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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.

JoJoFromJerz: Violence is NEVER the answer (but neither is the anti-free-speech bullshit!)

Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• J-L Cauvin: Is the Dotard boycotting the Michael Jackson movie?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ 24 Great Reasons Why we NEED a Ballroom ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s totally unhinged assault rifle pic, big night with King Charles & James Comey vendetta
• The God Show: Bless the 60 Minutes question that made Трамп go full Nixon
• Josh Johnson: Трамп and Republicans want YOU to pay $400 million for his ballroom
• Liberal Redneck: So there was another attempt on Трамп’s life…OR WAS THERE?!?
• JoJoFromJerz: Branding America—Трамп’s plan to put his face on your passport
• Christopher Titus: Трамп jumps the shark DAILY!
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп lectures America on “dangerous rhetoric”….Seriously?
• The Marsh Family: ♫ The British King is Here! ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard celebrates the end of the Voting Rights Act
• Desi Lydic: Desi Lydic chronicles Трамп’s forever war on windmills
• Jimmy Kimmel: Some brain-addled felon attacks Jimmy Kimmel AGAIN & wants him fired “SOON”
• Seth Meyers: Трамп posts unhinged gun meme in threat to Iran, Hegseth mocked over Strait of Hormuz
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The King’s Speech—King Charles ROASTS Трамп at the White House ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ For the “Extraordinarily Brilliant” Dotard J. Трамп ♬
• Jon Stewart: Трамп spins dinner shooting for ballroom agenda & Blitzer is CNN’s one-shoed hero
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s big nap and Hegseth plays doctor
• Jen Psaki: Трамп, apparently oblivious, makes the same joke for which he wants Kimmel fired
• The God Show: Donald HUMILIATES Melania in front of KING CHARLES!
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands a boycott of Jimmy Kimmel
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Discourages Violence (When He’s Not Encouraging It) ♬
• Josh Johnson: Трамп indicts Comey over seashells & King Charles is King of congressional comedy
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ You’re A Schmuck ♬:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп vs Science ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп demands ballroom after WHCD shooting, Kash Patel “likely to be fired”
• Jesse Welles: ♫ Lone Wolves ♬
• Stella Magz: Dinner with Трамп sounds like a blast….
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп visits with King Charles, wants us to pay for ballroom & did he just joke about his own death!?!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’ll keep on labeling Трамп a fascist ♬
• John Di Domenico: Трамп demands a $500M ballroom for “safety”
• The Resistance: ♫ Please Just Drink The Bleach ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ They Indicted SEASHELLS?! ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп roasted by King Charles, Lindsey Graham wants YOU to pay for Трамп’s ballroom
• JoJoFromJerz: Taxpayer funded luxury—The new White House ballroom scandal

John Oliver: Chatbots

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

And the Other Right Wing Lunatics, Sociopaths, and Deplorables:

• Bette Midler: ♫ ALL YOU FASCISTS (Bound to Lose) ♬
• The God Show: Melanie FREAKS out over AMAZING Jimmy Kimmel joke
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ JD Anxiously Awaits a Promotion ♬
• LegalEagle: One shelluva a dumb indictment
• JoJoForJerz: He said “No quarter.” Hegseth’s darkest threat yet:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Todd Blanch—Трамп’s mindless sock puppet ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Rudy Giuliani ♬
• Clare Blackwood: Karoline Leavitt explains how Трамп saved the White House correspondents’ dinner
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Your Guy Was a Moron ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Melanie & Dotard Трамп demanding his firing & the White House correspondents’ dinner
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kash for Corruption ♬

Josh Johnson: SCOTUS deals blow to Voting Rights Act & Трамп deals blow to NASA chief’s ears

LegalEagle: Shadow docket leak is insane

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is meeting this evening to chat about politics and relax over a drink. Stop by if you are so inclined.

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 Oliver: Prediction markets

The Late Show: Tonight on TMZ DC

Puppet Regime: The Strait of Hormuz helpline

Stephen: Get high with the Pope & Трамп’s deranged social media blitz & Kash Patel’s drinking problems

The Reign of Jeffrey Epstein’s Best Friend:

• The Resistance: ♫ This is What You Voted For ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ He’s Gonna Tear the White House Down ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacting to Netanyahu cancer
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s latest Iran threat, Eric Трамп’s Pentagon grift, GOP gerrymandering backfires
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard, Please Resign ♬
• Jon Stewart: Трамп’s “Art of the Deal” Iran strategy…that isn’t working
• Stephen: Shrimp forever & Трамп claims he “would have won Vietnam,” & jet fuel running low
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп extends Iran ceasefire again, reads from Bible & Tucker Carlson apologizes for supporting him
• The God Show: Draft dodger Dotard claims he would have won Viet Nam quickly
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Only Трамп thinks threatening war crimes and committing war crimes “will be my honor”
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s DoorDash stunt backfires & RFK Jr’s raccoon story is INSANE
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Dotard, You Don’t ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Hand Scar ♬:

• Steve Shives: Voter’s Remorse Helpline—blasphemy edition
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s unnecessary war drags on, he wants to gift himself Medal of Honor & Kash Patel bombshell
• Christopher Titus: The Strait Of VERMOUTH??
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп—ME, The People ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dementia Don Rambles On ♬
• Stephen: Iran to Трамп, “You’re losing” & condom prices are up & penis in the sky & Patel drunk on the job?
• Parody Project: ♫ Donny J., Go Away ♬
• Seth Meyers: Catching up….
• Michael Kosta: Трамп drags out Iran war as Hormuz blockade pokes holes in the condom industry
• Stephen: Трамп plans revenge on the press & No Negotiations & Spirit Bailout? And Bobby’s heavy breathing
• Chris Hayes: “The wheels are coming off.” Трамп already less popular than after Jan. 6
• Mazlinithegreat♫ Gamblin’ in Iran ♬
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed that Трамп has extended the ceasefire with Iran
• Jimmy Kimmel roasts Трамп & his MAGA minions at our alternative White House correspondents’ dinner
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Look How Miserable Dotard Трамп Is! ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: The “Chosen One” marketing—Трамп’s newest religious branding
• The Late Show: Operation Pubic Fury
• Jen Psaki: Most Americans think Трамп is NOT mentally fit for office, FAUX News poll says
• Parody Project: ♫ Que Será Será (Cell Block 3) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces 400th cease fire with Iran
• The Resistance: ♫ The Strait of Hormuz ♬

Ronny Chieng: D-list celebs & fringy influencers run for office in the midterms

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses of the week

LegalEagle: Marijuana law blows

And the Deplorable Sycophants:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to drunk Kash Patel
• The Resistance: ♫ He Don’t Love You Anymore ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Bar is Always Low at Kash Patel’s FBI ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: The ultimate suck-ups—The GOP’s race to please Трамп
• Psychology Bites: Psychology of Трамп supporters
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s approval hits all-time low, Kash Patel’s “freakouts,” Labor Secretary resigns
• Jordan Klepper: MAGA’s take on the Iran war & Трамп’s war with the Pope
• Marsh Family: ♫ He’s Very Unwel ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s B-team of Inept Negotiators ♬
• Michael Kosta: Kash Patel denies excessive drinking & Labor Secretary’s family plays HR violation bingo
• Rachel Maddow: Alex Jones’ Infowars to become a joke on purpose as accountability finally catches up
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reveals the truth about Marco Rubio & Cuba
• Stella Magz: Tucker Carlson is so brave….
• The God Show: Bless Waj Ali For DESTROYING Pete Hegseth’s pastor to his FACE
• LegalEagle: FBI Director sues journalists for reporting binge drinking
• Michael Kosta: John Phelan fired as Navy Secretary, replaced with witch-hunter Hung Cao
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kash Patel gets hammered, mouth-breather Kennedy, Трамп insists war is over & right-wingers blame Mamdani for Mets losing
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ I’M Fired ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: The apology tour—Tucker Carlson’s desperate pivot
• ONN: Fractures emerge between GOP’s pro-pedophilia and extremely pro-pedophilia wings
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Pete Bible Fiction—Quotes Tarantino like scripture ♬

The Late Show: Introducing Godorade

John D. Cundle: ♫ Vote Out the Clowns ♬

The God Show: Bless The Onion for buying InfoWars!

JoJoFromJerz: The insult to the officers who defended the Capitol

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

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together over conversation and drinks. Tonight we will raise a glass in honor of former Seattle PI columnist Joel Connelly, who died last week at the age of 78. Joel was a regular at our DL until a few years ago. He was a friendly and calming presence, and was always willing to share with us his wisdom and recollections from a lifetime in politics and media.

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.

Steve Shives: Hungary just voted out its autocrat—Now it’s our turn

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп throws a tantrum over his ballroom, feud with Pope continues & roadkill enthusiast RFK Jr
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Man Who Knew Everything Wrong ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I Think About Трамп ♬
• Funny Songs & Song Parodies: Big Orange Man Boob
• Austin Nasso: Трамп addresses Iran war in Florida
• Stephen: President Трамп and The Doordash Grandma
• Parody Project: ♫ Трамп—The felon clown ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп should be the new Ayatollah, no one believes his Jesus pic lie & MAGA reacts to Pope attacks
• The God Show: Bless Dr. Jesus for humiliating Трамп
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Stuck in the Strait with You (Трамп to the Left, Ayatollah to the Right) ♬
• LegalEagle: Трамп’s stupid ballroom ruled illegal
• Stephen: JD Vance fails & Трамп got nothing from Iran & our Savior-In-Chief
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Doctor, Doctor! Give me the news! ♬:

• Liberal Redneck: Nation shocked to find that history’s most megalomaniacal President thinks he’s God
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says “Jesus was like a Jewish doctor”
• Stephen: A just war of words with the Pope & great vengeance and furious anger
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Let’s Send Трамп to Iran! ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ ТрампChild ♬
• Christopher Titus: SUPERVILLAINS can’t stop won’t stop (best of)
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трампflation ♬
• SNL: The Dotard making calls
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s low testosterone level blamed for Iran debacle ♬
• Stephen: In Трамп’s economy, Americans can’t afford 7-Eleven & a day beyond Трамп & JD Vance says The Pope Should Be Careful
• MockPolitrick: ♫ Трамп SPIRALS HARD as Grok’s Reality Check Goes VIRAL ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The King of Wrong ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s fear is palpable as authoritarian peer Orbán is resoundingly rejected in Hungary
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s Iran war defined by “madman” posts as Jesus while telling Pope he’s wrong
• The Late Show: ♫ Antichrist Superstar ♬:

• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Man Who Bankrupted 4 Casinos… Now He’s Dealing World War III ♬
• Steve Shives: Трамп declares historic 17th victory in war with Iran
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed that Трамп posted a picture depicting himself as Jesus
• The Resistance: ♫ Nope, He Don’t Like The Pope ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Gospel According to Don ♬
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ It’s a Shame ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dollar Store Jesus ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп attacks the Pope, thinks he’s Jesus & bashes Springsteen in his most bananas posting spree yet
• Christopher Titus: Shocking moments you missed in the Oval Office!
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Dr. No Good ♬
• Nick Offerman: How Трамп is turning America’s 250th into a tribute to himself
• Stella Magz: Paging Doctor Dotard….
• Desi Lydic FAUXplains Трамп’s holy war against the Pope:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп, The Anti-Christ ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lashes out at the Pope AGAIN, posts an A.I. Jesus pic AGAIN & distracts from Iran AGAIN!
• The God Show: Bless The Pope for smacking down The Dotard
• Puppet Regime: Трамп gets a “big, fat” concession from Xi
• John Di Domenico: Трамп explains the Pope, Jesus, and ‘My Jesus is rich’
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ DoorDash Granny ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Nacho President ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ They Not Pious ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s new career—Part-time messiah, full-time doctor?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Dotard Трамп is Simply Clueless ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп, who failed at buying Stormy Daniels’ silence, now seeks Iran deal he previously ripped up
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Viktor Orban defeat

Brenna Perez: Why the Iran deal fell through

Shirley Șerban: ♫ Nero—A History Song for Today ♬

More of the Worst Losers, Sycophants, and Grifters:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Most Famous Slovene ♬
• The Resistance: It’s On Us
• Ronny Chieng: U.S. and Iran wage a meme war as Pete Hegseth blasts “unpatriotic” media
• Stella Magz: JD Vance defends his woman’s honor….
• The God Show: Bless Pope Leo for smiting Pete Hegseth
• JoJoFromJerz: Quoting Pulp Fiction? Really?!
• Ross Childs: JD Vance vs. Peace with Iran
• Stephen: “He’s the Antichrist” & teleportation juice & America’s not making enough babies
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Трамп Cult—Anti-Christian and Anti-Democratic ♬
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Fired! ♬:

• The Late Show: A message from first lady Melanie Трамп
• JoJoFromJerz: MAGA implodes—Трамп turns on his closest loyalists
• SNL UK: Melanie Трамп plays two truths and a lie
• The Resistance: ♫ Nobody Likes J.D. Vance ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Melania denies Epstein ties….It’s ridiculous
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and JD Vance sink Orbán’s re-election bid ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Send the Kush ♬
• The Resistance: ♫ It Ain’t Fun Being MAGA No More ♬
• Christopher Titus: Pete Hegseth: Secretary Of MANSCAPING! (Best of)
• Lawrence O’Donnell: RFK Jr. lied to Congress when he denied saying “every Black kid” should be “re-parented”
• Ronny Chieng: JD Vance laughs off Трамп’s Jesus AI & FEMA official teleports to a Waffle House?
• Jon Stewart: Трамп rages at Pope Leo, JD Vance fumbles Iran deal & Hungary ousts Viktor Orban
• SNL Weekend Update: Vance says U.S. and Iran peace talks ended & Melanie Трамп denies ties to Epstein & RFK Jr. new podcast

Christopher Titus: Why women hate us

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

I admire everyone who rode their bikes yesterday. You are made of hardy stuff.

• I am in favor of removing as much parking as possible. Block 46 of Sylvester’s Plat in Olympia seems like a good place.
• The brutally of the Amazon warehouses.
• Pedestrianize for the World Cup. And more?
• NPI’s Spring Gala is coming up.
• 3 of the Spokane 9 are going to trial.