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Oh no, closed doors! So I fear things,

It will be fought but won’t clear things

So Republicans say,

‘Til they got their way.

Now how dare you hold open hearings?

Please join us Tuesday night for some politics and conversation over a drink 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 268 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!

Trevor: Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton on co-writing “The Book of Gutsy Women”.

SNL: Corporate nightmare song.

Vox: The mistake that toppled the Berlin Wall.

Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—The Marine umbrellas.

The Dotard Трамп, His Lawyers and Other Co-conspirators:

• Rachel Maddow: Трамп Greenland dalliance distracted NSC from Ukraine crisis
• Stephen: Трамп’s border wall is remarkably easy to penetrate
• Ari Melber: GOP “embarrassed’ after Трамп candidates lose
• WaPo: This week in the impeachment inquiry in two minutes
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lies and stonewalls as impeachment inquiry ramps up
• Now This: Трамп’s “faith advisor”, Paula White, is now a White House “staffer.”
• Stephen: Gordon Sondland, fearing perjury charges, amends his Ukraine testimony
• Roll Call: What to look for in the first Трамп impeachment hearing
• Bill Maher: The impeachables
• Chris Hayes: “It’s time for [The Dotard] to throw Rudy from the train”
• Lauren Mayer: I’m a Jew (but I know that ain’t Christian):

• Jimmy Kimmel: We have a crazy person running our country
• Rachel Maddow: Witness paints Трамп scheme, Russian threat in vivid detail
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп reportedly wanted Barr to hold presser clearing him on Ukraine
• Stephen: The Dotard may return to “The Apprentice” after Presidency ends
• WaPo: The Trump administration’s shifting message on quid pro quo
• Samantha Bee: He’s loaded—How the Трамп re-election campaign raised so much money
• Seth Meyers: Roger Stone’s trial begins
• The Daily Show: Make Трамп happy
• Conan: Andy reports on Трамп’s Ukraine scandal
• Ari Melber: Key impeachment “drug deal” witness willing to defy The Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Democratic wins big and small may give Republicans pause on Трамп
• Bruce Nelson: Trumpublican party campaign song
• Stephen: Sen. Amy Klobuchar on her duty as a juror in a (potential) Трамп impeachment trial
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп definitely booed at UFC event
• The Late Show: NYC bids adieu to The Dotard Трамп:

• Stephen: Трамп’s GOP defenders are backed into a corner
• Trevor: Трамп’s impenetrable wall isn’t so impenetrable
• Chris Hayes: Chris Hayes on just what Giuliani and Barr were willing to do to help Трамп
• Stephen: “Read the transcript” is The Dotard’s latest rallying cry
• Rachel Maddow: Stone trial opens new window on Трамп’s awareness of Russian help
• WaPo: Understanding the “mess” at DHS
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hates the Washington Post
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and GOP allies try to out Ukraine whistleblower
• The Late Show: Listen to Donald Trump Jr.’s new audiobook
• James Corden: Hillary Clinton is worried about Rudy Giuliani’s brain
• Trevor: Cory Booker—A White House bid based on inclusiveness and courageous empathy
• Samantha Bee: Scaling the border—Трамп’s not-so-great wall of America:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Election day didn’t go Трамп’s way
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyer’s lawyer is now also Трамп’s other lawyer’s lawyer
• Stephen: Sen. Sherrod Brown on the impeachment trial”
• Seth Meyers: Republicans, losing impeachment fight, call Democrats “dumb”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine ties The Dotard to quid pro quo
• Robert Reich: Would the founding fathers impeach The Dotard?
• Stephen: Something is seriously wrong—Bill Barr refused to publicly defend Трамп on Ukraine
• Chris Hayes: Republicans struggle to find some way to defend Трамп
• The Late Show: Outtakes from The Dotard’s “Bunch of bull” campaign ad
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard moves to Florida
• Ari Melber: “He’s gonna sing”—Giuliani hires 3 lawyers amid Ukraine scandal
• Stephen: Lindsey Graham’s willful ignorance will not be enough to protect Трамп

Samantha Bee: Local elections 2019—Thank you, Kentucky! We love you, Virginia!

Trevor: Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton—Conspiracy theories & impeachment.

Roy Zimmerman and Deven Green: My Conservative Girlfriend:

WaPo: Virginia turns blue as Democrats win full control of legislature.

Stephen: Republican support collapses in the suburbs, Democrats win big in Virginia.

Bill Maher: The Zuck stops here.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Trevor: Amy Klobuchar—Seeking to be the President for all of America in 2020
• Chris Hayes: Michael Bloomberg moves to enter Presidential race
• Now This: Five types of disinformation coming for the 2020 election
• Seth Meyers: The conservative perspective on the Democratic primary
• Trevor: Elizabeth Warren reveals her Medicare-for-all plan
• Jim Jefferies: Why people are frustrated with Congress.
• Chris Hayes and Steve Kornacki: What the suburban shift means for 2020
• James Cordon: Hillary Clinton’s advice to any Dem who debates Трамп
• Stephen: Sen. Amy Klobuchar lists her progressive policy goals
• WaPo: Bloomberg plans to join the 2020 presidential race. Here’s what it says about the Democratic Party.
• Trevor: Wall street is afraid of Elizabeth Warren
• Chris Hayes: Jeff Sessions plans Senate run—Despite The Dotard

Jim Jefferies: Americans are scared of the wrong things.

Vox: When Florida had a committee to terrorize gay people

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Bill Maher: 24 things you don’t know about Lindsey Graham.

Trevor: The invaluable work of California’s inmate firefighters.

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

It’s tough to detangle how much of Kshama Sawant’s turn around in the late ballots is due to various factors. How much is it that liberal votes tend to pick up later most elections? How much is due to SA organizing? How much is other GOTV efforts? How much is Sawant specifically? And of course, how much is the backlash against Amazon and other companies spending soooooo much money in the race? Still, if the turn around is greater than her first City Council election, I think that it’s safe to say that the Amazon money hurt Amazon more than it helped.

Yesterday was a pretty good election nationally. Virginia and Kentucky had great wins for the Democrats. Statewide, oof. You hate to see the initiatives go the way they have.

And Seattle City Council is a mixed bag. With Mike O’Brien’s retirement and Kshama Sawant maybe losing, the left wing of the Council won’t be as liberal. But the median vote may be farther left. Hopefully we can get a head tax and figure out ways to minimize the impact of cuts that are probably coming to transit. I hope that some of the organizing that went into those races can be transferred to organizing to push those policies.

Tuesday is election day! So, if you haven’t voted yet, do so! Then, put on your “I think Eyman should get the chair” tee-shirt, drop off your ballot in a nearby ballot drop-box, and celebrate democracy by joining us 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 267 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!

For goodness sake, get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you’re in Seattle, please vote for the hold large corporations accountable slate. Everyone vote against killing transit projects. Vote for affirmative action.

Samantha Bee: Meet the badasses who roasted Harvey Weinstein.

Now This: Who is Steve King? Narrated by Nore Davis.

Vice News: The voting war in North Carolina.

Vox: Why Turkey is invading Syria.

Samantha Bee: Big little lies—Instagram’s sponsored content problem

The Dotard Трамп And Other Criers and Whimperers:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп allies attack Lt. Col. Vindman
• Trevor: Трамп impeachment update—Vindman’s explosive testimony
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sondland’s truthfulness under scrutiny as witnesses contradict his testimony
• Chris Hayes: Cybersecurity adviser Rudy Giuliani locks himself out of iPhone
• Stephen: Трамп gets extremely graphic in describing death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп kills al-Baghdadi and got booed at baseball game
• Rachel Maddow: Vindman reports that Трамп-Ukraine call record omitted Biden-related mentions
• Bill Maher: Who lost Syria?
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani butt-dials reporter; The Dotard is booed at World Series
• Trevor: Трамп announces killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi
• Stephen: Unlike The Dotard Трамп, Alexander Vindman’s character is unimpeachable
• Chris Hayes: Rudy Giuliani is dragging down The Dotard Трамп
• Robert Reich: Six ways The Dotard has sold out America
• The Late Show: Crowd chants “LOCK HIM UP!” at World Series game 5:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп impeachment going strong
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп backers aim to smear war hero amid more damaging testimony
• Mark Fiore: Vindmans Ukraine
• Stephen: White House intentionally left words out of the Трамп-Ukraine transcript
• Bruce Nelson: Oh, Mike Pence
• Chris Hayes: Трамп is searching for 5th DHS chief
• Stephen: Speaker Nancy Pelosi—Трамп undermined our national security to The benefit of the Russians
• Stephen: Speaker Nancy Pelosi on The Dotard’s future as President
• Seth Meyers: One of Seth’s writers explains her joke
• Trevor: Tackling Трамп’s attacks on Vindman
• Stephen: Chef José Andrés upstaged The Dotard at World Series game 5
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s al-Baghdadi speech & Obama’s Bin Laden speech:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senator Russ Feingold’s advice for Senate Republicans on impeachment
• Chris Hayes: As impeachment advances, what will Republicans do?
• Stephen: Трамп impeachment resolution passes with zero Republican votes
• Ari Melber: “A cover-up”—Democrats impeachment plan could go beyond Ukraine
• Full Frontal: Trump 2020—Are you ready to scream?
• Late Show: The Трамп impeachment moves to prime time
• Rachel Maddow: Top Трамп Russian official quits ahead of impeachment testimony
• Seth Meyers: Republicans compare impeachment to “a horror movie”
• Chris Hayes: Record detentions of migrant children at border
• Stephen: Трамп pleads for “Rupublicans” to defend him against “infair” impeachment
• Jimmy Kimmel: Team Трамп is mad at Jimmy
• Bruce Nelson: The Bill Barr song

• Ali Velshi: Republicans dodge questions about substance of Трамп’s Ukraine misconduct
• Chris Hayes: Nine pieces of evidence of quid pro quo
• Trevor: Sean Spicer plays dirty on Dancing with the Stars
• Bill Maher: Florida man
• Maddow: Трамп White House blocked condemnation of Russian aggression
• Lauren Mayer: Rudy’s turn to lie.
• Jimmy Kimmel: House votes to formalize impeachment process against Трамп on Halloween
• Conan: Трамп only gave candy to kids who promised to investigate Joe Biden
• Ari Melber: “Historic” vote moves Dems closer to impeaching Трамп
• Chris Hayes: As impeachment begins, the economy slows
• Seth Meyers: House votes to advance impeachment inquiry
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Intel Member says there’s a “Parade of patriots” testifying to impeachment inquiry

Roll Call: House Dems mourn bills buried in McConnell’s “legislative graveyard”.

Schmoyoho: Obama sings spooky scary skeletons—This day in Halloween history.

Stephen: Speaker Pelosi—We’ve sent “grim reaper” Mitch McConnell scores of bills

Samantha Bee: It’s complicated—Revenge porn and the Katie Hill controversy.

The New York Times: Inside Northeast Syria—What U.S. troop withdrawal cost the Kurds.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Ari Melber: 2020 Democrat Beto O’Rourke drops from Presidential race
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Kamala Harris talks about why she loves Iowa
• Now This: Why Republican Bill Weld is challenging Трамп in the 2020 primary
• Ali Velshi: Beto O’Rourke drops out as 2020 primary enters critical new phase
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Kamala Harris discusses the death of al-Baghdadi and the impeachment inquiry
• Stephen: Joe Biden—It’s time we put a pet back in the White House

Bruce Nelson: Republican guys.

The Daily Show: Today in Obama scandal history—Date night.

Mental Floss: 28 facts about Theodore Roosevelt.

Samantha Bee: Organ failure—An American horror story.

Stephen: Twitter’s ban on political ads is a jab at Mark Zuckerberg.

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

Imagine being too racist for the College Republicans. Imagine being such a shitty organization that they have to explain, “I am NOT with those jerkoffs!” Oh, don’t get it wrong, they’re all assholes. But apparently the National College Republicans have a different threshold, or at least don’t want to have to explain the UW chapter anymore.

I don’t understand how a campaign can be so flush with cash, and mess up the basic requirements (item 2). Seriously, the Orion campaign should be able to get its ducks in a row.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. Please join us in conversations about politics from local to international. New ideas and insights are always welcomed!

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 267 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!

Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by a week from tomorrow. If you live in Seattle please vote for the person Amazon doesn’t want (I generally say don’t vote out of spite, and fortunately it’s also going to be the better choice). If you haven’t got your ballot in the mail yet, please contact your county elections office.

Samantha Bee: Foster Care is broken and how to fix it.

New York Times: Why is YouTube erasing history?

Roll Call: Hillary Clinton speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral.

Physics Girl: Most people don’t know wine moves like this.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crime-addled Co-conspirators:

• Stephen: Трамп’s Syria victory speech has people saying “wow”
• Ari Melber: Трамп fuels impeachment with “impulsive” behavior
• Rachel Maddow: Despite twists, Трамп’s saga is actually just one, big scandal
• Seth Meyers: Republicans can’t defend Трамп’s corrupt abuses of power
• WaPo: Quid pro quo, explained
• Katy Tur: Rudy Giuliani talks about needing cash in butt-dial to NBC News reporter
• The Late Show: The crazy train in impeachment fantasyland
• Lauren Mayer: Obama envy:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: The impeachment depositions are adding up to “A very likely abuse of power”
• Stephen: Bombshell testimony directly ties Трамп to Ukraine quid pro quo
• Amber Ruffin addresses The Dotard Трамп’s lynching comments
• Now This: Did the Dotard give these women astronauts the finger?
• Stephen: Gasp! Bill Taylor’s testimony said to be “incredibly damaging” to Трамп
• Seth MeyersRepublican nutberders storm impeachment hearing after bombshell testimony
• Ali Velshi: The FAUX News effect on Трамп’s base
• Stephen: “You’ll never have another President like me”
• The Late Show: Looking for a place to hold the G-7?
• Bill Maher: Mad King Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyers keep musing about a Mike Pence indictment
• Stephen: Трамп wishes the Democrats were “kiddingly” about impeachment
• Ali Velshi: Unpaid bills pile up in the wake of The Dotard Трамп rallies
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s emoluments mess
• Stephen: Трамп campaign sells “get over it” shirts after Mulvaney’s quid pro quo admission
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Samantha Power on The Dotard, Russia, and Bill Taylor.
• Mark Fiore: Get over it!
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry resigns over Трамп Ukraine allegations:

• Samantha Bee: Peter Schweizer and the Biden/Ukraine conspiracy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: WH official expected to bolster Taylor’s testimony that Трамп pushed Ukraine
• Ari Melber: Evidence points to AG Barr abusing law enforcement powers
• Stephen: Ronan Farrow saw a master list of “Трамп dirt” at The National Enquirer
• Late Show: Risk—Chaos edition
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is shopping around for lawyers
• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic presidential debate—Round 4
• Katy Tur: Key witness in impeachment investigation asks court if he should testify
• Stephen gets a surprise visit from Rudy Giuliani
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s lawyers argue his crimes can’t be investigated or prosecuted

Verge Science: How to find the microplastics in your seafood.

Stephen: Why doesn’t “Pierre Delecto” follow Stephen Colbert on Twitter?

Roll Call: Obama speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral.

Jim Jefferies: Preparing for earth’s sixth mass extinction.

Wired: FBI agent explains how bombs are disposed of.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Now This: Pete Buttigieg talks fight for health care justice with Ady Barkan
• Jimmy Kimmel: Bernie Sanders on heart attack, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & impeachment
• Full Frontal: Wow! Not all Ohio voters are white guys in diners!
• WaPo: Virginia’s off-year election is a major test for 2020
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Nowhere else to go
• Now This: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bernie Sanders in fiery speech
• Trevor with Alex Wagner: Assessing the 4th debate

Wendover: The logistics of disaster response.

Robert Reich: The NRA 6-part strategy to stop gun laws.

Now This: House votes to make animal cruelty a federal crime.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Minute Earth: How much air can a tree hold?

Vox: Is the gray wolf actually endangered?

Now This: How the climate crisis is reshaping this American town.

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

It’s soup season. The best time of the year. I made myself a nice lentil soup yesterday. My trick is to throw a couple cinnamon sticks in with your other ingredients.

A friend and I were talking about the most important thing, the nonsense tax votes we get to do. You see, there was an initiative once. And now every year people are confused about why we’re voting on this bullshit.

I vote for all of them. The Legislature has already thought about it. The governor has signed it. It’s fine.