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There’s a small part of me that hopes there is an initiative to repeal the head tax. I haven’t seen any polls, but I can’t imagine team regressive taxes and do nothing about homelessness is popular among Seattle voters. Still, I hope you don’t sign if you see a petition. It’s past time to deal with homelessness in Seattle.

open-thread

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So, obvi, all private server email scandals aren’t the same. Hillary Clinton deleting emails after her lawyer says it’s fine isn’t nearly as bad as the Republican Party losing State Department emails on their server. But if you’re going to say what about email servers, at the very least, don’t do it when you get in power. Honestly get your shit together.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s another election Tuesday with primaries in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Additionally, there are some special election in state house or senate districts in Pennsylvania and Alabama. Stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and join the conversations about national, state, or local politics. Or just decompress over a drink.

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.

openthread

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Later this month is the 400th anniversary of the Defenestration of Prague. I have trouble wrapping my head around the 30 Years’ War, let alone the Holy Roman Empire. It’s tough to imagine the religious fervor. I don’t think anyone who participated could understand the horror they were unleashing.

The world seems very very different from ours. And yet 400 years seems like not much time at all.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Guam: Why America’s most isolated territory exists.

Sam Seder: FAUX guest stuns everyone after saying torture worked on McCain.

Jimmy Fallon with Trevor Noah: Helping train teachers and educate South African orphans.

The Dotard Трамп and His Stormy Mofia:

Mental Floss: TV moms, animal kingdom moms, and Mother’s Day!.

Chris Hayes: Sheldon Adelson cuts $30M check to GOP-aligned super PAC.

Late Show: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s “Political confessions”.

Vox: The “duck curve” is solar’s greatest challenge.

Misbehaving Men:

Seth Meyers: Michelle Wolf talks about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Late Show tolerance tips.

WaPo: She rented an apartment owned by Sean Hannity…Then came the bedbugs, late rent and eviction..

Trevor: Slavery scenarios infect U.S. schools.

Primary Season:

Minute Earth: When trees go nuts.

Ari Melber: Extremists and worse slip through as GOP rushes to pack courts.

Andy Richter and friends: A lesson in implicit bias.

Stephen: Everyone in China is getting a “Social credit score”.

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

Open Thread, Shmopen Thread

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Look, we can’t have a head tax, because then there will be fewer heads. It’s Econ 101. Just like how the so called death tax causes there to be fewer so called deaths. What, do you want more not dead headless people? Vote no to prevent Seattle from becoming the new Sleepy Hollow. Econ 101.

Happy Blogiversary to Me!

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As Darryl reminded me at Drinking Liberally this week, today is the 14th blogiversary of HA. Reflecting back on my very first post, I obviously had no idea how this blog would quickly take over my life.

I don’t much blog here at the moment (or anywhere for that matter), but a big thank you to all my loyal readers and trolls for helping to make the past 14 years, well, something.

0pyn Thrred

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There are a lot of things more important about the Cohen bribery scandals. But Essential Consultants? That’s the name of your evil scheme. I know that the goal was to fly under the RADAR. But so much else was designed to get caught. Seriously has there been a more boringly named GOP effort to destroy the Republic since the Enterprise?

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s Tuesday! And that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet. Besides chatting politics over drinks, we’ll be watching the primaries in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. Especially West Virginia. Stop by if you can.

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.

open thread

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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.

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