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By a 5-4 vote yesterday afternoon, the King County Council voted to adopt a Metro funding plan that would implement the first round of scheduled cuts in September, but would defer adopting further cuts in the hope that increased sales tax revenues, higher fares, transfers from capital funds, and additional savings could close the gap. King County Executive Dow Constantine immediately vetoed the plan:

“We need a reliable way to pay for bus service – but until then, we shouldn’t spend money we don’t have, we shouldn’t use one-time money to pay ongoing expenses, and decisions to save or cut service should be based on objective criteria and data, not on politics,” said Executive Constantine. “This ordinance falls short on all counts. I must respectfully veto this legislation, and ask that the Council keep working on a solution that is responsible and sustainable.”

Council member Rod Dembowski spearheaded the plan along with the four suburban Republicans, and no doubt his intentions are pure. His objective is to avoid unnecessary pain. The problem is, without substantial additional revenue, much of the pain will be unavoidable. And by putting off the decision as long as possible, we risk lulling voters and Metro riders into a state of complacency.

The anti-Prop 1 folks like to promote this meme that new revenue is unnecessary—that if Metro just tightens its belt a bit, everything will be okay. For example, yesterday the Seattle Times editorial board urged Metro to “begin the hard work of reforming the agency,” once again ignoring the fact that in response to collapsing revenue and a state performance audit, Metro has implemented substantial reforms that achieved hundreds of millions of dollars in long term cost savings.

The Demobowski plan, unfortunately, just feeds into this fiction that Metro has a spending problem, not a revenue one.

The other Democrats on the council proposed an alternative plan that would have adopted the proposed cuts, phased in over the next year and a half or so, but would have also given Constantine the flexibility to delay cuts if revenues rebound or cost savings materialize. That seems like a more responsible approach to long term planning, and a more realistic presentation to the public of what most likely lies in store.

Ostensibly small government representative Jay Rodne is still in favor of the state being able to put a needle into someone’s arm and put enough poison in them to take their life. You know, small government. Smallity small small. He’s angry enough to have a press release. Sorry this is a bit old.

Gov. Jay Inslee today announced he was suspending the death penalty in Washington state for as long as he is in office. In the wake of this announcement, Rep. Jay Rodne, R-Snoqualmie and lead Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:

There has to be a more effective way of saying “cruel and lacking any political power” than “lead Republican on the House Judiciary Committee” but I don’t know what it is. Maybe just “powerless asshole.”

“The governor’s decision is a distraction from the issues that people care about the most. It also seems very political – at the expense of victims of violent crimes and their families. This must be a difficult day for these families as they are confronted with the reality that the governor cares more about a few convicted killers than justice for their loved ones. It’s unfortunate and prolongs the closure they deserve.”

It’s a distraction to even talk about it says the press release about it. And you know, I haven’t seen any polling on Washington and the death penalty, but I’m guessing the political thing to do would have been keeping it.

Also, what kind of a dickbag can write “the governor cares more about a few convicted killers than justice for their loved ones”? Seriously, is Jay Inslee making sure that victims of crimes are locked up for life? Because that’s what he’s doing with the killers. Unlike Representative Rodne, I won’t pretend to speak for all victims of crime or pretend they’re a monolith. However they feel about Inslee’s decision is the right way for them to feel. But to pretend that the state isn’t doing anything for them because the state hasn’t killed their killers is just so spectacularly dishonest, that I don’t know what to do with it.

Radical reality-denying rightist Congressman Steve “Never Heard of Anyone Getting Pregnant by Statutory Rape” King (R-IA-4) was recently on a call-in talk show and had this conversation:

CALLER: When I see the First Lady and the beautiful girls going off to the Bahamas waving goodbye to us, it’s really hard to stomach. When we’re tightening our belts, either all of us should do it or none of us should do it. This, I am pretty tolerant, I always have been, I usually shut my mouth. This is not acceptable.

KING: Carla, you’re on point and on the mark all the way through. […] You’re right on the president. He needs to show some austerity himself. Instead he wanted to tell America how bad it was going to be. […] We’ve got the president doing these things. He sent the daughters to spring break in Mexico a year ago. That was at our expense, too. And now to the Bahamas at one of the most expensive places there. That is the wrong image to be coming out of the White House.

A couple of corrections for the underformed nutburger of a Congressman. First, Obama did not “send his daughters to spring break in Mexico.” One daughter (Malia) was allowed to…

…join a school trip to Oaxaca [, Mexico], where students volunteered at an orphanage, visited archaeological sites and sipped vanilla milkshakes on the honey-colored town plaza.

The school has done such trips for years.

Second, the Obamas pay for their own vacations and school field trips. The government pays for security, as it should. And notice that King isn’t complaining about that—for good reason. Imagine the PR disaster he would endure should any member of the First Family get hurt.

King believes Obama “needs to show some austerity himself” because he was telling “America how bad it was going to be.” Obama has pointed out how the sequestration cuts will hurt Americans, but so have a bunch of Republicans Congresscritters—you know, the the ones whining about losing tax payer-funded economic subsidies to their districts.

How odd that King’s calls for Obama to show austerity.

Obama makes a fair amount of money. He is wealthier than most Americans. Oh…and he is the leader of the free fucking world. He certainly has the money (and credit line) to allow his child to go on a school trip to Mexico, or to send his family on the occasional vacation, like the trip to the Bahamas.

So what’s gotten up Rep. King’s ass that makes him think that the President shouldn’t use his own money how he wants to use it? Isn’t that the American way?

You know who would agree with King that Obama should renounce the trappings of wealth and live the life of a commoner?

Karl Marx.

Once again, I call upon the major newspapers of this country to investigate these members of Congress to find out if they are pro-America or FUCKING SOCIALISTS!

[In a fit of nostalgia (and laziness), I’m marking my remaining days here on HA by posting links to some of my favorite and most influential posts. If you have favorites you’d like to see, please let me know.]

04/25/2008: Goldy’s Adventures in Muniland

I crashed the Municipal League’s 2008 Civic Awards last night at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where my friend and colleague David Postman was being honored for “Governmental News Reporting of the Year.” Knowing that Postman’s bosses at the Seattle Times had forbade him from accepting the award in person so as not to compromise his impartiality—and unencumbered by these (or any) ethical burdens of my own—I realized that there must be an unused name tag at the registration table with at least half my name on it… and sure enough I managed to sign in as Postman, no questions asked.

His “Honoree” name tag firmly pinned to my lapel and a surfeit of free drink tickets in hand, I strolled into the PACCAR Pavilion determined to do Postman proud by mingling with our city’s power elite on his behalf. As it turned out, I would need the drink tickets.

I don’t do nearly enough straight satire here on HA, but this was certainly one of my best. Read the whole thing.

When I see bad, or for that matter good, polls I can’t be too worked up. Of course I prefer the Democrat up, and up by a lot. And of course I’d prefer the generic ballot look better. But I’m not staring into the abyss, because the Democrats aren’t in the same place as the Mariners.

Believe me, as a Mariners fan, I’ve slogged through some terrible seasons without being able to change anything. A few years ago at the end of a bear of a season when Seattle and Texas were long eliminated, I was sitting in the first row of an outfield seat. Right in front of me, a Mariner’s popup came near the warning track, and the Ranger’s right fielder went into a dive for the ball. “I got it, I got it!” I yelled, and the Ranger dropped the ball. While I like to think I made him drop it, the truth is he probably just bobbled it because he was an AAA call up without much Major League experience. That’s the closest I’ve come to changing anything on the field.

But it’s often said that politics isn’t a spectator sport. And this year as every year, I’m not going to just sit and watch. I’ve worked the phones, donated, and knocked on doors for candidates I believe in, and will continue through November.

And that’s where the next few months for the D’s can be a lot better than the next few months for the M’s. There are enough fine candidates that we can all make a difference. I don’t know what the polls show for DelBene, but I’ll be making calls and knocking on doors for her. Same with Patty Murray (the poll Goldy cited earlier aside). Those of you who live south of here can do the same for Heck.

If you aren’t inspired by those people, there are plenty of state and local races and initiative campaigns. If you don’t like to talk to strangers about politics, they can all use money. They can all use letters to the editor. They can all use you mentioning them on Facebook and Twitter. They can all use you talking to friends and putting up yard signs. All of those things will change the facts, and matter more than what you see in polls.

As a follow-up to Goldy’s post below, there’s already a group organizing an initiative for Washington. It’s called Sensible Washington and they expect to release the final wording of their initiative and begin signature gathering by March 1. Their initiative is not expected to specify the state liquor stores as the distributors, but will only legalize possession for adults. The state would then be on the hook for setting up regulations for where and how it can be sold.

One of the concerns of legalization advocates (both Goldy and I share this concern) is that there won’t be enough money to collect the necessary signatures. As the top post at Sensible Washington points out, PayPal has a history of freezing the accounts of drug law reform groups, and banks won’t work with them. I’d be curious to know how much of this results from archaic rules and misconceptions about drug law reform, and how much comes from potential crackdowns from the federal government. As for Paypal, one clue might be that one of its founders considers the era of alcohol prohibition as the last great era of American politics (I guess that makes him a libertarian).

So for now, they’re taking mail-in donations before a volunteer army of signature gatherers hit the ground across the state to put this initiative on the ballot. There’s certainly enthusiasm for drug law reform right now, but no one is really sure whether it will be enough to qualify. I guess we’re about to find out.

UPDATE (Goldy):
As an followup to Lee’s followup, Sensible Washington’s account of their difficulties in securing credit card processing is worth a read. On the one hand, if millionaire investment banker Michael Dunmire wants an initiative on the ballot, he just writes Tim Eyman a check; on the other hand, if a group of grassroots activists wants to raise money online from small contributors, the banks won’t give them a merchant account, out of fear of I don’t know what.

So much for “direct democracy.”

That said, I emailed the folks at Sensible Washington earlier today to suggest that they set up an account with ActBlue, the same progressive online fundraising site through which we collectively raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Darcy Burner. ActBlue is now set up to handle state legislative and initiative campaigns in Washington state, in addition to federal races, a feature that R-71 made good use of last year.

The 520 bridge replacement project is more than another transportation project.

It is an opportunity to build healthy places to live, work, and play that our region won’t see again for at least another half century.

It is an opportunity to be good stewards of the environment and to address climate change.

It is an opportunity for our many local communities to come together and act as a region.

It is an opportunity for us to determine what kind of city we want and the quality of life of our neighborhoods.

It is an opportunity for our state to offer a vision of transportation for the 21^st Century and not just building roads like its 1959.

Finally it is again an opportunity to move our transportation system forward.

It will take leadership to bring together all the many points of view on how to best move forward on transportation. But we have done it before.

During my time as Chair of the House Transportation Committee, working with my Republican and Democratic counterparts in both the House and the Senate, we passed fourteen and half cents in gas taxes by bringing road and transit advocates from the east and west side together.

(I point out the fact that I worked to pass the largest financing package for roads in our state’s history only to preempt the pigeonholing of my perspective here as that of another Seattle Democrat transit advocate.)

It will take leadership from the environmental community to get transit right. Transportation remains the single largest contributor to global warming in Washington State – over half our greenhouse emissions come from vehicles. The 520 bridge project offers a real opportunity to build a transportation structure of the future that contributes to the solution.

Neither the legislation authorizing the new 520 bridge, nor any of the current designs, integrate transit into the design or planning of the project. Nor is there any financing mechanism for new transit in the corridor, particularly for high capacity transit. The name alone — “The 520 Bridge and HOV Replacement Project” – is proof that again we are building a road to move cars, and not a transportation corridor to move people and goods. The current plan amounts to placing existing buses onto new HOV lanes to share with cars. Glaringly, it lacks a streamlined connection for transit riders between the north/south transit corridor at new Sound Transit Station at Montlake and any future transit riders moving east/west from the new 520.

It will take leadership from the City to bring neighborhoods that currently disagree amongst themselves together. Far more people live and work near the 520 bridges then the Viaduct. The City should use the model it developed during the creation of urban villages to approach the project in a comprehensive manner. It should put the Departments of Planning, Neighborhoods, and Transportation on the ground and bring together neighborhoods that are currently divided, creating an all-neighborhoods comprehensive mitigation and transportation plan. It is impossible for the Seattle legislators to support a city position when one is lacking.

It will take leadership on the part of the county to bring urban and suburban interests together. The county with the new leadership of Dow Constantine from Seattle and Fred Jarrett from the east side of Lake Washington is uniquely positioned to bring both sides of the lake together and act as a region. The state should consider allowing the County to assume all coordination for planning and financing for a new 520 and I-90 corridor transportation authority.

It will take leadership in the Legislature to address the fact that the current financial plan is unattainable. During the negotiations to pass the nine-and-a-half-cent gas tax east of the lake, legislators insisted on moving $1.5 billion out of 520 and applying it to I-405. Now we have a shortfall. The solution is to toll I-90 in addition to 520, and committing toll revenues to the construction, maintenance and operations of the bridge and of transit.

If we fail to come together as a region on a project that is crucial to our economic future, I believe we will destroy the coalition that moved our transportation system forward and return again to the defeats we suffered in years past.

We have succeeded in the past and we can do it again. Let’s capitalize on the many unique opportunities we face. Let’s move our transportation system forward.

— Sen. Ed Murray

Gov. Gregoire has a diary up at Daily Kos right now. Here’s a slice:

Why are they attacking me so early? Because they know there is something happening in our country – people are hungry for a new direction, away from the Bush Administration.

They are so aware of this fact that my opponent filed as a member of the “GOP Party,” hiding the fact that he is a Republican. And what is on my opponent’s website? The word “Change” in the largest font you have ever seen.

We all know that voters are desperate for change in our nation, ready to turn around the failed policies of the Bush Administration. But voters are smart. They know the kind of change they are looking for.

Republican Dino Rossi can spend millions on attacks, pretend he isn’t a Republican and even give lip service to change, but he can’t hide his George Bush record.

Remember all those funny acronyms from last fall’s mainstream media coverage of the Roads and Transit campaign? YOE, for year of expenditure was a favorite of many of Seattle’s newspaper writers and columnists. They were fixated (examples here, here, and here) on slapping the Roads and Transit plan with as high a price tag as they could by including inflation into the total price tag of the plan, not just the price tag in current year dollars. By doing so, they held the Roads and Transit plan to a standard never before seen for a tax measure or capital construction program in our region.

Yesterday Dino Rossi released his transportation fantasy and said it would cost $15.5 billion in 2007 dollars. Keep in mind, that’s in last year’s dollars.

I have done a little bit of “back of the envelope” math (you know the kind that Rossi’s Republican, anti-light rail pals did when they fed the media their scary cost numbers on Prop 1) and the results I get are staggering. Rossi’s $15.5 billion plan, when you account for 4 percent annual inflation over a 30 year construction schedule, suddenly balloons to $50 billion dollars. And this doesn’t even include the interest on the bonds that would be needed to finance all of Rossi’s made up project cost estimates. So we would have to add all of the interest payments to the $50 billion number to get the true cost, well at least according to our friends in the “traditional media.”

You can do the math yourself with this handy little inflation calculator.

UPDATE [Lee]: This part from a post by Martin at the Seattle Transit Blog made me laugh:

So I looked to Dino Rossi’s Transportation Plan with hope and anticipation. I shouldn’t have. This document was first sent to me by a Gregoire operative; when your own campaign literature is being gleefully distributed by the other side, that’s a bad sign.

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.

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.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• The Resistance: ♫ This song is not allowed! ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Breathtaking Inanity, Impressive Insanity ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Don’t Stop Mocking Him ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel (in Brooklyn): Трамп’s crucial release of Amelia Earhart files & JD Vance’s bullshit
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Lordy Lordy Lordy ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kimmel May Have Saved Democracy ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to new Taylor Swift album
• Caitlin Speaks: Трамп insults his own supporters…and they cheer
• LegalEagle: Трамп’s corrupt case against Comey is a trainwreck
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Trash Can of Freedom (Executive Privilege Blues) ♬
• The Late Show: A lifeline for easily-confused senior citizens
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Portland ♬:

• Ronny Chieng: Hegseth lectures “fat Generals” and Трамп threatens war against U.S. cities
• Jon Stewart: Трамп sends troops to Portland & shootings trigger left-right blame game
• Stephen: Трамп declares war pn Portland & Medbeds for all! & the weak case against James Comey
• Lawrence O’Donnell: We are clearly seeing madness pouring from the darkness of Трамп’s mind
• John Di Domenico: World leaders baffled by Трамп’s angry word salad at UN
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I’ll Indict You! ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard declares war on Americans
• Tommy Campbell: Gavin Newsom trolls Felon Von Shitzenpantz AGAIN—Escalator outburst & new docs drop
• Jen Psaki: Трамп’s policies are devastating U.S. farmers
• Glenn Kirschner: Трамп’s speech to military leaders PROVES he’s dangerously unfit as Commander in Chief
• Seth Meyers: Трамп posts AI “med bed” conspiracy video & threatens to send troops to Portland
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Fake Accomplishments, Real Corruption ♬
• Punchline Presents: Трамп’s Jimmy Kimmel plan backfires
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s unlawful call for ‘war’ on citizens met with stony silence from generals
• Piedmont Raging Grannies: ♫ Fake Emergencies ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to bad bunny Super Bowl news
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ It’s Project 2025 ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How many flashes of insanity from a president should we tolerate?
• Stephen: Shutdown eve & Hegseth to America’s enemies, “FAFO” & Трамп to military brass, “fight the enemy within”
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Great Offender ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Horrible or Just Nuts? ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ He Could Drive the Public Crazy ♬
• The Daily Show: Thaddeus Crowley digs up old laws to serve Трамп’s lawless whims
• Jen Psaki: Apparent degradation of Трамп’s mental state raises alarms
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Consistently Awful ♬
• The Late Show: How do we know if Трамп Rx drugs are safe?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Barron Трамп with ladies

Vox: Why Nevada has so many ghost towns

Total Shutshow:

• Stephen: Трамп uses the shutdown to punish Dems & Vance claims he is having a good time & catching the A.I. bug
• Ronny Chieng: Трамп posts bizarre AI videos as government shuts down
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler plans a government shutdown
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ The Trump Shutdown ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп contradicts himself on shutdown blame, declares “war” on U.S. cities
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard crushes NYC over shutdown
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп posts racist A.I. video, government officially shuts down & Ted Cruz calls for unity
• Ronny Chieng: Shutdown sparks cringey meme war & Трамп punishes blue cities
• Stephen: ICE deportations continue amid government shutdown & Bernie says, “We won’t back down” & humiliating J.D. Vance
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell begs The Dotard to stop the government shutdown

The Late Show: The hottest military in the world

Late Night Host Commingle:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Stephen Colbert on finding out his show was canceled & Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп & Hegseth lecture generals about being fat and a visit from Gov Gavin Newsom & Seth Meyers!
• Stephen: Jimmy Kimmel shares the minute-by-minute details of finding out ABC was taking him off the air
• Stephen: Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Guillermo toast “To good friends, great jobs and late night TV”
• Stephen: Jimmy Kimmel, “I never imagined that we’d ever have a President like this”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп sending ICE to the Super Bowl, MAGA melts down over bad bunny & Jon Stewart surprises Jimmy
• Jimmy Kimmel: Josh Johnson on having identity stolen while on a date, hosting The Daily Show & living in Brooklyn

John D. Cundle: ♫ Punch a Higher Floor ♬

Dipshits, Dullards, and Deplorables:

• ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 70—Pete Hegseth ‘fat troops’ Mike Johnson on Grindr & MORE
• Caitlin Speaks: Pete Hegseth EXPOSED—Drinking scandals, affairs & the power of his 3rd wife
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп & Hegseth—Single-File Warrior and Hair Gel Hero ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Your MAGA Flag Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore ♬
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: An abuse cover-up to protect tax breaks more precious than children
• Christopher Titus: Pete Hegseth—Secretary of MANSCAPING!:

• Dark Brandon: Howard Lutnick calls Jeffery Epstein the greatest blackmailer of all time
• Stella Magz: Karo-lyin’ Leavitt is a liar and a fashion victim…pick a struggle!
• LegalEagle: The border czar definitely did not take a $50,000 bribe
• Chris Hayes: GOP “desperate” to stop Dem swearing-in to BURY Epstein vote
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Blood-Lust Pete ♬
• Jesse Welles: ♫ Tylenol ♬
• The Late Show: Sen. Ted Cruz—Stop attacking pedophiles!
• Francesca Fiorentini: The Creeps Of The Pronatalist Movement:

• Stella Magz: Pete Hegseth, the ultimate cornball….
• Lisandra Vazquez: 10/03/25 press briefing recap
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Pete Hegseth’s War Pigs ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Pete Hegseth pointlessly peacocks for American military leaders
• Seth Meyers: Mike Johnson confronted by dems over “unwell” Трамп; Трамп lied about Project 2025
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The Pete Hegseth army knife
• Steve Shives: RFK Jr.—Autism detective in “The Acetaminophen Jungle”

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Marching Through Portland ♬

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting together this evening for some great conversation, civil exchange of ideas, and probably some venting & ranting. You can be part of the fun…all while drink beer! Stop by if you can.

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.

John D. Cundle: ♫ MAGA Man ♬

Ross Childs: I was very nearly raptured!

Champnella: New Tylenol ad just dropped

How Jimmy Kimmel Almost Single-handedly Killed Saved Free Speech:

• political primate: Jesters ailenced—The death of satire and the farce of free speech
• J-L Cauvin: ♫ The Dotard reacts to Jimmy Kimmel’s return ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Comedy trumps a dictator ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Can Dish it Out, But He Sure Can’t Take It ♬
• Ari Melber: Legal breakdown as Kimmel smashes records in return after Трамп censorship backfires
• Seth Meyers: Kimmel set to return amid backlash to Трамп’s censorship push & Трамп criticizes Bondi
• Marsh Family: ♫ Freedom of Speech ♬:

• Glenn Kirschner: Murder on the high seas—Трамп orders killings of Venezuelans in international waters
• John Oliver: Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC
• David Letterman and Jeffrey Goldberg on the future of free speech
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Hakuna-MAGA-Tata The DARK SIDE of DISNEY ♬
• Jon Stewart: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was always about censorship (just ask the Felon Von Shitzenpantz)
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ He Only Does the Bidding of a Liar ♬
• Jason Johnson: Disney CAVES—Kimmel returns after massive revolt as MAGA fury looms
• Shirley Șerban: ♫ Censored Child O’ Mine? ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel and the death of free speech
• Ari Melber: Kimmel returns! Disney picks free speech over caving to Трамп, reversing after revolt
• Ari Melber: How Kimmel BEAT Трамп’s ABC plot—Fighting, boycotts, artists, activists & consumers
• Tommy Campbell: Jimmy Kimmel suspended & Трамп mocked in UK & Gavin Newsom roasts Трамп
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Revenge of the Late-Night Comedians ♬
• Stephen: Kimmel returns & escalator investigator & should Трамп get a Nobel prize? & a dog registered to vote
• Knotheadusc: ♫ You Got To Fight For Your Right To Parody ♬:

• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ The Disney Plus Tango ♬
• Robert Reich: Why corporate media is bending the knee
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard makes Charlie Kirk eulogy about himself
• ScaredKetchup: The Felon Von Shitzenpantz welcomes back Kimmel at UN Assembly
• Jimmy Kimmel: He’s BACK, Bitches!

Rachel Maddow: Rachel Maddow’s full interview with Kamala Harris

ScaredKetchup: ♫ Eve of Obstruction—A Protest Song ♬:

Ross Childs: JD Vance hosts late night!!

The Ugly Reign of Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Best Friend, The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп knows Homan can’t survive if video of him with undercover FBI agents becomes public
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Primary Goal—Distract from The Epstein Files ♬
• Chris Hayes: The blind spot in Трамп’s breakneck power grab
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп threatens Jimmy Kimmel & ABC, escalator fiasco at the UN
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says U.N. “sabotaged” him after embarrassing escalator & teleprompter snafus
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard attacks ICE for being woke
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп blames autism on Tylenol. Meanwhile, Rapture time!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Whiny-ass Little Bitch Addresses the U.N. ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How can Democrats negotiate with Трамп, the “world’s most powerful man-baby?”
• Chris Hayes: Comey responds to Трамп indictment in new video—“Let’s have a trial”
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Farmers Are the Ones Getting Slaughtered ♬
• LegalEagle: Political prosecutions by a fucking idiot
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп distracts from Epstein files with escalator drama and wages war on Tylenol & TikTok
• Leslie Jones: on the dangers of Трамп memory-holing slavery from our museums
• Stephen: Triple sabotage at the U.N. & Biden responds to Трамп’s trolling & Hegseth says women can’t be warriors
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп targets broken escalator in off-the-rails UNGA speech
• Shirley Șerban: ♫ Edelweiss for Today—Epstein Files. A Sound of Music Challenge for Трамп ♬:

• ScaredKetchup: Did Трамп’s Biden portrait prank go too far?
• Timely Tunes for Troubled Times: ♫ Doctor Трамп’s Tylenol Blues ♬
• Stephen: Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel & the rapture is here & Трамп’s border Czar caught taking $50k bribe
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tom Homan bribe news
• Seth Meyers: Трамп demands arrests for U.N. “sabotage” amid MAGA escalator conspiracy
• Get High Watch This: The Dotard speaks to the United Nations
• The Late Show: ♫ Pokémon Pushes Back At Kristi Noem’s ICE Commercial ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tom Homan—Turning Connections into Cash ♬
• Executive Odors: ♫ Sayin’ a Lie ♬
• Chris Hayes: Petty and vindictive—Трамп DOJ races to indict Comey DAYS before statue expires
• Dark Brandon: Best friends, allegedly—The Трамп–Epstein statue story
• Christopher Titus: Трамп escalator 911
• The Late Show: Was It Sabotage?
• Stella Magz: Трамп and RFK Jr. walk into a pharmacy…
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ His Escalator Don’t Go Up No More ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The Трамп Shutdown!
• Liberal Redneck: Трамп links Tylenol to autism (also the rapture is today??)
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard wants revenge on James Comey
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Трамп links autism and Tylenol
• Stella Magz: The Dotard will get down to the bottom of not being able to go up
• The Remix Bros: ♫ Трамп autism re-mix ♬
• LegalEagle: Illegal shakedown of legal immigrants
• Timely Tunes for Troubled Times: ♫ Up He Goes By Going Down ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп FBI plot debunked! No real Comey case.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pam Bondi’s Got Dark Roots ♬
• The Late Show: “If it is wrong, it’s fine”
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп trolls Biden with Autopen portrait in White House & sics his DOJ on James Comey
• Stephen: Escalator justice & Трамп To United Nations, “You suck” & blame Tylenol & “It can only good happen”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: On the James Comey indictment, “Now the phrase Трампed up charges has new meaning”

Stephen: We put a mirror up to the absurdity of The Dotard—How Gov. Newsom got under Трамп’s skin

Matthew Cooke: Is MAGA really a fascist movement?

Aftermath of Another School Shooting:

• Stella Magz: Charlie Kirk’s “memorial” recap
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Charlie Kirk Memorial Hymn ♬
• Spitting Image: Трамп & Musk make up at Charlie Kirk’s memorial
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’d Barely Heard of Charlie Kirk ♬

Knotheadusc: ♫ (Vainly Waiting for The) Rapture ♬

Jordan Klepper: John Fugelsang on “Separation of Church and Hate”

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