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For well over a decade, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally has served as a gathering place for people to talk politics. So please join us this evening for conversations over a drink.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

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Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

I hope that the next Supreme Court nominee gets questioned about how racist Donald Trump is. It seems to me that only 5 people think Donald Trump’s Muslim ban might not have been a Muslim ban. Unfortunately, they made up a bare minimum of the Court majority. How we figure out how racist Donald Trump is going forward will determine how many acts of collective punishment the United States takes under his Presidency.

Genesis 2:25
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Discuss.

Jim Jefferies: Racism and homophobia at the World Cup.

Plastic Polution: How humans are turning the world into plastic

How a multiracial populism can build a 21st century economy.

Now This World: What countries have tried universal basic income?.

Trevor: Surprisingly good news for Pride Month.

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about modern day marvels.

The Dotard Трамп:

• Ari Melber: The Трамп baby blimp to troll Трамп.
• Mark Fiore: Independence Dotard
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP may turn on the Dotard over tariffs
• Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) doesn’t mind pissing off Трамп
• Young Turks: Jeff Sessions’ cruelty continues
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп: “I guess I speak well”
• Trevor: Duterte’s “stupid God” remark and Трамп’s travel ban
• Ari Melber: Betsy DeVos’s record of dismantling student protections
• Heads of State: Трамп celebrates the 4th by trying to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid:

• Ari Melber: EPA chief resigns as The Dotard Трамп finally surrenders to scandal outrage
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry asks “Do I always sound this dumb?”
• Sam Seder reads Scott Pruitt’s resignation letter
• Chris Hayes: All of Scott Pruitt’s scandals, from the beginning
• Jonathan Mann: Abolish ICE
• MoJo: ICE appears to be using a new tactic to keep migrant families apart
• This deported mom is desperate to get her children back from the U.S.
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans on board with Трамп in odd deference to Russian goals
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Teacher who confronted Pruitt responds to calls for civility
• Ari Melber: President Трамп baby war escalates with “world tour”.
• Young Turks: Трамп’s trade war backfires BIGLY
• Slate: Kids at anti-separation protests explain how they’ve processed Трамп’s policy
• Chris Hayes: EPA whistleblower on Scott Pruitt, “A bigger swamp creature”
• WaPo: Migrant child—“Never let them take me away from you again”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate Intel Committee confirms that Russia meddled to help the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen’s new legal strategy
• Late Night: Dotard Трамп’s salute to American independence:

• WaPo: Трамп’s bet on Pruitt backfires
• The Atlantic: Migrant kids describe fear of separation from parents
• Is the U.S. paying for Mexico’s border security?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Volunteer shares gruesome story from detention facilities
• Chris Hayes interviews Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA): The Dotard Трамп does not intend to reunite families
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s ice-cold immigration speech
• WaPo: Protesters march nationwide against Трамп immigration policies

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Nova: Jurassic World is wrong—DNA has an expiration date

How the U.S. territory of Guam became an American colony.

Mother Jones: Faith and fatigue—Surviving at the border

The Atlantic: How aristocracies work.

Elections Have Consequences:

• Rachel Maddow: History’s echo heard in current concerns about Supreme Court fate
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп meets 4 potential SCOTUS nominees
• Rachel Maddow: Senate intel report confirms Russian intrusion in 2016 election

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush has a meltdown after appearance on CNBC

Young Turks: Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory BACKFIRES

NASA: Fighting cancer from space.

The Atlantic: The Mayor of a ghost town:

Michelle Wolf: Workplace safety—Gun edition.

John Oliver: Gene editing.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Police use of deadly force changed by video.

Vox: Why the US national anthem is terrible—and perfect.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for drinks and political conversation. Please stop by!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

This administration is still depressing as all hell. But! For the first time in a long time, I see maybe something. Being with 10000 people who oppose kidnapping children. I would probably feel better if my country wasn’t stealing children from their families, but I saw a little something.

1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

Discuss.

Jim Jefferies: How Jeff Bezos should spend his billions.

Physics Girl: Bandaids glow when opening?!

Bill Maher: Future headlines.

Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney says fuck discussing immigration.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Racists and Kidnappers:

• Stephen: How The Red Hen could’ve treated Sarah Huckabee Sanders
• Seth Meyers and Chris Hayes: What really drives anti-iImmigration politics
• Chris Hayes: Why Paul Manafort didn’t demand a salary to work for Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: If at first you don’t succeed, call it a “travel ban”
• Trevor EVISCERATES the civility argument:

• Late Show: A mobile restaurant for Трамп officials
• Jimmy Dore: Republican Peter King calls Трамп a “psychopath!”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Judge orders Donald Trump administration to reunite families within 30 days
• Stephen: Трамп and Putin are getting back together
• Joy Reid: Ivanka Трамп’s associates baffled by her silence on border
• Steve Kornacki: President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart—Different method, same message.
• Trevor: The truth about “Space Force”
• Stephen: Dotard Трамп is afraid to say Stephen’s name
• Seth Meyers: Трамп goes to Nevada amid migrant detention crisis
• Jimmy Fallon gets a Tweet from The Dotard:

• Rachel Maddow: GOP anxious to subvert Robert Mueller as Dotard Трамп Russia probe pushes on
• Stephen: Jon Stewart is ready to negotiate with The Dotard Трамп
• Trevor: Трамп’s Starburst tantrum & the President’s self-described elitism
• Late Show: What’s going through the President’s mind?
• Michele Wolf roasts the White House
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s unhinged South Carolina rally & SCOTUS upholds travel ban
• Steve Kornacki: To understand President Dotard Трамп, look to Pat Buchanan
• Jim Jefferies: Migrant detention centers—a firsthand account
• Stephen: New challenge coins for Трамп’s presidency
• Vox: Can Трамп really pardon himself?
• Heads of State: Трамп SINGS about eliminating due process for immigrants
• Ari Melber: Supreme Court decision is a fight for American values
• Trevor: Stephen Miller loves to cause pain
• Stephen: President Трамп reverts back to campaign rally Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: One Senator could block Dotard Трамп’s Supreme Court pick
• Daily Show: In Трамп’s universe, everyone loves “Space Force”
• Joy Reid: Is Dotard Трамп trying to dismantle NATO and the European Union?
• Jim Jefferies: Separating migrant families at the border:

• Late Night: Трамп’s favorite “red wave” political cartoon
• Seth Meyers and Chris Hayes: Why it’s important to yell at public officials
• Trevor: The message on Melania’s jacket
• Stephen: Melania Трамп has an entire “hidden message” wardrobe

John Oliver: Mexican elections.

Minute Earth: The similarity trap.

ABC CEO says “No more racist shows”.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Suckers.

Electoral Consequences:

• Stephen interviews Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
• Trevor: SCOTUS news devastates Dems but Hasan Minhaj has hope
• Chris Hayes: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her win and “the start of a movement”
• Mark Fiore: The Supreme Court gets Трампier.
• Rachel Maddow: Democrats face day 1 of winnable fight for Supreme Court’s future
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Rally; Kennedy retires; GOP attacks Russia probe
• Stephen: Mitch McConnell’s supreme about face
• Chris Hayes: Republicans are suddenly silent about push to overturn Roe v. Wade
• Trevor: Anthony Kennedy and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rock the political world
• Late Night: A message for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Stephen: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez surprised everyone, even herself.

Minute Physics: Extraterrestrial cycloids—Why are they on Europa?.

Trevor: Bill Clinton and James Patterson — “The President Is Missing”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

The Special Olympics kick off this weekend in Seattle. I don’t know how they were awarded, but if it’s anything like the other Olympics, I imagine that the corruption was glorious. Bribes and kickbacks galore.

Since China has stopped taking our filthy recycling, can we all try to be better at recycling? Like, your congealed orange juice doesn’t belong in the recycling bin just because it’s in a plastic bottle. I will try to get better at keeping my recyclables dry.

We are now heavily into the 2018 election season, with primary elections tonight in Colorado, Maryland, New York (federal only), Oklahoma and Utah, and run-off elections tonight in Mississippi and South Carolina. Of course there are plenty of things happening in state and local politics, as well. Stop by and we can chat about them at tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

I hope you all enjoyed Pride if you went. I enjoyed the parade, but I had other things to do, so I couldn’t watch the whole thing. It’s not my place as a cishet guy to tell them how to change the parade, but it was pretty long.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

Discuss.

Stephen: Profiles In Discourage—The “Gay Nazi” candidate.

Jimmy Kimmel: Kimmel vs Cruz—Blobfish basketball classic.

The Atlantic: Your brain on depression.

Seth Meyers: Senator Tammy Baldwin on being the first openly gay person elected to the Senate.

Roy Wood Jr. versus The News.

WaPo: Is the news stressing you out? Tips for dealing with news related anxiety.

John Oliver: Xi Jinping.

The Dotard Трамп And His Band of Kidnappers And Hostage Takers:

• Stephen: Melania Трамп really doesn’t care, do U?
• Mother Jones: Inside the spontaneous airport protest to greet separated children in NYC
• Seth Meyer: Трамп holds rally amid aftermath of family separation policy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: President Dotard Трамп admin fights rules on border children
• Stephen: Now we know who’s willing to defend caging children
• Jonathan Mann: This land is your land
• Full Frontal: Leaked audio from The Daily’s Stephen Miller interview
• Rachael Maddow: As HHS tent city filled with kids, Alex Azar left for college reunion
• Late Show: The OTHER cruel White House lawn press conference
• Trevor: Uproar over Трамп’s migrant separation policy reaches a fevered pitch
• Stephen: Stephen Miller takes a victory lap on family separation
• Heads of State: Трамп explains his immigrant child kidnapping policy:

• WaPo: The unanswered questions after Трамп’s immigration executive order
• Stephen gets really into Трамп’s MAGA rally
• Daily Show: Kirstjen Nielsen goes out for Mexican food
• Chris Hayes: Why did Scott Pruitt spend $1500 on “tactical pants”?
• Late Show: Scott Pruitt’s tactical pants
• Lauren Mayer: Tyrants are now Трамп’s best friends
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing
• Ari Melber: Трамп silent on how separated migrant families will be reunited
• Mother Jones: The Трамп administration keeps changing its story on child separation
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s wildly contradictory statements on family separation
• Stephen: Трамп wants FAUX News to learn from North Korea’s state TV
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The little girls blocking The Dotard Трамп
• The Atlantic: Watch the U.S. turn away asylum seekers at the border
• Late Show: This cloud either looks like Трамп or…
• James Cordon: Here’s how to reunite families at the US Mexico border
• Randy Rainbow: WTF, YOU GUYS!?:

• Trevor: Трамп’s child separation crisis hits a breaking point
• Chris Hayes: Detained migrant teens marched through airport
• Daily Show: FAUX News vs. North Korean State TV
• Samantha Bee: Migrant kids update—Трамп fixed it! Part I
• Samantha Bee: Migrant kids update—Трамп fixed it! Part II
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Will Michael Cohen turn on President Dotard Трамп?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп can’t stop excusing himself
• Lauren Mayer: I’m a Jew and I know than ain’t Christian!
• Stephen: Why is Трамп so hot on the Space Force?
• Ari Melber and friends: Трамп lies about migrant kids echo fascistic mechanism
• The Laura Ingraham detention center summer camp extravaganza!

• Seth Meyers: The Трамп team’s lies about immigrants and family separation
• Jonathan Mann: Jesus followed the law
• Full Frontal: The cult of impeachment
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Melania Трамп’s jacket sends mixed border messages
• Stephen: Corey Lewandowski’s life in two words—Womp Womp
• WaPo: The Трамп administration’s latest shift on immigration
• Rachel Maddow: Americans finding ways to work against Dotard Трамп immigration policy
• Mark Fiore: Born into a policy of cruelty
• Stephen: Трамп’s executive order to undo an executive failure
• Vox: The voices of children separated at the border

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Greenman: Houston, Harvey, and and a hot ocean.

WaPo: Four years after riots in Ferguson, Mo., this part of the city is still reeling.

Jim Jefferies Jordan Peterson on free speech and college protests.

Trevor: So much news, so little time.

Roy Wood, Jr.: Wilmot Collins—From African refugee to Montana mayor.

Late Show: The NRA—Keep your hands off my dog’s guns

Jimmy Fallon: David Hogg and Lauren Hogg recount the trauma of the Stoneman Douglas shooting.

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

I don’t know how America recovers from the Trump era. Impeaching him isn’t going to be enough. Even if everyone in the administration goes to jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity, I don’t know that it would be enough.