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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Mental Floss: 38 facts about NASA.

Bill Maher: WTF is going on?

The Thin-skinned, Putin-puppet, Sociopath, Sexual Assaulter-in-Chief.

Ezra Klein: Democrats won the most votes. Why aren’t they acting like it?.

VSauce: The Brachistochrone.

Sisters March:

Bill Maher: New Rule.

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

Open Thread January 27

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While I’ve had problems with Mayor Murray before, I have to say, his stance on keeping Seattle a sanctuary city has been pretty great. The federal money could be a hit in places. But it’s not even near as bad as turning the city into an arm of Trump’s anti-immigrant goon squad.

I was also heartened to read the outlines of a legal strategy. I’m not a lawyer, but Trump’s usual strategy of bullying people with an incentive to settle probably won’t work as well in this case. Our elected officials have a much greater incentive to fight him.

In the mean time, I’m all for creative ways to make up the money.

More Letters

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A while ago, I wrote my Seattle elected officials asking to keep Seattle a sanctuary city. Now here’s one asking my legislators (find yours here) to keep, and hopefully improve our health care system:

I don’t know exactly how Donald Trump and the GOP Congress plan to change healthcare in America, but I’m urging you to make sure Washington residents still have access to healthcare after the Republican Congress repeals Obamacare. I hope that means a health care exchange, and I would love to see a public option included in that. Or if you can find the votes, just universal health care.

If Congress allows sales across state lines, I would hope we sell a public option as widely as possible. Without a motive to skim off the top, it might be able to make money for the state and provide better health care for the rest of the country.

Thank you,

Carl Ballard

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleDid you know that each month more people attend their local chapter of Drinking Liberally than attended Trump’s entire inauguration? That’s a true “alternative fact.” Please join us tonight for an evening of administration heckling and resistance 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 other 199 chapters of Living Liberally, including ninteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Open Thread 1-23

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Well, the Womxns March in Seattle was a grand success. Great crowds, amazing energy. You can see some great pictures at the link above or the hashtag on Twitter.

I will note 2 things: First off, it was pretty white. You can “Imeanit’sSeattle” it if you want. And it was certainly more diverse than a lot of protests and marches I’ve been to. But it is worth noting.

The other thing, I was thinking was that the only 2 other protests I’ve seen of a similar magnitude were WTO and the Anti-Iraq war ones. While they were both important, and probably had many positive long-term reverberations, they didn’t succeed in their initial goals. I hope that’s a note of let’s keep working rather than of despair.

#WomensMarch

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Across the U.S. today, people are marching in support of women. Why? Because we now have a government run by assholes who are openly hostile to women.

Exhibit one: The pussy-grabber-in-chief. That’s right, we are living in bizarro-world where the so-called leader openly boasts about using his position to sexually assault women or walk in on young women changing clothes at their workplace. It’s disgusting.

Americans are responding:

Women’s marches across the U.S. (@billmckibben)

Women’s march brings far more people to D.C. than Drumpf’s inauguration. Sad!

Here in Seattle we have the “Womxn’s March on Seattle” that starts with a rally at Judkins Park, followed by a march to Seattle Center at 11am. Something like 30,000 people are expected to participate. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is an underestimate.

Judkins Park (@KIRO7Seattle)

Judkins Park (@fwd2utopia)

To join the demonstration, check out this information.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor with Cecile Richards: The high cost of defunding Planned Parenthood.

Rick Perry’s “oops!” moment with Sen. Al Franken.

2016: Warmest year on record.

And the Justice Said to the Philandering Sociopath, “You’re In!”

Bill Maher with Jimmy Kimmel: Bill’s number one concern.

What you need to know about the 2018 Senate landscape.

With Grace and Humility, Obama Departs:

Presidential Training Video.

Ezra Klein: Republicans have one major problem on ObamaCare.

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

#OPENTHREAD

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The Republican Senate, and particularly Matt Manweller, are sure into local control. Let the locality make its own decisions, they say. You wouldn’t want the state to micromanage where it’s not even their business.

You know what, I can’t keep this joke going. It’s pretty bad, but their desire to not let Seattle do commercial rent control is bad policy on its own. And hypocrisy is the laziest charge in politics.

Also, when a literal socialist cares more about small business than the freemarketwillsolveeverything guy, it’s time to just ignore labels.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleJoin us this evening for the last meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally under President Obama.

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

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A lot of us were shocked when the Islamic Center of the Eastside was burned. (video autoplays) Thank goodness they have a suspect in custody, but it still must be horrible for the people who use the facility. It’s a helplessness and not knowing who in your community would maybe be on their side. Even if it’s only a small fraction, it’s got to be scary as fuck.

If you want to do something a bit more tangible, this is the place I’ve seen on social media to donate to the repairs.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Martin Sheen: This is what corruption really costs us.

The story of Haru, Japanese internment, and a caution.

Mental Floss: 25 facts about fitness.

The Golden Sociopath:

Samantha Bee: White plight:

Heard on the Hill: The Saga of the Student Painting Heist.

Obama Cares:

The real reason “In God We Trust” is on U.S. currency.

Young Turks: Guess who would make a “rape Melania” sign?

Cory Booker testifies before Jeff Sessions.

Going Out With Dignity:

What does the World Bank actually do?

Conan: Russia has more kompromising material about public figures:

Sam Seder: Three bizarre Russia-related TV malfunctions.

Mental Floss: Why do we close our eyes when we sneeze?

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

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