I’m heading over to the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (our DL bar) to meet a couple of friends and watch the “debate”. Please join me if you feel so inclined. Otherwise join the fun in the comment thread below.

5:47: Talking heads populate the tube in the Roanoke.

5:53: Reince Priebus makes the laughable claim that the Republicans are the party of diversity. Riiiiiigggggghhhhht.

5:58: Goddamnit. If they are going to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the start of a debate, I fucking want a ball, referees with whistles, timeouts, injuries, and the occasional physical altercation.

6:04: What the fuck the Canadian guy dodges the question about employment and economic growth to babble about Obama not mentioning “prisoners” that Obama knew were not prisoners? What a putz!

"The next Commander-in-Chief is standing on this stage." — Ted Cruz #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/gJ2lIoQru2

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 15, 2016

6:08: Kasich is in a particularly babbly mood this evening. No idea what the take-home was from that.

6:10: Chris Christie thinks Americans are cowards!

6:12: It is funny watching Cruz and Christie try to make something evil out of the Iranian incident. It is like they’ve rehearsed and rehearsed and then when it turns out to be absolutely nothing, they couldn’t not go ahead with their talking points.

6:16: Rubio seems angry….

6:17: Carson suggests that we no longer have “airforces” in 21st century warfare.

6:19: Paris has the “strictest no-good policy”, says Trump? It seems Trump got together before the debate to share in his stash of babble pills.

6:21: Ted Cruz does not seem to understand the difference between the news branch and the editorial branch of the NYT.

6:22: Cruz admitted he made a “paperwork error”. He’s toast. G.O.P. rule #12, “Never admit to an error!”

Major point of Goldman/Cruz story isn't the filing error. It's hypocrisy of bashing Goldman, then taking their $$ https://t.co/xtOKy9SslL

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) January 15, 2016

6:27: Birferism! Birferism!

Cruz makes me feel like a natural born citizen.

— digby (@digby56) January 15, 2016

6:30 Holy fuck…Trump bringing up how well he is doing in the polls borders on psychopathology. Totally inappropriate and awkward.

6:32: Cruz delivers a zinger, “I’ve been arguing before the Supreme Court…and I am not going to talk legal advice from Donald Trump.”

The real loser from this Trump v. Cruz birther debate is the rest of the GOP field. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Everybody besides Trump and Cruz should just leave the stage

— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) January 15, 2016

6:37: Really, Rubio? Common Core is a threat to our nation? Somebody’s been dipping into the Drama Pill stash.

The Mantle of Anger would be a great name for a metal band

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) January 15, 2016

Wait… is this the actual debate or the post-debate spin room? Because it kinda sounds like the latter. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

6:43: Someone should point out to Kasich…he is the Bernie Sanders of the Republican field.

No doubt, this will win the "Most Pathetic Line of the Debate" award. https://t.co/k7SYfiwstt

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

6:47: So far, Donald Trump has make a total ass of himself. Ben Carson and John Kasich have engaged in quasi-random babble. Ted Cruz has offered Trump the VP slot. Christie has endorsed Rubio. Rubio has come off as an angry psychopath. And Jeb Bush has almost smiled. Once.

To be fair, the comments section is destroying America. One caps lock at a time.

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) January 15, 2016

Finally, a presidential candidate willing to run against internet comment sections. I mean it. I have waited years for this candidacy.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 15, 2016

(Terrible news for Puddybud)

Did Neil Cavuto Just Blame Obama For The Bush Financial Crisis? (Hint: Yes, he did) https://t.co/pnBL5TWu1n

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 15, 2016

7:03: Wait…why is Cruz babbling on about NY?

7:03: Oh…for punchline, “Not a lot of conservatives come from NY”. Trump: “Well…William F. Buckley….” Trump does a nice job modulating down to make Cruz come off as a bit hyper.

7:05: Trump goes all Rudy on us. 9/11 9/11 9/11

7:06: Jeb Bush points out that the U.S. Navy is only 1/2 the size as it was in Desert Storm. Ummm…someone should inform the Gov. that most of the decline happened under his brother.

Is Strom Thurmond a person you want to tip your hat to? #GOPDebate

— Jonathan Sitko (@JTSitko) January 15, 2016

7:13: Someone should point out to Marco Rubio during this debate that he is not running against Obama.

7:14: FAUX Business moderators went out of their way to humiliate Lindsey Graham by calling him out as an audience member. Classy!

7:15: Carson is embarrassingly clueless about all things international. Please make him stop talking…for his own sake.

Chris Christie sure does talk fast, but not particularly loud. That's why I'm voting for Rubio—he's fast AND loud. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

They make it sound like Obama and Clinton are holding hands and running through a field of daisies and making plans to destroy the nation.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 15, 2016

Christie on Obama: "This guy is a petulant child" https://t.co/4Lj5fC15cQ #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/RaiDdBocSk

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 15, 2016

Jeb Bush trying crazy strategy of talking rationally. Trump to bury him in three…two….one…

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 15, 2016

7:24: Please Donald….tell us you want to torture the baby of the two TERRIBLE San Bernardino people.

7:27: Again…Rubio goes after Obama instead of Clinton. Is he fishing for the KKK demographic?

If I am elected president, I will deport Ted Cruz back to Cuba. Or Canada. Or wherever.

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Where did ISIS come from? That's the question you should really be answering, man. https://t.co/hPF3CBHnvn

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 15, 2016

Carson: We need a group of experts (because I don't know shit about foreign or domestic policy) #GoPDebate

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 15, 2016

Literally nothing Trump is saying about China right now is accurate.

— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) January 15, 2016

7:37: OH MY GWAD….CHINA DEVALUED THE YEN!!!!

Is Christie really suggesting that the best way to address our nation's $3.6 trillion infrastructure deficit is to cut corporate taxes?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

The odds of you dating a supermodel are 88,000 to 1—much better than winning the Powerball.

— UberFacts (@UberFacts) January 15, 2016

"Hi, I'm Ben Carsen, I may be a neurosurgeon, but beyond that, ii'm a fucking moron" #GOPDebate

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 15, 2016

Carson will rebuild infrastructure by not spending money. #thatshowabrainsurgeonrolls

— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) January 15, 2016

If Carson's mother was Sec of Treasury he'd try to kill the Sec of Treasury, or something. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

Oh my. Carson think Treasury Secretary controls budget surpluses/deficits.

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 15, 2016

But, but, but, Ted, if we "eliminate the ObamaCare Taxes", how will we fund the Death Panels???

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

Now Marco Rubio is running against Barack Obama, the retiring Sen. Reid, and Rep. Pelosi. Earth to Marco….

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) January 15, 2016

Um… there's more #GOPDebate coming up? Will this hell never end?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

But how does the Cat in the Hat feel about the VAT?

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 15, 2016

8:04: Kasich created a task force about a year ago. Clearly qualified to be POTUS.

They’re com­ing to kill you, Amer­ica. Dirty bombs. Cy­ber-at­tacks. Elec­tro­mag­net­ic pulses. Dodd and Frank. https://t.co/RHFFwpnFZL

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 15, 2016

Rubio: "Doctors and engineers and fiancees are coming to kill us!" Or something. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

This debate was over 10 minutes ago. We have now crossed the debate event horizon. No one knows what lies beyond.

— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) January 15, 2016

I wonder what Jeb Bush is talented at doing. I’ve only seen him at debates. #GOPDebate

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) January 15, 2016

8:16: Holy crap…this is a Debate Moderator FILLIBUSTER!

#GOPDebate Closing statements! Kasich – I would have been a good GOP candidate 20 years ago.

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) January 15, 2016

8:22: Christie; “…fight…fight…fight…fight…fight…” Ummm…this isn’t a man I want in charge of the nuclear codes….

Ben Carson just out here selling mixtapes now. He doesn't want to be president.

— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) January 15, 2016

Rubio: "Our rights don't come from government, they come from God." So… um… atheists like me don't have rights then? #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 15, 2016

#GOPDebate J̶e̶b̶!̶ Jeb had zero energy tonight. It's like @realDonaldTrump took his exclamation mark away!

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) January 15, 2016

8:27: Trump: Iranian wise guys?!? Didn’t three of them visit Jesus?

Business Insider has published a ranking of state economies, and Washington State is at the very bottom of their list. Right down there after 49 other states and D.C. Oh…wait, the list is in descending order of rank.

Whoa, whoa, whoa…since when did Business Insider become a socialist-loving, minimum-wage-increase-approving, leftist pinko publication?

I suppose their methods account for something like per-capita arugula sales or Kumbaya downloads, no?

We ranked the economies of all the states and DC on seven measures: unemployment rates; GDP per capita; average weekly wages; recent growth rates for nonfarm payroll jobs; GDP; house prices; and wages. For more on our methodology, click here.

What the?!?

Here’s what they found:

Washington state scored extremely well on most of our metrics. Its Q2 2015 annualized GDP growth rate was a stunning 8.0%, by far the highest among the states and DC. The November 2015 average weekly wage of $1,073 was the second highest in the country, and was 5.6% higher than the weekly wage in November 2014, the third highest wage growth rate.

Huh…there goes Seattle’s minimum wage law utterly destroying our state again.

Okay…I’m late. Long day at work and bad traffic. But here ya go!

6:16: Are you better off today then you were in 2009? Almost everyone with an income under $200,000 should say yes, unless ordinary scenescence has brought you down. And then, you have health insurance, so there ya go.

Republicans not applauding the end of the recession #SOTU

— Carl Ballard (@BallardCrl) January 13, 2016

6:20: It’s hard to take Obama seriously for this State of the Union Address…what with Eddie Munster sitting behind him and all.

Eddie Munster will not clap for the good stuff. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/L96JwKk6qd

— BUST Magazine (@bust_magazine) January 13, 2016

.@POTUS: "Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline, is peddling fiction." (And/or, a Republican) #SOTU

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016

6:24: Obama isn’t really introducing policy…rather he is systematically laying out the case why most Americans should be Democrats.

Oh shit – Paul Ryan shaved! I guess I have to get rid of my Paul Ryan themed facial hair… #SOTU

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 13, 2016

President Obama says basic benefits should be mobile. We absolutely agree. More: https://t.co/5xQuKwikVA #SOTU

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016

Biden is cracking a joke to get Paul Ryan to smile because…well, why not. #SOTU

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016

6:32: Shit…now Republicans are going to start denying Sputnik…

But republicans deny DNA… #SOTU

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 13, 2016

6:37: Obama mentions “tea partiers”. Still conflict averse, or he would have said “tea baggers”.

6:38: I wonder if Obama, Biden, and Eddie coordinated their ties in advance….

Thanks, Obama "Gas under two bucks a gallon ain’t bad, either." —@POTUS #SOTU

— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 13, 2016

Obama in “Suck it Dubya” mode. #SOTU

— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 13, 2016

via @Wonkette: Look who decided to show up to the office today. Hey, stranger! #SOTU pic.twitter.com/jnfwnMHfSb

— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016

To be fair, Joe Biden spread Crazy Glue on the seats in the Republican section. That Joe! #SOTU

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016

This is, strangely, both the most hawkish and least hawkish speech Obama has given in recent memory.

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) January 13, 2016

Ryan also refuses to clap when Obama makes pro-diversity points.

— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016

I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016

I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016

6:58: What the fuck is up with dwelling on Kim Davis? She is a circus freak. Only deserves about 3 seconds….

Radical Obama assumption: The American people are a more intelligent audience that the majority in Congress.

— joel r. connelly (@joelconnelly) January 13, 2016

Ok for serious: Good job, President! 9/10. Would vote for again.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) January 13, 2016

Please join us this evening for a State of the Union edition of 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 small room at the back of the tavern. Normally, we start at 8:00pm…but show up early for the 6:00pm (PDT) start of Obama’s final address.

Note: We’ll have sound and video for the State of the Union address. But the pub has other customers, so the sound may not be as loud as you want, especially with the background noises of a busy tavern and peripheral conversations. If you are intent on hearing every word, I recommend you bring stuff to stream the audio. The pub has free wifi available.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities and Redmond chapters also meet. The Kent chapter meets on Thursday. And next Monday, the Aberdeen and Yakima chapters meet.

There are 188 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

The 2016 Festival of Clowns:

• Trump’s ad may be misleading.
• What’s inside Donald Trump’s pockets?
• Michael Brooks: It isn’t the Donald’s fault…he just repeats what other’s say.
• David Pakman: Trump campaign in panic after disastrous campaign ad.
• Young Turks: Trump ad cranks the stupid up to 11
• Farron Cousins: Trump stars in ISIS recruitment video.
• Trump: Making Al Qaeda great again.
• Does Donald Trump’s America already exits?
• Michael Brooks: Trump’s first ad is chocked full of Teh Crazy.
• Young Turks: Is there anything Carson can’t lie about doing?
• Stephen: Is this the end of Jeb!?
• Michael Brooks: Jeb! pulls a Carson on gift from Charlton Heston.
• Pelosi on the Ted Cruz birfer issue.
• David Pakman: Trump finally goes birfer on Ted Cruz.
• Trevor Noah: Birfers target Ted Cruz:

• Young Turks: Republican Birfers question Cruz’s eligibility to be President.
• Faux News rings in 2016.
• Friday hot takes.
• GOP are wrong on national security.
• Colbert: Hungry for power games.
• Jimmy Dore: GOP debate is a race to out-stupid each other.
• Young Turks: Rubio takes some incoming for his high heeled boots.

Over the counter birth control is very exciting.

Late Night Democratic presidential debate.

Unclear Nuclear:

• North Korea claims they have tested an H-bomb.
• White House doubts N. Korea has thermonuclear weapons.
• Maddow: North Korea nuke claims doubted, still alarming
• Young Turks: N Korea claims H Bomb

Greenman: Exxon knew about climate change in the 1970s.

Preview: Obama’s Final State of the Union Address:

• Dave Hawkings’ white board: State of the Union.
• Obama previews the State of the Union address:

• White House: 70 Straight Months of Job Growth.

Jimmy Dore: GOP vows to pursue more nightmare policies in 2016.

Mental Floss: 29 facts about dinosaurs.

Gun Violence in America:

• Trevor Noah: President Obama targets gun violence
• Young Turks: Obama to Anderson Cooper, “Seriously dude?”
• Obama tears up over slain children.
• Thom: Something strange about NRA tax filings.
• Jimmy Dore: Obama tears up over dead kids, FAUX News attacks in ignorance.
• Stephen: Much ado about something.
• David Pakman: Gun nuts go crazy as Obama takes executive action on gun safety.
• Smart gun makers hope new plan means industry growth
• When the NRA was reasonable
• Sam Seder: Obama’s REAL gun control plan
• Obama: “Sense of Urgency” needed on gun violence.
• White House: NRA RAN.
• Jimmy Dore: The undeniable truth about guns & why it scares Obama

Ann Telnaes: White Americans are boiling mad.

Colbert: Beware of the Franken-Lincoln.

Malicious Militias:

• Militias And The Patriot Movement: Love My Country, Hate My Government
• Mark Fiore: The United States of Militiadom
• Oregon Standoff: Burns gives armed occupiers an earful.
• Sam Seder: Take-over was divinely inspired. Thanks Jesus.
• Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Oregon militia.
• Young Turks: How media covered Oregon militia takeover
• Sam Seder: Lots of guns…not much food.
• Ann Telnaes: Armed activists? Or terrorists?
• Stephen: Oregon fail.
• Jonathan Mann: Terrorists in Oregon:

• Oregon standoff: What if the armed men were Muslim or Black?
• Farron Cousins: White men with guns? Okay. Black child with toy gun? You’re dead.
• Red State Update: Obama cries and Oregon terrorist patriots.
• Young Turks: Twitter trolls Oregon militia.
• Thom: Bundy boys want to take us back to the Articles of Confederation.
• Test Tube News: Why does the government own so much land?
• Farron Cousins: How FAUX News created the racist right wing terrorist movement

Congressional Hits and Misses of the week.

Farron Cousins: Koch brothers and ALEC team up to protect white collar criminals.

Water Emergency in Flint:

• Lead in water in Flint Michigan.
• Maddow: Disaster in Flint.
• Thom: Why isn’t Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) in prison?
• Republican cuts poison people.

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

How about this for a New Year’s Resolution: Join us for drinks, laughs, and political conversation at this week’s 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 small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. The Long Beach, Tri-Cities and West Seattle chapters also meet tonight. The Lakewood chapter meets on Wednesday. And on Thursday, the Tacoma chapter meets.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

Seattle’s “Congressman for Life” Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA-07) will, apparently, defy his appellation and retire from the House without first dying.

McDermott is expected to announce his retirement on Monday. If KING 5’s sources are correct, that is.

The 79 year-old psychiatrist-turned-politician was first elected to the Washington state legislature, representing the 43 district, in 1970. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1988, taking office on Jan 3 of 1989.

McDermott had several causes in Congress including health care issues of all types and, generally, pissing off the Republican leadership. His battle against Newt Gingrich over Gingrich’s violation of a House Ethics committee agreement was epic (but cost McDermott a lot of money). McDermott also fought an unorthodox battle to strike the phrase “one nation under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance.

McDermott once showed up the the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. A couple of College Republicans decided to stop by that same evening and pestered the Congressman. He largely ignored them. But, then again, he hasn’t been back.

Maybe he’ll have more time for recreational politics and beer next year.

Young Turks: Prosecutor throws case in Tamir Rice case.

Obama: What is really important in life.

Jesus was a refugee points out the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Young Turks: NSA caught spying on Congress, Israel, everyone.

The 2016 Festival of KKKrazy:

• Ben Carson’s top campaign staffers resign.
• Trevor does Ben
• David Pakman: Trump spokeswoman appears on CNN wearing bullet necklace.
• Young Turks: Trump spokesperson wears a bullet necklace.
• Hitler hates Donald Trump.:

• Thom: Should we blame Trump for the Christmas Mosque burning?
• David Pakman: Trump’s massive FLIP-FLOP on wages after Sanders destroys him.
• Young Turks: Donald Trump is the Twitter Troll-in-Chief.
• David Pakman: Unhinged Ted Cruz supporters rival trump supporters in insanity.

Michael Brooks: Black Panther Obama?.

Thom: The big lie on the war against drugs.

Young Turks: The surprising story of the bearded woman.

Office Space: Dave Reichert’s Washington Precinct.

Watch 25 years of arctic ice disappear in one minute.

Obama: Making America safer for our children:

Young Turks: Open carry laws are not for Black people.

2015 Leftovers:

• Congressional hits and misses: Best of 2015.
• Mark Fiore: The year in one breath.
• PsychoSuperMom: 2015 musical year in review.
• David Pakman: How many people overdosed on pot in 2016?
• Chris Hayes and friends: The power of Black Lives Matter in 2015
• Jonathan Mann: New Years eve 2015
• Liberal Viewer: Scariest political clip of 2015.
• Young Turks: 2015 Turk Of The Year.
• Why are there so many calendars?
• Jimmy Dore: Ron Paul’s holiday wish.:

• Strange New Year celebrations from around the world.
• David Pakman: funniest foreign policy statement of 2015.

Thom: Should Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) be in jail for child abuse?

White House: West Wing Week.

Young Turks: Surprising new poll on abortion.

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

From Deez Nuts To Donald Trump: Goodbye 2015:
https://youtu.be/-QUEVSiXI-c

Jimmy Dore: Bill-O is intoxicated by the holidays.

Say “goodbye” to 2015 bad memories.

The most important people of 2015.

Sam Seder and Digby Year in Review: Part 1 and Part 2.

Young Turks: The real War on Christmas revealed.

Politics is a Drag: The year in politics.

Ann Telnaes: Out with the old, in with the Trump.

Mental Floss: 21 things that turned 21 this year.

Look at the bright side: When politicians made us go WTF in 2015.

Francesca Fiorentini: Resolutions to actually make America great again:

Meet the Press: Crazy year in politics.

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush believes in the miracle of billionaires.

The business of New Year’s resolutions.

Let’s Get Political:2015’s Top U.S. Politics Headlines.

Let’s bid farewell to 2015 over drinks and conversation at this week’s 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 small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. And next Monday, the Yakima and South Bellevue chapters meet.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) uses big numbers.

Obama: The top 10 things that happened in 2015:

David Pakman: Health care costs rise slowest since 1961 thanks to ObamaCare..

Minute Physics: Why December has the longest days.

Obama wins the War on Christmas™.

Maddow: Debate audiences crush records.

Thom: The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Ludibriously Ugly.

Congressional Hits and Misses: Best of the Rules Committee.

David Pakman: 2015 lies of the year.

White House: West Wing Week.

The 2016 Carnival of Crazy:

• Thom: Republican’s obsession with strong-man leadership is un-American and un-natural
• Sam Seder: Trump says Hillary Clinton Got ‘schlonged’ by Obama in 2008
• Young Turks: Trump jokes about killing reporters.
• Two guys build an asshole wall around Trump Tower
• Sam Seder: Don’t worry…Trump comes out against killing journalists.
• Thom: Trump supporters are building bombs?
• David Pakman: Trump said Hillary got schlonged….
• Young Turks: Trump says Hillary got “schlonged” by Obama in 2008.
• Sam Seder: Donald Trump has no idea with the nuclear triad is.
• Anne Telnaes: GOP hopes for its own Miss Universe disaster.
• Maddow: Crass remarks from Trump are a signature style.
• Sam Seder: Trump suggests that Hillary Clinton is disgusting for going to the bathroom
• David Pakman: Is Ted Cruz surging or is Donald Trump running away with it?
• Steve Kornacki: Ted Cruz will not make overturning gay marriage a priority.
• David Pakman: Does this Ted Cruz rally creep you out?
• Jimmy Dore: Ben Carson explains how to defeat ISIS.
• Jimmy Dore: Ben Carson thinks carpet bombing is like saving kids from cancer
• Sam Seder: Losing is the new winning.
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush ain’t taking shit from no one anymore.
• Sam Seder: Jeb’s! sad, sad closing.
• Young Turks: Down goes Lindsey Graham.
• Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie takes bold stand for WWIII

Obamas’ Christmas address

Library of Congress highlights the first book printed in America.

Jimmy Dore: Far right kook wonders how he became so liberal:

Young Turks: Senator Cotton suggests that disability benefits lead to heroin abuse.

Maddow: Best campaign ads tell the story of U.S. politics.

White House: A historic agreement to combat climate change.

The Young Turks: Is Chick-fil-A going gay?

Stephen is ready to go to Mars.

Thom: Are the Koch prison reforms only helping executive & white collar crimes?

The FAUX News Chelsea Clinton conspiracy theory.

Twelve rejected political parody videos:

Maddow: NASA to survey belching, toxic gas leak.

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

Mental Floss: 25 holiday film facts.

Mark Fiore: The Real War on Christmas.

What does Santa want for Christmas.

Young Turks: Santa Claus field trip causes controversy

The uncensored 12 Days of Christmas:

David Pakman: Some alternative Christmas carols.

A holiday message from Hillary Clinton.

What do Syrian refugees want for Christmas?

Unaired SNL Christmas with fighting siblings.

Thom: Mystery meat for the holidays?

Uncensored office Santa.

Black Santa is very in demand.

The pagan origins of Christmas:

Key of Awesome Christmas Parody Spectacular.

Young Turks: Cheesy politician Christmas cards.

Best Christmas gift ever.

Happy Holidays from Boston Dynamics.

Please join us this evening for a holiday edition of 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 small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.

https://youtu.be/qUGT30gGtiI

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. And the Burien chapter meets on Wednesday.

There are 186 chapters of Living Liberally, including eighteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or start—a chapter near you.

Stephen: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains the world.

Minute Physics: The physics of car crashes.

The 2016 Krazzzy Klown Kar:

• Red State Update watches the G.O.P. debate.
• Young Turks: Worst line of the CNN debate?
• David Pakman: Which 2016 candidate lies the most?
• Friday hottakes.:
  https://youtu.be/qSvyahBddCk
• Jessica Williams give some G.O.P. debate pointers.
• Young Turks: Republican candidates compare childlike ISIS “strategies.”
• Jimmy Dore: GOP debate ignored Christian and Climate terror
• Resolve over fear.
• Totally weak.
• Daily Show: Fact-checking the G.O.P. debate.
• Still not a scientist.
• David Pakman and Ben Dixon: Who bombed and dominated the G.O.P. debate?
• Thom: The G.O.P.’s path to the Dark Side.
• Maddow: Facts a low priority at Republican debate:
  https://youtu.be/vn1bon4ZHtM
• Young Turks: Republicans would target and kill families of terrorists.
• Farron Cousins: GOP insanity is no laughing matter.
• David Pakman and Ben Dixon: Most insane moments of the GOP debate.
• Jimmy Dore: Rand Paul says something sane, but destroys his campaign.
• Mark Fiore: Trumplandia.
• Jimmy Dore: Trump gathers goons for his gestapo.
• The G.O.P. debate summed-up.
• Darth Trump.
• Young Turks: Debate summary.
• Michael Moore’s message for Donald Trump: “We are all Muslim”.
• When someone shows you they are a Fascist….
• Seth Meyers: G.O.P. debate wrap-up.
• Michael Brooks: What are Trump supporters thinking?
• G.O.P. candidates’ technology fayle.
• Stephen totally watched the CNN G.O.P. debate.
• Young Turk: Donald Trump’s YUGELY excellent medical report.
• Liberal Viewer: Donald Trump supports affirmative action?
• David Pakman with Pap: Progressives shouldn’t be afraid to call Trump a fascist.
• Trump wants to be Preznit to finish his bucket list.
• Trumpax: Make your vagina great again!
• Jimmy Dore: Trump = Hitler except for one thing.
• Stephen: Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explains Trump’s credibility gap.
• Maddow: Donald Trump defies decency for conspiracy fringe.
• Did UK Prime Minister David Cameron call Donald Trump ‘stupid’?
• Young Turks: The worst debate answer ever?
• Sketch: Trump in the family.
• You’re a mean one Mr. Trump:
  https://youtu.be/i9-5DJhBh6M
• Young Turks: Best line of the G.O.P. debate.
• Ann Telnaes: Cruz or Trump, the G.O.P. loses either way.
• Sam Seder: Cruz disgusted by suppression of Islamaphobia and paranoia.
• #CruzYourOwnAdventure: Ted Cruz Genetic Secret Exposed.
• Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz out-weirds everyone during National Anthem.
• Young Turks: FAUX News savages Ted Cruz over immigration.
• Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz dog whistles racism using FDR.
• Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz would nuke the Middle East.
• The many faces of Ted Cruz.
• Jimmy Dore: Ted Cruz promises to carpet war crime the Middle East
• Ann Telnaes: Ted Cruz, carpet bomber-in-chief.
• Young Turks: What was Jeb! doing during the debate?
• Jimmy Dore: Jeb! stands up to Donald Trump.
• Mike Huckabee tells youth to get off their butts and fight ISIS.
• Sam Seder: Ben Carson’s bizarre analogy between carpet bombing and brain surgery.
• Richard Fowler: Ben Carson hates transgender people.
• Michael Brooks: Ben Carson does a perfect impression of an incoherent Ben Carson.
• Young Turks: Biggest loser of the debate was Rubio.
• Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins: No, Marco Rubio is not surging; stop pretending he’s “a thing”.
• Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie embraces fear itself.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: 2016 Calendar.

Phillip Chang comedy: It ain’t easy being Asian-American.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about holidays.

Farron Cousins and Howard Nations: Koch brothers attempt to infiltrate progressive organizations.

Young Turks: Judge swears in on Koran to “conservative” outrage.

Climate Summit:

• Seth Meyers: A closer look at the Paris climate change pact.
• Sam Seder with Ben Adler: What the Paris climate deal means.
• Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) celebrates climate deal.
• Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins: Ted Cruz finds someone dumber than himself to deny climate change.
• David Pakman: Paris climate deal reached with huge non-binding goals.
• Stephen: Whoo! The world will stay hospitable for human life!.
• Thom: What is next for climate activist?
• Pap and Ferron Cousins: Sociopath Karl Rove perfectly exemplifies Republican selfishness.

Stephen: Walk like a Putin.

Maddow: Anti-Muslim attacks in U.S. more than double.

Thom: Time to cure 21st century America of its original sin and prosecute Bush, Cheney, & Co.

Adam Ruins Everything: The reason we thing vitamin supplements are good for us.

Thom: The Good, The Bad & The Very Very Clinquantly Ugly!

Merry War On Christmas:

• Trevor Noah & friends: War on zombie Christmas.
• Kids perform an accurate nativity scene.
• Holiday gifts nobody wants.
• Sam Seder: War on Christmas™ update.
• John Oliver: Regifting.
• David Pakman: It’s “Merry Christmas” so fuck off.
• 360 holiday tour of the White House.
• PsychoSuperMom: Jew-In-A-Gentile-World-Blues.

Young Turks: Congressman pranked by C-SPAN Caller.

Jimmy Dore: Your fear is being used against you.

Stephen: Creepy advertisements.

White House: West Wing Week.

Sydney Robinson: Baby boomers brought us this Republican creep show.

David Pakman: The disastrous impact of income & wealth inequality.

Non-Shutdown Accomplished:

• Young Turks: Bipartisan budget agreement gives more to the rich.
• Some thing in the new spending bill.

Thom: The Good, The Bad and The Very, Very Orecticly Ugly!.

Songify the News: The Fish Awakens:

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Maddow: New clues about mysterious buyer of Nevada’s largest newspaper.

Adam Ruins Everything: Why orange juice is so unnatural.

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

For months now, pundits have been trying to explain Donald Trump.

“He’s not serious,” we heard in the early days of the campaign.

“He’s a Clinton plant,” some right-wing insiders have declared.

Following his “ban Muslims from entering the U.S.” statement, some have claimed Trump is trying to stir up feelings of oppression among one fifth of the world’s population in order to catalyze world-wide Islamic jihad.

The Truth is out there…and Jeb!™ knows the truth. During last night’s G.O.P. debate, he made a startling revelation:

So Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners, but he’s a KAOS candidate, and he’d be a KAOS President.

That explains it! It all makes sense now: totally serious, not a Clinton plant, not a jihad-enabler.

Trump is running for President of KAOS. It all makes sense now.

Donald Trump for President…of KAOS!

Mr. Trump would totally be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency of KAOS.