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Friday Open Thread

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Dear Bob Ferguson,

Congratulations on your victory this week. I am writing to ask you to stand up to Donald Trump in his second term. I appreciate the way you did that as Attorney General, but I fear the pressure will be different as governor. There will be pressure and potentially a lot of money from the Federal government. And those resources could be used to build a better Washington. I am also worried that you didn’t do much to deal with the sort of problems that made Donald Trump more attractive when you were on the King County Council. I don’t know where this is going, except to say don’t give in and don’t make the not giving in the only thing you do.

XOXO

Carl Ballard

(I sent this to the AG’s contact page, not sure if there’s a transition office or something like that)

Wednesday Open Thread

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Weeeeeeeeeell fuck.

Good things in Washington for sure. A Democrat in every statewide office. I think the legislature will be able to keep making progress. Shaun Scott and Alexis Mercedes Rinck are going to help define who the Democrats are for the good, compared to their opponents.

Fuck man, fuck.

The initiatives are going to fail, so we can use that momentum. And maybe we don’t get a new Tim Eyman. Go waste your money somewhere else.

Jesus Christ on the Cross, man. Fuck. Fuck.

There will be a lot of opportunities going forward in the state to lobby to protest to write your legislators and city council members. There is also opportunity to push back against some of the horrors coming from the Federal government.

Fuck.

Election Day Open Thread

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Big day today. There seems to be no relief or escape from this freaking election. So distract yourself with some more election-related stuff….

  • Stephen Colbert and John Oliver: Seems like something J.D. Vance might have done….
  • Kat Abu: How rigged Polymarket odds could be used to steal this election for The Dotard
  • Jabari Jones: AI Трамп—Scammed!
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп simulates oral sex on microphone ahead of 2024 election
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Take Down Your Trump Sign (Don’t Let People See You Backed a Loser) ♬
  • Steve Shives: Wake up, it’s ELECTION DAY!
  • Elle Cordova: ♫ The Ballad of the Ballot ♬:

  • Stephen: Gov. Tim Walz on hot dish, MAGA knuckleheads, guilty pleasures, and car repair metaphors
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Kamala Harris on SNL
  • Steve Kornacki: When to expect election results
  • Jabari Jones: AI Трамп—America, life or death
  • The Late Show: Suddenly Iowa is the center of the political universe
  • Ross Childs: ♫ Ladies are VOTING?!??!?!?!!?!? ♬
  • Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Vote Him Away 2024 ♬:

  • The New York Times: The (WA) County that got every President right (since 1980)
  • Steve Shives: The Republican closing argument
  • John Oliver: ♫ Election 2024 ♬
  • Grace Kuhlenschmidt: Should we trust election prognosticators?
  • SNL: 2024 pre-election

    • No Drinking Liberally on Tuesday (Election Day)

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    DLBottle

    The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will NOT be meeting on election day (Tuesday). Unfortunately, our regular meeting place, the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, will be closed. There will be plenty of other candidate parties, party parties, and election watching parties around the city.

    We’ll meet again a week from Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle.

    Monday Open Thread

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    Did you vote yet? You have until tomorrow to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off. Probably a good idea to get it dropped off today. Just get it done. If you’ve in King County, find your dropbox location here. Let’s get Democrats into all of the statewide offices and run up the vote total for Harris. Dropboxes close at 8:00 on Tuesday and postmarks whenever your Post Office closes.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    Electile Dysfunction 2024:

    ONN: U.S. deploys socially awkward men along border to deter migrants

    Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

    Robert Reich: The tax loophole billionaires die for

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

    Friday Open Thread

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    Go vote if you haven’t yet. Shit’s important even if you don’t like Kamala Harris (I do). Shit’s important even if you don’t like Bob Ferguson (Complicated). Shit’s important even if you don’t give much thought to downticket. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday. Fill it out on your commute or over the weekend. But get it in. And yeah, I encourage people everyone to vote straight ticket Democrats.

    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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    DLBottle

    The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting together tonight for conversation and good cheer over a drink. If you haven’t voted yet, fill out your ballot, drop it off in a nearby drop box, and then swing by The Roanoke proudly wearing your “I Voted” sticker.

    We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.

    Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

    Monday Open Thread

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    Good news, everyone! My ballot has been counted. It’s very nice to just be able to go to the website (or get it texted to you, if that’s your thing) and confirm it for yourself.

    If you’re in King County, you can confirm your ballot has been counted here. If you’re somewhere else in the state, type your country and ballot tracker into your favorite search engine, maybe turn off AI so it doesn’t tell you that the tracks of the horned ballot of Walla Walla County leaves tracks in the snow or whatever. Anyway, pretty easy.

    And hey, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    Electile Dysfunction 2024:

    Parody Project: This Land is Your Land

    Cult of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

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

    Friday Open Thread

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    – Boeing employees have rejected another contract. The company should probably not give its executives who fucked things up such great benefits if they weren’t willing to have a traditional pension for normal employees.

    – Ted Cruz trying to bully trans kids in Oregon. Stay out of the Pacific Northwest, you creep.

    – The 12th District legislative race is very interesting.

    – The Storm endorsing Kamala Harris probably doesn’t move the needle, but gosh, what a delight.

    – Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

    Wednesday Open Thread

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    Filled out my ballot last night. We have too many judges, but it’s nice to have voter guides to help with those. We’re going to elect Kamala Harris. We’re going to elect Bob Ferguson. We’re going to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. We’re going to defeat those gross initiatives. Seattle is going to pass a levy that’s more car centered than my ideal, but is still fine. We’re going to pick up seats in the legislature and back progressive candidates in local elections. Let’s go.

    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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    DLBottleDLBottleBallots are out and voting has started in Washington State! It sure seems like a good time for a drink! For you too? Then please join us tonight at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

    We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Bring an extra layer and find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

    Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

    Monday Open Thread

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    So, Boeing is offering a 35% raise and more money for their 401k. Not the 40% and a defined benefit for retirement. Better than the earlier offer that was rejected, but still not everything they asked for. It’s tough not to compare it to the gold parachute the bosses who actually harmed the company got.

    Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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