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By a 5-4 vote yesterday afternoon, the King County Council voted to adopt a Metro funding plan that would implement the first round of scheduled cuts in September, but would defer adopting further cuts in the hope that increased sales tax revenues, higher fares, transfers from capital funds, and additional savings could close the gap. King County Executive Dow Constantine immediately vetoed the plan:

“We need a reliable way to pay for bus service – but until then, we shouldn’t spend money we don’t have, we shouldn’t use one-time money to pay ongoing expenses, and decisions to save or cut service should be based on objective criteria and data, not on politics,” said Executive Constantine. “This ordinance falls short on all counts. I must respectfully veto this legislation, and ask that the Council keep working on a solution that is responsible and sustainable.”

Council member Rod Dembowski spearheaded the plan along with the four suburban Republicans, and no doubt his intentions are pure. His objective is to avoid unnecessary pain. The problem is, without substantial additional revenue, much of the pain will be unavoidable. And by putting off the decision as long as possible, we risk lulling voters and Metro riders into a state of complacency.

The anti-Prop 1 folks like to promote this meme that new revenue is unnecessary—that if Metro just tightens its belt a bit, everything will be okay. For example, yesterday the Seattle Times editorial board urged Metro to “begin the hard work of reforming the agency,” once again ignoring the fact that in response to collapsing revenue and a state performance audit, Metro has implemented substantial reforms that achieved hundreds of millions of dollars in long term cost savings.

The Demobowski plan, unfortunately, just feeds into this fiction that Metro has a spending problem, not a revenue one.

The other Democrats on the council proposed an alternative plan that would have adopted the proposed cuts, phased in over the next year and a half or so, but would have also given Constantine the flexibility to delay cuts if revenues rebound or cost savings materialize. That seems like a more responsible approach to long term planning, and a more realistic presentation to the public of what most likely lies in store.

Ostensibly small government representative Jay Rodne is still in favor of the state being able to put a needle into someone’s arm and put enough poison in them to take their life. You know, small government. Smallity small small. He’s angry enough to have a press release. Sorry this is a bit old.

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced he was suspending the death penalty in Washington state for as long as he is in office. In the wake of this announcement, Rep. Jay Rodne, R-Snoqualmie and lead Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:

There has to be a more effective way of saying “cruel and lacking any political power” than “lead Republican on the House Judiciary Committee” but I don’t know what it is. Maybe just “powerless asshole.”

“The governor’s decision is a distraction from the issues that people care about the most. It also seems very political – at the expense of victims of violent crimes and their families. This must be a difficult day for these families as they are confronted with the reality that the governor cares more about a few convicted killers than justice for their loved ones. It’s unfortunate and prolongs the closure they deserve.”

It’s a distraction to even talk about it says the press release about it. And you know, I haven’t seen any polling on Washington and the death penalty, but I’m guessing the political thing to do would have been keeping it.

Also, what kind of a dickbag can write “the governor cares more about a few convicted killers than justice for their loved ones”? Seriously, is Jay Inslee making sure that victims of crimes are locked up for life? Because that’s what he’s doing with the killers. Unlike Representative Rodne, I won’t pretend to speak for all victims of crime or pretend they’re a monolith. However they feel about Inslee’s decision is the right way for them to feel. But to pretend that the state isn’t doing anything for them because the state hasn’t killed their killers is just so spectacularly dishonest, that I don’t know what to do with it.

Radical reality-denying rightist Congressman Steve “Never Heard of Anyone Getting Pregnant by Statutory Rape” King (R-IA-4) was recently on a call-in talk show and had this conversation:

CALLER: When I see the First Lady and the beautiful girls going off to the Bahamas waving goodbye to us, it’s really hard to stomach. When we’re tightening our belts, either all of us should do it or none of us should do it. This, I am pretty tolerant, I always have been, I usually shut my mouth. This is not acceptable.

KING: Carla, you’re on point and on the mark all the way through. […] You’re right on the president. He needs to show some austerity himself. Instead he wanted to tell America how bad it was going to be. […] We’ve got the president doing these things. He sent the daughters to spring break in Mexico a year ago. That was at our expense, too. And now to the Bahamas at one of the most expensive places there. That is the wrong image to be coming out of the White House.

A couple of corrections for the underformed nutburger of a Congressman. First, Obama did not “send his daughters to spring break in Mexico.” One daughter (Malia) was allowed to…

…join a school trip to Oaxaca [, Mexico], where students volunteered at an orphanage, visited archaeological sites and sipped vanilla milkshakes on the honey-colored town plaza.

The school has done such trips for years.

Second, the Obamas pay for their own vacations and school field trips. The government pays for security, as it should. And notice that King isn’t complaining about that—for good reason. Imagine the PR disaster he would endure should any member of the First Family get hurt.

King believes Obama “needs to show some austerity himself” because he was telling “America how bad it was going to be.” Obama has pointed out how the sequestration cuts will hurt Americans, but so have a bunch of Republicans Congresscritters—you know, the the ones whining about losing tax payer-funded economic subsidies to their districts.

How odd that King’s calls for Obama to show austerity.

Obama makes a fair amount of money. He is wealthier than most Americans. Oh…and he is the leader of the free fucking world. He certainly has the money (and credit line) to allow his child to go on a school trip to Mexico, or to send his family on the occasional vacation, like the trip to the Bahamas.

So what’s gotten up Rep. King’s ass that makes him think that the President shouldn’t use his own money how he wants to use it? Isn’t that the American way?

You know who would agree with King that Obama should renounce the trappings of wealth and live the life of a commoner?

Karl Marx.

Once again, I call upon the major newspapers of this country to investigate these members of Congress to find out if they are pro-America or FUCKING SOCIALISTS!

[In a fit of nostalgia (and laziness), I’m marking my remaining days here on HA by posting links to some of my favorite and most influential posts. If you have favorites you’d like to see, please let me know.]

04/25/2008: Goldy’s Adventures in Muniland

I crashed the Municipal League’s 2008 Civic Awards last night at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where my friend and colleague David Postman was being honored for “Governmental News Reporting of the Year.” Knowing that Postman’s bosses at the Seattle Times had forbade him from accepting the award in person so as not to compromise his impartiality—and unencumbered by these (or any) ethical burdens of my own—I realized that there must be an unused name tag at the registration table with at least half my name on it… and sure enough I managed to sign in as Postman, no questions asked.

His “Honoree” name tag firmly pinned to my lapel and a surfeit of free drink tickets in hand, I strolled into the PACCAR Pavilion determined to do Postman proud by mingling with our city’s power elite on his behalf. As it turned out, I would need the drink tickets.

I don’t do nearly enough straight satire here on HA, but this was certainly one of my best. Read the whole thing.

When I see bad, or for that matter good, polls I can’t be too worked up. Of course I prefer the Democrat up, and up by a lot. And of course I’d prefer the generic ballot look better. But I’m not staring into the abyss, because the Democrats aren’t in the same place as the Mariners.

Believe me, as a Mariners fan, I’ve slogged through some terrible seasons without being able to change anything. A few years ago at the end of a bear of a season when Seattle and Texas were long eliminated, I was sitting in the first row of an outfield seat. Right in front of me, a Mariner’s popup came near the warning track, and the Ranger’s right fielder went into a dive for the ball. “I got it, I got it!” I yelled, and the Ranger dropped the ball. While I like to think I made him drop it, the truth is he probably just bobbled it because he was an AAA call up without much Major League experience. That’s the closest I’ve come to changing anything on the field.

But it’s often said that politics isn’t a spectator sport. And this year as every year, I’m not going to just sit and watch. I’ve worked the phones, donated, and knocked on doors for candidates I believe in, and will continue through November.

And that’s where the next few months for the D’s can be a lot better than the next few months for the M’s. There are enough fine candidates that we can all make a difference. I don’t know what the polls show for DelBene, but I’ll be making calls and knocking on doors for her. Same with Patty Murray (the poll Goldy cited earlier aside). Those of you who live south of here can do the same for Heck.

If you aren’t inspired by those people, there are plenty of state and local races and initiative campaigns. If you don’t like to talk to strangers about politics, they can all use money. They can all use letters to the editor. They can all use you mentioning them on Facebook and Twitter. They can all use you talking to friends and putting up yard signs. All of those things will change the facts, and matter more than what you see in polls.

As a follow-up to Goldy’s post below, there’s already a group organizing an initiative for Washington. It’s called Sensible Washington and they expect to release the final wording of their initiative and begin signature gathering by March 1. Their initiative is not expected to specify the state liquor stores as the distributors, but will only legalize possession for adults. The state would then be on the hook for setting up regulations for where and how it can be sold.

One of the concerns of legalization advocates (both Goldy and I share this concern) is that there won’t be enough money to collect the necessary signatures. As the top post at Sensible Washington points out, PayPal has a history of freezing the accounts of drug law reform groups, and banks won’t work with them. I’d be curious to know how much of this results from archaic rules and misconceptions about drug law reform, and how much comes from potential crackdowns from the federal government. As for Paypal, one clue might be that one of its founders considers the era of alcohol prohibition as the last great era of American politics (I guess that makes him a libertarian).

So for now, they’re taking mail-in donations before a volunteer army of signature gatherers hit the ground across the state to put this initiative on the ballot. There’s certainly enthusiasm for drug law reform right now, but no one is really sure whether it will be enough to qualify. I guess we’re about to find out.

UPDATE (Goldy):
As an followup to Lee’s followup, Sensible Washington’s account of their difficulties in securing credit card processing is worth a read. On the one hand, if millionaire investment banker Michael Dunmire wants an initiative on the ballot, he just writes Tim Eyman a check; on the other hand, if a group of grassroots activists wants to raise money online from small contributors, the banks won’t give them a merchant account, out of fear of I don’t know what.

So much for “direct democracy.”

That said, I emailed the folks at Sensible Washington earlier today to suggest that they set up an account with ActBlue, the same progressive online fundraising site through which we collectively raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Darcy Burner. ActBlue is now set up to handle state legislative and initiative campaigns in Washington state, in addition to federal races, a feature that R-71 made good use of last year.

The 520 bridge replacement project is more than another transportation project.

It is an opportunity to build healthy places to live, work, and play that our region won’t see again for at least another half century.

It is an opportunity to be good stewards of the environment and to address climate change.

It is an opportunity for our many local communities to come together and act as a region.

It is an opportunity for us to determine what kind of city we want and the quality of life of our neighborhoods.

It is an opportunity for our state to offer a vision of transportation for the 21^st Century and not just building roads like its 1959.

Finally it is again an opportunity to move our transportation system forward.

It will take leadership to bring together all the many points of view on how to best move forward on transportation. But we have done it before.

During my time as Chair of the House Transportation Committee, working with my Republican and Democratic counterparts in both the House and the Senate, we passed fourteen and half cents in gas taxes by bringing road and transit advocates from the east and west side together.

(I point out the fact that I worked to pass the largest financing package for roads in our state’s history only to preempt the pigeonholing of my perspective here as that of another Seattle Democrat transit advocate.)

It will take leadership from the environmental community to get transit right. Transportation remains the single largest contributor to global warming in Washington State – over half our greenhouse emissions come from vehicles. The 520 bridge project offers a real opportunity to build a transportation structure of the future that contributes to the solution.

Neither the legislation authorizing the new 520 bridge, nor any of the current designs, integrate transit into the design or planning of the project. Nor is there any financing mechanism for new transit in the corridor, particularly for high capacity transit. The name alone — “The 520 Bridge and HOV Replacement Project” – is proof that again we are building a road to move cars, and not a transportation corridor to move people and goods. The current plan amounts to placing existing buses onto new HOV lanes to share with cars. Glaringly, it lacks a streamlined connection for transit riders between the north/south transit corridor at new Sound Transit Station at Montlake and any future transit riders moving east/west from the new 520.

It will take leadership from the City to bring neighborhoods that currently disagree amongst themselves together. Far more people live and work near the 520 bridges then the Viaduct. The City should use the model it developed during the creation of urban villages to approach the project in a comprehensive manner. It should put the Departments of Planning, Neighborhoods, and Transportation on the ground and bring together neighborhoods that are currently divided, creating an all-neighborhoods comprehensive mitigation and transportation plan. It is impossible for the Seattle legislators to support a city position when one is lacking.

It will take leadership on the part of the county to bring urban and suburban interests together. The county with the new leadership of Dow Constantine from Seattle and Fred Jarrett from the east side of Lake Washington is uniquely positioned to bring both sides of the lake together and act as a region. The state should consider allowing the County to assume all coordination for planning and financing for a new 520 and I-90 corridor transportation authority.

It will take leadership in the Legislature to address the fact that the current financial plan is unattainable. During the negotiations to pass the nine-and-a-half-cent gas tax east of the lake, legislators insisted on moving $1.5 billion out of 520 and applying it to I-405. Now we have a shortfall. The solution is to toll I-90 in addition to 520, and committing toll revenues to the construction, maintenance and operations of the bridge and of transit.

If we fail to come together as a region on a project that is crucial to our economic future, I believe we will destroy the coalition that moved our transportation system forward and return again to the defeats we suffered in years past.

We have succeeded in the past and we can do it again. Let’s capitalize on the many unique opportunities we face. Let’s move our transportation system forward.

— Sen. Ed Murray

Gov. Gregoire has a diary up at Daily Kos right now. Here’s a slice:

Why are they attacking me so early? Because they know there is something happening in our country – people are hungry for a new direction, away from the Bush Administration.

They are so aware of this fact that my opponent filed as a member of the “GOP Party,” hiding the fact that he is a Republican. And what is on my opponent’s website? The word “Change” in the largest font you have ever seen.

We all know that voters are desperate for change in our nation, ready to turn around the failed policies of the Bush Administration. But voters are smart. They know the kind of change they are looking for.

Republican Dino Rossi can spend millions on attacks, pretend he isn’t a Republican and even give lip service to change, but he can’t hide his George Bush record.

Remember all those funny acronyms from last fall’s mainstream media coverage of the Roads and Transit campaign? YOE, for year of expenditure was a favorite of many of Seattle’s newspaper writers and columnists. They were fixated (examples here, here, and here) on slapping the Roads and Transit plan with as high a price tag as they could by including inflation into the total price tag of the plan, not just the price tag in current year dollars. By doing so, they held the Roads and Transit plan to a standard never before seen for a tax measure or capital construction program in our region.

Yesterday Dino Rossi released his transportation fantasy and said it would cost $15.5 billion in 2007 dollars. Keep in mind, that’s in last year’s dollars.

I have done a little bit of “back of the envelope” math (you know the kind that Rossi’s Republican, anti-light rail pals did when they fed the media their scary cost numbers on Prop 1) and the results I get are staggering. Rossi’s $15.5 billion plan, when you account for 4 percent annual inflation over a 30 year construction schedule, suddenly balloons to $50 billion dollars. And this doesn’t even include the interest on the bonds that would be needed to finance all of Rossi’s made up project cost estimates. So we would have to add all of the interest payments to the $50 billion number to get the true cost, well at least according to our friends in the “traditional media.”

You can do the math yourself with this handy little inflation calculator.

UPDATE [Lee]: This part from a post by Martin at the Seattle Transit Blog made me laugh:

So I looked to Dino Rossi’s Transportation Plan with hope and anticipation. I shouldn’t have. This document was first sent to me by a Gregoire operative; when your own campaign literature is being gleefully distributed by the other side, that’s a bad sign.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together tonight, as usual. Have something political on your mind? Stop by and tell us about it.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub or, maybe, out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Cheers,
Darryl

LegalEagle: This channel is BIASED

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Stella Magz: Kristi Noem’s girl math isn’t mathing
• LegalEagle: Трамп wants 747 from Qatar to be Air Force One
• The Late Show: SHROOMR—The psychedelic dating app
• JoJoFromJerz: Corruption in plane sight
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Gets Rich as We (The People) Get Screwed ♬
• Stephen: A military parade fit for a dictator & GOP Bill with no food for hungry kids
• Robert Reich: America’s REAL national emergency
• The Marsh Family: ♫ Pamela Bondi ♬:

• Ari Melber: Трамп’s “losing” Supreme Court day as his DOJ goes “lawless”
• Desi Lydic Fauxsplains Трамп’s Qatari plane gift
• Lawrence O’Donnell: It takes “Трамп-level stupidity” to beg for a $400M jet while advocating Medicaid cuts
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Cares! (If you Buy Him a Jet) ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones The Dotard
• The Late Show: Inside the new, luxurious Air Force One
• Rachel Maddow: Why Трамп’s medical records say more than he realizes
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп greeted by sword dancers in Qatar & RFK Jr. swims up Shit Creek
• Seth Meyers: Трамп fawns over Saudi Crown Prince, profiteers on Middle East trip amid GOP backlash
• Liberal Redneck: Трамп openly violates Constitution, gets sweet new plane
• Stephen: Трамп visits his BFF in Saudi Arabia & Grift Force One
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces huge tariff deal with China
• Stella Magz: Трамп & Qatar sitting in a tree
• LegalEagle: A third term for Трамп?
• Tommy Campbell: The truth about Трамп’s Surgeon General pick
• Jon Stewart: Трамп thanks Qatar for their generous jet bribe & accidentally does a Socialism
• Seth Meyers: Трамп slammed for Qatar bribe, blinks on China trade, insults Pirro and Oz
• Tommy Campbell: The Dotard falls asleep and forgets to sign bill
• Steve Shives: Трамп’s free plane from Qatar will cost us all
• Jordan Klepper: Saudi Arabia gives The Felon the royal treatment with McDonald’s & a mid-meeting nap
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Come Fly With Трамп ♬:

• Stephen: Трамп suffers from size envy & Qatar’s gift plane will cost U.S. over $1 billion & EWR in crisis
• LegalEagle: ICE just arrested the Mayor of Newark
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s shiny object trick wears thin quickly in second term
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Wordsmith of Wrong ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What “America First” Means to Трамп ♬
• Leslie Jones roasts the goofy ass motherfuckers Трамп appointed to ruin the country
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп goes on epic weave in UAE & Lee Greenwood makes Qatar cameo
• Seth Meyers: Von Shitzenpantz faces GOP revolt over Qatar bribe, and the Middle East “corruption tour”
• The Late Show: A Saudi Gift horse for President Трамп
• Christopher Titus: Трамп’s 2nd term—It doesn’t stop!
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп seeks “biggest payoff in history” as he tells kids to expect less for Christmas
• Stephen: Трамп gets a free plane & China tariffs paused & Judge Jeanine heads to D.C.

John Oliver: Alliance Defending Freedom

Steve Shives: Can we just be NORMAL?

Even More Intellectually Challenged Deplorables:

• Stella Magz: MTG gets caught in a lie
• Knotheadusc: ♫ She Spreads Lies for Her Money ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Mein Covfefe ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Rabbit Hole—Boat wakes
• Knotheadusc: ♫ MAGA Jive ♬:

• Eric Guerin: ♫ The story of Woody Guthrie’s fight with Трамп and a ukulele play-along ♬
• Stella Magz: Speaker Johnson cries for the poor
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ BREAKING NEWS: Karoline Leavitt ISN’T Breaking the Law ♬
• ScaredKetchup: Morning Ketchup Ep 1: Трамп’s 400m Jet, Sean Duffy is an idiot, Kanye & Hitler

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Did Biden Market Bibles? ♬

Steve Shives: You can’t solve homelessness by criminalizing the homeless

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

Tuesday is the day we meet. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally calls. Join us if you can.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub or, maybe, out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Desi Lydic: Canada PM Carney friend-zones Трамп & real ID brings out the Karens

Vox: Why this red state made preschool free

The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• SNL: Трамп executive orders
• LegalEagle: Yes, this is Project 2025
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard is re-opening Alcatraz prison
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Just so F-in’ Dumb ♬
• Antonia Hylton: Трамп stares into “abyss” as trade war “morass” forces embarrassing concession
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to be the next Pope, ruins Star Wars Day & targets Hollywood with new tariffs
• Seth Meyers: New Pope criticized JD Vance & conclave upstages Трамп’s underwhelming U.K. trade deal
• Christopher Titus: We need a lemon law for president!
• John D. Cundle: ♫ How Many Lies Did Dotard Tell Today? ♬
• Steve Shives: The Felon wants a birthday parade:

• Desi Lydic: Трамп renames Persian Gulf, teases a “Big announcement” & loses another fighter jet
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Трамп talks to new Pope
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to first American Pope
• Stephen: No time for due process & The Dotard’s versus Biden’s economy & reopening Alcatraz & is Трамп a Sith Lord?
• LegalEagle: The most corrupt presidential act in history
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп reveals first trade agreement, MAGA nuts lose minds over new Pope & MTG’s dumb-assery
• Seth Meyers: Carney tells Трамп Canada “Not for sale,” Трамп offends Catholics with AI Pope image
• Jon Stewart: Трамп on upholding the Constitution: “I don’t know”
• Tommy Campbell: The Dotard ridiculed for two dolls comment
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Pope Трамп—The Musical ♬
• John Oliver: Трамп & deportations
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп shares AI-generated image of himself as Pope
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s VERY BIG announcement and evil plan to defund NPR/PBS
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—The Most Lawless President of All Time ♬
• Steve Shives: Трамп orders map labels carved into surface of the earth
• Randy Rainbow: Incompetent!:

• LegalEagle: Lawyers beat Трамп in court! (For now…)
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп makes Hollywood great again & Canadian Prime Minister shuts down becoming 51st state
• Stephen and Rachel: How Трамп is consolidating power at the expense of the other branches of government
• Jen Psaki: Why Трамп is a bystander to his own presidency
• Michael Kosta: Transgender soldiers explain why Трамп’s military ban is bogus
• Antonia Hylton: Трамп admin pushes extreme deportation powers amid constitutional crisis warnings
• John D. Cundle: ♫ They’re Coming to Take Трамп Away — A Third Impeachment Anthem! ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Retreating on tariffs “confused illiterate clown” Трамп admits he’s too weak to do his job
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Breaking News—Трамп Vaporized by Falling Meteor ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard renames “Mother Day”
• Steve Shives: What Трамп-friendly journalism looks like
• Tommy Campbell: Mark Carney says it to Трамп’s face
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s rant about dolls & strollers exposes MAGA’s hypocrisy on economy & health care

Jonathan Jensen: ♫ Lady Liberty’s Lament ♬

The Atlantic: How Hitler overcame the media in his rise to power

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Deplorables:

• ScaredKetchup: Inside the most BIZARRE political event of 2025—The MAGA pole dancing championship!
• Lewis Black: Elon demands we have kids
• Desi Lydic: First American Pope makes history and MAGA Catholics already have issues
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Losing Their Spine ♬:

• Steve Shives: Most Трамп voters have no regrets—So FUCK ’em!
• Knotheadusc: ♫ (Call it Gulf of) America ♬

Mother Jones: Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to “get caught fighting”

The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel: The truth about 5G

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together tonight to provide a forum for political discussion. And, you know…just unwinding. Stop by if you can.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub or, maybe, out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America’s Low Birthrate Explained ♬

The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Ruins the Country and the World ♬
• Ari Melber: Red line defeat! See Трамп’s 7-2 Supreme Court loss decoded in LEGAL SPECIAL
• The Late Show: The Felon Von Shitzenpantz’s new comedy album is available now
• Bill Hoover: ♫ Oh, Russkies (come take your fucking clown) ♬
• Gvnzng “Victor”: ♫ 99 Days of Трамп Mistakes—99 Days of Трамп ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s first 100 days in office & he travels back to 2007 to try to stop him
• Desi Lydic: Jon Meacham—The origin of the first 100 days & how America will remember The Felon Von Shitzenpantz
• Seth Meyers: Трамп blames Biden for shrinking economy as tariffs cause recession fears
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s interview with The Atlantic
• LegalEagle: You can’t exile US citizens, especially 4-year-old cancer patients
• Steve Shives: Трамп’s executive order explainer
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s “Flagpole”—Compensation or A Cry for Help? ♬
• Stephen: ♫ Our historically unpopular President & Трампp’s sub deals & DOGE done? ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп blames Biden for stock market drop, thinks photoshopped pic is real & RFK Jr’s health briefing
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп caught snoring at Pope Francis funeral
• Knotheadusc: ♫ To Know Him is to Loathe Him ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп is now America’s biggest loser in the history of presidents’ first 100 days
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп causes uproar at Pope’s funeral, approval rating lowest in 80 years & Santos going to prison
• Stephen: Трамп passes the buck on bad economy & strippers predict a recession & the President vs. Photoshop
• John Oliver: RFK Jr. & HHS
• Steve Shives: Due process—What are we afraid of?
• John D. Cundle: ♫ No Toys for You! Трамп as the Christmas Toy Grinch ♬
• The Late Show: Footage of Трамп’s trade talks with China’s President
• Parody Project: ♫ Kick Him Out ♬
• John Waldron: Why Трамп’s LYING is a BLESSING IN DISGUISE!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is SUPPOSED to work FOR US! ♬
• The Other Brother: ♫ 100 Days ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Dictator Dotard Трамп ♬
• LegalEagle: The FBI just arrested two judges
• Desi Lydic: Meet the DOGE layoff victims that Elon Musk deemed wasteful
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s “horrible” record-low poll numbers and insane Time Magazine interview
• Jon Stewart on Трамп’s first 100 Days: Destroying America’s reputation, economy, & leverage
• John D. Cundle: ♫ A Darkly Satirical Rock Anthem for the First Hundred Days ♬:

• Robert Reich: Трамп’s 100 day report card
• Michael Kosta: Mike Waltz leaves the group chat for a U.N. one & Трамп’s town hall gets racist
• Stella Magz: Only 100 days?!?!?!?!?
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Depression Dotard ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ It Sucks to be Трамп ♬
• Christopher Titus: Shocking moments you missed in the oval office!
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп fires his first Cabinet member, gets protested across country & called a “Man of DEEP FAITH!”
• Stephen: Трамп ousts Mike Waltz & stockpiling toilet paper & Bondi’s fentanyl formula
• Desi Lydic: Трамп fights ABC interviewer over Photoshopped image
• Rachel Maddow: Real mission of DOGE seen in new insights on federal data and privacy
• Liberal Redneck: How to feel about Трамп’s first 100 days (2025 edition)
• Steve Shives: Трамп’s truthless tattoo Трампery
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Playing the B-team to run out the game ♬
• Bill Hoover: ♫ The Poot-Elump ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп ousts Waltz after Signal scandal, says kids don’t need toys affected by tariffs
• Big Tentacle: Town Crier—The tariff revolt that started in Boston
• LegalEagle joins 500 law firms to FIGHT BACK

Wired: Historian answers cold war questions

Michael Kosta: The cure to Трамп derangement syndrome is “hang in there!”

Deplorables:

• Steve Shives: lEon Musk puts a hat on a hat
• JoJoFromJerz: It truly is tyranny of the unfuckable, isn’t it?
• The Daily Show: Stephen Miller—Sucking the blood out of American democracy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth’s VERY Manly Make-up Room ♬
• Sandy and Richard Riccardi: ♫ Musk Got Fu-u-u-u-u-ucked ♬:

• The Late Show: ♫ Trump Crony Club ♬
• Lewis Black’s Rantcast: RFK Jr. is dumb
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What would Трамп need to do before Republicans draw the line? ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Will George Santos get a Von Shitzenpantz pardon?

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Tommy Campbell: Why Mark Carney’s win is a win for all

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