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I was walking down the waterfront recently and saw a ferry docking. The whole front of the ferry was oddly colored. I didn’t realize for a moment, but eventually I saw that it was an ad for a soda company. My goodness, it was so ugly.

I don’t know why seeing it on a ferry produced such a yuck reaction in a way that it never does on the bus. Still, it made me sad that I don’t drink their disgusting sugar concoction, so I can’t give it up. Maybe I should be madder when it’s on the bus: Those wraps make the view out worse, so the whole ride isn’t as good.

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

It’s Tuesday. Oh…and look at the time. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is meeting soon for an evening of politics over a pint. Stop by if you can.

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.

Legal Eagle: Staggering corruption of Senator Bob Menendez

Jordan Klepper challenges anti-vax, Canadian truckers

More Perfect Union: No President has done this before

Steve Shives: If Republicans said the quiet parts loud to workers

The Pathetic Party of Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: MAGA Nuts Kick Out McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene wants Speaker Trump & Rudy Giuliani’s drinking problem
• Alex Wagner: Leading candidates’ baggage complicates GOP search for new speaker
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes considers Трамп and dissects Matt Gaetz’s resolution to remove McCarthy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and His Clones ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard rejects order to stop insults
• Darrin Bell: Timelapse animation of a political cartoon about Трамп gag order
• Steve Shives: If Republicans said the quiet parts out loud to workers
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Jack Smith ♬
• Joy Reid: The endgame of election denial is that we shouldn’t have elections says authoritarianism expert
• Mark Fiore: Republican trials and tribulations
• Seth Meyers: Republicans float Трамп for House Speaker after McCarthy is ousted in chaos
• ScaredKetchup: TRUMP SHOW 20, Cohost Kari Lake—Theme Song:

• Stella Magz: Kevin McCarthy—BYEEEEEEE!
• John Di Domenico: The Dotard claims buyer beware clause’ makes fraud legal
• Bill Maher: Congress in chaos
• Tommy Campbell: Amex drops Mike Lindell and Трамп Loses business licenses
• Stephen: Sleazy Matt Gaetz shared X-rated videos on House floor, Трамп for speaker, & Rudy’s booze problem
• Remix Bros: ♫ Трамп’s Let’s Indict The MF (Bing Bong) REMIX ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп 2043! ♬
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 18 w/ AI Lauren Boebert & Elon Musk
• Lawrence O’Donnell: McCarthy removal shows GOP’s uncontrollable hatred of government
• Alex Wagner: Judge hammers Трамп with gag order for attacks on court staff
• Patrick Fitzgerald: Royals:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard’s very bad summer
• Stephen: A crazy summer, Part 1—Трамп’s mugshot and cocaine in the White House
• Joy Reid: All that’s left in the GOP. Become the menace or serve the menace
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Too Poor for Forbes 400 (A lyrical tour de force) ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп fraud trial, Biden impeachment, House GOP chaos
• Stella Magz: The Republican shit show continues….
• The Late Show: Wanted—New Speaker of the House
• Jen Psaki: A recap all of Трамп’s lies about personal wealth
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп mocked by heckler and gets gag order from Judge Engoron
• Parody Project: ♫ Capitol Hill ♬:

• Stephen Colbert: McCarthy removed as House Speaker & Трамп slams “talentless, low rated CREEPS” of Late Night
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s FINAL farewell ♬
• ScaredKetchup: Trump Show 19—Co-host AI Lauren Boebert & guests Ted Cruz, Mike Pence
• LegalEagle: Трамп gets the corporate death penalty (and it’s getting worse)
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On seeing a Трамп bumper sticker ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard attacks “CREEPS of late night television” & McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House
• Alex Wagner: Kevin McCarthy learns the hard way that “You cannot appease the mob”
• Joy Reid: Трамп is cornered as New York fraud trial begins expert says
• Lawrence O’Donnell: New York judge proves gag orders can work on Трамп
• Liberal Redneck: McCarthy ousted:

• Alex Wagner: The Трамп show is over as Трамп leaves court in a huff
• Stephen: Defeated McCarthy blames Democrats
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп DESTROYS the New York Jets
• Alex Wagner: Loose lips Трамп is said to have blurted U.S. secrets (again!)
• Jimmy Kimmel: Gaetz faces explosive allegations, Трамп spills top secret info & Lindell’s got money trouble
• Seth Meyers: Trump “open” to being speaker, will visit D.C. as Republicans near fistfights
• The Late Show: Secret Service delivers Трамп’s McDonald’s order to NYC courthouse
• Rachel Maddow: “There is no way to both-sides this.” Republican meltdown paints stark contrast with Democrats
• Steve Shives: Reminder—Republicans are NOT serious people
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ He Had Plans to Become a Dictator (The sad story of The Dotard Трамп) ♬

Lauren Mayer: ♫ She Belongs With Us ♬

Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler interviews Biden

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Lewis Black Rantcast: U.S. Supreme Court unethical?

The Daily Show: 16 minutes of Mitt Romney being roasted

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

– AI of any quality is longer away from us than people promoting it or worried about it think. Still, if you train it unethically people will be upset.

– Seattle is dying is famous.

– Who could have predicted that Idaho wouldn’t rush to do the sort of material health and child care etc. that they already could have now that abortion is illegal?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Probably best to go with medical people and not people who thought it would turn you into a zombie.

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:

• Alex Wagner: Трамп suffers potentially catastrophic loss in court; Judge “furious”
• Mark Fiore: The House Freedom Caucus
• The Good Liars: This guy wants to arrest the Georgia DA
• Bill Maher: Tips for Трамп’s cellmate
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What are they going to call Трамп Tower if The Dotard loses it?
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ (In prison for) The Longest Time ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Sicker by the Day ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Something’s Coming” (for Трамп) ♬
• Mehdi Hasan: Трамп’s extremely fascist week
• LegalEagle: Ranking Трамп’s terrible lawyers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Not the Man He Says He Is ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп loses fraud case as lawyers ask if his sons must move out
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s crazy phone claims & George Santos embarrasses himself defending Menendez
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to radical judge calling him a fraud
• Ari Melber: Трамп guilty as N.Y. A.G. wins key ruling in fraud case
• scaredketchup: Lauren Boebert co-hosts The Трамп Show 17
• Alex Witt: An insider’s take on the Трамп bombshell allegations
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ultra-MAGA Marching Song ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
• Alex Wagner: Another Трамп prosecutor asks judge for protective measures as threats continue
• Ali Velshi: Judge finds Трамп committed fraud in NY civil case
• Lewis Black Rantcast: Shakespeare’s plays too sexual?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fraudulent Трамп. Lock up The Lump! ♬
• Joy Reid: GOP-fueled government shutdown threat mocked as “a shutdown about nothing”
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп calls Travis Kelce a “big cuck”
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп’s Tiny White Balls 2—The re-do:

• Ari Melber: Трамп on edge as coup “sweep” plotter Navarro is convicted & others await trial
• Stella Magz: GOP—“Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ evidence!”
• Jordan Klepper finds out if democracy is done for
• Alex Wagner: Трамп’s “coded” calls for violence, tacit intimidation backfiring as judge considers gag
• WaPo: Republicans have floated government shutdown since January
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reveals Ivana’s final moments
• Joy Reid: The looming shutdown—With MAGA extremists, the cruelty is the point
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Questions for the Freedom Caucus ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to remove her from Jack Smith’s 2020 election case

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:

• Stella Magz: The Republican debate was embarrassing!
• Lewis Black’s Rantcast: Old Presidents
• WaPo: The second G.O.P. debate in 3 minutes
• NowThis: How “model bills” have helped push anti-trans bills across the U.S.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A New Hymn from The Church of the Holy Cow ♬
• Stella Magz: Latest polls—Are we REALLY surprised?

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:

• Chris Hayes: “It’s not polling, it’s real”—Dems overperform in 24 of 30 special elections so far in 2023
• Mehdi Hasan: “Nosedive”—The downward trajectory of the DeSantis campaign
• The Founders Sing: ♫ We Are Cowardly ♬:

• NowThis: Key takeaways from Трамп’s “Meet the Press” interview
• Mehdi Hasan: Forget Biden. Here’s “stable genius” Трамп in his own bizarre words

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:

• Ari Melber: Coup bomb goes off as Трамп and aides literally admit anti-democracy agenda
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп Jr just got HACKED
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Representative / Artisan Lauren Boebert Still Makes It by Hand ♬
• Joy Reid: House GOP slammed for spreading misinformation at AG Garland hearing
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell releases more lumpy pillow outburst deposition footage
• scaredketchup: AI Lauren Boebert explains why she got ejected from Beetlejuice (Трамп Show 15)
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Good News for the Dotard (in Prison) ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Vape Ho ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard wants to see Beetlejuice with Lauren Boebert
• Ari Melber: MAGA Chaos? FAUX chief out after Tucker firing & billion dollar lie lawsuits
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Believe in Democracy. Трамп Doesn’t ♬
• Jen Psaki: Трамп confesses on air
• scaredketchup: AI Lauren Boebert explains Beetlejuice groping fest (Трамп Show 16)
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Senator Bob Menedez resign
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fundamentally / Fundamentalist Hypocrites ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Tuberville is the most disgraceful senator of the year
• Ari Melber: New lawsuit rocks FAUX. See why Murdoch’s are still “paying” for election lies after firing Tucker
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Vape It, Lauren! ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Lauren Boebert Giving Handies At The Theatre ♬:

• John Di Domenico: Трамп loses it over babies, fish sticks, trial date & Sleepy Joe!
• Stella Magz: MAGA GOP is holding America hostage
• Liberal Redneck: Conservatives trash the military for being “woke”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Praising God While Backing Satan (The Трампer Dilemma) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he is being treated worse than Jesus
• LegalEagle: Does 14th Amendment bar Трамп from the presidency?
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert removed from conservative summit after new Buell Theatre footage airs
• Alex Wagner: “He will be destroyed on the stand,” Трамп’s rhetorical tricks wear thin as evidence mounts
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Big Bad Don ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America, Love It or Leave It (for Marjorie Greene) ♬
• The Daily Show: 15 minutes of Sean Hannity getting roasted
• Ari Melber: Coup bomb explodes as Трамп and aides confess anti-democracy plot in bid to duck prison
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard DESTROYS UAW strike [leaked audio]
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Legal panel reacts to Трамп admitting election subversion was his decision
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Anathema Song ♬

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.