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Monday Open Thread

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There’s so much important state and local stuff going on. I want to write about it, but I am just still so pissed off about what happened in DC everything else seems trivial. I generally think that local issues affect people more than national ones, but Trump in general and the last week in particular has really tested that.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Dulcé Sloan counts things

Amber Ruffin: Amber and her sister wrote a book on their crazy experiences with racism

Election Odyssey:

Amber Ruffin: Remembering all the GOOD things that happened in 2020

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The QAnon SATIRE song ♬

Roll Call: Congressonal…umm…hits and misses of the week

The Dotard Трамп and His Violent, Seditionist Enablers:

Jonathan Mann: Bernie’s the Chairman of the Budget Committee

Vice News: How Georgia is fighting voter suppression

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

Friday Open Thread

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I don’t know how any Republicans who supported stealing the election, at any time but especially after the riots, can still have a job. They should all resign in disgrace. And if they don’t, they should be removed. From the President down to state legislators and local officials.

And you should wash your hands right now.

Open Thread Jan 6

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Man, what the fuck Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The only Washington State Congress member voting against receiving the electoral college electors. The election isn’t contested. The violence is on her. The delusion people have is on her. The fraud is redistricting. The fraud is vote suppression in Black parts of town, in cities, in college towns. To imply fraud when there isn’t evidence is disgusting.

And she witnessed Rossi’s grievance filled campaign, so she knows it’s not a winning electoral issue. Like, a candidate feeling aggrieved doesn’t help people in a material way.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

First Open Thread of 2021!

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And a happy first day of the legislature in Washington. If you have some pressing concern, you should contact your legislators. The session will probably focus on COVID-19. So you might want to push them to make sure that funding doesn’t fall on the poorest people in our lopsided sales tax heavy tax system. Maybe you have some issues that you’re afraid will be overlooked in a probably narrow focused session.

Also, wash your hands right now.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A song for Louie Gohmert ♬

Vox: The real cost of smart speakers

A Big Fuck You to 2020:

Robert Reich: Defeating McConnell—The real stakes of the Georgia runoffs

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Empathy & irony (not in the modern G.O.P.) ♬

The Dotard Трамп and Other Treacherous, Anti-American, Evil Bastards:

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Things Republicans are going to pretend to care about again

LegalEagle: Section 230 repeal—What would happen?

ТрампPlague:

Keith Olbermann: 140 GOP Reps to vote against Biden. This is war against the Constitution

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

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Meidas Touch with Heather Gardner: State TV is in trouble

LegalEagle: What’s the deal with “packing the court”

Roll Call: Three defense takeaways from the massive spending bill

President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris:

MoveOn: These activists made history in 2020

LegalEagle: Did John Roberts scream at the other Justices?

The Dotard Трамп and His Co-seditioners:

Drunk History: Best of Teddy Roosevelt

Now This: Texas ranch owners organize “Say their names” memorial

Desi Lydic: Arizona daylight savings time opt-out

Holiday Politics:

LegalEagle: Massive changes to copyright?

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Man up and go away (MAGA song) ♬

Roll Call: Three tech takeaways from the massive spending bill

The Week in ТрампPlague:

Blaire Erskine: $600 is more than enough!!!!!

Mark Fiore: The year in bad

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

Wednesday Open Thread

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The oil train derailment and fire in Bellingham is scary stuff. Fortunately, if you can call it that, it wasn’t an explosion. The environmental damage is still going to be pretty gross. And these trains running through our cities is going to inevitably be derailments.

Anyway, this is the last post before Christmas, so have a good one if you celebrate it.

Anyway, anyway, wash your hands right now.

Open Thread, Monday Morning

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I don’t know about the rest of you, but since the city cleared out Cal Anderson Park, it seems like there are more tents popping up in the rest of Seattle’s urban core. Not getting people the help they need — starting, but very much not ending with housing — is just shuffling them around. Shame on us, in the shadow of Amazon and other large companies, we can’t find the resources to help.

The Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vice News: How defunding the police is working out in Seattle

Trevor: President Obama—Inspiring future leaders & “A Promised Land”

Really American: Traitor Ron Johnson tries to accuse Democrats of his own crimes

Present-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris and Other Election Stuff:

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Satan’s busy year of sneaky tricks

Trevor: President Obama on police reform & the impact of slogans

BuzzFeed: Why the Electoral College is useless in 8 minutes

The Dotard Трамп and His Fellow Delusional Imbeciles:

Trevor: Obama on roasting people

WaPo: The biggest Pinocchios of 2020

Mother Jones: Here’s what $1.7 trillion in student debt looks like

Roy Wood, Jr.: North Pole diversification

ТрампPlague:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Now This: Your bank could be funding private prisons

Desi Lydic spends Christmas with her FAUZ News fam

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

Open Thread December 18

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Seattle Police are taking public comments on use of force and crowd control policies. They have decided to make it difficult, so there are several links to PDF’s at the bottom. You can comment at the bottom of those. Nonetheless, it’s worth commenting on.

For me the issue starts with a massive provocation every time the police show up. Namely that they are armed at all. The average beat cop having a gun, bringing long guns to protests, it really makes the police antagonistic.

Then when they deploy tear gas or rubber bullets, they get labeled as “less lethal” as if they are the gentle alternative to firing indiscriminately into a crowd, rather than a last resort. But it shouldn’t be an option!

In much of the world, most police don’t carry guns. There are still problems with policing, but there’s one less.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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