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I think Netflix and Amazon (and similar subscription based companies) should start giving spots in corporate governance to members. I think there are many Prime members who would like some representation in corporate HQ. I know, they don’t need some asshole blogger telling them how to run their bidness, but I do think companies in the US ought to become more democratic.

Another day, another Seattle head tax proposal. I have supported these probably since the 1990’s. The homelessness crisis is so bad at this point we need to build more, and if this helps, great. We’re woefully behind.

It’s Tuesday! Please join us tonight for an evening of politics under the influence 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 244 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.

The legislature banned licensed therapists from trying to torture gay kids straight. Great! It’s about time. I was glad to see a number of Republicans support the measure, although I will note that it took Democrats controlling both houses of the legislature to make it happen.

Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Discuss.

Daily Show: Australian students stick it to Martin Shkreli.

A tribute to James Baldwin

Bill Maher: Notes to self.

Stephen: Utah lawmakers made the worst rap ever

VOX: Why ships used this camouflage in World War I.

Trevor: Looking ahead to the 2018 elections.

John Oliver: Italian election.

The Dotard Трамп and the Very White White House:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Robert Mueller’s new questions about Jared Kushner
• Stephen: Jared Kushner lost his “top secret” privileges
• Chris Hayes: FAUX News via The Dotard Трамп’s Twitter
• Bill Maher: Giving Hicks Hope:

• Young Turks: Why Jared cannot be trusted.
• Our Cartoon President: Trump and Трамп Press Conference
• Ari Melber: New report shows why Robert Mueller has not charged collusion yet
• David Pakman: Mueller asking what Трамп knew about hacked emails
• Rachel Maddow: Jared Kushner eyed over foreign contacts, vulnerability to manipulation
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: I on immigration—DACA & Трамп’s in-laws
• Stephen: Hope Hicks is way too good at goodbyes (and good lies)
• WaPo: The tall tale of President Трамп’s Cincinnati “success”
• Seth Meyers: How is the Трамп administration dealing with the opioid epidemic.
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Hope Hicks reportedly admits telling ‘white lies’ for The Dotard Трамп
• Chris Hayes: Robert Mueller wants to know what The Dotard Трамп knew about hacked emails
• Maddow: Robert Mueller appears to be working on Трамп—Russia collusion question
• Stephen: Is there anyone left in the Трамп administration?
• Ari Melber: Трамп Jr. told Трамп about Russians offer of “dirt”
• Our Cartoon President: An inspirational song by Justin Trudeau
• Trevor: Ben Carson lives large as the HUD Secretary
• James Corden: WITCH HUNT!
• WaPo: Трамп’s top 5 claims, updated
• Stephen interviews Omarosa.
• Farron Cousins: Aides Say Трамп is keeping an “enemies list” just like Nixon
• Late Show: A snake responds to Трамп’s snake poem
• Rachel Maddow: Potential for blackmail an obstacle to Jared Kushner security clearance
• Our Cartoon President: America’s daughter, Ivanka Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Don Lemon knows The Dotard watches his show
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп claims he would have “run” into the school
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Simply the best—Hope Hicks and Ben Carson’s chair
• Late Show: Jared Kushner gets demoted in real time:

• WaPo: The Dotard Трамп refers to Sessions as “Mr. Magoo.” Who is the character?
• Stephen: “Tough cookie” Jeff Sessions defends himself against Трамп’s attacks
• Lawrence O’Donnell: First President Трамп, now Vladimir Putin brags about his arsenal size
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: CPAC 2018—more shootings call for more guns
• Ari Melber: Forget witch hunt, Robert Mueller’s probe is “a felony hunt”.
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп is coming after your guns!
• David Pakman: Трамп wants his personal pilot to run the FAA
• Chris Hayes: Ben Carson’s HUD spent $31K on office dining set
• Seth Meyers: Jared Kushner’s engulfed in scandal, Трамп and Mr. Magoo
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп is silent after Vladimir Putin’s nuclear “threat”
• Stephen: Трамп radically changed the U.S. economy because he could
• Young Turks: The Dotard Трамп belittling nickname for Jeff Sessions
• Joy Reid and friends: Devin Nunes was trying to mislead the American People
• Our Cartoon President: Trump’s Hollywood monologue
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп administration is a cautionary tale of nepotism for future generations
• Stephen: Ivanka and Omarosa

Vox: I am a Salvadoran immigrant fighting to stay in the US.

Madam C.J. Walker: The first female African American self-made millionaire in America.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Alex Jones’s deep state enemy, “Jordan Keppler”

Minute Physics: Spacetime diagrams (special relativity Ch. 2)

Joy Reid: Woman booed at CPAC highlights GOP’s gender problem

Richard Fowler: PA Supreme court redraws PA districts.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Make America Gunz Again:

• Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) confronts The Dotard on guns in school.
• Seth Meyers: A White House under fire
• Trevor: Conservatives blame everything but guns for the Parkland shooting
• Bill Maher: Never Again MST
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s superhero fantasy world
• Chris Hayes: Did The Dotard Трамп get his idea for more guns from Archie Bunker?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп, Parkland and the #NeverAgain movement
• Mark Fiore: Gunning for profit!
• Trevor: Трамп attacks the GOP and sides with Democrats on gun Control
• Jimmy Dore: NRA’s Wayne LaPierre goes NUTS on Jimmy Dore!
• Key and Peele: He’s got a gun
• Late Show: Delta’s new pre-flight safety announcements:

• Sam Seder: Трамп proves he’s a total moron after totally misunderstanding due process
• WaPo: What to know about an assault weapons ban, in 3 minutes
• Ari Melber: No, there’s no 2nd Amendment right to AR-15s
• RIIIIGHHHHT: The 5 time draft dodger with bone spurs in his feet claims he would run in without a weapon.
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Should teens be leading the gun violence debate?

Francesca Fiorentini: Don’t drink the toxic masculinity.

Daily Show: CP Time—Black innovators.

Our Cartoon President: Just two friends

Young Turks: Alex Jones’ Anti-Semitic meltdown.

VOX: How Pennsylvania rigged its electoral map.

Joy Reid: Michael Steele, “Yes, the Republican Party has a racism problem”

Stephen’s profiles in discourage: Arthur Jones, the GOP’s actual Nazi.

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

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I forgot to write something and now I’m almost at work. I guess this will have to do. Sorry.

At the end of February, I always feel like I was overcharged for rent (and an ORCA card, even though I get mine through work). This usually gets me through 30 or 31 days, but this time it’s only 28. I know it works out over time, but part of me wishes it was prorated.

Please joins us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets for conversations over drinks.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 244 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.

Men knew: King County Democrats edition. It looks like they’re getting their shit together now, but this didn’t happen in a vacuum. People heard his derogatory comments and didn’t speak up. In the end, not calling it out didn’t do him or the organization any good.

I should also say that I see more of my past self in this bad behavior than in a lot of these. And I am grateful to the people who have called me out on these issues over the years.

VOX: When the only way to go free is to plead guilty.

Chris Hayes: Democratic turnout surges in Texas early voting.

The Dotard Трамп And His Gang of Stable Geniuses:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп’s campaign chairman and aide indicted on 32 new charges
• Farron Cousins: Was Трамп’s porn star hush money illegal?
• Rachel Maddow: Robert Mueller adds new piece to plot with new Manafort & Gates indictment
• Michael Brooks: Jeff Sessions goes off script and proves he’s still living in the 1800s
• Stephen: Трамп’s state of affairs….Actual affairs:

• Our Cartoon President addresses CPAC
• Chris Hayes: Melania’s parents likely in U.S. thanks to “chain migration”
• The making of Our Cartoon President
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The Trumpian plot of “Black Panther”.
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп Jr.’s Bollywood debut: ‘The dance of the greasy son’
• Our Cartoon President: These jokes are bigly crap
• Maddow: Sanctioned Russian spy chiefs meet with Трамп administration
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп endorses Mitt Romney
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jared Kushner’s security clearance is a problem for John Kelly
• Stephen points out Obama’s parting gift to Трамп
• Farron Cousins: Trump allies Manafort and Gates hit with new indictments from Mueller
• Late Night: The dossier interviews the Democratic memo
• Our Cartoon President: Paid family leave
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Trimming the fat—State Department edition.
• Chris Hayes: Mitt Romney said he wouldn’t accept President Dotard Трамп endorsement. He did.
• Farron Cousins: Трамп to Republicans—Ignore PA gerrymandering laws
• Stephen: Трамп’s Twitter spree after Robert Mueller’s Russia indictments
• Our Cartoon President: “I flew in a Playmate for Sex”

Rachel Maddow: Americans Google Alex Van Der Zwaan as Robert Mueller issues new charges .

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Francesca Fiorentini: Why the rich love destroying unions.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) is indicted on felony invasion of privacy charge.

Young Turks: Governor arrested for revenge porn.

Daily Show: How to make people care about the Great Lakes.

Were Neanderthals the first artists?

Gunz In ‘merica:

• Stephen: If politicians won’t take action, these high schoolers will
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The moderate (uncensored)
• Trevor Noah: Parkland shooting survivors school Congress on gun violence.
• Chris Hayes: Second Amendment doesn’t protect AR-15s
• Stephen asks God about his stance on the NRA
• Heads of State: Трамп announces new NRA approved gun policy:

• WaPo: Parent of FL shooting victim slams Rubio for “pathetically weak” comments
• Jimmy Kimmel on Florida shooting survivors being called fake news
• Daily Show: CRISIS ACTOR EXPOSED!!! #TAMMYMUSTGO.
• Stephen: The kids from Florida aren’t acting
• Jonathan Mann: You don’t need an AR 15
• Maddow: Americans rally for gun safety with Dotard Трамп and GOP as only obstacles
• Trevor: Gun control vs. porn control—Florida takes on the wrong kind of mass shooting
• Young Turks: School shooting survivors aren’t buying Трамп’s bullshit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why arming teachers is a fantasy war game
• Vice: The political aftermath of the Parkland School shooting
• Late Show: Meet the school teacher ready for her gun
• James Corden: Gun control in Ameica
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: America’s teens experiment with gun control
• Lawrence: Трамп lives in a fantasy world.
• Stephen: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, “The NRA has a chokehold on Congress”
• Mark Fiore: Electoral gunsights.
• WaPo: Трамп’s changing positions on guns over the years.
• Trevor: Marco Rubio and President Трамп stumble through gun control debates/a>
• Late Show: The GOP finally proposes a ban
• Stephen: Трамп wants more guns in schools
• #ArmMeWith: Teachers respond to Трамп with viral campaign.
• Chris Hayes: Parkland survivors transform the gun debate
• Teens Tell VICE why they’re protesting after the Parkland shooting
• Trevor: Conservatives attack Parkland survivors once again
• WaPo: An hour-by-hour comparison of Трамп and Obama responding to school shootings
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Carly Novell and Delaney Tarr on reforming gun laws with #NeverAgain

VOX: How the economy shapes our live lives.

WaPo: Sketching Robert Muller III—how accurate are pop culture’s portrayals?

Lewis Black: How territorial rats could fix New York City’s transit woes.

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

I don’t know enough about the case to comment one way or the other, but morally the legislature shouldn’t be exempted from public disclosure requirements. It’s 2018, if anything we should make these records available more easily. Maybe all electronic communications go on a searchable database after a certain amount of time to ensure we aren’t giving away personal information, etc. I realize that this sort of thing can be abused, but in general it’s the direction we should be going.

Over the weekend, I was walking around suburbia. It was the day after the storm, and I passed a rhododendron that had been toppled. I wasn’t sure if I should have pushed the root ball back into the ground. I decided not to wander onto some stranger’s property to do some half-assed landscaping. But I would prefer to live in a world where people did that, and it was OK.

Please joins us this evening for another cocktail-enhanced and conversation-packed edition 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 244 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.

Seeing the coverage of the kids who survived the Florida school shooting at rallies and in the Sunday shows, I couldn’t help think of how much we, adults in this country, have failed them. However they grieve is the right way, but they shouldn’t have to be there.

They deserve better than the world adults are giving them. They deserve better than being judged on how articulate they are less than a week after living through a horror and having their friends die. The fact that they are stressing about something more than grades or sports or who to go to the dance with is our fault. Shame on us.