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Do me a favor. Find the biggest cup nearby. Fill it up with ice water and just drink as much as you can.

Dope. Seattle just passed an ordinance to make us a sanctuary city for abortion. This means, for example, we won’t enforce warrants on abortion related crimes in places where it’s illegal. I certainly hope that this can be a model for other municipalities and for the state as a whole in the future.

Thanks to all of the Councilmembers who voted for it, and especially to Councilmember Sawant. I love when Seattle does bold things.

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

Please stop by this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for political discussions tempered by liquid refreshments.

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 chapter nearby.

Stay cool everyone. Drink some water. Right now. More than you think you need. You’ll want to piss clear during the heat wave. But seriously, drink a nice cool glass of water.

And please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. So bossy today.

Трамп-infested Deplorables:

• Rachel Maddow: DOJ sends message with “domestic terrorism” enhancement for Jan. 6 sentencing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A playground for Трамп ♬
• Seth Meyers: Jan. 6 Committee reveals Трамп’s actions behind the scenes during coup
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Joe Biden getting covid
• Stephen: Chris Hayes says The Dotard’s political power is actually waining
• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert’s restaurant closes and book gets torched
• Chris Hayes: Of course Трамп is still trying to overturn the election—He’s faced no consequence
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ A Three Hour Tour ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s plan to avoid criminal charges by running for President again
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Bannon’s toast ♬
• WaPo: Security footage shows Josh Hawley fleeing from Jan. 6 mob
• The Daily Show: That’s a Buttibomb!
• Stephen: Chris Hayes on the latest Jan 6 committee report
• Ari Melber: Going down? Bad signs for Steve Bannon as criminal trial starts
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A prayer for Steve Bannon ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Ketchup on the wall ♬:

• Stephen: Chris Hayes on “The Committee telling Josh Hawley to go fuck himself”
• WaPo: What a former Трамп aide thinks of the Jan. 6 hearings
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Josh Hawley, Chicken ♬
• Seth Meyers: Steve Bannon’s trial begins and Трамп tried to tamper with Jan. 6 witness
• J-L Cauvin: New Трамп January 6th outtakes just released
• Stephen: Post-Jan 6 (vol 8) Committee hearing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Buster the Cat for President ♬:

• Tommy Kimmel: Mike Lindell makes Jimmy Kimmel an offer he can refuse
• Seth Meyers: Seth breaks down Трамп’s shocking January 6 timeline
• Trevor: Will Трамп run for President to avoid prison?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s mind is missing ♬
• Chris Hayes: The Трамп plan to run for office to run from the law
• Seth Meyers: Alex Holder on the weirdness of the Трамп family
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Someone as Slimy as Me! ♬

The Late Show: Before Joe Biden’s fist bump, there was the secret handshake of FDR and Stalin

Supremely Fucked:

• Zerlina: Lawmakers arrested during abortion protest
• Vice News: Why OB-GYNs are scared about life after Roe
• Samantha Bee: The ultimate case for abortion rights
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Anti-Abortion is NOT Pro-Life ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Complaint—Indiana AG intended to “harass and intimidate” abortion providers
• WaPo: Arizona is trying to bring back a 1901 law to ban abortions
• Rachel Maddow: Doctors sound alarm as ignorant abortion bans hurt medical care, cause undue suffering
• Chris Hayes: AMA Chief says criminalizing medical practice is “incredibly dangerous”

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

Washington people, you should have received your ballot. Go vote in this important primary. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by August 2

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

Working from home is when I forget to make these. Sorry?

It’s primary election season in Washington. Ballots have dropped and that gives you the perfect excuse to mosey on over to the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Yeah…we’ll talk electoral politics.

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 chapter nearby.

Mask mandates may be coming back to King County. I think it would be good for public transportation. I mean vaccination and boosters are probably better than masks, but it’s not an either-or situation. So I don’t know enough, but it doesn’t hurt to wear one. I know some of you have glasses or stink breath, but really it’s pretty minimal.

Anyway, push the wire so it fits snuggly against your nose. This way a lot less air will flow, and the mask will work better. It’s also more comfortable.

Anyway, whatever comes of a mask mandate or not, you should wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

New York Times: America is failing refugees

The Criminals and Traitors that Worship The Dotard Трамп:

• Ari Melber: MAGA “hearsay” defense crashes as officer confirms that The Dotard tried to join violent march
• Rachel Maddow: New reporting on weapons among January 6th mob amplifies severity of attack
• Steve Hofstetter: Proof that Doctor Oz is a fraud
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to news of Ivana
• Ari Melber: Midnight military meeting led Трамп to Jan. 6 rally & Navarro plot
• Zerlina: Трамп’s Secret Service in question
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Dr. Pepper (Bad Case to Do A Coup) ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert’s flimsy government cheese claims and book roasted
• Joy Reid: There’s enough for DOJ to open case with Трамп’s name in subject line
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Every Crime Imaginable ♬
• John Di Domenico: Трамп ignores NV candidates & praises own Las Vegas hotel
• Ari Melber: Jail time? Трамп’s sidekick Steve Bannon surrenders to panel amid growing coup evidence
• Chris Hayes: What happens if the GOP tries to dump Трамп in 2024?
• Robert Reich: The most shocking revelations from the day 7 of the January 6th hearings
• Ari Melber: Трамп coup nightmare—Case for “two serious crimes” outlined by top prosecutor
• Rachel Maddow: Video recordings of Proud Boys meetings likely to help prosecutors
• Now This: How Roe-overturn could lead to more pregnancy outcomes being criminalized
• Ari Melber: Prosecutor outlines “broad” criminal case against Трамп beyond Jan. 6
• J-L Cauvin: J6 Committee EXPOSES Voicemail of Трамп Witness Tampering
• Trevor: Look at these assholes—Трамп family edition:

• Zerlina: Трамп’s plan to claim presidential victory
• Ari Melber: Indicted Трамп coup plotter runs from voting machine plot he admitted
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s app demo crashes and ad fails LOL
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The “unhinged” meeting leading to January 6th riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Here Lies Трамп ♬
• Ari Melber: How to indict Трамп in 2022—Mueller vet responds to bombshell hearing

Trevor: The subminimum wage loophole

Robert Reich: Why food prices are rising

Supremely Fucked:

• Legal Eagle: After Roe v. Wade, what next?
• Rachel Maddow: Women’s health care providers find innovative ways to help evade red state abortion bans
• New York Times: Underground abortion pills, from Mexico to the U.S.
• Good Liars: Don’t tell men what to do with their bodies?
• Zerlina: Floating abortion clinic may be the loophole patients need
• Vox: How abortion bans make inequality worse

The New York Times debunk the latest corporate climate lie

LegalEagle: Elon Musk pulls out

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

As you probably know from my now rote sign off, I think you should be vaccinated and boosted. It’s one major thing you can do to protect yourself from the symptoms, and probably some of the contagion of COVID-19. So I am glad to see Governor Inslee pushing booster mandates (item two) for state employees. COVID-19 is still deadly and still spreading through the community. So reasonable measures that slow it down and make it manageable are important.

Anyway, don’t wait for the rules to kick in, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible today.

Good morning. Starbucks is closing several locations. They are claiming that it’s because of crime, because that’s the catchall excuse for anyone in this town deciding to act shitty. It seems more likely that it’s in response to their recent unionization.

Many in the local media are taking Starbucks at their word. This morning, KUOW did a piece on the closure of the 23rd and Jackson location. They mention crime specifically, so it’s not just a general it’s closing story. But nothing about union busting. Sad, guys.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for politics, drinks and good cheer. 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 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 chapter nearby.

Your guys deserve more than another dashed off open thread, but sadly, you ain’t getting it. Back to normal soon?

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

The New Yorker: Can the oil industry adapt to a changing world?

Ronny Chieng: Everything is stupid—America has a problem with food

Guns Kill in America:

• Ali Velshi: Mayors advocate for assault weapons ban as mass shootings become part of the job
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Systemic failures in Uvalde shooting response
• Liberal Redneck: How the Right handles the shootings
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America leads where no one should want to follow ♬
• Samantha Bee: We don’t have to live this way
• MeidasTouch: Illinois Governor Pritzker’s POWERFUL response to Highland Park tragedy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Democratic states are making progress in passing new gun laws
• Joy Reid: We “live at the mercy of whoever” can buy an AR-15

Tiffany Cross and friends:Can young people save our democracy?

Now This: How Femly’s CEO aims to end “period poverty” globally

The Coup Corps and Other Dotard Sycophants:

• Mehdi Hasan: Investigators inch closer to charging Трамп
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, The Biggest Spoiled Baby You Ever Saw ♬
• Chris Hayes: Could Pat Cipollone be the John Dean of the Jan. 6 case?
• Now This: Will Трамп be prosecuted?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Drip, Drip, Drip of Information ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rep. Schiff condemns threats against Jan. 6 Committee
• Desi Lydic: The only phone plan for insurrectionists
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Believe Cassidy Hutchinson ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s on air choke and Rudy Giuliani’s ShopRite story are hilarious
• Ali Velshi: Former January 6 Committee counsel shares insights on upcoming witnesses
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard and Boris, Both Bad, Both Gone ♬
• Chris Hayes: Fani Willis is “not playing around” with Трамп probe says ex-Fulton County ADA
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Rightwing Christofascists ♬
• MeidasTouch: Reenactment of Dotard Jr. DRUNK DIALING friend after Cassidy Hutchinson humiliated his dad
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard, Grab the Wheel ♬
• 11th Hour: Трамп’s legal peril—Giuliani subpoenaed as new Jan. 6 witnesses speak out after coup bombshells
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When will you stop following Трамп ♬
• Stephanie Ruhle: Alexander Vindman on Трамп team intimidating Jan 6 witnesses
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard, Just Testify Under Oath ♬
• Joy Reid: Lindsey Graham subpoenaed in GA criminal investigation is a “very big deal”

Dulcé Sloan: What July 4th means to Black folks

The Daily Show: Never forget the time Barack Obama didn’t wear a flag pin, the worst scandal in presidential history

Supremely Fucked:

• Now This: How Roe v. Wade’s reversal impacts the foster care system
• Tiffany Cross: Is travel reimbursement for abortions the new corporate perk?
• Vice News: Arson at an abortion clinic foreshadows a post-Roe future
• Now This: What are the legal risks of seeking abortion care post-Roe?

Rev. Sharpton: Protesters demand justice after bodycam video released shows fatal shooting of Jayland Walker

Now This: How the Biden Administration plans to take on global water insecurity

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