I’ve been trying to cut down on my time on the Internet. Not a complete shut down, but just not faffing around. Anyway. Turns out that I am once again writing some nonsense from the bus rather than having written anything in advance. Sorry, but it might be better for me.

Look, we all agree that Alaska Rep. David Eastman is the wooooorst. Fuck that guy. What an ass.

But! Maybe Seattle’s tourism industry should embrace it. A city so great you’ll have a dangerous second trimester pregnancy terminated just for a visit.

Please join us this evening as we make up and discuss fake news for submission to the national media fake news feed at this week’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 230 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

2 Chronicles 23:13
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

Discuss.

The famine food truck.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Young Turks: Ben and Jerry’s is banning same-flavor scoops for marriage equality down under.

Tales of the Трамп:

• Late Show: Best of Melania hand swats.
• Raw footage: Трамп shoves a Prime Minister.
• James Corden: Let’s join the FBI in scrutinizing Jared Kushner
• Young Turks: Трамп curtsies to Saudi King.
• Kimmel: Sean Spicer loves it when Трамп is away.
• Conan: Трамп calls Putin to discuss orbs & Israel
• Michael Brooks: Pope throws shade at Трамп joking with Melania about Трамп’s weight.
• Stephen: Cartoon Pope Francis roasts Donald Трамп
• Sam Seder: Sub-adult Трамп actually shoves Montenegro Prime Minister at NATO.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at Donald Трамп and Greg Gianforte.
• Ari Melber: Jared Kushner secret channel query, Part I.
• Ari Melber: Jared Kushner secret channel query, Part II
• David Pakman: Snowflake Трамп bails in Saudi Arabia from “exhaustion”
• PsychoSuperMom: Stop insulting kids (by comparing us to Трамп)
• Young Turks: Ben Carson’s message to poor people, “It’s your fault.”
• What the fuck is up with Трамп’s intense handshakes?

• Kimmel: Трамп’s visit with the Pope
• Melania doesn’t like Трамп either.
• Stephen: Трамп’s odd call with new BFF Rodrigo Duterte
• Young Turks: Трамп can’t stop doing all the things he bashed Obama for.
• Seth Meyers: Draining the swamp
• The Onion has obtained hundreds of classified documents from the Трамп White House
• Sam Seder: Stoopid fuck Трамп leaks intel while bragging about not leaking intel
• Kimmel: Donald Трамп commemorative plates
• James Cordon: Трамп does the Middle East.
• Трамп chickens out and cannot say “radical Islamic terrorism”
• Stephen: God thinks Трамп is getting “needy”.
• Young Turks: Трамп buddy, Sheriff Clarke, lied about Homeland Security position
• Olbermann: This is how low the Трамп apologists will stoop
• Mark Fiore: Story Time with the President.
• Трамп’s travel ban stays frozen.
• Michael Brooks: Трамп seems bizarrely dazed as he stumbles out of photo op with Netanyahu
• Kimmel: Kids read Трамп’s speeches.
• Stephen stages a Twitter-vention for Трамп.

WaPo: Obama gives Europeans a message of solidarity and hope.

Jimmy Dore: Sec. of Energy Rick Perry still wants to be called “Governor”!

Monkeys can demand ransom, too.

David Pakman: SCOTUS rules Republicans gerrymandered NC districts by race

Putin’s Persons of Interest:

• Jared Kushner is now a focus in the Russia investigation.
• Late Show: Трамп’s new lawyers, Galino & Farnes
• Young Turks: More obstruction of justice from Трамп.
• Olbermann: 40 shady things we now know about Трамп and Russia
• Songify the News: Трамп vs. Comey
• John Oliver: Stupid Watergate:

• Stephen: Reince Priebus has Comey memo-phobia
• WaPo: Трамп asked intelligence officials to deny connections with Russia
• Chris Hayes: Jared’s secret back channel.
• Olbermann: So, what about those Oval Office tapes?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп goes abroad amid escalating Russia probe
• Farron Cousins: Трамп son-in-law, Jared Kushner, becomes person-of-interest in Russia probe
• Jimmy Dore: Putin chats with Jimmy.
• Michael Brooks: Jared Kushner under FBI investigation
• Francesca Fiorentini: The more you know: Russia-Трамп edition
• Colbert with Maddow: Why did Bannon & Priebus go home early?
• David Hawkings: Lessons from 44 Years of Special Investigations.

VOX: The evolution of American protest music.

Bill Maher: Fuck Mars!.

Michael Brooks: Sean Hannity has a meltdown as FAUX News retracts Seth Rich conspiracy story.

Visit the USA: National treasures for sale.

GOP Tries to Loot America:

• Stephen puts the CBO’s ’23 million’ estimate into perspective
• Young Turks: Republican “healthcare” plan is a death sentence suggests CBO.
• Here’s what’s in the new CBO report on the Republican health-care bill.
• Sen. Sanders argues with Mulvaney in budget hearing.
• David Packman: CBO score is every bit as bad as we expected.
• Stephen has an unpopular opinion about Трамп’s budget:

• Young Turks: FBI “Person of interest” Jared Kushner
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s cruel budget breaks his campaign promises
• David Pakman: Michael Flynn will plead the 5th, refuse to cooperate with Russia investigation
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) on Трамп’s budget is “shockingly extreme” and a “betrayal”
• D.C. reacts to GOP health bill’s budget score
• Stephen has a math problem for Трамп.
• Seth Meyers with DNC Chair Tom Perez: The GOP’s “disaster” health care bill.

Stephen is also body slamming his enemies.

Samantha Bee: A brief history of Florida’s felon voting ban.

Mental Floss: 41 facts about unique architecture.

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

In Wednesday’s Open Thread, I called a hair shirt a “hare shirt.” I got called on it by Roger in the comments, and I feel so, so, so bad. I’ll have to say 30 hale merrys.

I was talking to Darryl last night, and he wants you all to know he is very, very, very sorry that he missed yesterday’s Drinking Liberally thread. It’s a deep sadness. It probably kept him up last night. He’s wearing a hare shirt.

I’m feeling a bit blah today. So even less of my nonsense than usual.

Leviticus 11:5
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.

Discuss.

WaPo: The 2016 conversation Paul Ryan wanted to keep private.

The surprising pattern behind color names around the world.

Trevor Noah: So much news, so little time.

The Man-Baby Трамп and his Handlers Sitters:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп asked Comey to end Flynn probe & gave Russians intel
• Bill Maher: Orange Sphincter to the rescue
• Stephen plea: “Please don’t take Sean Spicer from us.”
• Minute Physics: Ring around the earth.
• The President Show: Inside the President’s mind:

• Трамп cannot be destroyed!!!
• PsychoSuperMom: Obstruction!
• Трамп revealed highly classified intel in Oval Office meeting with Russians
• Stephen: Comey and Трамп had a heart-to-no-heart
• Jimmy Kimmel: Exclusive footage of Трамп’s media lunch
• Sam Seder: Mitch McConnell’s response to Трамп question is actually funny to watch
• Keith Olbermann: What’s happening in Donald Трамп’s head?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп complains about unfair treatment
• Late Show: Breaking: Трамп and Bannon’s high-speed getaway
• Guided meditation to survive Трамп leaks.
• FAUX News’ 5 steps for handling a Трамп scandal
• Stephen finally agrees with Donald Трамп on something
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Republicans react to Comey memo bombshell
• David Pakman: Трамп EPA approves nasty chemical, immediately poisons farm workers
• Trevor: President Трамп can’t be trusted with secrets
• The Late Show: The other classified secrets Трамп bragged about
• Jimmy Kimmel’s guide to spotting fake news.
• Stephen: Трамп uses a commencement speech to congratulate…himself!
• The death of the White House press briefing???
• Full Frontal: Ivanka’s new book is dangerous.
• How Трамп made it hard for the US to fight terrorism
• Stephen: White House staffers have gone into hiding
• David Pakman: Ways Трамп and Nixon are alike.
• Seth Meyers: Donald Трамп warned us about himself
• Donald Трамп’s Yanky Yanky
• Roy Zimmerman: Fired:

• DHS chief caught on hot mic suggesting Трамп use sword “on the press”
• Bill Maher: Pres. Batshit is at it again.
• Young Turks: Трамп’s Coast Guard speech turns into personal pity party
• Stephen: How to childproof your home before a visit from Трамп.
• New Трамп-inspired Coast Guard recruitment ad.
• Jimmy Fallon: Pros and cons of working at the White House.
• Sam Seder: Трамп plagiarized speech from ‘Legally Blonde’ (yes, really)

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear energy.

John Oliver: Dialysis.

Straw Men of the Apocalypse: How to deal with your climate change denying uncle.

Mark Fiore: Taxcutiva.

The ТрампRussia investigation gets “Special”:

• WaPo: The Justice Department’s decision, explained
• Jimmy Kimmel on Donald Трамп’s witch hunt
• Maddow: James Comey recounted inappropriate pressure from Donald Трамп
• Five myths about Watergate
• Is Трамп really Nixonian? four similarities.
• Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD): “This is about the fight for the soul of our democracy.”
• WaPo: Sen. Blumenthal, “A lot of the credit goes to the free press”
• Trevor: A special prosecutor steps in & FAUX News doesn’t get the Comey memo
• David Pakman: Senate Panel accepts James Comey’s offer to testify publicly
• Untangling the web of Michael Flynn.
• Justice Department appoints special counsel to investigate Трамп and Russia.
• Keith Olbermann: Here’s how Трамп could already be prosecuted
• Investigation of Russian ties to White House now focuses on current official
• Maddow: How might Donald Трамп try to end the investigation?
• Stephen isn’t ready to let it go.
• Sam Seder: Comey was “DISGUSTED” by hug from Donald Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Watergate Lawyer says obstruction of justice evidence “overwhelming”
• Sen. McCain: Трамп controversies reaching “Watergate size and scale”
• Here is how impeachment works.
• Stephen: Трамп’s Special Counsel is the most special

Ducks aren’t using the “gold plated” ramp yet.

Full Frontal: George W. Bush gives at speech.

Young Turks: Women’s rights are human rights.

Sam Seder and friends: Mike Huckabee is STILL stuck on gay marriage.

Jimmy Kimmel: Schoolhouse Rock – I’m Just a Lie:

Ailes Kicks It:

• David Pakman: Disgraced former FAUX News chief Roger Ailes dead at 77
• Young Turks: Remembering Roger Ailes.
• Michael Brooks: Roger Ailes is dead.
• Young Turks: FARX Hosts who weren’t threatened for sex mourn Roger Ailes

Bill Maher: I don’t know it for a fact…I just know it’s true.

ONN: Scientists capture audio of beetle colliding with paper clip for first time.

Profiles in swearing: Three recent high-profile examples.

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

This week 3 of my dinners have been Rainier cherries. I don’t think it’s good for me, but it’s still pretty great. I was talking to one of the people selling them at Pike Place, and she said they were not from Washington yet. I may be done with them by the time the Washington crop is selling, but I doubt it. Hopefully the price comes down a bit.

I did have a minor ethical issue. On Tuesday night I had 2 pounds of cherries before going to Drinking Liberally. I wasn’t hungry. I don’t normally drink on weekdays. So I wasn’t going to spend money. Is it ethical to do that in a group if you’re a regular who normally gets food? I eventually felt bad and got the smallest thing on the menu, and over tipped.

It’s Tuesday night and I’m on the bus back home from Drinking Liberally. I just realized that I haven’t written anything for the open thread, and I just want to go to sleep when I get home. So here’s not much. Sorry.

2 things: I love talking the bus home, but this is the second week in a row where the post 11:00 bus has some unfortunate smells. Also the driver is really shouting at some driver parked in a bus stop.

Hope this isn’t too incoherent.

Please join us this evening as we spill national intelligence in fits of insecurity bragging at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the other 230 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

It’s filing week. If you’re in Seattle, that means you’re probably filing for mayor. But if you aren’t happy with your local elected officials or if there’s an open seat, you should consider running for something.

Revelation 9:7-10
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like human faces. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion. They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle. They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.

Discuss.