The other day, I was in West Seattle after work. Rather than take the bus Downtown like a reasonable person, I decided to walk. I used to take my bike that way pretty frequently, but it has been a while.
Anyway, I walked down East Marginal Way and there were no cars. I assumed that traffic was cut off due to all the construction, but it didn’t look like it. And there were plenty of bikes. It was eerie and wonderful at the same time. I would recommend more places inexplicably devoid of cars.
It’s election night in Washington state. So fill out your ballot, drop it off at the nearest ballot box, and then join us for an evening of electoral edification and political pontification at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.
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. Show up a little earlier to catch the 8pm ballot drop.
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!
Hey everyone. Please don’t murder anyone. Don’t be a white supremacist. Don’t spread white supremacist garbage online or in person. This country needs to confront a lot of horrible things including racism and easy access to guns. But in the meantime don’t kill anyone.
Jim Jefferies: The TSA isn’t actually very good at stopping terrorism.
Now This: Even FAUX News is #MoscowMitch on his inaction against Russian interference.
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.
Chris Hayes: The Ronald Reagan tape.
Vox: Where Manhattan’s grid plan came from.
The Racist Slumlord Dotard Трамп and His Racist Enablers:
Full Frontal: Kentucky wants to break up with Mitch McConnell.
Lauren Meyer: #MoscowMitch & #LeningradLindsey:
Jenny Hagel on the Political Protests in Puerto Rico.
Robert Reich: The 5 biggest myths Republicans use to avoid raising the minimum wage
Twenty-Twenty Vision:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Robert Reich: Where your tax dollars really go.
Wired: Scientist explains climate change using maps.
Ben Folds sings his new song “Moscow Mitch”:
Vox: Why the US has so many tornadoes.
Stephen: Rahm Emanuel—Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line
Ari Melber: Mitch McConnell earns “Moscow Mitch” moniker blocking security bills.
Seth Meyers: Jose Antonio Vargas explains what politicians get wrong about immigration
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Congrats to Representative, soon to be Speaker, Jinkins. A good liberal will make an excellent speaker. I am excited to see what her Speakership brings. It has been a long time, probably too long, since the Las Speaker election. Also, definitely read the article if for nothing else, the sine die joke.
Good. The state House will finally investigate Matt Shea. It was a long time coming. We knew about the chat logs months ago. We knew about the genocide fantasy even earlier. That asshole really has to go.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets tonight for drinks and political conversation. Tonight is the first night of Democratic Debate 2, so stop by and watch the debate.
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. The debate starts at 6pm, so show up early if you want to watch it.
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!
I am writing because I hope that you will join Senator Murray and all of the House Democrats from Washington in support of an impeachment investigation. While I realize that the House is the body that impeaches the President, support from the Senate is important. The President has committed many high crimes in the open and, as seen in the Mueller report, behind closed doors. Congress has an obligation to hold him responsible to the extent possible.
Thank You,
Carl Ballard
Jim Jefferies: The American “work ethic” is completely stupid.
Joy Reid: Why is Mitch McConnell blocking bills to protect U.S. elections?
Samantha Bee: How to get away with widespread election interference…again!
Minute Earth: The bacteria that made life possible are now killing us.
Roll Calls: The week in Congressional hits and misses.
The New York Times: How walls ended up along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Co-conspirators, Liars, Racists and Rapists:
The Atlantic: The death of the non-unanimous jury.
Stephen: John Oliver Describes Boris Johnson, England’s Very Own Трамп
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
CH: Alabama’s other abortion options:
Trevor: If you don’t know, now you know—Asian nations reject Western trash.
Stephen: Jon Stewart-backed 9/11 first responders bill finally passes the Senate.
Roll Call: I.C.E, C.B.P. and O.R.R. What’s the difference, explained.
Twenty-twenty Vision:
Now This: Tennessee community forms human chain to protect family from ICE arrest.
Wired: Scientists explain how moon mining works.
Daily Show: Student debt in the U.S. reaches an all-time high.
Full Frontal: The border can be fun!
Stephen interviews CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I support impeachment. The President has committed many high crimes. From welcoming election interference to obstruction of justice to emoluments violations to putting children in cages, you barely scratch the surface of his many and varied crimes. All that said, I find much of the commentary in favor of impeachment to make some logical leaps. It’s like:
Impeachment
???
Removal
Or
Impeachment hearings
???
Real oversight
But the Senate isn’t going to remove him. It needs 2/3 of the Senate, so almost 20 Republicans if all Democrats support removal. I don’t think they would even have a trial (McConnell’s super power is not doing things), but smarter people than me say he would have to. And the Trump administration would certainly obstruct an impeachment investigation as much as any other oversight.
This isn’t a reason not to impeach him: If anything it’s more of a reason. The House of Representatives should be on the record that what he did was impeachable. I just hope we know what comes next.
This Mueller testimony is really something:
Democrat: [Reads from the report] Is this accurate?
Mueller: Yes
Democrat: Is that bad?
Mueller: I refer you to the report.
Republican: How come a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton wasn’t central to your report?
Mueller: ????
Republican: I don’t see anything in this report about what a bitch she is.
Mueller: That’s outside the scope of my testimony.
Please join us tonight for an evening of drinks, conversation, and political prognostication at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.
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!
Hello. Let’s stop calling racist people, racist chants, racist tweets, and other things “racially charged” or “racial”? Can we stop pretending groping or unwanted kissing, especially but not exclusively in the workplace, is just “incidents”? Euphemisms help us get through conversations that we don’t really want to have. But for journalists and for HR people, these conversations need to be clear.
The Daily Show: The fight to turn Lake Erie into a person.
Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.
Rapey McRacist and His Pack of Pedophiles, Criminals, and Nazis:
Rachel Maddow: Report exposes data, unconscionable business of opioid epidemic.
Robert Reich: How corporate welfare hurts you.
The New York Times: Hear the words of detained migrant children
Twenty-Twenty Vision:
Terry Gross (Fresh Air) interviews Randy Rainbow:
Wendover: The economics of private jets.
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses, dark spirits edition.
50 Years After Landing on the Moon:
Minute Earth: The cruel irony of air conditioning.
Samantha Bee: The Late Shrill featuring Tammy Duckworth
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Your ballot should be arriving soon, Washingtonians. Local elections matter a great deal. This year city and county races are on the ballot. They will decide many quality of life issues.
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