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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday

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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.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle DLBottle 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.

Open Thread, Monday

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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.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Friday Open Thread

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– 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.

Wednesday Open Thread

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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.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle DLBottle 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.

Monday Open Thread

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Don’t forget to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you live in King County, please vote yes. If you don’t like voting on levies regularly, you can take an Office chair from Tim Eyman.

Anyway, please vote yes on the King County crisis center levy. I have been told that the Vashon parks levy is a good one.

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

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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SNL Weekend Update: Some political news of the week

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Rachel Maddow: OK local paper records county officials in violent and racist discussion

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Those KKKrazy Folks Flirting with Fascism:

Symone D. Sanders-Townsend: Governor Inslee on why he’s stockpiling the abortion pill that could be in jeopardy

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Shoot first, ask questions later ♬

Jordan Klepper: Andrew Tate & re-examining masculinity

John Oliver: Farming

Stephen: Some political news of the week

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

Friday Thread

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After the Tacoma boat fire, I have been thinking about why it got so much less attention than East Palestine. It got plenty of attention locally, and it wasn’t ignored nationally. But national media and activists just haven’t run with it the same.

The visuals are as compelling, and the toxicity is probably worse. It will effect more people, because it’s in a city.

It might be as simple as it is in a city, and people have pretty fucked up notions about cities are dirty already. It might be Tacoma specific: A very diverse place, with a certain reputation plays different from a heartland town. There are also some left activists who are obsessed with blaming everything bad on Pete Buttigieg, and maybe a fishing boat isn’t an excuse to complain about him winning the Iowa Caucasus. Maybe I am too cynical.

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

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

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Good morning. Yes, SPD should apologize for how it handled the 2020 protests. But as noted in the article, Chief Diaz has already apologized. The department should apologize and apologize and apologize. It was really bad. But absent real reform, or more, does anyone believe it wouldn’t happen again?

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle DLBottle The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together this evening for some politics, chat, and good cheer over a drink. 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.

Monday!

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I got rid of my car recently. I didn’t use it during the pandemic. And then I hardly ever used it outside of commuting. So I finally ditched it. I don’t really miss it.

So I am glad to live in a city where you can (usually) get around without a car. In more cases than a lot of people realize, it’s easier than driving. I’m lucky enough to have an employer who pays for my ORCA Card, so it’s much cheaper.

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

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