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Bob Ferguson is filing another lawsuit against another one of the Trump administration’s horrible policies. As the 9th Circuit gets more and more conservative, the side of the angels is going to be less likely to prevail. Still, the conditions of care for children in detention are abhorrent. I can’t believe we could make them worse.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together to ask the important questions like, “Is buying Greenland part of Safe Seattle’s latest idea for dealing with the city’s homeless population?” and “Are other hate groups in on it?” Stop by…you’ll be glad you did!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 265 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Open Thread Monday

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Elizabeth Warren was in town yesterday. It was a packed and quite the barn burner. I especially liked the section where she talked about how the government works fine for the people at the top, but that it could work for the rest of us. Very different from the GOP message that government is inherently a mess. Also, I was one of the last people to take a picture with her, and it was several hours after she spoke.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Robert Reich: The 5-step CEO pay scam.

Now This: March for Our Lives lays out bold plan for gun reform.

Today I Found Out: The terrifyingly effective Nazi de-bollocker.

Vox: Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Rapey Racists:

WaPo: Parkland survivors on gun control.

Vox: Why the US drinking age is 21.

Minute Physics: Why some days aren’t 24 hours.

Jim Jefferies: Curing diseases with biotech comes at a huge cost.

The Daily Show: Leading ladies.

Climate Crisis:

Trevor: Crazy rich nation.

Adam Ruins Everything: How Gillette scammed women into shaving their legs.

Mental Floss: 22 weird old jobs from 100 years ago.

Wired: How this woman started diving in DIY submarines.

The Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Lawrence O’Donnell: What America Can Learn From Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta.

Physics Girl: Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?

Samantha Bee: Full Frontal rewind on gun control:

Ari Melber: Parkland Activist—NRA’s “blood money” in gun companies’ pockets

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for a night of political conversation over a pint. You’ll be glad you did.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 265 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Open Thread

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Matt Shea is a paranoid weirdo. The district is pretty solidly Republican, so I don’t know why they don’t kick him out of the party. Or primary him. I am glad for the conservatives and Republicans who call his bullshit. I am just dismayed by how few there are.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Ari Melber: Bill Nye The Science Guy: “We need sweeping changes”.

Seth Meyers: Experiencing the effect of climate change in virtual Reality.

Vox: What the US gets wrong about minimum wage.

Now This: Newark’s water crisis has residents speaking out.

Francesca Fiorentini: If the economy is great, why aren’t we?

Jim Jefferies: Addiction.

The New Yorker: Why Stacey Abrams is leading the fight against voter suppression.

Seth Meyers: Kathy Griffin gave a speech about the First Amendment at the University of Oxford

Wired: Bill Nye explains the science behind solar sails.

Wendover: How to stop an epidemic.

The Dotard Трамп And His Fellow Racists and Rapists:

Comedy Cellar: Is it OK to be happy about Jeffrey Epstein’s death?

Trevor: Jeffrey Epstein’s death & America’s prison problem.

Vox: Why Route 66 became America’s most famous road.

Full Frontal: Investigating the case of Jerry Falwell, Jr., the pool boy, Michael Cohen, and Tom Arnold.

The Late Show: Exclusive footage of North Korea’s latest missile test

Seth Meyers: Jake Tapper on debates and Rep. Steve King’s “crazy remarks” on rape and incest.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Rachel Maddow: Mitch McConnell at nexus of increased Russian leverage on U.S..

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Slate: The Atlantic slave trade in two minutes.

Ali Velshi: 400 years from slaves arriving on Virginia.

Full Frontal: BBQ and reproductive justice.

Now This: FAUX News hypocrisy on white nationalist terrorists vs Muslim terrorists exposed.

Robert Reich: Is America becoming a third world country?

Bill Maher: New Rule—Armed and lonely.

Trevor: Tucker Carlson takes a sudden vacation following his hot take on white supremacy.

Seth Meyers: George Takei was sent to a Japanese-American internment camp at age five.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s a Tuesday in the dog days of summer. That means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be gathering for an evening of post-primary politics over pints. Please join us!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 265 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Open Thread August 12

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Man. Conspiracy theories are really fucking the country up. Of course there are a lot of crimes and cover ups. But there’s so much happening out in the open. Obviously Epstein got a light sentence and he shouldn’t have been able to kill himself. The administration of justice is tilted to the rich and powerful is the conspiracy. But it’s a system, not a cabal, doing it.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The New York Times: How Americans learned to love their front lawns.

Francesca Fiorentini: What’s scarier to racists than reparations?

Mark Fiore: Make the apocalypse great again!

The Dotard Трамп and Other Tools of The Russian Mafia:

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Vox: Why so many suburbs look the same

Gunz-n-Nazis-in-America and Putin’s Mitch:

Full Frontal: Spring breakers—Young voter edition featuring Allana Harkin

Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard can’t even spell his own name

Bill Maher chats with Richard Engel.

Vox: All student debt in the US, visualized.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Wired: Why cities are banning facial recognition technology.

Robert Reich: The myth of the rugged individual.

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

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