Looks like some windy shit today. And flooding rivers to boot. Nasty. Everyone, please stay safe and dry if you can. I definitely felt the wind on a walk earlier this morning. And the waves are very choppy. But no rain at this moment.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And hey, there’s still time to get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
The Daily Show: A message to the NYPD from the NYPD and FAUX News
Desi Lydic: The hist-HER-y of female veterans
Amber Ruffin: Alabama prison guards are killing their inmates. Here’s how we stop it
Now This: How climate change threatens indigenous food culture
The Collusional Cowards, Catastrophic Cheaters and Corrupt Conspirators that Comprise the Cult of Трамп:
Desi Lydic: Why Arizona opts-out of Daylight Saving Time
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Jon Stewart: The guns and domestic violence panel
This Week in ТрампPlague:
Samantha Bee: Passing the infrastructure bill was a huge win. Let’s celebrate!
Amber Ruffin: Roasting billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg
Mike Rubens: Why America is losing its religion
Jon Stewart: What can we do about gun violence?
Parody Project: ♫ Money sucks the Congress down ♬:
SNL Weekend Update: Biden infrastructure bill passes
Robert Reich: Is this fall’s labor strike wave a tipping point?
John Oliver: The power grid
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Gaah. Forgot to write this. How about all that rain…huh?
Wash your hands and get vaccinated, you disgusting germ factory.
When you have an intractable situation, how much do you blame people who are trying to work around it? In the case of an upside down tax system in Washington, how much should you blame Democrats? They have made significant changes to the tax code in recent years (after holding the Governor’s Mansion for decades, and a trifecta for years).
If Democrats could be confident that the state supreme court would allow a high earners income tax, the blame would go to Democrats for not trying. But in the actual working of state government, at least some blame has to go to the court. And to the earlier court that ended it.
Anyway, national publications aren’t going to have much nuance.
Anyway, anyway, please wash your hands right now. And don’t be a dipshit, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Tonight the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally engages in our weekly gathering to discuss all things political over fine beverages. Feel free to stop by and join us.
The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. 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. Or start a new chapter.
Welcome to all of the Canadians who can now cross the border again. I had missed (?) all of the Bluejays hats around the city when they play the Mariners. And I imagine even more Canucks gear at some point. But seriously, it’s good because both sides of the border are good enough on COVID-19, and a lot of places depend on tourism.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And just get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Jon Stewart: How can America help its working class?
The Daily Show: Putting major court cases on trial
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Samantha Bee: How Amy Klobuchar is taking on big tech for you
Robert Reich: How wealth inequality spiraled out of control
Vox: The chicken industry’s worker safety problem
The Incendiary Insurgents, Impaired Idiots, Incoherent Imbeciles, Immoral Iconoclasts and Impeachable Imps That Make Up Трамп’s GOP:
Cracked: Six real Bible verses we’re hoping God gives us a pass on
Ari Melber: Obama on campaigning through Hip Hop and quoting Jay-Z
Mark Fiore: Leading the world to West Virginia
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Katie Porter’s Whiteboard ♬:
Ari Melber: Pundit freak-out fact-check—Why Democrats didn’t blow it in 2021 election
Samantha Bee: These Supreme Court decisions could decide the future of abortion rights
Amber Ruffin: Renaming Army bases from Confederate Generals to Black women
This Week In ТрампPlague:
Bloomberg Law: The shadow docket and how the Supreme Court uses it
John Oliver: Homelessness
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
The Remix Bros: ♫ Meta remix ♬
The Late Show: “The no book’ starring Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema
Roy Wood, Jr.: Black horror movies
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
With last night’s ballot drops, I think it’s safe to say the people who will be in Seattle and King County elected offices. Other than Port it’s the same as election night.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you haven’t been vaccinated, get your shit together and make an appointment today.
Well that was unpleasant. While some of the races are still too close to call, it looks like the Seattle conservative, and in one case actually conservative, people won. It’s disappointing.
More lefty people won in SeaTac, but the Republicans they were running against were more explicit about it. In fact, suburbia still trended left in a lot of places. The you should be afraid Seattle messages didn’t scare people running in places that weren’t Seattle. The national picture is… bleaker.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now! And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
It’s Election night in Washington state. So please join us for an evening of electoral politics over a pint 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. But show up early for the 8pm ballot drop. 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. Or start a new chapter.
Hey, get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. Local races are going to make a huge difference. It’s quite a clear cut difference in many races, including Seattle. 2 years ago, it was pretty stark in many of the districts, but also a few were both fine.
But this year, there’s a clear difference in every race. I — you’ll be shocked to know — voted for the lefty candidates for all offices. I hope you will too if you live in the city.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And the vaccine is safe, people have been taking it all year: Get flipping vaccinated.
Trevor: The police quota system
LegalEagle: Pirate law
Mark Fiore: Welcome to Facebooks Metaverse
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Poor billionaires ♬
The Cadaverous Creeps, Churlish Crooks, Confused Clowns, Corrosive Cowards, and Contumacious Cronies of the Трамп Cabal:
Trevor: Ta-Nehisi Coates on America’s flawed criminal justice system
Seth Meyers: Biden says his presidency is at stake as Democrats scramble for a deal
Jon Stewart: The hypocrisy of bailouts
This Week In ТрампPlague:
The Problem with Jon Stewart: LeVar Burton’s master class on disparity
Chris Hayes: How the second amendment is threatening the first
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Gosh, it sure is raining. I like a good 5 months of drizzle. But this is not great. Come on, rain. Be cool.
Seriously, though don’t forget how to drive just because it’s been rainy. Be kind to other people on the bus. Just everyone be cool.
And please wash your hands right now. For all that’s correct and good, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Congratulations to Kim Wyman on her selection for election security head at the Department of Homeland Security. If it was going to be a Republican — and I absolutely don’t think it had to be one — she’s probably the best choice.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get fucking vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
It isn’t too late to stop by this evening’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for some politically-inspired conversation over a libation.
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.
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