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I support impeachment. The President has committed many high crimes. From welcoming election interference to obstruction of justice to emoluments violations to putting children in cages, you barely scratch the surface of his many and varied crimes. All that said, I find much of the commentary in favor of impeachment to make some logical leaps. It’s like:

Impeachment

???

Removal

Or

Impeachment hearings

???

Real oversight

But the Senate isn’t going to remove him. It needs 2/3 of the Senate, so almost 20 Republicans if all Democrats support removal. I don’t think they would even have a trial (McConnell’s super power is not doing things), but smarter people than me say he would have to. And the Trump administration would certainly obstruct an impeachment investigation as much as any other oversight.

This isn’t a reason not to impeach him: If anything it’s more of a reason. The House of Representatives should be on the record that what he did was impeachable. I just hope we know what comes next.

This Mueller testimony is really something:

Democrat: [Reads from the report] Is this accurate?

Mueller: Yes

Democrat: Is that bad?

Mueller: I refer you to the report.

Republican: How come a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton wasn’t central to your report?

Mueller: ????

Republican: I don’t see anything in this report about what a bitch she is.

Mueller: That’s outside the scope of my testimony.

Please join us tonight for an evening of drinks, conversation, and political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning 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!

Hello. Let’s stop calling racist people, racist chants, racist tweets, and other things “racially charged” or “racial”? Can we stop pretending groping or unwanted kissing, especially but not exclusively in the workplace, is just “incidents”? Euphemisms help us get through conversations that we don’t really want to have. But for journalists and for HR people, these conversations need to be clear.

The Daily Show: The fight to turn Lake Erie into a person.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Rapey McRacist and His Pack of Pedophiles, Criminals, and Nazis:

• Stephen: Donny Deutsch—America has a despot in the White House
• Mark Fiore: R is for racist
• Chris Hayes: Трампism must be peacefully but completely destroyed
• Jonathan Mann: White Peeple
• Seth Meyers: Republicans pretend they haven’t seen Трамп’s racist tweets
• Rachel Maddow: USDA pushes out scientists with relocation ultimatum
• WaPo Opinion: Trump is a bigot. Attacking Ilhan Omar proves he is the real threat to religious freedom.
• Joy Reid: Трамп defends racist attacks as world leaders condemn
• Trevor: Trump’s racist-fucks chant “send her back” about Ilhan Omar
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry’s “environmental” speech goes off the rails:

• Chris Hayes: The violence in the Dotard Трамп’s wake
• Stephen: Трамп distances himself from the racist chant he inspired
• Full Frontal: Republicans, do you have a moment to talk about the President’s racism?
• Ari Melber: Democrats plan to press Mueller on evidence of Трамп’s alleged crimes
• Stephen: By attacking Democrats, Трамп unites them
• Jimmy Kimmel has a message for the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп campaign hush money scam appears to have worked
• Samantha Bee: Jeffrey Epstein’s got friends in high places
• Trevor: Chaos ensues during house vote on condemning Трамп’s racist comment
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lies about racist rally chant
• Stephen: Don’t watch this Трамп-Epstein video alone
• Chris Hayes: The Трамп swamp—Dept. of Labor Edition
• Mother Jones: “The Squad” condemns Трамп’s racist remarks
• Ari Melber: Трамп backtracks on race-baiting MAGA chant
• WaPo Opinion: Трамп’s racist tweets will not age well
• Jim Jefferies: Evan McMullin’s Anti-Трампism is about more than Трамп
• Stephen: A House divided cannot stand Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: The GOP reacts (and doesn’t) to Trump’s racist tweets:

• Seth Meyers: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries wants his Republican colleagues to put country before party
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп swears he’s NOT racist
• Stephen: Racism Is Donald Trump’s Brand
• Trevor: The Dotard defends his racist tweets.
• Samantha Bee: A rundown of Трамп’s racist racisms
• The Late Show: A puzzle that’s too hard for Republicans
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s racist attacks on Democratic Congresswomen
• Jimmy Kimmel: Another embarrassing Трамп video unearthed
• Stephen: The Squad says they’re more than four people
• Trevor: Трамп buddy Jeffrey Epstein arrested for trafficking minors
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Robert Mueller, impeachment and Mitch McConnell

Rachel Maddow: Report exposes data, unconscionable business of opioid epidemic.

Robert Reich: How corporate welfare hurts you.

The New York Times: Hear the words of detained migrant children

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic Presidential debate
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kamala Harris thinks The Dotard Трамп is a coward
• Stephen: Which celebrities are donating to which candidates?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: 2020 contender Julian Castro responds to “send her back”
• Conan: Bernie Sanders cosplays as Junebug from “My Little Pony”
• Trevor interviews Mayor Pete Buttigieg on his approach to reparations and fixing the economy

Terry Gross (Fresh Air) interviews Randy Rainbow:

Wendover: The economics of private jets.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses, dark spirits edition.

50 Years After Landing on the Moon:

• The Atlantic: Apollo 11—NASA and civilians remember the moon landing.
• CBS Sunday Morning: To the Moon! Apollo 11’s great adventure
• WaPo: Here’s how Apollo 11 forever changed how we watch TV
• NASA: Space to ground—History’s greatest adventure
• PBS: What Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins feared most during critical NASA mission
• Mental Floss: 22 solar system facts
• Wired: Former NASA astronaut explains how food is different in space.
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Former Astronaut Peggy Whitson on Apollo 11 anniversary
• Brian Williams: NASA Astronaut Massimino—Apollo 11 is humanity’s greatest achievement
• 60 Minutes: The moon landing at 50—Neil Armstrong in his own words
• CBS: Apollo—50 years later.

Minute Earth: The cruel irony of air conditioning.

Samantha Bee: The Late Shrill featuring Tammy Duckworth

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

Your ballot should be arriving soon, Washingtonians. Local elections matter a great deal. This year city and county races are on the ballot. They will decide many quality of life issues.

Please join us this evening for some politics, conversation and drinks at this week’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

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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!

Last night I saw Seattle Shakespeare’s outdoor showing of Twelfth Night. It was pretty fantastic. I had been to one of their performances a few years ago, and my recollection was that it was pretty small. This time around was quite a bit larger. My one complaint is that there was quite a bit of noise: if next time they could change the flight pattern of airplanes, that would be better.

The Atlantic: The horrific untold story of trans ICE detention.

Vox: The problem with America’s college entrance exam.

Now This News: Migrant kids’ drawings reveal the detainment camps.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Child Rapists, Racists, and Liars:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: William Barr reportedly won’t recuse himself from Epstein case
• Ari Melber: GOP defector blasts Republican party for shielding The Dotard
• Now This News: What the Mueller report reveals about Трамп’s mental state
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s skin is officially too thin
• Our Cartoon President: Space Force
• Reflect: Kellyanne Conway’s pathetic answer to Трамп’s role in Jeffrey Epstein’s child prostitution ring
• Rachel Maddow: Migrant children describe sex assault, retaliation by border agents
• Bad Lip Reading: Трамп in Asia:

• Ari Melber: Team Трамп rocked by new report inside “Access Hollywood” crisis
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Migrant kids report, misconduct by agents at Arizona border station
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard,”The kidney has a very special place in the heart”
• Now This News: Трамп’s new NAFTA is a bad deal, says Reps. Jayapal and Pocan
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s own War On Christmas exposed—He’s literally scrooge
• Rachel Maddow: Acosta makes himself look worse with defense of Epstein deal
• Mark Fiore: Migrant Detention, Inc.
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп would never boycott anything… right???
• Ari Melber: Alexander Acosta tried to “weasel out of responsibility”
• Now This News: Everything we know about Трамп pal Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking charges
• New York Times: Who is Jeffrey Epstein?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Secretary Acosta refuses to apologize for Epstein plea deal
• Ari Melber: Трамп braces for Mueller as Dems prep obstruction subpoenas
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп vs. Twitter:

• Now This News: Soccer champ Megan Rapinoe slams Трамп in interview
• WaPo: Трамп fanboy Sebastian Gorka argues with Playboy Magazine’s Brian Karem in the Rose Garden.
• Lauren Mayer: What they did for Трамп
• Chris Hayes: The consequence of elite impunity
• Rep. Jayapal slams Трамп’s immigrant child detention center conditions
• Ari Melber: “It’s child abuse!’ Dems blast Трамп’s “kids in cages” policy

Jim Jefferies: Even condoms are connected to Wi-Fi now.

Wapo: Inside the holding facility for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, TX.

Wired: Scientist explains how sunscreen affects your body.

Physics Girl: How we’ll find the aliens in our solar system!.

The Battle for Twenty-Twenty:

• Rachel Maddow: Bernie Sanders pushes back on ageism—Look at the totality of the person
• Trevor: Kirsten Gillibrand’s plan to unite Americans & fight climate change
• Joy Reid: Democratic 2020 field shrinks by one and other news of the Democratic primary
• Now This News: How Kamala Harris plans to lift up the middle class and unite Americans
• WaPo: How 2020 Democrats tout “conversations” instead of details

The Atlantic: Why doctors are taking on the NRA.

Kurzgesagt: Could your phone hurt you? Electromagnetic pollution.

Chris Hayes: Behind the DNC staffer murder conspiracy theory.

WaPo: How the U.S. Women’s World Cup win became political.

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

Look who is running again. Carolyn Long lost her race in the last cycle. It’s still a long shot like last time. If you’re able, they could use some money or someone to knock on doors or do data entry. It’s a long way to go between now and election day, but she could use your help.

I already wrote this post once, but WordPress ate it (it’s definitely WordPress, and not me not saving it).

Anyway, we need to bring back the thorn. Ot þorn. We don’t need Latin speaking scribes or French speaking rulers to tell us what letters we get to use. Just þink about it. We still make a th sound in English, but it isn’t quite t-h. An actual letter is better.

Þat said, the boat has sailed on æ.

It’s Tuesday. So please join us tonight for drinks, conversation and, perhaps, dinner at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally. Everyone is welcomed!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning 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!

I don’t think that getting out of the Iran deal, without a plan going forward, is working out. I can’t wait for the news that they’re 6 months from building a bomb like we heard throughout the Bush and Obama years until the deal was adopted.

Jim Jefferies: Fixing the Constitution in five minutes

Today I Found Out: The truth about the Declaration of Independence.

The Atlantic: Is this video a deep fake?

Daily Show: Obama’s flag pin—The worst scandal in presidential history:

Vox: The problem with sex testing in sports.

Knowing Better: Taking on the red pill—Men’s rights activism.

NY Times opinion: Why America is just okay

Today I Found Out: The bizarre story of the Seattle mystery wending machine.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Federally Funded Grifters:

• Chris Hayes: Guess who’s a huge fake news offender on Facebook?
• Now This: AOC and colleagues detail abuse inside Трамп’s migrant detention facilities
• WaPo: How FAUX News infotainers used to talk about meeting with dictators
• The message is clear: close the camps
• Now This: Why does The Dotard keep talking about his brain?
• Robert Reich: Proof Трамп’s tax cut is a failure
• Hallie Jackson: What will The Dotard Трамп’s Fourth Of July events cost?
• Our Cartoon President: Save the right!
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп admin rolls out latest cruel tactic against immigrants
• WaPo: Everywhere we saw Ivanka during Трамп’s Korea trip
• Lauren Mayer: Nepotism Barbie Girl:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп wants to go around Supreme Court census ruling
• Robert Reich: Patriotism v. Nationalism
• Samantha Bee: Immigration coverage—A trip down memories we can’t forget lane
• Now This: New photos reveal overcrowding in Трамп’s migrant detention centers
• WaPo: The investigation into the FBI’s canceled headquarters plan, explained
• Yasmin Vossoughian: Drawings by migrant children depict themselves caged
• Mark Fiore: The Трамп of July
• Now This: How Трамп is endangering American farmers
• Rachel Maddow: The Dotard Трамп hints at defying court, edges toward constitutional crisis

Comedy Central: The truth about border crossers.

Roll Call: What do Presidents do on the 4th of July?

Real Engineering: The Soviet superplane that rattled America.

Vox: How India runs the world’s biggest election.

WaPo: The complicated history of the Betsy Ross flag.

Now This World: Planting new roots in the U.S.

Vice News: Explosion porn from the U.S. Government.

The Battle for Twenty-twenty:

• Songify The First Democratic Debate
• Rachel Maddow: Julián Castro calls on career officials to resist Трамп cruelty policy
• Mother Jones: Eric Holder’s bold plan to fix America’s elections:

• Trevor: 538’s Perry Bacon Jr. with highlights from 2020’s first Democratic primary debate

The Atlantic: Wolves—Can’t live with them, can’t live without them

Represent US: Corruption rundown—Gerrymandering, EPA ethics probe, and affairs with lobbyists.

Robert Reich: Should we abolish billionaires?

Samantha Bee: History has always been gay!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Wendover: How the Panama Canal works.

Chris Hayes: Climate crisis update.

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