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Good morning. People in many Washington jurisdictions have received a ballot in the mail. It’s probably a levy or bond issue. Just vote for them. It’s silly that we have to fund schools and other vital services this way. But we do, so vote yes.

Also, if you live in King County you can vote on the King Conservation District. I always feel a little blind voting on that, so if you’re passionate about anyone let me know.

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

Good morning to everyone except the people selling and using fake vaccine cards. Honestly, what the fuck? Just get the fucking shot, you whiny asssholes. Seriously, I am rooting for them to be heavily fined. Heavily. Seriously, we’re trying to get through a deadly disease and here they are on the side of COVID-19.

And hey, the good news is that you can get a real vaccine card (and a life saving vaccine) for free.

The Daily Show: Happy bad celebration of MLK Day to all who celebrate

Stephen: Biden at 1 year

SNL Weekend Update: Political news of the week

WaPo: How Biden has responded to “four historic crises”

Jon Stewart and friends: The FBI should sit MLK day out

The Deplorable Bunch:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy, too pretty for jail? ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Losing at the Supreme Court
• Jimmy Kimmel: January 6th rioters called Pelosi’s office looking for their lost items after storming the Capitol
• Rachel Maddow: Court filings expose Трамп pattern of exaggerating values of real estate holdings
• Jordan Klepper: Recovering from the Dotard Трамп’s Big Lie
• Al Franken: Tucker Carlson humiliates Ted Cruz (and himself):

• Seth Meyers: Трамп repeats election lies at AZ rally after Oath Keepers sedition charges
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Laura Ingraham, The Pustulent Pox at FAUX ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Ivanka Cooperating Against Him!!!
• Liberal Redneck: Trashin’ Mitch McConnell
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s fraud, Giuliani’s lying & Biden’s endless press conference
• Rachel Maddow: Mike Pence script change seems to address fake Трамп elector scheme
• Samantha Bee: Insurrection investigation committee reveals GOP’s batshit plan to overturn 2020 election
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Melania Трамп’s post White House rummage sale ♬
• Trevor: The GOP blocks voting rights legislation
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard CRUSHES “Woke Sleepy Joe Biden” at Arizona Rally
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Stewart Rhodes, one-eyed snake” ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Fake Трамп elector scheme draws the attention of more state Attorneys General
• Seth Meyers: Jan. 6 Committee subpoenas Rudy Giuliani and NY AG details Трамп fraud case
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп wishes Martin Luther King Jr a happy birthday
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Supreme Court, National Archives, & Трамп ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Bank cancels Mike Lindell, Republicans drink up and it’s hilarious
• Mark Fiore: Autocracy is so much more efficient
• Rachel Maddow: Supreme Court effectively ends The Dotard’s foot-dragging on 1/6 investigation document requests
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Biden calls out GOP—“What are they for?”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Rich-guy assets, average-guy problems ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the passing of Meat Loaf
• Stephen: Stevie Wonder to Congress—Stop the bulls-tish
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s secret meetings before Capitol attack & Mitch McConnell accidentally says what he means
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп In a Barrel ♬:

• Really American: Republicans STEALING Americans right to vote
• Seth Meyers: Senate GOP blocks election bill, Manchin and Sinema vote to keep filibuster
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell DESTROYS people calling him out on social media
• The Daily Show: Time Life Books presents, the Glenn Youngkin collection
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I will never endorse that jerk again ♬

Trevor: Dr. Bernice A. King—Continuing the King family legacy

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

SNL: A message from President Biden

WaPo: Biden’s news conference, in 4 minutes

Stephen: Sen. Elizabeth Warren defends the existence of the U.S. Senate

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• WaPo: How omicron broke through coronavirus vaccines
• Stephen: The end of the omicron wave is in sight
• Desi Lydic: Could “microinfluencers” make a big difference in fighting covid?
• AJ+: “You damned anti-vaxxers…morons!”—News anchor goes on rant in Mexico
• Samantha Bee: Put down your pandemic pet—We’ve got a COVID mental health crisis
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s ranting rally filled with screaming, shouting & outlandish COVID conspiracies
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Doin’ My Own Research” ♬:

• act.tv: Fauci really has no time for Rand Paul’s BS!!!
• Bill Maher: Get up, America!
• Trevor: White House unveils covid test site as Americans make sense of CDC guidelines
• The Late Show: There are no health regulations at Covid Garden
• Jimmy Kimmel: Anti-vax Barbie

The Remix Bros.: ♫ Joe.I.Am’s Count The Vote REMIX ♬

The Daily Show: These people failed Martin Luther King Jr. day

Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow: Cliffnotes from Biden’s marathon press conference

Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Sinema Girl ♬:

Samantha Bee: Biden’s 1st Year as POTUS—The yays and mehs

Stephen: Rich people. They’re just not like us. Us pay taxes.

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

This account of getting homeless people isolated after time in crowded shelters during the cold spell is amazing. I don’t know how we prepare for those sorts of events when the people act differently than usual. But clearly if people caught COVID-19, something didn’t work.

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

Good morning. You can sign up for free testing kits from the government. Couldn’t be simpler. It took like 20 seconds. Boom. Easy. They’ll be good to have. Go do it right now. More is also available through your insurance.

And then wash your hands. And get vaccinated or boosted.

Seth Meyers: Stacey Abrams on fighting for Georgia and her optimism for voting rights

Winlar: ♫ Are you really that stupid? ♬:

Robert Reich: Robert Reich reads more mean tweets

The Idiot Death Cult Called The G.O.P. and Their Deranged Leader:

• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyers met with Georgia prosecutors; days later, Трамп rants about law enforcement
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan, Nervous as Heck ♬
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard hangs up on NPR after being fact-checked on election lies
• Joy Reid: Трамп continuing to inspire GOP cult of personality
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the passing of Sidney Poitier
• Vice News: People left death threats for election workers. We called them back.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When Heidi Cruz is Done with Whipping Ted ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike Lindell locks himself in prison for election fraud
• Rachel Maddow: GOP fake elector scheme shows new level of disrespect for U.S. voters says election official
• Lawrence O’Donnell and Friends: Трамп lawyers met in person with Georgia prosecutor’s office
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп calls NPR to react to first call
• Jordan Klepper runs into Matt Gaetz in his January 6th return to D.C.
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп destroyed and Mike Lindell fights phone subpoena
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lindsey, Kevin and Ted’s Plea to The Dotard ♬
• Ari Melber: First sedition charge in Jan. 6 probe for overthrowing election
• Rachel Maddow: Michigan Attorney General refers probe of fake electors to Federal prosecutors
• Seth Meyers: Mike Lindell wants everyone in jail and Kevin McCarthy stonewalls Jan 6 probe
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Georgia’s FAKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP over Alabama
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Joe Biden called a spade a spade ♬
• Ronny Chieng response to Jesse Watters’s anti-Asian racism
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s reaction when he learns Maya Angelou is on the quarter!
• WaPo: McCarthy on the Capitol attack—A year ago vs. today
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Thoughts on “Wee the People” ♬
• Stephen: Oath keepers charged with seditious conspiracy
• Rachel Maddow: Oath Keeper seditious conspiracy indictment describes a threat beyond January 6th
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ GOP FIght’s Alright ♬:

• The Daily Show: Daily affirmations with FAUX News’s Jeanine Pirro
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ MTG, Congressional Sasquatch ♬
• J-L Cauvin: ROASTS hecklers yelling “Let’s go Brandon”
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Rafael “Ted” Cruz pushes far-right’s favorite Jan. 6 conspiracy theory to prove loyalty
• Seth Meyers: Ted Cruz humiliates himself by groveling to Tucker Carlson on FAUX News
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan has Plenty to Hide ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans in at least three states filed forged Elector letters
• Jimmy Kimmel: January 6th insurrectionists charged while Ted Cruz & Marjorie Taylor Greene push wild theories

Vox: Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps

Mark Fiore: The wonders of the filibuster

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late ShowThe BinaxNow home idiocy test
• MSNBC: Dr. Fauchi figuratively slays Sen. Rand Paul
• Stephen: Just about everybody will get covid
• Jimmy Kimmel: This week in covid history
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Pee All That You Can Pee ♬
• Trae Crowder: Debating Viagra or urine therapy for covid
• Stephen: Deltacron arrives
• Really American: Vaccination SAVES lives
• The Late Show: Business Bandz are the key to returning to the office
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп shades “gutless” DeSantis over booster comments and cannabis for COVID!
• Chris Hayes: Dr. Fauci on why he “called out” GOP Sen. Rand Paul—“pure ad hominem”
• Stephen: Dr. Fauci rips Rand Paul over “Fire Dr. Fauci” fundraiser and calls Sen. Marshall a moron on hot mic
• Desi Lydic: Biden administration explains how free covid tests will be distributed
• The Late Show: Here’s the scoop on the hot new covid couple!

Lewis Black: Screw the Chamber Of Commerce

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

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

You guys! King County rocks. More than 90% of people under 5 have received their first shot and more than 80% have had their full course. It’s been a lot, and it isn’t over, but this is truly great work by so many people.

Thanks to everyone who got the shot. Thanks if you are afraid of needles or were worried about side effects but did it anyway. Thanks to everyone, starting with Seatac voters, and eventually statewide, who made sure we have a sick leave to take a day off if necessary. Thanks for politicians who pushed state and local mandates.

Thanks to everyone who organized and participated in a vaccine event. Thanks to the people giving shots and taking information. Thanks for people who were there while we waited 15 minutes. Thanks to the private places that gave their space. Thanks to Lumen Field and Amazon for me specifically.

If you haven’t yet, please get vaccinated or boosted.

Still no news, I guess (there is a lot of news).

Nothing happened over the weekend. No news. Or it’s possible that I didn’t sleep well over the weekend and am half-assing this. Um, the legislature starts today. So that’s something.

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

Robert Reich: The big picture: How we got into this mess, and how we get out of it

Трампian Traitors:

• Stephen: Hannity’s role in Jan 6th planning revealed
• The Daily Show: The January 6th insurrectionists—Where are they now?
• Chris Hayes: Jan. 6 Committee releases “explosive” texts from Sean Hannity
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “In Трамп They Trust” … Seriously? ♬

• Parody Project: ♫ January 6 Commemorative—The lawless and the Capitol ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ How Can You Claim That You’re Being Silenced (When We Can Still Hear You Just Fine) ♬
• Stephen: Remembering Jan. 6
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп in Jail and Other Positive Thoughts ♬
• Joy Reid: Whiny Ted Cruz backpeddles
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Twitter banning Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Steve Hofstetter: On fucking Republicans
• Meidas Touch: Ted Cruz is pathetic
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Just Watch Jeopardy (when the Трампers Get me Down) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: This week in Jan. 6 history
• Stephen: John Dickerson on how history will remember Mike Pence
• Rachel Maddow: Giuliani aide’s submission to January 6 Committee exposes new facet of Трамп coup plot
• The Late Show: ♫ 525,600 Minutes Since The Insurrection ♬:

• Stephen: Трамп is still out there with his big lie”—Sen. Klobuchar on the aftermath of Jan 6th
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Joe Biden’s powerful January 6th speech
• Ali Velshi: Трамп victim act follows authoritarian playbook drawing in fanatical supporters
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dereliction Donald ♬
• Stephen: John Dickerson warns us not to fall for the GOP’s distraction tactics
• Ali Velshi: Preserving the future of our democracy
• The Daily Show: FAUX News talking about BLM protests but make the footage January 6th
• Chris Hayes: Why the “consensus opinion” during and right after Jan. 6 is worth remembering
• Stephen: Biden takes the gloves off, tears into the former President For inciting Jan. 6th riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Blocked! ♬
• Mark Fiore: Another January 6th
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп, Jr. is engaged
• Rachel Maddow: GOP deference to big lie over facts of January 6 exposes scary gap among Americans
• Chris Hayes: Ted Cruz begs for forgiveness after accurate observation of Jan. 6 reality
• Remix Bros: ♫ DJT x Joe.I.Am’s “Lies Lies Lies” REMIX ♬:

• The Daily Show: Conservatives on January 6th vs. Benghazi
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mangy vents about arrogant gasbag, Steve Bannon, and the addlepated Peter Navarro ♬
• Seth Meyers: Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account
• Parody Project: ♫ We do not speak your name—January 6 Commemorative ♬
• The Late Show: Takes that didn’t make the cut of Трамп’s message to the Capitol rioters
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the anniversary of January 6th
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard’s Base and His Mushroom are Shrinking ♬
• Chris Hayes: Remembering Jan. 6th
• Daily Show: Ted Cruz—The booger on the lip of democracy

Michael Spicer: David Bowie predicts the impact of the internet on Newsnight, 1999

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• Meidas Touch: Ron DeathSantis struggles to breathe, gasps for air in shocking new video
• Stephen: Florida will beat covid by testing less
• Winlar: ♫ Test my corpse for covid ♬
• Desi Lydic: The CDC explains its new covid guidelines
• Meidas Touch: WTF? DeSantis lets up to 1 MILLION covid test kits EXPIRE

Vice News: The race to zero emissions, & why the world depends on it

Cracked explains: How Companies Undermine Your Right to Repair Their Broken Products

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

Good morning to everyone who isn’t spreading disinformation (point 1) via SPD radio traffic. What a bunch of shits. Let’s figure out a way to escalate an already tense situation.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted. Do it. Make an appointment today.

Hey you! Yes, you. The legislature is meeting remotely. That means you, yes you, can testify without traveling to Olympia. So, you, yes you, should. We’ve had 2 years of learning how Zoom works, so go for it.

And please wash your hands right now. If you aren’t vaccinated, quit wasting time and make an appointment.

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.

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