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Coming soon, our eviction moratoriums will be much more patchwork. Washington’s will expire at the end of the month. And Seattle’s has just been extended to January.

One odd effect of this patchwork is that the places that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 are the least likely to offer further rent relief. I am very glad Seattle’s moratorium was extended. But COVID is hitting Eastern and parts of Southern Washington a lot harder than here. But it’s less likely that they have the same sorts of extensions.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Please join us the evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers to celebrate stuff and talk about stuff.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Good luck to the family of Manuel Ellis. Their lawsuit won’t bring him back. But it is the closest thing to justice they can get.

Justice would have been him still being alive. It would have meant he wasn’t detained for no reason. It would have meant no officers kneeling on his neck.

Perhaps it means that the next cop doesn’t do those things. That we never see the need for another lawsuit.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Samantha Bee: Food waste and climate change—How your leftovers can save the world

Daily Show Rewind: President Barack Obama—Post-presidential life and nurturing future leaders

Stephen: Justice Stephen Breyer addresses speculation about his retirement plans

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Greedy Ghouls, Greasy Goblins, Gruesome Gnomes, and Genocidal Gadflies of the Ghastly GOP:

• Stephen: Why the Generals hid the nukes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ General Milley Thought Трамп was Unstable. Didn’t Everyone? ♬
• Mark Fiore: Losers…The new winners!
• The Late Show: The adventures of Mike Pence–To coup or not to coup
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What is Kevin McCarthy Hiding? ♬
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani insists he wasn’t drunk during rambling 9/11 speech
• The Late Show: Rudy Giuliani’s bizarre, drunken speech
• Parody Project: WITH THIS CREW:

• Seth Meyers: Трампism rejected in major landslide as Newsom wins California recall
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Endangered Lives ♬
• Keith Olbermann: The Legacy of 9/11 is not those we mourn. It’s cruelty with which we responded which now blights us
• Rachel Maddow: Republican war on elections makes casualties of civilian stewards of democracy
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS with RAGE at new Melanie Трамп book
• Trevor: Трамп & Rudy Giuliani mark 9/11’s 20th anniversary in the weirdest ways possible
• Jimmy Kimmel: Nicki Minaj’s controversial vaccine tweet, Трамп gets bomb blocked & lunatics run for CA Governor
• Stephen: Should we be worried about Rudy Giuliani?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Not Fond of Death, Disease or Dotard ♬:

• The Late Show: Senator’s bizarre Biden button conspiracy
• act.tv: Unhinged right wingers are coming for our schools
• Bill Maher: I don’t recall
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike’s major MAGA fail, Трамп’s “Abdul” obsession & Nicki Minaj responds to Jimmy Kimmel
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who is the Greatest Threat to America? ♬
• J-L Cauvin: EXCLUSIVE: January 5th phone call between Трамп and Pence

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Joy Reid: First Black principal at TX school suspended after being accused of promoting CRT

LegalEagle: The Texas abortion decision is bad for everyone

Robert Reich: The $3.5T bill corporate America is terrified of

Vice News: WTF is an earmark?

This week in ТрампPlague:

• Trevor: Biden’s vaccine mandates & the GOP’s freak-out
• Samantha Bee: Getting vaccinated doesn’t take (your) balls
• Stephen: Misinformation station—Onions, betadine, and other things that won’t treat covid
• Trevor chats with the Minister of Health for Trinidad & Tobago
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Delta Quarantine ♬:

• The Late Show: ♫ Nicki Minaj Presents: “Super Balls” ♬
• Samanth Bee: What Republicans get wrong about vaccine mandates
• Seth Meyers: White House offers to call Nicki Minaj after swollen testicles tweet
• Trevor: Dr. Anthony Fauci on new mandates & convincing vaccine skeptics
• Stephen: President Biden claps back at anti-vax GOP Governors over mandates
• Now This: Biden calls out GOP hypocrisy over vaccine mandates
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains vaccine mandates
• Trevor: From Delta to “Donda”—Problematic mutations abound
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ The FDA Approved the Pfizer COVID Vaccine, Proving It’s Not Poison ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Lauren’s Lament ♬:

• Stephen: #SuperBalls: Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s testicles are still the week’s biggest story
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson’s wacky, deadly coverage of Minaj’s skepticism
• Spitting Image: Coroni is getting back out there after a tough year
• Trevor: Debunking Nicki Minaj’s swollen balls claims

WaPo: What states with restrictive abortion laws get wrong about women’s health

Bloomberg Law: How many votes? A guide to getting it done in Congress

Samantha Bee: What American citizens can do to help Afghanistan

The Late Show: Mole gets whacked every time there’s a crack in Democracy

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

Good morning, you lovelies. Seattle going back to grey and drizzly is so great. It’s going to turn too rainy, too dark and much too cold. But this? It’s grand.

Honestly, it’s the best. Mild, delightful drizzle. No smoke. No blazing sun. The rain is light enough to not soak you. Seattle summers are nice, but this is the best time in the city.

Anyway, you’ll be doing more things indoors, so please wash your hands right now and for goodness sake, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

7000 is too many deaths from COVID-19. And we’re a state with relatively low deaths. Thank goodness.

We’re a state that has taken precautions and has a governor who takes the virus seriously. Honestly, could you imagine how much worse it would be if Bill Bryant was governor, or Culp in the last year?

But still, 7000 is too high. There’s a free vaccine. It’s pretty effective. We could be mostly out of the woods by now.

For the love of God, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Hey! Tonight’s election night…in California. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and join the election watching party and discussion. It won’t all be about California.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm (or a bit earlier for the 8pm ballot drop). We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Good morning to everyone who is fighting ICE detections of children. Fuck me, some of the stories in that article are awful.

It has got a lot better under Biden, but more work needs to be done. Including in Washington. The Cowlitz facility seems pretty bad.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

LegalEagle: Who has the war power?

Texas Becomes the Western Hemisphere’s North Korea:

• Bill Maher and Friends: Will the Texas abortion ban backfire?
• Rachel Maddow: Passage of new voting restrictions in Texas prompts immediate voting rights lawsuit
• Amber Ruffin’s minute of fury: Texas’ abortion ban
• Mark Fiore: Lawsuit vigilantes not just for Texas anymore
• Samantha Bee: What Texas’s new abortion ban means for reproductive rights across the country
• Bill Maher: Riches for snitches
• Rachel Maddow: How one bar’s liquor license case could bring down the new Texas abortion ban
• Seth Meyers: AOC explains Biology 101 to Greg Abbott after SCOTUS guts Roe v. Wade in Texas

The Late Show: This week on Animal Earth—Animals are having to adapt to climate change

Liars, Cheaters, Traitors and Other Brown-nosers of The Dotard Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Drag It Must Be to Be Republican ♬
• The Late Show: Трамп’s inspiring California recall pump up speech
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ The GOP Elephant Pooped It’s Poopy Pants [BEWARE] ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We Never Thought They’d Be That Dumb ♬
• The Daily Show: Eye on Texas—Ted Cruz, immigration, and blaming AOC
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Robert E. Lee, and the history that wasn’t ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп claims Robert E. Lee would have won the war in Afghanistan
• Now This: Jim Jordan leaks that Трамп will run again
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Short Ballad of Gov. Kristi Noem’s Long Desk ♬
• The Late Show: Evil Squad shocked by Lara Трамп’s Beau Biden comment
• Rachel Maddow: New Grand Jury activity in Трамп organization case is reminder that investigations are ongoing
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Coulter and Fetlocks Agree (Трамп’s a Wuss) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп does his own makeup and Biden boots Conway & Spicer
• Roy Wood, Jr.: The best of unsolved MAGA mysteries
• The Daily Show: When was America great? Трамп supporters face the ultimate test.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To Those Waiting For Трамп To Get What’s Coming to Him ♬

Robert Reich: Why the filibuster is unconstitutional

Bill Maher: America’s pipe dream

The Week in ТрампPlague:

• Stephen: Mu becomes a concern and the delta spread continues
• Andre Antunes: Kenneth Copeland Unplugged [Wind Of God Acoustic Remix]
• WaPo: How coronavirus variants like delta form and spread
• Samantha Bee: Dr. Charity Dean predicted the pandemic. Here’s what she thinks is next.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hypocrisy reigns as Republican lawmakers lash out over their “right to choose”
• The Remix Bros: ♫ AJ’s Nobel Prize Winning For Humans REMIX ♬
• Stephen: Biden’s plan to defeat covid before a monster variant emerges
• WaPo: How ivermectin became the latest false cure for the coronavirus
• The Late Show: Consult doctor Ed for all your medical needs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel is BACK and very much ALIVE
• Stephen: Hurricanes, reproductive rights, ivermectin—Did anything happen during our break?
• Samantha Bee salutes petty TikTok teens

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Crazy Weather ♬

Legal Eagle: The origin of the law

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

Good morning, and happy vaccine not quite a mandate. Seriously, it’s past time. I’m sure there are legal reasons, but I wish it applied to smaller business too. Oh, you only have 80 people, I guess it’s fine to put a bunch of unvaccinated people together.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Good morning. I am feeling rather well this morning, but I spent much of last week and the weekend hobbled. Fortunately, not COVID-19, but something nasty. It’s nice to be able to get tested for COVID, though. Just get that out of mind. It was free, but I did have to give them my insurance information, same as when it was King County.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. We’d be pleased to have you stop by and join in on the conversation.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We will be on the patio in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Cheers,
Darryl Holman

Ronny Cheing: Global temperatures are going UP

The End of an Error:

• Chris Hayes: U.S. troops are finally out of Afghanistan—And it’s remarkable
• WaPo: Republicans slam Biden after previously supporting Afghanistan withdrawal
• The New York Times: “I won’t go 20 years back in time”—Young Afghan women speak out
• Rachel Maddow: With final exit, U.S. joins list of countries unable to break Afghanistan’s will
• Samantha Bee: It’s time to take responsibility for what we’ve done in Afghanistan
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Chickenhawks Longing to Renew Afghan Conflict ♬

Robert Reich: Is billionaire philanthropy a scam?

Parody Project: ♫ Miss Me ♬:

Samantha Bee: Racist and sexist school dress codes continue to fail students

Today’s G.O.P. and Other Deplorables Wearing the Taint of Трамп:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, The “Law and Order President” ♬
• The Late Show: Madison Cawthorn threatens “bloodshed”
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s legal mess—New testimony in criminal probe ratchets up pressure
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Needy, Petty, and Pathetic—The Dotard Трамп ♬
• Chris Hayes: New details on Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan phone call with Трамп on Jan. 6
• Jordan Klepper: How do Трамп supporters feel about masks?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп’s Like Play Doh ♬

Ali Velshi: Biden wants action on climate change citing Ida floods and California fires

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

VICE News: An unprecedented fire season is devastating California… again

Reproductive Wrongs:

• Rachel Maddow: Supreme Court flop on abortion law prompts calls for reform
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REACTS to the New Texas law by SNITCHING!!
• Samantha Bee: Fuck off, Texas!:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Justice Sotomayor, “Stunning” SCOTUS decision creates “citizen bounty hunters” in TX
• Chris Hayes: Hayes on why abortion law design is particularly egregious
• Rachel Maddow: Women’s health law draws surge of support in wake of Texas anti-abortion vigilante law
• Ali Velshi: Biden and Pelosi vow action after Texas abortion ban

Now This: Powerful signs From the March For Voting Rights

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Explaining humans to aliens

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: Snake King gets where DeSantis is coming from
• The Daily Show: Horsey Vax—The alternative medicine for anti-vaxxers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Suspectin’ that Ivermectin Has Taken Over Your Brain ♬:

• WaPo: Mask mandate bans—What’s the legality of these laws in states like Texas
• Mark Fiore: The “I won’t kill you” card!
• Vice News: Florida schools are fighting the Governor for kids to mask up
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ You Are Not a Horse ♬:

• The Late Show: Fauci finally gets through to MAGA guy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Know the Vaccine’s Safe (Song of the Honest Republican) ♬

Full Frontal: Tenacious unicorn ranch is pioneering a new and queer wild West

Now This: How restrictive voting measures impact Americans with disabilities

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

Good morning everyone.

Happy first day of school to Seattle, and first week of school for much of the rest of the region. Are you confident in the mask and vaccine requirements as a student, parent, or school employee? Are you a teacher hoping that the last year and a half of distance learning didn’t leave students unprepared?

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you’re eligible.