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It’s Tuesday! And that means Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. So please join us tonight for an evening of political discussions over the beverage of your choice at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the back of the pub, starting at about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Oh good. Allergy season has hit the Pacific Northwest. I shall spend the next few weeks slowly turning into phlegm. Still beautiful, still I will take it over the snow.

John Oliver: Automation.

Roll Call: Temporary protected status (TPS), explained.

The Atlantic: A police shooting, a viral video, and an obsessive quest for truth.

Samantha Bee: Richard Sackler handsome big penis is not a murderer.

Vox: The first aviation disaster caught on film.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The tan suit

Mental Floss: 17 signs that you’d qualify as a witch in the 1600s.

Roy Wood, Jr.: The cinematic history of the “magical negro”.

Robert Reich: What’s the Real American Story?

GQ: Can an average guy stop a hockey pro’s 98MPH slap shot?

Conan is NOT running for President.

Vice News: How ignorant whack-job Washington State Senator Lynda Wilson (R-17 LD) is rationalizing the measles outbreak.

The Atlantic: Peace by chocolate.

Today I found out: How exactly did one become an executioner in medieval times?.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Racists, Liars, and Cheats…and Their Many Scandals:

• Stephen: Mueller is “An American hero,” says Трамп’s ex-lawyer
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп FBI building scandal returns minus GOP cover from oversight
• Jimmy Kimmel: EXCLUSIVE—Трамп’s high school transcripts revealed!
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп is learning on the job
• Now This World: Трамп’s historic “national emergency” explained
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The company you keep
• Stephen: Paul Manafort gets 47 months in prison
• WaPo: Manafort’s sentence fires up debate on sentencing inequities
• Conan: Old people want to live longer to read the Mueller report
• Ari Melber: G.W. Bush’s aide slams Трамп GOP as cowardly moral sell out
• Late Show: Kim Jong-Un envisions a third summit
• Stephen: The Dotard thinks he invented the Fourth of July
• Jimmy KimmelKim Jong Un riding high after meeting with Трамп
• Bill Maher: An otherwise blameless life
• Chris Hayes: Ivanka Трамп has some “clearance” issues
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry wants to be called “Dick”.
• Ari Melber: House Judiciary Chair warns DOJ, “Don’t cover-up Трамп crimes”
• Samantha Bee: The FAUX News White House
• Stephen: Трамп’s historically long, epically weird speech
• Late Show: Naughty flags are waiting for your call
• Mark Fiore: Nothin’ to see here!
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s trade deficit
• Stephen: Трамп projected his academic shortcomings onto Obama
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп will NOT run against Hillary Clinton in 2020.
• Ari Melber: Why Трамп aide Stone may go to jail after doing it for the gram
• James Corden: The Dotard President had a big meeting with Tim Apple
• Stephen: Why “Michael Cohen is a liar” is a lazy argument
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп linked to possible inauguration scandal
• Randy Rainbow He’s in love (and we’re all gonna die):

• Rachel Maddow: Investigators checking if Трамп lying includes financial docs
• Ari Melber: Michael Cohen sues Трамп organization for unpaid bills
• Vice News: Трамп’s new ignorant whack-job science adviser says it’s not his job to correct The Dotard on his fringe climate change “ideas”
• Bill Maher: Трамп live and unscripted at CPAC
• Stephen: Трамп has been living a double life
• Jimmy Kimmel: This is the dumbest thing Трамп does
• Chris Hayes: Congresswoman Nanette Barragán and Chris Hayes on child separation hearing
• Mother Jones: Kirstjen Nielsen grilled on border
• Stephen: Трамп is having some trouble with names
• Lawrence O’Donnell: All the “President’s” investigations
• James Corden: Paul Manafort is headed to the slammer
• Late Show: Трамп grants top secret security clearances
• Joy Reid: White House leaks to Congress escalate trouble for The Dotard.
• Trevor: The Russian scandal—The crème de la Kremlin III
• Ari Melber: Watch Трамп’s border Czar confronted over Трамп “cages”
• Stephen: The Dotard might regret becoming President
• Bill Maher: Modern-day King Cyrus
• Rachel Maddow: Former U.S. Attorney—Judge’s light Manafort sentence undercuts justice system

Vox: A better way to tax the rich.

Jim Jefferies: Daylight saving time is absolutely the worst.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

CH: Choosing things the way you choose politicians:

Wendover: How freight trains connect the world

The Atlantic: Countdown to “day zero”—The water crisis in Cape Town.

Full Frontal: A brief history of Brexit for Americans.

Jimmy Kimmel: Mitt Romney loves to get it on.

Vice News: Note to phone scammers—Don’t call the former head of the FBI.

Roll Call: Wait, there’s a Cannabis Caucus? Pot proponents on the Hill say it’s high time for policy debate

Verge Science: We tested NYC water for lead and the results were confounding

Vox: Why Republicans failed to fit taxes onto a postcard.

Daily Show: This is U.S.

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

Y’all! You can see the Puget Sound from Bell Street! The Viaduct is viadown there. I can’t wait for more sightlines as more and more removal happens. So cool.

KUOW had a very interesting story this morning about a sex education bill in the state Legislature. I wanted to do an open thread about it (pro, contact your legislators if it’s your thing). But I don’t see it on their website. This has happened a few times. I don’t know how quickly they turn around stories, but it’s kind of frustrating.

Please join us tonight for some political punditry and populist pontification over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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 262 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Eric Holder is not running for President. I probably wouldn’t have voted for him, but I think that he would have been a good addition. So what makes it good to get in a crowded field? Some combination of better than the median candidate and specific issues that they will bring up.

John Oliver: Psychics.

Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—The history of trying to turn Black people against the United States.

New Scientist: The truth about male and female brains.

Late Show: Alter egos returns!

Minute Physics: How ISPs violate the laws of mathematics

David Pakman: Republican who stole election not running, endorses Confederate instead.

The Atlantic: Bridges, not walls—The priest at the border.

Seth Meyers: Prescription drugs.

Daily Show: The worst Black History Month ever

Jim Jefferies’ weatherman.

Vox: Why a US city is searching for mass graves.

The Dotard Трамп and Allied Miserable Failures:

• Stephen: A denier is spearheading The Dotard’s climate panel
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп & Kim Jong Un are just like Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• Ari Melber: Michael Cohen bombshell “catches” Трамп in Mueller probe crime
• Trevor: Трамп & Kim fail to strike a nuclear deal
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Racism in the Michael Cohen hearing?
• Mother Jones: AOC expertly lays a trap to get Трамп’s tax returns
• Rachel Maddow: Lanny Davis says Michael Cohen gave “game changing” information to House intel
• Young Turks: Ivanka’s husband deemed a security threat
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп gives Guillermo directions
• David Pakman: Трамп’s list of crimes (so far)
• WaPo: Трамп keeps undermining his own administration
• Mark Fiore: Трамп’s tour of duty.
• Vice News: Michael Cohen’s Congressional hearing was a partisan nightmare.
• Tiny Fingers Resistance: God Bless The Dotard Трамп:

• Chris Hayes: What will The Dotard do when backed into a corner?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s lawyer Michael Cohen begins testimony
• Ari Melber: Former SDNY Chief—these prosecutors may indict a President
• Mother Jones: Rep. Lynch rips Republicans a new asshole.
• Seth Meyers: Michael Cohen testifies to Congress about Трамп
• Young Turks: Трамп Jr. gets sexist at CPAC
• Jimmy Fallon recaps Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress about Трамп
• WaPo: A former campaign staffer accuses The Dotard of an unwanted kiss
• Trevor: Трамп’s trip, Cohen’s testimony & Ivanka’s interview
• Mother Jones: Cohen warns Republicans, “I did the same thing you’re doing now”
• Seth Meyers: Трамп wants to “cause chaos” in the Democratic primary
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп knows how to handle North Korea
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen testifies SDNY conducting additional Трамп investigations
• Roll Call: Michael Cohen and the Трамп lying machine
• Ari Melber: Former Трамп exec—CFO knows about over 5 more hush money payments
• Jimmy Kimmel on Michael Cohen’s bombshell testimony
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Testimony was “peek inside the criminal enterprise”
• Conan: Michael Cohen is a bad lawyer & a terrible doctor
• Mother Jones: Watch Michael Cohen’s explosive remarks to the House Oversight Committee
• Lauren Mayer: Mad, mad Michael Cohen:

• Jimmy Fallon: The Dotard Трамп and Kim Jong-un arrive for Vietnam summit
• Kimmel Kartoon: Michael Cohen is Droopy the Dog
• WaPo Opinion: The President is a con and Republicans must heed Michael Cohen’s warning.
• Vice News: Mueller’s investigation has created an underworld of online sleuths
• Ari Melber: Cohen opened a “Pandora’s box” of Трамп “crimes.”
• The Late Show: Трамп’s new Golf Simulator 3000
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen contradicts Трамп’s excuse for not releasing his tax returns
• Jimmy Kimmel chats with Трамп’s party planner
• Lawrence: Michael Cohen’s evidence was a last minute add, he’s got more to tell
• Seth Meyers: Трамп returns from Vietnam amid Cohen fallout
• Ari Melber: Watch when Michael Cohen’s Трамп allegation ensnared Трамп Jr.
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen documents raise questions about Dotard Трамп financial fraud
• Trevor: Michael Cohen to Congress, “Трамп is a racist, a con man and a cheat.”
• WaPo Fact Checking the Michael Cohen hearing.

Robert Reich: A bold new idea to boost wages.

Vice News: CPAC—The gathering of MAGAtards.

The Atlantic: What’s the deal with free college?

Trevor: Kamala Harris on how to fix policing and criminal justice in America.

CBS This Morning: Jay Inslee is in

Vice News: How Chicago’s Mayoral race could upend the city’s politics.

Minute Earth: The problem with concrete.

Chris Hayes: CPAC—God’s president and an AOC obsession.

Now This World: Has ISIS really been defeated?

Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney giddy over taking health care from poor people:

Verge Science: Moon exploration is coming back in a big way.

Conan: NBC’s helpful stats about members of Congress

Vox: How plastic from clothing gets into seafood.

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

Congrats to Jay Inslee on the Presidential run. I like him quite a bit; He’s probably the best governor since I moved here. I thought he was great as my Member of Congress. And I am glad to see someone running explicitly on environmental issues. Still, I will probably not vote for him. Democrats have such a great field, of candidates it will be tough to choose.

On an ideal world, the blue slip rule in the Senate might not exist (in my ideal world, the Senate wouldn’t exist). So perhaps it would be better if there were fewer choke points in nominating judges. Still, there is a value in the unwritten rules. And to get rid of them like this is not good. If you want to end these things, be explicit and change the rules.

Please join us Tuesday evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally colludes for an evening of politics, drinks, and sentencing hearings.

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, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Still on vacation. Talk among yourselves.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Trevor: Conservatives slam Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s green new deal.

Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie “names names!” in new book.

Full Frontal: Black History Month—Rosa Parks.

Roy Zimmerman: Rise Up with the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington.

Vox: Why safe playgrounds aren’t great for kids.

Kurzgesagt: Loneliness.

The New Yorker: How gender politics play out on the red carpet.

The Dotard Трамп and Other National Emergencies:

• Stephen: The national emergency we “didn’t need”
• Jimmy Fallon: Talk like Трамп
• WaPo: The Dotard will take credit for almost everything!
• Ari Melber: Judge rebukes Roger Stone and sides with Mueller
• Stephen: Putin’s new missile threat against America
• Rachel Maddow: Grand Jury investigating former Dotard Трамп Interior Secretary Zinke
• Roy Zimmerman: Secret agent Manafort:

• The Late Show: William Barr’s plan for the Mueller report
• Bill Maher: Congressman Adam Schiff investigates
• Stephen: Трамп asked a favor of Matthew Whitaker
• Seth Meyers: Трамп prepares for Mueller’s final report
• WaPo: How QAnon, the bizarre pro-Трамп conspiracy theory, took hold in right-wing circles online
• Stephen: Roger Stone threatened the law and the law won
• Lauren Mayer: The National Emergency Song:

• Ari Melber: Former FBI Chief Andrew McCabe previews Mueller report.
• Stephen: The Mueller probe enters the home stretch
• WaPo: New wall or not? Трамп’s misleading claims on border wall progress.
• Trevor: Трамп admits there’s no emergency while declaring a national emergency
• Stephen with Andrew McCabe: There was no “coup” to remove Трамп
• The Late Show: Трамп’s National Emergency Broadcasting System
• Ari Melber: Busy Friday, and then Robert Mueller report news breaks
• Stephen: The Трамп quote that stood out to McCabe
• Mark Fiore: It’s a wall emergency
• SNL Weekend Update: Nancy and Chuck on the wall funding:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Andrew McCabe’s credibility
• Stephen with Jake Tapper: Republicans don’t want to vote on a wall
• Bill Maher: If you see salsa, say something
• WaPo Opinion: Money laundering may help explain Donald Трамп’s curious relationship with Russia
• Stephen: Трамп could give a lot to Kim for a small victory
• Rachel Maddow: DOJ policy on indicting a President has weak basis in 1973 memo
• Seth Meyers: Трамп undercuts his national emergency declaration
• Stephen: Andrew McCabe had Robert Mueller as a boss

Wendover: How Hong Kong changed countries.

Trevor: The opioid crisis—Трамп blames Mexico & big pharma blames addicts

John Oliver: Brexit III.

The Atlantic: Band-aids over bullet wounds.

Real Engineering: Designer babies—The problem with China’s CRISPR experiment.

Bill Maher: Geospatial inequality

Stephen: Obama takes in a basketball game.

WaPo: The modern anti-vaxxer movement explained.

Jim Jefferies: The fight for the right to be naked in Hawaii.

Daily Show: Jaboukie Young-White makes the case for climate change “preparations”

Campaign Venti-Venti

• Stephen: The most “Bernie” way to kick off a campaign
• James Fallon: Bernie Sanders announces his 2020 presidential run
• Trevor: Bernie’s back, Kamala gets questioned, Gillibrand eats chicken & Booker doesn’t
• Robert Reich: Who will be the next President?
• James Corden: Elizabeth Warren reacts to fellow Democratic presidential candidates
• Seth Meyers: John Oliver thinks it’s too early to talk about the 2020 elections
• Trevor: Kamala Harris on her 2020 presidential campaign and Трамп’s vanity wall
• The Late Show: Invasion of the presidential candidates

Mental Floss: 100 year-old words.

Roy Wood, Jr. Black contributions to music.

The Atlantic: America’s dopamine-fueled shopping addiction.

Vox: American segregation, mapped at day and night.

Jimmy Dore: Congressman Peter King elated over Ilhan Omar controversy.

Late Show: It’s not easy being the green new deal.

Vox: What the #$@!% are these?

Seth Meyers: The real national emergency is climate change

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

I am on vacation! While you suckers are toiling away at your bullshit job, I will be, um, on a train. Seriously Amtrak is great, but I am a bit nervous about going crazy being on a train for 22 hours. The most I have taken before is 13 hours. My itinerary is pretty full, but if there’s something I have to do in the Bay Area, let me know.

I don’t understand what makes me mad on public transportation. I was in the bus tunnel* and there was a metal grate loose. Some teenager was standing on and off it and making noise. It should have annoyed me but I didn’t notice it until someone started yelling at him. And I was much more upset with yelling guy than clanging guy. I would have thought that I would be equally, or nearly equally, upset with both. I had to stifle a laugh when clanging guy started clanging again with yelling guy walking away.

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