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Heeeey, the election is coming up. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by November 4. And, hey, you don’t have to just vote. There’s still time to walk a few precincts. Or whatever your favorite candidate wants. Or the coordinated campaign.

Big things like Seattle mayor could use your help. But man oh man, nobody appreciates you like a lower profile campaign.

And if you can’t do that, you can still tell your friends. Or donate, but it’s kind of late for that. Politics is not just a spectator sport.

Coming to you from the bus, where I can see the ear buds why are you playing music from your phone? Are they just for show? Gaaaah.

• Portland is a great city. So different from the one in Trump’s head.
• Seems like not a great contract if it doesn’t have accountability for Seattle police officers
• I was having difficulty logging on after the upgrade, so I didn’t mention it when it came out, but Keezy Young’s Hello Sunshine is great and good for spooky season.

Election season is upon us. I’m told that some campaigns receive returned ballot updates and will stop sending you campaign materials after you vote. If that isn’t an incentive to vote right now, nothing is. So fill out that ballot right now, drop it off in a drop box, and then join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for conversation over drinks.

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

Game 7, are you excited? This year’s M’s have been pretty special.

I moved here as a kid, but with a different team. So I didn’t live and die with them the same way as some of you did, but they have been a staple of the city. But I was here for the Griffey years. And 116 wins. And so many Almost Live! jokes in the lean years.

The fans who stuck with them through terrible seasons deserve this one. The fans who saw bad games in a bad Kingdome deserve this season. The fans who want to games in the middle of the playoff drought deserve this season.

Of course sports isn’t about deserve. And game 7 on the road is not going to be easy. Go M’s.

If you love America and cherish democracy, try to show up today. If you hate America and oppose democracy, go fuck yourself.

Steve Shives: One Nobel Peace Prize, please!

Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ You Know Who is Hating No Kings? ♬

John D. Cundle: ♫ No Kings—Because We Love America—Don’t Miss Your Shot ♬

Reign of The Felonious Dick-Tater-Tot-in-Chief:

• Stephen: The worst photo of all “Time” & GOP To blame for airport chaos & No Kings protests return
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Donnie Darkness” The Pam Bondi Song ♬
• Stella Maga: Трамп knocking on heaven’s door…no answer
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Cover Heard ’Round the World ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп cashing in bigly, GOP calls No Kings protest the “hate America” rally & RFK Junior Jr. is back
• Rachel Maddow: Doors slam on a weak Трамп as PUSHBACK hardens at every level
• ScaredKetchup: Why Трамп hates his Time Magazine cover
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ President Grift ♬:

• LegalEagle: Illegal troops deployed to Blue states
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rubbing it In for a Sore Loser ♬
• Stephen: Трамп’s Cinderella ballroom & why are Republicans so obsessed with Nazis?
• The Late Show: The real Chicago “chaos” video
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп celebrates ceasefire, blames Biden for January 6th & RFK claims circumcision linked to Autism
• Chris Hayes: The no pile up—MAGA overreach REJECTED by airports, colleges, jurors
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп first. America LAST.
• The Late Show: How to avoid Трамп’s aggressive handshakes
• Stella Magz: Трамп’s Time Magazine cover: Make America Gobble Again…
• Get High, Watch This:Трамп watches a new TV show… Live from Portland!!!
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп can’t stop blaming and bragging, FAUX News has a grip on him & we see his “hellhole” cities
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Man He Be Rotten ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard greets the released Israeli hostages
• Stephen: A doozy of a week & no Nobel prize & Трамп’s war on America & disease experts fired
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lashes out over bad Time Magazine photo, MAGA minions push for Nobel Prize & Eric’s new book
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп loses Nobel Peace Prize & RFK Jr.’s obsession with autism continues
• The Late Show: The McDonald Трамп Feed Bag
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ No Трамп. No Kings! ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ No Kings—The People vs. The Pretender (United We Stood) ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Der Ballon

The Resistance: ♫ We Dissent—A Modern Protest Anthem for No Kings Day ♬

John Oliver: Bari Weiss

Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Frogs Together Strong! ♬:

JoJoFromJerz: Get out there! NO KINGS

Christopher Titus: Who hates America? NO KINGS!!!

More Worst of the Worst:

• Brenna Perez: Leaked chat confirms Republicans are losers
• Stephen: ♫ Watching Трамп eat McDonald’s & racist Young Republicans & why Mike Johnson won’t seat Rep. Grijalva ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard frees George Santos
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Every Day They Write A Book ♬
• Chris Hayes: Kids telling edgy jokes? Shredding Vance’s defense of racist GOP group chat
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Mean Girl (the Pam Bondi song) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tom Homan, Grab Your Bag of Cash! ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Cold as ICE (The Deportation Anthem) by The Anti-Fascist Frog Rock Band ♬
• The Resistance: ♫ The Littlest Tyrant ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Bad Knack for Flubbin’ Truth ♬:

• Stella Magz: Politico confirms what we already knew about Young Republicans….
• JoJoFromJerz: Karoline Leavitt has some damn nerve
• SNL: Pam Bondi hearing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп and His Kiss-Ass Cowboys ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Did Трамп “czar” Tom Homan take $50,000 from the FBI? JD Vance’s answer is, ‘I don’t know’
• History Of Rock N’ Roll Channel: Rod Serling says the problem isn’t only The Dotard, it’s the uneducated people who voted for him
• Champnella: Mike Johnson re: No Kings sounds a lot like George Wallace re: civil rights movement
• Liberal Redneck: SHOCK and DISBELIEF at the revelation that Young Republicans might be bad people
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Stephen Miller, Nosferatu, and Creeping Death ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Bad Speaker– Mike Johnson edition… ♬
• Caitlin Speaks: The Attorney General who might need a lawyer herself

Hot Garbage Productions: ♫ The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade ♬

Brenna Perez: Portland frogs—The joy (and power) of tactical frivolity

Matthew Cooke: Is ANTIFAscism really a violent, extremist movement?:

John D. Cundle: ♫ No Kings—Liberty Street ♬

The Late Show: ♫ A Message From The Frog Resistance ♬

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

• Your ballot was mailed out this week. Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by November 4.
• Find your No Kings protest here. Tell me your favorite sign from past events in the comments.
• We really should stop building new roads until we get up to date on maintenance of existing ones.
• This article going through Lunarium’s tea list is a delight, even as a wet sider who has never been to Lunarium.
• I appreciate AG Brown’s proposed law to protect immigrant workers, here’s hoping the legislature picks it up in the next season.

• I don’t know who has Mayor Harrell’s ear to convince him that 10 foot AI screens are what the people want, but swing and a miss.

• I hope to see some of you at the No Kings rally on Saturday. Not sure if I’ll be at the one in Seattle or the suburban town where my parents live. I look forward to seeing your signs and at least a few inflatable animal costumes.
• Apparently Seattle government didn’t think taking money from education to pay for police was happening enough.
• Most of you probably don’t listen to Within the Wires, but now that it’s the last season, maybe here’s your chance.

Some say that the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is a sleeper cell for Antifa terrorists! We think of it as more of a drinking society for the promotion of open discussion and debate. Either way…it totally terrifies the kakistocrats, kleptocrats, and weak-kneed quislings. Stop by and join the fun!

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

East Marginal Way is open once again. At least a bicycle path. Cars, tomorrow. I took the bike trail on Saturday, and it was nice with no cars, anyway.

Great review, Carl! Anything specific?

• The more connections the better, so this is nice to have. Seattle’s bike network is really filling out.
• Genuinely much nicer than the bike lane that was at grade before.
• East Marginal Way has a reputation as being a bit grimey. I don’t think this will fix that.
• It’s kind of narrow and there’s a fence on either side: I imagine it will feel more cramped when there are more bikes and you’re next to car traffic.
• With that fence, it means that people biking to jobs within that corridor will have to take the road. Also, presumably there are emergency response plans, but it doesn’t seem like the best place to have an accident that requires an ambulance.
• Jack Perry Park is the second best Port of Seattle park named after a Jack. But it’s still got great views and that stand of madronas is pretty neat. It’s somewhat more accessible now, so go check it out.

John Oliver: Presidential libraries

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• SNL: Pete Hegseth Cold Open
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to losing Nobel Peace Prize
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—The (actual) Enemy Within ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s record on political violence, Vance rebuke & FBI facts
• LegalEagle: YouTube Capitulates to the Felon Von Shitzenpantz
• John D. Cundle: Why The Dotard didn’t (and will NEVER) win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
• Chris Hayes: CONFIRMED Трамп accidentally posted DM to Bondi ordering prosecutions
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is less popular than Jimmy, rants about Osama bin Laden & wants his face on money
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ From Portland to Chicago ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп blanks on Habeas Corpus & Pritzker hits back after Трамп’s jail threat
• Rachel Maddow: Judge spanks Трамп lawyer for trying to skate past block on National Guard to Oregon
• Brenna Perez: Little Stephen “SS” Miller (a.k.a. Peewee Hitler) tries to claim PLENARY authority
• Josh Johnson: Трамп brokers peace in the Middle East & declares war against Antifa in Portland?
• Christopher Titus: Ice Ice Lamely
• The Resistance: ♫ America Was Great Before You Showed Up ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s peace plan just saved the world
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Трамп and cabinet watch their own invasion porn ♬
• Ali Velshi: We’re seeing a politically weak Трамп throw the authoritarian ketchup spaghetti at the wall
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Nobody Lies Bigger ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—American Scourge ♬
• Chris Hayes: Huh? Трамп gets second “yearly” physical in six months
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard indicts Letitia James
• Seth Meyers: Трамп-appointed judge rejects Трамп in Portland & Трамп flip-flops on shutdown layoffs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп sends troops to Democrat-run cities, gets sued by QAnon Shaman & still stalling Epstein files
• Robert Reich: Is The Dotard losing it?
• Jimmy Kimmel: The felon Von Shitzenpantz REALLY wants Nobel Peace Prize and Marjorie Taylor Greene has had enough
• Christopher Titus: HITLER had a picture of HENRY FORD in his office! Sound familiar??:

• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Lie After Lie ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: No Nobel For The Dotard, womp womp
• Spitting Image: Трамп’s peace plan for the Middle East
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Jimmy’s More Popular Than the President ♬
• Dark Brandon: And The Nobel Peace Prize goes to……..NOT The Dotard
• Liberal Redneck: On Трамп deploying troops to US cities to protect ICE from antifa (or whatever)
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard declares war on Portland
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Трамп’s a Fascist! ♬

The Resistance: ♫ Call Me Antifa—A Patriotic Protest Anthem for Freedom, Justice, and Love ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Deputies, Dipshits and Other Deplorables:

• Ross Childs: JD Vance tries Malört
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Questions about Speaker Mike Johnson ♬
• Stella Magz: The roast of Stephen Miller (a.k.a. Peewee Shitler)
• Josh Johnson: Трамп dodges Ghislaine Maxwell pardon question as Bondi stonewalls Senate
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ It’s Just the Same Old Nonsense ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth’s Grooming Song (Groomer’s Delight) ♬
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show:

• Seth Meyers: What is The Dotard doing in a photo with Epstein?—Late Night White House press briefing
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп has NOTHING to do with Epstein bday letter, Pam Bondi grilled & federal workers go unpaid
• Caitlin Speaks: Pete Hegseth’s book reads like a call for civil war
• Stella Magz: I do love MTG!
• The Onion investigates Jeffrey Epstein
• Jen Psaki: Report says Bondi was blindsided Letitia James indictment
• Piedmont Raging Grannies: ♫ There’s a Hole in Your Thinking ♬
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Release The Files (AI Taylor Swift and Gavin Newsom on Sax) ♬:

• Jen Psaki: Growing popularity of anti-Трамп protests prompts GOP smears and lies
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Fight Like a Girl (Protest Against Hegseth’s “Male Standard”) ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Paranoid Pete—Detecting Lies and Firing Guys ♬
• Stella Magz: Battle of Bad Bunny versus evil….
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Cockeyed Toady ♬

Matthew Cooke: How to boycott an invasion:

Total Shutshow:

• SNL Weekend Update: The government shut down
• Jen Psaki: Трамп may be too clueless to understand consequences of his shutdown
• Josh Johnson: Трамп dangles shutdown paychecks, FAA stretches thin & FBI looks for Amelia Earhart
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Epstein Shutdown’s Going Great! ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ I’m Not Leaving on a Jet Plane ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп shutdown causes flight delays & travel chaos and Bernie responds to Трамп’s barbs
• Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart makes the case for Dems holding the line in the Von Shitzenpantz shutdown warfare
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s shutdown backfires—Newsom trolls, Project 2025 exposed

Steve Shives: Congressional Democrats place “Bless This Mess” sign in front of U.S. Capitol

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

Good morning you lovelies (and uggos). I re-download the WordPress app and the bullets look funny. Hope it comes out better, or I can find the settings to go back.

• All the construction on East Marginal Way is done and you can go bike without any cars… in this weather… for a few days.
• No uniformed cop at Garfield
• I also liked Hush season 1, if you haven’t listened to it. And I am excited about season 2.
• Food vouchers for WIC recipients in Seattle and King County during the shutdown.
• All this drama in the East Precinct could have been avoided by not giving the position this violent asshole.

I sometimes think back to my 20-year-old arguments with the local righties at (un)Sound Politics (by far the dominant political blog in WA state before HA kicked its ass), and I wonder: Is this what they wanted?

I mean, hey, Stefan and company, they won. Republicans control the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court, and they are using that power to prosecute political enemies, kidnap immigrants (and immigrant-looking citizens if they choose to), send troops into peaceful cities, and threaten the arrest of Democrats who oppose them. Republicans are in the process of establishing a one-party authoritarian state.

So I kinda wish my old rivals were still around so that I could ask them if they are feeling any regrets about their contributions to the GOPer cause? Or is destroying the Constitution okay with them as long as they own the libs?

 

I guess I got out of the habit of making these things. Anyway, thanks to Washington being one of the West Coast vaccine states I was able to get my flu shot and COVID booster yesterday. I have got those shots at the same pharmacy, last year so maybe my insurance is on record with them. But! Nobody asked if it was up to date or anything like that. Go make an appointment of you aren’t vaccinated or boosted this year.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. You are welcomed to stop by and join the conversation.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.