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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor and his brothers debate government spending

Ari Melber: After wrongful conviction, man becomes civil rights lawyer in quest for justice

Honest Ads: If cryptocurrency was honest

SNL: Biden unites Democrats

Trevor: The Pandora Papers—How the mega-rich have been getting out of paying taxes

Full Frontal Rewind: Samantha Bee’s take on climate change

Amber Ruffin: How getting rid of the credit score system fights racism

The Psychopathology That Is The Cult of Трамп:

SNL Weekend Update: A Black woman who’s been missing for ten years

The Late Show: A first look at the trillion dollar coin

John Oliver: PFAS

Chris Hayes: Why Facebook’s business model is “Incommensurable with democracy”

SNL: Billionaire Star Trek

Tha God’s Honest Truth: Why are racists afraid of teaching critical race theory?

Lawrence O’Donnell: Return of beachfront property to Black family rights “A horrible injustice”

Bill Maher: The beginning of the end

ТрампPlague:

Robert Reich: The Democrats’ one chance to cut child poverty in half

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Late Show: The Social Notwork—Mark Zuckerberg’s worst day

Seth Meyers: Facebook’s disastrous week, from whistleblower bombshell to global outage

Mark Fiore: The Democratic land of Centristopia

SNL Weekend Update: Democrats delay infrastructure vote

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleTuesday means politics…and the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together to chat, celebrate, and even complain. There’s room for you to stop by for a pint and some discussion, too.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We are still out on the patio (under an awning) in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that 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.

Open Thread!

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Holy cow, everyone. There’s light rail up to Northgate. Northgate. Northgate to Downtown. On a light rail. You don’t need to get a bus on the crowded freeway.

Some of you are recent transplants to the Seattle area, or lived further South. But I can remember as a teenager catching the 307 when I wanted to go Downtown. And it would inexplicably stop at Northgate. And then when you left Northgate it felt like forever. And the 41 to and from Downtown always felt so slow. I am glad that it will be much quicker. I can’t wait to try it out.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for the love of God get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: “How does it feel to know you changed the world?”—Anita Hill’s testimony resonates decades later

Vox: Why nuclear plants are shutting down

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: “Bringing integrity to Christian homemakers” awards dinner

Seth Meyers: Manchin and Sinema derail Biden’s agenda as FAUX fearmongers about it

Roy Wood Jr.: Banger breakdown—“The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key

Samantha Bee: New Jersey is paving the way for reproductive rights

The Terrorist Organization That Operates Under the Name “Republican Party”:

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Steve Hofstetter: Some credit report advice

The Daily Show: Why do missing White women get more media coverage?

Vox: The end of oil, explained

Ari Melber: America is very Blue in 2021 but the Senate isn’t—Kornacki shows why

Stephen: Let’s not reward Congress for doing the bare minimum

ТрампPlague:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Robert Reich: The real reason the economy might collapse

Seth Meyers: A political monologue

Vox: How 4 companies control the beef industry

Trevor: The scramble to fund the government—Keeping up with the Congressians

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

Friday? (Friday) Friday!

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I haven’t been paying much attention to the Seattle mayor’s race since I already know who I’m voting for. But my goodness, Bruce Harrell is so bad on homelessness. Come on.

That said, I do think that as COVID-19 decreases in the region (touch wood) the capacity of some groups dealing with homelessness will increase. So the visible to non homeless people parts of homelessness may decrease regardless.

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

Wednesday: Open, Thread.

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The other day, I linked to the Washington State Redistricting Commission’s legislative district maps. Now they have Congressional District maps. Very exciting.

Do the maps make sense for your community? Are you upset about them? Are you just dreading having to learn new Representatives? Rant about it here, or make your voice heard by contacting the commission.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleI’m about to head over to the weekly gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Won’t you join me?

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You will find us in the courtyard out back starting around 8:00pm. Note that you will need to bring a mask and proof of vaccination to get into the bar.

Chapters of DL are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter tonight, find a location and date near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Mark Fiore: ‘Merican Freedom Air

Full Frontal: What we should learn from the California recall election

LegalEagle: Is Roe v. Wade dead?

An Inconvenient Climate Week:

Robert Reich: Democrats have to make this choice

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship

AJ+: Why the stock market not the economy

The Domestic Terrorist Group Known as “The Republican Party”:

Josh Meyers: Gov. Gavin Newsom on winning California’s recall election

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

This Week in ТрампPlague:

Robert Reich: The secret to actually taxing the rich

Samantha Bee: The midterms are only 411 days away. Holy Shit!

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

Friday Open Thread

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It seems like the right call for Eatonville Middle School to go back to remote learning when there’s an outbreak of COVID. Still though, must stink for the parents and the students. Quick change of plans, and a step backwards.

The vaccine has helped, but of course for middle school, there’s only so much you can do. And there are plenty of people who could be vaccinated, but aren’t.

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

Wednesday Open Thread

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Coming soon, our eviction moratoriums will be much more patchwork. Washington’s will expire at the end of the month. And Seattle’s has just been extended to January.

One odd effect of this patchwork is that the places that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 are the least likely to offer further rent relief. I am very glad Seattle’s moratorium was extended. But COVID is hitting Eastern and parts of Southern Washington a lot harder than here. But it’s less likely that they have the same sorts of extensions.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us the evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers to celebrate stuff and talk about stuff.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that 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.

Monday Open Thread

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Good luck to the family of Manuel Ellis. Their lawsuit won’t bring him back. But it is the closest thing to justice they can get.

Justice would have been him still being alive. It would have meant he wasn’t detained for no reason. It would have meant no officers kneeling on his neck.

Perhaps it means that the next cop doesn’t do those things. That we never see the need for another lawsuit.

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

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