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Phone weirdness means a short post today and I don’t know about the rest of the week.

Reign of King Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Steve Shives: When late-stage Democracy meets late-stage capitalism
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The country’s going backward now that Dotard Трамп is back ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: The Dotard speaks about Big Balls
• Christopher Titus: Трамп calls Zelenskyy a dictator?!?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard calls Zelenskyy a dictator
• LegalEagle: Legally, WTF is DOGE?
• The Late Show: Elon Musk is “Gold Finder”
• Stephen: Rehiring fired gov’t workers & Musk isn’t running DOGE & pro-Russia Трамп doesn’t care about Ukraine
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ You Cannot Shame the Shameless (like Трамп, Vance, or Musk) ♬
• LegalEagle: Worse than Watergate—The Thursday night massacre:

• John Oliver: Трамп 2.0
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s counting on the cowards ♬
• Rachel Maddow: “Have you considered resigning?”—Calling out Трамп staffers who fired nuclear safety personnel
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—And so it begins
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard celebrates himself on President’s Day
• Putin’s Puppet: Трамп explains why he didn’t invade Gaza
• Stephen: “King” Don floats a troll balloon & all the gold in Fort Knox
• Jonathan Jensen and Friends: ♫ Not in America (A Трамп Resistance Song) ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Трамп called Zelenskyy “a dictator”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ DON’T Make Fun of Трамп! ♬
• Tommy Campbell: ♫ JD Vance bombs at Munich security conference ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Babies in the White House ♬:

• Steve Shives: The Dunning-Kruger presidency
• The Late Show: “I was just saving the country”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Gulf of Mexico is STILL the Gulf of Mexico ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How many laws has Трамп, who thinks he’s a king, violated publicly?
• Tommy Campbell: Hannity Трамп Musk interview fails & inflation is back!
• Rachel Maddow: Sidelined Трамп mostly “decorative” as Musk remains busy wrecking the government, reaping rewards
• Stephen: “I’ll break any law I want” & MapQuest resists “Gulf of America” & Kennedy Center dishonored
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Just Talkin’ ‘Bout X ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Hate to Tell You, Трамп was Lying ♬

The Late Show: Tim Meadows celebrates great Black Americans

A Pit Toilet Full of Deplorables:

• Liberal Redneck: More MAGA madness (and the DOGE problem)
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Child Support ♬
• John Waldron: Трамп WILL fail…and it’s ALREADY happening!
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: How to know you are in a cult
• Stephen: Трамп’s border czar confirms crooked deal with NYC Mayor Eric Adams
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Not Too Bright—Senator Ron Johnson ♬
• Putin’s Puppet: Elon describes exploring DEEPER states of consciousness with ketamine
• JoJoFromJerz: Plastic straw hill
• Parody Project: ♫ The Emperor Has No Clothes ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

Carl, Carl. You keep telling me to write or call my legislators. But what should I call them about? What’s the state of several important bills working their way through the legislature, preferably organized by category? Good news! The good folks at Range Media have you covered.

– Burien is a delightful city, why not just not be jerks to homeless people? Anyway, it’s good that they’re getting their day in court.

– As a member, I support REI workers on the board. Also, the bill mentioned in the article.

– Mass deportation is bad.

– A lot of shit going on right now. Good time to call your representative or legislator.

It’s Tuesday, so the gang at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together for conversation and drinks. Stop by, if you can.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.

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.

Marsh Family: ♫ New AI’s Filling Us with Alarm ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Imperial Rule of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• John Waldron: Трамп destroys sacred cultural landmark!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Canadian PM Announces Plan to Rename America! ♬
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп makes a mess of Russia-Ukraine peace talks & gets “hot” for Kennedy Center
• RightPlight: From the desk of President Трамп—MTG, Black History Month & pretending The Holocaust never happened
• LegalEagle: How Leon Hijacked the Government
• Ross Childs: VP Vance on federal grants
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп joined by suck-up Leon Musk in Oval Office, gets tough on straws & doesn’t endorse JD Vance
• Knotheadusc: ♫ This Muskquerade ♬:

• Putin’s Puppet: The conversation America needs to have about plastic straws
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The President Made a Boom-boom! (Another Blessing from Below) ♬
• Stella Magz: Трамп to Vance—You’re not good enough
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: ♫ I Bought Me A President ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The Трамп penny
• Seth Meyers: Musk & Трамп grilled over DOGE cuts in Oval Office & MAGA’s Greenland name change bill
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ It’s Time We Fired Трамп ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп offers HUGE concessions to Putin, RFK Jr made health czar
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Suddenly, Leon ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Don Jr. and Leon Musk CAUGHT sharing USAID disinformation & JD Vance defends DOGE-boy posts
• Jon Stewart & John Oliver welcome America to its Трамп monarchy era:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Enthusiastically Endorses This Song ♬
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ The Musky Bunch EXPOSED Breaking Laws With Monster Energy! ♬
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп confused by his own tariffs & Hegseth goes diet woke on the military
• Christopher Titus: RFK Jr confirmed?? Who is actually in charge of America’s healthcare system?
• Parody Project: ♫ In the Dead of the Night — CFPB ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп punishes AP for not using “Gulf of America” and makes himself Kennedy Center Chair
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ We Did Not Elect Leon ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп trolls Taylor Swift in Super Bowl rant, Kanye’s crazy posts & Leon kisses up to The Dotard
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Planned Dystopia ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Трамп’s Russia negotiations
• Gov. Pritzker says Lake Michigan is now called Lake Illinois:

• Tommy Campbell: The Dotard admits he has trouble working
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп Hates Children (and Dogs) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard delivers honest message to White Americans
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Musk lash out after judge blocks DOGE takeover & Musk targets CFPB
• Christopher Titus: President Leon & President FELon
• Jabari Jones: President Musk—Master daddy
• Rachel Maddow: New reporting exposes shocking extent of Musk’s conflicts as he dismantles U.S. government
• LegalEagle: The insane “Fork in the road” Email to federal employees
• Jordan Klepper: Leon Musk crashes the Oval Office to talk DOGE & Трамп pushes Gaza takeover
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп to Replace Yo-Yo Ma as World’s Finest Cellist ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп throws a toilet water Tantrum, goes all in on disastrous Gaza plan & complains about BULLIES!

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

ONN: GigSlave goes public with $84 billion valuation

Incels and Other Deplorables:

• Steve Shives: JD Vance’s antivax relatives are going to get their child KILLED
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: DOGE recruitment ad
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Kanye West loves him
• The Remix Bros: ♫ Paula White is BACK! REMIX ♬
• Stella Magz: Lauren Boebert & Kid Rock—A MAGA love story
• Parody Project: ♫ Li’l Muskies ♬:

• The Daily Show: Marco Rubio—From fun-sized Florida boy to Трамп crony
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Nancy Mace’s Bare Necessities ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: MAGA cultural news—Kennedy Center to host Lara Трамп concert
• Daniel Clements: Leon Musk in Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOGE
• Stella Magz: Leon put the CON into UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Sarah Cooper: The history of wealth throughout history

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

When the marijuana initiative ran, Governor Inslee was opposed to it. But as soon as it passed, he supported implementation. I hope that can be the case on social housing now that the initiative has passed pretty overwhelmingly despite Mayor Harrell and most of the City Council members supporting the other option. It’s a tougher needle to thread when your pictures were on the mailer, but I do hope they try.

If you live in the city and want the Council to actually work to make social housing a reality, well they’re hearing from Amazon, maybe they could hear from you.

– Tonight is the last freezing night for a bit, and it won’t be as cold as the previous few days. If you’re in Western Washington, you survived the worst of this winter. I’m proud of you.

– Also, proud of the social housing initiative. Unless Amazon’s money buys a late swing (I don’t think it will, but it’s a lot of money), it looks like the better one survived. There is a hell of a lot more needed, but this is an important step for more, and more affordable housing.

– If we want to push against a racist future, we should know about our racist past.

– I heard from your member of Congress and legislators. They said you didn’t call, so probably don’t care how they vote. Is that right? It doesn’t seem right.

Today is a Special Election day for some communities in Washington. So drop off that ballot and then stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for drinks and conversation.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.

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.

Maria Cantwell is not meeting the moment when it comes to Trump’s nominees. Not sure if she thinks she will be able to work with them or other nominees would be worse. Or if she thinks they’re greal. But Trump is filling his cabinet and other senior staff with cruel jerks. They deserve to be voted down. If you want to call her, it’s business hours in DC and will be in her local offices soon. You may get an intern or a voicemail. Here’s a quick script.

Hi,

My name is [name] from [city/town in WA]. I am calling because I am disappointed in how many Trump nominees Senator Cantwell has voted for. [I am particularly disappointed with X because of Y, Scott Bessent after handing over the key to Treasury to those weirdos at DOGE, for example.] I hope you will reject more of his terrible nominees going forward.

Thank you for your time,

[Name]

Read it out loud and make it your own before calling, but please do call today.

ONN: Megachurch conducts successful nuclear missile test

The Imperial Rule of Leon and His Sidekick, The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Parody Project: ♫ Oops, I did it again ♬
• Stephen: Трамп’s destructive weekend & Canada is booing us & tariffs will cause “pain” & going back to 1913
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Executive orders
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Anatomy of a lie
• Seth Meyers: Musk’s Трамп-approved takeover sparks backlash as protests erupt & Dems demand answers
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s “stupidity problem” frustrates his efforts and emboldens his opponents
• Parody Project: ♫ DICTATOR DREAMS – And Now It Begins ♬
• The Other Brother: ♫ Tarrifs, Tarrifs ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Blame DEI ♬:

• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 64—Confirmation hearings from HELL w/Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Bernie, Boebert, RFK Jr
• The Late Show: Resettling the residents of Mar-a-Lago
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ How many deaths will Dotard cause today? ♬
• Jesse Welles: ♫ Black Hawks and DEI ♬
• Ari Melber: Flailing fast! Трамп loses in court as MAGA leader blasts Musk as a dangerous phony
• LegalEagle: Can Трамп steal Greenland and Panama?
• Robert Reich: The REAL waste that DOGE should cut
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп starts the world’s dumbest trade war, doubles down on DEI & turns on California’s faucet
• Stella Magz: The Dotard’s plan goes up in smoke
• Parody Project: ♫ Got GITMO? ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп letting Musk intrude into Treasury is biggest, most important data breach ever
• Stephen: Трамп’s Gaza plan, atrocity or distraction? CIA and FBI purges underway
• Desi Lydic: Elon Musk purges government budget with federal aid cuts & Трамп continues Jan 6 revenge
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Making America Great (but Just for Billionaires and Трамп) ♬
• The Late Show: Elon Musk And His Doge Bags
• Steve Shives: Teacher enraged by Трамп era changes
• Ari Melber: That was fast! Flailing Трамп “folds” immediately in failed tariff clash (with Paul Krugman)
• Parody Project: ♫ I Brought you Tarrifs ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he wants to own Palestine!?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп caves in tariff fight with Canada and Mexico & Musk takes control of government
• Jon: Трамп’s trade war, the war on DEI & the myth of “meritocracy”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s is tiny compared to Putin’s ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Put Your Beer On A MAGA’S Heart ♬
• Steve Shives: Tariffs, USAID, and Трамп and Musk’s cruel incompetence
• Desi Lydic: Трамп proposes Gaza takeover as GOP tries to defend Palestinian relocation plan
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing: How would you describe Трамп’s Cabinet?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп backs off of tariffs & Senate advances RFK Jr
• The Ezra Klein: Don’t believe him
• Stephen: China is Big Mad over U.S. tariffs & How is Musk allowed to do this?
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп loses trade war he started
• Beyond America—Canada Looking South: ♫ Canada’s anti-Трамп anthem 🍁 “Stay Away Трамп—STAY AWAY” ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Judge drops hammer on the Трамп-Musk Treasury takeover gambit
• The Other Brother: ♫ Трамп wants Gaza ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ So Long Ma (The Трамп Trade War Song) ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Mr. Musk ♬
• Daily Soak: ICE srrests Speedy Gonzales near US-Mexico border
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard claims credit for Mexico, Canada & Luka trade
• The Daily Show: How to un-DEI your workplace: An HR training video
• Mitch Benn: ♫ Everybody In America Is Female ♬
• Bill Hoover: ♫ “Magalot” (formerly Gaza) ♬:

• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Meanwhile, in Project 2025 ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп shocks world with plan to “take over” and “own” Gaza, undercuts “America First”
• Christopher Titus: Трамп so far?? LOSERS GONNA LOSE!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Truth behind Трамп’s 90-Day Freeze on Food Aid ♬
• John Waldron: Трамп press secretary tied to MISSING MONEY!
• Desi Lydic: Team Трамп does damage control on Gaza plan & issues trans sports ban
• Liberal Redneck: The insanity continues (Трамп’s second week)
• Stella Magz: Questioning Трамп Press Secretary KKKaroline’s “merit”

LegalEagle: America’s unhinged driving laws

Deplorables:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Good News for MAGAts ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert CAN’t give all pardoned rioters her Capitol tour
• Kat Abu: Delta smelt–Why conservatives have blamed California drought on a tiny fish for almost 20 years:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Fox is in the Henhouse (by invitation) ♬
• The Late Show: NFL removes “End Racism” from the Super Bowl end zones

Steve Shives: Democrats need to be fearless

The Late Show: Is Joe Biden the next James Bond?

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

– I could read every story about where your poops go (second segment). Figuring out how to deal with waste is such a vital function of government.

– I would like no parking requirements, but lower is better.

– Opponents are giving you the runaround, vote yes on 1A. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by Tuesday February 11.

– And, hey. Write your legislators and Members of Congress. Do it today.

What has 2 thumbs and was so distracted by the snow this morning it forgot to do an open thread? This guy!

Ooooh, look at Jonny 2 thumbs.

Anyway I have been been encouraging people to contact your legislator or member of Congress. I suspect that you can find something to ask your member of Congress, but I will suggest asking them to stop Elon Musk from bull in a China shopping the whole country. For the legislature, I like HB 1343 to make sure that student aid isn’t in jeopardy if you protest.

Please stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of political pontification over a pint. You’ll be glad you did!

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We start at 8:00pm.

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.

Man, I don’t know, man. I think local and state politics matter in profound ways. But I would like it if the Federal government would not be broken by jerks and weirdos. I don’t know man, it’s really gross.

Anyway, if you want to contact yourUS Representative or your legislator, now is a great time.