Archives for December 2019

Now This: Top 10 most absurd stories in 2019 U.S. politics.

Jimmy Kimmel: The YEAR in unnecessary censorship.

Full Frontal: Frost Bee the Snowwoman.

WaPo: The wildest political moments of 2019.

Robert Reich: Five ways to stop corporations from ruining the future of work.

The Dotard Трамп and His Impeachable Henchpersons:

• Ali Velshi: Advocates for fair Senate impeachment trial press Collins and other Senators
• Now This: Who is Melania Трамп? Narrated by Logan Guntzelman
• Ayman Mohyeldin: How divided are evangelicals over Трамп?
• Vice: How Трамп’s embassy move is escalating the battle for Jerusalem
• SNL Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on FAUX News handling Трамп’s impeachment:

• Ari Melber: The mountain evidence build against The Dotard
• Now This: The Dotard reignites his crusade against windmills
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard gets back to “work” at golf club resort
• Conan: Brands are capitalizing on Трамп’s impeachment
• Ali Velshi: Shocking testimony about SEAL pardoned by Трамп leaked to NYT
• Now This: CNN debunks all of the GOP’s impeachment talking points
• Chris Hayes: Mitch McConnell’s “big tactical error”
• Reflect: The Dotard sneaks “OK” hand sign into Turning Point USA speech
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Report on the Трамп tax cuts & corporations
• Mark Fiore: The war on Christmas
• Now This: Трамп’s 2019 by the numbers
• Ali Velshi: Трамп bullying and scapegoating is decimating U.S. Foreign Service

Now This: Obama kisses baby at golf course.

Vice News: Space debris is now a big problem.

Jimmy Dore: Politicians leave holiday wishes on Jimmy Dore’s voicemail:

Now This: How far LGBTQ+ rights have come this decade.

Hasan Minhaj: How America is causing global obesity.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Trevor: The Intercept’s senior columnist Mehdi Hasan analyzes the Democratic debate
• Now This: Where the 2020 candidates stand on college & education
• Desi Lydic Womansplains: We need a lot more women to run for Congress:

• Chris Hayes: Andrew Yang explains his healthcare plan
• Daily Show: In Demoriam—Remembering the campaigns we lost in 2019

Full Frontal: Best pieces on women’t health.

The Atlantic: Will Congress fulfill a 184-year-old promise?

Reflect: Eleven interesting facts about Kwanzaa.

Chris Hayes: FBI looking into pardons by Ex-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin

BuzzFeed: Blind people answer commonly Googled questions about being blind.

Daily Show: Shit that pissed off Lewis Black in 2019.

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

If you’re anything like me, you got socks that you will never wear for Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate, or inexplicably from a vendor at work). I’m sure that whatever charity shop you donate them to is great. But if you’re having trouble figuring out what to do with them, there are boxes of socks for homeless people. You can find the one closest to you here.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together this Tuesday for Christmas eve and end-of-the-year toasts. Stop by and join the festivities, if you can. And if I don’t see you, merry Christmas, happy Hannikuah, awesome Pancha Ganapati, joyous Kwanzaa, fulfilling Boxing Day, or miraculous Festivus to you and yours!

We meet every Tuesday (except this New Year’s Eve) at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Does Boeing firing Dennis Muilenburg make a difference for workers or safety? Does it fix the 737 Max more quickly? If so, great. If it’s just a PR move, and his replacement is just as bad, well I guess we’ll see.

The Daily Show: Fox News’ fair and balanced misogyny.

Hasan Minhaj: Why we can’t retire.

The Atlantic: The Nazi hunter—Capturing Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the holocaust.

Now This: Why millions of Americans are “going solar”.

Huffington Post: Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism.

Minute Physics: Hacking the periodic table.

The Dotard Трамп^* And Other Constitutional Criminals:

• Seth Meyers: The House impeaches Трамп^*
• Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses—Impeachment edition
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani returns from his conspiracy tour of Ukraine
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s^* impeachment is “a mark he will carry for the rest of his life”
• Samantha Bee: An Impeachment Carol:

• Reflect: Rep. Pramila Jayapal destroys Трамп’s^* deceptive Ukraine defense
• Chris Hayes: Трамп^* warned us about who he was
• Seth Meyers: Трамп^* melts down at rally after getting impeached
• Rachel Maddow: Sen. Chuck Schumer on Трамп’s^* call for a Senate trial
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп^* has been impeached
• Trevor: Трамп^* impeached
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Adam Schiff discusses Трамп^* quid pro quo and the behavior of his GOP colleagues
• Now This: Farmer says Трамп^* is “backstabbing” his supporters
• Stephen: Shamelessly partisan Senators McConnell and Graham pledge to not convict The Dotard^*
• Reflect:The moment The Dotard Трамп^* was impeached
• Jonathan Mann: The President has been impeached
• Seth Meyers: Every crime The Dotard Трамп^* has ever committed
• Trevor: Трамп^* is totally fine with being impeached
• Late Show: Rudy Giuliani is America’s greatest crime fighter
• The Late Show: Once upon impeachment,” A Late Show animated Christmas classic:

• Stephen: Yes, the Трамп^* presidency is just a TV show we all have to live through
• Ari Melber: Impeachment stain on Трамп^* will “never be erased”
• Mark Fiore: Rudy, P.I.
• Seth Meyers: Senate Republicans say they won’t hold a fair impeachment trial
• Trevor: Трамп’s^* shameless media strategy
• Rachel Maddow: Adam Schiff on Senate process and the next steps.
• Samantha Bee: Merry Impeachmas
• Ari Melber: Трамп^* trial nightmare? WH aides have legal duty to testify
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп^* raises “smocking” age to 21, and Ted Cruz is not happy
• Vox: Impeachment is Трамп^*‘s ultimate loyalty test for Republicans
• Stephen: Complains of “spiteful actions” & “egregious conduct” in angry letter to Nancy Pelosi
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Christianity today editorial calls for Трамп’s^* removal from office
• MSNBC: What Трамп^*‘s impeachment means and what comes next
• Conan: Introducing the Stephen Miller vaginal dryness locket
• The New York Times: Trump’s^* snake poem is really about him:

• Rachel Maddow: Трамп^* impeached as the House passes both articles.
• Seth Meyers: Rep. Adam Schiff talks about Giuliani’s capacity as a lawyer and impeaching Трамп^*
• Chris Hayes: Трамп^* belief in bogus Ukraine conspiracy theory started early
• The Late Show: A Congressional carol of the bells

Now This: Most inspiring environmental stories of 2019

WaPo: How massive wood buildings could help fight climate change

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Kurzgesagt: Overpopulation & Africa

WA Rep. Matt Shea is accused of domestic terrorism!

Now This: How AI could revolutionize recycling.

The New York Times: What does the rise of homemade guns mean for gun laws? We made one to find out.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Robert Reicht: The most important idea of the presidential primary
• Stephen: Despite an irregular heartbeat, Joe Biden is a healthy, vigorous 77 year-old
• Now This: 2020 candidate interviews—Funniest moments
• The Late Show: Andrew Yang approves of psychedelic mushrooms
• Wendover: The logistics of the US election
• Trevor: 2020 December Democratic debate in Los Angeles
• Stephen: Joe Biden floats being a one-term President
• Robert Reich and Ro Khanna: Winning the 2020 election
• WaPo: 2020 candidates think we should pay teachers more
• Stephen: Mayor Pete takes heat over dinner held in a billionaire’s wine cave

Wired: Could humans hibernate for space travel?.

Verge Science: The science and controversy behind your lightbulbs.

Chris Hayes: Washington State lawmaker, Matt Shea, engaged in “domestic terrorism”:

Now This: How to shop against gun violence.

Minute Earth: Why it’s hard to bring a new apple to market.

Trevor: Mental health stigma in the Black community.

^*Impeached and awaiting trial.

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

Matt Shea is a real piece of shit. We all knew that, of course. We have read the reporting in The Guardian and listened to Bundyville. As well as other local reporting. Still and all, it’s good that the state’s independent investigation confirmed it.

It’s finally impeachment day. Please if you haven’t already, call or write your member of Congress. The more they hear from you the better.

Also, thanks to everyone who has written. Thank you so, so much to who attended a rally yesterday; Being around you all Downtown and seeing pictures from all over the country lifted my spirit in ways I didn’t know I needed.

It’s finally impeachment day. Please if you haven’t already, call or write your member of Congress. The more they hear from you the better.

Also, thanks to everyone who has written. Thank you so, so much to who attended a rally yesterday; Being around you all Downtown and seeing pictures from all over the country lifted my spirit in ways I didn’t know I needed.

It’s finally impeachment day. Please if you haven’t already, call or write your member of Congress. The more they hear from you the better.

Also, thanks to everyone who has written. Thank you so, so much to who attended a rally yesterday; Being around you all Downtown and seeing pictures from all over the country lifted my spirit in ways I didn’t know I needed.

It isn’t every day you can meet with fellow liberals on the eve of a presidential impeachment. Join us tonight as we debate, contemplate, cheer and jeer about the impending impeachment of 45. For the regulars it’s just another weekly meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally….

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

The Seattle impeachment rally is tomorrow. 5:00 at the Federal Building. The address and directions are at the link. If you can’t make it to Seattle, you can find one in your town.

There are a million things that this President deserves to be impeached for. But undermining our democracy from the White House seems up at the top.

Vox: What facial recognition steals from us.

John Oliver: SantaCon.

Full Frontal: The Sammies—Awards for government workers.

The Atlantic: Too many people want to travel.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Characters:

• Stephen: Trump’s weekend Tweet-A-Thon covered a lot of ground, from MMA to North Korea
• Trevor: Look at these assholes—Трамп family edition
• Seth Meyers: Трамп blasts “impeachment light” at deranged rally
• Stephen: Трамп pays $2 million to charity (by court order)
• Late Show: The Dotard Трамп may become the 4th member of the Impeachment Club
• Roll Call: Democrats charge Trump with abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
• Stephen: Трамп, Barr And Lou Dobbs are all-in on deep state conspiracy
• Seth Meyers: Ari Melber thinks Democrats introducing only two articles of impeachment is a gamble
• Samantha Bee: The White House hates food stamps
• Stephen: Greta claps back after The Dotard’s lame attempt to troll her on Twitter
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s new toilet initiative
• Stephen: The Dotard wants to call his own witnesses in Senate impeachment trial
• Bruce Nelson: Let’s impeach Трамп for Christmas

• Seth Meyers: House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Трамп
• Trevor: Dems bring two articles of impeachment against Трамп
• Stephen: House Democrats find evidence of Трамп’s misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is definitely getting impeached
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard is “surprised” he’s being impeached for Ukraine scandal
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Трамп risked national security for his political gain
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Republican Congresspeople need to vote their conscience
• Stephen: Rep. Adam Schiff—Evidence of the President’s wrongdoing is overwhelming
• Samantha Bee: The Dotard Трамп and the articles of impeachment
• Trevor: Trump’s dramatic toilet talk
• Stephen: As impeachment closes in, Трамп holds angry rally in Hershey, PA
• Mark Fiore: Spygate!
• WaPo: Impeachment inquiry enters endgame in the House
• Seth Meyers: House Judiciary holds impeachment hearing as GOP lies about Ukraine
• The Late Show: Dotard Трамп, destroyer of films
• Jimmy Kimmel knows who the whistleblower is
• Seth Meyers: Ari Melber thinks Rudy Giuliani’s done more to impeach Трамп than Pelosi or Mueller
• SNL: Them Трампs:

• Stephen: Трамп’s allies in Congress don’t care how history will remember them
• The Daily Show: Watch Rep. Jerrold Nadler fend off Republican interruptions
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard’s insane outburst against 16-year-old Greta Thunberg
• Samantha Bee: Marriage story—The hateful edition
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп is a 15-flush kind of guy

Roll Call: Drug prices are too high. What is Congress trying to do about it?

Trevor: America’s Afghanistan fiasco.

The New York Times: How to fight fake news on vaccines.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Vox: Why German spies blew up this US island.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Hassan Minhaj puts #YangGang to the test
• Robert Reich: Why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will win the presidency.
• Trevor: World War D—Damage control edition
• Hassan Minhaj: Don’t ignore the Asian vote in 2020
• Jimmy Dore: Bernie has “Had it up to here!” with Jimmy

Trevor: Finland’s super young new Prime Minister.

Jim Jefferies: America needs a new national bird.

New York Times: Is your plastic actually being recycled?

The Late Show: The Late Show’s 2019 reel-in-review.

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

I am glad that the House of Representatives is going to impeach President Trump. There are so many impeachable crimes that he has committed, boiling it down to just a couple articles. It leaves a lot off the table. Still. Thanks to all of the people voting for it.

Hey, now would be an excellent time to call your member of Congress and ask them to impeachment President Trump. If you are represented by a Republican, let them know. If you are represented by a Trumpy Republican, let them know.