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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The school has done such trips for years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Karl Marx.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So much for “direct democracy.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Sen. Ed Murray

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Oliver: The Secret Service

The Resistance: ♫ The American Dream ♬

Chronicles of the Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

• Paula Poundstone: You said they’ll impeach you, Dotard
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп says destroying blue cities is “A small price to pay”
• Tiny Hands Productions: The most savage political memes you haven’t seen yet
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s crazy LA & San Diego comment; allies’ midterm martial law plan
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп muses about Iran taking out LA and San Diego and leers at Natalie
• Tiny Hands Productions: These political memes are too funny
• Paula Poundstone: Colorful signs mean they’re paid protesters, Dotard?
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп trolled with new statue as Hegseth plans unhinged livestream
• Jen Psaki: Трамп backstabs allies, breaks sanctions for sudden Russian diesel deal
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Let Them Take Out Mar-a-Lago ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп Renamed AI “SI”?! ♬
• The God Show: Трамп’s NUKE threat BLOWS UP in his FACE
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп thinks he’s a cult leader who can order followers to vote for Republicans they hate
• Seth Meyers: Трамп-GOP infighting erupts, Kennedy calls Трамп an “a-hole,” Трамп doxes Tom Cotton
• The Marsh Family: ♫ Gasoline ♬

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard offers money for midterm votes
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп spends millions of taxpayer dollars on ads promoting himself & tries to buy the midterms!
• Paula Poundstone: You quit FAUX for two days, Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: An anti-Трамп movement forms, united by morality
• Seth Meyers: Трамп announces Super Intelligence Force
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, keeps talking about Iran bombing LA & more broken promises
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s nuclear attack comments are why the 25th Amendment exists
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s CLUELESS view on global trade breakdown
• Paula Poundstone: You doxed a Senator over the clocks, Dotard
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard is live streaming a firing squad
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The OFFICIAL Трамп 2026 Campaign Song ♬
• Unsourced News: 60 Seconds—Daylight spending with Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants his golf club to be Camp David & FAUX News turns 30
• Christopher Titus: Bombing in San Diego?!?!
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s claims about his White House ballroom, Hegseth’s new U.S. military standards

Jon Stewart: Unpacking AI’s dubious promise of a “better future”

Parody Project: ♫ Repeal What’s Amiss ♬:

Greg Johnson: The longest day of an election worker’s life

More Flunkies and Feckless Fascists, :

• John D. Cundle: ♫ Nothing But Net! Jack Smith Wins as Schmitt Airballs the Hawks-Hawkeyes “Gotcha” ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Exec Claims Marketing Ken Paxton Ain’t Easy ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Hey MAGA, you’re getting SHAFTED while Трамп’s getting richer!
• The God Show: Hegseth’s Navy stunt BACKFIRES as humiliating workout video revealed
• Jordan Klepper: Jordan Klepper sits down with a January 6er who wants a refund
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Hegseth—Public Execution as Clickbait ♬:

• SNL: Republican midterm ads
• JoJoFromJerz: Jared Kushner’s shady business deals exposed!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Natalie Harp, Eva Braun ♬
• The Racist: ♫ Call It What It Is ♬
• Marilyn Dee: ♫ Natalie Nutty ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Senator Eric Schmitt, A Real Bag of Shit ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Miss Information–Трамп’s Other Mistress ♬
• Tiny Hands Productions: The funniest political memes on the Internet right now
• JoJoFromJerz: Military executions on live stream? We have to talk about this
• Michael Kosta: Kimberly Guilfoyle caught begging Трамп donor to pay Her $100K Amex bill:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The GOP Today ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Let’s All Steal the Midterms ♬
• The God Show: Bless Jack Smith for BREAKING MAGA with a T-shirt
• JoJoFromJerz: The hard truth Трамп supporters REFUSE to admit
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Republican Plan (to make wrong into right) ♬
• Tiny Hands Productions: The best over the top political memes

Lauren Mayer and Scott Grinthal: ♫ Studly Jack Smith ♬

Steve Shives: Jack Smith testimony continued

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

True story. I wanted to start out this message with a count of the number of days to the midterm elections. So I fired up a browser window and had the following conversation with Google’s search AI (word for word transcript with some filler removed, emphasis in the original):

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Me:

how many days remain until the 2026 midterm elections

Google Search AI:

There are thirty days remaining until the 2026 midterm elections, which will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses

Me (double checking after suspecting the AI made a mistake…):

isn’t it 28 days?

Google Search AI:

You are completely right, it is exactly 28 days.

The 2026 midterm elections will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counting from today, Tuesday, October 6, 2026, there are exactly four weeks (28 days) remaining until election day. Thank you for catching that oversight!

Me:

How on earth could you get such a simple question wrong?

Google Search AI:

I completely understand your frustration. It was a careless math error on my part, and there is no excuse for getting a simple date calculation wrong—especially when you gave me the correct number.

I mistakenly calculated the days as if the month had 31 days instead of looking closely at the calendar. Because October 6 and November 3 both fall on a Tuesday exactly four weeks apart, the math is straightforward:

3 days left in October (after the 28th) + 25 days = 28 days

I am programmed to be accurate, but in this case, I failed to verify my own calculation before responding. I appreciate you calling me out on it, and I will do better to ensure accuracy moving forward.

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We’re all doomed!

So enjoy life while you can. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for a drink and discussions about politics, elections, and how stupid our future AI overlords are going to be.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the rear deck 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.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Misadventures of Cankles McPaintFace:

• Tiny Hands Productions: These political memes are way too relatable
• Seth Meyers: Трамп slammed for taxpayer-funded campaign ads, Ken Paxton disses Трамп as GOP panics
• Jimmy Kimmel: John Oliver and Seth Meyers on Трамп hating and stuff
• Paula Poundstone: You’re the national security issue, Dotard
• The Resistance: ♫ Call It What It Is ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Embarrassing The US at The UN, AGAIN ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Unpopular—A Wicked Lesson ♬
• Puppet Regime: Трамп and Xi meet at the White House
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп called Americans “enemies of ours.” In 33 days, they will get to vote
• Paula Poundstone: Your own AI says Biden won, Dotard
• LegalEagle: Трамп v. The Press
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп desperate to win midterms
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Don’t Despair. Трамп’s Doing GREAT! ♬
• SNL: Трамп and Mamdani
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Summer Glovin’ ♬:

• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Wuhan Fabs! (Трамп meets Xi) ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ You Really Picked This Red, White & Blue Clown?! ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Making Idiocy Great Again ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Taxpayers are funding Трамп’s DISGUSTING propaganda campaign
• Tiny Hands Productions: You won’t believe what the Internet is saying about Трамп now
• Paula Poundstone: You fell asleep again, Dotard
• The Resistance: ♫ Trouble in Трамп Country ♬
• Unsourced News: 60 Seconds—Трамп bans everyone
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s food policy is a literal shitshow

• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s EMBARRASSING display with Xi Jinping
• Rachel Maddow: Rachel Maddow calls Трамп “radioactive,” talks about his White House press ban and low approval rating
• Christopher Titus: It’s not HIS fault!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Hey Трамп, Your Name is in this Song! ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп makes up new racial stereotypes, shows off billion dollar ballroom & Hegseth crazy at Quantico
• Tiny Hands Productions: These political memes are actually insane
• Paula Poundstone: You did that, Dotard

Parody Project: ♫ November 3rd is Coming ♬:

The Churlish Bootlickers and Cuckspittles of MAGA:

• Tiny Hands Productions: This is what political humor looks like right now
• Jordan Klepper: Pete Hegseth purges weirdos and wimps & Трамп drops a new Hispanic stereotype
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Senator Eric Schmitt is one Dumb Schmitt ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Pete Hegseth’s embarrassing display at The Pentagon
• Tommy Campbell: Katie Britt’s reaction to Eric Schmitt’s botched gotcha is hilarious:

• LegalEagle: Susan Collins took bribes?
• Jon Stewart: Will Republicans divorce Трамп over Xi embrace? Probably not
• Seth Meyers: Трамп rejects Iran deal as GOP turns on him, MTG says MAGA is dead, Xi tours ballroom (you know, the one being built on top of a secret military installation)
• Jordan Klepper: GOP pushes for DEI in welfare-to-work ad & Трамп launches America.gov AI
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Tapping Time Travel to Topple Трамп ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: I REFUSE to be silenced by Melanie Трамп
• Seth Meyers: Sen. Eric Schmitt & GOP humiliate themselves at train wreck Jack Smith hearing
• Tiny Hands Productions: Top political memes everyone is sharing today
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ These Guys Are Dumb! ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Report reveals warning behind Schmitt’s botched Jack Smith “gotcha”
• Jordan Klepper: AI leaders sign Трамп’s “self-policing” pact & Eric Schmitt’s ambush backfires
• The God Show: Giant loser HUMILIATES himself in front of giant flag
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard roasts Ken Paxton
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth has a TINY………Problem ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel is threatened by FCC Chairman Robert De Niro and Трамп renames A.I.
• SNL Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson reviews the summer’s blockbuster films

Lauren Mayers: ♫ Thanks to the Cost of Livin’, We’re Screwed ♬

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

It’s a mere 35 days to the mid-term elections. Have you registered to vote in Washington? Updated your Washington state voter registration? Or just checked your voter registration? Let’s chat about it at tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the rear deck 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.

Michael Kosta: Midterm Anal-a-Zone—Hot dog rage, BDSM pics & salsa with a side of racism

Chris Hayes: Republicans suddenly sweating races in deep-red states

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week (furry edition)

John Oliver: UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group

The Worst President Ever:

• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп wants drones & snipers in his 250-foot arch
• Paula Poundstone: Give you another chance, Dotard?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ I’m Sticking With Трамп (Like He Stuck with Epstein) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп showers Chinese President with praise
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: ♫ Get Out of My Pool ♬
• The God Show: Cowardly Трамп HUMILIATED in front of entire world
• Stella Magz: Трамп celebrates Man Crush Monday with Mayor Mamdani
• Paula Poundstone: Wife or nurse, Dotard?
• Jon Stewart: White House bans media outlets & MAGA embraces AI while demonizing immigrants
• Tiny Hands Productions: Political memes that had everyone laughing
• Desi Lydic: Трамп talks shit at the U.N., rebrands AI as “superintelligence” & praises Mamdani
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Dummy with the Wig On Top ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s threatening ramble at the UN and his minions defend news ban
• Paula Poundstone: Welcome to Трамп TV, Dotard
• The Resistance: ♫ Too StupidToo Stupid ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Трамп Obituary Song ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s GOP allies distance themselves from him, media ban lifted, Xi gets red carpet
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Impeach Him Now! ♬
• The Resistance: ♫ After Трамп ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s attacks on the press WON’T hide the TRUTH!
• Tiny Hands Productions: The most epic political memes you’ve ever seen
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s media ban backfires, arch gets drones & snipers & Seth recaps a crazy summer
• Knotheadusc: ♫ Bidin’ His Time… Трамп style ♬:

• Toon Trampu: ♫ Funniest Трамп cartoons on 23 Sept ♬
• Brenna Perez: It took Greenland for Трамп to understand NATO?!
• Paula Poundstone: It’s a military complex, Dotard?
• Tiny Hands Productions: The craziest political memes
• Jen Psaki: Трамп campaigns in safe spaces to avoid embarrassment and minimize damage
• Robert Reich: The 10 Commandments (for cleaning up after Трамп)
• Steve Shives: Only losers name things after themselves
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп, Leading the World in “Super Stupidity” R&D ♬
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s unhinged UN speech leaves the world STUNNED!
• The God Show: Трамп CRASHES OUT after Трамп TV FLOPS
• John D. Cundle: ♫ The Dotard Трамп—The Worst of All Time ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ This Isn’t Normal ♬:

• Paula Poundstone: You’re terrible at hiring, Dotard
• Jimmy Fallon: Who said it? The Dotard Трамп vs. cartoon characters
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s press ban backfires hilariously
• Seth Meyers: Трамп sparks GOP anger over lavish Xi visit and Iran as approval hits new low
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп is the “lead witness” for media companies suing over his White House ban
• Tiny Hands Productions: These political memes are too funny
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard threatens Iran at the U.N.
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s “Kennedy Center Lament” song ♬
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Трамп, The Lord of the Lies ♬
• Paula Poundstone: Nobody clapped, Dotard!

The Resistance: ♫ Billionaire Apocalypse ♬

Parody Project: ♫ Gotta Turn Our Red State Blue ♬:

Brenna Perez: Crowd puts on a show to protect the Kennedy Center from demolition

Matthew Cooke: Has your town already gone Communist?

The So Very Persecuted Deplorables:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Lauren Bobert’s scandal
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To Accept Трамп’s Lies, Just Lie to Yourself! ♬
• Tiny Hands Productions: These political memes have no filter
• JoJoFromJerz: Трамп’s record is so bad JD Vance is begging for a DO-OVER!
• Stella Magz: Lauren Boebert puts the Bi in bipartisanship….
• Desi Lydic: Трамп spooked by plane at Xi meeting & Sen. Tuberville rails against flying furries
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s TV network FLOPS and panicking Republicans spew NONSENSE
• Winlar: ♫ Come on Straight White Men! ♬:

• Tiny Hands Productions: The most unfiltered political memes
• John D. Cundle: ♫ Are You a Трамп Sucker? ♬
• Desi Lydic: Трамп can’t find Rubio, Pirro tackles meteorite corruption & Melania gets a sequel
• JoJoFromJerz: Is THIS what you call “America First”?
• The God Show: Трамп HUMILIATED when media PULLS his mic
• Ross Childs: JD Vance VS. Obamacare
• Stella Magz: MAGA farmers are FINALLY realizing the truth about Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп bans news outlets from the White House, has a thing for Mamdani & is Melania A.I.?

The Resistance: ♫ Right the Ship ♬

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Kaitlin Collins First Amendment March ♬

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

Tonight is an Autumnal Equinox edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Stop by, have a beer, and ponder equality. Then you might consider joining the larger conversation.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out on the rear deck 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.