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I have been listening to The History of English podcast, and it’s very strange for me to listen to a history podcast that’s still going. Usually I will binge a series once it’s done. Anyway, it has got to Edward I. The podcast hasn’t got there yet, but pretty soon, he is going to ban Jewish people from England.

As I was listening to this, I walked by Seattle Shakespeare. I see that The Merchant of Venice is coming up. It. Made me realize that the vast majority of people who the play was written for had never met anyone Jewish. It had been over 300 years, and yet the stereotypes were popularly understood.

According to the data that we pilfered from Facebook and analyzed into a profile by our team of data scientists using the very latest in neural network-based AI, you need a damn drink! So stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally this evening and join us for conversations and/or rants over that drink.

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 249 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.

At this point, any Republican who hasn’t actively denounced Donald Trump is trying to turn the US into a dictatorship. The McCabe firing means that a Muller firing is almost inevitable. At some point, a point that has almost certainly passed, anything but actively working against him is complicity.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

Discuss.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: FAUX News gets a new slogan

WaPo: Phillis Wheatley’s existence was dangerous to an idea the U.S. was founded on.

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about English and other languages!.

Joy Reid, Amber Ruffin, and Jenny Hagel: Diversity in Late Night at SXSW.

Vox: The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation.

Daily Show: Is facial recognition software racist?.

Samantha Bee: Cy Vance—Technically legal, Part 1.
Samantha Bee: Cy Vance—Technically legal, Part 2.

Rachel Maddow: New sanctions reveal Russian hacking of US energy infrastructure

Paradigms—How we know what we know: The science of seeing.

The Dotard Трамп And His White House Shit Show:

• Stephen: Rex in review—Colbert’s top takes on Secretary Tillerson
• Seth Meyers: Трампs unhinged rally and Betsy DeVos’ train wreck interview
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп likes to hire TV personalities for important roles
• Conan: LIVE footage of Трамп’s motorcade in Los Angeles
• James Cordon: The Dotard Трамп can’t stop firing his staff
• Ari Melber: “Art of the Deal” ghostwriter, “Трамп exploits fear.”
• Our Cartoon President: “I would like to plant a story”
• Stephen: Stormy Daniels suggests Трамп has been…bad
• Space Force: The theme song:

• WaPo Fact Check: Does President Трамп’s border wall pay for itself?
• Kimmel: A message from Melania Трамп on cyberbullying
• Stephen goes to art therapy
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing—When is the impeachment?
• Jimmy Dore: Jeff Sessions boasts “I’m not ‘fraid of Трамп, no suh!”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The subpoena President Dotard Трамп feared more than any other
• Trevor: Трамп improvises his way through a rally and agrees to meet Kim Jong-un
• Heads Of State: Трамп on Bannon saying being called racist is a “badge of honor”
• Stephen: Трамп went to Pennsylvania to endorse…himself
• Our Cartoon President: “Just report the facts”
• Stephen: Hungry To Leave Power Games, Rex Tillerson edition.
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп visits wall samples in California
• Trevor: Profiles in tremendousness—Larry Kudlow
• James Corden: Трамп pitches space force to “Marine Core”
• Late Show: How the House intel committee landed on “no collusion”
• Mark Fiore: MAGA staffing solutions.
• Conan: Betsy DeVos and Stormy Daniels are equally qualified to be education secretary
• Late Show: Which Трамп cabinet member will survive the DCAA tournament?

• Seth Meyers: Трамп fires Rex Tillerson
• Our Cartoon President: Love Of money is the root of all evil
• Stephen: Трамп presents “space force, episode dumb”
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lies to Trudeau and fills his staff with loyalists
• Stephen: Rex Tillerson got fired via Twitter
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: What does Carter Page not know?
• Rachel Maddow: UK punishes Russia over spy poisoning, The Dotard Трамп oddly quiet
• James Corden: Trump has turned sleeping into an insult
• Trevor: Trump inspects the wall
• Chris Hayes: What will Robert Mueller find in the Трамп organization documents?
• Seth Meyers: Conor Lamb’s win, Трамп’s “space force” and #NationalStudentWalkout
• Jimmy Kimmel: Shocking discovery about Трамп merchandise
• Stephen: Can Трамп’s lawyers block Stormy Daniels’ “60 Minutes” appearance?
• Samantha Bee: Rex & Mike & Conor & teens
• Ari Melber: How Трамп’s “obsessive desire” to meet Vladimir Putin unfolded
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп departed staffer commemorative plates
• WaPo: Does Трамп want a cabinet full of FAUX News personalities?
• What one year of Трамп does
• Bill Maher: The Трамп temp agency
• Randy Rainbow interviews Betsy DeVos!

• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The MSM’S attack on Betsy DeVos
• James Corden: Трамп to Robert Mueller, “It wasn’t me”
• Trevor: Trump cans Rex Tillerson over Twitter
• Conan: Трамп lawyer Michael Cohen’s many mistakes
• Stephen: Melania Трамп explains her “Einstein visa”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп skips Russian sanctions law, meekly echoes Mueller instead.
• Late-night laughs: Трамп’s “space force”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп loses in Трамп country
• Our Cartoon President: Rich guys, bad boy edition
• Stephen: Trump inspects some models (of the border wall)

WaPo: These students are getting organized to fight gun violence.

John Oliver: Cryptocurrencies.

Vox: The ketogenic diet explained.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Who says conservatives can’t do comedy?7

Why the #MeToo moment is especially distressing for Muslim women.

WaPo: Why and how the U.S. is involved in the conflict in Yemen.

Daily Show: Disrupting the legal system with robots.

Bill Maher chats with Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

Seth Meyers: Political monologue.

Vox: Why we imagine aliens the way we do.

Trevor: Students walk out to protest gun violence

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

I was recently cleaning out my closet, and I came across a pin I was given in October/ November 2001, when I was protesting the war in Afghanistan. On the one hand, it feels fucking futile. We’re still there, and people like John Fucking Bolton are still around along with team torture. On the other hand, it may be the protest I’m most proud of participating in. Just me and a couple Quakers on the street corner holding signs when the world had gone mad.

Come the hell on, Microsoft (h/t).

When we talk about the worst in the nation gender pay gap in Seattle, often Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon come up. As if manufacturing and tech just have to favor men. It doesn’t. It’s choices we make. It’s systematic discrimination in our largest companies, and down the line. It’s seeing 238 internal complaints and not doing anything.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets this evening. Please join us for some good conversations over a drink.

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.

I feel like I’m more tickled by KEXP doing every Sub Pop release than I should be. I was a teenager in Seattle at a time when they were huge. I guess that may be true of any time in the last 30 or so years.

Revelation 13:1-2

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Discuss.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Liberals are politicizing online dating

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Francesca Fiorentini: Why do Republican women love a party that hates them?

Young Turks: Inside Sinclair’s local news propaganda machine.

Vox: How politicians troll the media.

Samantha Bee: Doug Bruce ruined Colorado.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crooked Cronies:

• Trevor: Gary Cohn resigns
• Stephen: Robert Mueller is hot on Трамп’s tail
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Vladimir Putin’s black box for The Dotard Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel on former Трамп aide Sam Nunberg’s TV meltdown
• Stephen: North Korea sends the U.S. a friend request
• WaPo: Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act. What is it?
• Bill Maher: Rocket Man and Rain Man
• Trevor: Sam Nunberg loses his freaking mind on live TV
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп seems to have trouble remembering to sign things
• Stephen: Трамп’s trade war means pricier jeans, bikes, booze
• Seth Meyers: Stormy Daniels sues, Gary Cohn quits, Трамп talks North Korea
• Weekend Update: Hope Hicks resigns
• Stephen: Oprah Winfrey searched For Meaning In Трамп’s Latest Tweet About Her
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s new astinence-only sex ed program
• Conan: Only Трамп can make tariffs creepy
• Stephen Grabs Capitol Hill by the memo:

• Our Cartoon President: “J’accuse bitch!”
• Stephen breaks down Sam Nunberg’s breakdown
• Ari Melber: Why Robert Mueller “following the debt” scares Трамп and Kushner
• James Corden: If there are naked pictures of Dotard Трамп, please don’t
• Bill Maher: White House motivational posters
• Rachel Maddow: With new players, details Dotard Трамп Russia probe seems far from over
• SNL: Presidential address.
• Vox: Guess who will leave the Трамп White House next
• Late Show: Canada has some tariffs of their own
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп is excited to meet Kim Jong-un
• Chris Hayes: EPA Chief wanted to stage climate science debates
• Seth Meyers: Robert Mueller investigates Трамп’s Kremlin back channel
• Stephen fills every vacant federal government job
• Trevor: If Melania divorced The Dotard.
• Mark Fiore: The best and most serious people.
• Stephen: You’re not dreaming, a porn star is suing the President
• Jimmy Kimmel responds to Трамп’s Tweet about Oscars
• WaPo: “Mean Boys”, name change
• Stephen: Chris Hayes on Трамп-Russia allegations, “Why is everyone acting guilty?”
• Our Cartoon President: Трамп’s Bracket
• David Pakman: Трамп-Russia scandal—What we know so far
• Young Turks: Did Трамп’s pornstar hush money break the law?
• Trevor: Трамп’s White House has “no chaos”
• Chris Hayes: Jared Kushner resort could make millions off government-backed ferry project
• Stephen Colbert responds to Devin Nunes
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s trade tirade and West Virginia teachers’ strike
• HeadsOfState: Трамп’s assault on solar energy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Dotard Трамп upset at Press Secretary over Stormy Daniels answers
• Stephen: Трамп scolds Sarah Huckabee Sanders for… being honest
• Rachel Maddow: The Dotard Трамп agrees to North Korea meeting invite, South Korea announces
• Jimmy Kimmel: Stormy Daniels is suing The Dotard Трамп
• Trevor: Sam Nunberg’s wild cable news ride
• Stephen: Gary Cohn cashes out.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Christian Picciolini—rebuilding life after hate.

Stephen chats with Chelsea Clinton.

Women around the world march for equality.

Bill Maher: Third rails.

Lauren Mayer: Inclusion Rider:

What a campaign ad mocking Texas native Beto O’Rourke says about former Canadian citizen Rafael Ted Cruz.

The Daily Show: Robots want our jobs… and our genitals .

America Confronts Its Gun Violence Problem:

• Samantha Bee: The NRA is a cult
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Jesus take the wheel on high-capacity divine intervention
• Young Turks: The NRA sues Florida over new gun laws.
• Guns explained with cats:

• The Late Show: A gun’s reaction to being banned from bumble
• Sam Seder: Parkland students slam NRA spokeswoman in parody
• Samantha Bee: Alt-right killers.
• Trevor: The noninfluence of video games on gun violence

WaPo: What are the Obamas and Netflix up to?

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The gay who would be clerk

Stephen: Ted Cruz SUCKS!

WaPo: Here is what rabies does to the body.

Daily Show: CP Time–Forgotten Black women of history.

Stephen: McDonald’s and Barbie honor International Women’s Day.

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

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.