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Hey…it’s the Tuesday after ballots dropped (in King County, anyway). Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and we can discuss it.

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. The cold weather may entice some folks to stay in the back room of the pub as well.

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.

I don’t know the law well enough to guess how the judge will rule on allowing the Seattle Police Department to be added as a defendant in a sex trafficking case. But damn. There should be mechanisms to hold SPD accountable, even if a lawsuit isn’t it.

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

Spitting Image: Best of Biden

John Oliver: Transgender Rights, Part II

Electoral Dysfunction:

• Joy Reid: Florida’s saying votes aren’t welcome if you’re Black, brown, poor, or not going to vote GOP
• Liberal Redneck: Trashin’ Alabama for three straight minutes
• Mehdi Hasan: Ron DeSantis escalates his fascistic voter suppression efforts
• Jordan Klepper: Michigan midterm voters
• Alex Wagner: Election offices add protection against Трамп “Stop the Steal” conspiracy theorists
• Liberal Redneck: Voting Republican to “save the economy”
• NowThis: Slavery is on the ballot during the 2022 midterms
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Will Dr Oz Eat A Cheesesteak? Ah No. ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Alex Wagner with Trevor Noah: American racism vs. overt racism in South Africa

Chris Hayes: What abortion ban with exception for “life of the mother” really means

WaPo: How SNL’s January 6 committee hearing compared to reality

The Cult of The Dotard Трамп:

• Trevor: Трамп doesn’t find Trevor funny
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis’ new education restrictions puts Florida teachers’ certification on the line
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Reacts to Steve Bannon Going to Prison
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Nancy Pelosi, January 6th’s Commander-in-Chief ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Ivana’s Casket ♬
• Mark Fiore: Your very own social network
• Ari Melber: Bannon becomes first Трамп vet sentenced to prison in a Jan. 6 probe
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: “The Biggest Hypocrite in Congress” award:

• Chris Hayes: House inquiry finds Трамп charged Secret Service “exorbitant” rates for hotel stays
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ D.J.T., or Doing Jail Time ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The greatest love story of all time—Clarence and Ginni Thomas
• Robert Reich: The case for prosecuting The Dotard Трамп
• Ari Melber: Roadmap to coup culpability—Трамп hit with historic subpoena
• Tommy Campbell: Herschel Walker’s prop badge fail & Трамп hotels scammed taxpayers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Трамп Should Be Arrested ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп lawyers prove they don’t know why they asked for a Special Master
• SNL: Jan 6th final hearing
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Punch Trump, Get Happy ♬
• Ari Melber: “MAGA trifecta of crimes’—DOJ vet on legal heat for Трамп and Bannon
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Secret Service Secret Shame ♬:

• Legal Eagle: Alex Jones’s billion dollar bad day (and why it’s going to get worse)
• Rachel Maddow: Report reveals greater extent of Трамп admin interference in CDC than previously known
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ No President Has Done More for Israel Than Трамп Has ♬
• Alex Wagner: Трамп’s conspiracy theory collides with reality in another embarrassing Durham failure
• Ari Melber: From “FUCK Трамп anthem” to mass protests, new report shows how people power can win
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Trump & Taft, Twins? ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s 14-page response to Jan. 6 subpoena

Jon Stewart: Why Americans hate paying taxes

Alex Wagner: Peril of abortion bans to women’s health becomes dreaded reality

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Debt Forgivness 4eva ♬

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

A little drizzle and wind, and you can breathe again in Downtown Seattle. It’s maybe a bit hazy, but it’s nice. Greater rain will get the rest of it.

Going forward, we’ll have to figure out how to not make this a yearly thing. Better forestry practices and fixing — or realisticly preventing the worst of — global warming are obviously priorities. Also, maybe building code updates so less smoke gets inside.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Seriously, the bivalent booster is a miracle.

Ballots are being mailed out today. It’s getting close. Are you excited?! Wooooooo, ballots. You should get them this week or early next.

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

Neither snow nor rain nor cold nor gloom of smoky nights stays these liberals from the swift consumption of their fermented rounds….or from rounds of vigorous discussion. That’s right, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight! Stop by if you fancy.

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 prefer to stay 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.

Hey, you know what would be great? If there wasn’t so damn much smoke everywhere. And maybe if we we don’t break records in October. Give us a good, hard rainy day. Just a day to get this shit done with. I know, in February, I’ll be done with it, but the fires need putting out. No smoking, Seattle. I don’t want to wear a mask just to go on a walk.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. The bivalent booster is great, and you protect yourself and your community by getting it.

Ali Velshi: The viral political ad women have been waiting for

Seth Meyers: Vice President Harris talks Biden’s marijuana pardons, 2022 midterms and abortion rights
Seth Meyers: Vice President Kamala Harris discusses the next steps for pardoning marijuana possession

Desi Lydic investigates paper shortages affecting upcoming elections

Трамп and His Band of Lying Seditionists:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Alex Jones Whines About Hell (He’d best get used to it) ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell loses appeal and tells churches to break the law
• Stephen: Alex Jones is out a billion & Walker changes the subject
• Trevor: Трамп subpoenaed by January 6 Panel & Alex Jones ordered to pay $1 billion
• Robert Reich: Election deniers could pick the next President without you
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Republican idiocracy
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s Capitol riot demands denied, Alex Jones’ $965 million hissy fit & MORE KIDS for Herschel?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Blaming it on the Liberals ♬
• The Late Show: Herschel Walker’s campaign clarifies his bull story
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Rights Aren’t Pie ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп’s EPIC REACTION to the January 6th subpoena
• Seth Meyers: Dramatic Jan. 6 hearing issues Трамп subpoena, hints at criminal referrals
• The Daily Show: These “conservatives” sound like the KKK
• Stephen: Shocking twist…the Jan 6 Committee votes to subpoena the Dotard
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп primes the riot pump, Tucker puckers up to Kanye & Herschel’s story gets worse
• Seth Meyers: VP Harris on Texas Gov. Abbott bussing migrants across the country for “political theater”
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Ariel Elias stealing a beer
• Stephen: Why is Rudy Giuliani partying in Times Square without Stephen Colbert?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard has confessed
• Seth Meyers: Трамп accidentally confesses in stolen docs case
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Second Amendment Hymn ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп vs late night hosts, Marjorie Taylor Greene vs immigrants & Herschel Walker vs The Libs!
• Lawrence O’DonnellDOJ appears to crush every Трамп argument in new filing
• Stephen: Stephanopoulos on The Dotard
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The Herschel Walker exception:

• The Late Show: Kanye’s social media presence is not getting stronger
• Seth Meyers: DOJ says Трамп still has more stolen docs, tells SCOTUS to stay out of case
• Jimmy Kimmel: Crazy series finale of Jan 6th hearings and Трамп’s little subpoena
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп said it was okay to have stolen documents ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reads & DESTROYS Maggie Haberman’s book
• Robert Reich: What happened at the last January 6th hearing?
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains Herschel Walker
• The Daily Show: A day in the life of Трамп’s Special Master, Raymond Dearie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Loser, Loner and Liar ♬
• Stephen: Speaker Pelosi displayed superhuman composure during Jan 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

John Oliver: Crime reporting

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Seth Meyers: FAUX News’ Halloween fearmongering—Hot Tamales, Sugar Daddies

SNL Weekend Update: Political news of the week

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

Hey, people with marijuana convictions in King County: The county is still making efforts to clear those convictions from before it was legal. And their budget includes outreach to some of the toughest people to find. It’s good, and it is still producing results a decade on.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. I got boosted and a flu shot at the same time, and my only symptom is that my arm is a bit sore.

SPD behaved so poorly during CHOP that sometimes you forget whole ass portions of it. Reading about the report by the Inspector General, I completely forgot about SPD making up armed checkpoints out of whole cloth. Wild that they want more offers and 0 accountability after that mess.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Vaccination rates are low for the bivalent booster, so make an appointment soon.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. Please join us for a freewheeling discussion of politics and life over a beverage.

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.

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.

Who else is sick of the smoke from the Bolt Creek Fire? It has been more than a month of this disgusting sky. We could all use some rain.

One thing I am surprised by is that so few people are wearing N95 masks in it. Surely we all swimming in them after COVID-19. And they’re free at most drug stores. Just ask for one.

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

Stephen: “How about three women?”—Speaker Pelosi looks forward to electing more Female leaders

LegalEagle: The most ridiculous lawsuits ever

John Oliver: Museums and antiquities

WaPo: Five years after #MeToo, here’s why it’s still hard to come forward

Stephen: Biden’s October surprise—Marijuana pardons

Robert Reich: The secret to building grassroots power

Amber Ruffin: Are police in schools doing more harm than good?

Трамп and His Felonious Fans:

• Katie Phang: Oath Keepers leader on trial says group “should have brought rifles” on Jan. 6
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Herschel May Not Be Your Daddy (or Senator) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Herschel Walker abortion lies add up, Трамп files accidentally released & Gay Velma drives GOP mad
• Trevor: Conservatives launch new dating app “The Right Stuff”
• Stephen: Herschel Walker’s girlfriend kept receipts
• Amber Ruffin: Ron DeSantis getting DRAGGED by Jiggly Caliente
• Katie Phang: MAGA extremism—Violent “civil war” rhetoric spikes online ahead of midterms
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп PRAISES Dr. Oz’ dog experiments
• Alex Wagner: “He was pro-choice, obviously,” new report quotes woman who says Walker paid for abortion
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Automotive Epiphany ♬
• The Late Show: Be a man and drive the new Pontiac Schvantz:

• Alex Wagner: Blizzard of new revelations sends Walker camp scrambling
• Tommy Campbell: Herschel Walker tackled by ex’s receipts and son’s rant
• The Late Show: ♫ Herschel Walker, “It Wasn’t Me” ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—A Question of Storage ♬
• Alex Wagner: Трамп lawyers deploy slow-down tactics but Трамп’s case doesn’t improve
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Prof. Laurence Tribe—Трамп’s Special Master appeal is a “sideshow”
• Chris Hayes: How FAUX News became a PR channel for Republican Senate candidates
• The Late Show: Hallmark introduces The Herschel Walker Collection
• Seth Meyers: Трамп takes classified docs case to SCOTUS and Rudy’s gross toilet habits
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Tired of Singing (about Трамп’s Faults) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s COVID Superman fantasy and Ted Cruz is taking back America on a bus
• Lauren Mayer: Let’s Boot Out Herschel Walker:

• Stephen: Tyler Templeton reports LIVE from Mar-a-Lago for “Tooning Out The News”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Republican Limbo Song ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: Mitch McConnell and Herschel Walker on 2022 midterms
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell reacts to Трамп saying he has a death wish
• jimmy Kimmel: Supreme Court REJECTS MyPillow Mike, Трамп weathers tell all storm & Herschel’s concussion defense
• Seth Meyers: GOP stumbles toward midterms as Трамп claims all elections are rigged
• Alex Wagner: What Трамп’s outreach to the Supreme Court is really all about
• Trevor: Who is Herschel Walker?
• Trevor: Maggie Haberman—The Ultimate Guide to The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: “At this point we can’t ignore him”—Maggie Haberman on covering
• Stephen: “He’s backed himself into a corner”—Why Maggie Haberman thinks Трамп will run in 2024
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Just Your Average Sociopath ♬:

• Alex Wagner with Maggie Habberman: Трамп entitlement developed as rich kid, far from his new blue collar base
• Jon Stewart and friends: Herschel Walker’s abortion controversy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Where else did Трамп leave his beloved classified documents?
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s storm report fails and Marjorie’s divorce
• Seth Meyers: GOP reels as scandal-ridden MAGA candidates like Walker and Oz implode
• Chris Hayes: DeSantis auditions for role of green M&M in white boots
• Trevor: FAUX News’s bizarre defense of Herschel Walker
• Alex Wagner: Walker confirms accuser’s identity, but denies knowledge of her abortion
• Jimmy Kimmel: Wild new Трамп tell-all and Herschel Walker’s abortion scandal
• Stephen: GOP pretends Трамп isn’t racist
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ If You Hate America, You’ll LOVE Трамп! ♬

Ari Melber: See Трамп-Nixon drug war shredded in epic Peter Tosh breakdown

Liberal Redneck: OPEC, foreign oil, gas prices, etc.

WaPo: What the Michigan midterms means for the future of abortion

Stephen: “No one fucks with a Biden” and Buttigieg claps back at MTG

The Daily Show: The Kamala Harris Veep reboot

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

What the fuck is happening with the King County jail? Jesus, man. Cloudy water? Cloudy water. For a week. It’s so terrible. They are people in our custody, and we have a moral responsibility to do fucking better.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And sign up to get vaccinated or for the bivalent booster right now.

Man. Seattle sports teams. The Mariners breaking the playoff drought. And OL Reign coming in first in the NWSL.

We may ir may not get a Mariners home game in the playoffs. But OL Reign are playing at Lumen Field. And if you haven’t been to one of there games, let me recommend a trip. The crowd is a lot of fun during the regular season, and I imagine it will be even more during the playoffs. The team took a while to get started but have been playing great for a while now.

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