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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.

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Why Do We Feel Left Behind? (A Song for American Workers) ♬

The Reign of King Felon Von Shitzonus:

• JoJoFromJerz: The Dotard Трамп thinks you’re stupid
• Sen. Patty Murray: slams Трамп for calling for members of Congress to be arrested and hanged
• The Late Show: Things happen
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Cruelty Is the Message ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Quiet, Piggy! ♬
• John Di Domenico: Трамп makes special appearance at Randy Rainbow LIVE in Las Vegas
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I’m sick of The Dotard Трамп ♬:

• Ronnie Chieng: Трамп can’t keep his hands off MBS as Epstein files release is imminent
• Stella Magz: Трамп and the Department of Defensive….
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп, Anti-American and Antichrist ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Dues and Don’ts of Трамп’s USA ♬
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Bitch Better Have My SNAP! ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dementia Don, The White House Con ♬
• The Resistance: ♫ Twenty-Five Forty-Seven ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Pig ♬:

• Stella Magz: Трамп & his Saudi prince charming….
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп calls for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired AGAIN, threatens members of Congress & signs Epstein bill
• Christopher Titus: Terrorists in the White House
• Lawrence: The Трамп presidency is collapsing like the Berlin Wall collapsed
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a crappy President we’ve got! ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Wreck of the Трамп Presidency ♬

John Oliver: Public media

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Child Molesters, Liars, Idiots and Other MAGA Grifters:

• ScaredKetchup: Epstein Island—“Quiet, Piggy”
• The Resistance: ♫ A Little Bit Nazi — A Little Bit Rock ‘N Roll ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Congress votes to release Epstein files (for some reason)
• Champnella: Republican legal theory—Racist young Republicans are “kids” at 35 and Epstein victims are adults at 15
• Ronny Chieng: Epstein bill has Трамп & co. freaking out & Melania delivers AI war cry
• Seth Meyers: Трамп posts unhinged rant on Epstein and spirals over affordability as poll numbers tank
• Jesse Welles: ♫ Join ICE ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: MTG was a LIBERAL
• Jen Psaki: Трамп fails to stop Epstein bill as his political grip slips and sycophants fall away
• Stephen: Epstein files vote is a huge loss for Трамп & “Quiet piggy” & dictator besties & a flying McDonald’s
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ballad of Pedo Don (A Foul Fictional Character) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard wants to release Epstein files
• Seth Meyers: Трамп attacks Greene and Massie amid MAGA civil war over Epstein scandal
• Brenna Perez: Epstein files release PASSING?!
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Frightened Little Fascists ♬:

• Stephen: Schumer, “Трамп ‘can’t fuck around’ with Epstein files release’ & messing with Texas & RFK on DMT
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп faces Republican revolt over Epstein files & breaks up with Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Seth Meyers: Трамп loses battle to conceal Epstein files; Greene hits back over “Traitor” nickname
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Tricycle is Tipping ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Some felon crushed by Epstein emails—Newsom trolls him again
• SNL Weekend Update: Government shutdown ends and Epstein email says Трамп “Knew about the girls”
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: DOJ Films presents “The Epstein-O-Matic”
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Take Me Home, Epstein Files ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп braces for Hurricane Epstein, spews nonsense & lEon joins for dinner with Saudi Crown Prince
• Steve Shives: Why I’m in the Epstein files 11,000 times
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Oh Pam Bondi ♬
• LegalEagle: Congress just rebelled against Трамп
• Jon Stewart: Epstein emails reveal “Bubba” bombshell about Трамп & Republicans pretend it’s NBD
• Ronnie Chieng: MTG claps back at Трамп as House votes to release Epstein files
• Stephen: Jeffrey Epstein, “Трамп’s a bad guy” & “Bubba” was neither a Clinton nor a horse & Трамп, “I don’t care”
• Jesse Welles: ♫ Red ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп put his surrender and humiliation in writing signing Epstein files bill
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Mr. MAGA Man ♬:

• Stephen: Did Трамп really sign Epstein files bill? & Pam Bondi’s flip flop & Sean Duffy’s travel advice
• Ari Melber: The 1st Epstein files! MAGA’s Bannon plotted to redeem “monster” sex trafficker Epstein
• Champnella: I fixed Sean Duffy’s Department of Transportation ad…
• ScaredKetchup: Epstein Island 2
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Marjorie ♬
• Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta: RFK Hospital—An original series inspired by the medical advice of RFK Jr.
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I’m Gonna Change the Epstein News Today ♬
• SNL: Epstein White House briefing

Robert Reich: Our economy is in danger. Here’s why

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

Feeling some political tension these days? Looking for a release? It doesn’t take a vote of Congress…just drop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Relax, have a beer, 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 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.

Nick Offerman: America’s small farms are being slaughtered by corporations

Reign of King Felon Von Shitzonus:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Sleepy Don” A Lullaby ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Capt’n Bone Spurs doesn’t give a fuck about our veterans
• Glenn Kirschner: Judge orders release of some immigrants detained in Трамп’s “Midway Blitz” operation in Chicago
• The Late Show: The Dotard J. Трамп sleepy-time coin collection
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Трамп
• John Di Domenico: Трамп rips Mamdani & wants troops in NYC
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ When The Crowd Starts Booing the President ♬
• Stephen: Трамп threatens air traffic controllers & the math on 50-year mortgages
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Go to Sleep ♬
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Big Phoney Schmuck! ♬:

• Steve Shives: Brainstorming how Трамп can get a third term
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп falls asleep in Oval Office chaos and Newsom trolls him again
• Josh Johnson: Трамп’s affordability tailspin—50-year mortgages, tariff checks & maybe socialism
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I believe in the Dotard Трамп ♬
• SNL: Oval Office press conference
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard declares war on food stamps
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dozy Donnie, Asleep at the Wheel ♬
• Marsh Family: ♫ Трамп’ll Nail Ya ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: Executive collapses in Oval Office & Zohran Mamdani elected New Mayor of NYC
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Two Truths and a Lie ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I Bought Me A Supreme ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп–Terrible Taste and Likely Tastes Terrible ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard suing BBC for ONE BILLION DOLLARS!

Matthew Cooke: The Mamdani effect

ScaredKetchup: Dead celebs react to new SOUTH PARK episode

The Deplorable Brigade:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп is lost in his own fear about the Epstein emails. His silence proves it.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп aides meet in situation room to discuss Epstein crisis & MAGA furious over visas
• Ari Melber: New Epstein emails implicate the felonious President and his DOJ
• Stephen: “Of Course [Трамп] knew about the girls”
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Let’s go with the lie ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard is betrayed by Boebert & Mace on Epstein files
• ScaredKetchup: ♫ Трамп knew about the girls—Jeffery Epstein ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is Rotten ♬
• Josh Johnson: Epstein emails implicating Трамп surface as Ghislaine gets VIP treatment in prison
• Caitlin Speaks: Mike Johnson’s $3.7 million “roommate” scandal explained
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ F.B. Eyes ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп rocked by new Epstein Bombshell, shows off gaudy White House redesign
• Desi Lydic & Troy Iwata recap MAGA’s night of flops at the FAUX Nation Patriot Awards
• Lawrence O’Donnell: In newly public emails Epstein says “of course” Трамп “knew about the girls”
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Dirty Dotard ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп panics over 20K Epstein emails and Bondi shredding her own “cover up” memo
• Stella Magz: Трамп did what to Bill Clinton?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
• Mother Jones: Why Border Patrol recruits at rodeos
• Josh Johnson: Epstein-Трамп saga gets 20K pages longer & Megyn Kelly splits hairs on pedophilia:

• Stella Magz: Karoline Leavitt ditches her cross for this press conference
• LegalEagle: Epstein implicates Трамп
• Chris Hayes: Never-before-seen Epstein emails—Трамп “spent hours” with victim inside house
• The Resistance: ♫ Cover-Up ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Files Foster Fear for Foul Fathead! ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ He Knew Epstein ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Release the files ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Epstein’s Island ♬
• Ari Melber: Трамп is in the Epstein emails—He “knew,” spent “hours” with victim
• Stell Magz: Let’s play a game…Two truths and a lie
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Epstein emails about him

LegalEagle: Sandwich hero wins trial over hero sandwich

Total Shut-show Shuts:

• Seth Meyers: Трамп booed at NFL game; Democrats cave on shutdown despite big wins, favorable polls
• Lawrence O’Donnell: With Трамп’s shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard celebrates shutdown win
• Stephen: Dem defectors vote to end shutdown, get nothing from GOP & Трамп stadium & asleep in the Oval Office
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп gets booed at NFL game & Democrats cave on government shutdown

Barack Obama surprises plane of veterans as they arrive in Washington

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

Join us Tuesday night for some adventures in post-election politics (over a pint) at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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

Robert Reich: What Democrats SHOULD be doing

Stephen: The Late Show CSI—Criminal sandwich investigation

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп’s Great Tariff Swindle ♬
• Desi Lydic: Трамп vs. New York—The President’s feud with the Big Apple goes way back
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard gets emotional about Nancy Pelosi retiring
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s tone-deaf bathroom remodel, S.N.A.P. benefits run out
• Jordan Klepper: Трамп targets obesity & threatens Nigeria while airlines cut flights amid shutdown
• Lawrence O’Donnell: You are not alone tonight if you disapprove of The Felon Von Shitzonyou’s presidency
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Dictator State of Mind ♬
• Chris Hayes: Трамп REELS as groceries gaffe, SNAP fight, and “Great Gatsby” optics collide
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Poncho and The ICE Man, A Ballad ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard deporting World Series MVP?
• Seth Meyers: Трамп renovates White House bathroom as courts rule against him on SNAP funding
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies:The Great Fatsby
• SNL: White House Makeover
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Johnson 3-Step ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Newsom trolls Трамп’s cognitive test—Halloween costumes are comedy gold
• Stephen: MAGA parties while children go hungry & Трамп’s shady crypto pardon
• J-L Cauvin: Some felon’s obituary for Dick Cheney
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп looking away from a man in need should be the portrait for his second term
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп throws Great Gatsby party as SNAP benefits expire & blames Democrats for shutdown
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп the Paper Tiger ♬:

• ScaredKetchup: Don Rickles & Jimi Hendrix roast Трамп—Club Dead
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ His Brain Has Reached its End ♬
• Jen Psaki: “Sandwich guy” acquitted by jury—another faceplant for Трамп’s DOJ
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Don’t Die or Slump With Трамп ♬
• Champnella: In midst of government shutdown, Трамп throws a Roaring 20s Halloween Party
• JoJoFromJerz: The Dotard is a sociopath
• The Late Show: The President’s solution for widespread flight cancellations
• Jen Psaki: Трамп learns to say “affordability,” but doesn’t seem to grasp its meaning
• Steve Shives: Nuclear paranoia is back!
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard sets record for longest government shutdown

LegalEagle: The DOJ indicted a YouTuber (Kat Abu), and it’s bullshit

Matthew Cooke: “Socialism never worked”

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

More Fucking Deplorables:

• Stella Magz: Erika Kirk & JD Vance soft launch was a hard watch….
• Chris Hayes: Jasmine Crockett RIPS Mike Johnson’s “petulant child” stunt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A song for “Nasty Nancy” Mace ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ I Believe ♬:

• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Cry More Mamdani Tears ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ (If “Loving” Vance is Wrong,) I Don’t Want to be Right ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: George Santos on the New York City Marathon
• JoJoFromJerz: Weird how Mike Johnson suddenly loses his memory huh?
• Ross Childs: JD Vance and Erika Kirk
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth Has a Large Delusion ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Usha, Are You Okay? ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Epstein File (Give Us Something to Talk About) ♬:

• Caitlin Speaks: JD Vance will be whatever he needs to be
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ Dick Cheney Is Dead ♬
• Champnella: Speaker Mike “I don’t know” Johnson vs Sgt Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Horror House Monsters ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Shut Yo Damn Mouth ♬

Electile DysFunction:

• Jordan Klepper: NYC Mayor race, Mamdani hits the club & Cuomo fingers his O.J. Bronco
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Gets His Ass Whooped at the Polls (like in 2020) ♬
• Seth Meyers: Some felon blames the shutdown for huge Democratic wins & Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC victory
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mamdani vs Cuomo & The Dotard threatens to delay SNAP benefits & brags about Трампified Kennedy Center
• Christopher Titus: REPUBLI-GEDDON!
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed the Democrats have won the 2025 elections
• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s radical new Mayor:

• Liberal Redneck: On election day’s big win
• Stephen: Mamdani hits the club & Cuomo’s dubious endorsements & Pelosi, Трамп is “A vile creature”
• Ali Velshi: Трамп’s reaction to Tuesday’s crushing election defeat? Basically, “Let them eat cake”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s very bad election night as Democrats win, Republicans cry fraud & longest shutdown ever
• Stephen: Dems sweep! & Mamdani, “New York will be the light” & Sherrill, Spanberger declare victory
• Jordan Klepper: Mamdani and Democrats score big wins & conservatives melt down
• Knotheadusc: ♫ I Guess We Showed Them ♬:

• Lauren Mayer and Scott Grinthal: ♫ The Vote In California ♬
• Seth Meyers: FAUX and GOP admit anti-Трамп backlash fueled huge Democratic election wins
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard has an election night meltdown
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп is living in fear tonight of just how bad election night will be for him next year

Stephen: Air travel pain intensifies & FIFA’s fake Peace Prize & Americans need to lose 135 billion pounds

LegalEagle: Circuit Judges are fed up with SCOTUS

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

Today is Election Day in Washington, so get that ballot in! Best to drop it off before 8pm in a drop box near you or swing by a post office and hand it to a clerk.

And then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for a drink over some lively discussion.

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.