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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt is another fine summer evening, and a great time to get together with some friends and people of liberal persuasion. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for drinks and conversation. You’ll be glad you did.

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

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  2. “Other public officials have called the court corrupt, out of control, and serving an extremist agenda,” she continued. “This overheated language, this completely inappropriate rhetoric against the Supreme Court, endangers the lives of the justices and erodes public trust in our system of government. I believe that all of us must avoid that kind of dangerous and disturbing rhetoric, because it could in fact trigger violence,” Collins added.

    First of all, calling the court corrupt is legitimate criticism.
    Second, it’s the court itself that’s eroding public trust.
    Third, this rhetoric is intended to trigger reform.

    So yeah, she’s off base, and I’m not listening.

  3. Meanwhile, asked by reporters about the ICE killing in Maine, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives responded, “Uh, I don’t know anything about this event.”

    Doesn’t he ever read a newspaper or a news feed? Doesn’t he get briefings? Or know what the government he presides over is doing? Or is he just lying and hiding from reality?

    This is what passes for GOP leadership these days. This, and fawning over Trump.

  5. John Kiriakou has some interesting things to say about Lindsay Graham over on Kiriakou’s YouTube channel.

    None of it very flattering.

  6. Sometimes the Bastille Day parade has other nations participate to honor key alliances, shame we weren’t the one this year. Ukraine was, but wouldn’t the milestone to invite the US be the 250th of France actually getting involved in our Revolution? Also, we were represented in the flyovers, some of the Rafale Bs came from Escadre du Chase 2/4, French Air and Space Force. This unit carries on the Lafayette Escadrille of WWI. It was a unit of American volunteers then. Today the unit carries a weapon that was unimaginable back then.

  9. 8)Social media bots will eat it up. Saw one that actually thinks they have the votes to expel Ossoff and Warnock. Thought it was 67 votes needed to expel a Senator.

  12. @ 11

    Naw, this blog only has a bit of a cold. Like Joe Biden did when he debated Donald Trump two years ago.

    Luvenalis
    @Luvenalis1

    A tweet Joe didn’t write on a book he didn’t author about a presidency he didn’t attend.

    Joe Biden
    @JoeBiden
    7h

    I’ve written a book about my time as President. It’s called PROMISE ME, AMERICA. It’s coming out November 17th and is available for preorder now. 

    promisemeamerica.com
    @littlebrown
    2:41 PM · Jul 15, 2026

    Isn’t that right. YLB.

  13. @ 1

    We don’t need Graham Platner to get rid of this senator. All we need is enough Maine voters to tire of Collins’ shtick.

    No, I think first you need a replacement nominee, Legal Eagle.

  14. @ 3

    … the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives responded, “Uh, I don’t know anything about this event.”
    Doesn’t he ever read a newspaper or a news feed?

    You did, and yet you were not aware that the posted video in it was shot after the bullets that killed the driver were fired. You perpetuate a claim by the clown in the video that LE shouted “Shots fired! Shots fired!” before firing shots.

    ’tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and in doing so remove all doubt. HA’s failed former attorney and perpetual useless, bloviating fool long ago removed all doubt that he is always the fool.

  15. @13 No, I think first you need a replacement nominee, Legal Eagle.

    Does it have to be human? Seems to me a dog, cat, or goat would do, if nothing else is available.

    That’s a commentary on how bad Collins is.

  16. @14 What video? I made no reference to a video, only to MAGA Mike’s response to a reporter who asked him about the shooting. He either hadn’t heard about it or feigned ignorance. There’s no video in this picture.

    Seems to me you’re trying to extrude a chocolate bar from a turd.

    By the way, Trump angrily overturned ICE’s pause on traffic stops. It seems ICE traffic stop shootings are to resume pending any review or policy adjustments.

    The prospect of being prosecuted for murder might be enough to deter some folks from signing up for those $50,000 hiring bonuses.

  19. 17

    Testosterone levels in men have declined over time partly because of excessive weight and related health issues, and because some types of exercise can increase testosterone while long-distance endurance activity can lower it. Researchers also report a generational decline that appears even when comparing age-matched groups across years, meaning it’s not just normal aging.

  21. @19 Maybe that explains America’s negative population replacement. Along with younger generations deciding to have two, one, or no kids as a lifestyle (and affordability) choice.

    I can’t help thinking conservatives want to ban birth control (and now Trump is jumping on that bandwagon too) so we don’t have to replace our dying generations with immigrants.

  22. ​​Over 100 House Democrats vote to block billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, reflecting growing schism in party

    https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/politics/military-aid-israel-democrats-split-vote

    Good! While I’m in favor of a Jewish state, few Holocaust survivors are still alive, and meantime Israel under younger generations has turned into a rogue state that murders doctors, nurses, aid workers, journalists, and children standing in food lines, abuses Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, carries out terrorist attacks, and has territorial ambitions against its neighbors.

    Until this shit stops, Israel shouldn’t get one fucking penny from us, because it’s like financing Nazis. I’m sure quite a few Israelis oppose what their government is doing, too, so this isn’t an anti-Israeli thing, it’s an anti-fascist aggression and anti-genocide thing.

  23. 21

    The situation is even worse in other countries. The Republic of Korea is in really bad shape as far as population decline is concerned.

  26. The Democratic National Committee asked its leadership team to sign non-disclosure agreements before a recent meeting about the party’s finances, two people familiar with the conversations told Axios.

    Why it matters: The move — a break from past practice for such officers — underscored DNC chair Ken Martin’s sensitivity about the party’s money woes and the persistent criticism about his leadership.
    …
    The DNC has nearly $15 million on hand but is $18 million in debt, according to its latest campaign finance filings through the end of May.
    The RNC has $125 million on hand and no debt.

    Smart donors don’t want to bankroll clown candidates. Go figure.

  29. There are only so many chicks with dicks who can vote, you know. Most of them are only 14, and are back to jerking off to hetero porn by the time they’re 17.

    user avatar
    OSZ
    @OpenSourceZone

    2026 Generic congressional ballot

    🔵 Democrats: 47% (-3)
    🔴 Republicans: 45% (+4)

    (+/- vs May)

    RMG poll | 7/13-7/14

    1:35 PM · Jul 15, 2026

  31. @ 30

    Reduced activity on HA lately.

    Darryl puts in a lot of work on the weekly Extravaganza for only five regular spewers.

    HA started going away when Darryl didn’t bother with the Monte Carlo thing in 2024.

  32. Sen. Rick Scott, who made a 9-figure fortune from running a hospital company that was convicted of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, says Americans should work 7 days a week.

    https://www.rawstory.com/maga-senator-ridiculed-for-saying-people-should-work-7-days-a-week-on-fox-news-interview/

    Apparently he doesn’t realize some Americans do work 7 days a week, and have no choice, because Republicans have refused to raise the minimum wage since 2009.

  33. Sen. Rick Scott, who made a 9-figure fortune from running a hospital company that was convicted of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, says Americans should work 7 days a week.

    https://www.rawstory.com/maga-senator-ridiculed-for-saying-people-should-work-7-days-a-week-on-fox-news-interview/

    Apparently he doesn’t realize some Americans do work 7 days a week, and have no choice, because Republicans have refused to raise the minimum wage since 2009.

  34. @26 Oh look, the dumbfuck troll is bragging because neo-fascist billionaires have bought the party that controls our government.

    It’s true that no small donor matched Elon Musk’s $250 million purchase of Trump’s second presidential campaign. They were limited to $2,500.

    We really need to do something about the corrupting influence of money in politics.

  35. @29 As I’ve said before, only half the voters have above-average intelligence. Your party gets the morons.

  37. Donnie decided to go on the TV this morning with the friendly Fox Business reporter. Incumbent Republicans got fucked.

    (on Iran war) We’re making a lot of money. The defense companies are doing great.”

    Gas (all grades US is)
    January 2025 $3.07. June 2026 $4.05 and July is ticking upward.

    Ground beef 1lb retail
    January 2025 $7.11 current $8.65

    Keep that in mind as Dumbfuck posts about the minus energy and food costs core inflation.

  39. The “Illegitimate” Senator John Ossoff

    Here’s what’s gonna happen tonight — the world’s most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6yo grievances about the 2020 election while his war spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise.”

    I got $20 says Donnie talks about bamboo in the ballot paper tonight. $50 Venezuelan voting machines changed the counts. Kalshi lets you bet on everything.

    “(insert GOP candidate name) do you agree with the batshit claims made by Donald Trump that have been debunked repeatedly?”

  40. Surprised this project is getting to the Rolling Stock ordering phase, but seems like Austin made a good choice, but hope not all of Stadler’s future CITYLINK customers follow the UTA TRAX design they are building for Salt Lake City. That was shortened because the UTA wanted to have up to 4 car trains, but on platforms designed for shorter high-floor LRVs. The interior rendering looks like it’s from the SLC though. Austin isn’t limited by that existing infrastructure, and the European version looks like it could be what Interurbans would be using today if they had survived. Sound Transit is looking at the longer version in future procurement, though.
    https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/light-rail/austin-selects-stadler-to-build-light-rail-equipment/

    Austin Capitol Metro besides sales tax, has an interesting revenue stream. The 160 miles of freight railroad they acquired for future transit use, is a working railroad, owned byCapMetro but operated by short line conglomerate WATCO as Austin Western RR, generates about $6 million a year. Unfortunately with the Lakeview Sub, Sound Transit’s agreement was BNSF got to serve existing customers, and BNSF outsourced that to Tacoma Public Utilities and Tacoma Rail.

  41. Trump appointed Federal judge calls out DOJ in an ICE pleading for citing non-existent case law.

    More recently, the Sixth Circuit has reiterated that § 1226(e) bars challenges that
    “ask the court to reweigh the evidence underlying a bond decision or second-guess the Immigration Judge’s discretionary judgment.” See Taylor v. Hott, 724 F. App’* 387, 392 (6th Cir. 2018) (district court lacked jurisdiction to review IJ’s bond denial where petitioner challenged flight-risk determination) .

    (Gov’t’s Resp. 9, ECF No. 5.) The cited case, Taylor v. Hott, is not located at the identified page of the Federal Appendix. Indeed, page 387 is contained within a different opinion —Atkins v. CGI
    Techs. & Sols., Inc., 724 F. App’x 383 (6th Cir. 2018) which is about commercial arbitration, not immigration bond determinations. In its research, the Court was unable to identify a Sixth Circuit case with the caption Taylor v. Hott, or any federal case containing the quoted language.

    Thus, it seems this citation was likely produced by generative artificial intelligence (“Al”). N.Y.C. Dep’t of Educ., No. 1:24-cv-04232, 2024 WL 3460049, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2024)). It should be obvious that any attorney who uses Al must scrupulously review its work product to ensure that the cited cases exist and that the citations accurately and fairly represent the underlying case law. The duty of candor towards this tribunal demands no less.

    Although the Court will not presently impose sanctions for this conduct, it goes without
    saying that the Government must ensure its future filings with this Court do not include non-
    existent case law.

  42. @4

    Weird that in the video you can hear the shots.

    Did the Policeman’s Benevolent Association ever send you the 100k cc’s swallowed plaque they promised?

  43. @ 18

    I agree with him. Trump’s not cool. Neither is Jaydee.

    HA’s failed former attorney and perpetual useless, bloviating fool resurrects the Kerry/Edwards campaign:

    “We’ve got better vision, better ideas, real plans, we’ve got a better sense of what’s happening to America and we’ve got better hair,” Kerry said, a reference to the well-coiffed Democratic team.

    How weak.

  44. @ 36

    What would you do with yourselves without HA?

    Hey, there are plenty of middle-class failures out there who try to convince the world that they’re “a millionaire” or other silly, irrelevant nonsense. It’ll be easy to find the the next one to mock.

  46. @38 At a minimum, you’d have to find a new hobby, or devote more time to an existing one.

  47. @43 Once again, the lying troll throws out a purported quote, then pretends it came from me.

  48. @38 I can’t speak for Vicious Troll …

    And you don’t have to; see #44 above. The dumbfuck troll thinks there’s another HA out there, but Stefan Sharansky’s sucky little blog bit the dust years ago, and Free Republic isn’t quite the same thing.

  49. It’s premature to say SpaceX stock is heading toward its intrinsic value, but it did close below it’s IPO offering price today.

  51. Starting off strong with a real zinger, slurring, seemingly having trouble seeing then teleprompter, talking about how shitty America was two years ago…

    We had trans for everybody

  52. Bluesky is still around?

    Benjamin Ryan
    @benryanwriter

    NEWS: Popehat @Popehat, aka attorney Ken White, has been permanently banned from Bluesky, apparently for a post in which he suggested there was a moral upside to Elon Musk’s death.

    The Bluesky body politic, meanwhile, is losing its mind over this. Popehat is one of their heroes.

    12:25 AM · Jun 24, 2026

  53. Dumbfuck staying strong on a day when Donnie made an absolute fool of himself on TV with a month old story.

    Say how many illegal alien voters did he claim this time? Heritage found 100 in over 20 years.

  54. They don’t want to lose another $1b

    we also heard the president make claims that electronic voting machines are vulnerable and easily compromised* Fox News has not seen the evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president’s statement and claims

    * there’s non-machine mail in ballots…teehee

  55. Can we see the burn bags?

    NO WE HAVE THEM AND WE HAVE THEM AND THEY ARE WHAT I SAY 2020 WAS STOLLEN AND BURN BAGS!

    PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! HOW EASY IS THST TO DO!

  56. @52

    Literally ANYTHING to avoid APs story on the ICE agent who murdered Durán Guerrero.

    Wife beater, check.
    Mentally ill, check.
    Hired without background check, check

    some highlights:

    Brouillette, 37, told his ex-wife Ashley Brouillette late last year that he had been hired by ICE. She said that because of his long history of psychiatric issues, she thought he was having a mental health episode and she didn’t believe him. She didn’t realize he’d been telling the truth until this week, when videos began circulating online of the moments surrounding the shooting.
    …
    hundreds of family court records obtained from the Augusta District Court clerk’s office detail years of allegations of physical and verbal abuse raised by his second ex-wife on behalf of herself and his daughters.
    …
    An immediate relative of David Brouillette who spoke on the condition that their name not be used said he was diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder as a child — a diagnosis that Ashley Brouillette confirmed. The immediate relative described him as “extremely mentally ill” and said he attempted suicide twice at age 12 and was hospitalized multiple times.
    …
    In late 2025, around the time he joined ICE, his ex-wife Ashley said he left a three-minute voicemail mocking her for taking out a restraining order against him. And all of you should have your f——–g throats cut,” the voicemail said. “Yeah, you should. Am I threatening that I’m gonna do that? Nope. Nope. But do I think that you should have your f——-g throats cuts? Or should have had them cut? Yep.”

  57. If you have a few spare bucks, here’s a worthy cause:

    https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/caught-camera-pierce-county-man-uses-car-stop-runaway-suv

    Donate here:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-paul-after-his-heroic-act

    This isn’t political, it’s honoring heroism. A guy stopped a runaway SUV on I-5 whose driver was having a medical emergency with a child in the car. His own car got banged up, and donations go toward his car repairs. I made a donation.

  58. @53 Donnie made an absolute fool of himself on TV with a month old story.

    The Redhats will eat it up, though.

  59. @54 Fox “News” has never been in a position to evaluate the accuracy, or for that matter the honesty, of Trump’s claims and never will be as long as Old Man Murdoch is alive.

  60. @56 Maybe an insanity defense will work, if immunity fails? I’m exploring his legal options, that’s all.

    (Now wait for the prematurely retired doctor to mutter something about “failed attorney” blah blah …)

  61. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: “I saw a tweet yesterday from Olive Garden that in order to take advantage of their never-ending pasta pass, you have to show photo ID. I thought, that’s weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security.”

    There’s a little known clause on Aticle III, Freedom of EyeTalian food and the 27th Amendment is “When you’re here your family.”

  62. Later today Donnie will try to manipulate the market again by announcing an agreement as all sources of oil push over $80/bbl and average pump prices are tomorrow away from $4/gal again just as Americans last minute cancel the six hour road trip.

  63. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin went further than President Trump in an address on election security Friday, asserting foreign adversaries could hack voter machines, threatening states that refuse to partner with his department and saying he would use “maximum pressure” to root out any illegally cast votes.

    https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5974655-mullin-threatens-states-election-security/

    Fuck you, Mark. You have zero authority or jurisdiction over elections. Mind your own goddamned business.

  64. @61 The obvious reason Olive Garden requires ID to use the pasta pass is so people don’t share passes. OG can’t feed the whole world for $100 and stay in business.

    There’s no parallel to voting. Ballots can’t be passed around like a pasta card because election officials issue only one ballot per voter registration. Any notion that two or more people might use the same voter registration to vote is fantasy, because voting requires a signature on a poll book or ballot envelope, and only one signed ballot will be counted.

    What are they smoking at the White House?

  67. In other political news, Trump plans to impose entry fees on Canadian wildfire smoke entering the U.S.

  69. Dude.

    RNC Research
    Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022)
    @RNCResearch

    MODERATOR: “What qualifications do you have to serve in the U.S. Senate?”

    Maine Democrat Ashley Webb: “I’m a songwriter and I write my own books.”

    12:25 AM · Jul 17, 2026

  70. @69 As usual, I need to correct the RNC, because they can’t get anything right.

    MODERATOR: “What qualifications do you have to serve in the U.S. Senate?”

    Maine Democrat Ashley Webb: “I’m over the age of 30, a U.S. citizen for more than 9 years, and an inhabitant of Maine.”

    Those are the ONLY required qualifications to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate. Her suitability is up to Maine’s voters, but by electing Collins multiple times, they’ve shown they’re not finicky.

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