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Goldy and Friends: What is the trick in trickle down?

Wired: Biobots—Snakebot, batbot, and more robots inspired by nature.

Wendover: Cities at sea—How aircraft carriers work.

Drunk History: A surprising Christmas story—Washington crossing the Delaware .

Robert Reich: Ten steps to save American democracy:

Ari Melber: Pelosi exposes the secret holding back women in Congress.

Farron Cousins: Job growth SOARS after minimum wage increases.

Aliens under the ice: Life on rogue planets.

Roy Wood, Jr: CP Time—2018 Episodes.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Clowns of Chaos:

• Young Turks: Трамп ruins Christmas
• Ari Melber: Democratic Senator says GOP Congress thinks Трамп is “nuts”.
• David Pakman: OOPS! Трамп’s AG lied about his academic background
• Sam Seder’s drunken Трамп conspiracy theory
• Jonathan Mann: Eight year old Guatemalan boy
• Chris Hayes and Trymaine Lee: The damage done by Jeff Sessions’ last act as AG
• Young Turks: Kirstjen Nielsen’s disgusting response to migrant child’s death
• Joy Reid: U.S. suffering effects of Трамп gutting environmental protections
• David Pakman: Трамп caught signing fake bills in oval office
• Lauren Mayer: January’s coming!:

• ABC: The year 2018—Drama in politics
• Ari Melber with Former Defense Secretary William Cohen: Трамп is “destructive” and “Unpresidential”.
• Young Turks: Трамп’s border wall meltdown just got INSANE
• Farron Cousins: The Dotard lied to troops’ faces about giving them a pay raise
• Sam Seder and Rebecca Traister: Women’s rage only building in the Трамп era
• David Pakman: Трамп exposes identities of Navy Seal Team on Twitter
• Young Turks: Is the Трамп dossier actually true?
• WaPo: The three problems Трамп is facing over the holidays
• Ari Melber: Трамп approval at record low as country blames him for shutdown

The Daily Show: The White People Whisperer—Dr. David Campt’s guide to avoiding holiday disasters.

Steve Kornacki: State Election Board dissolves before certifying NC-9 race.

The Atlantic: The adrenaline rush of herding reindeer.

Pitchfork Economics: How Republicans sold their trickle-down tax cuts as a great deal for the middle class.

BuzzFeed: A surgeon reviews gun violence in PG-13 movies.

Phosphorescent: This Land is Your Land:

Young Turks: “Deportation bus guy” goes to jail.

Vox: Why monks have that hair cut.

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

The Late Show: The Oregon Trail on mushrooms.

The Atlantic: Inside a historic win on election day 2018.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Robert Reich: How to hold corporations accountable.

Vox: Why Colombia is losing the cocaine war.

I.C.E.-y Walls:

• Samantha Bee: The New Ellis Island.
• Ari Melber: Hypocrisy in The Dotard’s shutdown
• Seth Meyers: Трамп threatens a government shutdown over his wall
• Full Frontal: Deck the Walls

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Трамп wall will be BEAUTIFUL
• Samantha Bee: Lumpkin or leave it.
• The Atlantic: A visitor’s guide to America’s great big border wall.
• Samantha Bee: The least terrible season of the year.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s wall and charity were scams
• Samantha Bee: I.C.E. on Ice with Adam Rippon and Jason Jones.
• Full Frontal: The best Christmas tree ever.

Adam ruins frequent flyer miles.

GQ: The tattoo artist who covers racist tattoos.

Chris Hayes: Paul Ryan and the GOP’s hypocrisy on the debt and deficit

Minute Physics: Hardy’s paradox and the quantum double double slit experiment.

Wired: How Boston Dynamics’ robots became internet favorites.

Vox: Why “Buy one, get one free” isn’t a great deal.

The Daily Show looks back at 2018.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Putin Toys:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wishes Michael Flynn good luck before sentencing
• Ari Melber: Mueller zeroes in on Flynn sanctions call with Russian
• Stephen: He’s the top result on Google for “idiot”
• WaPo: Трамп shuts down foundation amid allegations of illegal conduct
• Jimmy Kimmel: Trump leaving D.C. a mess for 16-day vacation
• Trevor: John Kelly’s White House departure & Трамп’s struggle to find a new Chief of Staff
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп announces Syria plan counter to U.S. goals; Allies are baffled
• Stephen: The TV is telling the President what to do
• WaPo: The most bizarre political moments of 2018
• Jimmy Kimmel: Special medication just for The Dotard Трамп
• Late Show: White House Christmas Message Featuring Melania Трамп:

• Late Show: The Трамп Foundation needs your help
• Chris Hayes: John Brennan reacts to Michael Flynn hearing
• Ari Melber: Michael Flynn played himself in court
• Trevor: The GOP doesn’t care if their “law and order” President breaks the law
• WaPo: Трамп’s most awkward moments of 2018
• Jimmy Kimmel children’s book: “How the Trump Saved Christmas”
• The Late Show: The Dotard Трамп gets a message from the mob
• Stephen with Rep. Adam Schiff: We expect a President to tell the truth
• Chris Hayes: What ever happened to The Dotard Трамп’s 10% middle class tax cut?
• Stephen: Secretary Mattis takes a parting shot at Трамп
• WaPo: Трамп’s many, many shutdown threats
• Trevor: Трамп’s new Chief of Staff and Stephen Miller’s new hairline
• Ari Melber: Mike Flynn admits lies, eviscerating some Dotard’s conspiracy theory
• Jimmy Kimmel: Not a very merry Christmas for The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: Does Mick Mulvaney like The Dotard Трамп? “No.”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Judge threatens to send Michael Flynn to prison
• The Late Show: This character from “Rudolph” hasn’t aged well
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mueller on a Cruller
• Stephen: Stephen Miller has a bad hair day
• Ari Melber: Dotard Трамп’s AG pick ignored DOJ call to recuse
• Daily Show: Трамп’s best words of 2018
• Chris Hayes: Country feels on the precipice of real crisis
• Rachel Maddow: Judge shocks court with harsh rebuke of Michael Flynn
• WaPo: Giuliani’s new defense of The Dotard—Even if it’s true, it’s not a crime
• Mark Fiore: Its beginning to look a lot like convictions
• Late Show: Star Trek—Space Command
• Jimmy Kimmel thanks The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: The Трампs and charity Don’t seem to mix
• Trevor: Russia slides into Americans’ DMs to suppress the Black vote
• Late Show: A Very Special Counsel Christmas:

• WaPo: Трамп routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him.
• Maz Jobrani: Stop yelling at me for making Трамп jokes
• Ari Melber: Трамп shows “consciousness of guilt” in Russia contact
• Rachel Maddow: President Трамп infidelity to allies drives Jim Mattis to resign in protest
• James Corden: Трамп’s new Chief of Staff thinks highly of him
• Daily Show: Трамп’s mythical crying man yule log
• Stephen: “Treason” is the last word Flynn wanted to hear.
• WaPo Opinion: No, collusion is not a crime. But conspiracy is.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Santa wants to Make Christmas Great Again
• Stephen: Good news—the Government still exists
• Trevor with Bob Woodward on “Fear” in America & President Трамп’s war on truth
• Ari Melber: General Clark says The Dotard Трамп’s military decisions have “no logic”
• Stephen: Mick Mulvaney will let Трамп be Трамп

Jimmy Kimmel: This year in unnecessary censorship.

The Atlantic: We should be “screaming mad” about Amazon’s “corporate welfare”.

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about the holidays.

Vox: The World War II battle against STDs.

Stephen: Tucker Carlson’s new target is gingerbread people.

Dulcé Sloan: How to handle your news rage.

The New Yorker: Inside the forges of New York City’s bladesmiths.

John Oliver: Brexit update.

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

What a creep. Senator Ranker should stop being such a creep. Don’t be a creep, you creepy creep. I hope that the investigation is thorough. I hope that we as citizens get the full picture. And that he’s punished appropriately. But for now, we know that he is a creep.

I took the Sounder train for the first time, even though I have lived in the region since before there was a Sound Transit. I suppose it’s different for people on a packed train, but Tacoma to Seattle was rather pleasant in the afternoon, even with a delay. I don’t really know how much of my car tabs went to it over the years, but I am glad that it was there.

These days, the air is filled with the smell of conspiracy and the stench of corruption. Add ‘er all up, the nose sure brings out the craziness! The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight to ponder the political mystery and intrigue of our crazy times…all over a drink, of course.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 260 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or you might consider starting your own chapter!

Sometimes when a predator gets metooed, certain segments of the Internet lament the loss of art from those assholes. Oh no, what will we do without another season of Louie, or with a Kevin Spacey free House Of Cards?????!? Obviously that is pretty gross.

But man, keeping those fuckers around is losing a lot of great art. If you make the argument you are also OK losing art from the harrassed people. I mean Cybill Shepherd. Cybill Goddmn Shepherd.

Even if you ignore that it’s gross, siding with predators isn’t a fair trade art for art.

Full Frontal: This American trash—Voter suppression in Georgia.

Stephen chats with Joaquin and Julián Castro.

Tiny Fingers Resistance: White “Power”:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Vox: Why advertisers are tracking your emojis

The Dotard Трамп and His Various Criminal Organizations:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Huckabee in a tree
• Stephen: From “FAUX & Friends” to U.N. ambassador?
• Lauren Mayer: The Emoluments Song
• James Cordon: It’s Трамп’s party and he’ll cancel if he wants to
• WaPo Opinion: Here’s what you need to know about Mueller’s grand juries
• Stephen: Трамп cancels Christmas…for the press
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Oval office meltdown shows why Трамп won’t testify to Mueller
• Chris Hayes: Christmas with The Dotard sounds…awkward
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп denies telling Michael Cohen to break the Law
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп inauguration finances under criminal investigation
• Seth Meyers: Трамп speaks out after Cohen sentencing
• Late Show: Mr. Peanut responds to Трамп’s “peanut stuff”
• Ali Velshi: Now The Dotard’s inaugural committee is also under criminal investigation by the feds.
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s White House Chief of Staff John Kelly steps down
• Stephen has a prison tip for Michael Cohen
• Trevor: Did Трамп just botch his border wall negotiation on live TV?
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп is super pissed
• WaPo: The biggest Pinocchios of 2018
• Pelosi vs Trump: Showdown in the Oval and it wasn’t pretty:

• Late Show: What was Mike Pence thinking?
• Stephen: The worst part about being First Lady? Comedians!
• Samantha Bee: Birth of a FAUX Nation
• WaPo: The revolving door between FAUX News and the Трамп administration
• Seth Meyers: Prosecutors say The Dotard Трамп committed a crime
• Stephen: Comey is “not that kind of admirer” of Mueller
• Jimmy Kimmel: What people don’t realize about The Dotard Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Mike Flynn asks for no jail time; cites FBI not warning him not to lie.
• James Corden: It’s obvious Трамп has been smocking something…
• SNL: Weekend Update, Трамп edition.
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi argue in the oval office
• The Atlantic: Трамп thrives on cruelty
• Stephen: A loophole for Трамп’s legal woes—Win in 2020
• The Beat: Cohen raid spurs criminal probe on Трамп inauguration spending
• Trevor: Michael Cohen’s sentence and Stormy’s suit
• WaPo: Dozens of retired judges call on ICE to stop courthouse arrests
• Jimmy Kimmel: The real White House wives of D.C.
• Stephen: What Трамп wants in a Chief of Staff
• Late Show: Happy trails, General Kelly!
• Seth Meyers: Cohen sentenced; Трамп’s shutdown threat
• Stephen: The embarrassing President feels embarrassed
• Rachel Maddow: Case against The Dotard’s progeny clearer after Cohen and AMI
• Jonathan Mann: “Actually I’ll Shut Down The Government, Nancy”:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s impeachable offenses became more impeachable
• WaPo Opinion: Republicans are choosing party over country
• Jimmy Kimmel: Michael Cohen sentenced to prison, Трамп still free!
• Seth Meyers: Trump’s coin flip and Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s White House Chief of Staff hunt
• Stephen: Nancy and Chuck chat with Трамп
• James Corden: Michael Cohen is going to prison!

Jim Jefferies: Examining Holland’s extremely racist Christmas character, “Black Pete”.

Knowing Better: Buying happiness

Nick Hanauer and Goldy: Why do we call it “pitchfork economics”

WaPo: Tracing the trail of anti-Soros content at Radio and Television Martí (I’m looking forward to my big-ass Soros paycheck for this one).

Samantha Bee: Democracy—A retrospective:

Wired: How to create a crossword puzzle.

Late Show: Pop Quiz with Joaquin and Julián Castro.

Tragedy On the Border:

• Lawrence: 7-year-old migrant girl dies in Border Patrol Custody
• Katy Tur: Young girl died in Border Patrol custody awaiting medical attention
• Chris Hayes: 7-year-old migrant girl dies in CBP custody

The Late Show: Frosty The Snowman doubts climate change.

Adam ruins cool technology.

Vox: What we get wrong about affirmative action

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush’s weird reaction to his dad’s death.

Roll Call: More Congressional hits and misses.

Full Frontal: Frost Bee the Snow Woman.

The Threeway—GOP, NRA and Russia:

• Rachel Maddow: Maria Butina admits being an agent of Russia and will help US prosecutors
• The Beat: Russian agent admits conspiracy to push Kremlin’s NRA agenda
• Ali VelshiRussian Who Tried To Influence NRA, GOP Pleads Guilty

Robert Reich: The truth about privatization

Daily Show: Switzerland—So many guns, no mass shootings.

Vox: How the Saudis ended up with so many American weapons.

WaPo: “Truth isn’t truth”—Rudy Giuliani tops 2018’s quotes of the year list

Mark Fiore: Undo-ocracy.

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

I was listening to a podcast set in medieval France, and it quoted one of the sources saying that donkeys would fly before a siege was lifted. I don’t remember having heard of any land animals other than pigs flying. I took French in high school, and I don’t remember that coming up. Is there a zoo of flying animals in other languages?

Is Lisa Brown running for Congress again? I only see her on Twitter. So maybe I am missing something. Still, her Tweets are very much against McMorris Rodgers. I don’t know the district well enough to know if there’s someone else who might run next time, but I like Lisa.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of political conversation over drinks and dinner.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 260 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or you might consider starting your own chapter!

Right now Twitter is all atwitter about a typo in a tweet of President Trump’s. I think it’s definitely one I could make, so I have refrained from joining the pile up.

I mean it has only been a few days since the whole Individual-1 thing. So much crime. So, so much.

Trevor chats with his Grandma about apartheid and tours her home.

Stephen remembers George H.W. Bush.

Vox: The problems with rebuilding beaches.

Chris Hayes: Every vote counts.

Trevor with Al Gore: The Climate Reality Project and “24 Hours of Reality”

Late Show: Planet Earth’s climate change episode.

The Dotard Трамп and His band of Co-Collusioners and Embezzlers:

• Rachel Maddow: Another FBI official overseeing the Трамп–Russia investigation exits
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s negotiations with China
• Late Show: Robert Mueller’s Holiday Greeting Cards
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Prosecutors say Cohen committed crimes at the direction of “Individual-1” (Aka Трамп)
• Chris Hayes: Rudy Giuliani, cybersecurity expert
• Samantha Bee: White collar crime
• Stephen: Michael Cohen doesn’t want to go to jail
• Ari Melber: Sean Hannity thinks snitching is good, except for Трамп witnesses
• Randy Rainbow: Трамп’s favorite things:

• Mark Fiore: Tarriff Man!
• Samantha Bee: Mueller? Mueller?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Fmr. Prosecutor—Mueller could ensnare Трамп and family in conspiracy case
• Ari Melber: Cohen gave Mueller crucial “Russia-related” info
• Stephen: A “smoking saw” in the Khashoggi murder
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп worried about mean comments at Bush funeral
• The Atlantic: Трамп’s emergency powers are “ripe for abuse”
• Stephen: The Трампs, Obamas & Clintons all in one row
• Maddow: Flynn oddly immune from Трамп’s wrath, even after Mueller memo
• Late Show: The Adventures of Tariff Man
• Stephen: Are we proud of him for not ruining a funeral?
• Seth Meyers: Russia probe clouds Трамп’s G20 summit
• Jimmy Kimmel: Trump, Mueller & Daniels OH MY!
• Stephen: Flynn’s sentencing memo was wo [redacted]
• Maddow: Movement in Butina case eyed for potential Трамп-Russia news
• WaPo: What you need to know about George Conway’s criticism of Трамп
• Stephen: Mike Pence isn’t a lock for the 2020 ticket
• Трамп’s people try to defend him and fail hilariously
• Trevor: The V.A. is screwing over veterans
• Chris Hayes: Robert Mueller releases Michael Flynn sentencing memo
• Late Show: Rudolph and friends respond to Donald Trump Jr.

• Jimmy Kimmel: Mueller’s highly redacted Flynn memo
• Lawrence: Трамп will “have a lot to lie about” in 2020
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller’s Cohen filing points to Трамп’s role in criminal scheme
• Seth Meyers: Michael Flynn is cooperating with Robert Mueller
• Stephen: Tariff Man may have spoken too soon

Daily Show: Meet District Attorney Mark Gonzalez, criminal justice reformer.

Adam ruins mattresses.

Stephen: PETA forgot to correct these anti-animal phrases

Full Frontal: GLUE—Gorgeous ladies unionizing everywhere!

Minute Earth: These names can kill animals.

Jimmy Kimmel: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders or Beto O’Rourke for President?

WaPo: What you need to know about the possible government shutdown

Daily Show: Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet

The G.O.P. and Related Election Crime Organizations:

• Jonathan Mann: Lame Wisconsin Ducks
• Chris Hayes: NC GOP Chair—It is clear…that there has been a systematic failure in the state
• Daily Show: Lame duck Republicans try to strip power from newly elected Democratic officials
• Vice News: Wisconsin Republicans are trying to strip power from newly elected Democrats
• Seth Meyers: Wisconsin GOP’s power grab and Трамп witness tampering
• Chris Hayes: Attorney General-elect on possible lawsuits to stop Republican power grab in Wisconsin
• Stephen: Door-to-door election fraud in North Carolina.
• WaPo: North Carolina’s election-fraud investigation sets its sights on GOP operative

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about space.

Roll Call: What is a continuing resolution? Decoding this jargon as Congress averts a shutdown.

Trevor hosts the Global Citizen Festival to Honor Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday:

The Atlantic: The last chess shop in New York City.

Stephen with Michelle Obama: It is hard to hate up-close.

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

I had to be at work early, and I didn’t prepare anything yesterday. Sorry.

It’s cold y’all. I am regretting not wearing a hat this morning. I also am disappointed with the Internet that fedoras have become not just unfashionable, but looked down on. They’re more useful than a cap, but less silly than like a ski hat.