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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.

Please join us this evening for some politics over a pint, some civics over a cider, some campaigning with champagne, or some electioneering over…umm…Everclear? Whatever your taste in governing or guzzling, stop by 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!

I’ve been under the weather for a bit.

Trevor: Big Pharma pays up for their part in the opioid crisis.

Samantha Bee: It’s time to cancel the Electoral College.

The Late Show: We’ve got your back-2-Congress supplies.

Bruce W. Nelson: A mangy fetlocks lullaby for tired adults.

Vox: The gun solution we’re not talking about.

Minute Physics: Protecting privacy with MATH.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Sharpies and Racist Dullards:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to ban vaping to protect Melania’s son
• Stephen: The Трамп family—A political dynasty for decades to come?
• Jim Jefferies: Talking to reporters about Трамп’s attacks on the media
• Rachel Maddow: DOJ pursuit of Трамп vendetta against McCabe takes odd turn
• Stephen: Bolton lost Трамп’s support after angering Kim Jong Un
• Lawrence O’Donnell: House Judiciary Committee votes on new rules for impeachment
• Lauren Mayer: It’s Raining Lies:

• Trevor: Трамп fires John Bolton
• Seth Meyers: Трамп faces scrutiny over personal properties and hurricane lies
• Samantha Bee: The well-documented case of Трамп’s undocumented employees
• Stephen: Трамп to rally crowd, “I’m never leaving office”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard “fires” Bolton & offers more lies
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s sharpie scandal has triggered multiple investigations
• Stephen: It’s a lot of fun to work for The Dotard
• The Late Show: Bigly shop of horrors
• Samantha Bee: Here’s how taxpayers are funding Трамп’s resorts
• Stephen: Трамп ignores Pence and Bolton, invites Taliban to Camp David
• Trevor: Трамп siphons money for his wall
• Stephen: Pro tip, Mr. Dotard…don’t go after Chrissy Teigen on Twitter
• Francesca Fiorentini: How Трамп plans to keep America white:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп lies about the Bahamas & explains Bolton firing
• The Late Show: The Taliban aren’t the only ones getting invites from The Dotard
• Ari Melber: In legal blow court revives corruption suit against Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп advisers looking for “escape” from China tariffs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп cancels Taliban & slams Legend & Teigen
• Mark Fiore: The Sharpie presidency
• Stephen: A stupid President saves us from a smart warmonger

NY Times opinion: Why blaming video games for violence is wrong.

Samantha Bee: What’s up With Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11 tribute video?

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Hasan Minhaj testifies at student loans hearing.

Now This: New college student pep talk from Michelle Obama.

The Atlantic: How black Americans were robbed of their land.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Several Democrats are beating Трамп in head-to-head polls
• Bill Maher: Snap, Crackle and Pop
• Trevor: The Democratic debate
• Now This: Kamala Harris talks about her own Medicare for All plan with Ady Barkan
• NY Times: Best moments of the Democratic debate
• Stephen: Jake Tapper thinks Warren, Biden & Sanders will go all the way to the convention
• Full Frontal: Staffers draw the candidates from memory
• Now This: Why is Beto O’Rourke running for president?
• NY Times: Who are Трамп’s Republican challengers?
• Stephen: Jake Tapper weighs in on Julián Castro’s attack on Joe Biden
• Joy Reid: Beto O’Rourke on how and why to ban assault weapons
• Jimmy Kimmel breaks down the Democratic debate
• The Late Show: Deep in the Heart of Texas:

• Seth Meyers: Eric Holder’s family didn’t want him to run for president in 2020
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The real 2020 lesson from the NC-09 special election
• Now This: Elizabeth Warren’s best moments in the Democratic debate were attacks on corporations
• Stephen: Sparks fly at third Democratic debate
• Samantha Bee: We’re gonna need a bigger vote

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses.

Drunk History: The true story behind the legend of Billy the Kid.

Now This: Alarming map shows sea ice melting since 1984.

Jim Jefferies: Why we should all care about saving the tuna.

Robert Reich: The secret GOP plan to keep power.

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

Did you watch the debate? It seemed like Governor Inslee was given a more prominent role than when he was on stage. At least people praising him and his ideas for a bit. Nice to see before it fades.

It is the anniversary of 9/11. 18 years ago an unprepared President who hadn’t done the basic work of protecting America ran scared from place to place as thousands of people died in a city he hated. Then everyone pretended that he was brilliant.

It’s Tuesday. And that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets. Stop by, if you can, and join the conversation.

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!

I hope you enjoyed the storm. It was rather fun to watch, but it did delay the Reign FC game I was at for longer than we were able to wait. It seems like a good lightning storm is becoming more common in the Puget Sound area than it was when I was growing up. Maybe that’s perception, but I think of those sorts of storms as an East Coast phenomenon.

Trevor: Fires ravage the Amazon

WaPo: The boy Tucker has some issues with New York City and its mayor.

Jim Jefferies: Ancestry tests have a lot of issues.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses, recess edition.

Full Frontal: Climate change.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Evil Meteorologists:

• Stephen: Did Трамп break the law by altering hurricane Dorian map?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hard at work not working
• WaPo: The Dotard now says his trade war is hurting the stock market
• Stephen: Hey former Трамп administration officials, your future is bright
• Trevor: The Dotard Трамп’s disastrous hurricane Dorian response
• Schmoyoho: I Don’t Care—Трамп & Boris sing Sheeran & Bieber:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп has “never heard” of a Category 5 hurricane
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard keeps lying about hurricane Dorian and Alabama
• Bill Maher: Weather vain
• Stephen: Trump’s hurricane tweets not overburdened with accuracy
• The Late Show: The Dotard Трамп’s masterclass—Another thing nobody asked for
• WaPo: How Трамп’s impulses keep undercutting his political agenda
• Stephen: The Dotard is obsessed with proving hurricane Dorian’s threat to Alabama
• Lauren Mayer: Трамп killed The Onion:

• Bruce W. Nelson: Me and my magic sharpie
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard’s incompetence and corruption on display as hurricane nears
• Jimmy Kimmel: Deep Fake News with Трамп & Pence on RuPaul’s Drag Race

Daily Show: Obama’s Dijon burger—The worst scandal in presidential history!

Bill Maher: New Rule—The fudge report.

Jim Jefferies: The NFL’s serious brain damage problem.

Vox: The mysterious rays shooting at us from space.

Mark Fiore: The platitude primer.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• WaPo: The political journey of Joe Biden
• Stephen: Afghan veteran Pete Buttigieg has a vision for ending the war
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Bernie Sanders on fighting climate change and eliminating private insurance
• WaPo: The political journey of Bernie Sanders
• Stephen: The only thing that can stop Joe Biden
• The Late Show: Hey uncle Joe, you need Gaffely
• Stephen: Dems lay down hard truths about climate change
• WaPo: The political journal of Elizabeth Warren
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Bernie Sanders on the health care industry and his athletic past
• Mother Jones: Elizabeth Warren cuts through the dumbest climate argument.
• Stephen: Mayor Pete wants to solve problems for the next generation
• WaPo: The political journey of Kamala Harris
• Stephen chats with Joe Biden

Hasan MinhajThe Two Sides of Canada

Seth Meyers: Political monologue.

Jimmy Dore: Peter King defends cop who choked Eric Garner:

Vox: The chart that predicts recessions.

Daily Show: America endures another mass shooting.

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

Glad Howard Schultz is officially no longer running for President. I mean try not to help Donald Trump win reelection. A weird vanity campaign was never going to help.

I, for one, look forward to going to Starbucks occasionally, again. I was never going regularly, but if I’m thirsty, iit’s nice to have another option, who isn’t actively making a Trump second term more likely.