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I’m a slow reader. So it’s no bad mark against What Happened to say that I’m only about half way through. It’s still a mix of beautiful, funny, and harrowing. I guess Hillary Clinton had prerecorded a bit on the Grammys. According to parts of my Twitter, she was the worst for just showing up. I mostly feel sorry for people who think that, honestly. Hillary hate and misogyny mean you’re missing out.

It’s like the cut of the new Star Wars movie without the women. It seems like a terrible film: (minor spoilers) Kylo mostly talks to himself, sometimes shirtless. Then he gets into a fight and stares at a light saber that’s inexplicably floating. Luke tries to burn down a tree, after living alone for too long, and watching rocks fall. At some point they face off, and it helps like 5 people. Also, there’s a mutiny: Against who? How does it get resolved? Nobody knows.

Proverbs 21:19
It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

Discuss.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Paul Ryan promised dreamer wouldn’t be deported, now her future is uncertain.

Vox: Why Puerto Rico is not a US state

Stephen: Bad office romance—U.S. Congressman Meehan.

Mark Fiore: Trust meditation for Democrats.

VICE News: How a corrupt Baltimore Police task force tainted thousands of cases

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: America’s senseless gun violence debate

Young Turks: Conservative trolls pwn themselves on healthcare.

Slate: How to tell if someone is lip-syncing.

David Pakman with Gordon Whitman: How can activists make change happen?

Newsbroke: Love Israel, hate Jews.

Vox: Is you commute killing you?

Dotard Трамп and His Shithole Shit House Coneys:

• Stephen: Shutdown over, Трамп gets back to work
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп is afraid of sharks
• Seth Meyers: The women’s march and the government shutdown
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Snide and prejudice:

• Rachel Maddow: GOP tries to save President Dotard Трамп, attacks FBI, U.S. intelligence
• Stephen: Stormy Daniels spanked Трамп with a magazine with his face on it
• Sam Seder: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revealed to be total ass after ‘secret society’ joke
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп asked acting FBI Director who he voted for in 2016
• VICE News: Here’s a supercut of Трамп trying to talk about technology
• Trevor: Republicans investigate the investigation
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп didn’t get the women’s march
• Seth Meyers: Who is Трамп calling?
• Full Frontal: Apology Race Part 1 and Part 2
• Joy Reid and Allan Lichtman: Dotard Трамп Impeachment Could Happen
• Chris Hayes: FAUX News flummoxed by Dotard Трамп-Robert Mueller story
• Stephen: Trump is in Switzerland and Melania is not
• Young Turks: Evangelicals bending over backwards for the Dotard Трамп
• Vox: The awkward debate around Trump’s mental fitness
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Stormy Daniels payment might have been illegal
• SNL: Stormy Weekend Update on the women’s march and shutdown
• Stephen: Big news in the Russia investigation
• Rachel Maddow: New report suggests Jared Kushner may be compromised by China.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Melania Трамп’s journey for love
• Samantha Bee: We need to talk about Stephen Miller
• WaPo: Трамп’s “Fake news” attacks carry a very real danger
• Stephen: Трамп didn’t make it to the Women’s march
• SNL: Трамп’s doctor press conference
• Jimmy Kimmel: Donald Trump and Mueller
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “No one likes or respects you”
• Late Show: A member of the FBI’s “secret society” speaks out
• Chris Hayes: What did Jeff Sessions tell the Russia investigation?
• Sam Seder: Republicans make total asses of themselves over “secret society” propaganda
• Young Turks: Dumbfuck Hannity—There’s no proof! Wait…there’s proof?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп gets wasted before Switzerland
• Stephen: The secretive FBI secret society is no longer a secret
• Trevor: Who can America blame for the government shutdown?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп goes to Davos while Congress debates immigration
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Vicente Fox standing up for Mexico in the Трамп era, Part I and Part II
• Jimmy Kimmel: How to pay for Трамп’s wall
• Stephen: Трамп forced to skip his own anniversary party
• Joy Reid: Robert Mueller still vulnerable to Dotard Трамп, Republican smears and sabotage
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп’s failing “great memories of all time”:

• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “Let me out of this elaborate charade”
• Young Turks: Republicans going full Alex Jones
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп ally thinks Robert Mueller interview is a “Perjury Trap.”
• Jonathan Mann: Stormy Daniels didn’t like The Last Jedi
• Jimmy Kimmel: No one wants to stay at Трамп Hotels
• Sam Seder: Трамп goes off the deep end, says he’ll go under oath with Mueller
• Stephen: Трамп is up for “doing it under oath” with Mueller
• WaPo fact checkers: No, “nearly 3 in 4” convicted of terrorism aren’t foreign-born
• Seth Meyers: The tiny voice in the back of Dotard Трамп’s head, “Just Be Quiet”

WaPo: Jan 31 moon is 150 years in the making.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Shawarma Law brings extreme tolerance to middle America

Slate: The racist history of cartoons

SuperDeluxe: A message from Tomi Lahren.

Bill Maher: Women’s march.

Jimmy Dore chats with future Sen. Mittens

Young Turks: Another school shooting massacre and the media barely notices.

VICE News: The war between cattle ranchers and conservationists over wolves.

Trevor: Gerrymandering—because America can hack its own elections:

David Pakman: After Roy Moore disaster, Alabama cancels “special elections”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Slate: Why it’s so hard to make realistic snow.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Tim’s tactics—co-opting liberal words

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

The Washington State Senate has passed a ban on bump stocks. If all goes according to plan, horrific mass shootings will be a bit less deadly. It’s an important victory, but also it isn’t nearly enough.

Patrick Meehan sure picked the right time for all his gross gross behavior to be public. Who cares that their Congressman is a telling women in his office that they’re soul mates and retaliating against her for having a boyfriend when there’s Superbowl hype?

Please join us this evening for more adventures in politics, conversation and drinks 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 244 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

I have started reading Hillary Clinton’s book. I was ready for the yuck of the loss. I was prepared for it to be a good read. I was not expecting how funny it is.

I’m only a couple chapters in, and I have had half a dozen belly laughs. The epigraph for Chapter 1 sets the tone perfectly. It has been a while, but I don’t remember her other books being this funny.

Luke 19:27
Now bring me the enemies who didn’t want me to be their king. Kill them while I watch!”

Discuss.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The war on men—Resisting the evil Estrogenda

Stephen: Raw water.

Sam Seder: Project Veritas’ lame surprise! Twitter expose.

Jimmy Kimmel: Government shutdown and funding CHIP

CAFE: California is experiencing a deadly flu epidemic.

VOX: How rats take advantage of human failure

Dotard Трамп, A.K.A. President Shithole Shithouse, and His Band of Con Men and Thieves:

• Stephen: Tuck Buckford Wants To Be Трамп’s Poison Tester
• PsychoSuperMom: He’s not sick, he’s just a shithole
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s fake news awards
• Francesca Fiorentini: Not a President, not yet a dictator
• James Corden: What will be President Трамп’s nickname for John Kelly?
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Glitz, glamour and lies—The fake news awards red carpet
• Jimmy Kimmel asks kids how Трамп is doing.
• WaPo: A year of Pres. Shithole on Трамп
• Trevor: Cory Booker is not having the DHS secretary’s shithole testimony.
• Conan on Трамп’s physical and public service.
• The Magic School Bus goes inside Трамп:

• Sam Seder: Trump, “Sleeping with my friends’ wives makes life worth living!”
• Stephen: Трамп is conveniently one pound under obese
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and GOP face a government shutdown of their own making
• James Corden: Melania Трамп sings “Part of Your World”
• Songify the News: I’m a shitholer
• Stephen: General Kelly says Трамп’s wall promises were “not fully informed”
• WaPo: Fact-checking Трамп’s claims about coal
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп is the Least Racist Person Ever
• The Daily Show: Little Dotard’s first year
• Stephen: Did Трамп say shithole or shithouse?
• Samantha Bee practices her fakies speech
• Farron Cousins: Трамп’s Mar-a Lago cited for more than a dozen health and safety violations
• David Pakman: Creepy Трамп told porn star she reminds him of Ivanka during affair
• WaPo Fact-checking President Трамп’s “Fake News Awards”
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s physical results and other stories
• Late Show: The Dossier has a message for all the haters
• Jimmy Kimmel: The porn Dotard Трамп doesn’t want you to see
• Seth Meyers: Трамп, Stormy Daniels and a possible government shutdown
• Conan: Melania likes to go to bed disguised as a salad
• Young Turks: “Girtherism” explained
• WaPo: Liars on parade—the defenses and dodges to Трамп’s ‘shithole countries’ remark
• Stephen: Sen. Chuck Schumer has “no doubts” Трамп said “shithole”
• James Corden: Can we say aloha to the weekend’s Stormy, shithole news?
• Roy Zimmerman: Bleep-hole:

• Stephen: Who let the Wolff in?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The President and the porn star
• Jimmy Kimmel: Borderline obese Трамп in excellent health
• Stephen: Shocking news, our President is perfectly healthy
• Maddow: Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into President Dotard Трамп’s dealings
• Young Turks: Трамп too stupid to lie about campaign stop
• Stephen: People keep buying the wrong “Fire And Fury” book
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп brings the government to the brink of shutdown
• Samantha Bee: Is this racist racist?
• Trevor: Dotard Трамп is somehow healthy
• Young Turks: Трамп’s lawyer fears Mueller “perjury trap”
• David Pakman: At least SOME of Трамп’s medical report was lies
• Stephen: Sarah Huckabee Sanders explains why Трамп isn’t racist
• WaPo: Трамп’s divisive first year in office
• Chris Hayes: How did Michael Wolff get access to the White House?
• Trevor: So stupid it’s not funny—Трамп’s crackdown on legal immigration
• Conan: Трамп’s doctor has his own TV ad
• Jimmy Kimmel: The dishonest & corrupt President awards
• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп’s first year to be marked by return of nationwide protests
• David Pakman: Трамп disputes DISASTROUS interview, then audio is released
• James Corden: And the #FakeNews awards go to…404 Error
• Sam Seder: Trump “affair” story proves what we already knew—He’s A CREEP
• Late Show: The Stormy-Трамп porno that no one’s been waiting for
• Jimmy Fallon: James Taylor sings “Fire and Fury”:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Recovery
• WaPo Fact Check: Do illegal immigrants commit more crimes?.
• Conan: Трамп and Haiti have a lot in common
• Young Turks: Porn star Stormy Daniels, “Трамп said I’m just like Ivanka”
• Maddow: Mueller subpoena blocks Steve Bannon Congressional testimony
• Stephen: Stormy Daniels, “Sex with Трамп was ‘textbook generic'”
• Farron Cousins: Our idiot President speaks at a fourth grade level
• WaPo: Fact checking Трамп’s claim that terror suspect bring two dozen relatives to U.S.
• Stephen: Is the President a pornstar-dating racist?
• Young Turks: Трамп go help doctors discriminate
• Weekend Update: President Shithole news
• Late Show: A full history of Трамп’s fake awards

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

VOX: The chocolate science hype machine.

Samantha Bee: #MeToo backlash.

Mark Fiore: Algorithm News.

WaPo: Short-term spending bill fails in the Senate

White noise sleep machine: How racists sleep at night.

On Wisconsin and Midterm Elections:

• Sam Seder: Democrats score HUGE upset in Wisconsin election, Republicans should be terrified
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP fears of “blue wave” in midterm elections grow
• Ari Melbur: Midterms and Dotard Трамп’s record low approval

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Raging out to cable news

The Women’s March on Washington one year later.

Stephen: Don’t fire the Hawaiian who hit the emergency alert.

VOX: How faster computers gave us Meltdown and Spectre.

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

So much, is happening, y’all.

Washington state has a capital construction budget.

The second year of the Women’s March.

It’s looking pretty likely that there will be a government shutdown.

I realized that I haven’t watched a playoff game this football season, and it’s great. I have 2 teams that I root for, and neither made the playoffs.

So now there isn’t a chunk taken out of the weekend. I don’t have to watch interminable replays. I don’t have to see injury after injury.

Join us this Tuesday evening for another adventure in politics and drinks 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? Check out one of the 244 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Genesis 6:6-7
The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

Discuss.

New Scientist: How climate change can bring cold snaps.

VOX: How the US failed to rebuild Afghanistan.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: An even “specialer” prosecutor to stop Robert Mueller

Young Turks: Republican Governor tied woman up in his basement.

Samantha Bee: No one questions her dishonesty.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

President Shithole Dotard Трамп And His Band of Treasonous, Lying Whiners Stable Geniuses:

• Trevor: Трамп calls non-white countries “shitholes”
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп is like, really not smart
• Seth Meyers and Lawrence O’Donnell Talk news reporting in the world of Трамп
• Трамп on libel laws, insults, hypocrisy and free speech.
• Stephen: Трамп does a “Jekyll and Hyde” on DACA
• Jimmy Kimmel examines Dotard Трамп’s X-Ray
• Late night reactions to Трамп’s ‘shithole’ remark
• David Pakman: White House caught editing Трамп transcript to cover up his idiocy
• Seth Meyers: Lewis Black reflects on the first year of Трамп’s presidency
• Young Turks: Трамп paid hush money after sex with porn star, allegedly
• Stephen: Трамп sold Norway F-52 aircrafts, which isn’t a real thing
• A look at Трамп’s offensive comments on nonwhite immigrants
• Seth Meyers: Jake Tapper shares his thoughts on Michael Wolff’s book
• Joy Reid and Rev. Al Sharpton: Dotard Трамп has built a whole presidency on race
• Michael Brooks: Трамп shows just how stupid he is when he blasts libel laws
• Ari Melber: Lawyer who deposed Dotard Трамп speaks out.
• Late Late Show: Steve Bannon and Dotard Трамп almost had it all
• Samantha Bee: Beyond the Fire & Fury
• Jimmy Kimmel: Low White House morale doesn’t stop Трамп
• Farron Cousins: Трамп says US doesn’t want immigrants from “shithole countries”
• Stephen: Трамп still thinks Mexico will pay for the wall
• Maddow: Dotard Трамп fails to protect the U.S. from Russian attacks
• Seth Meyers: Трамп attacks Feinstein, makes racist immigration comment
• Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby: The “I Got a Really Big Button” song:

• VOX: Here’s how Трамп’s nuclear “button” actually works…
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s 2,000 lies — A documentary
• Stephen interviews Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff.
• Trevor: Трамп gets dictator-y with the Justice Department
• Late Show: Трамп sings the National Anthem
• Ari Melber: How likely is a 25th amendment removal of a president?
• Stephen: Sen. Dianne Feinstein gives no F’s (except for Fusion GPS’s testimony)
• Maddow: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse—Dossier has held up well despite GOP attacks
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Trend wars—Roy Moore out, Joe Arpaio in.
• WaPo: The difference between the F-35 and the fictional F-52
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s insanely easy schedule
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “Hating is what he does”
• Stephen interviews Jake Tapper’s interview of Stephen Miller
• Late Night: Amber Cougar Mellencamp performs “Sneaky Dianne”
• James Cordon: Can we quiz Трамп on the National Anthem?
• Joy Reid: Democrat introduces the “Stable Genius Act”
• Stephen: Melania Трамп corrects the lies of “Fire and Fury”
• James Corden: Steve Bannon needs a job
• Late Night White House press briefing: Does the President believe in Satan?
• Farron Cousins: Bitter Трамп wants to change libel laws so people can’t criticize him
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп ACTUALLY called these countries shitholes
• Dotard Трамп shows even more signs of dementia: Episode 4
• Stephen gets in a few words before Трамп’s libel crackdown
• SuperDeluxe: Dotard Трамп is a stable genius
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп breaks Mueller promise as “noose is tightening”.
• Late Show: Kaplin Interview Prep—Russia investigation edition
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп speaks at a fourth-grade level
• David Pakman: White House admits it found no evidence of 2016 voter fraud
• Stephen: Stephen Miller got escorted out of CNN
• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп remarks may undo his racist policies:

• Late Show: Трамп adjusts to life without Sloppy Steve.
• Farron Cousins: Трамп cancels visit to Britain because he knows he isn’t welcome
• WaPo fact checker: President Трамп’s top five false or misleading claims as of Jan. 10
• Trevor: Трамп sends mixed messages on immigration
• Seth Meyers: Jake Tapper talks about his Stephen Miller interview
• Sam Seder: Dotard Трамп hits rock bottom, becomes a huge shithole before our eyes
• Lily Allen sings fuck you to the 45
• Stephen: How Трамп got his Mooch back
• Young Turks: The most racist thing Трамп ever said?
• Mark Fiore: The Трамп anthem
• Joy Reid: My parents were from what Трамп calls “shithole countries”.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mike Pence might hate Трамп too
• Stephen: Someone forgot to explain Трамп’s position on FISA to Трамп
• Melania Трамп’s wife coach reveals secrets.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп is becoming more erratic and working less
• Stephen: Трамп and Russia

Daily Show: The price of social change—Why California is paying gun offenders.

Minute Physics: How we know black holes exist.

VOX: The new US tax law, explained with cereal.

Sam Seder: Kansas lawmaker stupidly claims blacks abuse pot because it’s “in their character”

Full Frontal: Road to 2018—Stacey Abrams

The FISA bill in 60 seconds.

President Oprah:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Oprah for President?
• Stephen on how an Oprah presidency would look.
• WaPo: Oprah’s political beliefs
• Young Turks: Poll of Oprah vs Trump; and the winner is…
• James Corden: Let’s just designate Oprah as the ‘stable genius’
• Stephen: Future Presidents (Oprah) and past Presidents (Bannon)

VOX: The real reason Amelia Earhart is so famous.

Francesca Fiorentini: The powerful will erase you in 2020:

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: A crash course in Breitbart’s conspiracy journalism, Pt. 1

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: A crash course in Breitbart’s conspiracy journalism, Pt. 1

Samantha Bee: No country for pregnant women.

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

There once was a jackass half-wit troll
Who was never even a bit droll.
Despite hands as small as a mouse,
He got to the Whitehouse
And declared much of the world was a “shithole”