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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.

I’m writing this yesterday on the bus home from Drinking Liberally. So if there was something particularly Trumpish in the mean time I’m not ignoring it by writing how stinky the bus is.

But, y’all! It’s like stale fries with a side of burning oil. Why? I don’t see anyone eating fries (or burning oil).

Also, probably unrelated, but it was 18 minutes late. One Bus Away should have a feature where they let you know how your bus will smell, so you can choose the next one.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of conversations over a drink. By now, we’ve gotten our Washington primary ballots in the mail, so some discussion will arise over local politics….

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? There are 252 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.

There’s a part of me that’s still upset RKCNDY isn’t a music venue. I was pissed when I came back from college and it wasn’t a thing anymore. I still walk by where the Velvet Elvis and King Cat theater were, and there’s a nostalgic twang for past shows. If the Showbox goes away, I’ll probably feel the same about it.

But, there will be new venues. The show will go on, even if it goes on somewhere else.

Matthew 21:18-19
Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.

Discuss.

Late Show: California’s wine is showing traces of radioactivity.

Seth and Amy: Really! James Comey’s warning for Democrats.

WaPo: What you need to know about Jim Jordan.

Stephen examines the conservative “walk away” memes.

Vox: How not to get phished (like the DNC).

Daily Show: Staten Island has a serious deer problem

Jim Jefferies: How to offset your Amazon guilt.

Minute Physics: The physics of caramel

Mark Fiore: The Endangered Species Academy

Samantha Bee: The spy who loved the NRA

Roy Wood Jr.: CP Time on government conspiracies

Physics Girl: Sunscreen in UV.

The Very Promiscuous Dotard Трамп And His Fawning Disciples:

• Stephen: Eric Holder says the Helsinki summit was collusion in plain sight
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп on tape—The complete collection of Cohen’s secret recordings
• Trevor: Trump’s favorite problems to fix are the ones he created
• Seth Meyers: Трамп avoids reporters and lies about his tariffs
• Our Cartoon President: We all have shitty marriages
• Ari Melber: Трамп denies bombshell claim that he approved Трамп tower meeting
• WaPo: After trusting Cohen for years, Трамп now thinks he has no credibility
• Stephen breaks down Michael Cohen’s recording of Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп reportedly “furious” at Michael Cohen
• Jimmy Kimmel interviews the Dotard Трамп’s Thumbs
• Stephen: Jake Tapper reacts to the White House banning a CNN reporter
• Lauren Mayer: Are we there yet?:

• Samantha Bee: Comedians in cars with dissidents getting coffee
• Rachel Maddow: Lynchpin of all Dotard Трамп financial matters subpoenaed in Cohen case
• Stephen: Don’t even try to out stupid Dotard Трамп
• WaPo: Why hundreds of migrant children are still separated from their parents
• Trevor: The Трамп PP (Playboy payoff) tape is OUT!
• Jimmy Fallon: Tweets with Beats–Трамп on secret Cohen tapes and collusion
• Stephen: Jake Tapper on how it’s unpatriotic to obstruct the Russia probe
• Ari Melber: Трамп vs bald eagles—Inside a push to gut laws protecting animals
• James Corden: We have the Трамп-Cohen tapes you haven’t heard yet
• Late Show: Other childish ways Трамп engages in foreign policy
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s star destroyed
• Katy Tur: The Dotard Трамп/Michael Cohen face off
• Our Cartoon President: Трамп and Putin watch shark week
• Stephen: Трамп predicts Russians will meddle in the midterms for Democrats!
• Seth Meyers: Michael Cohen releases his secret Трамп tape
• Trevor: The Dotard J. Трамп Presidential Twitter Library
• Ari Melber: U.S. election security suffers for lack of oval office leadership
• Our Cartoon President: “It wasn’t Dotard who made love to Stormy”
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп’s ALL CAPS approach to foreign policy
• Jimmy Kimmel: EXCLUSIVE audio of Michael Cohen’s conversation with Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: Трамп whines “This never happened to Obama”
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing, “When was the last time you told the truth?”
• Stephen: John Dickerson, “It’s a big deal that Dotard Трамп lies
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп News Network—Twitter war with Iran
• Late Show: The video that goes with Cohen’s audio recording of Трамп
• Samantha Bee: Wait, what was Watergate again?

• Stephen: The Special Counsel is following Трамп’s Twitter
• Ari Melber: Трамп former lawyer on finance chief subpoena—He knows everything
• Chris Hayes: Paul Manafort spent $18K on karaoke setup in Hamptons House
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Трамп/Cohen tape sounds like a mob movie
• James Comey: “I’m Really Concerned” about Трамп’s attacks on FBI
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Cohen is prepared to assert to Mueller that Трамп knew about 2016 Трамп tower meeting
• Trevor: Трамп takes a stand against…endangered species?
• Stephen: Our President says don’t believe what you see and read
• Seth Meyers: Betsy DeVos’ rollback of civil rights
• Late Show: Another Michael Cohen audio recording
• Ari Melber and friends: How Трамп catalyzed the resistance
• Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy leaks brand-new Трамп–Cohen tapes
• Stephen: Michael McFaul was part of Putin’s “crazy” offer to Трамп

Real Engineering: The truth about hydrogen.

Rachel Maddow: Claire McCaskill ID’d as first 2018 target of Russian hackers.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Chris Hayes: Russia intel agency tried to hack Senator Claire McCaskill.

Jonathan Mann: Fuck you Panos, libraries are the best.

New Scientist: Heatwave could last for months.

Vox: Why there’s a ring of natural disasters around the Pacific.

Trevor with Annie Lowrey: “Give people money” and the case for a universal basic income.

Michelle Wolf: Pledge of allegiance.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Jim Jefferies: Diversity in comics makes bigots mad.

Nova: Liquid water found on Mars.

Stephen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is traumatizing to conservatives.

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

It kind of sucks how much the mayor wants to kill a street car expansion. Metro seems to be committed to half empty buses in exurbia. Maybe that’s a reasonable idea maybe it isn’t. But Seattle should figure out ways to get people around. And once the stretch of track is laid, you can’t move it.

You can’t blame every heat wave on global warming. But it is to hot. And Seattle is going to have more of these. Ugh. I feel especially strange wearing short sleeves to work. At least I am not buying an air conditioner.

To our friends and acquaintances: JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER OF DRINKING LIBERALLY. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE THERE. SO STOP THE THREATS AND JUST SHOW UP!

Ahem…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? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

I know that Twitter can’t kick Trump off its platform permanently as long as he is the President. But! Surely a 12 hour ban after he threatens war with Iran. I mean some consequences are surely in order.