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John Oliver: AI

Stephen: Political monologue

Hasan Minhaj: How dipshit grifters are scamming you

NowThis: Newspapers pull “Dilbert” comic following racist remarks by creator

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

That Right Wing Cult of Lies, Damn Lies and FAUX News:

• Alex Wagner: Careless Gaetz makes hypothetical worst case real with political stunt
• Seth Meyers: Dominion lawsuit reveals FAUX and Murdoch knew Трамп’s 2020 claims were lies
• Ari Melber: FAUX News “lies” scandal hits boiling point &Murdoch’s “Wu Tang” defense could go up in smoke
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп was so upset by Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes his White House staff asked Disney to censor him
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Bryan Cranston
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ How To Win Over Your Would-be Killers—The Mike Pence Quandary ♬:

• Chris Hayes: FAUX hosts deflect amid Dominion lawsuit, say all other media lying
• Alex Wagner: Tennessee legislator shocks with lynching suggestion
• Lawrence O’Donnell: FAUX faces real jeopardy from Dominion suit
• Tommy Campbell: Rupert Murdoch admits FAUX hosts endorsed election lies
• Stephen: Murdoch admits FAUX lied for money, factchecking DeSantis’ dull book, & FBI nabs Sedition Panda
• The Late Show: Disney World is now DeSantis World
• Jimmy Kimmel: Right wing crazies gather to praise Трамп, Santos’ lies hit new heights & MTG wants national divorce
• SNL: Трамп train visit
• Hasan Minhaj: Dilbert dropped
• Chris Hayes: Why FAUX is “the most destructive institution in all of American politics
• Stephen: DJ Dotard’s favorite tunes
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Don’t be a Dilbert ♬:

• Mark Fiore: White guy grievance
• Ari Melber: FAUX News scandal hits Hannity
• Seth Meyers: Rupert Murdoch admits FAUX lied about 2020 election in bombshell court filing
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Justice Dept. rejects Defendant Трамп’s attempt at immunity
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп explains how he saved East Palestine, Ohio
• Stephen: Scandal rocks D.C., FAUX News shuns The Dotard, and GOP’s weird focus on drag
• Jimmy Kimmel: Pro-Russia Tucker takes on Jimmy, George the Girl Scout Santos & Marjorie Taylor Greene “attacked”
• The Late Show: Hire DJT Productions for your next coronation!
• Keith Olbermann: Murdoch showed secret Biden ads to Kushner
• Ari Melber with Neal Katyal:Trump will be indicted in 2023
• LegalEagle: Трамп’s lawyers fined $1,000,000+:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about getting heckled, DeSantis and Трамп’s bad mojo & GOP nuts Gather
• Seth Meyers: Трамп turns on FAUX and Murdoch amid fallout from shocking Dominion lawsuit
• Chris Hayes: FAUX’s dangerous desperation to maintain its audience
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis’ belittling, smears defied by reality of rich academic culture at New College
• Mother Jones: The completely predictable resurrection of John Hagee
• Ari Melber: Murdoch confession bombshell rocks GOP as leaders duck billion dollar legal scandal
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s latest lawsuit—Why he’s really SUING Kevin McCarthy

Hasan Minhaj: TicToc, student debt and FAUX knew

Robert Reich: Debunking “No one wants to work anymore”

Ari Melber: Lab leak? The raging debate over how covid started

Liberal Viewer: Tennessee drag ban

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Gossiping with God

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

John Oliver: Psychedelic assisted therapy

NowThis: The Supreme Court case that can reshape the internet

Stephen: Biden tours Kyiv with Zelenskyy and other news

WaPo: Why spy balloons never went out of style

Cracked: Insane things about amusement parks

Vice News: Why the US is known as the mass shooting nation

The Tragicomedy That is Трамп and His Sycophants:

• Ari Melber: Coup bomb goes off—GA grand jury recommends indictments for first time
• Tommy Campbell:
• Joy Reid: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “national divorce” suggestion would be disastrous for Red states
• Jon Stewart and friends: Dominion Voting v. Fox filing—What the media got wrong about “The Right”
• Ari Melber: Indictments are likely “bad for Трамп”
• Parody Project: ♫ Jack The Knife ♬:

• Keith Olbermann: Indict and arrest Speaker McCarthy
• Alex Wagner: Special grand jury foreperson shares details, drops heavy hints in Georgia Трамп case
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s election dreams becoming impossible and Georgia indictments are coming
• Mark Fiore: Freedom Liberry
• Ari Melber: Трамп “will be indicted,” says prosecutor after GA grand jury leak
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Laura, and Tucker, and Sean (The Holy Trinity of Disinformation) ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (MTG-style) ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants mental competency tests, MTG lashes out over Biden in Ukraine & Santos the terrible liar
• Stephen: Sen. Sanders responds to Nikki Haley’s call for competency tests, “it’s old-fashioned ageism”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GA grand juror gives most revealing Трамп investigation interview ever
• Keith Olbermann: It’s time to shut down FAUX News
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene wants America to divorce
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy deal with FAUX seen as capitulation to GOP MAGA wing in speakership deal
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Mac McClung winning the Slam Dunk Contest
• The Late Show: ♫ Tucker Carlson’s alternative narrative of January 6th ♬
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ T-R-E-A-S-O-N ♬:

• Ari Melber: FAUX News admits the “B.S.” in leaked text scandal & hosts secretly trashed Трамп lies
• Keith Olbermann: McCarthy/Carlson TV video scandal erupts
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard exploits toxic trainwreck, Santos lies about helping sick kids & FAUX News cries woke
• Stephen: Трамп’s awkward train wreck visit & MTG says civil war is coming
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Tucker Carlson and Rupert Murdoch think FAUX viewers are stupid

WaPo: How Florida’s abortion ban is leaving one family in agony

Joy Reid and Robert Reich: Deregulation is destroying us

Stephen: “Big Money buys elections”—Sen. Bernie Sanders on how money corrupts American politics

Vox: Why is everything getting so expensive?

Robert Reich: The biggest economic lies we are told

The Late Show: Sir Topham Hatt faces the consequences of lobbying against train safety regulations

Stephen: Sen. Bernie Sanders, “Build Back Better would have been transformative”

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

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Sarah Silverman: Political news of the week

NowThis: Pres. Biden gives powerful remarks on the legacy of Emmett Till

LegalEagle: This Supreme Court case could destroy the internet. Really.

The Politics of Mysterious Flying Objects:

• Tooning Out The News: Balloon war escalates
• Stephen: Ron Klain on why President Biden shot down the balloon over water
• Katy Tur: Neil deGrasse Tyson on flying objects
• Jimmy Kimmel: Biden’s mysterious sky object speech
• Seth Meyers: Biden orders UFOs shot down, MTG says spy balloon could’ve been a nuke
• The Late Show: Captain Kirk has a new enemy in space
• Stephen: “Aliens, and Saucers, and UFO, Oh, My!”

Jimmy Kimmel: Some political news

NowThis: Why it’s important to preserve Black history

Adam Conover: The lie That’s destroying the economy:

Robert Reich: How corporate greed destroyed a small Ohio town

Sarah Silverman with Lizz Winstead on destigmatizing abortion through humor with Abortion Access Front

Трамп’s Goons and Wannabe Goons:

• Symone Sanders: Explosive new evidence in FAUX News defamation case
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп destroys “disloyal ” Nikki Haley for 2024 announcement
• Alex Wagner: FAUX News exposed for disingenuous coverage of Трамп’s Big Lie
• Stephen: George Santos—Bring on the ethics investigation
• Ari Melber: Hannity admits it—He knew Трамп lied as legal earthquake rocks the FAUX News empire
• Lawrence O’Donnell: FAUX hosts’ texts reveal they didn’t believe Трамп’s election lies
• NowThis: Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene?:

• Seth Meyers: GOP blames Ohio train crisis on culture wars & nutburger MTG says wind farms kill whales
• Joy Reid: Will Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indict The Dotard?
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis retrograde war on education, social progress stirs protest in Florida capital
• Symone Sanders: The rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s safety cuts led to Ohio train disaster
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп versus DeSantis
• Alex Wagner: Portions of Georgia grand jury report cite suspicions of false testimony
• Sarah Silverman: Nikki Haley challenges Трамп in GOP primary
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп incriminates himself AGAIN & Nikki Haley running for President
• Seth Meyers: Grand Jury suggests charges in Трамп election case and Трамп docs found on LAPTOP!!!!!
• Jordan Klepper: GOP ditching Трамп? Going to a Nikki Haley rally to find out:

• Alex Wagner: Lofgren knocks Pence foot-dragging on DOJ subpoena
• NowThis: Breeder says George Santos allegedly bought dogs with bad checks
• Mehdi Hasan: Bombshell text evidence confirms FAUX “is not a news channel”
• Keith Olbermann: News media lets Pence and Haley, off the hook
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell explodes at Ron Desantis in “deflamation” rant

Liberal Redneck: Ohio train derailment and corporate greed

NowThis: Missouri House of Reps institutes dress code for women

Alex Wagner: Feds bust company using child labor to clean meatpacking plants

Sarah Silverman: How tech companies are profiting off your anger

Mark Fiore: Big oil, big green

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

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Red, White, and Balloon:

• Seth Meyers: Biden takes out Chinese spy balloon after FAUX News spends days freaking Out
• NowThis: Late-night TV shows have field day with Chinese spy balloon
• LegalEagle: Chinese spy balloon—is it legal to shoot down?
• WaPo: U.S. military shoots down ANOTHER “high-altitude object” in Alaska
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ China Balloon Psy Op ♬
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Bang Bang (Joe Biden Shot It Down) ♬:

• Mark Fiore: Rage balloons!
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ My Beautiful (Spy) Balloon ♬
• SNL: Spy balloon
• Chelsea HandlerBiden murders a Chinese spy balloon & Marjorie Taylor Greene hates her job
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he would destroy Chinese balloons
• Travis & Jonathan: ♫ Chinese Spy Balloon ♬
• Jonathan Mann: The Balloon Becomes American
• Desi Lydic FAUXplains the Chinese spy balloon

SNL Weekend Update: Last week’s political news

The Snowflakes in the Cult of The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republican gun play goes horribly awry ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: House Republicans spent the day getting crushed by Democrats
• Alex Wagner: What the DOJ special counsel might hope to learn from Mike Pence under subpoena
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ I’m a Deceiver (Song parody for George Santos) ♬:

• Rachel Maddow: Neo-Nazis intent on race war target U.S. infrastructure
• NowThis: Трамп 2024 is already losing cash
• Keith Olbermann: Laptop hearing becomes “Трамп is a pussy-ass bitch” hearing
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Debt Ceiling ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP’s debt limit threat is biggest danger to America right now
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ 5,232 Miles ♬
• Ari Melber: Republicans plan to gut Social Security
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell snaps and says Jimmy Kimmel lied about claw machine
• Bad Lip Reading: The House of Representatives:

• Ari Melber: GOP plots controversial cuts as McCarthy tested
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dead end street to be named for Трамп? ♬
• Keith Olbermann: Weaponization committee hit by its own weapon
• Chris Hayes: GOP using “weaponization” panel to air conspiracy theories ahead of 2024
• Alex Wagner: Republican sabotages her own party to insist on election fraud claims
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Chrissy Teigen’s description of Трамп as a “pussy-ass bitch” was heard in a House hearing today
• Ari Melber: Is Pence subpoena Трамп’s nightmare? Ari Melber breaks down DOJ’s pursuit of “coup club”
• Rachel Maddow: No known record of Santos mugging or assassination attempt

Seth Meyers: Political headlines

AJ+: Why maternity leave would be good for all Americans

State of the Union:

• Tommy Campbell: Biden goes Dark Brandon at State of the Union and destroys
• NowThis: Top moments from Biden’s SOTU address
• Al Franken: Biden chides Republicans who voted against the historic infrastructure package
• Seth Meyers: Biden Gloats about SOTU while Greene and Boebert unravel at Twitter hearing
• Roll Call: The State of the Union … and other comedy acts—Congressional hits and misses
• WaPo: Biden’s SOTU address in 4 minutes
• Politics Girl: SOTU
• Tooning Out the News: Rowdy Republicans heckle Biden’s State of the Union
• Chris Hayes: Yes…Republicans HAVE called for cuts to Social Security and Medicare
• Joy Reid: Historian praises Biden’s SOTU speech
• Keith Olbermann: Biden’s startling State of the Union Masterpiece
• Chelsea Handler: A lady with rabies screams “liar!” as Biden delivers State of the Union Address
• Seth Meyers: Greene melts down and GOP gets caught lying during Biden’s State of the Union
• Liberal Redneck: State of the State of the Union

Robert Reich: The dark side of sports stadiums

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

The Daily Show: The Docs—A classified horror story starring Трамп, Biden & Pence

Ari Melber: Ransom or govern? Biden holds line with McCarthy “shakedown”

The Racist and Liars that Comprise the Dotard Nationalism Movement:

• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos’ new wingman, Трамп pleads the 5th & drag queen story time with Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Lawrence O’Donnell: McCarthy votes to “defund the police” as Democrats push for police reform
• Tommy Campbell: Chinese spy balloon causes Republican hysteria
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to all Black quarterback Super Bowl
• Alex Wagner: Marjorie Taylor Greene embarrasses herself with misinformed talking point by opening her mouth
• Medhi Hasan: It’s hard to overstate MTG’s threat to America
• Seth Meyers: Prosecutors present evidence against The Dotard in Stormy Daniels hush money case
• Parody Project: ♫ King of the Con ♬:

• Keith Olbermann: Nobody asks McCarthy about HIS antisemitic trope
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s Facebook reinstated with “guardrails” and George Santos admits to dressing in drag
• Desi Lydic: Is it a real FAUX News story or some bullsit Desi made up?
• Stephen: George Santos says no more lies and MAGA states limit teaching about race
• J-L Cauvin: Superbowl predictions from The Dotard
• Ari Melber: Losing—See Трамп under oath after caving to New York A.G.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп rants about windmills & DeSantis, the case of curious George Santos & MyPillow Mike is coming!
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard rips into DeSantis & kicks off 2024 campaign and Lindell loses RNC vote
• Jordan Klepper vs. Трамп supporters who think he’s still President
• Alex Wagner: Republicans bereft of ideas for how to shed Трамп albatross
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s dome plan is stupid
• Chris Hayes: The right’s ‘campaign of lies’ about the Pelosi attack
• Ari Melber: Трамп denial—After 2022 humiliation, RNC doubles down on big lie and MAGA losers
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best ChristianThe secret to reading an inconvenient Bible like a Christian nationalist pro
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike Lindell at Kimmel, Трамп won’t stop whining & Santos steps down amid investigation
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Gosh, THEY’RE the snowflakes! ♬:

• Ali Velshi: Some Republicans ‘can’t wait’ for Трамп to die
• Chris Hayes: Трамп and DeSantis try to out anti-vaxx each other
• Alex Wagner: Republicans feign anti-Semitism standard to eject Rep. Omar from committee
• Mark Fiore: The select subcommittee of a weaponized Jim Jordan
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tom Brady retiring
• Ari Melber: Bar’s sin—Трамп’s AG abuse of power
• WaPo: Ocasio-Cortez—Omar vote “about targeting women of color”
• Seth Meyers: Greene embarrasses herself at hearing and DeSantis tries to out-MAGA Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s heaping helping of trans-paranoia, supermodel Santos & MyPillow Mike STILL in claw machine
• Stephen sits down with George Santos

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Chris Hayes: U.S. life expectancy is declining. Biden should act.

Vice News: On the frontlines of the abortion war—Death threats and arsons

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

NowThis: Sen. Patty Murray on the current state of reproductive rights

Stephen: Biden boosted by good economic news, and other news from the world of politics

Robert Reich: The one thing that would make elections better for everyone

NowThis: Voter disenfranchisement, by the numbers

Liberal Redneck: The state of conspiracy theories

The Cult of The Dotard:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What the Hell Do People See in Dotard Трамп? ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: George Santos’ lies and other political news of the week
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard cheats his way to golf glory, George Santos is a gay icon & Ted Cruz’s hypocrisy shines
• Seth Meyers: Criminal charges in Трамп election case could be imminent, Atlanta DA says
• Ari Melber on sedition case: Smoking gun busts MAGA militia leader at trial
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On Knowing When and Where to Put Your Feet Up (or not) ♬
• Wanda Sykes: George Santos’ bad week
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s cyber fails, tipsy Ronny Jackson and Kitara
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Speaker of the House ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Gives Трампiest performance ever at a FUNERAL & George Santos addresses drag queen video
• Chris Hayes: The Republican Party’s 2024 candidate quality problem
• Alex Wagner: Report exposes Durham as tool of Barr’s political weaponization of DOJ
• Stephen: New lies from George Santos and Трамп’s disastrous eulogy for Diamond
• NowThis: Florida leaders & students call out Ron DeSantis’ racist ass over attacks on AP course
• Ari Melber: Трамп and Barr lose as “deep state” bomb goes off—Failed DOJ plot revealed in exposé
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп wins golf tournament (by cheating, of course) ♬
• Seth Meyers and Alex Wagner: How Ron DeSantis is whitewashing history
• The Late Show: ♫ ♬George Santos On Hannah Montana? ♬
• Founders Sing: ♫ You’re such a fucking liar ♬:

• Steve Hofstetter: Did Трамп win the election?
• LegalEagle: Alex Jones is now personally bankrupt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard’s remarkable Diamond eulogy ♬
• Mark Fiore: Anti-woke everything!
• Lawrence O’Donnell: George Santos is a “perfect monument” to House GOP lies
• Ari Melber with comedian Matt Friend: The unbelievable Трамп
• Wanda Sykes: Meta lifts Трамп’s Facebook and Instagram ban & Missouri plans to ban CRT
• Parody Project: ♫ The Real G.O.P. ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos lashes out at late night
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Stand by your Marge ♬
• Ari Melber: Smoking gun in coup case—Трамп aide Navarro never had “privilege” in Jan. 6 clash
• SNL Weekend Update: Colin Jost interviews Rep. George Santos
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп to pay Hillary MORE than he paid Stormy ♬
• Chris Hayes: How the GOP probe into “weaponization” of the government turned out last time
• Seth Meyers: Santos and Трамп scandals keep getting worse for GOP

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on becoming Senate’s first woman President Pro Tempore

Roy Wood, Jr.: Police militarization & Atlanta’s “Cop City”

Secret, Secret, I’ve Got a Secret…Document

• Wanda Sykes: Biden’s classified documents, The Dotard’s awkward eulogy & other political stories
• J-L Cauvin: Mike Pence reveals he has more classified documents
• Seth Meyers: Ted Cruz’s hypocrisy and Tucker Carlson’s conspiracy theory on classified docs
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Pence kept classified documents and it’s hilariously bad for Трамп
• Jon Stewart and friends: Trump, Biden, and Pence’s classified documents
• Alex Wagner: U.S. classified document ‘spillage’ issue plain after Pence documents also discovered
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard EXPLODES about Biden documents scandal

Stephen: Another candy company enters the culture wars

NowThis: Roe v. Wade would’ve turned 50 today. Here’s what’s happened since its overturn

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

SNL Weekend Update: April Ludgate and Leslie Knope on working for the government

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

So…watchya doin’? In the mood to engage in some lively political discussion? How ‘bout if it’s over a beer? Yes? Then you should stop by tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio. Some folks may meet in the back room of the pub to stay warm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roy Wood, Jr. and the Golden State Warriors take the White House

Mark Fiore: Have a nice day from the corporation that cried too much

Liars and Трампers and Bores, Oh My!

• Seth Meyers: GOP in chaos as George Santos scandal gets crazier & Greene and Boebert fight
• NowThis: Veteran who George Santos allegedly scammed speaks out
• Chris Hayes: The DeSantis attempt to echo the cruelty of Трампism
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Typical Republican Guys ♬
• Stephen: George Santos is just emulating Трамп & charmless Ron DeSantis turns off GOP donors
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Insurrectionists are in charge of the House of Representatives
• GZERO Media: GOP partisanship could trigger first-ever US default
• The Late Show: Marley & GoFundMe—A George Santos story
• Seth Meyers: GOP caught in classified docs hypocrisy as Трамп admits he took “keepsakes”
• Lauren Mayers: ♫ Owning the Libs ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s wild email claims and Republican gas stove hysteria
• Stephen: George Santos joins Stephen to clear his name(s)
• Ali Velshi: GOP is playing with U.S. prosperity in fight over debt ceiling
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The stinkin’ GOP brings smoking back to the Capitol ♬
• NowThis: Ex-GOP candidate arrested over shootings targeting Dems in New Mexico
• Chris Hayes: The $1M fine that held Трамп accountable—and may deter him from doing it again
• Stephen: Biden docs saga plays right into GOP hands & Gaetz presses George Santos on campaign funding
• Ari Melber: GOP’s Ron Johnson humiliated over nonsensical coup claim
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why Santos is “a perfect fit” for Speaker McCarthy’s House
• Liberal Redneck: Gas and Government:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ George Santos writes to his mother ♬
• Keith Olbermann: George Santos—It’s kind of a drag
• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos FINALLY answers for his lies, Трамп points finger at Biden & MyPillow Mike is broke!
• Robert Reich: The Republican Party’s worst nightmare
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп hopes to someday be more like Putin ♬
• NowThis: GOP dress code for women lawmakers in Missouri’s House sparks outrage
• The Late Show: Did Lassie get revenge on George Santos?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to charges against Alec Baldwin
• Tooning out the News: Republicans’ Biden investigation blitz and the Santos scandal deepens
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America—Now GOPzier and sleazier ♬:

• Ari Melber: As GOP flails over MAGA rebels, Dems surge by crushing rigged races
• Stephen: Santos grifted a vet and his sick dog & MTG gets Homeland Security Committee seat
• VICE News: FAUX’s crazy war on the woke mind virus
• Jon Stewart and friends: On George Santos’s absurd lies
• Mehdi Hasan: List of Republicans committing voter fraud continues to grow
• Tommy Campbell: Anthony Devolder and more lies from volleyball Star George Santos
• NowThis: High schoolers from George Santos’ NY district demand he resign
• Jimmy Kimmel: Santos scams his way through Congress & Трамп rants about stolen docs
• Chris Hayes: What the George Santos drag queen denial reveals about the Republican Party
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Regarding George Santos’s committee assignments ♬
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy plays hostage game with U.S. economy despite threat from caucus he can’t control
• Seth Meyers: Трамп FREAKS OUT over criminal probes and calls Special Counsel “a terrorist”

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Liberal Actually Thinks About ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The document war rages on

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Leslie Jones: Alexis McGill Johnson on protecting reproductive freedom and agency

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

Alex Wagner: Ozone hole on course to heal after global phase out of harmful chemicals

NowThis: Regaining the right to vote in Mississippi

The Party of Chaos:

• Lawerance O’Donnell: The Republican party is the George Santos party
• Jimmy Kimmel: Curious George Santos and Трамп wanted to nuke North Korea
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy’s about to learn a painful lesson ♬
• Chris Hayes: New details on the dubious finances of George Santos
• Seth Meyers: Unhinged House GOP wants to impeach Biden and claims left is canceling cowboys
• Joy Reid: Rep. Jayapal on House Republicans voting on new abortion restrictions
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who Could Fault Rogers for Wanting to Punch Gaetz? ♬
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis accomplishes fear, confusion and publicity, but not so much election security
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene cancelled by Dr. Dre
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin McCarthy—Well-groomed waste of space ♬
• Stephen: House GOP shows off diversity & the many aliases of George Santos & will gas stoves be banned?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lashes out at late night hosts and chaos on the House floor
• Liberal Redneck: Republican projection:

• The Late Show: ♫ DJ Khaled On Kevin McCarthy’s Bid To Become Speaker ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Hakeem Jeffries’ House speech
• Stephen: McCarthy wins late night vote with help from The Dotard
• NowThis: Here’s how Rep. Santos conned his way into Congress
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jack Smith is Reaching for the Flush Lever ♬
• Alex Wagner: Reporters follow George Santos’ money in increasingly small circles
• Lawrence O’Donnell: This will be the worst Republican House of Representatives in history
• GZERO Media: Five concessions McCarthy made to become US House Speaker
• Mark Fiore: ♫ I’m just a speaker ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Brazil’s January 6th
• Chris Hayes: Volleyball legend George Santos was a “star” at college he didn’t attend
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Crazytown ♬:

• The Daily Show: FAUX on GOP Speaker votes with Jan. 6 footage
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Letter from George Santos to his Constituents ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell claims he’s a numbers guy and McCarthy’s embarrassing win
• Ari Melber: The smoking gun that might get Трамп indicted—GOP chief links him to “crime” phone call
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the loss of Diamond from Diamond and Silk
• Seth Meyers: Chaos and a near-brawl as McCarthy humiliates himself to win speaker vote
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ CPAC, Closet Pervertives and Conservatives ♬
• Alex Wagner: Republicans invent fake procedure for symbolic anti-abortion vote

Robert Reich: Do we have to bribe corporations to do what’s right?

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Waiting for the NRA statement ♬

Classified:

• Mehdi Hasan: Why the Biden and Трамп classified docs cases aren’t the same
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп OUTRAGED over Biden docs and Cancun Cruz livid at FAA
• Chris Hayes: Politics of Biden-Трамп docs cases may help to center Jan. 6 prosecution
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s blaring pathological lies about docs probe
• Jimmy Kimmel: MAGA nuts salivate over classified Biden docs as Трамп indictment looms
• Seth Meyers: How Biden and Трамп classified docs cases differ
• Ari Melber: Трамп vets gain power in Biden-Garland DOJ
• WaPo: How the Biden and Трамп classified documents cases differ

Founders Sing: The AI Song

Alex Wagner: Assault weapons banned in Illinois after series of deadly mass shootings

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

Robert Reich: The little secret about corporate profits

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Mark Fiore: Anti-Christmas greetings

NowThis: Biden honors heroes of Jan 6 with the Presidential Citizens Medal

Chaos, Spite, Greed, and Grift:

• The Late Show: ♫ Republicans are in disarray ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп APOLOGIZES for January 6th
• Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans STILL can’t elect a Speaker and Трамп stands by McCarthy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kev McCarthy, Sad, White, and Blue ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Hope Hicks texts slam The Dotard and Kevin McCarthy keeps losing
• WaPo: What lies ahead for George Santos as a member of Congress
• The Late Show: ♫ A definitely true message from George Santos ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kevin bangs his head against the wall (over and over and over) ♬
• Seth Meyers: Boebert and Hannity clash, Republicans turn on The Dotard amid GOP Speaker chaos
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces he will run for Speaker of the House
• Stephen: Kevin McCarthy’s major weakness & George Santos’s lies should disqualify him from office
• Jon LieberSpeaker vote mess shows how ungovernable US House is
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Totally Unbelievable Life of George Santos ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Super right wing vs McCarthy and Трамп loses ANOTHER election
• NowThis: Late Night TV hosts roast Kevin McCarthy’s failed attempts
• The Late Show: Here’s how far Kevin McCarthy will go to get speaker votes
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Hope Hicks’ January 6th testimony
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Is Kimberly Guilfoyle really worth $30,000 a minute? ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Kevin McCarthy Sowing and Reaping ♬:

• Seth Meyers: McCarthy humiliated by failed Speaker vote as House GOP explodes into chaos
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell and Don Jr’s holiday broadcasts get destroyed
• Mother Jones: The other Big Lie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kev McCarthy Won’t Sleep Well Tonight ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Embarrassing day for House Republicans and Трамп’s tax returns released
• Stephen: Kevin McCarthy’s ground hog day

Honest Ads: If healthcare was honest

Stephen: Michelle Obama takes the Colbert Questionert

NowThis: Record-breaking number of women will serve in the 118th Congress

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

• NowThis: 10 GOP moments that made us say “WTF?” in 2022
• Mehdi Hasan: Women were on the front lines of 2022’s battle for Democracy
• Jimmy Kimmel: The year in unnecessary censorship
• NowThis: Biden’s top moments we’ll remember from 2022
• Mark Fiore: Out with the old….
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Happy Worst Year Ever for Трамп ♬:

• NowThis: How Twitter became the biggest clusterfuck of 2022
• WaPo: The wildest political moments of 2022
• Jimmy Kimmel crowns viral clip of the year 2022
• NowThis: The biggest political stories of 2022
• David Pakman: The absolute worst of 2022
• Vox: 2022, in 7 minutes
• NowThis: Roe v. Wade—What happened in 2022 & what to look for in 2023

Stephen Colbert: ALTER EGOS, part 4

The Dotard Трамп and Other Seditionists and Grifters:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The truth about Трамп’s “major announcement” ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REFUSES to release his taxes to the Democrats
• Ari Melber: Coup bombshells put heat on Garland to indict Трамп
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Butt Plugs And Dildos ♬

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Still popular with weasels! ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Fifth amendment invoked to the point of “unintentional hilarity” by Jan. 6 witnesses
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп cowers as taxes go public and Boebert’s holiday page
• MSNBC: Jan. 6 Committee presents key video evidence compilation
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who in hell is Roger Stone? ♬
• Yasmin Vossoughian: Good Liars create “Honest Трамп cards” focusing on 2020 election loss
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Coming Soon—Трамп Donuts ♬
• LegalEagle: Трамп’s criminal referral from the January 6 Committee:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to January 6th criminal referrals
• SNL: Трамп NFT
• Ari Melber: He did it—Full Jan. 6 report scorches Трамп for multiple crimes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Lives Rent Free in Their Heads ♬
• Alex Wagner: Трамп team’s inability to remember anything from Jan. 6 strains credulity
• Tommy Campbell: Trump’s NFT cards destroyed and Lindell’s prayers fail

NowThis: Crisis pregnancy centers caught spreading false info about abortions

Robert Reich: Don’t believe the lies—Your wages are not driving inflation

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be taking a hiatus for weather and holidays. I’ll post a notice when we start meeting again.

Oh…and happy holidays!

Jimmy Kimmel: Michelle Obama on Barack being called “fine,” raising their daughters & watching trash TV

LegalEagle: The most dangerous toys of all time

Stephen: A great day for love! Biden signs Respect For Marriage Act

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Grooming Children with Bibles, Not Drag Queens!

Lewis Black: Florida politics

The Sedition Party:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Showed Kari Lake Something Small ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell challenges RNC debate and prisoner swap angers Republicans
• J-L Cauvin:
• NowThis: Schumer & Pelosi reflect on working with “child” Dotard Трамп
• Alex Wagner: Meadows texts show alarming number of GOP lawmakers addled by conspiracy theories
• Daily Show throwback: The Dotard Трамп—America’s African President
• Parody Project: Addicted to Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп pathetic, embarrassing announcement
• Chris Hayes: New footage of Pelosi attack debunks right-wing conspiracy theories
• Ari Melber: Text evidence bomb hits MAGA world—Coup plots unearthed by Jan. 6 panel
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ This Is Stupid ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Texts show “Lying clown” Giuliani was Ginni Thomas’s “hero”
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis doubles down on covid paranoia; Vaccine-rejecting GOP suffers higher death rate
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s target plug and wild comments
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s pathetic “major announcement” is a major dud and GOP coup texts leaked
• Stephen: Трамп reduced to hawking sad NFT set and Musk bans @ElonJet
• Jimmy Kimmel: “Superhero” Трамп teases MAJOR announcement and Musk’s Twitter not paying rent
• Ari Melber: Foreign arrests show peril for Трамп
• Mark Fiore: Even freer speech
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Potential GOP disappointment over Hunter’s laptop ♬
• Chris Hayes: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 “Would have been armed” if she led it
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dumb GOP politicians tried to overturn election and Musk loses richest man title
• Stephen: DeSantis goes full batshit vaccine conspiracy mode & Musk is no longer on top & Rubio’s push to ban TikTok
• Liberal Redneck: On the absence of empathy
• Seth Meyers: Трамп disappears into seclusion and Greene says she would’ve “won” Jan. 6 riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Convict 45 ♬:

• Chris Hayes: “Major Announcement Man”—Трамп hawks virtual trading cards of himself as superhero
• Ari Melber: GOP humiliation—See DeSantis shred his own vaccine record on TV
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Superhero NFTs (An affordable alternative to burning cash!) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп slams disloyal Jewish people and Marjorie Taylor Greene fumes over dildos and butt plugs
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy struggles to muster support; Трамп weakness stirs potential challengers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On Being Grateful (to Not be Eric Трамп) ♬

Robert Reich: The Powell Memo—Corporate America’s blueprint

Ari Melber: FAUX hosts rage after Biden signs gay marriage law

Lauren Mayer: ♫ The Twitter Files ♬

NowThis: Biden, Pelosi, & Schumer react to passage of Respect for Marriage Act

Vox: A fact-checked debate about legal weed

Daily Show correspondents roast Trevor

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

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Stephanie Ruhle: January 6 Committee eyes final report release date

Electoral (Dys)Function:

• Seth Meyers: GOP turn on The Dotard—and each other—after Walker’s loss in Georgia
• MSNBC: Voters teach GOP the lessons they won’t learn on their own
• Stephen: The Warnock v. Walker runoff ends here
• Bloomberg Law: Control of democratic elections hinges on U.S. Supreme Court
• Lauren Mayers: ♫ Werewolves in the Senate ♬:

• The Late Show: A compilation of Herschel Walker being honest and transparent
• Tooning Out the News: Herschel Walker defeated & MAGA movement rebuke
• Liberal Redneck: Georgia runoff round 2
• Stephen: Dems secure Senate majority
• MSNBCWalker loss extends list of Трамп-backed candidate failures
• Seth Meyers: Republicans wonder if Georgia is the final nail in Трамп’s political coffin
• Steve Kornacki: Changing demographics in Atlanta area helped Warnock’s campaign

SNL Weekend Update: Kanye West praises Hitler and Biden averts rail strike

NowThis: Inclusive capitalism, how it could help strengthen democracy

The Dotard Трамп and His Mob of Lying, Racist Assholes:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп org GUILTY of tax fraud, Herschel’s wild campaign ends & Kanye asks Jews to forgive Hitler
• WaPo: Трамп’s ever-shifting relationship with the Constitution
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Трамп Org guilty verdict
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is TIME’s “Conman of the Year” ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ They Want To Plunge Us Into Darkness ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Team Трамп accepts defeat on Special Master stall tactic and more documents found
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ The Har Mar Mall Song ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп calls for Constitution to be terminated after “Twitter files” dud
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Time(s) Трамп Lied ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jury finds Трамп’s businesses guilty. Seventeen times
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hoards classified documents & Herschel loses in Georgia
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell congratulates Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democrats
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell thinks the media is making him look crazy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and the Avalanche ♬
• Alex Wagner: Requisite For DeSantis’ “War on woke”—NOT BEING AWAKE!
• The Late Show: Storage Wars—West Palm Beach edition:

• NowThis: How Трамп’s extreme rhetoric could be shifting our Political discourse
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Twitter release Hunter Biden pics
• Katie Phang: DOJ is “playing Трамп a little bit,” says former federal prosecutor
• The Late Show: ♫ Kayne. Elon. Трамп. ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ In So Many Ways, Трамп is KING! ♬
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on why Трамп’s power over the GOP is weakening
• Tommy Campbell: Mitch McConnell snubbed at medal ceremony is pure gold
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to terminate the Constitution, Kanye’s swastika tweet & Herschel’s idea to arm the IRS
• LegalEagle: The new Special Counsel is bad news for Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп could face insurrection criminal referral, GOPers vote nay on gay
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Clarence Thomas violated law “in plain view,” Tribe says
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for a (Horrid) Man Трамп Truly Admires ♬
• NowThis: The danger behind Трамп’s call to “terminate” the Constitution

Vice News: Families of trans kids are seeking sanctuary

WaPo: House passes Respect for Marriage Act

Dulcé Sloan: Drag vs. Conservatives

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