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Another problem year in the books. Things got a lot better, especially after Trump left office. In King County, we have mostly returned to normal for healthy, vaccinated people. You have to wear a mask, but also otherwise it’s fine. Bars are open. Schools are mostly open. Restaurants are open. The library is open. I spent Christmas with vaccinated family. Public transportation is less used than pre covid, but it’s getting back.

But man, I know that’s not true everywhere. And it wasn’t true for most of the year. It has been slow, slow, slow.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for goodness sake, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Now This: The “doomsday glacier,” explained

Giving 2021 a Farewell Kick in the Nuts:

• Full Frontal’s Mike Brown: 2021 year in review
• Now This: Why Americans protested in 2021
• Jimmy Kimmel: The year in unnecessary censorship
• Robert Reich: 2021—A year defined by worker power
• The Daily Show: A look back at 2021—The least bad year of the last 2 years
• Remix Bros: ♫ 2021 Remix ♬
• Ayman Mohyeldin: President Biden reaches year’s end with growing list of successes
• Vox: 2021 in 6 minutes
• Now This: Most powerful images of 2021
• WaPo: The wildest political moments of 2021

The Daily Show: Kimberlé Crenshaw, pioneering critical race theory scholar, on why we’re talking about CRT

Chris Hayes: Experts raise alarms about cracking Antarctic ice shelf

The Fraudsters, Fake Fundamentalists, and the Fecal Fucks that make up the Трамп G.O.P.:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Would We Want to Build Back Better When Things are Already Perfect? ♬
• Steve Hofstetter: Trash talking about politics in the South
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the Ghislaine Maxwell GUILTY verdict!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When you’re a Schmuck (like Jared Schmeck) ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell begs churches and Marjorie Taylor Greene buys pharma stocks
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Madison Cawthorn’s a Gaseous Twit ♬
• LegalEagle: Why Alex Jones lost the Sandy Hook lawsuits
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REJECTS “Let’s Go Brandon” for 2022!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mike Pence, a worm by any other name…. ♬
• Steve Hofstetter: Proof that Greg Abbott is sabotaging democracy
• Really American: Let’s Go Darwin—GOP cultists REJECT science
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Just What is he Hiding? ♬
• Chris Hayes: Congresswoman openly advocates end to American democracy
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard celebrates Kwanzaa
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Media Business Plan ♬
• Ari Melber: Indicted Трамп aide Bannon sees Jan. 6 “playbook” leaked by ally
• Really American: GOP embraces “fresh” faces of hatred
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Congregational hymn from The Church of the Holy Трамп ♬

Tiffany Cross: Harry Reid’s legacy is the Affordable Care Act former Sen. Al Franken says

Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Is America Ready? ♬:

Full Frontal Rewind: The ultimate case for abortion rights

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Public Service Ad for Flight Safety ♬
• Chris Hayes: How Omicron’s contagiousness is changing the pandemic normal
• Really American: COVID reveals Republicans science denialism
• Gizmodo (slide show): FAUX News’ worst lies about covid-19 from 2021
• The New York Times: We’ve lost two years to covid. It’s time to grieve
• Tiffany Cross: Dr. Anthony Fauci calls shorter covid quarantine guidelines “Prudent, based on science”
• Bruce W. Nelson: Dr. Oz’s campaign song

Chris Hayes: Alaska records all-time December high of 67 degrees

Ari Melber: : Schumer floats new plan to end McConnell’s obstruction

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

Here’s a thread I made just for you.

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Birds aren’t real ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: Kamala Harris’s successes overlooked by political media

Very Merry War on Christmas!:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп threatens Santa Claus on Christmas
• Melania Трамп: “Who gives a fuck about Christmas….”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Buying Трамп Stuff For Christmas ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Zuck on a truck
• The Daily Show: Holiday yule log—Remembering Pine-Eleven like it’s 9/11
• Joy Reid: Santa tells Joy Reid “I would love for our country to have peace, happiness, harmony”
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ O Amazon ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ One Day Until Christmas (One Day Closer to Trump in Jail) ♬:

• SNL: The global warming Christmas special
• Lewis Black: Some Christmas rants
• VICE News: Vic Berger’s Christmas spectacular
• Mark Fiore: ♫ Manchin the Evil Coal Man ♬
• Full Frontal Rewind: Best holiday sketches
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Happy Holidays ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: The perfect gift for the ultra-paranoid far-right conspiracy theorist in YOUR life
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Very Merry Christmas Fire ♬

Full Frontal correspondents talk to crazy America

The Pug-Ugly Plug Uglies, Plague Peddlers, and Pugnacious Purveyors of Poisoned Politics that Make Up the Трамп G.O.P.:

• Rachel Maddow: GOP runs roughshod over election system in Wisconsin with no accountability
• Rachel Maddow: Accountability elusive as Трамп’s big lie runs amok in Wisconsin
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan (Just your average insurrection-planning guy) ♬
• Alicia Menendez: Трамп reveals “Tell” in escalating money probe
• Robert Reich: The oligarchy’s ultimate political weapon
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Just because Jesus forgot about A-B-0-R-T-I-0-N doesn’t give you the right:

• Joy Reid: House GOP is trying to throw all the sand it can into Jan. 6 probe gears
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell invites Joe Manchin to join the GOP
• Chris Hayes: Lawrence Tribe says DOJ must immediately conduct a “full-blown” Jan. 6 probe
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The shocking truth about Трамп and the Lizard People ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump will never admit what he did on January 6
• Rachel Maddow: Sketchy Chinese company under investigation is well suited to partner with The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: The best of #HeWhoShallBeNamed
• Joy Reid: Many who mock Jan. 6 Committee actively plotted with Трамп’s White House
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans bullying election officials achieve their ends even in failure
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп storms the White House to thank Joe Manchin
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell fails preschool and FAUX News texts are hilarious
• Parody Project: ♫ It’s beginning to look a lot like RICO ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Jan. 6 Committee weighs possibility of criminal referrals for Трамп and his cronies
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jesse Watters and Turning Point to Fascism ♬
• Jon Stewart didn’t “miss out” on Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Would the January 6th committee subpoena sitting members of Congress? Yes, says Schiff

The Remix Bros: ♫ LIL KC’s Die In My Colon ♬

Fuck You, 2021:

• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Best of 2021 ♬
• Now This: Some of the most inspiring teachers of 2021
• Amber Ruffin: 2021—A crazy year in America

Lawrence O’Donnell: Rep. Jayapal reacts to Mitch McConnell inviting Manchin to join the GOP

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Now This: Pres. Biden remarks on omicron ahead of holiday weekend
• WaPo: When Трамп has told his supporters to get vaccinated
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп stumps for vaccine ♬
• Really American: FAUX News spread disinformation for politics
• Now This: Michelle Obama teams up with celebrity moms for vaccine PSA
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ 3 Times Vaccinated ♬:

• Chris Hayes: New data on omicron variant prompts cautious optimism
• Jordan Klepper: New variants
• Now This: Omicron is now the dominant variant in the U.S.
• WaPo: How omicron is reshaping the pandemic
• Really American: FAUX EXPOSED using fear and cozying up to big pharma

Lawrence O’Donnell: Biden Administration succeeds in averting supply chain disaster

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

I am probably going to halfass these even more than usual until January.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is giving-in to the viral terrorists. We will not be meeting at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern tonight or in the near future. With any luck the omicron wave will be fast and not furious, and we will all get to drink together to each other’s good health real soon.

Be safe, get your booster, and always wear a mask in any circumstance where someone else’s droplets might end up in your mouth, nose, or eyes….

Man, I don’t know how to feel about Senator Ericksen dying. Obviously, any loss of human life is sad. And you should feel bad for his family. It stinks. While there are things you can do, dying of COVID, or anything else, isn’t a morality tale.

He also made COVID-19 worse in the state, and — because we’re not hermetically sealed — the rest of the country and world. His legacy of conservative advocacy is pretty gross. It’s the sort of thing that you hope to defeat in elections. Having a death short-circuit that leaves a void.

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

LegalEagle: Are the Crumbley parents responsible?

Samantha Bee: The met sacks the Sacklers

The Sickest and Whack-est of the Shitstorm Known As 2021:

• Roy Wood Jr.: 2021 in review—The Year in Cancellations
• WaPo: Some of the biggest Pinocchios of 2021
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rush Limbaugh, R.I.P (or B.I.H.) ♬

• Michael Kosta: 2021 in review—The year in scams
• Trevor: 2021 year in search—Healing, recovery, taking care of ourselves & others

Robert Reich: Can Congress really use insider information to trade stocks?

Lauren Mayer: ♫ The “Woke” song ♬:

Trevor: Huma Abedin—Her Muslim-American experience & Hillary Clinton

Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Happy Holidays ♬

The Losers, Lemons, and Lunatics that Make Up the Looney Трамп G.O.P.:

• Seth Meyers: Bombshell PowerPoint lays out shocking plan for Трамп’s coup attempt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Duo in contempt of Congress ♬
• Ari Melber: New evidence implicates more GOP leaders in MAGA effort to cancel Biden’s victory
• Stephen: “He’s destroying his legacy”, scared FAUX News hosts texted Mark Meadows during Capitol attack
• Really American: Gym Jordan betrays America; tries to overthrow election
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп congratulates Kim Kardashian on passing the baby bar
• WaPo: Rand Paul’s history of voting against disaster relief
• Mehdi Hasan: Joyce White Vance undercuts Mark Meadows’ privilege claim
• Rachel Maddow: New Meadows texts further implicate members of Congress in Трамп plot to overturn election
• The Daily Show: A school board Christmas—Finding love in a CRT world:

• The Late Show: On the next season of Succession—Who will replace Chris Wallace?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Jim Jordan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom ♬
• Ari Melber: “Powerpoint coup plot”—Explosive evidence revealed from Трамп’s top aide
• Seth Meyers: Bombshell private Jan. 6 texts from Don Jr and FAUX News hosts revealed
• act.tv: Rep. Pramila Jayapal shows how the GOP doesn’t even know right from wrong!
• Samantha Bee: Mark Meadows’s VERY bad week
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell says the world is stupid and the FAUX News Christmas tree burns
• Stephen: Chris Wallace leaves with FAUX News’s last shred of credibility
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Don Jr’s text messages set to music ♬
• Chris Hayes: FAUX News hosts, Трамп Jr. texts reveal everyone was horrified by riot—except Трамп
• Trevor: Even FAUX News thought January 6th went too far
• Rachel Maddow: Meadows evidence appears to implicate members of Congress in plots to flip state elections
• Jimmy Kimmel: Texts reveal Donald Jr & FAUX News hosts begging The Dotard to stop insurrection insanity
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces Melania’s NFT crypto blockchain nonsense
• Steve Hofstetter & Leedy Corbin: MAGA heckler owned
• The Parody Project: ♫ Rudolph the former Mayor ♬
• Stephen: As wrong as it gets—Republicans don’t want you to know what happened on Jan. 6th
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ There are reports that Laura Ingraham MAY be a jellyfish ♬
• The Late Show: Eric Трамп wouldn’t leave Mark Meadows alone during the insurrection
• Seth Meyers: More shocking Jan. 6 texts reveal GOP lawmakers planning coup attempt
• The Late Show presents: A Conspiracy Carol:

• Mark Fiore: Mark Meadows mobile
• Rachel Maddow: Cheney emphasis makes clear—Possible Трамп federal crime a focus of January 6th Committee
• WaPo: How the MAGA squad supercharged political toxicity in Congress
• Robert Reich: How the Grinch stole the Post Office
• Stephen: Jan. 6th attack followed a campaign of subversion by GOP
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Radical Socialist, Rand Paul, begs nanny state for free money! ♬
• Really American: FAUX Hosts and Don Jr. EXPOSED regarding Jan. 6th lies
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard DESTROYS Chris Wallace as he leaves FAUX News
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal nightmare—New witness testifies in fraud probe

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Samantha Bee modernizes a Christmas classic:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Dr. Fauchi: Our booster vaccine regimens work against omicron
• Jimmy Kimmel: This week in COVID history
• Really American: Misinformation leads to GOP deaths
• SNL: Fauci holiday message
• Parody Project: ♫ Omicron is Coming to Town ♬:

• The Late Show: Introducing the new starting lineup for the Chicago Bulls
• AJ+: Omicron is here—Will this pandemic ever end?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ron Johnson, Listerine, and pure thoughts ♬
• Chris Hayes: Dr. Fauci on omicron—Boosters promising in fighting off severe disease

Dulcé Sloan: The history of Kwanzaa

Jonathan Pie: The world’s end

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

Good morning. I hope you are all doing well. I am still feeling a bit yucky from the dentist. So not thrilled about that.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated or boosted (boosted?) if you haven’t yet.

Sorry I didn’t write something yesterday. I went to the dentist in the morning and felt not good for the rest of the day. I still don’t feel great, but here we are.

Over the weekend, King County passed 80% of residents 5 and older vaccinated. If you’re in King County, and you’re one of those people, I am so glad we’re in it together. We’re getting it done. With Omicron coming, we’re prepared pretty well. I am proud to live here.

And hey, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you haven’t yet,

Bundle up and make your way to the Roanoke Park Place Tavern this evening for the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. There’ll be conversations and drinks out on the back patio.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. A COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

The omicron variant is being found in several Washington locations. 6 of the 9 cases are in King County. I don’t have any idea if it’s in King County more than the rest of the state, or if more testing is being done in King County.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for goodness sake, if you aren’t vaccinated, get vaccinated, and if you aren’t boosted (boosterized?) get it.

Amy Hoggart: America’s paid parental leave vs. the rest of the world

The Late Show: President Biden’s call with Vladimir Putin barely got off the ground

Vice News: This loophole makes most Americans susceptible to government surveillance

Have a Very Merry FAUX News War on Christmas:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ FAUX Christmas tree torched, FAUX snowflakes melt! ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: FAUX News’ War on Christmas rages on as Omicron spreads
• Full Frontal: The FAUX News Christmas tree—Our fallen hero
• The Late Show: ♫ Santa Is Packing Heat ♬
• Stephen: FAUX News Christmas tree fire wasn’t politically motivated
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Tis The Season For Some Treason ♬:

• The Daily Show: FAUX News thinks its Christmas tree burning is 9/11
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Barron being left off of the Трамп Christmas card
• Red State Update: ♫ Hark! The Herald Seagulls Sing ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: ♫ Karens sing Christmas carols ♬
• Maestro Ziikos: ♫ The Dotard Трамп Sings Merry Christmas To Joe Biden ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Thomas Massie and An NRA Christmas ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the FAUX News Christmas tree fire
• The Daily Show: Remembering Pine-Eleven—The attack on the FAUX News Christmas tree

Jimmy Kimmel: The Week in Unnecessary Censorship

Samantha Bee: Reproductive justice escape “womb”

The Party of Трамп Deplorables:

• Ari Melber: MAGA ally known for “bizarre charades” bolts Congress to Work for Трамп startup
• Really American: Madison Cawthorn Claims women are “earthen vessels”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The ‘E Pluribus Unum’ Song for REAL Americans ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson’s Christmas meltdown, Newsmax requires COVID vaccines & Трамп’s legal woes
• Ronny Chieng breaks down the year in Fuckin’ Texas
• Steve Hofstetter: Pro-choice comedian in Texas:

• Chris Hayes: Republicans tout funding that passed with zero GOP votes
• Trevor: Fringe-watching—Lauren Boebert
• Ari Melber: “Grifters”—Трампism slammed by top Republican
• John Di Domenico: Leaked Zoom call between Трамп & Bill-O The Clown for The History Tour, part 1
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s secret positive COVID test and the looney GOP’s Omicron conspiracy theories
• Zerlina: Insurrection investigation takes a turn
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mark Meadows worries his lying skills are not up to the task ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Right wing declares war on “woke” climate policy
• Vice News: White supremacy, 4 years after Charlottesville
• Really American: Republicans COWER in fear of The Dotard
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the NY AG fraud subpoena
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Life is precious unless it’s not
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Nutjobs!” (the Lauren Boebert/Marjorie Taylor Greene show) ♬:

• Stephen: Senate vaccine vote proves our Democracy is troubled and a holiday hate crime against FAUX News?
• Rachel Maddow: Fifth Amendment pleas, White House metadata redraw picture of 1/6 investigation
• Mark Fiore: The truth about Трамп’s Truth social network
• Really American: Nunes RESIGNS to run Трамп’s “media empire”
• Seth Meyers: Republicans want to make Трамп Speaker of the House if they win in 2022

Trevor: The housing market

Samantha Bee: SCOTUS—Where reproductive rights go to die

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Chris Hayes: The Dotard was impressed Meadows carried covid briefcase, book says
• Stephen: “We’re going to keep having variants”—Dr. David Agus on the surveillance system tracking covid
• The Remix Bros: ♫ JOE.I.AM’s Omicron REMIX ♬
• Seth Meyers: Ron Johnson says mouthwash kills COVID and FAUX News lies about omicron
• Vox: Big questions about the covid booster shot, answered
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп came in contact with 500 people between positive COVID test & hospitalization
• Steve Hofstetter: Comedian vs. anti-vax nurse
• Rachel Maddow: Covid shows ominous signs as winter sets in
• Ari Melber: Pfizer says booster can handle new Omicron variant
• Jordan Klepper: Anti-vaxxers in SoCal

Ari Melber: The greatest American protest songs

Samantha Bee: The dangers of the Supreme Court shadow docket

Trevor: Nikole Hannah-Jones on why reparations are necessary and what CRT actually is

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

The police should not roll their bicycle over protesters (point 2). And 10 day unpaid suspension, possibly broken up, seems like a slap on the wrist. Come on. And you have to think it would have been even less if it hadn’t been caught on tape.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted (boostered?) if you haven’t yet.

I have no idea how to estimate the post election swing on this recall. If Sawant was only down 53 to 46 in previous elections, you would have to say it was a gimme. But a higher percent of the votes have been counted (King County has the same facilities, but only one election). And recalls aren’t the same as general elections. So we’ll see. Probably more quickly than usual.

Annnnnyway, please wash your hands right now. And if aren’t vaccinated, please do. If you haven’t been boosted and you are available, please do. I have my booster appointment this weekend. There were plenty of slots available in South Lake Union when I signed up last night.