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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.

If you can, please stop by the Roanoke Park Place Tavern this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for some conversation and drinks with a distinctly political flavor.

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.

If you live in the 3rd District in Seattle, you have until tomorrow to drop off or have your ballot postmarked. Again, I hope you will oppose the recall. Sawant is good on the council, and the recall is a net negative waste of time and money even for a more typical member.

Also, I appreciate the residents of the tiny house village in the U District being neighborly, but there’s something off about this story. People transitioning out of homelessness can be good stewards of the place seems obvious enough that maybe it doesn’t need a story. But maybe it’s a good counter to the relentless negative messaging around the unhoused that it does need saying sometimes?

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

Lewis Black: Hallmark’s Hanukkah movies, Auschwitz ornaments & Hitler’s hat

Battle Over a Woman’s Freedom of Choice:

• Chris Hayes: How much pro-life leaders actually care about life
• Rachel Maddow: Supreme Court faces credibility crisis as anti-abortion Justices set to fulfill purpose
• WaPo: Roe under threat—One doctor’s journey to provide abortion care
• Vice News: Reporting on the Texas abortion ban
• Rachel Maddow with Dahlia Lithwick: Anti-abortion Supreme Court Justices unconvincing with “neutrality” fein
• Zerlina: What could a post-Roe America look like?
• Lawrence O’Donnell with Laurence Tribe: Will we have a legitimate form of law if women have less than full rights?
• Rachel Maddow: Abortion case in simple terms—Government control of women’s bodies

Wired: How animals are rapidly evolving because of climate change

Crooks, Liars and Other Variant Republicans:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Трамп (Fake) University School Song ♬
• Michael Kosta: Asking Трамп supporters about Space Force
• Rachel Maddow: Women terrorized by Трамп & right-wing media file lawsuit over election lies
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп Jr DESTROYS Lebron James
• Amber Ruffin: Three times Amber Ruffin met Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Republicans are having a “complete and total meltdown”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Трамп hates real journalists ♬
• Really American: Webster reveals two biggest words of 2021
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hot dog Teddy and Dr. Oz runs for Senate
• Rachel Maddow: ‘Something went on that’s illegal’—Former Трамп DOJ official to invoke fifth amendment
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Boebert, Gaetz, Greene and Crumbley ♬
• Really American: Sometimes it is about race
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard OWNS the left and INVITES the Crumbleys to Mar-A-Lago!
• Ari Melber: MAGA’s loser lies
• Full Frontal Rewind: Our hottest GOP burns of 2021
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп love Dotard Трамп ♬:

• The Late Show: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert star in The Real House Members Of Capitol Hill
• Really American: Nutburger “Dr.” Oz IS a danger to America
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Mark Meadows snitching!!!
• Ari Melber: The Трамп GOP goes full Seinfeld—A party about nothing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Stephen Miller gives me the creeps ♬
• Stephen: QAnon fans doubt their faith after nothing happens in November
• Rachel Maddow: January 6 Committee anticipates “multiple weeks” of hearing next year
• J-L Cauvin: An urgent Hanukkah message from The Dotard

Rachel Maddow: Stacey Abrams sees reason for hope on voting rights

ТрампPlague:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Book for kids with crazy anti-vax parents
• Chris Hayes: Here’s everything Трамп did after testing positive for covid
• Joy Reid: U.S. Surgeon General,—“Covid is not overhyped. The numbers speak for themselves”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dr. Ken Jeong’s advice about omicron variant—Don’t be an asshole!
• Now This: Omicron—Here’s what you should know
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to news that he had covid during Presidential Debate
• Trevor: Dr. Peter Hotez—The Omicron variant & making the case for vaccines
• Ari Melber: CDC Chief on omicron, delta killing unvaccinated and why mask rules changed
• Stephen: The Dotard knew he had covid before first debate with Biden
• Chris Hayes: Fauci “astounded” by FAUX’s silence after host compared him to Nazi doctor
• Jimmy Kimmel has had enough of scumbags attacking Dr. Fauci for trying to keep us alive
• Mark Fiore: Own the Libs!
• Rachel Maddow: Anti-vaxxers are literally eating dirt to fight covid
• Trevor: Republicans take Omicron conspiracies to a new level
• Chris Hayes: Mark Meadows i snow calling covid story in his own book “fake news”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Jr slanders Dr. Fauci and daddy Dotard revises history (AGAIN)

Vox: Why the US government is always shutting down

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

Good morning. If you live in the 3rd District in Seattle, I hope you will vote again the recall of Kshama Sawant. I am glad that she has been a left anchor on the council. From the $15 minimum wage to holding the line on many progressive issues, she has been a net positive on the council.

Furtjer, the things that she is accused of are pretty ticky tacky. If you want to fine her, I guess? But having wealthy people fund her recall is not reasonable or proportionate. It’s tough to imagine one of the more conservative members facing a recall for similar reasons.

I will also add that many of the arguments against her were true when she ran last time. DSA has too much power in her office? She can be tough to work with? These arguments were made and rejected. She’ll be up for reelection, or won’t run in less than 2 years if you want to recruit someone.

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

I have no idea if a $3.5 million settlement is correct for the Charleena Lyles case. It seems like a poor substitute to having her around. And I can’t imagine how difficult it would be for her children who were there. My goodness.

But given that the police killed her, a large settlement is in order. I have trouble wrapping my mind around any large amounts of money.

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

Please join us tonight for a virtual feast of politics over a beer at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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.