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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.

LegalEagle: Can employers require brain chips?

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The World’s Largest Collection of Трамп Songs ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard releases the MLK files
• Stephen: The gloves are off & “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired” & Трамп & Epstein’s wonderful secret
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Fat Old Man, Big White House ♬
• Ali Velshi: Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant pitch doesn’t hold up to scrutiny
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Ankles ♬:

• Jon Stewart on Colbert’s cancellation & Трамп’s “bawdy” Epstein doodles
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ How to Forget about Трамп (and save your sanity) ♬
• Robert Reich: How to take the fight to the oligarchy
• LegalEagle: Трамп can’t fire the Fed Chair (unless the Supreme Court was lying this whole time)
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Rotting Rotting ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Venous ♬:

• Charlamagne Tha God: Трамп vs. Biden—Who’s losing it faster?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the passing of Ozzy Osbourne
• Puppet Regime: Trump and Zelensky (Cold)play Putin
• The Late Show: Will the Washington Commanders change their name?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Breaking News—Трамп Hiding MAJOR Health Issues ♬

Alan Cumming: Attacks against the trans community & bringing kindness back in America

Deplorables:

• Michelle Wolf: Трамп’s Epstein coverup
• Dark Brandon: QAnon said “Trust the plan”—Then Трамп hid the files
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп is living in abject terror about the Epstein files. His silence proves it.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ghislaine Lives in Fear of Трамп’s Coverup ♬
• Jabari Jones: Трамп & Epstein—The voice mails
• Seth Meyers: WSJ’s Трамп-Epstein birthday letter bombshell rocks MAGA & Трамп’s doodles resurface
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ The Epstein Distraction Song ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for those Suffering from TDS (Trump Denial Syndrome) ♬
• ScaredKetchup: The UNTOLD TRUTH about Jeffery Epstein
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Blurred my name with style ♬
• Jen Psaki: Трамп IMPLODING as Republicans shut down Congress to flee Epstein mess
• Dark Brandon: What is QAnon? A deep dive into America’s dumbest apocalypse
• The Other Brother: ♫ The Epstein List ♬
• Stephen: Epstein is a real problem for the GOP & Трамп’s creepy past & blaming Obama
• Jabari Jones: Трамп—So let it be written….
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Трамп Is In the Epstein Files—Shutting Down The House ♬:

• Stella Magz: MAGA hypocrisy knows no bounds….
• Bill Hoover: ♫ Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein ♬
• Josh Johnson: Трамп dodges Epstein by attacking Obama, dropping MLK files & trying to change Coke
• Liberal Redneck: Трамп and Epstein ain’t going away!! (Hopefully)
• Dark Brandon: Dear MAGA, he’s not your daddy anymore
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s doodle letter evidence and Don Jr.’s HILARIOUS reaction

Jesse Welles: ♫ PBS ♬

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

Ballots have dropped in Washington state. Have questions? Bring them to tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We may not have the answers (because…you know, enigmas never age), but we’ll have fun discussing the options.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us 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.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Epstein Coverup is in Full Swing ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler’s Трамп derangement rant
• Stella Magz: Трамп diagnosis—are we one Big Mac away?
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Releasing the Files (Трамп’s Epstein Files Saga) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What is Dotard Трамп Trying to Hide? ♬
• Robert Reich: Why does Трамп hate Sesame Street?
• Jabari Jones: U.S.S.A.—Pictures of Liberty
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Deep-State Donald ♬
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Трамп vs Woke Superman—Who Will Win? ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard revokes Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Rumored to Have Leprosy ♬
• Stella Magz: Трамп hijacks Chelsea FIFA Club World Cup win!!!
• Jabari Jones: Трамп cankles
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’ve Considered Revoking Трамп’s Citizenship! ♬
• Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm: America’s National Parks Are Under Attack
• Tommy Campbell: JD Vance caught trying to run and Трамп booed, crashes trophy photo
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard’s Latest Health Report ♬
• David Swerdloff: ♫ We Don’t Support The Liar ♬:

• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed about Трамп fragrances
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп targets Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who says “Come at me, bitch!”
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Two Weeks ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard finds out he has cankles
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We’re Bringing Suffering Back! (Official hymn of the Трамп administration) ♬
• Jabari Jones: America—Land of the not-so-free

LegalEagle: “Religious parents are special”—Supreme Court

More Tales From the Deplorable Corps:

• Stephen: Paramount’s Трамп settlement—A big fat bribe & Jeffrey Epstein never dies & FIFA trophy row
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The essence of the Epstein letter
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard claims he never wrote a notes to Epstein
• Ari Melber: Трамп can’t defuse Epstein bomb—WH in FREEFALL as MAGA revolts, calls for firing, FBI official AWOL
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп breaks up with MAGA over “boring” Epstein files—“I don’t want their support”
• Ross Childs: JD Vance & the Epstein files
• Seth Meyers: Трамп calls Epstein case a “hoax” & turns on his “stupid” supporters amid MAGA mutiny
• Jabari Jones: Dotard Junior—Release the Epstein client list!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The MAGA “Ignorance is Bliss” song ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Meltdown! ♬:

• The Late Show: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s weather bill
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s Epstein crisis EXPLODES—Fallout triggers MAGA revolt & plunges admin into chaos
• Jordan Klepper charts Трамп’s long history with Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell
• Michael Kosta: Would you RSVP “Yes” to lEon Musk’s new political party?
• Stephen: Трамп to MAGA, “don’t talk about Jeffrey Epstein” & three missing minutes & the Unabomber’s professor
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Sycophant Ridge Episode 1
• Seth Meyers: MAGA melts down over Epstein & Трамп faces revolt from base & Bondi-Bongino feud erupts
• Off_JaWaggon: Where’s the Epstein list?
• Jon Stewart: Трамп’s Epstein meltdown, MAGA’s mutiny & Elmo’s antisemitic tweets
• Steve Shives: Трамп is your God now:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s JUST Like Jesus! ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ ICE Enforcement Ballad ♬
• Chris Hayes: Remember the Epstein scandal in the first Трамп term?
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Super Woke ♬
• Dark Brandon: The Трамп doodle brought to life
• The Late Show: The missing minute of the Epstein video
• Liberal Redneck: MAGA finally fires back at Трамп (to at least some degree anyway)
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Epstein LEAKED phone call changes everything
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains the Epstein files:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Epstein’s Best Friend Disavows Knowledge of Epstein ♬
• Jabari Jones: Charlie Kirk—Epstein who?
• Steve Shives: When this is over, we’ll remember who the cowards were
• LegalEagle: The Epstein file fiasco
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler plans to release the Epstein files
• Seth Meyers: MAGA in turmoil over Epstein; Трамп slams his own base and won’t appoint a Special Counsel
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The Bronze Ear—Трамп’s sacred wound now available in collectible form
• Jabari Jones: Pam Bondi—Jeffrey Epstein hypnosis

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

It’s Tuesday! And that gives you a darned good excuse to go out, because the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together to talk politics and drink beer. Won’t you join us?

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us 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.

LegalEagle: How the Supreme Court ended trans rights

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Трамп 4-Step (But the Guy’s Got Two Left Feet) ♬
• Anthony Anderson: Трамп’s offensive meeting with African leaders & Grok praising Hitler
• Chris Hayes: ♫ New report on Kristi Noem’s 3-day delay of Texas flood rescue ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Nobody ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ You Can’t Fix Stupid (You Can Only Vote It Out) ♬
• Jen Psaki: Трамп’s poor grip on his own government
• Ronny Chieng: Трамп makes BBLs more pricey, crushes on a reporter & shields his belly from Iran
• Christopher Titus: Epstein?? …He fell:

• Tommy Campbell: The Dotard Von Shitzenpantz’s “Alligator Alcatraz” is a disaster
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces his streaming service Truth+
• ScaredKetchup: Трамп gets scariest Pootie call ever
• The Other Brother: ♫ Big Orange Man ♬
• Jon Stewart: Who Трамп’s Big Beautiful Bill really helps — and hurts
• Bruce W. Nelson: Трамп to be added to Mt. Rushmore and “The Last Supper”
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Gospel According to Don ♬:

• Anthony Anderson: Трамп’s MAGA streaming platform and “Big Beautiful Bill”
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп stars in Epstein client list cover up
• Ronny Chieng: Charting Трамп’s tariff threats, delays, and smooth dealmaking skills
• Jen Psaki: Polls show American backlash as Трамп breaks promise to focus on criminals in anti-immigrant crusade
• Lawrence O’Donnell: If lEon Musk is “off the rails” as Трамп says, how far from the rails is Трамп?
• John D. Cundle: ♫ A Madman’s Back in Town ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ I’m A Jew – But I Know This Ain’t Christian! ♬:

• ScaredKetchup: AI Трамп & Melania in couples therapy
• Brenna Perez: U.S. Farm Secretary plans to use Medicaid recipients for farm labor
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed the Epstein “client list” doesn’t exist
• Ari Melber: Damning new evidence of DOJ vet’s alleged “fuck you” plot to defy courts
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard blames Texas floods on lEon Musk
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Guy with the Plan (Forgot It Again) ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

LegalEagle: Can cops wear masks?

Incels, Nazis and Other Deplorables:

• Steve Shives: Kindness is their kryptonite—Why are right-wingers mad about the new Superman?
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Where’s the Epstein Client List?! (MAGA outrage) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ DO NOT Ask about the Epstein Files! ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to “woke Superman”
• Michael Kosta: Трамп’s BBB has Michael ditching hospitals & gambling for whaling & guns
• Dr Russell Razzaque: What makes Трамп & MAGA so cruel? A psychiatrist explains:

• Ronny Chieng: Elon’s Grok chatbot turns Hitler & Marco Rubio gets an AI imposter
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Stinking Like You ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is Schooling The Next Generation of Quislings ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп names Australian “alpha male” Nick Adams Ambassador to Malaysia
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Grok is MechaHitler ♬
• ScaredKetchup: AI Alex Jones’ Jeffery Epstein car rant
• The Remix Bros: ♫ Tucker Carlson x Ted Cruz (That’s Hilarious!) REMIX ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Alex Jones—Tears of a Clown ♬
• ScaredKetchupo: ♫ We’re All Going To Die ♬:

• Chris Hayes: MAGA turns on Трамп over Epstein scandal
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Non-Alpha Трампers ♬
• Steve Shives: Florida principal’s anti-Trans stance backfires spectacularly!
• Jabari Jones: Kristi Noem—Texas floods
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Cruz Flees Over Here Cruz Flees Over There ♬
• Stella Magz: A dumpster raccoon’s confirmation hearing….
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Medicaid—The Final Solution ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ That Bitch Is On The List ♬:

• LegalEagle: Трамп’s worst judicial nomination
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Hypocrisy, My Name Is Jesse—A Satirical Ice Cream Blues Song ♬
• Champnella: Obi-Wan Kenobi explains Трамп supporters to Luke Skywalker…
• Liberal Redneck: The truly wild things MAGA believes (Texas floods, Grok, Epstein finding)
• Chris Hayes: Elon Musk’s (best friend) AI chatbot started calling itself “MechaHitler”
• Jabari Jones: Dotard Jr—The Трамп coke kit
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Guess Who’s Headed to Hell ♬

Robert Reich: Deregulation, debunked!

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be gathering this evening for conversations and good cheer over drinks. Please join us if you feel so compelled.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us 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.