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I’m going to write a few letters to various state and local officials (and maybe my member of Congress and Senators). Mostly it’s urging them to do as best they can to resist Trump, but also other things maybe. Here’s the first one. I wrote the following to my city council members (at large and the one who represents me) and Mayor Murray and City Attorney Holmes. Murray’s has 2nd person language in the executive order section, but otherwise it’s the same.

I was heartened when Mayor Murray reaffirmed his commitment last month to make Seattle a sanctuary city. I hope you’ll do everything you can going forward to make that a reality.

I’m asking specifically that you use your power to have the city not to assist in deportations. People’s immigration status is not their value to the city. This is a moral issue in and of itself and it’s also a test for future issues.

Donald Trump has already threatened to do even worse. From Muslim bans to national stop and frisk. If you give in on the sanctuary city front, it will make it easier for him to do these other things.

Thank you,

Carl Ballard
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I don’t actually care about a temporary blip in Boeing stock. But I do care if Trump is trying to punish someone for saying they like trade. So here we are. Trump claims to want more manufacturing in the United States but is apparently prepared to lie about one of America’s biggest manufacturers out of spite.

Come in from the cold this evening, warm your hands at the wood burning stove, order the beverage of your choice, and then join us for discussions and merrymaking 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 191 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.

More bike lanes. This time a 7th Avenue connector. It really looks like Seattle is really moving to a network of bike lanes and paths that connect as opposed to a few lanes in some places and some trails.

Revelation 19:17-18
I then saw an angel standing on the sun, and he shouted to all the birds flying in the sky, “Come and join in God’s great feast! You can eat the flesh of kings, rulers, leaders, horses, riders, free people, slaves, important people, and everyone else.”!

Discuss.

The world’s most polluted cities.

Mark Fiore: Pipeline Protector

Roll Call Decoder: How does new member orientation really work?

Trevor: The Dakota Access Pipeline’s reservation reroute.

Denying climate change is like living in a burning house:

Mental Floss: 27 amazing accomplishments of elderly people.

Farron Cousins: The fight for 15 has tens of thousands hitting the streets to fight for a living wage.

Facebook Live with President Obama.

Young Turks: Veterans deploy to Standing Rock #NoDAPL.

The Serial Philanderer, Con Man, Putin-loving, President Elect:

• Young Turks: Why Drumpf’s “landslide” mandate is nonsense
• Keith Olbermann: Can Donald Drumpf possibly believe what he’s saying?
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney humiliates himself at Drumpf Tower.
• David Pakman: Drumpf now trails Clinton by 2.3 million votes
• Maddow: Drumpf does a pre-inauguration ‘Thank You’ tour.
• Thom: Did Carrier fleece both Drumpf & America?
• Stephen: Drumpf will soon acquire mass text capability
• Young Turks: Drumpf picks Sarah Palin to lead largest government agency
• David Pakman: Rumors about faithless Drumpf electors.
• Sam Seder: Romney forced to have intimate dinner of shame with Drumpf for SOS job.
• Roll Call: Who has Drumpf picked for his Cabinet
• PsychoSuperMom: Tweetin’ Donald:

• Trevor: President-elect Drumpf’s conflicts of interest
• Understanding real Drumpf voters.
• Maddow: Drumpf plans to privatize VA? Vets say “NO!”
• Jimmy Dore: Republicans target Medicare despite Drumpf’s promise to protect it
• Sam Seder and Ari Berman: Drumpf & the GOP are trying to destroy democracy
• James Corden: Donald Drumpf and Mitt Romney make nice over dinner.
• Drumpf could violate the Constitution on Day 1.
• More leaked taped calls between Drumpf and Obama:

• Young Turks: Drumpf Tweets out a huge lie about the election.
• Stephen: At dinner with Donald Drumpf, Mitt Romney ate crow.
• Maddow: Drumpf’s scary pick for Deputy National Security Adviser is clueless!
• Don’t freak out about Donald Drumpf! This country has always been run by questionable people.
• Trevor: Adapting to Donald Drumpf’s lies
• David Pakman: Donald Drumpf has been turning down intelligence briefings since winning election

Full Frontal game night.

Adam Ruins Everything: How prostitutes settled the wild west.

Conan: Celebrity survey.

David Pakman: Texas now requires funeral services for all abortions.

White House: West Wing Week.

Jimmy Dore: Low wage workers rise up to demand livable wage.

How to make fake news.

Olbermann: “Government-backed attackers” may have hacked my account.

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

It’s obviously horrendous that we’ve set up a system where you have to drive for hours if you want an abortion. I do wonder how much we as a state can do. If people are driving to Yakima, a city not on the border, maybe there are ways to encourage more clinics closer to Idaho and Oregon. It’s probably the part of the state that’s the most hostile to that sort of thing.

In a lot of the open threads since Trump’s election, I’ve been harping on how Seattle and Washington State can push back against the worst of Trump’s policies. I’m glad to see I’m not the only person thinking about local resistance to these national issues (h/t). That leaves a lot of problems for people in a lot of places without much protection. And, frankly, I’m not sure how up to it, our local politicians are.

Pffffffffffffffffffffffffff. Man. Trump is like the worst, right? I don’t just mean whatever Godawful nonsense he’s decided to do between when I wrote this and when you’re reading it. I mean he’s so bad he’s making children sad.

Deuteronomy 14:18
You must not eat bats.

Discuss.

Daily Show: R.I.P. Facts.

David Pakman: The truth about the alt-right.

Young Turks: The Emails Mike Pence doesn’t want you to see.

Adam ruins everything: The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money:

Common Ground: The game we can all agree on.

Jonathan Mann: Fight These Fucking Nazis Right Now.

The Serial Philanderer, Con Man, Putinophile, President Elect:

• Stephen: Drumpf vs. ‘Hamilton’ inspires a hip hop musical spin-off
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk Reince Priebus questions Steve Bannon
• David Pakman: Possible Drumpf Security Secretary accidentally reveals Homeland Security docs. DOH!
• Olbermann: This is what happens when you criticize Donald Drumpf.
• Young Turks: Practical things we can do while Drumpf is President
• Farron Cousins: Democrats must constantly attack, you don’t play nice with a bully
• Thom: Drumpf’s secret weapon and conflict of interest.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Donald Drumpf’s cabinet and conflicts of interest
• David Pakman: Donald Drumpf, who “Never settles,” settles Drumpf University scam case for $25 million
• Randy Rainbow: About Hamilton…Donald Drumpf, grow up!

• Mark Fiore: Drumpflink jobs network
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s “Hamilton” feud distracts from conflicts of interest
• Michael Brooks: Neo-Nazis celebrate Drumpf’s win in DC’s Ronald Reagan Building, cheer “Hail Drumpf!”
• David Pakman: Drumpf against net neutrality despite not having a clue about what it is.
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk RNC Chair talks Drumpf’s kids on Jimmy’s voice mail.
• Stephen: The Drumpf train is already off the rails.
• Young Turks: Drumpf accuses Hamilton Cast of harassing Mike Pence.
• Thom: How Republicans plan to stop Medicare.
• Olbermann: The surprisingly easy way to get rid of Donald Drumpf
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Drumpf’s foreign business ties
• Young Turks: Drumpf could be violating the Constitution on day 1, says former Bush WH lawyer
• David Pakman: Drumpf lies again, claims to have stopped Ford from moving plant to Mexico
• Jimmy Dore: Drunk Reince Priebus reacts to his new position in the White House

Farron Cousins: Glenn Beck attacks alt-right, forgetting he helped create it.

Trevor interviews Wesley Lowery, author of “They Can’t Kill Us All”.

Geologist’s nightmare.

Jonathan Mann: Recount!

PsychoSuperMom: I’m not a scientist:

Thom: How many Japanese sent to internment camps were US citizens?

Young Turks: Republican gerrymandering ruled unconstitutional

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

How to cook a Royal Thanksgiving turkey.

James Corden: Thanksgiving edition of Side Effects May Include.

Thanksgiving Classic: Sarah Palin’s Thanksgiving Massacre (with a side of word salad):

Stephen Colbert’s Turkey Tips, Part I.

Stephen Colbert’s Turkey Tips, Part II.

Late Night: What we are thankful for.

Turkeys try Thanksgiving food.

Obama pardoned the Turkey that killed my family. (Thanks, Obama!)

Late Show: How to draw a turkey by hand.

Congress talks turkey, turkey ham, and other food.

Daily Show: “U Name It” challenge for a stressful Thanksgiving:

James Corden: Friendsgiving—Thanksgiving with weed.

Stephen: The Late Show’s post-election Thanksgiving survival tips.

If you were wondering “what’s up with those outlines of people around Seattle?” well here you go. Dead pedestrians. My primary means of getting around the city is walking, and I’ve noticed a few. I hope drivers see them too.

Please join us Tuesday for an evening of politics over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. This is the place to go for some post-election discussions of the future.

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