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Thank you for asking, I am enjoying my vacation.

Thank you for asking, I am enjoying my vacation.

I don’t understand how Medicare for all became the liberal end all be all for healthcare. I mean, sure, it’s better than the status quo. It’s much better than what came before the ACA.

But it’s still insurance reform rather than healthcare reform. Granted, it’s a rather extreme version. But it still says that we need insurance for everyone. I would rather have the Federal government build and staff hospitals and doctors offices than be everyone’s middle person.

Also, given some states’ grossness, I don’t think they would implement it, at least for a while. It took a while for the states to implement Medicare in the first place. Many are still resisting expanding it basically for free under Obamacare. It’s tough to imagine them being on board for covering everyone.

Thank you for asking, I am enjoying my vacation.

OK last vacation post. Back to the regular nonsense schedule later.

Join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for drinks, conversation and prognostication as the Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin primary returns come in.

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. Feel free to show up earlier to watch returns from other states.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Deuteronomy 23:12-14
Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area. And make sure that you have a small shovel in your equipment. When you go out to the toilet area, use the shovel to dig a hole. Then, after you relieve yourself, bury the waste in the hole. You must keep your camp clean of filthy and disgusting things. The LORD is always present in your camp, ready to rescue you and give you victory over your enemies. But if he sees something disgusting in your camp, he may turn around and leave.

Discuss.

Late Show exclusive trailer: Steven Seagal’s Special Envoy.

The Atlantic: Video can create a just society.

Stephen: The GOP Congressman who broke the law at a picnic.

Lauren Mayer: My favorite Jill’s pins.

Jimmy Fallon: Spike Lee on how today’s political climate mirrors real-life history of BlacKkKlansman.

Samantha Bee: Pregnancy discrimination.

Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie’s family still thinks he’s Governor.

Jonathan Mann: Twitter is the wrong place.

Real Engineering: Designing a perfect airport runway.

Late Show: Ronda Rousey defeats America’s enemies.

Vox: How reliable is fingerprint analysis?

WaPo Opinion: Banning Alex Jones isn’t a violation of the First Amendment.

Trevor and Roy Wood, Jr.: Franklin’s 50th Peanuts anniversary.

Why 10% of Floridians can’t vote.

Stephen: Tuck Buckford will not be silenced.

The Dotard Трамп and His “Best” Criminals, Imbeciles and Space Cadets:

• Stephen: Colbert meets a religious liberty task force special agent
• Seth Meyers with Lester Holt: Трамп calling journalists the “enemy of the people”
• James Corden: Hollywood, ’90s Pence & Broadway stars hate Трамп
• Bill Maher: New Rule—I, Q
• Chris Hayes: Melania Трамп’s parents benefited from “chain migration”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп is the least racist person ever
• WaPo: Why does The Dotard want a Space Force?
• Trevor: Team Трамп’s plot to block legal immigrants from citizenship
• Samantha Bee: Bad boy roundup—Manafort and Don Jr.:

• Stephen: A presidential makeup tutorial
• Our Cartoon President: “Deep state hijacks Трамп speech”
• Seth Meyers: Трамп confesses on Twitter and Rick Gates testifies against Manafort
• Boycotting Bigotry: Comedians combat Трамп’s corruption and hate
• Stephen: Трамп isn’t taking a vacation from lying
• Late Show: The Трамп Postcards—New Jersey edition
• Mark Fiore: The leaning tower of Трамп
• Stephen with Chris Hayes: (Un)presidential tweeting and Rick Gates’ testimony
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hey Dotard Трамп, climate change affects you too!
• Trevor: Gates and Manafort—The white-collar Bonnie and Clyde
• Seth Meyers: Andrew Wheeler and the Environmental Protection Agency
• WaPo: Трамп has a history of mocking his black critics’ intelligence
• Stephen: Rick Gates confessions, infidelity, and “WTF”
• Rachel Maddow: Senator Bill Nelson—Russians have penetrated Florida election systems
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The shocking story of the “biggest grifter” in The Dotard Трамп swamp
• Late Show: The White House sets new parameters for Mueller
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп News Network—LeBron James and enemies of the people
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Week of Corruption Scandals
• Chris Hayes: Fuzzy grasp on numbers seems to run in the President Dotard Трамп family
• Stephen: Трамп floated firing Mueller 20 times while golfing
• Jimmy Kimmel: Join the Space Force!
• The Atlantic: How ICE drives immigrants to “self-deport”
• Our Cartoon President: The American way
• Late Show: ‘Friends’ theme song, Manafort/Gates Edition
• Maddow: Nunes on tape at McMorris Rodgers fundraiser—Brett Kavanaugh vote, then Rod Rosenstein impeachment!:

• WaPo: Devin Nunes just tied the Mueller Russia probe to the 2018 midterms
• Seth Meyers: Point, Counterpoint—Трамп-shit edition
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jill Wine-Banks on audio of Nunes talking Mueller probe at McMorris Rodgers fundraiser.
• Rachel Maddow: Magazine’s odd model choice—A cover story or a cover story?
• Stephen: Mike Pence tries to make Space Force sound less dumb
• Hasan the Record: Can President Трамп pardon himself?
• Chris Hayes with Seth Meyers on late night in the Dotard Трамп era
• Jimmy Fallon: Tweets with Beats—Dotard Трамп’s Space Force all the way
• Ari Melber: President Dotard Трамп’s Twitter distraction amid scandals
• Samantha Bee: Crashing Sean Spicer’s book tour
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s space force gets celebrity endorsement
• Trevor: Melania Трамп is so over it
• Seth Meyers: Chris Collins, Трамп’s earliest congressional backer, is indicted
• Stephen: How Dotard Трамп butted into Ohio’s special election

Vox: How “levee wars” are making floods worse.

WaPo: How Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) allegedly tipped off friends and family in insider trading scheme.

Chris Hayes: FCC lied about being under cyber attack.

Physics Girl: The projector illusion.

Our Cartoon President: Alex Jones addresses ban:

Ronny Chieng brings Stephen a ‘Colbert Report’ souvenir.

Jim Jefferies: 3D-printed guns are only a few clicks away.

The Atlantic: #MeToo and sexual harassment in the government.

Trevor interviews Geogia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D).

Vox: What a new Supreme Court means for abortion.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

WaPo: Who is Rashida Tlaib?.

Stephen: Senator Cory Booker is running in 2020…for something.

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

Thank you for asking, I am enjoying my vacation.

The Mariners are slumping and The Sounders are not very good right now. And there’s a group of Seattle sports fans who are in the dumps. But OMGosh, y’all. Seattle has something special in sports right now and so many of you are missing it.

The Storm are having an amazing season. They’ve poised to get a bye in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart are great. Sue Bird is having a renaissance.

And holy goodness, the Reign. Second place in the NWSL. Megan Rapinoe is a walking highlight reel, and the whole team are such fun to watch.

It is primary election day in Washington, Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri, and there is a congressional special election in Ohio. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet as usual tonight, but with election-watching added into the mix.

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. Feel free to show up earlier to watch returns from other states.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

I was reading another post #metoo redemption story. This one about will Al Franken run for something. I won’t link to it, but it is already becoming a genre. I believe in second chances, and that people can change. But it strikes me that in all of these there are a few related things missing.

There’s very little discussion, sometimes nothing at all, about how the person has changed. At best there’s repeat an apology and some vague reassurances that they understand that what they did was wrong.

The thing that I never see is any proactive steps taken to make sure that women are safe around them. Or at least less unsafe.

Leviticus 15:19-20
When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

Discuss.

Stephen: Accountability is meaningless unless it’s for everybody.

Seth Meyers: Getting to know Brett Kavanaugh.

Chris Hayes: Mitch McConnell cancels recess, but Flake leaves anyway.

Sky News: The sex slaves of Atlanta.

Trevor: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—Bringing moral courage to American politics.

Samantha Bee: Male sexual abuse isn’t funny

Stephen: Stephen learns macroeconomics on a roller coaster.

The Dotard Трамп And His Co-Collusioners:

• Late Show: Rudy Giuliani vs. Rudy Giuliani on Michael Cohen
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Republicans are “Brainwashed,” and won’t object to Трамп obstruction
• Our Cartoon President: Rudy Giuliani defends Трамп
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of The Dotard Трамп’s head, “Who’s that hot lady?”
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Twitter lashes out at the wrong Michael Cohen
• Trevor: Manafort’s million dollar flower bed
• Mark Fiore: The Трамп—Giuliani tape
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп demonstrates acting presidential at Tampa Rally
• Stephen: A “smocking gun,” Al Capone, and obstruction of justice
• Chris Hayes: The Трамп administration was warned about family separation harms
• Jimmy Kimmel: Perfect voice for ALF remake
• Super Deluxe: The Dotard Трамп thinks the F-35 is literally invisible
• Vice News: Immigration officials have no idea how to fix family separation
• Nicolle Wallace: Former Republican Steve Schmidt says Трамп is ignorant, naive, and a fool on the world stage
• WaPo Opinion: Here’s why Трамп wouldn’t have won without Russia
• Lawrence O’Donnell: George Takei on U.S. government holding kids in camps
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard pushes another tax cut and calls for an end to the Russia probe
• Bill Maher: The party of Putin:

• Trevor: Rudy Giuliani rants about “scumbag” Michael Cohen
• Late Show: Manafort’s ostrich jacket comes back to bite him
• Our Cartoon President: “Dear Mr. Mueller”
• Stephen: How Mueller sparked Трамп’s latest Twitter fit
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of The Dotard Трамп’s head, “It’s speech time!”
• Late Show: Galino & Farnes—Secret tape attorneys
• Ari Melber: Трамп triples down with 16 daily false claims in June and July
• Chris Hayes: What is QAnon?
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп News Network—Collusion is not a crime
• Stephen: Трамп joins the “collusion is not a crime” chorus
• Samantha Bee: Stupid Трампy shit
• Late Show: Manafort’s courtroom sketch as a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’
• Trevor: The key to the Mueller investigation
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of The Dotard Трамп’s head, “You don’t like salad”
• Our Cartoon President: “I’m starting to like being old”
• Sky News: Will Putin be Трамп’s downfall?
• Stephen: Betsy DeVos’ $40 million yacht was set adrift
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Could a White House memo show Dotard Трамп obstruction?
• Ari Melber: Трамп invokes murderous gangster to defend Manafort
• Winlar: ITMFA:

• Chris Hayes: Paul Manafort’s $15,000 ostrich jacket
• Trevor: Team Трамп plans another tax cut for the rich
• Stephen: Jim Acosta walks into the lyin’ den
• Tiny Fingers Resistance: Welcome to America (Bienvenido a ‘Merica)
• Late Show: Ostriches and pythons and Manafort, oh my!
• Nicolle Wallace: Public evidence suggests Robert Mueller is able to bring conspiracy charge
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of The Dotard Трамп’s head, “Don’t lose the Queen”
• Our Cartoon President: “I want the world to see me as I see myself’
• Bill Maher: Enema of the people
• Jimmy Kimmel: Rudy Giuliani flip-flops on Michael Cohen and collusion
• Stephen: Ivanka’s courageous stance of “The media isn’t the enemy”
• Trevor: Трамп fights obstruction with obstruction
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Has The Dotard Трамп Tampered with the jury in the Paul Manafort trial?
• Late Show: Who Ya Gonna Call? Religious Liberty Task Force!
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Rudy Giuliani panic over the Russia probe

Mental Floss: Grizzly bears, Chicago Bears, and Gummi Bears! Oh my!.

Trevor: The silver lining in 3D-printed guns.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Jim Jefferies: James Gunn, bad jokes and Twitter outrage.

Stephen: An offer for the newly Jewish Paul Ryan.

Vice News: Who’s afraid of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Everyone.

Trevor: Jim Jordan and the “Locker Room Talk” excuse.

Stephen: How the 2018 midterms became about bigfoot porn.

Jimmy Kimmel: Bigfoot porn is a thing

Michelle Wolf: Untested rape kits:

Pussy Riot’s World Cup protest explained.

Trevor: The world is on fire.

Samantha Bee: Asgardia—The real space nation.

Anti-corruption victory in Michigan.

Wendover: How Africa is becoming China’s China.

Stephen: Obama and Biden at a bakery is weirdly erotic.

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

I will be on vacation parts of the next 2 weeks. So Open Threads may be spottier than usual. But it’s 2018, so I should be fine.