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So, I guess we’re at war now? Cool. Right? It’s super cool. I assume that our pro-Trump trolls will be too busy joining the military to defend those people who we’re killing and also wouldn’t let into the country.

I realize that you don’t have to take the same stance as the person you voted for on everything military related (I was protesting the Afghanistan war in 2001 and have been pretty consistently against drones, but somehow voted for people who were considerably more hawkish than me for pretty much every position ever). Still and all, if you voted for president “bomb the shit out of them” you maybe have more of an obligation to put your money where your mouth is.

I’m approximately the billionth person to mourn the hiatus of Capitol Hill Seattle. If there are 2 things they did well, it’s great hyper local news and paying their writers.

Here’s hoping for an eventual return.

Please join us this evening for some conversation over a drink 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 other 222 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

It’s pretty amazing how unified we were as a society on Japanese Interment. Sure, if you’d sampled the Japanese population, you could get some very different results than the general population. And there were deserters among the general population. Individuals, and sometimes whole towns. Still, I was surprised to learn that there was only one newspaper paper that opposed the camps. I hope it’s a call for all of us to do better going forward.

Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Discuss.

Conan investigates the mysterious deaths of Russian diplomats.

Jimmy Dore: Anti-Planned Parenthood filmmaker charged with 15 felonies.

Mental Floss: 29 interesting archaeological finds.

Samantha Bee: Government Worked! Rape Kit Backlog Part 2.

Young Turks: Anti-abortion activists charged with felonies

The Трамп Crime Organization:

• Stephen: Presidential leak-crets, volume 3
• Trevor: Nepotism, impeachment & the freedom caucus
• Late Show: Трамп’s caddie confessions.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Трамп/Nunes story
• Bill Maher: Трамп monologue:

• David Pakman: Uh-Oh…Трамп also tied to Russian mobsters
• Olbermann: Could Трамп pass a sanity test?
• Should we worry about President Трамп and nuclear weapons?
• Mark Fiore: Head exploding news
• Maddow: Трамп administration scandals risk normalizing corruption
• Young Turks: Трамп University coming back to haunt The Donald.
• Sam Seder: Rick Santorum (YUUUUUCKKK!!!!) actually calls Трамп’s deregulation of the coal-industry a ‘Breath of good air’
• Jonathan Mann: Nepotism in the White House
• Late Show: Трамп’s climate change rollback reviewed by Woodsy the Owl
• Trevor: Трамп vows to end non-existent War on Coal™
• Stephen: Jared Kushner, chief White House nepotism beneficiary
• Maddow: Political strains in West serve Vladimir Putin goals
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at whether Devin Nunes is investigating or working for Трамп
• David Pakman: Трамп Campaign manager Russia Scandal grows BIGLY! Sad!
• Conan: Трамп takes credit for more things he had nothing to do with.
• Stephen: Wine, dine and reset gender norms to ’69
• FoD: Sad Трамп
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s terrible approval rating.
• David Pakman: Трамп admin wanted to block former Atty General from testifying on Russia
• Stephen: The Late Show wins the “Hi, Stranger” challenge.:

• James Corden: Mike Flynn’s Art of the Squeal
• PsychoSuperMom: So Many Lies, So Little Time
• Bill Maher: New Rule on Трамп enablers.
• Jimmy Dore: Sean Spicer freaks out on Black female reporter.
• David Pakman: Is Трамп suffering from dementia.
• Young Turks: Why Mike Pence won’t eat with women alone.
• Sam Seder: Watch Ivanka Трамп lie about how she won’t take job in daddy’s regime
• Olbermann: Here’s how this all ends for Трамп
• Conan’s press secretary.
• Flynn: “When you’re given immunity, it probably means you’ve committed a crime….”
• Young Turks: Трамп says he’s cool with Flynn’s immunity request
• Stephen: Diagramming Nunes’ conflict of interests in investigating Трамп.
• Maddow: Michael Flynn’s testimony could implicate higher-ups in government
• Farron Cousins: Трамп says he’s immune to sexual harassment lawsuits because he’s President
• Trevor: Трамп’s budget.

VOX: How a case gets to the US Supreme Court.

Farron Cousins: Let’s just say it—Republicans hate America

Sean Hannity is bad for America.

Stephen: North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’ gets dumped.

Amber’s Minute of Fury: Bill-O-The-Clown

Young Turks: Porn site protects you more than Republicans.

Sam Seder: Dumbass Rep. Ted Yoho Thinks Congresscritters work for the President.

ObamaCare is the Law of the Land:

• Sexy women beg for health care
• Young Turks: Трамп is sure healthcare reform will be easy
• Jimmy Dore: Watch Трамп & Republicans attack each other over healthcare defeat
• Stephen: Трамп on American healthcare—When you love something, let it explode
• Samantha Bee: Government is hard—Health care edition.:

• Young Turks: ТрампCare defeat kicks off Presidential Twitter meltdown.

VOX: Why knights fought snails in medieval art.

Stephen: The scrapping of internet privacy—Something we can all hate together.

Farron Cousins: Pres. Bannon won’t be charged with voter fraud…despite evidence.

Samantha Bee: Someone run against Johnnie Caldwell!!!

Minute Physics: Should you walk or run when it is cold?

Conan: United Airline’s double standard dress code.

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

No, I don’t plan to blog about this (too busy working on important stuff), but, well, it wouldn’t be right to let the day go by here without at least a little mention:

So, our old friend Tim Eyman (this blog’s namesake) faces a $2 million civil penalty. Which is great and all that. But I must admit to being disappointed that he isn’t facing felony charges. And no, I’m not afraid to publicly assert that I think he committed multiple felonies.

FYI, for those keeping track, I first broke the story that ultimately led to this lawsuit almost five years ago in The Stranger. As for the notion that Timmy was getting kickbacks from signature gatherers, I suggested that back in 2006. So, you know, I told you so.

I’m really psyched about Councilmember González’ announcement of a legal defense fund for people facing deportation. It’s important that people have the right to defend themselves. I hope that we can make this a long-term thing to outlast the current news cycle, or even the current administration.

Cell service in the Bus Tunnel* is here for T-Mobile users and will be here for everybody soon. And if you need to call 9-1-1, you can no matter what carrier you have.

It’s an overall good, but there are downsides. I will be sad to see the end of people being too loud getting cut off by a tunnel. What a joy that always is, gone because technology is amazing.

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It’s Tuesday, and that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for conversation and drinks.

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 other 222 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Today’s entry in the Miloscia is the worst category: Seriously, what the fuck? “We want to make sure Washington State has adequate voting rights” “Are you a Christian? Lady in a hijab, are you a Christian?” I mean.

Matthew 10:8-10
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Discuss.

Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars.

Stephen: A week older.

Трамп’s Pussy-grabbing Plutocracy:

• Olbermann: The most telling thing about the FBIs probe into Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Comey hearing adds to chaos of Трамп presidency.
• Jimmy Dore: White House advisor goes nuts!
• Schiff on “…more than circumstantial evidence….”
• James Corden: Donald, The Musical:

• James Corden: Other #DonaldtheMusical ideas.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s Campaign Chairman’s ties to Russia.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп monologue
• Olbermann: Only one reasonable conclusion. Трамп is an IDIOT.
• Stephen: The WERD, screw unto others
• PsychoSuperMom: Crimea River
• Young Turks: Трамп stooge spectacularly undermines investigation
• Samantha Bee: Dr. Sebastian L. v. Gorka, Трамп whisperer.
• Conan: Трамп calls Obama about Chancellor Merkel.
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing.
• Samantha Bee: The man with the ISIS plan.
• Young Turks: Ivanka moves into the White House.
• Stephen: Jeff Sessions tackles weed and the White House’s paranoia.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ivanka Трамп’s new office.
• Mark Fiore: House Committee on Leakers.
• Jimmy Fallon: Трамп, Russians and Manafort lies.
• Olbermann: The truth of Трамп’s “I alone can fix it” canard
• Late Show: America’s favorite new game, Трампboo:

• Samantha Bee: Трамп’s hard power budget.
• Young Turks: Трамп is coming after your Pell grants.
• Seth Meyers: Breaking nonsense from Sean Spicer.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is President and you’re not.

Trevor with So much news, so little time.

What life is like near the border wall.

This is your brain on terrorism.

Трампcare Phaylez:

• Jimmy Dore: Paul Ryan braggs about screwing newly unemployed & the elderly
• Bill Maher: Трамп and the long con game
• Maddow does Sen. Chuck Schumer.
• Sam Seder: Elizabeth Warren challenges GOP to explain Трампcare to millions hurt by it
• Young Turks: Old White men plot to take away maternity care
• Suzie Sampson: Does ANYONE like Трамп or Трампcare??!!
• Jimmy Dore: Shep Smith is stunned by GOP healthcare bill
• Young Turks: Трампcare is DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
• Health care victory
• Jimmy Fallon: Congress delays vote on Трампcare
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп fails to “repeal and replace”.
• Bill Maher: Repeal and Disgrace
• Trevor: Republicans can’t get their shit together on healthcare.
• Maddow: Трампcare fails. 24 million Americans are not going to lose their health insurance.
• Young Turks: Трамп didn’t know what was in the Трампcare bill
• Stephen: ТрампCare’s new ‘three-bucket strategy’… Buckets full of what?

Bill Maher: Overtime.

Seth Meyers: Mostly political monologue.

Steve Bannon’s Bathtub Musings.

The Garland Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing:

• Seth Meyers: Other jobs Neil Gorsuch has had.
• Young Turks: Ted Cruz gushes all over Neil Gorsuch
• Sam Seder: A compilation of robot Neil Gorsuch’s PAINFUL attempts at “humor.”
• Robert Reich: No Supreme Court pick for Трамп
• The Garland Gorsuch hearing in 4 minutes.
• Michael Brooks: Sen. Chuck Schumer says Gorsuch hearing a bit ‘unseemly’ since Трамп administration is under FBI investigation
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Трамп’s Russia and wiretapping scandals overshadowing the Supreme Court hearing.
• Rep. John Lewis’ amazing Трампcare-killing speech.
• Sam Seder: Al Franken exposes Gorsuch’s ‘apolitical judge’ myth with one question

Why the rehabilitation of George W. Bush needs to stop!

China’s Panda diplomacy explained..

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

I have great admiration for Seattlish following who is filing for mayor. Actually trying to figure out the stances of the various cranks. It’s important work. Who knows what the non-voter paid the same filing fee as everyone else, why not inform the voters a tiny bit about them. In our democracy, well, none of them are as bad as the President.

Also, not to get too meta but “they also seems to be a little green when it comes to Seattle politics (they says Mayor Ed Murray “seems like a really nice guy” which made me snort-laugh)” legit made me snort-laugh.

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Oh man. I missed Bus Driver Appreciation Day. But I definitely appreciate my bus drivers. For making my commute possible. For making the city run smoothly. Thanks. I’ll try to live every day with appreciation for bus drivers.