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– Stay warm everyone. Put on gloves before you think you’ll need them. Put on an extra layer. Stay safe.

– High County News has a union.

– Split them lots.

– Not particularly optimistic about better bike infrastructure in Seattle.

– Guys, you don’t have to put advertising on everything.

– Boeimg’s success is still so tied up with the success of the Northwest, that it’s heartbreaking to see how bad the product is. Maybe they should have spent less time breaking the unions and more time focused on quality?

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight, usual time, usual place. Won’t you join us for an evening of politics and good cheer?

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

It’s the first day of the Washington legislative session. I would advise you to see what bills a lobbying group whose goals you support is pushing, or a general organization like Fuse. And find a bill or two and write your legislators about it.

Many organizations will also have lobby days or other ways to get involved. These are a hoot for citizen groups, and I would encourage you to sign up if you can.

And please, wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Electoral Dysfunction, 2024:

• Robert Reich: Buckle up, the 2024 election is here
• Ari Melber: Jail cell or Oval Office? High stakes for Трамп’s 2024 as Biden hits Jan. 6 again
• Darrin Bell: Animation of a political cartoon—Nikki Haley fails to admit slavery caused the civil war
• Chris Hayes: There’s only one anti-Epstein candidate—and it’s not Трамп or RFK Jr.
• Ali Velshi: Reality gap grows in GOP as Трамп pushes Big Lie & Biden emphasizes democracy
• Joe Biden: For 2024 election, “Your freedom is on the ballot”
• LegalEagle: Colorado and Maine kick The Dotard off the ballot
• Joy Reid: Message to Nikki Haley—“Civil War was about states’ rights to permit human slavery”

Steve Shives: Liberty! Equality! Lexicography!

MAGAInsurrectionists, Liars, Cheaters, Fascists, and Other Hangers On:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, A Nasty Infection to Recover From ♬
• Ari Melber: Murder at the State of the Union? Nightmare Трамп scenarios outlined in DOJ coup case
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Total Eclipse of the Heart (The Dotard smells bad song) ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert abandons her district and Mike Lindell heckled with AC/DC
• Stella Magz: Majorie Taylor Greene’s evil plan unmasked
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard claims he spent $7.8 million at P.F. Changs!
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Sean’s Leaving New York 😂 ♬:

• ScaredKetchup: TRUMP SHOW 31 Jeffery Epstein Interview, The Zieglers, Aaron Rodgers, Marge the Bounty Hunter + MORE
• Ali Velshi: FAUX shelters deluded viewers from Biden economic news
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Shuffling Down the Dusty Road to Hell ♬
• John Di Domenico: Can’t Find Melania, but found NEW Трамп NFTs for a LIMITED TIME!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Claims Breaking the Law was his Divine Right ♬
• Ari Melber: Who says Трамп is wrong on “get out of jail” card’? His own lawyer, GOP leader, Nixon…
• Mark Fiore: Satire or Not
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Ice Ice Baby (Трамп’s New Year’s remix) ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ For REAL News, You Need the Internet ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Trump’s base makes crazy Space Force prediction, Vivek drops out
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s 2024 New Year’s resolutions
• Joy Reid: After another Трамп presidency, we’d be less than a democracy, top Dem says
• Chris Hayes: Harvard scholar predicts how Supreme Court will rule on key Трамп legal battles
• Stella Magz: GO, MAGA, GO, MAGA, GO! NYE 2024
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Good News, It’s 2024 ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп vet Roger Stone busted on tape telling Трамп to deploy military with “Insurrection Act”

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

– Oh cool. People are biking on the Fremont Bridge in 2023. Keep it going in the new year.

– Fuse has some bill info and how to contact your legislator for the upcoming session.

– Find it Fix It doesn’t work for City Council.

– It stinks about the arson at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple. Here’s a donation page, if you can help.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible

I hope your holidays were good. Here are some links.

_ Sad that the Black Lives Matter garden was taken out of Cal Anderson.

– Birbs

– Capitalism works best when there’s a balance between labor, customers, and profits. Starbucks plans to undermine workers are well known, but don’t slouch on how they’re screwing customers.

– Year of Housing 2.0

– Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Start out the new year right by joining us tonight for an evening of post-holiday politics over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

• NowThis: The year abortion won elections—A look at abortion laws and reproductive rights in 2023
• Vox: 2023, in 7 minutes
• MSNBC Anchor’s top political moments of 2023
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Oh, What a Year (2023) ♬:

• Dave Weigel’s biggest political hits and misses of 2023
• Jimmy Kimmel: This YEAR in unnecessary censorship
• The Daily Show: Top 10 viral moments of 2023
• NowThis: 2023’s most shocking GOP moments
• Steve Shives: 2023—The year in limericks
• Jason Johnson: MAGA Congress had “historically unproductive” year in 2023
• Be Smart: I don’t know how to feel about 2023

Robert Reich: Three ways to fix election coverage (before it’s too late)

Steve Kornacki looks ahead to the 2024 presidential election

Трамп Disciples and Other Fascist-Curious and Hitler-Adjacent Scoundrels:

• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s leaked Michigan phone call is a gift for Jack Smith
• Jonathan CapehartAnother state boots Trump off ballot over insurrection; Supreme Court involvement all but assured
• Stella Magz: Republicans swatting and swapping for the holidays
• Symone Townsend Sanders: Supreme Court in for a “Very Трампy new year” ahead of hearing multiple Трампy cases
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Rot In Hell ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of stinkin’ ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Indicted and unhinged
• LegalEagle: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million and goes bankrupt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп May Rot In New Jersey (or elsewhere) ♬
• Scared Ketchup: Трамп Show 30—Happy new year with AI Lauren Boebert, Marge the Bounty Hunter & SO MUCH MORE
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kinky AND Stinky? Must be Dotard ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Maine secretary of state bars Трамп from primary ballot
• Alex Wagner: Turbulent Трамп era likely to intensify in 2024
• PoliticsByTabitha: The Dotard Трамп smells bad!!
• Ari Melber: ♫ Трамп facing prison, ballot ban or trial delay? Judges may decide Трамп’s fate in 2024 ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Some Say That Dotard’s Stinky (an adolescent song) ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Maine secretary of state says Трамп “chose to light a match” on Jan. 6

Lawrence O’Donnell: Confederate memorial to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery

The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): Women in red states are PISSED

Jonathan Capehart: Woman faces potential prosecution after dangerous pregnancy ends in miscarriage

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

Join us tonight as we close out 2023 and toast in the new year at this week’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

• NowThis: How Coca Cola’s iconic 1930s campaigns shaped our modern Santa
• Stella Magz: Merry Christmas to all!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Mangy Fetlocks Christmas Message to his followers ♬
• Wheatus: ♫ Christmas Dirtbag ♬:

• Jonathan Capehart: Santa Larry, Mall of America’s first Black Santa, spreads holiday cheer
• Parody Project: ♫ O Holy Cow ♬
• Steve Shives: If Republicans said the quiet parts out loud about the War on Christmas
• Brent Pella: If Lockheed-Martin made a Christmas commercial:

• Puppet Regime: North Pole Elves on Strike!
• J-L Cauvin: Woke NJ Bakery Refuses to Sell SnowMAN Christmas Cookies!!

Ali Velshi: New reporting details Justice Thomas’ complaints over his Supreme Court salary

The Late Show: ♫ The Infamous Epstein List Is About To Be Released ♬

Robert Reich: Can we still find common ground?

Parody Project: Go Rest Ye Weary Congressmen:

Liberal Redneck: Merry Christmas and hail Satan, y’all!

Roll Call: Congressional hits, misses and more misses from 2023

Mark Fiore: ♫ AI Claws is Coming to Town! ♬

The Dotard Трамп and Other Members in Good Standing of the Fascist Brigade:

• Chris Hayes: Giuliani bankruptcy reveals depths of financial ruin
• Jordan Klepper’s wildest moments with Трампers in 2023
• Alex Wagner: History has bad news for Трамп and his hope for Supreme Court salvation
• Parody Project: ♫ Sigh in the Night ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mike Lindell’s MyChristmas Spectacular!
• Stephen: GOP wants Biden kicked off ballot & bankrupt Rudy hawks supplements
• Ali Velshi: Трамп’s very busy legal calendar
• Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow: Трамп getting kicked off Colorado ballot “a real surprise”
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Трамп is disqualified from Colorado’s primary ballot
• Rebel HQ: Трамп supporter’s hilariously absurd statement
• Seth Meyers: Трамп claims he’s never read Mein Kampf after quoting Hitler and praising Putin
• Roy Zimmerman: Lock Him Away:

• Parody Project: ♫ To the Jail ♬
• Alex Wagner: Colorado Трамп case will be a test of Supreme Court’s originalist principles
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Binders From The White House ♬
• The Late Show: George Santos In “The Santos Claus”
• Chris Hayes: Gifts flowed to Clarence Thomas after he complained about salary
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 29—Stoner edition with cohost hippy Lauren Boebert & a cast of thousands
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Not EVERY Трампer is a Moron ♬
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ The Second Time Around ♬
• Alex Wagner: Report exposes the truth about red state voter fraud task forces
• J-L Cauvin: Christmas gifts from The Dotard
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ All I want for Christmas is an NFT ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп is disqualified from 2024 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court says in shock ruling
• Alex Wagner: How to understand the Supreme Court’s denial of a quick decision on presidential immunity
• Darrin Bell:Animation of a political cartoon—Normalizing corrupt autocrat Dotard Трамп
• Katie Phang: Трамп kicked off Colorado ballot
• Chris Hayes: Трамп’s immunity claim won’t be expedited by the Supreme Court
• Ali Velshi: Трамп reportedly caught pressuring 2020 MI election officials in newly revealed audio
• Tommy Campbell: Matt Gaetz trolled with award and confronted by Shaman and Rudy loses
• Parody Project: ♫ Jailhouse Walk ♬
• Stephen: Biden links Трамп to Hitler and Rudy sued again
• Joy Reid: Трамп’s Colorado ballot banishment accords with Constitution
• The Late Show: “The Indict-Mare Before Christmas” A Late Show animated holiday classic narrated by Liam Neeson:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Hats Off to Colorado For Telling Трамп to Fuck Off ♬
• Alex Wagner: New polling finds cracks in Трамп’s base as criminal cases make an impression
• LegalEagle: The Supreme Court will decide Трамп’s fate
• Rachel Maddow: Why does Трамп keep talking like a fascist? Because it works.
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Speech Is Free (But Lies Can Be Expensive) ♬
• Chris Hayes: Colorado ruling is a warning to pro-coup lawmakers
• Seth Meyers: Rudy hit with stunning defamation verdict & Трамп embraces fascist rhetoric
• Ali Velshi: “He knows what he is doing”—Трамп echoes Hitler at campaign rally
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Irresponsible Party of Personal Responsibility ♬
• Stephen: Трамп quotes Hitler and can Rudy pay?
• Parody Project: ♫ 24 Months of Трамп’s Mess—A Reminder ♬:

• Alex Wagner: “Not a qualified candidate”—CO sec. of state on removing Трамп from ballot and what’s next
• Stella Magz: GOP want state’s rights? You got it!
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard responds to the Colorado Supreme Court
• Chris Hayes: Why 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause “plainly” applies to Трамп
• SNL Weekend Update: Giuliani’s $148 million defamation ruling, and milk comes from mammals
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Going to Prison For YOU ♬
• Darrin Bell:Animation of a political cartoon—Poisoning the blood of America
• NowThis: Rep. Mike Johnson took his daughter to a “purity ball” in 2015
• Ali Velshi: Трамп makes long shot bid to toss gag order in election interference case
• Stephen: Colorado kicks Трамп off primary ballot & Clarence Thomas’ graft & Трамп keeps quoting Hitler
• Alex Wagner: Original records leave no question that the 14th Amendment applies to Трамп

John Oliver: Elon Musk

Time: The biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023

Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Old Men in the White House ♬

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Ballad of Clarence Thomas ♬

The Late Show: Hill Hub

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

– I believe that killer cops, like all criminals, deserve a good defense in court and to not go to jail if found not guilty. But still fuck them forever.

– President Biden pardoned a bunch of people for marijuana possession.

– Ugh shut down unsafe clubs.

– Really glad that we have shield laws against anti trans states.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– Can’t ignore the sidewalks when doing street repairs in Seattle anymore.

– It’s important to assess how Downtown is doing, but maybe the success of a grocery store in walking distance to Pike Place isn’t the best example?

– Molbak’s closing is going to be a hit to the community.

– Yay for building emissions standards.

– Hey you, yeah you. Hey, wash your hands right now. Hey, I’m not done. Also, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Please join us this evening for a holiday edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and 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. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Cheers,
Darryl