants to give every teacher in America a raise
• Jimmy Dore chats with Bernie Sanders
• Stephen: Joe Biden’s whispers make terrible ASMR
• Trevor: Joe Biden faces backlash for his “hands-on” approach to politics
• Mark Fiore: Repeal and Give Us a Minute.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Verge Science: The underground life forms that have taken over Centralia (PA, not WA).

The Atlantic: How virtual reality helps catch Nazis.

Ali Velshi: Legal trouble permeates North Carolina Republican party

Mother Jones: Rep. Pressley (D-MA-07) shares emotional story of survival.

Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes had the best day on social media when Tucker Boy Carlson attacked him.

Daily Show: How the pink tax is ripping off women

WaPo: Lori Lightfoot’s mayoral victory is full of firsts

New York Times: Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s first Black woman Mayor.

Chris Hayes: House rebukes NRA to renew the violence against women act

Minute Physics: Why do compressed air cans get cold?

Vox: Why Tucker Boy Carlson pretends to hate elites.

Samantha Bee: Anti-anti-vaxxers.

WaPo: Stopping HIV in America is possible. What will it take?

Roll Call: More Congressional hits and misses.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The selfie stick.

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

We should have comprehensive sex ed

In all of Washington, but instead

The Senate committee

Is acting so shitty,

The bill this year is now sadly dead.

Is anyone excited about the Seattle City Council elections? I am not excited about the current crop of candidates. I will be voting for one, and using my Democracy Vouchers on 1 to 4 of them. So, who should I be excited about?

Please join us on Tuesday as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of political conversation over a drink.

We meet 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 about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

This is really the opposite of what I want from bicycle infrastructure. Both as a bicyclist and a city driver. Seattle is very hilly, so we can use the help.

Stephen gives Mike Lee the Mike Lee treatment.

Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Contemplates What’s Next.

Bill Maher: I don’t know it for a fact…I just know it’s true.

Buzz Feed: Eight women who saved us

WaPo: Six geniuses who didn’t get the credit they deserved—at first.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Non-Collusioners:

• Rachel Maddow: The Dotard seeks to take health care from tens of millions via courts
• Stephen: Трамп suddenly remembers healthcare is a thing
• Lawrence O’Donnell: A moral responsibility for Presidential candidates
• WaPo: Did Mueller “exonerate” The Dotard? It depends who you ask.
• Trevor: Team Трамп wants to rein in spending on the Special Olympics and hurricane relief
• Full Frontal: Immigrants in the military
• Chris Hayes: Swamp creatures crash The Dotard Трамп’s nominee’s confirmation hearing
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mike Pence goes where no VP has gone before
• Rachel Maddow: Low Трамп credibility necessitates Mueller report’s release
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “You almost felt sorry” for Defense Sec. on border wall
• Randy Rainbow: The Mueller Blues:

• The Late Show: William Barr summarizes classic texts
• Rachel Maddow: Democrats mobilize as Dotard Трамп tries to take insurance from millions
• Trevor: Mueller report series finale—No collusion, maybe obstruction
• Lawrence O’Donnell: A Republican challenge to The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: Healthcare, Puerto Rico aid, Special Olympics! Everything must go!
• Rachel Maddow: Documents show The Dotard’s practice of misrepresenting his wealth
• Ari Melber: Holder To Трамп, “Exactly when did you think America was great?”
• Samantha Bee: Mick Mulvaney, bad scammer
• WaPo: Inside the Трамп financial statements that Cohen unveiled
• Rachel Maddow: Betsy DeVos Proposal To Cut Special Olympics Funding Sparks Outrage
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп basking in glow of Mueller report
• Lauren Mayer: Show us the Mueller report
• Mark Fiore: The Barr report
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s new attack on Obamacare may boost Democrats
• Chris Hayes: The White House cover up of The Dotard’s North Korea sanctions tweet
• Stephen: The Трамп campaign’s memo to TV producers
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Nancy Pelosi to Barr, “We do not want your interpretation” of the Mueller report
• Rachel Maddow: Courtroom surprise—Robert Mueller grand jury “continuing robustly”
• Roll Call: The back and forth on why Mueller’s report hasn’t been released yet
• WaPo Opinion: Yes, the media made mistakes in the Mueller probe. Covering Trump wasn’t one of them.
• Late Show: The Dotard Трамп could “go full animal”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rep. Adam Schiff’s controlled anger at GOP’s indifference on Russia
• Samantha Bee: Collusion collusion:

• Katy Tur: QAnon conspiracy theorists increase their presence at Dotard Трамп rallies
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп feels “exuberant” after Mueller report
• Rachel Maddow: Why did so many Dotard Трамп associates lie about contact with Russians?
• Ari Melber: Mike Pence “rebuts” Eric Holder’s MAGA critique
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why does The Dotard Трамп love Kim Jong Un?
• Bill Maher: The Dotard’s “Got away with treason” tour
• Jimmy Dore: Sean Spicer’s new job is hilariously embarrassing
• Trevor: Democrats demand Mueller’s full report and Republicans seek revenge
• Rachel Maddow: Schiff Shames grandstanding GOP with litany of Трамп corruption

Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why the Green New Deal is about more than climate.

Vox: Why baby cages were a thing.

Verge Science: Everything wrong with the young blood injection craze.

Chris Hayes: People seem to really like the Green New Deal despite what Republicans say.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Capitalism PLUS:

New York Times: Spinning water droplets that seemingly defy physics.

Twenty Twenty Questions:

• Trevor: Who is Pete Buttigieg and why is he killing it in the polls?
• Roll Call: Beto O’Rourke is running for president, here are some congressional basics
• Bill Maher: Mayor Pete Buttigieg
• Stephen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn’t asking wealthy donors for help

Mother Jones: AOC tears into Republicans skeptical about Green New Deal.

Roll Call: Myths of the Green New Deal debunked.

Chris Hayes: The case for the Green New Deal.

Trevor: Dr. Leana Wen—Planned Parenthood & fighting the politicization of health care

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

KOMO is garbage. They should be ashamed of themselves. Just completely irresponsible. Honestly, if it wasn’t obviously orders from the top, I would expect someone to be fired. And imagine having no comment? An apology and a correction at a minimum are in order. And fast. They maligned Mr. Champagne. They misinformed their viewers. And they did it on the public airwaves. Shame shame shame.