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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 3/7/23, 4:43 pm

DLBottle DLBottle The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight to engage in discussions of politics over a drink. Join us if you are so inclined.

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 you can hit.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 3/6/23, 8:20 am

Had to come in to work early. Here’s a quick thread. Enjoy and get vaccinated.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 3/3/23, 3:08 pm

John Oliver: AI

Stephen: Political monologue

Hasan Minhaj: How dipshit grifters are scamming you

NowThis: Newspapers pull “Dilbert” comic following racist remarks by creator

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

That Right Wing Cult of Lies, Damn Lies and FAUX News:

  • Alex Wagner: Careless Gaetz makes hypothetical worst case real with political stunt
  • Seth Meyers: Dominion lawsuit reveals FAUX and Murdoch knew Трамп’s 2020 claims were lies
  • Ari Melber: FAUX News “lies” scandal hits boiling point &Murdoch’s “Wu Tang” defense could go up in smoke
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп was so upset by Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes his White House staff asked Disney to censor him
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Bryan Cranston
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ How To Win Over Your Would-be Killers—The Mike Pence Quandary ♬:

  • Chris Hayes: FAUX hosts deflect amid Dominion lawsuit, say all other media lying
  • Alex Wagner: Tennessee legislator shocks with lynching suggestion
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: FAUX faces real jeopardy from Dominion suit
  • Tommy Campbell: Rupert Murdoch admits FAUX hosts endorsed election lies
  • Stephen: Murdoch admits FAUX lied for money, factchecking DeSantis’ dull book, & FBI nabs Sedition Panda
  • The Late Show: Disney World is now DeSantis World
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Right wing crazies gather to praise Трамп, Santos’ lies hit new heights & MTG wants national divorce
  • SNL: Трамп train visit
  • Hasan Minhaj: Dilbert dropped
  • Chris Hayes: Why FAUX is “the most destructive institution in all of American politics
  • Stephen: DJ Dotard’s favorite tunes
  • Lauren Mayer: ♫ Don’t be a Dilbert ♬:

  • Mark Fiore: White guy grievance
  • Ari Melber: FAUX News scandal hits Hannity
  • Seth Meyers: Rupert Murdoch admits FAUX lied about 2020 election in bombshell court filing
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Justice Dept. rejects Defendant Трамп’s attempt at immunity
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп explains how he saved East Palestine, Ohio
  • Stephen: Scandal rocks D.C., FAUX News shuns The Dotard, and GOP’s weird focus on drag
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Pro-Russia Tucker takes on Jimmy, George the Girl Scout Santos & Marjorie Taylor Greene “attacked”
  • The Late Show: Hire DJT Productions for your next coronation!
  • Keith Olbermann: Murdoch showed secret Biden ads to Kushner
  • Ari Melber with Neal Katyal:Trump will be indicted in 2023
  • LegalEagle: Трамп’s lawyers fined $1,000,000+:

  • Jimmy Kimmel: Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about getting heckled, DeSantis and Трамп’s bad mojo & GOP nuts Gather
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп turns on FAUX and Murdoch amid fallout from shocking Dominion lawsuit
  • Chris Hayes: FAUX’s dangerous desperation to maintain its audience
  • Alex Wagner: DeSantis’ belittling, smears defied by reality of rich academic culture at New College
  • Mother Jones: The completely predictable resurrection of John Hagee
  • Ari Melber: Murdoch confession bombshell rocks GOP as leaders duck billion dollar legal scandal
  • Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s latest lawsuit—Why he’s really SUING Kevin McCarthy

Hasan Minhaj: TicToc, student debt and FAUX knew

Robert Reich: Debunking “No one wants to work anymore”

Ari Melber: Lab leak? The raging debate over how covid started

Liberal Viewer: Tennessee drag ban

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Gossiping with God

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

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Friday, March 3

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 3/3/23, 8:18 am

– Seattle, our tree canopy is going in the wrong direction.

– Impotrant Tacoma doughnut information.

– The pandemic food assistance is coming to an end. So it might be a good time to give to your local food bank.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 3/1/23, 7:55 am

I think I have found the adult equivalent of running into your teacher outside of school. Running into your bus driver outside of the bus. So weird. Just going for a walk, and why do I recognize this person? Ohhhh.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you’re not vaccinated or boosted yet, get flippin’ on it.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 2/28/23, 3:08 pm

DLBottle DLBottle The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be meeting tonight. What will we be chatting about? Almost anything and everything political. And then some. 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 you can hit.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 2/27/23, 7:57 am

– I haven’t paid attention to the Dilbert guy since like 1997. But Christ almighty. I’m glad The Seattle Times has dropped him.

– pay them human services workers what they’re worth.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. And, hey, wash your damn hands.

Oh geez, who could have predicted giving Steve Bannon your money would lose you that money.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 2/24/23, 5:00 pm

John Oliver: Psychedelic assisted therapy

NowThis: The Supreme Court case that can reshape the internet

Stephen: Biden tours Kyiv with Zelenskyy and other news

WaPo: Why spy balloons never went out of style

Cracked: Insane things about amusement parks

Vice News: Why the US is known as the mass shooting nation

The Tragicomedy That is Трамп and His Sycophants:

  • Ari Melber: Coup bomb goes off—GA grand jury recommends indictments for first time
  • Tommy Campbell:
  • Joy Reid: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “national divorce” suggestion would be disastrous for Red states
  • Jon Stewart and friends: Dominion Voting v. Fox filing—What the media got wrong about “The Right”
  • Ari Melber: Indictments are likely “bad for Трамп”
  • Parody Project: ♫ Jack The Knife ♬:

  • Keith Olbermann: Indict and arrest Speaker McCarthy
  • Alex Wagner: Special grand jury foreperson shares details, drops heavy hints in Georgia Трамп case
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s election dreams becoming impossible and Georgia indictments are coming
  • Mark Fiore: Freedom Liberry
  • Ari Melber: Трамп “will be indicted,” says prosecutor after GA grand jury leak
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Laura, and Tucker, and Sean (The Holy Trinity of Disinformation) ♬
  • Lauren Mayer: ♫ D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (MTG-style) ♬:

  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants mental competency tests, MTG lashes out over Biden in Ukraine & Santos the terrible liar
  • Stephen: Sen. Sanders responds to Nikki Haley’s call for competency tests, “it’s old-fashioned ageism”
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: GA grand juror gives most revealing Трамп investigation interview ever
  • Keith Olbermann: It’s time to shut down FAUX News
  • Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene wants America to divorce
  • Alex Wagner: McCarthy deal with FAUX seen as capitulation to GOP MAGA wing in speakership deal
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Mac McClung winning the Slam Dunk Contest
  • The Late Show: ♫ Tucker Carlson’s alternative narrative of January 6th ♬
  • Roy Zimmerman: ♫ T-R-E-A-S-O-N ♬:

  • Ari Melber: FAUX News admits the “B.S.” in leaked text scandal & hosts secretly trashed Трамп lies
  • Keith Olbermann: McCarthy/Carlson TV video scandal erupts
  • Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard exploits toxic trainwreck, Santos lies about helping sick kids & FAUX News cries woke
  • Stephen: Трамп’s awkward train wreck visit & MTG says civil war is coming
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Tucker Carlson and Rupert Murdoch think FAUX viewers are stupid

WaPo: How Florida’s abortion ban is leaving one family in agony

Joy Reid and Robert Reich: Deregulation is destroying us

Stephen: “Big Money buys elections”—Sen. Bernie Sanders on how money corrupts American politics

Vox: Why is everything getting so expensive?

Robert Reich: The biggest economic lies we are told

The Late Show: Sir Topham Hatt faces the consequences of lobbying against train safety regulations

Stephen: Sen. Bernie Sanders, “Build Back Better would have been transformative”

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

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Fried A Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 2/24/23, 8:26 am

– 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.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 2/22/23, 10:15 am

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

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 2/21/23, 4:39 pm

DLBottle DLBottle 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.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 2/17/23, 11:24 pm

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.

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    A Friday Open Thread, For You

    by Carl Ballard — Friday, 2/17/23, 8:22 am

    – 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.

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    Wednesday Open Thread

    by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 2/15/23, 8:22 am

    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.

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    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

    by Darryl — Tuesday, 2/14/23, 4:47 pm

    DLBottle DLBottle 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

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