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– This story about a cat interrupting a city council meeting in Liberty Lake is delightful.

– The House Our Neighbors campaign did quite well, a W is a W, of course but in this case, a large victory makes it tougher to marginalize.

– The high speed chases law moving forward had me worried that this legislative session would be all backsliding on police reform. So it’s good to see that the qualified immunity bill is moving forward.

– And hey, there’s some ambitious gun control too. Feel free to contact your legislator on these or anything else important to you.

– Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Dooooo it now.

The snow messed up my commute and I forgot it was a Wednesday, and now I’m writing this on break. Sorry.

Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of lively political discussion over a drink. All are welcome.

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

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.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Sarah Silverman: Political news of the week

NowThis: Pres. Biden gives powerful remarks on the legacy of Emmett Till

LegalEagle: This Supreme Court case could destroy the internet. Really.

The Politics of Mysterious Flying Objects:

• Tooning Out The News: Balloon war escalates
• Stephen: Ron Klain on why President Biden shot down the balloon over water
• Katy Tur: Neil deGrasse Tyson on flying objects
• Jimmy Kimmel: Biden’s mysterious sky object speech
• Seth Meyers: Biden orders UFOs shot down, MTG says spy balloon could’ve been a nuke
• The Late Show: Captain Kirk has a new enemy in space
• Stephen: “Aliens, and Saucers, and UFO, Oh, My!”

Jimmy Kimmel: Some political news

NowThis: Why it’s important to preserve Black history

Adam Conover: The lie That’s destroying the economy:

Robert Reich: How corporate greed destroyed a small Ohio town

Sarah Silverman with Lizz Winstead on destigmatizing abortion through humor with Abortion Access Front

Трамп’s Goons and Wannabe Goons:

• Symone Sanders: Explosive new evidence in FAUX News defamation case
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп destroys “disloyal ” Nikki Haley for 2024 announcement
• Alex Wagner: FAUX News exposed for disingenuous coverage of Трамп’s Big Lie
• Stephen: George Santos—Bring on the ethics investigation
• Ari Melber: Hannity admits it—He knew Трамп lied as legal earthquake rocks the FAUX News empire
• Lawrence O’Donnell: FAUX hosts’ texts reveal they didn’t believe Трамп’s election lies
• NowThis: Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene?:

• Seth Meyers: GOP blames Ohio train crisis on culture wars & nutburger MTG says wind farms kill whales
• Joy Reid: Will Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indict The Dotard?
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis retrograde war on education, social progress stirs protest in Florida capital
• Symone Sanders: The rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s safety cuts led to Ohio train disaster
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп versus DeSantis
• Alex Wagner: Portions of Georgia grand jury report cite suspicions of false testimony
• Sarah Silverman: Nikki Haley challenges Трамп in GOP primary
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп incriminates himself AGAIN & Nikki Haley running for President
• Seth Meyers: Grand Jury suggests charges in Трамп election case and Трамп docs found on LAPTOP!!!!!
• Jordan Klepper: GOP ditching Трамп? Going to a Nikki Haley rally to find out:

• Alex Wagner: Lofgren knocks Pence foot-dragging on DOJ subpoena
• NowThis: Breeder says George Santos allegedly bought dogs with bad checks
• Mehdi Hasan: Bombshell text evidence confirms FAUX “is not a news channel”
• Keith Olbermann: News media lets Pence and Haley, off the hook
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell explodes at Ron Desantis in “deflamation” rant

Liberal Redneck: Ohio train derailment and corporate greed

NowThis: Missouri House of Reps institutes dress code for women

Alex Wagner: Feds bust company using child labor to clean meatpacking plants

Sarah Silverman: How tech companies are profiting off your anger

Mark Fiore: Big oil, big green

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

– Ugh. A state House committee passed a bill to weaken the rules on when police officers can get involved in chases. I would urge you to contact your legislator and let them know that you want fewer high speed chases in Washington neighborhoods.

– Can’t get enough urban forests.

– You, yes you. Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Barring any weirdness it looks like I-135 has passed. Because of the way initiatives are set up they will have to fight for funding. But I hope that a victory as well as maybe some left candidates will inspire real action. As well as the actual value of the initiative.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for some lively political discussion 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 in the back room of the pub or out on the patio.

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.

Cheers,
Darryl

If you’re in a jurisdiction that’s having a special election, get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday. If you’re in Seattle, please vote for the social housing initiative. If you’re in King County, separately, there’s an online ballot for King Conservation District. An important, if kind of silly, election. I voted for Porter, but I don’t really have a strong opinion on the others.

And, hey, it’s Valentine’s tomorrow. So you might as well get voting done today. Save yourself any hassle.

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

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Red, White, and Balloon:

• Seth Meyers: Biden takes out Chinese spy balloon after FAUX News spends days freaking Out
• NowThis: Late-night TV shows have field day with Chinese spy balloon
• LegalEagle: Chinese spy balloon—is it legal to shoot down?
• WaPo: U.S. military shoots down ANOTHER “high-altitude object” in Alaska
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ China Balloon Psy Op ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Bang Bang (Joe Biden Shot It Down) ♬:

• Mark Fiore: Rage balloons!
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ My Beautiful (Spy) Balloon ♬
• SNL: Spy balloon
• Chelsea HandlerBiden murders a Chinese spy balloon & Marjorie Taylor Greene hates her job
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he would destroy Chinese balloons
• Travis & Jonathan: ♫ Chinese Spy Balloon ♬
• Jonathan Mann: The Balloon Becomes American
• Desi Lydic FAUXplains the Chinese spy balloon

SNL Weekend Update: Last week’s political news

The Snowflakes in the Cult of The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republican gun play goes horribly awry ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: House Republicans spent the day getting crushed by Democrats
• Alex Wagner: What the DOJ special counsel might hope to learn from Mike Pence under subpoena
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ I’m a Deceiver (Song parody for George Santos) ♬:

• Rachel Maddow: Neo-Nazis intent on race war target U.S. infrastructure
• NowThis: Трамп 2024 is already losing cash
• Keith Olbermann: Laptop hearing becomes “Трамп is a pussy-ass bitch” hearing
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Debt Ceiling ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP’s debt limit threat is biggest danger to America right now
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ 5,232 Miles ♬
• Ari Melber: Republicans plan to gut Social Security
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell snaps and says Jimmy Kimmel lied about claw machine
• Bad Lip Reading: The House of Representatives:

• Ari Melber: GOP plots controversial cuts as McCarthy tested
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dead end street to be named for Трамп? ♬
• Keith Olbermann: Weaponization committee hit by its own weapon
• Chris Hayes: GOP using “weaponization” panel to air conspiracy theories ahead of 2024
• Alex Wagner: Republican sabotages her own party to insist on election fraud claims
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Chrissy Teigen’s description of Трамп as a “pussy-ass bitch” was heard in a House hearing today
• Ari Melber: Is Pence subpoena Трамп’s nightmare? Ari Melber breaks down DOJ’s pursuit of “coup club”
• Rachel Maddow: No known record of Santos mugging or assassination attempt

Seth Meyers: Political headlines

AJ+: Why maternity leave would be good for all Americans

State of the Union:

• Tommy Campbell: Biden goes Dark Brandon at State of the Union and destroys
• NowThis: Top moments from Biden’s SOTU address
• Al Franken: Biden chides Republicans who voted against the historic infrastructure package
• Seth Meyers: Biden Gloats about SOTU while Greene and Boebert unravel at Twitter hearing
• Roll Call: The State of the Union … and other comedy acts—Congressional hits and misses
• WaPo: Biden’s SOTU address in 4 minutes
• Politics Girl: SOTU
• Tooning Out the News: Rowdy Republicans heckle Biden’s State of the Union
• Chris Hayes: Yes…Republicans HAVE called for cuts to Social Security and Medicare
• Joy Reid: Historian praises Biden’s SOTU speech
• Keith Olbermann: Biden’s startling State of the Union Masterpiece
• Chelsea Handler: A lady with rabies screams “liar!” as Biden delivers State of the Union Address
• Seth Meyers: Greene melts down and GOP gets caught lying during Biden’s State of the Union
• Liberal Redneck: State of the State of the Union

Robert Reich: The dark side of sports stadiums

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

Hey, you. Yeah you. Do you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit? Are you close? Might as well see if you’re eligible for the Washington Working Families Tax Credit.

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

A little over a week ago, one of my coworkers got COVID. It was probably the most prolonged time I have spent with someone who had it. And still, I have continued to test negative. So, please get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Tonight is State of the Union night, and the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together for lively political discussion over drinks. We will still meet at 8pm at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle). But the pub has TVs if you want to show up at the 6pm start of the SOTU address and watch it there. Otherwise, swing by after the SOTU address.

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.

Those of you in King County, who are you voting for in the Conservation District election? It is very silly that we have this weird pseudo election, but we have an obligation to try to get the best people in positions like that.

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

The Daily Show: The Docs—A classified horror story starring Трамп, Biden & Pence

Ari Melber: Ransom or govern? Biden holds line with McCarthy “shakedown”

The Racist and Liars that Comprise the Dotard Nationalism Movement:

• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos’ new wingman, Трамп pleads the 5th & drag queen story time with Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Lawrence O’Donnell: McCarthy votes to “defund the police” as Democrats push for police reform
• Tommy Campbell: Chinese spy balloon causes Republican hysteria
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to all Black quarterback Super Bowl
• Alex Wagner: Marjorie Taylor Greene embarrasses herself with misinformed talking point by opening her mouth
• Medhi Hasan: It’s hard to overstate MTG’s threat to America
• Seth Meyers: Prosecutors present evidence against The Dotard in Stormy Daniels hush money case
• Parody Project: ♫ King of the Con ♬:

• Keith Olbermann: Nobody asks McCarthy about HIS antisemitic trope
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s Facebook reinstated with “guardrails” and George Santos admits to dressing in drag
• Desi Lydic: Is it a real FAUX News story or some bullsit Desi made up?
• Stephen: George Santos says no more lies and MAGA states limit teaching about race
• J-L Cauvin: Superbowl predictions from The Dotard
• Ari Melber: Losing—See Трамп under oath after caving to New York A.G.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп rants about windmills & DeSantis, the case of curious George Santos & MyPillow Mike is coming!
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard rips into DeSantis & kicks off 2024 campaign and Lindell loses RNC vote
• Jordan Klepper vs. Трамп supporters who think he’s still President
• Alex Wagner: Republicans bereft of ideas for how to shed Трамп albatross
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s dome plan is stupid
• Chris Hayes: The right’s ‘campaign of lies’ about the Pelosi attack
• Ari Melber: Трамп denial—After 2022 humiliation, RNC doubles down on big lie and MAGA losers
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best ChristianThe secret to reading an inconvenient Bible like a Christian nationalist pro
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike Lindell at Kimmel, Трамп won’t stop whining & Santos steps down amid investigation
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Gosh, THEY’RE the snowflakes! ♬:

• Ali Velshi: Some Republicans ‘can’t wait’ for Трамп to die
• Chris Hayes: Трамп and DeSantis try to out anti-vaxx each other
• Alex Wagner: Republicans feign anti-Semitism standard to eject Rep. Omar from committee
• Mark Fiore: The select subcommittee of a weaponized Jim Jordan
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tom Brady retiring
• Ari Melber: Bar’s sin—Трамп’s AG abuse of power
• WaPo: Ocasio-Cortez—Omar vote “about targeting women of color”
• Seth Meyers: Greene embarrasses herself at hearing and DeSantis tries to out-MAGA Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s heaping helping of trans-paranoia, supermodel Santos & MyPillow Mike STILL in claw machine
• Stephen sits down with George Santos

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Chris Hayes: U.S. life expectancy is declining. Biden should act.

Vice News: On the frontlines of the abortion war—Death threats and arsons

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

– Narcan at libraries has been a thing. I am not 100% sure what the advantages of having it in a vending machine are, but I trust advocates.

– Get flippin’ vaccinated or boosted already. Goodness sake.

– I had never heard of resilience hubs before reading this article. Interesting.

– Look at all the chemicals we’re dumping in Puget Sound.