No Speaker, no laws. Go commit crimes, or what would be crimes if there were laws. Oh, am I doing a graffiti? Well the Constitution says the House “shall chuse their Speaker” and they haven’t done that.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of political pontification over a pint. (And, um…maybe a bit of gloating!)
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 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.
Happy Week Without Driving to all who celebrate. I have spent since earlier this year without a car, and usually not driving in that time. It is nice to be able to do in Seattle, but trickier and trickier the further out of the city you go. Bike infrastructure isn’t great anywhere, and there are some good suburban trails, but there are a lot of places that just are tough to get to without a car.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
NowThis: Dianne Feinstein passes at 90, leaving behind 3 decades of work in the Senate
More Perfect Union: This new deal jobs program is coming back
Darrin Bell: Rupert Murdoch retires—an animation of the creation of an editorial cartoon
NowThis: Sen. Menendez faces several federal corruption charges
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Robert Reich: Inequality for All turns 10. Has the movie’s warning come true?
Gropey. Old. Pervs. and Other MAGA Rubbish:
The Daily Show: Life on Dick Street
Vox: How to fight climate change with parking lots
Bloomberg Law: Why Congress so rarely passes government funding bills on time
NowThis: Why Illinois abolishing cash bail is important
More Perfect Union: The REAL reason EpiPens & inhalers are so expensive
Electile Dysfunction:
Vox: The anti-racist town in the American South, explained
Michael Kosta blows the lid off three conspiracies
WaPo: Remembering the life and career of Dianne Feinstein
NowThis: The Koch brothers and Clarence Thomas’ corruption
Bill Maher: “I need a drink”
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Look, if I had my way the iconic Seattle building would be the Smith Tower, not the Space Needle. It’s better located as part of the city and just looks better. But recognizing that that ship has sailed, the new Sounds crest is pretty rad.
– Green Jacket Lady 2025.
– You don’t have to stop biking just because it’s raining.
– Starbucks’s anti labor bullshit was anti labor and bullshit, judge finds.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Good morning to everyone except for Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison who can eat a doo doo pie. The incredibly low bar for sweeping homeless people isn’t low enough for her. It’s incredibly frustrating, and in the meantime, things aren’t improving. So cruel.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. 1
Looking for something fun to do tonight? How about joining like-minded individuals at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’re getting together this evening to chat about politics, have a beer, and unwind.
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 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.
I have been walking through SoDo and the waterfront when Beyoncé and Coldplay had their recent shows. I love the crowds and the chaos. Also, the bikes that take people around were all blasting whoever was playing that night. Delightful.
I feel like they could probably coordinate themes other times. I don’t know, that’s probably a lot of work for people doing a hard job for not a lot of money as is.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. And hey, new tests are available. Order a few if you’re in the US.
More Perfect Union: Skyrocketing CEO pay is fueling a historic auto strike
Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Kamala Harris
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week of the week
Vox: It’s time to replace urban delivery vans
Electoral Dysfunction:
Alex Wagner: Flipping Kavanaugh—What’s really behind Alabama’s gerrymandering gambit
Pres. Joe Biden: A new White House office for gun violence prevention is created
Robert Reich: Say goodbye to lousy, low-paying jobs. The benefits of a jobs guarantee
Mark Fiore: Death subsidies
WaPo: What happens during a government shutdown
Трампestuous Traitors:
Trae Crowder: Pride or prejudice (of the South)?
Vox: How Republicans conquered Florida
More Perfect Union: Why the auto strike matters for all of us
Desi Lydic Womansplains: The wage gap, female representation, and the E.R.A.
Lawrence O’Donnell: Biden gave the country a lesson in hope
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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:
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:
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.
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