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Mark Fiore: SCOTUS gift cards

Chris Hayes: Elon Musk says “So be it” if tweeting conspiracies, extremism loses him money

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vice News: A year after Buffalo—Turning grief into action

The Party of Liars and Seditionists:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan’s Looking Stupid AGAIN ♬
• Keith Olbermann: Giuliani offered Трамп pardons for $2M
• Alex Wagner: Jordan’s choice of witnesses raises questions about right-wing extremism within the FBI
• Chris Hayes: Control is now a pillar of the Republican vision
• Tommy Campbell: George Santos admits to theft and faces 13 federal charges
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The most dangerous phrase for Giuliani in sexual assault lawsuit
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Welcome to DeSantis! ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ God, guns and genetalia ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Conservative cancel culture is outta control
• Ari Melber: FAUX News legal earthquake—New billion dollar lawsuit over alleged lies
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Comer’s “Whistleblower” Gone without a Trace ♬
• Alex Wagner: Amid DeSantis attacks, Disney cancels massive development plans in Florida
• Rachel Maddow: Bicyclist brings white supremacists down with skilled heckling
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Roy Wood Jr. Tucker Carlson audition tape
• Parody Project: ♫ The Normalization Song (Dedicated to Maga Republicans) ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ George Santos, Don’t You Cry ♬
• Jen Psaki: The party of “family values” defends The Dotard after sexual abuse verdict
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Lauren Boebert’s divorce
• Parody Project: ♫ Strangers on the Right ♬
• NowThis: Disney cancels Florida campus project amid DeSantis feud
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On the Likelihood of Pence Becoming President ♬
• Alex Wagner: House GOP appears to have reached “nastiness” goal set by Gingrich
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Where In The World Is Comer’s Whistle-Blower? ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lauren Boebert is a Free Woman Again ♬
• LegalEagle: George Santos Is In Trouble
• Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп braces as D.A. works to flip key ally
• Joy Reid and Ali Velshi: GOP targets poor in debt ceiling negotiations
• Tommy Campbell: Rudy Giuliani hit with bombshell lawsuit by former employee
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The name of Трамп-echoing liar Jim Jordan’s committee is a lie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The ‘Family-Values Party’ ♬

Robert Reich: Why child labor in America is skyrocketing

NowThis: Women open up about sterilization in a post-Roe world

The Daily Show: A.I. Joe Biden campaign ad

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

I didn’t get any engagement on Twitter, and I don’t know if it’s because Twitter sucks now or because it’s just not interesting? Or both.

Anyway, the other day, I got on the light rail at Pioneer Square going North. Now what you have to understand is that the sometimes the doors open on the right and sometimes they open in the left, and between there and Capitol Hill, where the doors open on the opposite side, it’s all underground.

The person who got on ahead of me went to the opposite doors and looked out the window. Butt to the other passengers. Whenever I get that spot, it’s because I am getting off at Capitol Hill, but I always turn around so I’m facing inside the train. I can understand if it’s above ground but looking out at the gray walls of the tunnel seems… wrong? Off? I don’t know.

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

– The new drug possession law is harsher than I would have preferred. I am also not sure what “encourages prosecutors to divert drug possession cases to treatment” will mean in practice.

– It’s filing week, so file for office. Seriously, go for it. If there’s a local position and you don’t like what the incumbent is doing or you don’t like anyone in the race for an open sea,well, make it happen.

– The Queen Anne Taco Bell is far too expensive.

– Multnomah County, get your shit together and spend the money allocated for homeless people. For God’s sake.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

It is a lovely evening to get together with like-minded individuals and solve the problems of the world on the back of a napkin. Sound good? Then join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation.

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.

It’s too hot. Please for goodness sake, someone do something about it. Like another week of this in May. In May? May? Seriously, May. I don’t like it. We just skipped from low 60’s to mid 80’s? Fuck. In goddam May. This is supposed to be some of the nicest time of the year. Instead it’s just too hot.

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

Robert Reich: The first step to abolishing the Electoral College

Lawrence O’Donnell: “Mr. President, if you’re listening…”—Laurence Tribe on how to end GOP debt default crisis

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Rapists, Liars, and Other Members of the MAGA GOP Cult:

• Alex Wagner and friends: Carroll victory over Трамп seen as waypoint in winding path of progress
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker Carlson’s Brainwashing Service (CLOSED FOR NOW) ♬
• Ari Melber: Serial fabulist George Santos on indictment and his joke about “Jews”
• Joy Reid: We didn’t need a Трамп pep rally to understand what Трамп is
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard threatens NY jury
• Chris Hayes: About Трамп’s town hall—A seditious candidate can’t be debated, only defeated
• WaPo: George Santos—What to know about his indictment
• Lauren Mayer: The E. Jean Carroll Polka:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why I say, Hurrah! STDs! ♬
• Alex Wagner: Antisemitic speakers to skip Трамп stop on right-wing roadshow tour
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s CNN Town Hall prep LEAKED!
• Mother Jones: Why is George Santos cozying up to a fellow far-right liar?
• Stephanie Ruhle and friends: Breaking down Трамп sexual abuse verdict and George Santos federal charges
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Didn’t You Scream? (The Joe Tacopina Song) ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп found liable for sexual abuse after bombshell admission video played for jury
• WaPo: George Santos’s constituents, “He should go to jail”
• Alex Wagner: White Christian nationalism emerges from shadows of GOP politics
• Parody Project: ♫ Should Old Offenses Be Forgot? ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп hates you too! ♬
• Steve Hofstetter: George Santos—Story of a lying failure
• Ari Melber: Трамп forced under oath—What jurors in civil rape trial heard in closing arguments
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans on Biden—Cognitive Decline AND Diabolical Genius? ♬
• Alex Wagner: Florida college students arrange separate commencement, rejecting board’s Трампy speaker
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene is desperate to impeach Biden after he mocked her
• Ari Melber: Трамп civil rape trial witness speak after jury rules
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Reacts to Jury Finding Him GUILTY
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Famous Fascist Scores CNN Interview! ♬
• LegalEagle: Трамп had no defense for E. Jean Carroll
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Drag Ron ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Sen. Tuberville on White nationalists in the military—“I call them Americans”
• Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes: Sedition prosecutions & Трамп sexual abuse verdict “established a truth”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—“The Russet Rasputin” ♬
• Stephanie Ruhle and friends: The future of the GOP—The Friday nightcap
• Alex Wagner: Republicans struggle to position themselves on Трамп sex abuse verdict
• Tommy Campbell: The Dotard loses to E. Jean Carroll
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces Truth Social TV
• Ari Melber: FAUX News braces as Tuckums ready to “torch” network after firing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Chicken Didn’t Come ♬

Vox: Why Texas judges have so much power

Vice News: Food pantries are swamped after covid benefits end

Bad Lip Reading: State of the Union, 2023:

NowThis: What happens when Title 42 ends?

LegalEagle: Astonishing corruption at the Supreme Court?

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

– Cinerama is coming back after a few years of uncertainty. I am looking forward to the very tasty popcorn that makes me kind of sick, as well as the great movie experience.

– Stay cool in this hot times. The forecast just says toooooo hoooooot so do your best here.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– Donald Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll and will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. It won’t be less obvious that he’s a serial sexual assailant than the last two times he ran, but this time there’s a jury verdict, too.

– Trailhead Direct is back starting this weekend. So ignore your mothers and go hiking.

– I was following the legislature pretty closely, but I missed the law to protect trans kids from their estranged parents. Good work from the legislature.

Get fucking vaccinated or boosted if you’re goddam eligible.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation. We’d be pleased to see you.

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.

– Oh look, the transit tunnel is back to almost normal hours today and then full hours tomorrow.

– Here’s something cool Portland is doing with safe rest villages.

– And cool that here in Seattle, the first new affordable housing high-rise tower in decades is opening.

– Get vaccinated or boosted. It’s well past time. Just, fucking get it done.

LegalEagle: First Amendment auditors—Knights or nuisance

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: Late-night hosts express solidarity with TV and film writers

Carla Ulbrich and Lauren Mayer: ♫ It must be hard (to have a penis) ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: Supreme Court “is in crisis” over lack of ethics rules

Alex Wagner: “This is really a five alarm fire”—Supreme Court in crisis after spate of scandals

The Cult of Cheeto Jesus and His Copy Cats:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Blessed Assurance, Clarence is Mine! (A Harlan Crowe Hymn) ♬
• Alex Wagner: At least 8 Georgia fake electors get immunity deals, and transcript mentions “the indictment”
• Stephen: Why Tucker got fired, angry FAUX viewers turn to Newsmax and DeSantis is no Brit star
• Ari Melber: The Трамп rape trial
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s deposition testimony LEAKED
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How could private racism get public racist Tucker Carlson fired at FAUX?
• NowThis: Florida residents sound off on DeSantis-Disney feud
• Chris Hayes: Newly revealed text confirms Tucker Carlson is also privately racist
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Proud Boys No Longer Quite so Proud ♬
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pushes back on the GOP’s authoritarianism
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Hello Carlson ♬:

• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains the Tucker Carlson’s firing
• Alex Wagner: How Трамп’s pattern of behavior strengthens E. Jean Carroll’s case against him
• Robert Reich: How to stop MAGA radical Republicans from trashing the U.S. economy
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell offers Tucker work and bobblehead DeSantis sued
• Mehdi Hasan: Bursting the Ron DeSantis right-wing media bubble
• Seth Meyers: FAUX Hosts scared they could be fired after Tucker and are paranoid about “snitches”
• The Daily Show: The Patriot Hammer, for smashing woke products
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ron DeSantis Song (Whose Life Should I Try Ruining Today?) ♬
• Alex Wagner: DOJ has cooperating witness in Трамп documents case and issues “wave of new subpoenas”
• Mark Fiore: Silence dissent with Decorum ™
• Parody Project: I THANK YOU (not):

• Liberal Redneck: The problem with DeSantis
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson gets to say goodbye to his viewers
• Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп fights D.A. over evidence
• Tommy Campbell: Steve Bannon’s associates jailed and Scotland mocks The Dotard
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to snub by King Charles
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Report of an “insider witness” is Трамп’s new worry
• Bruce W. Nelson: A big crush on Трамп
• Alex Wagner: Tucker remarks on “how white men fight” ignored previous day’s rioting by Трамп supporters
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson & Don Lemon text post firing, Трамп flees to Scotland & MyPillow Mike owes $5 million

Alex Wagner: What the writer strike is all about

Now This: Why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough to end gun violence

Robert Reich: How can we stop bank failures? Make banking boring

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Pay the goddamn writers! ♬

NY Times: How to fix America’s other drug problem

The Watched and the Watch Dogs Feast and Joke Together:

• President Joe Biden: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ dinner
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

• The Remix Bros: ♫ Dark Brandon remix ♬
• Joy Reid: White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Roy Wood, Jr. on roasting Biden, Clarence Thomas

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vice News: Will detainees at Guantanamo Bay ever go to trial?

Rachel Maddow: Blue states passing laws to protect against red state overreach

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

– I don’t believe that all cops are bastards, but my goodness do we need to do more about the bastard cops.

– This is a tough story about homelessness in Spokane.

– Senator Marko Liias gets a lot of shit for being great.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Jay Inslee is not going to seek a 4th term. Not totally unexpected, but still, it feels like the end of an era. It’s still a year and a half away from the election to replace him, so no need to pick just yet. Ferguson and Franz have both done a good job at their current positions, although I was not impressed with Ferguson on the King County Council. Should be an exciting campaign.

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

It is a lovely evening to stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll be getting together for drinks and conversation. 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.

A new connection between Downtown and the waterfront just opened. I live nearby, so I gave it a bit of a test walk. It’s not as bad as maybe Twitter would have you believe. There are buildings blocking most of it from the waterfront. So it isn’t Viaduct Part 2, but at the same time, there isn’t much of a view.

There are sidewalks and bike paths. They may be smaller than you might want, but I am glad that activists have made that sort of thing necessary in projects, even if they absolutely shouldn’t be satisfied. I think when family comes to town and we show them Pike Place, it’ll be easier to show them the waterfront.

But ultimately, the issue is more cars on the waterfront and in the urban core. And yeah, there are already a lot of cars on it. I imagine it will be gridlocked pretty frequently, especially during rush hour.

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