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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s a Tuesday in the dog days of summer. That means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be gathering for an evening of post-primary politics over pints. Please join us!

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!

Open Thread August 12

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Man. Conspiracy theories are really fucking the country up. Of course there are a lot of crimes and cover ups. But there’s so much happening out in the open. Obviously Epstein got a light sentence and he shouldn’t have been able to kill himself. The administration of justice is tilted to the rich and powerful is the conspiracy. But it’s a system, not a cabal, doing it.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The New York Times: How Americans learned to love their front lawns.

Francesca Fiorentini: What’s scarier to racists than reparations?

Mark Fiore: Make the apocalypse great again!

The Dotard Трамп and Other Tools of The Russian Mafia:

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Vox: Why so many suburbs look the same

Gunz-n-Nazis-in-America and Putin’s Mitch:

Full Frontal: Spring breakers—Young voter edition featuring Allana Harkin

Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard can’t even spell his own name

Bill Maher chats with Richard Engel.

Vox: All student debt in the US, visualized.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Wired: Why cities are banning facial recognition technology.

Robert Reich: The myth of the rugged individual.

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

Open Thread?

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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.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’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!

Open Thread August 5.

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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.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe 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!

Open Thread July 29

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Dear Senator Cantwell,

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

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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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.

Open Thread July 26

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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.

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