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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 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.

Quick reminder that the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight, as usual. Feel free to stop by.

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.

Steve Shives: Trans people are the threatened, not the threat

Big Tentacle: April 19—You say you want a revolution.

The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп aggressively attacks 1st amendment, Elon Musk wants out of DOGE & MAGA minions do dumb stuff
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is crashing ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп facing impotence as courts hand him loss after loss; court of public opinion no less harsh
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ J.D. and The Pope ♬
• Christopher Titus: Трамп versus Harvard
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—NO IDEA What He’s Doing. 25th Amendment Time? ♬
• Jabari Jones: ♫ Flunky Трамп—New National Anthem ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ Karoline’s Cross ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Behind the Powder—The Pentagon makeup room
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What “FDT” Means to Me ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп, a “humiliated clown” who always pretends he never backs down, backed down again
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Back in Charge Again ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Night They Drove Old Donnie Down ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Again and Again ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth—A Man Who Keeps NO Secrets ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s unhinged Easter post, more Hegseth hypocrisy & Pope Francis meets JD Vance before passing
• LegalEagle: Трамп retaliates by taking kids’ lunch money (literally)
• Adam Conover: You are not safe
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Day by Day, Трампp Destroys America ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Putin with epic meltdown
• Rachel Maddow: Anti-Трамп protests sweep the nation, crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “Oops! They Screwed Up Again” ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Vladimir, STOP! ♬
• Dark Brandon: Pete Hegseth—From FAUX News to Signal family secrets
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s pipes are leaking, too ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ If ♬
• Big Tentacle: Kidnapped by the U.S. Government
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hegseth reportedly builds Pentagon makeup studio & lEon Musk’s screaming match with Трамп advisor
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Where Political Careers Go to Die ♬
• LegalEagle: DOJ inadvertently files attorney client memo (that says their case sucks)

Marsh Family: ♫ Flight from Earth (parody of Katy Perry’s “Firework” on the Blue Origin space launch) ♬

Deplorables and Other Imbeciles and Nutburgers:

• Jabari Jones: J.D. Vance—Cringe Italian style
• Steve Hofstetter: A rant on Florida politicians
• Puppet Regime: Finding America’s most spineless
• Ari Melber: Musk demoted again! lEon retreats as he loses $1 billion PER DAY under Von Shitzenpantz
• Ross Childs: The Pope nope’d JD Vance
• Jabari Jones: J.D. Vance—India
• Bruce W. Nelson: Aiders and abettors
• Robert Reich: How to prevent future Трампs
• Steve Shives: RFK Jr.—Autism detective:

• Tommy Campbell: Why Kristi Noem’s stolen purse is a problem
• LegalEagle: Insider trading from Трамп’s duties?
• Parody Project: ♫ Joe Rogan sings, “I’m a Ponderer” ♬
• Stella Magz: The Pope dies after meeting JD Vance….
• Jordan Klepper shares his wildest MAGAverse moments
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Pope Met JD Vance, Then Died ♬
• ScaredKetchup: Why are these tiny white balls taking over the GOP?

John D. Cundle: ♫ The Superheroes of America ♬

The Daily Show celebrates Earth Day by tackling climate change

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

It is election day in Washington state. So fill out that ballot, drop it off at a drop box and then join us for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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.

John D. Cundle: ♫ Long As I Can See the Light (At the Ballot Box) ♬

Wired: How governments spy on protestors—And how to avoid it

The Kidnapping Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• SNL Weekend Update: Chen Biao on Трамп’s China tariffs
• John D. Cundle: ♫ MAGA MATH—The Reciprocal Tariff Two-Step ♬
• The Late Show: A visit from the Tariff Fairy
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—White supremacy
• LegalEagle: Трамп ordered to return wrongly deported man (Kilmar Abrego Garcia)
• LegalEagle: An extraordinary update on Abrego Garcia
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard meets with El Salvador President
• Steve Shives: Трамп’s deportations to El Salvador are the latest stop on a long road
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot at the White House (Blue Version) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ While Трамп’s Shower Drips, His Sanity Slips ♬
• SNL: Трамп Easter 2025
• Jimmy Kimmel: Trump threatens Harvard with outlandish demands & Republican ass kissing reaches new heights
• Stephen: The Dotard defies SCOTUS, sets off constitutional crisis & “homegrowns” are next & Harvard pushes back
• John D. Cundle: ♫ My Grandma Has a Message for the President ♬
• Christopher Titus: What is happening in America under Трамп administration?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Seven AMAZING Трамп Facts ♬
• John Di Domenico: Recession over?? Трамп breaks silence on tariffs and the market
• Ronny Chieng: Harvard rejects Трамп order, SCOTUS gets left on read & Md. Sen. takes rescue vacay
• John Oliver: Трамп & tariffs
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Fees, Fees, Fees ♬:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ Tariff On, Tariff Off ♬
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s tax cuts were worse than we thought
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s conversation with Bill Maher LEAKED
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Donnie Dictator” Limits Press Access to The White House ♬
• Adam Conover: The tariffs are just so stupid
• Rachel Maddow: Lost in the sauce—Stories Трамп probably hoped you wouldn’t notice while he “flooded the zone”
• Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation and how Трамп fails to deliver
• Mother Jones: The real reason El Salvador’s President cozied up to Трамп
• Liberal Redneck: So we just openly disappear people now?
• JoJoFromJerz: Looks like someone let the genius out of the stable again
• The Other Brother: ♫ Where are all my stocks and bonds? ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Трамп describes “bad hombre”
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—The wrong RFK
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп pauses tariffs & Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants fluoride out of water
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sen. Van Hollen outsmarted Трамп today helping Abrego Garcia get a step closer to justice
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot at the White House (Red Version) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Demands More Water Pressure (to Flush Us Down the Drain) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard destroys Jerome Powell as a “fake Black”
• Steve Shives: Trade war—Diner vs. barber shop:

• Michael Kosta: Are Canadians ready to join team USA? Pro & anti-Трамп supporters sound off
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Sorry Dotard, Your Trade Policy Gets an “F” ♬
• LegalEagle: Signal war plans versus Hillary’s emails
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп, Pickled Herring, and Who to Trust ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ Elmo dropsa a Трамп diss track ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп brags about his “excellent health” & more tariff confusion
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп exposed in hot mic moment planning further abuse of power
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces he’s holding Judge Boasberg in contempt
• Desi Lydic: Трамп’s tariffs ruined America’s reputation. Does anyone still respect us?
• SNL: The White Potus
• Parody Project: ♫ Will Not Save You ♬
• Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Don’t engage with MAGA
• Stephen: Трамп vs. the courts & El Presidente targets “homegrowns” & Iowa seniors turn on Sen. Grassley
• The Late Show: How Warner Bros. might court Трамп’s favor
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп now has “constitutional dementia” about Harvard & deporting American citizens
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Jesus, Take the Wheel (Away from The Dotard Трамп) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Redefining “American Exceptionalism” ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп redecorates White House in ALL GOLD, still waiting on Epstein files & Canadians are MAD!

ScaredKetchup: Why you need REAL ID before your next flight in 2025!

Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Knock on the Door (protest song) ♬

Sandy Pliskin: ♫ Dear Bernie Sanders—an activist’s lament ♬

Deplorables:

• Tommy Campbell: Why Mike Lindell was detained in Canada
• Ronny Chieng: ♫ RFK Jr. sparks outrage over autism remarks & lEon Musk slides into DMs and wombs ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ All The Chickens Are In Congress (That’s Why Eggs Are So Expensive) ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones JD Vance
• Ross Childs: JD Vance breaks a trophy
• Jimmy KimmelТрамп won’t bring back mistakenly deported man, lEon’s baby making quest & MyPillow Mike evicted

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Liberal, and Proud of It ♬

SNL Weekend Update: Emil Wakim on American patriotism

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