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It’s been a wild couple of years feeling like our democracy has been held together with spit and bailing wire. Today, we’ve wheeled ‘er into the pits to clean off the grunge, replace some nuts and a few bolts, do some serious alignment and, perhaps, a rebuilt the top end. Please join us Tuesday evening for an Election Day rally at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

But, before you stop by, if you haven’t done so please be sure to return your ballot in a drop-box. Here’s how you can find a ballot drop box near you.

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 for our usual 8pm starting time. For election night, some of us will show up much earlier.

The Roanoke will have TVs tuned to election coverage. They have free WiFi. And you can buy drinks! If you insist on hearing every word of coverage, bring headphones and a device to stream audio. What can I say? Bars can be noisy.

We’ll be live-blogging the election right here.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 259 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Please vote. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow, Washington. Vote for a cleaner environment. Vote for holding team baby cages accountable. Vote because all of the trolls here are voting, and you don’t want them to have more power than you. Vote because corporations can spend millions of dollars on initiatives and candidates, but ultimately you get to decide.

Samantha Bee: Larry Krasner—Finally a good DA?.

Robert Reich: The American social contract

Nancy Pelosi: Chocolate taste test.

Vox: NAFTA, explained with a toy car.

The Orange Nationalist, Dotard Трамп, and Other Sociopaths:

• Trevor: Трамп rallies his base and Florida faces big midterm election decisions
• Stephen: Трамп warns of “young, strong” men in the caravan
• Rachel Maddow: U.S. military assessment of caravan doesn’t match Трамп’s panic
• Seth Meyers: Trump attacks the media as his allies blame “both sides” for violence
• WaPo: How a group of Democratic women are using postcards to cope during the Трамп administration
• Chris Hayes: Politics leads to breakups, like the Kanye West–Dotard Трамп bromance
• Jimmy Kimmel: Woman allegedly offered money to accuse Mueller of sexual assault
• Late Show: Pharrell isn’t “happy” with Dotard Трамп:

• Robert Reich: The truth about Трамп’s economy
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head—You look terrible in windbreakers
• Trevor: Трамп and FAUX News’s caravan hysteria reaches a fever pitch
• Stephen: A Twitter troll tried to frame Robert Mueller
• Jim Jefferies: How The Dotard and the GOP deflect blame
• Late Show: The Caravan—A Donald J. Trump film
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s reaction to pipe bombs & synagogue shooting
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп, fearing mueller and a Democratic house, campaigns on fear
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head—You’ve turned this into a freak show
• Jimmy Fallon: Outtakes of Dotard Трамп’s campaign message to every U.S. state
• Stephen: A nation of immigrants is being told to fear immigrants
• Trevor: Connecting Трамп’s rhetoric to domestic terrorism
• Jimmy Kimmel: Pharrell & Kanye Not Happy with Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Road map for Nixon impeachment published, could guide Robert Mueller
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s 30 biggest broken promises
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head—Time to face your nemesis
• Late Show: Harry Potter and the open book of Трамп
• Trevor: Nazi Halloween and Трамп birthright bullshit
• Jimmy Fallon: Dotard Трамп’s Halloween message to America
• Stephen: The Dotard thinks the migrant caravan is on Twitter
• Rachel Maddow: Documents expose Dotard Трамп’s border deployment as political stunt
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head—We’re about to face a problem
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп plans to end birthright citizenship

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Jim Jefferies: Staying healthy is actually killing us.

Wendover: The magic economics of gambling.

Comics discuss the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

VOTE!

• WaPo: How ranked choice voting could tip the scales in Maine’s tight 2nd District
• How on amazing woman has gotten hundreds of people to the polls
• Amber Ruffin Wants you to vote or else:

• All In: A wave of African American women elected in Tennessee
• #ShouldWeVote?
• Samantha Bee’s Quest to get you to vote (with Patton Oswalt)
• Trevor: Andrew Gillum—Winning hearts and minds in Florida’s gubernatorial race.
• WaPo Opinion: This Трамп campaign ad doesn’t mention Трамп in its closing argument
• Roll Call: 25 ratings changes less than a week before midterms.
• Mark Fiore: Operation midterm demagogue.
• Vox: Why American voter registrations are disappearing.
• Willie Nelson: “Vote ‘Em Out”:

• Stephen: Oprah’s new favorite thing—Campaigning in Georgia.
• Trevor: Florida politicians go bilingual for the Hispanic vote.
• Meet the people powering the blue wave.

WaPo: How social media is changing the presidency

The Atlantic: Holocaust survivors remember Kristallnacht.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Stephen: Leader Nancy Pelosi makes a midterm prediction.

The Altlantic: You should be worried about your DNA privacy.

Racists Suck:

• Trevor: Caravan fear-mongering
• WaPo: How anti-Semitism persists in the United States
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s racist fearmongering is his latest scam
• Stephen: FAUX News’ Lou Dobbs mispronounced a Mexican City into existence
• Samantha Bee: We need to talk about anti-Semitism.
• HeadsOfState: Трамп discusses white, right-wing terrorism
• Trevor’s 10-year-old brother explains race.
• Chris Hayes: GOP Representative Steve King blows up at constituent
• Samantha Bee: Steve King is the racist-est
• Stephen: Hate is not what America stands for

TED: How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff.

WaPo: The life of the first woman Supreme Court justice.

Roy Wood, Jr.: Black Floridians who made history.

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

Vote. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday. Volunteer.

The country is in trouble, and it will be after the election. There is no magic trick to fix it. But Democrats in Congress is a step forward. It means checks on executive power. It means we can push for more universal health care. It means we can push environmental legislation. You can help.

I am rereading Don Quixote for the first time in decades. I’m not very far into it this time, but the good stuff is as good as I remember. The windmills hold up. The book burning is great: I had forgotten that it has a discussion of an earlier Cervantes book. So good!

But Christ on the Cross, the stuff that roots it in its time is not good in ways that I had forgotten about! A long digression about how you can’t trust Arabs, yikes. I remember some of these things, but it’s worse than I remember.

Have you voted yet? If not, do not delay! Fill out that ballot and drop it in a mailbox on your way to 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 rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Nobody murder anyone. Not at Shabbat. No pipe bombs. Don’t shoot anyone in a Kroger parking lot. Just don’t. Just because the President said something. Or you’re scared of people who aren’t white Christians.

Vox: The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history.

Stephen: Nebraska’s painfully honest new state slogan.

Seth Meyers: Wrong take.

WaPo: U.S. hunters stir controversy with overseas kills.

Second Thoughts: Why the IPCC report is so scary.

Robert Reich: Message to millennials:

Mental Floss: Spooky Halloween facts!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen: Florida’s Senate debate hs some mic drops.

Vox: The quest for the perfect apple.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

WaPo: Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC.

The Atlantic: Don’t blame social media for violence

Stephen reveals a sketch of the serial bomber.

Kurzgesagt: Why beautiful things make us happy.

Nationalist Dotard Трамп and other Pre-existing Conditions:

• WaPo Opinion: In the age of Трамп, this was absolutely predictable
• Stephen: Ted Cruz goes from “lyin” to “beautiful”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп loves talking about the Space Force
• Samantha Bee: Trans rights under attack by the Dotard Трамп.
• Late Show: Трамп stars in new Ted Cruz campaign ad
• James Corden: We’ve got tapes from Трамп’s bugged cell phone
• Ari Melber: Rep. Jeffries—Трамп shows “depraved indifference to human life”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Dotard Трамп thinks women are beautiful
• Stephen: The Dotard paints a false portrait of the migrant caravan
• Ali Velshi: Dotard Трамп’s lies: health care claims opposite of GOP goals
• WaPo: Targets of Трамп’s words become targets of bombs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Russian trolls reveal how they interfere with elections.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп campaigns for Republicans, calls Democrats an “angry mob”
• Stephen: Трамп says he won’t let Russia “do weapons”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s new ad for Ted Cruz
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s Mexico ambassador calls him out—His rhetoric hurts diplomacy
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press conference!
• Stephen: Трамп won’t stop using his phone that’s being spied on
• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп is sharing sensitive info on insecure phone worries U.S. intel
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп tell-all book of the month club
• Trevor: Big little allies
• WaPo: Трамп’s bomb response devolves into blame game
• Jimmy Fallon: Dotard Трамп’s message to midterm election voters outtakes
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says he’s “being nice” while lying about health care
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t have a “civil” gear
• Late Show: U.S. troops mobilize to stop the caravan
• Jimmy Kimmel: China & Russia listening to Трамп’s personal calls
• Songify the News: I like beer:

• Samantha Bee: Asylum seekers aren’t scary
• Stephen: Oh boy, The Dotard broke out the “N” word
• Jimmy Kimmel: “I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about” drunk Dotard Трамп
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп denies cellphone use in Tweet from iPhone
• Mark Fiore: The really dangerous caravan.
• WaPo: Numerous pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of The Dotard
• Trevor: Filling the swamp
• Ari Melber: Hypocrisy—Watch Трамп get demolished over hacked iPhone
• Seth Meyers: Drumpf responds to democrats and CNN being targeted by bombs.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s pipe bomb hypocrisy

Real Engineering: Can we block the sun to stop climate change.

Late Show: One question with Hillary Clinton.

The Daily Show: Black girl midterm magic.

Bill Maher: Peak Florida .

WaPo: How preexisting conditions became a central issue ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

Comics take on Megyn Kelly’s black face comment.

Late Show: Tuesday The 6th: Voting Day:

The Atlantic: Men are socialized to “act inhumanely”.

Amber Ruffin addresses Megyn Kelly asking if blackface is racist.

Jimmy Dore: Utah voters “values” are “shocking” as Mitt Romney reveals.

New Yorker: Andy Borowitz & Adam Schiff on how Democrats can win.

WaPo: Here’s what Florida’s demographic changes mean for the midterm elections.

Robert Reich: The next crash.

Jimmy Kimmel: Utah Senator tries marijuana for the first time.

WaPo Opinion: Political ads want you to be afraid. Very afraid.

Vox: Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated.

Minute Physics: Legitimate cold fusion exists.

Lauren Mayer: Doin’ The Deficit Side Step:

Rachel Maddow: New data shows why NC Republicans want to end Sunday voting.

Full Frontal: The rainbow wave is coming.

Late Show: How Saudi Arabia is reporting the news

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

So, black face. I don’t really care about Megyn Kelly. She and her millions of dollars will be fine. But her cruelty was toxic. Ratings were down. It works on Fox News. It works for segments of the Internet. But for a network morning show, it turned more people away than it brought in.

And then she was cool with black face. Don’t ever do that, obviously. But especially don’t if you’re on thin ice.

Been a busy morning, so I haven’t had a chance to write anything.

The ballots have dropped and there are only two weeks to the midterm elections. Let’s chat about it 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. 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 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

My goodness, this is a new form of voter suppression to me. It’s kind of nice to see the Republicans give up on trying to push a conservative agenda. But seriously, fuck them.

It isn’t cute. It is a crude attempt to hold on to power by muddying the waters. Shame on anyone associated with it.

Also, too! That’s not how a write in candidacy works. You have to register to be a write in candidate. And you would see a lot more information than one random flier from a group you’re never heard of before.

Stephen: Tucker-boy Carlson can’t go to restaurants anymore

Trevor: Elizabeth Warren proves her Native American heritage.

Samantha Bee: Voter suppression:

Wendover: Greece’s geography problem.

Late Show: Canada already has a pot tourism ad.

Mark Fiore: Profit now, die later.

Trevor: Global warming threatens the beer supply

Mother Jones: November could actually bring good news for voting rights

The Dotard Трамп and Other Horses Asses:

• Trevor: Trump plays victim and FAUX News cries “mob”
• Stephen’s interview of The Dotard Трамп’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview
• SNL Weekend Update: Really!?! (Трамп and Kanye edition)
• Stephen: Трамп brags about his “natural instinct for science”
• Late Night: Dotard J. Трамп’s guide to Republican greatness
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп denied that he’s a denier
• NY Times Opinion: Is The Dotard Трамп fascist?
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп calls Stormy Daniels “horseface”
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп owes Elizabeth Warren a million bucks
• Super Deluxe: The Dotard Трамп is finished
• Late Show: There’s a raccoon on the loose in Washington!
• The President Show: Looking back at the fall of The Dotard Трамп:

• Stephen: Трамп tried to mansplain the midterms to women
• Heads of State: “Block The Votes!” Republicans sing about their election strategy
• Robert Reich: America’s most dangerous export
• Stephen: Melania Trump is the most bullied person in the world
• Now This World: The precipitous fall of Paul Manafort explained
• Trevor: Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test
• Stephen: Трамп gets mean with Stormy, Stormy fires back

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

SNL Weekend Update: U.N.’s Climate Change Report.

Full Frontal: The no-wave wave.

Jimmy Kimmel: Congressional Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on healthcare, education & voting.

Robert Reich: Three easy fixes for Social Security and Medicare

Stephen: Here’s why white supremacists are chugging milk.

Trevor: “Cornerstore Caroline” falsely accuses a 9-year-old black boy of sexual assault.

Kingdom of Murder:

• Trevor: Трамп defends Saudi Arabia against murder allegations to secure arms deal
• Stephen: Trump goes out on a limb, predicts Khashoggi is dead
• John Oliver: Saudi Arabia
• Stephen: Трамп’s conspiracy theory about a Saudi journalist’s death
• Now this World: The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
• Trevor: Saudi Arabia’s shifting story about Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance
• Stephen: Трамп refuses to criticize Saudi Arabia’s “Mr. Bonesaw”

Jim Jefferies: America has a recycling problem.

Late Show: What went on inside Ted Cruz’s brain while debating Beto.

Samantha Bee: Culture Wars, Episode 69.

Late Show: Moses updates the Ten Commandments:

NASA: Science at 17,500 MPH.

Trevor: GOP voter suppression ramps up in Georgia.

Vox: How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more.

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

Washington State people! Your ballot has dropped! Postage is free. All the drop box locations are here! You have the power to put a real check on Trump, and help keep the progress going at the state level. There are also initiatives.

Men, and not a few women, knew about the accusations against Joe Fain when they gave him a standing ovation. Some of them were Democrats. Just like they knew when they confirmed Kavanaugh, or stuck with Ed Murray long past the point where they should have cut him off.