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Good morning. I know many people are done with masking. But, I am still wearing one. On public transportation, where it’s required, but also inside in public. I have said many times that since I don’t wear glasses, or have stink breath, that there’s no reason not to wear one. Anyway I found a third!

Over the weekend, I went to the conservatory in Volunteer Park. It was nice, masks were required, and there was only one route through it. I wore an N95, but I could have used a lower quality one. Anyway, several of the plants were flowering. I had the urge to give them a sniff, but of course, couldn’t in a mask.

I am glad that I wore the mask, because who wants to infect people with, or get COVID-19? But, it did diminish the experience. Of course if you care about smelling flowers, getting COVID-19 is probably a bad idea.

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

Jon Stewart and friends: The human cost of climate change

Stephen: Zelensky calls on Biden to send more weapons

John Oliver: Tickets

Remix Bros: ♫ Plano City Texas Council meeting REMIX ♬

Vox: Are we done with face masks?

Robert Reich: Our government is broken, but not how you think

WaPo: 36 years of Roe v. Wade at Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Jon Stewart: Where does mainstream media go wrong?

The Loonies, Loosers, and Liars from The Dotard Трамп Wing of the G.O.P.:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lindsey Graham, Hired Assassin ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп dials back Putin praise, Russia sanctions prominent Americans & Zelensky addresses Congress
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп, Jr reacts to his dad loving Putin
• Zerlina: Zelenskyy’s role in Трамп impeachment
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz in a Big Rig ♬:

• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson is Russian state media’s newest correspondent
• Legal Eagle: Tucker Carlson makes crazy demand of SCOTUS nominee
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп and Dotard, Jr. REACT to Russia sanctions on Joe and Hunter Biden
• Jimmy Kimmel: QAnon’s crazy Трамп Ukraine theory
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп thought Putin’s plan was “genius” ♬
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson is you-must-see-TV in Russia
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons against Russia
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin’s propaganda puppet, Tucker Carlson ♬
• Randy Rainbow: Gurl, you’r a Karen:

• Trevpr: Right-wing media pushes Russian propaganda
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell sues all machines and Трамп’s ‘”Truth” Social’ fails
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп answers hard questions ♬
• Zerlina: Additional targets of January 6th revealed
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп answers tough questions, Putin pushes propaganda
• The USA Singers: ♫ Nestor’s Lullaby ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп supporters ludicrously claim he would’ve been tougher on Putin
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Company You Keep ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Mike Lindell reacts to Democrats STEALING daylight savings time

Seth Meyers: Zelenskyy delivers moving address to Congress as Putin’s invasion sputters

Jon Stewart and Friends: How TV news is actively bating you

SNL: White House TikTok meeting

WaPo: Biden calls Putin a “murderous dictator” and “pure thug”

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Time Change ♬

The Late Show: ♫ Clothing Time ♬

Amber Ruffin: American healthcare is RACIST

Jon Stewart: Can fossil fuel companies change?

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

Good morning one and all. How was the legislative session? The headline on this article makes it seem bad, but the article itself points to more of a mixed bag. We should elect Democrats and push them to do as much as possible.

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

It’s good that the City of Seattle is returning ownership of objects found in 2013 to the Upper Skagit Tribe. It’s a bit strange that the City Council needs to be involved. It seems like it should be automatic. But if that isn’t the process, I am glad they didn’t get in the way.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. Right now. And get vaccinated, for goodness sake, if you’re not already. And boosted if you’re eligible and haven’t been yet.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is back in business! We meet again tonight out on the back patio.

The Seattle chapter of DL resumes meeting every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Washington doesn’t have a mask mandate anymore. I see a lot of people on Twitter saying that Seattle people are still mostly masked up. I didn’t feel that, but Pike Place Market is my grocery store, and it’s tough to tell who is local, and who is a tourist. Other than that, I didn’t get out much during the weekend. I wish I saw more masks,in general, though.

I am wearing a mask as I write this, but it’s still required on public transportation. I will still wear it at work, but I don’t know how universal that will be.

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

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Amber Ruffin: Do you know how racist things were in the 1700s?

Remix Bros: ♫ Joe.I.Am’s Go Get ‘Em REMIX ♬

Trevor: Florida advises against the vaccine for kids

Jon Stewart and friends: The world is ending, So… recycle?

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: My intervention with the gremlin in the Kremlin

Dotard Трамп and Other Liars, Traitors, and Insurrectionists:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп suggests putting Chinese flags on U.S. fighter jets to bomb Russia
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп responds to his jet losing an engine
• Ari Melber: FAUX’s Tucker Carlson caught amplifying Kremlin claims
• Really American: Party of treason—Republicans dine in Moscow
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп was tough on Putin?
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ Marjorie Taylor Greene-O ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Reporters experience Mike Lindell meltdown at CPAC
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Putin and Zelensky—One of these is not like the others ♬
• Chris Hayes: Right-wing media amplifies unfounded theory promoted by Russian state media
• SNL: FAUX News Ukrainian Invasion Spectacular
• Roy Wood, Jr. Unsolved Mysteries—Why hasn’t Merrick Garland indicted Трамп?
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Say, Say Gay ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces he is boycotting McDonalds
• Seth Meyers: Boebert compares Biden to “Prince John” as GOP blames Biden for gas prices
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jen Psaki, Troll Magnet ♬:

• act.tv: Watch Joy Reid destroy Tucker Carlson for his blatant SCOTUS racism!
• Steve Hofstetter: The Muppets Vs. Ted Cruz
• The Daily Show: FAUX News talking about BLM but make the footage the DC trucker convoy
• SNL Weekend Update: Kate McKinnon on Florida’s “Don’t say gay” bill

John Oliver: Wrongful convictions

Robert Reich: Health care should not be tied to employment

Trevor: Oligarchs

Samantha Bee: Our hottest gift ideas for Women’s History Month!

Mark Fiore: Petro Petey loves petrostates

Jon Stewart and friends: The hypocrisy of recycling

Trevor: Gas prices surge as Biden cuts ties with Russian oil

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

I think the budget and transportation packages passed at the end of the legislative session are pretty great. I would prefer no money for new highways, but overall, it feels like non-driving portions of the transit package are more than just an afterthought. And they didn’t fall into the trap of giving tax cuts when there’s a surplus.

Also, congrats to legislative staff on your right to organize!

And please wash your hands right now. And book an appointment today to get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

I think it was coming, but it’s nice to see Seattle extend outdoor seating (first item), with the intent to make it permanent. It is nice, especially as we’re lifting COVID-19 restrictions. I have family who won’t eat inside when there *are* vaccine requirements. So it’s nice that the option is there.

Anyway, please wash your hands right away. And get vaccinated or boosted.

Governor Inslee signed a bill into law on Friday to cap insulin at $35 a month in insurance plans. I was heartened to see that it was bipartisan. People want these sort of laws. They are obviously morally correct.

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

Late Night: ♫ Song about Ketanji Brown Jackson gets interrupted ♬

John Oliver: Sex work

Roy Wood, Jr. The State of Black shit, 2022

SOTU:

• Trevor: Eventful State of the Union
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Comparing Trump and Zelensky ♬
• Stephen goes live after Biden’s State of the Union address
• Trae Crowder: Boebert and MTG
• The Late Show: The State of the Union playset!
• Mark Fiore: The State of the Putin
• Seth Meyers: Biden warns Putin
• Jimmy Kimmel: Marjorie Taylor Greene & Lauren Boebert heckle Joe Biden
• Mother Jones: Highlights of Joe Biden’s first SOTU address
• The Daily Show: State of Our Union—America’s favorite sitcom
• Stephen with Bernie: Was President Biden feeling the Bern?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Joe Biden’s State of the Union

SNL: COVID dinner discussion

The Daily Show: How Bill Gates plans to make energy from… Shit

LegalEagle: Rights you didn’t know you had, and SHOULDN’T USE

Putin’s bitch, Putin’s Mitch, and Other Authoritarian Wannabes:

• Seth Meyers: Putin rattles world with nuclear threat as Трамп calls him smart again
• Jimmy Kimmel: Evidence of Трамп’s “criminal conspiracy” revealed and Tucker Carlson’s dumb idea
• Stephen: Трамп could be charged with criminal conspiracy
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains: Why did Putin invade Ukraine?
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ If You’ve Got Morons On Your Team ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell loses it on Jimmy Kimmel
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Putin and the insurrectionists ♬
• Full Frontal Rewind: Sam’s hottest GOP burns
• Trevor with Ta-Nehisi Coates: On relatability and criticisms of the Трамп presidency
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Intro to political jargon 101
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and Putin, remarkably alike ♬
• act.tv: Gen McCaffrey on Трамп support of “murderous thug” Putin
• The Daily Show: Tell Ron DeSantis to leave bullying to the bullies
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard babbles about Russia’s war on Ukraine, and QAnon claims Jimmy Kimmel has been arrested & cloned!
• Robert Reich: You are being lied to about inflation
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker Carlson is hot for Mr. Putin ♬:

• Stephen: Putin is sounding a lot like Трамп
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard Трамп, Jr—Full 2022 CPAC speech
• Mother Jones: How Трамп enabled Putin
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s “tough on Russia” fairy tale
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Troll Song ♬
• The Daily Show: Tyranol—The drug for “conservatives” who want to forget they praised Putin

SNL: Please don’t destroy—Good variant

The New York Times: Trayvon Martin made America confront its original sin

Amber Ruffin: If prosecutors represent America, why are 95% of them White?

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Stephen with Bernie: Sen. Sanders strongly supports Biden’s Supreme Court nominee

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

Good morning to everyone except Mike Kreidler. Come on, dude. Come on.

I am generally against people stepping down in the middle of their term. And I think that’s a good starting place as more information comes to light. But damn, treat your employees better.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted.

Good morning to the Washington State Senate. I am glad that they passed 2 important gun regulations. Untraceable ghost guns shouldn’t be out there, and there shouldn’t be guns at government meetings. So there is more work matching up the House and Senate versions of the local meetings bill. The ghost guns bill will be sent to Governor Inslee to be signed. Exciting.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. If you’re not vaccinated, get vaccinated, and if you’re eligible, get boosted.

Today is the last day of the Seattle eviction moratorium. Nobody is getting kicked out of their house tomorrow, but the process of evicting people will start. I imagine a lot of landlords have already filled out paperwork. And rent may go up quickly. If you live in the city, you can apply for assistance.

Anyway, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted.

Trevor: Ta-Nehisi Coates on debunking the myth of American exceptionalism

Amber Ruffin: The ABCs of White priviledge

Zerlina: Judge Ketanji Brown makes history

Mark Fiore: Isolationist’s elegy

Now This: Everything you need to know about Biden’s SCOTUS nominee

The New Yorker: How oysters can help fight climate change

The Dotard Трамп and Other Types of G.O.P Traitors:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп praises Putin’s “genius” and “savvy” as Ukraine crisis worsens
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Madison Cawthorn Whines to Tucker ♬
• The Daily Show: Tremendously not well
• Jimmy Kimmel: Cancún Cruz wows CPAC crowd with lively lib-owns and Трамп’s stolen documents
• Mother Jones: How Bannon’s “billionaire” BFF built an empire of bullshit
• Lauren Mayer: Why Are You Afraid of History?:

• Tommy Campbell: Bank closes Mike Lindell’s accounts, parachuting pillows and Трамп gets fired
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tucker and Vlad, Fascist Love ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп botches social media app and classified items found at Mar-a-Lago
• Vox: How American conservatives turned against the vaccine
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Legislative Luddites of Wisconsin ♬
• Robert Reich: Why gerrymandering could get way worse
• Alex Wagner: Трамп on Putin invasion plan—“This is genius”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and Daddy Vladdy ♬
• The Daily Show: Remembering Obama’s scandalous presidency
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп praises his KGBFF Putin while world leaders condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine
• Stephen and friends: Why so many Republicans are pulling for Putin
• Full Frontal Rewind: Sam’s hottest GOP burns
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What To Do, What to Do With Трамп ♬:

• The Daily Show: John Durham is not a real person—A Daily Show investigation
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard doubles down on calling Putin “smart,” and gets confused on FAUX News
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Thrilled by Putin’s Real Estate Successes ♬
• The Late Show: Vladimir Putin isn’t the only murderous thug the former President loves
• Alex Wagner: How the Republican Party has evolved on Russia
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Golfing Was Intended to Prove That Government Doesn’t Work ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson spews Putin garbage and QAnuts side with Russia

John Oliver: Critical race theory

The Remix Bros.: ♫ DETHLOCKE (Greg Locke)—I’ve Seen Too Much ♬

Ari Melber and friends: Biden’s court? Black women lawyers cheer barrier broken at Supreme Court

Robert Reich: End USPS sabotage

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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