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What the hell is happening in the UK? Several years of uncertainty post Brexit and now who knows? Snap election? Bills limiting how to leave? Two unpopular weirdos vying to be PM? I generally prefer the Parliamentary system to the US (and we’re having our own problems at the moment too) but geez.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. It’s pretty simple. We grab a drink and we chat about all things politics. Won’t you join us this evening?

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!

Sky News: America’s opioid crisis.

Jim Jefferies: The nuclear button.

Jonathan Mann: Bret Stephens is a bedbug:

Comedy Central: The story of Labor Day.

Ayman Mohyeldin: DOJ ruling reveals Comey did not break the law

The Dotard Трамп and Other Natural Disasters Worth Nuking:

• WaPo answers The Dotard’s question, “Could you nuke a hurricane?”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: High Трамп disapproval fuels Democrat’s hopes to retake Senate
• Now This: Трамп caught lying about Melania and Kim Jong-Un
• Ayman Mohyeldin: House Democrats to probe Трамп’s push to host summit at his resort
• New York Times: Трамп is building tent courts along the border. Here’s what they look like.
• WaPo: “He should just shut up”: San Juan mayor lashes out at Трамп’s tweets
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard launches an existing “Space Command”
• Now This: The Dotard reportedly suggested nuking hurricanes
• Full Frontal: Трамп’s henchmen pt. 2
• Rachel Maddow: “The most inhumane of all of The Dotard Трамп’s policies”
• Now This: Why it might take a comedian to beat The Dotard
• WaPo: Трамп once said he never has second thoughts. Now he has some.
• Ayman Mohyeldin: The Dotard falls out of love with FAUX News.
• Randy Rainbow: Cheto Christ Stupid-Czar:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп admin action poses huge risk for immigrants with serious health issues
• Bruce W. Nelson: I hereby order!
• Chris Hayes: Directing someone explicitly to break the law is an impeachable offense
• Now This: How one rich American is helping to burn the Amazon for profit
• Joy Reid: Rate of Трамп offenses outpaces House impeachment investigation.
• WaPo: ‘We don’t work for you’: FAUX News’s Neil Cavuto keeps calling out The Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп admin deportation threatens life of immigrant who helped FDA research
• Now This: Трамп caught lying repeatedly about trade war with China
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP Senators worried about economy under The Dotard Трамп

Jim Jefferies: Porn preferences in the South.

Rachel Maddow: Трамп aims to open vital U.S. forest to logging, drilling, and mining

Now This: Kishi Bashi explores America today through Japanese internment.

Mark Fiore: Pharmagon—Your antidote to profit based killing.

The Atlantic: When a child wants to save the planet.

Weird History: How you could have survived the Black Plague.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• VICE News: Joe Walsh acted like Трамп for years. Now he’s trying to take him down.
• Chris Hayes: We should run the presidential election the way we run EVERY other election
• Robert Reich: 9 ways to stay sane during the primaries
• Now This: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubles down on Electoral College criticisms
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Top Democrats beat The Dotard Трамп handily in new head-to-head polls
• WaPo: Here are the Republicans challenging Трамп in 2020

Hasan Minhaj: The real cost of cruises.

Bruce W. Nelson: From my cold, dead hands.

Roll Call: Why do members of Congress have to gavel in and gavel out during recess?

Jim Jefferies and Rory Scovel: Russians keep getting mysteriously injured or killed.

News Broke: How the Handmaid’s Tale is the Christian right’s playbook:

Minute Physics: How to build a lava moat.

Fire and Rain:

• AJ+: California is burning. Can the green new deal save it?
• Reflect: Трамп was a “no show” at G7 meeting on Brazil’s wildfires
• Sky News: The Amazon rainforest ablaze
• VICE News: The new face of climate change—The climate migrant.
• The New Yorker: Why is the Amazon burning, and what’s next?

Wendover: The US’ overseas military base strategy.

Vox: The mysterious rays shooting at us from space.

Today I Found Out: The first car and the incredible road trip that saved it from obscurity.

Chris Hayes: Remembering Barack Obama’s biggest scandal.

The Atlantic: Social-media companies threaten democracy.

Jim Jefferies: Death is Big Business.

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

So, wolves. Maybe don’t get so upset about reintroduction of wolves that you threaten state workers trying to get input. Maybe don’t be such a dung brained jerk that you cause meetings to be canceled.

In conclusion: What the fuck? What the actual fuck?

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.

Please 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!

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:

• Now This: The Dotard Трамп keeps using anti-Semitic “dual loyalty” tropes
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп pushes anti-Semitic trope — again!
• WaPo opinion: Трамп lacks the courage to act on gun reform
• Ari Melber: Former FAUX News reporter unloads on The Dotard’s embarrassing conduct
• Lauren Mayer: Unlike Трамп (Greenland’s not for sale):

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Psychiatrist on “The essential emptiness of The Dotard Трамп”
• Liberal Viewer: Трамп vs Obama—Who did Putin outsmart?
• The Daily Show: Kids tour the The Dotard Трамп Presidential Twitter library
• WaPo: El Paso hospital denies Трамп’s claim that doctors left operating room to see him
• Conan will help The Dotard buy Greenland
• Rachel Maddow: Whistleblower alleges undue influence on Трамп tax audit
• Trevor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the urgency of gun control and Трамп’s immigration cruelty
• Now This: Трамп cancels Denmark trip after learning he can’t buy Greenland
• Ari Melber: Echoes of gitmo? Трамп seizing “indefinite detention” powers
• Conan gets advice from the “Property Brothers” about buying Greenland
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп makes up a lot of awards
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп’s actions create obstacles for Трамп campaign
• Roll Call: Why can the Трамп administration make changes to the Endangered Species Act?
• WaPo: Трамп’s anti-Semitic outbursts
• Rachel Maddow: NY AG Letitia James undaunted by Трамп frenzy to keep finances hidden
• Trevor: Donsplaining:

• Now This: Asylum-seeking mom reveals the horrors she endured at the U.S. border
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп insider says he’s a snowflake
• Mark Fiore: Sabotaging America First
• Rachel Maddow: Another cruel Трамп immigration proposal, another legal challenge

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:

• Jonathan Mann: Eulogy For A Glacier (Okjökull)
• WaPo: Who is leading the 2020 climate change debate?
• Alternatino: What will America be like in 2045?
• Francesca Fiorentini: Can our planet survive capitalism?
• AJ+: The Sunrise Movement—Can the Green New deal fix Detroit?
• WaPo: Why you should be worried about the fires raging in the Amazon
• Now This: The Amazon is burning…here is what you can do.

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:

• Now This: How the Iowa State Fair became a political mainstay
• Rachel Maddow: Governor Jay Inslee announces exit from Democratic primary race
• Trevor: Bill de Blasio campaigning on progressive change in the 2020 White House
• New York Times: Who is Julián Castro?
• Mother Jones: What sets his plan against climate change apart
• The New Yorker: What campaign songs tell us about presidential candidates
• Now This: The Iowa Corn Kernel Poll makes its bold 2020 election prediction
• Trevor: Q&A with Michael Bennet

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.

We shouldn’t celebrate Koch dying

And the Lord knows I’m really trying

But the world is much worse

For him wasting his purse

On things like his climate denying.

I am still neutral for the Presidential primary. I have eliminated plenty of people, but there’s still a top tier. Elizabeth Warren is definitely in that tier. So I’m excited that she has a town hall in Seattle.

Please 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!

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.

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:

• Mark Fiore: Трамп administration poetry in motion
• Stephen: “Tariff Man” Dotard Трамп doesn’t want to be The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• WaPo: Трамп officials finally admit tariffs impact consumers
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп has lied over 12,000 times
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and trucking
• Rachel Maddow: Stop pranking The Dotard Трамп with ideas about buying Greenland
• Stephen: Epstein death sets off wild wave of conspiracy theories
• Ari Melber: New Polls has The Dotard behind nationwide and in key state
• The Late Show: Kellyanne Conway appears on “conspiracy today”
• Seth Meyers: Трамп combines cruel immigration policies with broken promises
• Eric Schwartz: Gimme Something to Work With:

• Rachel Maddow: Republicans block FEC probe of NRA’s Russia money and The Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: Трамп calls military drills “ridiculous” after reading letter from Kim Jong Un
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп is sued for targeting legal immigrants
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Tweets bizarre video of Dayton & El Paso visit
• Stephen: Трамп ignores Hong Kong protests
• Late Night: The Dotard Трамп saves the planet
• WaPo: How the new Трамп immigration rule targets poor legal migrants
• Stephen: The Dotard acts like a villain to energize his base
• Ari Melber: The Dotard Трамп demands Israel retaliate against “The Squad”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard loves Kim Jong Un more than Melanie
• Trevor: Is The Dotard Трамп trying to deport Melania?
• Bill Maher: Make America Atlantic City again.
• The Late Show: Move over trade war, we’re in a “Straw War” now
• Seth Meyers: Трамп freaks out about the possibility of a recession
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard losing $3-5 billion as President
• Ari Melber: Трамп wants to buy Greenland amid multiple foreign policy crises
• Stephen: Трамп’s trade war is trashing the U.S. economy
• Now This: Carl Reiner and other veterans speak out against Трамп
• Lauren Mayer: Blather, Wince, Repeat:

• The Late Show: Ho! Ho! Ho! The tariffs are delayed
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard Трамп is the conspiracy-theorist-in-chief
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп grapples with self-inflicted economic wounds as markets plunge
• Stephen: Rep. Ayanna Pressley will only refer to Трамп as “The occupant”

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:

• Roll Call: Hickenlooper ends presidential campaign but doesn’t rule out Senate
• Seth Meyers: Marianne Williamson on humor, morality and beating Трамп in 2020
• Seth Meyers: Marianne Williamson on opioids and reaching the 2020 debates
• WaPo: 2020 Democrats call out Трамп for ‘fanning’ racism
• Trevor: Michael Bennet—Running to overcome a broken Washington in 2020
• Now This: Republican gormer Gov. Bill Weld is challenging Трамп in 2020
• Stephen: Mayor Pete eats his way through Iowa, while Hickenlooper looks for the exit
• Jimmy Kimmel: Joe Biden’s dopey comments
• Trevor: Voting with conviction in 2020
• WaPo: Why the Iowa State Fair is key for presidential candidates
• Stephen: Gregory Whytman campaigns at the Iowa State Fair
• Now This: Mayor Bill de Blasio talks conflicts of interest, discrimination, and investigating Трамп
• Trevor: Democratic candidates hit the Iowa State Fair

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.

It’s kind of amazing how much weird gross stuff there is on Phil Fortunato. Is there a store of gross anecdotes on a bunch of legislators, and we would hear about it if any of them ran for higher office? Was this news before, but I just missed it?