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Are you fucking kidding me?!? The news about families being torn apart and children being confined in cages or tent cities by ICE is quite sobering. It makes me REALLY need a drink. Whatever your reasons are, stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight to share some politics over the beverage of your choice.

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.

I dig the hell out of Seattle on a day like today, and the whole weekend. Being so far North, the sun is out forever. It’s too hot but not tooooo hot. I went on a couple nice walks.

It’s too bad that the republic is dying, sure. But at least Mertle Edwards park is amazing.

Job 1
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Discuss.

Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz has basketball on the brain.

Samantha Bee: The myth of crisis actors, Part 1

Vox: How TV gave us the classic soccer ball.

Mental Floss: Summer facts and life hacks!

Samantha Bee: The myth of crisis actors, Part 2

Daily Show: Secession vs. a two-state solution in California

MinuteEarth: Rise of the mesopredator

The Dotard Трамп and Other Petty Tyrants:

• Chris Hayes: Horror at the border—“We have no idea when or if mother and child will be Reunited”
• Stephen: Трамп met with Kim Jong Un… Now what?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mommin’ with Sarah Huckabee Sanders
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Who’s sleeping better, Paul Manafort or The Dotard Трамп?
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Pres. Vicente Fox
• Vox: What does “denuclearization” mean?
• Stephen: Трамп’s habit of ripping up papers is against the law
• Maddow: Paul Manafort appears to choose jail over helping Dotard Трамп Russia probe
• Seth Meyers: GOP’s Трамп “cult”; Трамп Foundation lawsuit; Comey report
• Michael Brooks: Dotard Трамп Jr. suddenly realizes his father doesn’t love him, while on FAUX News
• WaPo: Unraveling President Трамп’s claims about the North Korea deal
• Stephen: Sarah Huckabee Sanders has her eyes (and lies) on the exit
• Conan: Conan on the North Korea summit
• Heads of State: “Die Die Die”—Dotard Трамп sings about Obamacare:

• Stephen: The Mueller probe is about to “hit the fan”
• Trevor: Трамп gets a lawsuit and an FBI report for his birthday
• Samantha Bee: Canadian enemies and nuclear friends
• Late Show: The Dotard Трамп summit spectacular
• Young Turks: Cartoonist fired over Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп made a movie for Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Трамп celebrated his historic summit with a historic lie
• Conan: Kim Jong-un’s video message for Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп tries to “steal the grief” of fallen soldiers’ parents
• Trevor: Трамп hands a PR victory to Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Трамп is fighting for Russia and fighting with Canada
• Chris Hayes: White House can’t fill open positions, turns to job fair
• Bill Maher: Justin and The Dotard:

• Seth Meyers and friends: Do we like Michael Avenatti?
• Stephen: The odd movie trailer Трамп showed Kim Jong Un
• Farron Cousins: Трамп gets condemned by Canadian parliament in unanimous vote
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Kathy Griffin
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп and Kim Jong-un’s friendship inspires Jimmy
• Young Turks: Republicans are using slave owners’ favorite bible verse to justify child prisons
• Stephen: The IG report could lead to the impeachment of Hillary Clinton
• The Late Show: The Трамп/Kim boxing match
• Conan: A Canadian responds to Трамп’s latest attack on Justin Trudeau
• Bill Maher: A feckless stunt
• Stephen: Jeff Sessions cites the Bible in separating children from parents
• Late Show: How North Korea is reporting the summit
• Farron Cousins: Entire Трамп family named in massive charity fraud lawsuit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: New York A.G. files fraud lawsuit against Dotard Трамп Family Foundation
• Stephen: Трамп will use his “touch” and “feel” with Kim Jong Un
• Seth Meyers: Трамп meets Kim Jong-un
• Mark Fiore: Axis of allies.
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry sounds like he’s losing his mind:

• Stephen: Anthony Scaramucci & Michael Avenatti debate over Rosé.
• Trevor: Shredding Трамп
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп is lying about his child migrant policy
• Jimmy Kimmel: White House reveals everything Трамп gave to Kim Jong-un
• Stephen: Anthony Scaramucci & Michael Avenatti predict Трамп’s fate
• Young Turks: Ex-CIA agents training ICE to be more evil
• Daily Show: Verified survivor—Kirsten Gillibrand
• Rachel Maddow: GOP keeps pressure on DoJ in effort to sink Трамп–Russia probe
• Conan: The Kim Jong-un photobomber is now dead
• Stephen interviews Stephanopoulos’ interview of Трамп

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship

Maine passes rank choice voting.

Listen to Black women

Full Frontal: The Irish abortion referendum.

Electile Function and Dysfunction:

• WaPo: Did The Dotard sink Mark Sanford?
• David Pakman: Should Democrats be panicking about 2018 polls?
• WaPo: Behind the “rigged system” of drawing Congressional boundaries.
• Bill Maher: Billy Eichner on glam up the midterms
• WaPo: Women triumph in Virginia’s Democratic primaries
• David Pakman: Russia is ACTIVELY MEDDLING in 2018 election RIGHT NOW!
• Sam Seder: Democrats win HUGE in Wisconsin—Scott Walker is scared to death
• WaPo: The time California tried to change the redistricting game: Part 1
• WaPo: The time California tried to change the redistricting game: Part 2

Jim Jefferies: Carol Burnett on staying apolitical in political times.

Bill Maher: New Rule—#BlueToo.

Jimmy Kimmel does research on blobfish Ted Cruz.

Minute Physics: Relativistic addition of velocity

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

I am beginning to suspect that it was a bad idea to elect a violent white supremacist as President. I mean, President is a shitty job, and most Presidents are shitty people. But, at least we could have been done with the Presidents who support ripping babies away from their parents. Not since slavery was outlawed, I think.

History won’t be kind to us.

Naps are awesome and the Devil at once. Yesterday, I got home from work with about an hour before I had to go to Drinking Liberally. It was only Tuesday, but I was already tired. So nap. Rad. I didn’t set an alarm, but it wasn’t very long. Anyway, I was refreshed at DL but when I got home, I couldn’t sleep. So now I’m tired again. So should I take another nap when I get home and start the process again?

Tonight will be filled with primary election results from Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. Perhaps, the local issues in your head tax you to drinking. Whatever your reasons, stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight to ponder politics over a pint.

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.

Are you excited about how we’re definitely going to solve nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula this afternoon? I mean sure, there’s a tiny little bitty chance that nothing happens. Or that something happens that makes things worse.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

Discuss.

Ronny Chieng: A televangelist begs for a private jet.

Jimmy Dore: Nellie McKay’s anti-war song update.

Trevor with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.

The Cruz Challenge:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz says GAME ON.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ground rules for Ted Cruz basketball game.
• Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Ted Cruz trash talk

Physics Girl: The physics of skateboarding.

Vox: Why chronic floods are coming to New Jersey

Samantha Bee: A message.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Crass dismissed .

Lauren Mayer: Please stop making insults out of genitalia.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Future Pardonees:

• Stephen: Can a president pardon himself?
• Trevor: Are we in an alternate universe?
• WaPoТрамп did not dictate the Трамп Tower response. Until he did.
• Chris Hayes: Scott Pruitt tried to get his wife a Chick-Fil-A franchise
• Ari Melber: Watergate prosecutor says that Paul Manafort is “toast”
• The Late Show: This is how we Pruitt—The corruption story
• Trevor: North Korea gets back on Трамп’s good side
• Lawrence O’Donnell: In the Robert Mueller’s probe, “It’s the money, stupid”
• Stephen: Kim Jong-Un had a big message for Трамп
• WaPo fact check: Can President Трамп (or any president) be subpoenaed or indicted?
• Conan: Sports figures willing to visit the White House
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп administration struggles to find space for seized immigrant kids
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп and water just don’t mix
• Late Show: Meet the real Commander-of-Cheese:

• Heads of State: Can Трамп shoot someone and pardon himself?
• Chris Hayes: “Mattress-lotion Scott” somehow still has a job at EPA
• Samantha Bee: Missing migrant children update
• Ari Melber: Bob Mueller indicts a Russian known as “Paul Manafort’s Manafort”
• Stephen: Scott Pruitt is hungry for Chick-fil-A
• Trevor: Team Трамп’s above-the-law legal arguments
• Rachel Maddow: Light of Russia investigation sends Трамп affiliates scattering
• Young Turks: The Dotard scolds Trudeau for Canada burning down White House (they didn’t)
• Conan: Putin calls Трамп to talk about “The Americans” finale
• Farron Cousins: Creepy Scott Pruitt wanted to buy used Трамп Hotel mattress
• Vox: Трамп invented a fake spy scandal and people will still believe it.
• Stephen: Трамп makes the G7 summit awkwaaaard
• Bill Maher: Turd in the punchbowl
• James Corden: Apparently Трамп knows numerous legal scholars?
• WaPo: What Трамп (and you) need to know about pardons
• Late Show: The big words in Kim Jong Un’s big letter
• Young Turks: Guess how the Dotard is prepping for North Korea summit
• Chris Hayes: EPA imploding under weight of Scott Pruitt scandals
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s petty side hustles
• Stephen: Have you seen this first lady?
• Ari Melber: Kardashian winning Трамп pardon shows “terribly wrong” process
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “Thanks Pal”—Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer was cozy with Dotard’s lawyer
• Randy Rainbow: Commander of cheese!:

• Late Show: In search of the First Lady
• Conan: Трамп releases an album of patriotic songs
• Ari Melber: People who obstruct justice usually have something to hide
• Stephen speaks Kellyanne Conway’s language
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп and GOP keep Scott Pruitt on despite flagrant abuse of office
• WaPo: Does the Dotard even know the lyrics?
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s spending gets weirder
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Jeff Merkley describes immigrants held in cages “like dog kennels”
• Stephen: Paul Manafort is bad at being sneaky
• Jimmy Kimmel: Melania Трамп finally makes public appearance
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rudy Giuliani speaks, causes trouble for the Dotard Трамп
• Late Show: Under the table with Трамп and Pence
• Conan: Трамп the historian
• Farron Cousins: The Dotard fails basic history and embarrasses U.S. again
• Ari Melber: Melber on Трамп’s self-pardon claim—Pardons are for criminals
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani says, “I don’t even really look at porn”
• Chris Hayes: Family separation is “barbaric,” a “National Shame”
• Jimmy Kimmel wishes Трамп happy 500 days
• Trevor: Трамп gets snubbed by the Philadelphia Eagles
• Stephen: Трамп disinvites the Eagles for… never kneeling?

• Conan: The one Трамп business that made money
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп administration is violating human rights according to U.N.
• Stephen: Трамп, Sanders, and Sekulow got caught in a lie
• WaPo: The lawsuit against Ben Carson that was 50 years in the making
• Ari Melber: Michael Cohen plotted with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer to push lies
• Trevor and Hasan: Трамп changes his tune on celebrating Ramadan
• Mark Fiore: Presidential Pardon Power Supplement
• Young Turks: Putin OWNS Трамп
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп history, like drunk history, only not as smart
• Michael Brooks: Hannity goes full crazy on live TV, tells Трамп’s friends to destroy evidence
• Stephen: Трамп is turning pardon power into reality TV
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller puts Трамп in desperate position; pardon spree a bad idea

Daily Show: Facebook cashes in on conflict.

The Atlantic: Hawaii’s Kilaeuea volcanic eruption—A stunning time-lapse

The Onion: How to increase your cognitive ability by reading a fucking book for once.

Vox: How noise pollution is ruining your hearing.

Stephen: The FBI’s Breakdancing Training VIdeo

Elections and Stuff:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP gets wiped out in California Senate race
• WaPo: Winners and losers from 2018’s biggest primary night
• Sam Seder with Dave Weigel: Republicans should be TERRIFIED of California primary results
• Young Turks: Judge RECALLED after slap-on-the-wrist rape sentence
• Samantha Bee: The Texas conscience
• Trevor does New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.
• WaPo: Is 2018 really the “year of the woman”?

Jim Jefferies: Abstinence-only education makes no sense:

The Atlantic: Tangier Island—The first U.S. climate refugees?

New Scientist: Can sleeping pills make you racist?

Stephen: China’s sonic attacks reach the Late Show.

Vox: Trade wars, explained.

WaPo: The Supreme Court punted on the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling.

Late Show: Straight Cakes—The all-hetero cakeshop

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

Tuesday is a big election day with primary elections in Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, and a handfull of special elections. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for election gawking and analysis over a pint.

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.

A surprisingly good unexpected joy in Seattle comes when you pick up a Lime Bike off the ground. Strangers will thank you. When there are several bikes, other people will often help. It’s great. There are a few seconds of community and then back to whatever we were doing. I know, it’s free labor for a private company, but still, can’t beat it.

Chronicles 15:13
All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

Discuss.

Vox: Scientists are remaking mosquitoes to fight malaria.

Conan: Obama also asked James Comey to make a promise….

Trevor: A Mali migrant rescues a child in France

Jimmy Kimmel accepts Ted Cruz’s challenge.

Minute Physics: Length contraction and time dilation.

The Dotard Трамп and His Gang of Criminals:

• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп ends signal with pardons, could face rude awakening
• Conan: James Comey says Трамп’s “spygate” claims are made up
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What you’re really worried about tonight if you’re Dotard Трамп
• Ari Melber: How a Трамп pardon in collusion case could be a crime
• Late Show: Трамп and Xi’s high stakes poker game
• Rachel Maddow: FBI assembling contents of Michael Cohen’s shredder machine:

• Chris Hayes: Backlash grows against separation of migrant families
• Trevor: Where is Melania?
• Ari Melber: How Dotard Трамп uses trolling as political warfare
• Lawrence O’Donnell: WhatDotard Трамп’s pardons really do
• Samantha Bee’s has some words for Ivanka Трамп
• WaPo: What the Dotard has said about pardons
• Trevor: Kim Kardashian goes to the White House and Трамп pardons Dinesh D’Souza
• Conan: James Comey is like a breakup Трамп can’t get over
• Ari Melber: Listen to the tape of Michael Cohen making threats for the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Paul Manafort gets contender for world’s sketchiest legal defense fund
• Jimmy Dore: Sean Spicer desperately trying to stay relevant
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп falsely blames Democrats for family separation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Michael Cohen tape.
• WaPo: What’s the hurry Sarah Sanders?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hammered Dotard Трамп gives commencement speech
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s problem with lying
• Bill Maher: Tweet sorrow:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jeff Sessions is key witness in Robert Mueller obstruction probe
• Chris Hayes and friends: How Dotard Трамп paved the way for Roseanne

Trevor: France’s migrant hero.

Minute Earth: How long can we live?.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Conspiracy theories.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The most valuable airspace in the world.

Racists SUCK!

• Trevor: Even the anti-PC brigade condemns Roseanne Barr
• Jimmy Kimmel on Roseanne cancellation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t denounce Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet
• WaPo: Roseanne Barr’s offensive comments got her canceled
• Chris Hayes: Roseanne Barr reflects a chunk of the Dotard Трамп base
• Full Frontal: Ask your doctor about Ambien
• Trevor and Roy: Starbucks shuts down for racial bias training.
• Hallie Jackson and Morgan Radford: White nationalists running for office in record numbers
• Starbucks’ racial bias training went great, according to Starbucks
• Jonathan Mann: When Трамп tells a lie, when Rossanne says something racist

Vox: The culture war between doctors and midwives, explained.

Seth Meyers sits down with The Washington Post.

Jonathan Mann: 4,645 Americans died in Puerto Rico:

Best of Newsbroke (farewell).

How scientists discovered dark matter.

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

I’m looking forward to the employment numbers this morning. I may have been briefed on them yesterday, but today I’ll really delve deeper. I’ll be sure to keep Tweeting if I find something interesting.

Prime rate held steady at 79.2%. That’s a number.

They slightly revised the April numbers too. Did you know they could do that?