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It’s weird that people who spent 8 years looking for Obama’s Katrina aren’t saying the same for Trump. I mean Puerto Rico is still suffering from Trump’s actions. The continued suffering of our fellow citizens is a choice. The same people who thought that everything Obama did was as bad as Katrina sure are missing their chance.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Kimmel: Senator Elizabeth Warren on health care and minimum wage

Young Turks: Iowa passes most restrictive abortion law in the US.

David Pakman: Megyn Kelly’s NBC media implosion.

Full Frontal: Don’t be so sure about that Blue Wave.

Farron Cousins: Paul Ryan’s attack on House chaplain blows up in his face.

Bill Maher interviews Mayor Michael Tubbs (Stockton, CA), America’s youngest mayor in a city over 100,000.

Amber Rufin raps a response to Kanye West’s slavery comments.

The Dotard Трамп And His Dirty :

NOVA: Why there’s no climate hoax.

Jimmy Kimmel: Senator Cory Booker refuses to hate the other side.

Full Frontal: May the fourth be with Chuck Todd.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen: Profiles in Discourage—Foster Friess says the rich should “self-tax”.

Som’emz Da Madder Wid West Virginia:

  • Young Turks: Is this the worst campaign ad of all time?

  • Joy Ann Reid: Don Blankenship defends “Chinaperson,” hits “Cocaine Mitch”
  • Sam Seder: GOP candidate has the most awkward, low IQ campaign ad of all time
  • Stephen: Profiles in Discourage—Blankenship’s ‘Cocaine Mitch’ advertisement.

    • Vox: This anti-sex trafficking law could end internet freedom.

    Jimmy Dore: John Boehner: “I’m gonna be selling puff…”

    Newsbroke Q&A: “Is Francesca a COMMUNIST?”

    Vox: George H.W. Bush’s broken promise that changed the Republican Party.

    Trevor: Teachers take to the streets & Kanye West says slavery was a choice.

    Samantha Bee: Facebook sucks.

    A Wolf Roast:

    Daily Show: Gregory Watson’s fight for the 27th Amendment.

    Jim Jefferies: Hey, “Incels,” women don’t owe you anything:

    Bonus Check: #GOPTaxScam.

    Anna: A slave who sued for freedom.

    Samantha Bee with a message for Dennis Miller.

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

    Open Thread 5-4

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    This week Seattle nice died. Mark your calendars. It wasn’t when we stole the land from the people who already lived here. It wasn’t when we restricted where Native Americans and African Americans could live. It wasn’t when we let Skid Row develop. It wasn’t when we mostly went along with Japanese internment. It wasn’t several decades of just being shit to anyone who had any connection to California. It wasn’t letting the current homelessness crisis develop.

    Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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    So, Donald Trump wrote the letter saying that Donald Trump is the healthiest person who ever lived. I can’t exactly explain why he would lie about his health. I think in general it’s probably not a good idea to speculate on his health. I mean sure, his campaign ran ads speculating about Hillary Clinton’s health. Clearly he is hiding something.

    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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    DLBottleTomorrow is Tuesday. And that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be meeting. Please join us for an evening of politics and drinks.

    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.

    Monday Monday Monday Monday Open Thread

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    So, I guess a comic made some jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Very offensive. I for one am sure that nobody who works in the Trump White House has ever heard vulgarity or insult.

    Seriously though, I think the dinner is pretty gross as a concept. Oh we’re chummy buddy buddy over here. That should definitely be our job. I guess the White House correspondents should do their jobs better before they throw themselves a party.

    HA Bible Study: Genesis 4:13-18

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    Genesis 4:13-18

    Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

    But the LORD said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,  east of Eden.

    Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

    Discuss.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    DC needs a town crier.

    The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Kansas Teens Are Running for Governor

    Vox: Why Atlantic fish are invading the Arctic.

    Adam Ruins Everything: How the USA stole the Panama Canal.

    Stephen: Profiles in discourage—A disaster named Don Blankenship.

    Minute Earth: Why you shouldn’t give ginger to monkeys (and other animal sayings.

    Jim Jefferies: The fight to repeal the Irish abortion ban.

    Francesca Fiorentini: Will legalizing sex work protect women?.

    Mental Floss: The little-known lives of the women in classic Hollywood.

    Mother Jones: FAUX News goes ape-shit over Kanye West Tweets.

    Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

    The Dotard Трамп And His “Very Best” People:

    The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Kanye West Goes Conservative

    Vox: This 19 year old can keep astronauts safe from space junk.

    Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

    The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Go away, Hillary! (Just kidding — We need you)

    Bill Maher: Monologue:

    Trevor and Roy: Kanye West ignites a debate about racism.

    Minute Physics: Relativity of simultaneity—special relativity chapter 4.

    Hannity blamed Obama for foreclosures even as he exploited foreclosures.

    Vox: How Russian trolls weaponized your social media feed.

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

    Open Thread

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    I see we’re into the redemption phase of the me to movement. It seems pretty quick. I don’t know the correct amount of time, but even as someone who believes in second chances, this seems rushed. Especially since most people haven’t faced any legal punishment.

    Also, I’m not seeing any steps that people are taking to prevent future harassment and assault by people credibly accused of past bad acts. No clearly laying out future consequences if they keep acting the same. Maybe that’s impossible, but then all the more reason not to start the redemption tour.

    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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    DLBottlePlease join us Tuesday for an evening of politics and conversation 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 room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





    Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 251 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.

    HA Bible Study: Judges 11:29-40

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    Judges 11:29-40

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD : “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

    Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands. He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.

    When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of tambourines! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh! My daughter! You have made me miserable and wretched, because I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.”

    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”

    “You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. After the two months, she returned to her father and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.

    Discuss.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    Stephen: The sketch of Stormy Daniels’ perpetrator looks very familiar.

    MoJo debunks the biggest myths about voter fraud.

    Stephen: Wu-Tang wants their album back, Jeff Sessions.

    The Atlantic: When Einstein warned the world.

    Golf Pro Dotard Трамп And His Caddies:

    Full Frontal: Medicinal cannabis for all.

    Wendover: How to design impenetrable airport security.

    Roy Wood Jr.: CP time—The fair housing act turns 50

    Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

    Chris Hayes: Senator Tammy Duckworth’s 10-day-old daughter makes history.

    Thinking About the Earth:

    MoJo: Here are the country’s worst voter laws.

    Rachel Maddow: James Comey—I don’t believe that Loretta Lynch did anything improper

    Farron Cousins: Alex Jones admits live on air that he’s a total liar and scumbag

    Adam ruins Copernican mythology.

    Chris Hayes: West Virginia GOP Senate candidate is a convicted criminal.

    Loitering While Black:

    Samantha Bee: It’s not hard to hire women and people of color.

    Trevor: A series of gunfortunate events

    The Atlantic: When tax cuts failed.

    Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

    The Mannity And His Cleaning Man:

    MoJo: The architects of voter suppression in America.

    Songify the News: MEMES & YODEL TRAP.

    Trevor with Karlie Kloss on Getting girls excited about coding with Kode With Klossy.

    Vox: How Parkland student David Hogg beats his critics.

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

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