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Monday Open Thread

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I am excited to see things opening up. I am not sure when I will start going to the movies, or eating indoors. But It’s coming.

So if you haven’t yet, please get vaccinated, and wash your hands right now.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Robert Reich: Do you pay more taxes than Musk and Bezos?

Samantha Bee: We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ rights, Pt. 1

Samantha Bee: We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ rights, Pt. 2

Amber Ruffin: Minimum wage is not a living wage; Americans make more money on unemployment

President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris:

Ronny Chieng: Americans have a rage problem

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Bill Maher: News of the week

act.tv: Author pushes back on the GOP’s version of slavery

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Liars, Grifters, Child Rapists, and Nutburgers of the Modern G.O.P.:

Trevor: Black farmers

Al Franken: The John Lewis Voting Rights Act & the history of preclearance

Bill Maher: Parch Madness

Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Life With Barack (Right Wing Radio Told Me) ♬:

The Week in ТрампPlague:

Vice News: How New York could kill the NRA

Robert Reich: The truth about the U.S. border-industrial complex

Samantha Bee: Juneteenth dos and don’ts for (White) people

John Oliver: Prison heat

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

Open Thread!

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Good morning to the 70% of King County residents 16 years old and above who are vaccinated with either the Johnson and Johnson shot or the second of the 2-shot vaccines. It means that in 2 weeks we’ll have 70% of people with full immunity. So things like mask mandates can ease off.

I am proud to live in a county that was able to do that relatively quickly. It has been a real drag, this past year. But of course there remains a lot of work.

So, please, everyone else, get vaccinated if you can.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

Seattle’s Drinking Liberally will meet in person on Tuesday! Please join us for an evening of politics over a pint.






We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is cool when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve.

Monday Open Thread

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Good morning to the new terminal cranes only. It was too rainy to go out and have a look myself, but I love seeing the pictures. I hope it’s a boon to shipping in the region.

Also, probably unrelated, but has it seemed to anyone else that there are a lot of cargo ships hanging out in the Puget Sound? Is this actually happening, or just my imagination? The last time I can recall so many ships was the West Coast Longshoremen striking.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t already.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Biden preps for Putin

John Oliver: Asian Americans

Amber Ruffin: ♫ What gender are potatoes? ♬

Samantha Bee: We need to talk about the intersex experience

Mark Fiore: History for White people

The Liars, Thieves, Child Molesters, and Grifters of Today’s GOP:

Amber Ruffin: ♫ Everything wrong with the living wage in America ♬

Legal Eagle: Florida law violates First Amendment?

Stephen: Biden Battles cicadas en route to Europe while VP Harris swats away border questions

Amber Ruffin: Since Joe Biden became president…

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Abolish The Filibuster ♬

Bloomberg Law: The long fight for environmental justice continues

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Week in ТрампPlague:

Samantha Bee: How “no promo homo” laws target sex ed in Arizona

Now This: Inside the fight for D.C. statehood

Amber Ruffin: On “critical race theory”

Michael Kosta: The end of democracy, explained

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

Seattle’s Drinking Liberally will meet in person on Tuesday! Please stop by our gathering at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern.




We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is okay when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Chapters of Living Liberally are reopening all over the place. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The Daily Show: Can bias training really change police behavior?

Samantha Bee: Why no progressive agenda can survive the Senate filibuster

The Remix Bros: ♫ Kamala Harris Laughing REMIX ♬

Robert Reich: The unchecked power of police unions

The Week in ТрампPlague:

VICE News: Why the Tulsa Race Massacre is so important to the reparations debate

The New York Times: Why do so many sexual assaults in the U.S. military go unpunished?

Now This: : Texas Democrats stage walkout to stop voter suppression bill

Grifters, Thieves, Child Molesters, Traitors and Other Flavors of Republicans:

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Now This: Why Congress needs a nonpartisan Commission for the climate crisis

VICE News: The complicated history of citizen’s arrest laws

The Daily Show: Pink tax, wage gap, gender discrimination—Stories of being a woman in America

Now This: Rep. Jayapal (D-WA-7) fights to expand health care access

Full Frontal: Here’s why your gas stove is killing you

The Daily Show: Young changemakers

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

Friday Open Thread

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Look, I think you should get vaccinated because it will stop or slow down a horrible disease. Because it makes you much much much less likely to pass that disease on to your friends and family, to your neighbors, and to a suffering world. But if a chance of winning the vaccine lottery is what gets the shot in your arm, it has the same effect. And who couldn’t use the money? So good luck on that front.

And you can win the wash your hands right now lottery. The prize is diseases dying in the sink, and going down the drain.

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

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Darryl noted yesterday that Drinking Liberally is back. It is so great to be vaccinated. To touch other people. Hell, even not having to worry about the dingy bathroom is a blessing. It’s great to be back with people.

I also took the bus for the first time in over a year. And am back to work from work. The return to normal is happening so quickly. It’s great.

If you haven’t been vaccinated, you should. It’s free. The more people get vaccinated the better for everyone. Let’s stop this horrible virus.

Also, please wash your hands right now.

Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is back!

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DLBottle

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is back! Please join us Tuesday evening at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern. We have a lot of catching up to do after our 15 month hiatus.

We will, once again, meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is a-okay when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve. That said, we’ve had some folks checking the place out and they report that there is still plenty of room on recent Tuesday nights.

Stop by, if you can!

Cheers,
Darryl Holman

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