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The new Seattle drug law has a lot of whereases. They do not have the force of law behind them, but they generally seem like good things. But of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating. And as budgets get proposed and passed, and as the law is implemented and enforced, we will know how valuable those whereases are.

The law is better than when it was first proposed. But I fear that people who were concerned about getting people to treatment will be disappointed.

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

Starbucks should give its union a faircontract. But they can also stop dicking around with negotiations. Jeez, just fucking have the negotiation how you agreed.

Anyway, employees must wash their hands, and you should too. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of drinks under the influence of politics.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the newly remodeled back patio.

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.

In Friday’s open thread, I talked about the disgusting comments a Seattle Police Department offcer said about Jaahnavi Kandula, who was hit by an officer going way too fast. I didn’t realize at the time, but it was flagged by an SPD employee. I don’t know if that’s an officer or someone else. But I do want to acknowledge that they are one of the good apples we keep hearing about. I hope that there are systems in place to protect them.

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

Humphrey Yang: Wealth inequality in America—The brutal truth

Steve Shives: Stepping outside my liberal bubble

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Katie Phang: Why Republican voters are just not that into Gov. Ron DeSantis
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy’s Foul Play (or Fowl Play) ♬
• WaPo: Biden’s impeachment inquiry, explained
• The Daily Show: Lindsey Graham—From Трамп-hater to Трамп-lover
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ A Waste of Money ♬:

• Stella Magz: What’s more embarrassing, this impeachment inquiry or Aaron Rodgers jet career?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America’s Greatest Threats (as identified by Republicans) ♬
• Mark Fiore: Impeachmagic!
• Rachel Maddow: Voter wrath flares as Wisconsin GOP tries to disregard election results
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Has 91 Felony Counts. Joe Biden has NONE ♬

Robert Reich: Socialism fear-mongering is bananas

Now This: The consequences of Ron DeSantis’ rhetoric and inadequate gun laws

Stella Magz: Hunter Biden—The poster child for gun control?

The Dotard Трамп:

• Alex Wagner: “Nobody’s driving the bus”—GOP extremists lead party toward political disaster
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to gag order
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jack Smith asks Jan. 6 case judge to tell Трамп shut up about witnesses, court officials
• Chris Hayes: New footage shows Lauren Boebert vapes before ejection from “Beetlejuice” musical
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Gym Jordan, still thirsty for humiliation ♬
• Stella Magz: MAGA destroyed this country
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Classified Doc Stash ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Mitt Romney gives up on Republican Party he once led
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard mocking Elon Musk’s kid
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lauren Boebert Isn’t Fit for the Theater ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal hell week continued with RICO loss and aide’s conviction
• Liberal Redneck: Boebert’s undying trashness
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert kicked out of Beetlejuice musical at Buell Theatre
• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep 14 PROMO w/cohost MTG
• Remix Bros: ♫ Mike Lindell’s deposition (Lumpy Pillows) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Mitt Romney quitting
• Alex Wagner: Courts wrestle with scheduling Georgia trial of Трамп, co-defendants
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Flipping Dotard Off at “The Big Game” ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп has been lying about 9/11 since 9/11
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Big bullshit Трамп fountain ♬:

• Ali Velshi: The Трамп’s “banana republic”
• Stella Magz: Lauren Boebert gets escorted out of a Sunday night performance of “Beetlejuice”!
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s emotional reaction to Aaron Rodgers’ injury
• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep. 14 w/co-host AI MTG
• Alex Wagner: Judge rejects Трамп slow-walking as RICO trial schedule takes shape
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song of Conviction (Трамп’s) ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Fani Willis points out key flaw in GA co-defendants asking to move cases to federal court
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to indictment of Hunter Biden
• Ari Melber: Confession bomb explodes as Трамп admits it as federal trial looms
• Alex Wagner: As Трамп keeps running his mouth, Jack Smith asks court to crack down

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Politicians Are Too Old ♬

Alex Wagner: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson decries “discomfort” displacing “knowledge, truth or history”

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Alex Wagner with Rep. Pramila Jayapal: McCarthy humiliated as “basic task of governing” proves too much to ask of fractious party

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

SPD, get your house in order. Limited value. Christ. Limited value. Anyone going 74 un a 25 zone has limited value, not the person they hit. Limited value? Can buzz through the city unsafely, but can’t investigate adult rape. Limited value, fucking celebrating when their reckless behavior kills people who they swore to protect and serve.

And I understand there’s an ongoing process, but geez Mayor Harrell’s statement is pathetic. Mention SOD. Talk about how things will improve.

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

Let’s finally move away from Carl rides the bus in Tacoma to something different indeed. Today in Carl takes the train in Seattle: Fare ambassadors.

I don’t take the train regularly, and I guess fare ambassadors have been around for a bit. But they were on the train checking people’s cards yesterday. It was the first time since the pandemic that I had seen them.

I guess this is more of a heads up to, um, fare dodgers than anything else. But it is another thing returning to pre pandemic ways.

And one thing that isn’t pre pandemic is that you really need to get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

It’s Tuesday! And that means a meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally takes place. Consider stopping by tonight and join our political discussions over a beverage.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the newly remodeled back patio.

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.

Hey, Carl. You spent the last two open threads talking about things that you think are worse and better about Tacoma busses versus Seattle, do you have a couple things that are just different? You know to stretch it out even further?

Yes!

Talking to strangers: It’s not just the bus. It’s like everyone everywhere in Tacoma is chit chatting with someone. I am a big fan and defender of the Seattle chill. But I can understand how it can be isolating.

And for a more bus specific one, there are a lot more frequent stops in Tacoma. It was every couple blocks for stretches. It made the route slower, but less of a walk before and after.

Anyway, hopefully this is less Carl rides the bus and back to normal (?) open threads soon. In the meantime, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Liberal Redneck: Religion and politics in the south

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Climate change at Burning Man ♬

Alex Wagner: Follow the money—Fracking billionaires funding anti-renewable energy propaganda cartoons

The Criminals In Our Politics:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Suddenly, All the Republicans are Running ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: E. Jean Carroll beats Трамп in court—again
• Alex Wagner: Judge stomps on Mark Meadows’ bid to take Georgia trial federal
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to GUILTY Peter Navarro
• Chris Hayes: Georgia DA eviscerates Jim Jordan, suggests he buy book on RICO law
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп—Professional Victim (His only real business success) ♬
• Ari Melber: Atlanta D.A. wins first clash with Трамп co-defendant in RICO case
• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep 13 with co-host Lauren Boebert:

• Tommy Campbell: Ted Cruz embarrasses himself with botched beer stunt
• Alex Wagner: Prosecutors race against Трамп media’s campaign to corrupt jury pool
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “He’s toast, it’s over”, says attorney on the evidence that will doom Трамп in docs case
• Jonathan Capehart: Anger over Nixon pardon mirrors divide over Трамп
• Trevor: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s 15 minutes of shame
• NowThis: Трамп & FAUX News—Where it all fell apart
• Chris Hayes: Трамп advisor Navarro committed one of the “stupidest, most pointless crimes”
• Alex Wagner: Unsealed report reveals the Georgia special grand juror’s secret
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and other Internet Scammers ♬
• Stella Magz: ♫ The Dotard throws son Eric under the bus ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell admits to paying employees with pillows
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ FAFO for Dummies ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Jill Biden getting covid again
• WaPo: Could Трамп be legally barred from running for president?
• Ari Melber and Bill Maher: Трамп’s TV trial, MAGA’s appeal and ending the Hollywood strike
• Lawrence O’Donnell: It was a good day for Fani Willis and a bad day for two Трамп co-defendants
• Stella Magz: Ann Coulter versus The Dotard Трамп
• Chris Hayes: “The corruption of Lindsey Graham”—Why the Senator risked indictment for Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Proud Boy Calypso ♬
• Alex Wagner: Lordy, more tapes! Трамп lawyer’s notes add details on lead-up to FBI search of Mar-a-Lago

Robert Reich: Why flying sucks so much

J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell DESTROYS Nancy Pelosi re-election announcement

Trae Crowder: Divided on the field

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Ali Velshi: MI Secretary of State on case for disqualifying Трамп
• Chris Hayes: Republicans trying to rebrand the anti-abortion movement to stave off election losses
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Democrats, Don’t Panic ♬:

• The Remix Bros: Republican Debate 2023 #remix
• Chris Hayes: Mehdi Hasan takes on Vivek Ramaswamy in new interview

Mark Fiore: The corruption of Clarence Thomas

Lewis Black’s Rantcast: Social media SUCKS!

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

Last Open Thread, I mentioned some things that I didn’t like about taking the bus in Tacoma. But! Especially compared to Seattle, here are some things that are good about it, from my limited experience.

First, I haven’t had busses that show up on One Bus Away, but then not in real life.

I also never stopped for 10 minutes waiting for the drivers to switch.

I have been spending some time in Tacoma recently. And I still don’t have a car. I feel like something is missing from my understanding of the culture on the bus.

Tacoma bus people are so laid back, even in rush hour. Nobody who was paying with cash had it ready. Some people didn’t even get up to board until the bus had opened its doors. Do none of you have somewhere to be? No connections to catch?

Also, I don’t understand sitting. Most people who got on alone took the outside of two seats. And nobody moved in even when people were standing.

I hope this doesn’t come across as too judgy. I’m sure if I grew up with it, that Metro busses would feel pushy, squished together, and rude. But it’s quite a culture shock even in the Puget Sound.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Fuck them new variants.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for conversation and good cheer over a drink.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the newly remodeled back patio.

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.

J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell reacts to second freezing episode

WaPo: Mitch freezes up again

The Dotard Трамп And Other Participants In His Criminal Organization:

• Matt Friend roasts Trump, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, McConnell and more
• Ari Melber: Coup evidence bomb goes off—Трамп’s Jan. 5 Roger Stone outreach echoes amidst smoking gun tape
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rudy G, the Disgraced Former Mayor ♬
• Trevor Noah: Trevor Noah dunking on Трамп – Part 2
• scaredketchup: Трамп’s Tiny White Balls 3 (An AI MAGA-mercial):

• Stella Magz: Ted Cruz battles over brews & Mitch glitches again!
• Jen Psaki: “Like any defendant”, Judge says, Трамп must “make the trial date work”
• Rachel Maddow: Report on Трамп’s private remarks reveals true stakes of 2024 election
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to March 2024 trial date
• LegalEagle: When Elon Musk fought Jack Smith’s search warrant for Трамп
• Ari Melber: Трамп loses to Jack Smith again—Coup evidence bomb goes off in March 2024 trial
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ I Bought the Lie ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When Donald Trump’s in Prison ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп braces for trial as judge knocks indicted aide Navarro’s defense
• Jordan Klepper shows Трамп supporters January 6th hearing clips
• Mark Fiore: Трамп’s four dimensional day planner
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fani Willis, Tanya Chutkin and Letitia James—American Heroes ♬
• Parody Project flashback: Mark Meadows
• Ari Melber: Трамп loses to Jack Smith again—Speedy coup trial ordered, and RICO D.A. demands fast-track trial
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The secrets of Moms For Liberty:

• scaredketchup: The Трамп Show Ep 12—MUGSHOT special
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Praying to God While You Worship the Devil (The Evangelicals for Трамп Song) ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп bid to put off federal trial for years falls flat; Judges consult on speedy trial schedule
• Tommy Campbell: DeSantis booed and called out over Navy Seal claims, & FAUX spins Трамп’s mugshot
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s lawyer just previewed what Трамп will say if found guilty
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the Blind Side lawsuit
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Will NEVER Surrender (the secret of his delicate hands) ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s prison fears rise as indicted chief of staff takes the stand in RICO case

Ali Velshi: Senate Democrats advance bill to impose ethics standards on Supreme Court

Liberal Redneck: Freeze, Mitch! (And the scourge of ancient evil)

NowThis: Clinic defenders troll anti-abortion protesters

Electile Dysfunction:

• Tommy Campbell: Don Jr mocked for debate spin room ban meltdown
• NowThis: Fact Check—Where does Fentanyl come from?
• Lewis Black’s Rantcast: Vivek Ramaswamy was cryogenically frozen?
• Parody Project: ♫ Not You, Ron-Ron ♬:

• Stella Magz: Remember, the internet is forever, Jeanine Pirro!
• J-L Cauvin: Ron DeSantis attacks the Weather Channel over hurricane Idalia
• NowThis: Who is Tim Scott?

Lauren Mayer: ♫ The News Writes My Songs ♬

Robert Reich: Why do we have weekends?

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

Back in September (no Open Thread on Monday) with some things that are kind of old.

– Love the idea of a worker owned restaurant. I can’t speak to the customer side, but it sounds like a good experience.

– Filter the runoff, sure.

– Parts of East Link opening next year? OK.

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