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:
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:
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:
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.
Desi Lydic: How to make it to the top of corporate America
Alex Wagner: Gorsuch joins Supreme Court scandal parade & Roberts gaslights on “ethics principles”
NowThis: The downfall of local news and what you can do about it
Tooning Out the News: FAUX fires Tucker and Biden runs for reelection
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Liberal Redneck: Tucker’s out, Biden’s in
The Dotard Трамп:
Robert Reich: How to make Congress less terrible
Desi Lydic: Pete Buttigieg on infrastructure, culture wars, and what “woke” means
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
NowThis: The best moments of past White House Correspondents’ Dinners
John Oliver: Cryptocurrency II
Desi Lydic: Tucker Carlson fired for using “C-word” & Biden announces re-election bid
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– What is happening with the transit tunnel? I understand the tracks needing repair. Shitty but it happens. But if hypothetically, I want to go North, I go to the South platform and make sure the bus is Northbound (presumably from the direction, but also hopefully signage and the intercom). I’m sure there will be signs, but what a mess.
– Man, Jenny Durkan, the more that comes out. Jeez.
The Seattle/ King County free clinic is happening at Seattle Center. Happening now through the weekend.
Hey, hey. Hey you. Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
I wasn’t too worried when the legislature didn’t pass a permanent drug possession bill. I would have preferred money and effort to get people help. Still, we shouldn’t criminalize addiction. And sometimes no solution can be better than a bad solution just to make a deadline. But man, some of the localities that would fill the void. Gross on toast.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
It’s Election Day in Washington so, if you haven’t done so already, drop off your ballot in a ballot drop box, and then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of politics, discussion, and good cheer over a refreshing 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 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.
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