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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.

CBS News: Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, first Democrat in nearly 30 years

Reign of King Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• The Resistance: ♫ Nothing To Hide ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп selling Gold Card for U.S. citizenship & scrambles to come up with a health care plan
• Stephen: Why Трамп flip-flopped on boat strike video & sweatin’ at the airport & Paramount’s dictator money
• Jen Psaki: Трамп’s old tricks fall flat from overuse in the face of hard realities
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Pardoning history’s biggest drug dealers proves Трамп doesn’t care about drug trafficking
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard starting a war with Venezuela
• Seth Meyers: Трамп flails on inflation & calls affordability a “hoax” as poll numbers hit new lows
• The Late Show: The Dotard gets his very own lawn mower
• LegalEagle: Трамп Accidentally Pardoned the Pipe Bomber?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп calls affordability a scam, everyone treats him like a child & MAGAland hawks Christmas crap
• Robert Reich: Has Трамп finally lost it?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Sleepy, Creepy Dotard (A Lullaby) ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Undone Трамп is Falling Down ♬
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like F This ♬:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп Gets “Peace Prize” from FIFA, says U.S. football should be renamed
• Desi Lydic: FAUX News clarifies that Трамп loves miners & female reporters are on the Dotard’s shit-list
• John Di Domenico: Трамп—STOP complaining about AFFORDABILITY! It’s a con job
• Stephen: Трамп can’t tell Kimmel from Colbert & FIFA “Peace Prize” & is there anything MAGA won’t tolerate?
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Only Two Dolls For Christmas ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: If Трамп hasn’t called you a “terrible reporter” then you’re not doing your job
• The Late Show: Трамп Platinum Card
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Трамп’s Favorite Things ♬
• Michael Kosta: Трамп goes “Captain Phillips” on Venezuelan tanker & MAGA purges “woke” fonts
• Stephen: What you get with the Трамп Gold Card & why did the U.S. seize an oil tanker?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Presented with ANOTHER Exclusive Award ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп attacks “horrible” Jimmy Kimmel, gets embarrassing fake award & Jimmy announces show renewal
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Wreck the Walls with Plastic Moulding ♬:

• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп wins FIFA Peace Prize, Democrats release Epstein Island photos
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ The Day That Трамп Came Around ♬
• Desi Lydic and Troy Awata: Трамп’s award tour—FIFA Peace Prize & Kennedy Center honors
• Seth Meyers: Трамп gives himself an “A+++++” on economy amid job cuts and rising prices
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп tries Epstein-style cover-up of second boat strike video
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп delivers crazy offensive racist cpeech, calls Jimmy Kimmel a moron & brags about his health
• Stephen: Трамп voters blame him for the high cost of living
• Jon Stewart: FIFA gives Трамп a gold pacifier & looming war on Venezuela gives Jon Iraq déjà vu
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Stuck in Reverse, Cruel and Perverse ♬
• Stella Magz: FIFA makes up a fake award to give to some felon….

The Resistance: ♫ I’m With Her ♬

War Criminals and Liars and Pedophiles, Oh My!:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Final Song from “Pete Hegseth, The Musical” ♬
• Steve Shives: So, we’re just blowing up boats now?
• J-L Cauvin: Mike Lindell is running for Minnesota Governor
• LegalEagle: Texas Judge loses his fucking mind
• Knotheadusc: ♫ They’re Dreaming of a White Christmas ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: This Republican lawmaker is fucking gross
• Clare Blackwood: Karoline Leavitt addresses Трамп’s mandatory social media checks for tourists
• Stella Magz: Erika Kirk blasts Candace Owens….
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Team Трамп—Impressively Incompetent ♬
• ScaredKetchup: Did Kristi Noem lie like a bitch?:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard is very upset over Alina Habba
• Stella Magz: I Have Melania’s leaked Christmas book!
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ MAGA Drummer Boy ♬
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ AI Taylor Swift in “Quiet, Piggy” ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Fog of War song ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell runs for Governor & Newsom trolls Трамп’s sleepy week
• Christopher Titus: Von Shitzenpantz’s evil elves
• SNL: Pentagon press conference
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pam Bondi—Finessing Files while Faking Smiles ♬
• Stella Magz: MTG on 60 Minutes & my new nickname for her….
• LegalEagle: “Kill them all” = unequivocal war crime

Matthew Cooke: Dont feed the beast

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is a gathering place to hang out, unwind and talk politics. So join us this evening for conversations over a drink.

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

LegalEagle: Court Martial for Kelly (featuring Sen. Kelly)

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ We Will Blue It ♬

Robert Reich: The corporations bankrolling Трамп’s gilded ballroom

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzonus:

• Glenn Kirschner: Appeals court rules that Трамп’s flunky Alina Habba is UNLAWFULLY serving as NJ US Attorney
• Stephen: Трамп’s cocaine double standard & Melania En Español
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Vintage Трамп news
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed that Трамп has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize
• J-L Cauvin: Impeach him NOW!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s MRI Lullaby ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп can’t stop falling asleep at cabinet meeting & goes off the rails in all night posting spree
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ It’s Beginning To Look Like Трамп’s Last Christmas ♬:

• The Resistance: ♫ It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Russia ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Moldy Cheese or Toxic hors d’ouvres ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ A Three Hour Bore ♬
• Jon Stewart: Трамп berates reporters, gets mystery MRI & closes border to (non-White) immigrants
• LegalEagle: Obeying this order is a crime
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Under the Bus ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп, A Regular Guy ♬
• The Resistance: ♫ I’m Too Sleepy ♬
• Glenn Kirschner: No, Трамп CAN’T cancel or terminate pardons issued by Joe Biden (or distract from the Epstein debacle)
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer♫ No Kings Here! (Live at the Kennedy Center) ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Incompetence Will Save The Day ♬:

• Jordan Klepper and Desi Lydic: Trump Tinsel—Made from recycled Epstein files you shouldn’t piece together
• LegalEagle: Lindsey Halligan is OUT
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп keeps claiming he has a health care plan, flubs Congo President’s name & takes another nap
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The S.T.U.P.I.D. (Трамп) Song ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard gets confused about Somalians
• Stephen: Трамп’s holiday cash grab & release the MRI results & the President won’t exercise & “Kill them all”
• Josh Johnson: Трамп launches war on drug traffickers…Unless they’re also Honduran ex-Presidents
• Parody Project: ♫ A Circus Leads This Troubled Land ♬:

• The Resistance: ♫ Got Me An MRI ♬
• Glenn Kirschner: Трамп tries AGAIN to indict Letitia James AND FAILS!
• Stephen: Our unpopular president & cabinet meeting nap time & Hegseth throws Admiral Bradley under the bus
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Трамп appeared to fall asleep during a cabinet meeting
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Golden Age Arrives in Just TWO WEEKS! ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s cabinet meeting naps get Republican spin & Hegseth’s “war crimes” problem gets worse

Brenna Perez: ILLEGAL ORDERS—Turns out they ARE following them

Jordan Klepper: Portland’s naked protesters gave me hope for the future

Caitlin Speaks: If billionaires can’t fast track citizenship…who can?

Liars, Grifters, War Criminals and Pedo-Politicians:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп heightens insanity of war-mongering as Epstein island images released
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ So the GOP is Resignin’ ♬
• Stephen and Jen Psaki: The new faces in the Pentagon press briefing room
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lashes out in unhinged Thanksgiving message & Hegseth in hot water over possible war crimes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pentagon Pete ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Hegseth’s story on boat strike hinges on a new “fog of war” lie
• The Late Show: RFK Jr.’s raunchy poetry
• Jesse Welles: The Department of War:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: After report of Hegseth’s “kill everybody” order, Трамп’s first instinct was to lie
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Pete Hegseth sings “Kill Them All” (A War Crimes production) ♬
• Cliff Cash: MAGA are truly the dumbest people on earth
• The Resistance: ♫ Illegal Order ♬
• Stephen and Rachel: Government bad guys can face consequences even decades after their crimes
• Ari Melber: Трамп war crimes probe gets real—UNDER OATH testimony as Трамп aide ducks
• Stella Magz: Erika Kirk struggles with cognitive thinking….
• Melissa Murray: “Double-decker sandwich of illegality”—Трамп Pentagon head Hegseth accused of “war crime”
• Parody Project: ♫ The Real GOP ♬:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ Love Sinks—The MAGA Breakup Ballad ♬
• LegalEagle: I investigated Dr. Phil
• Christopher Titus: It’s NOT both sides
• Desi Lydic: Pete Hegseth dodges war crime allegations & Melania decks the WH halls
• More Perfect Union: How Qatar bought Трамп, and what they want
• Liberal Redneck: Did the alarm bells just sound for the GOP?!
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Mr Secretary of War Crimes ♬
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ RFK! ♬:

• Rachel Maddow: Possible war crime puts Трамп’s “illegal orders” freakout in new context
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп renames U.S. Institute of Peace after himself 🤣 & Epstein island was a shithole
• ScaredKetchup: Epstein Island (Take 2)
• Champnella: Sean Duffy and The Dotard Трамп will make pollution great again!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete’s Christmas Dilemma ♬
• Steve Shives: What do conservatives actually love about America?

Christopher Titus: If you hate gay or trans people, you’re suspect

Stephen: Illegal orders from leadership put military members in a disastrous position

Robert Reich: Why Palantir is America’s most dangerous corporation

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

It’s Tuesday again. So the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together to chat and hang-out over a drink. Stop by, if you wish.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room starting about 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: ♫ Frogs Against Fascism ♬

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• The Resistance: ♫ Quiet Piggy! ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Trump’s Numbers Have Been Tanking! ♬
• Christopher Titus: Another week in HELL …AGAIN
• Jimmy Kimmel: Senator Mark Kelly on Трамп suggesting he be executed & Hegseth opening an investigation into him
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Low Energy Трамп ♬
• LegalEagle: Every illegal act Трамп committed in 2025 (so far)
• Glenn Kirschner: Трамп threatens Congress members who spoke truthfully about obligation to disobey unlawful orders
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s “Quiet piggy” remark to reporter—Newsom trolls hard
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I.N.C.O.M.P.E.T.E.N.C.E. ♬:

• Stella Magz: Трамп smitten with Mamdani & MTG resigns
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Affordability ♬
• John Di Domenico: The Dotard thinks magnets are magic and no one knows how they work!
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The image of Трамп and Mamdani perfectly captures the decline and fall of Трамп
• Matthew Thomas Gillespie: ♫ Трамп’s Pardon Parade ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s fatigue shows, JD Vance’s turkey rant & Newsom trolls again
• Rachel Maddow: Sen. Kelly bites back at Трамп and Hegseth’s threats over “illegal orders” video
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Trump Trinity—Hateful, Cowardly and Small ♬
• Shirley Șerban: ♫ Quiet, Piggy – A Retold Fairy Tale (or three) for Трамп ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Трамп Screwed Affordability ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Affordability Crisis Song ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ We Need to Hang the Heroes (The Pete Hegseth Song) ♬
• LegalEagle: American Authoritarianism
• Jen Psaki and Glenn Kirschner: Explaining the “illegal order” PSA
• The Resistance: ♫ You Are Who You Hang With ♬
• Brenna Perez: HUGE ТрампRx grift—ACA subsidies, IRA Medicare prices, and HSAs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is hot for Mamdani, Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress & RFK Jr’s explicit poems
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Latest Трамп Scandal SCANDAL, THE HIDDEN ‘MRI FILES’ ♬

Matthew Cooke: The zombie bot farm billionaire con

ONN: Fraternity under investigation after forcing pledges to volunteer at soup kitchen

Grifters, Pedophiles, and Nazi Adjacents:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The ICE Recruitment Song ♬
• Lawrence: Congressional Republicans are stuck with Трамп. And they know that it’s hopeless
• Ross Childs: Where’d JD go!?
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Smile (Kevin Hassett) ♬
• More Perfect Union: Why Трамп supporters are at a breaking point
• Chris Hayes: “Morale has never been lower”—More GOP reps reportedly plot early exits
• John D. Cundle: ♫ MTG Drops a BOMB on Трамп! ♬
• Marsh Family: ♫ MTG Has Broken Cover ♬:

• Stella Magz: Healthcare plan or Трамп Mobile? Which will roll out first?
• Knotheadusc: ♫ The Time Is Nigh ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When Pete Hegseth & Pam Bondi Get to Prison ♬
• LegalEagle: I witnessed Трамп’s case against James Comey implode in court
• The Resistance: ♫ The Tiny Orange King Who Talked Himself Out of Power ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ MTG… Where’d You Go? (A Трамп breakup song) ♬
• Seth Meyers: MAGA stunned after Zohran Mamdani charms Трамп in Oval Office meeting
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kelly & Hegseth, Compare and Contrast ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Marjorie, Marjorie, Marjorie ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ I Want My MTG ♬

Zach Star Himself: When Washington and Lincoln try to stop school shootings (in 2025)

Champnella: Mark Kelly or Pete Hegseth: Who do you trust?

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

Let’s talk (political) turkey. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally this evening, join the conversation, and enjoy your beverage of choice.

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