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Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets for drinks, discussion and dancing. Only two of those things are actually true.

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 266 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!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Now This: Why grown men are afraid of Greta Thunberg.

John Oliver: Compounding pharmacies.

Real Engineering: Should we fear the next big solar storm?

Wired: Astronomer explains how SETI searches for aliens.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crooked Clown Posse:

• Trevor: Трамп’s potential impeachment snowballs
• Stephen: Rachel Maddow—there is a second whistleblower
• Rachel Maddow: Hillary Clinton—Ukraine is “the canary in the coal mine” on Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Is The Dotard Трамп trying to impeach himself?
• Bruce Nelson: Трамп Reminds Me of a Horse:

• Stephen: The weird conspiracy theories sucking Трамп down the whirlpool of shame
• Lawrence O’Donnell: FEC chair sets the record straight on foreign interference in an election
• New York Times: Impeachment, Ukraine and the whistle-blower’s complaint—Meet the key players
• Chris Hayes: Rep. Connolly, “We have to call this what it is…extortion”
• Samantha Bee: Трамп has officially gone off the deep end
• Ari Melber: “This is not a drill”—Трамп’s Ukraine crisis tests government system
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard and the GOP melt down amid the Ukraine scandal and impeachment
• The Daily Show: Трамп’s Ukraine scandal and the moral blindness defense
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп v. the whistleblower
• Stephen: Трамп stole his border alligators idea from President Obama
• Trevor: Трамп wants a border moat filled with snakes & alligators
• Chris Hayes: Chris Hayes on how the text messages destroy The Dotard’s alibi
• Rachel Maddow: Mike Pence, at center of Трамп Ukraine scheme, scrambles for cover
• The Late Show: Rudy Giuliani appears on “conspiracy today”
• Stephen: Трамп’s inner circle facing intense scrutiny in Ukraine scandal
• Seth Meyers: Трамп publicly asks Ukraine to investigate Biden amid impeachment
• Lawrence O’Donnell and Rachel Maddow: Second whistleblower
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп implodes as scandals multiply
• Seth Meyers: Трамп is having an impeachment meltdown
• Trevor: The impeachment trial of Rudy Giuliani
• Stephen: Hillary Rodham Clinton—Impeachment inquiry is “exactly what should be done”
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп recycling old Ukraine script in smear against Joe Biden
• Robert Reich: The biggest difference between Трамп and Nixon
• The Daily Show found Трамп’s secret server
• The Late Show: Cookie Monster spells S-U-B-P-O-E-N-A
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes explains the three categories of impeachment reactions
• Mark Fiore: Трамп, Giuliani and Barr investigators at large
• Stephen: Трамп lapdogs McCarthy, Graham, and Miller struggle on the Sunday shows
• Trevor: Gavin Newsom on California’s emissions battle with Трамп
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп openly admits to collusion, no probe needed
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Mike Pompeo admits he listened to Трамп-Ukraine phone call
• Stephen: If Трамп goes down, he’s bringing Mike Pence with him
• Chris Hayes: Трамп’s desperate attempts to obscure his corrupt abuse of power
• The Late Show: It’s The Dotard Трамп calling, can you do me a favor?
• Samantha Bee: Mike Pence takes HHS to the past
• Stephen: As the walls close in, The Dotard Трамп is clearly losing it
• Jimmy Kimmel: For Трамп, things that are true are talse
• SNL: Impeachment!:

• The Daily Show: FAUX & Friends can’t say “SERVER”
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s ignorance defense
• SNL Weekend Update: Democrats launch impeachment inquiry
• Stephen: Rachel Maddow—We just don’t know how impeachment will play out
• Now This: Hillary Clinton on the truth about The Dotard, impeachment, and her emails
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on the increasing speed of the impeachment investigation
• The Late Show: Like rats from a sinking ship
• Ari Melber: Трамп Ukraine call rings “alarm bells” with evidence of a cover up
• Stephen: Trump tries to normalize his criminal behavior by doing it in public
• Samantha Bee: Ilhan Omar—Impeachment pioneer
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп sets staff to task of contradicting US intel on Russia
• Trevor: A crime you admit to…is still a crime
• Chris Hayes: Трамп now openly soliciting foreign interference
• The Daily Show explains it good—The Biden-Ukraine story
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп going crazy over Gatorgate
• Stephen explains the Ukraine scandal to Ainsley Earhardt of FAUX & Friends
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Giuliani admits he provided docs the State IG flagged to House committees

Matt Lieb (Newsbroke): Why a universal basic income (UBI) isn’t progressive

Stephen: Rachel Maddow—Russia uses oil and gas as a weapon.

Mark Fiore: The billion ant mega colony and the biggest war on earth.

The Atlantic: Why your phone isn’t safe.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Warren passes Biden in poll, Bernie shops at Kohls
• Now This: Mark Zuckerberg says an Elizabeth Warren presidency would “suck” for Facebook
• Robert Reich: Chatting with Bernie Sanders
• SNL: The Impeachment town hall
• WaPo: At gun forum, 2020 Democrats amp up calls for licensing system
• Stephen: Bernie Sanders is Cosmo’s new cover model

Now This: Why Jay Inslee vows to keep fighting the climate crisis.

Jim Jefferies: What socialism really looks like

Vox: No, vitamin C won’t cure your cold

Stephen: Sec. Hillary Clinton—Greta Thunberg spoke truth to power at the U.N.

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

So, the President asks you to commit crimes against humanity. Maybe shooting border crossing people. You can’t just ignore it. Even just leaking to a couple of reporters who are in the middle of writing a book isn’t enough. It’s still complicity.

Hey folks, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets tonight for an unimpeachably great time! Hard to know what we’ll chat about, however.

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!

Since my Twitter thread about this didn’t get any traction, I am going to ask here (rather than the more logical assumption that it’s just not that interesting to most people). I have a hummingbird that comes to my window for some nectar and has been for a while. For most of summer, I have left all of my windows open, but now that it’s getting chilly I only have the window with the flowers it likes open. Anyway, long story short, it got trapped in my apartment, and I couldn’t just scoot it out. So I grabbed some Tupperware and caught it then took it to an open window.

So this morning for the first time in months, I kept the window closed when I went to work. Am I doing the right thing, or should I have risked having it trapped all day?

Trevor: Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey on “She Said” and breaking the Harvey Weinstein story.

Stephens: Sen. Bernie Sanders details his climate change legislation.

The Atlantic: Tree poaching.

Now This: Student fights back at McDonald when a customer told her to “Speak English”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Today I Found Out: What’s up with the all seeing eye on the dollar bill?.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Assholes:

• Bill Maher: America’s traitor
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп gets mocked by the dictionary
• Stephen: Трамп set to speak at U.N. General Assembly
• WaPo: Unraveling the story about Трамп, Biden and Ukraine
• Mark Fiore: Exclusive audio the Трамп—Zelensky phone call
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп comments to Russians prompted White House officials to limit access
• The Daily Show: Трамп’s Ukraine whistleblower scandal—How will it all end?:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп faces impeachment proceedings
• Seth Meyers: Hasan Minhaj was barred from an Indian political rally that Трамп attended
• Ari Melber: Eugene Robinson discusses the Трамп-Ukraine scandal and Republicans’ response
• Liberal Viewer: FAUX News edits out Rudy Giuliani contradicting himself within 30 seconds
• The Late Show: Трамп’s call with Ukraine leader sounds a lot like blackmail
• Now This: The Трамп-Ukraine scandal, explained.
• Stephen: Трамп’s political allies shamble to his defense after whistleblower report
• Jimmy Kimmel: When it Ukraines it pours
• Seth Meyers: Whistleblower alleges Трамп cover-up of Ukraine scandal
• Jimmy Kimmel: Joe Biden on Ukraine transcript, impeachment & defeating The Dotard.
• Now This: Трамп’s potential crimes revealed by Adam Schiff at whistleblower hearing
• WaPo: 2020 candidates react to Трамп accusing whistleblower of treason
• Lauren Mayer: The quid pro quo song
• Stephen: Innocent people don’t do things like this—Трамп’s Ukraine cover-up spills into view
• Reflect: Pelosi schools Трамп on nationalism using JFK’s inaugural address
• WaPo: Rudy Giuliani’s wild week of television interviews
• Trevor: Ukraine whistleblower complaint released
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s economy revealed
• Stephen: Трамп-Ukraine call log clearly demonstrates quid pro quo demand
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп talks to Ukraine about Biden
• Samantha Bee: Ukraine and the Трамп impeachment inquiry (Part 1)
• Samantha Bee: Ukraine and the Трамп impeachment inquiry (Part 2)
• The Late Show: Garmin DNI—The GPS for intelligence official
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп WH limited access to transcripts of calls with Vladimir Putin
• WaPo: What is in the declassified Трамп whistleblower complaint
• Jonathan Mann: Трамп Impeachment Potato and Rice:

• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani is at the center of Трамп’s whirling corrupt-nado
• Now This: Sen. Chris Murphy on why a Трамп impeachment investigation is essential
• Rachel Maddow: Whistleblower’s safety a concern as Трамп makes veiled threats
• WaPo: “You can’t say Трамп didn’t warn us”—Late-night hosts react to release of whistleblower complaint
• Seth Meyers: Трамп pressured Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lashes out at whistleblower
• Stephen: Buckle up America—Pelosi moving forward with Трамп impeachment inquiry
• Trevor: Трамп pressures Ukraine to investigate Biden and impeachment looms
• Ari Melber: Former intel official says that Трамп’s aides could face criminal exposure
• The Late Show: More world leaders reveal they were pressured by The Dotard
• Stephen: Sen. Bernie Sanders says the impeachment inquiry needs to move quickly
• WaPo: Impeachment—What happens next
• Seth Meyers: Трамп releases damning Ukraine Memo Amid Impeachment Inquiry

Minute Physics: When it’s OK to violate privacy.

Bill Maher: Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on our climate tipping point.

AJ+: How oil-loving Texas is making America green again

Samantha Bee: Greta Thunberg—The GOP’s teenage climate nemesis:

Weird History: Things you may not have known about Nikola Tesla.

Matt Lieb: Why criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitism.

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

So. Impeachment. That’s good. On the one hand, I appreciate that Democrats are getting on the same page, on the other, the Judiciary Committee was already doing impeachment hearings, and everyone kind of ignored it. But still, it’s good to see this step. All of the state’s Democratic members of Congress support impeachment, but if you’re Representative is undecided or opposed, it’s probably a good time to give them a call.

Tuesday is Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. Please join us for an evening of politics under the influence 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!

Over the weekend, I watched the new Molly Ivins documentary. It was as funny and as sad as you think it would be. It’s worth the price of the ticket just for the gang pluck story. It looks like the only place in the Seattle area where it’s playing is the SIFF Uptown theater. But I assume that it will be on the streaming services soon enough.

Today I Found Out: How did the ancient Romans manage to build perfectly straight, ultra durable roads?

Daily Show: Microchipped employees in Wisconsin.

WaPo: Espresso stand featuring shirtless men turns heads in Seattle

Kurzgesagt: What’s hiding at the most solitary place on earth? The deep sea.

Mark Fiore: How to get the US to care about the war in Yemen.

The Dotard Трамп and His Squad of Quacks, Liars, and Grifters:

• Seth Meyers: Whistleblower claims The Dotard made “troubling” promise to foreign leader
• Rachel Maddow: WaPo—Трамп call with foreign leader prompted intel whistleblower
• Now This: 2020 Candidates unite for powerful ad on gun violence
• Stephen: Трамп’s unlikely 2020 victory plan—Wooing Hispanic voters
• Ari Melber: The federal case that can stop Трамп’s immigration plan in its tracks
• Samantha Bee: Full Frontal’s second annual Brett Kavanaugh Remembrance Act:

• Chris Hayes: It’s tough out there for a Трамп propagandist
• The Late Show: $20 bill almost escapes from The Dotard’s back pocket
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s horse bite & Lou Dobbs’s ass-kissing Трамп tribute
• Stephen: Трамп whines to reporters about Obama’s Netflix and book deals
• Jimmy Kimmel: Least favorite character in the Трамп universe
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Laurence Tribe on Трамп’s desperate legal filing and whistleblower.
• Stephen: America’s greatest security risk is The Dotard Трамп’s mouth
• The Late Show: America’s call to arms
• Now This: How Corey Lewandowski tried to obstruct this Трамп obstruction hearing
• Rachel Maddow: New details emerge as Трамп fights to quash whistleblower report
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard rants and raves about Saudi Arabian drone attack
• Stephen: Трамп defends Kavanaugh as new account of sexual assault is published
• WaPo: Lewandowski, “I have no obligation to be honest with the media”
• Now This: Трамп puts Ilhan Omar in danger again with fake 9/11 footage
• Trevor: Will Трамп go to war with Iran to defend Saudi Arabia?
• Ari Melber: Is Трамп hiding from whistleblower? Former prosecutor says he can declassify “anything”
• Stephen: Трамп is in California, raking in cash and rolling back emissions standards
• Rachel Maddow: Adam Schiff slams DOJ for isolating intel community whistleblower:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп threatens war with Iran on Saudi Arabia’s behalf
• The Late Show: Hot Wheels Трамп edition
• Now This: Sean Spicer makes “Dancing With The Stars” debut and worries about discrimination
• Samantha Bee: Dancing around the consequences
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Former NSA inspector general on whistleblower and Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Impeachment will distract Трамп!
• Stephen: Corey Lewandowski testifies at contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing
• The Late Show: The nasty fly responsible for Трамп’s nasty thoughts
• Now This: The Dotard makes new, offensive comment about Hispanics.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s promise to foreign leader exposed
• Stephen: Трамп’s new National Security Advisor worked the A$AP Rocky case

Weird History: What was it like to be a Civil War soldier?

Jim Jefferies: Debunking myths about trans athletes.

Mental Floss: 30 Harry Potter spells and word origins.

WaPo: GM workers go on strike.

Vice News: The fight to save the dying languages of Alaska.

Samantha Bee: The Founding Fathers were not gods

Sky News: School children sue US government over climate change.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Elizabeth Warren points out that no President gets to declare war on their own
• Seth Meyers: Andrew Yang on universal basic income and measuring our economic health
• Now This: Elizabeth Warren discusses her vision for America with Ady Barkan
• Stephen: Warren closing in on Biden in recent polls
• Trevor: Warren and Трамп’s dueling campaign rallies
• Jimmy Fallon: Slow jam the news with Senator Kamala Harris
• Stephen: Corn pop was a bad dude, but Joe Biden wasn’t scared
• Mother Jones: Warren supporters on how to win over Трамп voters
• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic Presidential debate, round 3
• Jimmy Fallon: Sen. Kamala Harris on women’s health and the climate crisis
• Now This: Julián Castro explains his health care vision to Ady Barkan
• Stephen: Elizabeth Warren points out that a country that elects The Dotard is already in trouble
• Jimmy Kimmel pitches new campaign slogans to Cory Booker
• Seth Meyers: Warren surges as Democrats focus on Трамп’s corruption
• Stephen: Elizabeth Warren tells a crowd of 20,000, “I am not afraid.”

Today I Found Out: In which Teddy Roosevelt makes men everywhere feel a little less manly.

FOD: The Mooer Report press conference:

Adam ruins eating.

Samantha Bee: Meet the rich—The Koch brothers.

Chris Hayes: Exxon knew about climate change long ago.

NY Times: How to disagree better.

Robert Reich: The real political battle in America.

Seth Meyers with some political news.

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

All the climate strikers are hella rad. Seattle schools (and other Washington State schools) should give them an excused absence. For goodness sake.

A new restaurant has opened near me. I can’t speak to the quality of the food. But! I can speak to the music. Too goddam loud on the weekend. I could not get to sleep. Should I talk to someone in there? Should I complain to the city? Should I just use ear plugs?

PS this post makes me officially old.