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The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be taking a hiatus for weather and holidays. I’ll post a notice when we start meeting again.

Oh…and happy holidays!

Is it snowing where you are? It snowed a bit in the Seattle urban core, but nothing stuck other than a bit on cars. Still, it’s nice to be able to walk in it last night. Hopefully, your commute isn’t bad.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for God’s sake get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get tested right before you see family or some other group of people over the holidays.

Jimmy Kimmel: Michelle Obama on Barack being called “fine,” raising their daughters & watching trash TV

LegalEagle: The most dangerous toys of all time

Stephen: A great day for love! Biden signs Respect For Marriage Act

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Grooming Children with Bibles, Not Drag Queens!

Lewis Black: Florida politics

The Sedition Party:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Showed Kari Lake Something Small ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell challenges RNC debate and prisoner swap angers Republicans
• J-L Cauvin:
• NowThis: Schumer & Pelosi reflect on working with “child” Dotard Трамп
• Alex Wagner: Meadows texts show alarming number of GOP lawmakers addled by conspiracy theories
• Daily Show throwback: The Dotard Трамп—America’s African President
• Parody Project: Addicted to Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп pathetic, embarrassing announcement
• Chris Hayes: New footage of Pelosi attack debunks right-wing conspiracy theories
• Ari Melber: Text evidence bomb hits MAGA world—Coup plots unearthed by Jan. 6 panel
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ This Is Stupid ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Texts show “Lying clown” Giuliani was Ginni Thomas’s “hero”
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis doubles down on covid paranoia; Vaccine-rejecting GOP suffers higher death rate
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s target plug and wild comments
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s pathetic “major announcement” is a major dud and GOP coup texts leaked
• Stephen: Трамп reduced to hawking sad NFT set and Musk bans @ElonJet
• Jimmy Kimmel: “Superhero” Трамп teases MAJOR announcement and Musk’s Twitter not paying rent
• Ari Melber: Foreign arrests show peril for Трамп
• Mark Fiore: Even freer speech
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Potential GOP disappointment over Hunter’s laptop ♬
• Chris Hayes: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 “Would have been armed” if she led it
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dumb GOP politicians tried to overturn election and Musk loses richest man title
• Stephen: DeSantis goes full batshit vaccine conspiracy mode & Musk is no longer on top & Rubio’s push to ban TikTok
• Liberal Redneck: On the absence of empathy
• Seth Meyers: Трамп disappears into seclusion and Greene says she would’ve “won” Jan. 6 riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Convict 45 ♬:

• Chris Hayes: “Major Announcement Man”—Трамп hawks virtual trading cards of himself as superhero
• Ari Melber: GOP humiliation—See DeSantis shred his own vaccine record on TV
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Superhero NFTs (An affordable alternative to burning cash!) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп slams disloyal Jewish people and Marjorie Taylor Greene fumes over dildos and butt plugs
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy struggles to muster support; Трамп weakness stirs potential challengers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On Being Grateful (to Not be Eric Трамп) ♬

Robert Reich: The Powell Memo—Corporate America’s blueprint

Ari Melber: FAUX hosts rage after Biden signs gay marriage law

Lauren Mayer: ♫ The Twitter Files ♬

NowThis: Biden, Pelosi, & Schumer react to passage of Respect for Marriage Act

Vox: A fact-checked debate about legal weed

Daily Show correspondents roast Trevor

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

– Troubling but not surprising is a good way to describe the Troyer verdict. Probably better for a pastor to use than oh shit and no shit.

– Last chance for free COVID-19 tests from the Washington State government. Might as well get some. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– I have maintained that Joe Kent is entitled to his recount and that it wasn’t going to change much. Well duh.

– Kevin McCarthy not being Speaker would be funny, but I imagine anyone else would be worse.

– Since Twitter has been made in its owner’s image: Everyone is talking about him, and it’s boring as hell, do you have a social media recommendation? I think I will probably just post longer open threads and maybe other posts if y’all can behave in them.

– The waterfront needs a lot more connections to the rest of Seattle. So yeah, I dig the new waterfront bridge. Yippee skippy for infrastructure!

– I am not a college student, so this interview with Congresswoman elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wasn’t for me. But I thought it was interesting.

– Overall, I am very happy with extending the outdoor dining rules in Seattle. 2 annoyances as they are doing business in my neighborhood: This time of year, a lot of leaves are getting caught in the structures and making more of a mess than usual when it rains. The only thing is that they can get pretty noisy, including during weekdays. I hope that they decide to be better on their own.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Goddam miracle and some of you are just ignoring it.

It’s Tuesday, and that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together to talk politics and share good cheer over drinks. Please stop by if you wish.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio. Some folks may meet in the back room of the pub.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

– What happens to salmon also happens to people.

– Fuck that algorithm. Rent is too high.

– Anyone going back to masks (first item)? I still wear a mask on public transportation.

– But it’s more important that you get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get that shot before you see grandma over Christmas.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Stephanie Ruhle: January 6 Committee eyes final report release date

Electoral (Dys)Function:

• Seth Meyers: GOP turn on The Dotard—and each other—after Walker’s loss in Georgia
• MSNBC: Voters teach GOP the lessons they won’t learn on their own
• Stephen: The Warnock v. Walker runoff ends here
• Bloomberg Law: Control of democratic elections hinges on U.S. Supreme Court
• Lauren Mayers: ♫ Werewolves in the Senate ♬:

• The Late Show: A compilation of Herschel Walker being honest and transparent
• Tooning Out the News: Herschel Walker defeated & MAGA movement rebuke
• Liberal Redneck: Georgia runoff round 2
• Stephen: Dems secure Senate majority
• MSNBCWalker loss extends list of Трамп-backed candidate failures
• Seth Meyers: Republicans wonder if Georgia is the final nail in Трамп’s political coffin
• Steve Kornacki: Changing demographics in Atlanta area helped Warnock’s campaign

SNL Weekend Update: Kanye West praises Hitler and Biden averts rail strike

NowThis: Inclusive capitalism, how it could help strengthen democracy

The Dotard Трамп and His Mob of Lying, Racist Assholes:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп org GUILTY of tax fraud, Herschel’s wild campaign ends & Kanye asks Jews to forgive Hitler
• WaPo: Трамп’s ever-shifting relationship with the Constitution
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Трамп Org guilty verdict
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is TIME’s “Conman of the Year” ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ They Want To Plunge Us Into Darkness ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Team Трамп accepts defeat on Special Master stall tactic and more documents found
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ The Har Mar Mall Song ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп calls for Constitution to be terminated after “Twitter files” dud
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Time(s) Трамп Lied ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jury finds Трамп’s businesses guilty. Seventeen times
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hoards classified documents & Herschel loses in Georgia
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell congratulates Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democrats
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell thinks the media is making him look crazy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and the Avalanche ♬
• Alex Wagner: Requisite For DeSantis’ “War on woke”—NOT BEING AWAKE!
• The Late Show: Storage Wars—West Palm Beach edition:

• NowThis: How Трамп’s extreme rhetoric could be shifting our Political discourse
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Twitter release Hunter Biden pics
• Katie Phang: DOJ is “playing Трамп a little bit,” says former federal prosecutor
• The Late Show: ♫ Kayne. Elon. Трамп. ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ In So Many Ways, Трамп is KING! ♬
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on why Трамп’s power over the GOP is weakening
• Tommy Campbell: Mitch McConnell snubbed at medal ceremony is pure gold
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to terminate the Constitution, Kanye’s swastika tweet & Herschel’s idea to arm the IRS
• LegalEagle: The new Special Counsel is bad news for Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп could face insurrection criminal referral, GOPers vote nay on gay
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Clarence Thomas violated law “in plain view,” Tribe says
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for a (Horrid) Man Трамп Truly Admires ♬
• NowThis: The danger behind Трамп’s call to “terminate” the Constitution

Vice News: Families of trans kids are seeking sanctuary

WaPo: House passes Respect for Marriage Act

Dulcé Sloan: Drag vs. Conservatives

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

It’s inconvenient, but it’s better that Metro take defective busses off the road than to risk an accident. Maybe I would think something else if it was one of my routes. I hope it gets resolved quickly.

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

Does anyone else feel like One Bus Away is less accurate lately? I don’t know. It seems like it has been giving me weird information lately. I got to a stop 5 minutes early the other day, and it just never came. I understand that will happen sometimes, but I would hope One Bus Away would tell me.

It’s still good most of the time. But I have been noticing more minor weirdness. It’s obviously easier to notice problems than to fix them.

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

It’s election day…in Georgia. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together to discuss the Georgia election results and other things political and liberal. Please join us if you will.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio. Some folks may meet in the back room of the pub.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

– Did you all enjoy the snow over the weekend? We had very little Downtown, but it looked like quite a bit in Suburbia and in the South Sound.

– Congratulations to WSU on getting to the historic Jimmy Kimmel L.A. Bowl. Who could forget its storied past?

– I am get vaccinated guy, but also get vaccinated for the flu.

Trevor: Herschel Walker’s wild plan, Twitter’s new covid policy, and police robots

NowThis: Hakeem Jeffries to make history as first Black party leader in Congress

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On the awful secularization of Groundhog Day ♬

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Chris Hayes: Obama campaigns in Georgia and weighs in—Vampires or Werewolves?
• Joy Reid: I genuinely want to know what the case is for Herschel Walker
• Ali Velshi: Why reordering the Democratic primaries is a big deal
• NowThis: Georgia sees record numbers for early voting in Senate runoff race
• Chris Hayes: Election loser Blake Masters recruited to figure out why GOP lost big
• The Late Show: Herschel Walker found someone who appreciates his speeches
• Desi Lydic: How harassed election officials impact elections
• Chris Hayes: ♫ Rusty Bowers on AZ voters rejecting election deniers ♬

Robert Reich: The Fed’s inflation mistake continues

VICE News: The poetry of thriving with HIV

Jonathan Jensen: ♫ A parody tribute to Randy Rainbow ♬

The Party of White Supremacists and Holocaust Denial:

• Stephen: Presidents know who is coming to dinner and a hot new Herschel Walker scandal
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Hakeem Jeffries being minority leader
• Bruce Nelson: ♫ Mangy Fetlocks agrees with The Dotard Трамп (sort of) ♬
• Alex Wagner: Трамп-supporting Oath Keeper leader guilty on rare seditious conspiracy charge
• Chris Hayes: The growing influence of yhe MAGA Troll Caucus
• Tommy Campbell: Oath Keepers sedition verdict shakes Трамп’s bone spurs
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп compares poorly with Jeffrey Dahmer ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: Elon:

• Liberal Redneck: Kanye, Nazis, etc
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell reaction to Трамп and the Nick Fuentes dinner
• Alex Wagner: Appeals Court tears apart review of seized Mar-a-Lago documents
• The Late Show: ♫ Stew Rhodes Couppants ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs (cut off at the legs) ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Capitol rioter’s sentencing memo perfectly describes Трамп
• The Daily Show: Трамп dinner guest Nick Fuentes vs. FAUX News
• Mehdi Hasan: The hypocrisy of the GOP’s obsession with “groomers”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп admits stealing documents, Lindsey loves Herschel & MyPillow Mike’s craziest idea yet
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The walls are closing in ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп-Ye-supremacist dinner shredded
• Rachel Maddow: Republican leader Трамп’s dinner with racist forces reckoning for normal Americans
• J-L Cauvin: Hidden camera EXPOSES The Dotard Трамп-Nick Fuentes meeting
• Bruce Nelson: ♫ Madison Cawthorn’s Last Clueless Speech ♬
• Ali Velshi: Is there room in the GOP for White supremacy and antisemitism?
• Rachel Maddow: Arizona GOP election rejecting zeal could boomerang on party’s candidates
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s tax returns FINALLY handed over and Mara-a-Lago beefs up security
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ That’s Angertainment ♬:

• Ari Melber: Трамп’s “toxic” wing causes chaos in House
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A short dramatic musical play in one disgusting act ♬
• Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow on Oath Keepers convictions make it harder to whitewash Jan. 6
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard defends Kanye West & his new DJ Hittlurr
• Good Liars: Трамп supporters who don’t mind antisemitism
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Appeals Court tells Трамп something he never hears
• Chris Hayes: Трамп embraces worst parts of base in bid to claw his way back power
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп & Kanye’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes & Herschel’s erection slip up
• Stephen: Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy
• GZERO Media: Putin’s kompromat on Трамп:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: West is the worst person Трамп has ever had at his dinner table
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Melania Трамп’s Thanksgiving meal
• Chris Hayes: Трамп defends Jan. 6 rioters after pressure from Kanye and Fuentes
• Stephen: Marjorie Taylor Greene is back on Twitter and Mike Lindell thinks he has a shot at RNC Chair
• Alex Wagner: Seditious conspiracy verdict deals rebuke to GOP gaslighting on Jan. 6 riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Hosting Nazis for Dinner ♬

LegalEagle: FTX was (and is) a complete mess

Alex Wagner: Congress demands answers on Supreme Court Justice access scandal and accountability problem

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

After spending a few hours yesterday fixing some server issues, I’ve started looking into how I might modestly update this shitty old blog. First thing you’ll notice is that I’ve removed the ads. They’ve only been generating a few bucks a month in revenue anyway, so why bother? I don’t really need the money, but if you want to help offset my $28/month in server costs, donations are always appreciated. That said, you’d probably do more good contributing to an ongoing journalistic concern than this shitty old blog archive. Up to you.

As for other updates, well, I hardly visit HA much anymore let alone post to it. So if you have ideas, please feel free to offer them in the comment thread, and who knows, maybe I’ll read them?

– Tax them capital gains. Collect the heck out of them.

– If you’re a woman, trans man, or NB who can get pregnant and you’re under 45, King County is recommending that you get screened for syphilis.

– Councilmember Sawant can call cops murderers to her heart’s content.

– Wash your damn hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted with the fucking miracle before you see your family at Christmas.