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Tonight is State of the Union night, and the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will get together for lively political discussion over drinks. We will still meet at 8pm at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle). But the pub has TVs if you want to show up at the 6pm start of the SOTU address and watch it there. Otherwise, swing by after the SOTU address.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

Those of you in King County, who are you voting for in the Conservation District election? It is very silly that we have this weird pseudo election, but we have an obligation to try to get the best people in positions like that.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Daily Show: The Docs—A classified horror story starring Трамп, Biden & Pence

Ari Melber: Ransom or govern? Biden holds line with McCarthy “shakedown”

The Racist and Liars that Comprise the Dotard Nationalism Movement:

• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos’ new wingman, Трамп pleads the 5th & drag queen story time with Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Lawrence O’Donnell: McCarthy votes to “defund the police” as Democrats push for police reform
• Tommy Campbell: Chinese spy balloon causes Republican hysteria
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to all Black quarterback Super Bowl
• Alex Wagner: Marjorie Taylor Greene embarrasses herself with misinformed talking point by opening her mouth
• Medhi Hasan: It’s hard to overstate MTG’s threat to America
• Seth Meyers: Prosecutors present evidence against The Dotard in Stormy Daniels hush money case
• Parody Project: ♫ King of the Con ♬:

• Keith Olbermann: Nobody asks McCarthy about HIS antisemitic trope
• SNL Weekend Update: Трамп’s Facebook reinstated with “guardrails” and George Santos admits to dressing in drag
• Desi Lydic: Is it a real FAUX News story or some bullsit Desi made up?
• Stephen: George Santos says no more lies and MAGA states limit teaching about race
• J-L Cauvin: Superbowl predictions from The Dotard
• Ari Melber: Losing—See Трамп under oath after caving to New York A.G.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп rants about windmills & DeSantis, the case of curious George Santos & MyPillow Mike is coming!
• Seth Meyers: The Dotard rips into DeSantis & kicks off 2024 campaign and Lindell loses RNC vote
• Jordan Klepper vs. Трамп supporters who think he’s still President
• Alex Wagner: Republicans bereft of ideas for how to shed Трамп albatross
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s dome plan is stupid
• Chris Hayes: The right’s ‘campaign of lies’ about the Pelosi attack
• Ari Melber: Трамп denial—After 2022 humiliation, RNC doubles down on big lie and MAGA losers
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best ChristianThe secret to reading an inconvenient Bible like a Christian nationalist pro
• Jimmy Kimmel: MyPillow Mike Lindell at Kimmel, Трамп won’t stop whining & Santos steps down amid investigation
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Gosh, THEY’RE the snowflakes! ♬:

• Ali Velshi: Some Republicans ‘can’t wait’ for Трамп to die
• Chris Hayes: Трамп and DeSantis try to out anti-vaxx each other
• Alex Wagner: Republicans feign anti-Semitism standard to eject Rep. Omar from committee
• Mark Fiore: The select subcommittee of a weaponized Jim Jordan
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tom Brady retiring
• Ari Melber: Bar’s sin—Трамп’s AG abuse of power
• WaPo: Ocasio-Cortez—Omar vote “about targeting women of color”
• Seth Meyers: Greene embarrasses herself at hearing and DeSantis tries to out-MAGA Трамп
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s heaping helping of trans-paranoia, supermodel Santos & MyPillow Mike STILL in claw machine
• Stephen sits down with George Santos

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Chris Hayes: U.S. life expectancy is declining. Biden should act.

Vice News: On the frontlines of the abortion war—Death threats and arsons

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

– Narcan at libraries has been a thing. I am not 100% sure what the advantages of having it in a vending machine are, but I trust advocates.

– Get flippin’ vaccinated or boosted already. Goodness sake.

– I had never heard of resilience hubs before reading this article. Interesting.

– Look at all the chemicals we’re dumping in Puget Sound.

– The last 747 has been manufactured. I am surprised how nostalgic I feel about it.

– The bills on what to do about possession of drugs (item 1) is interesting. It doesn’t seem likely to pass, but you can write your legislator in favor of Senator Dhingra’s decriminalization bill.

– Good news for bike infrastructure.

– Fred Clark is good people. Drop him a few dimes if you can spare them. And if you haven’t, go read the Left Behind series.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for some lively political discussion over a drink. We welcome you to stop by.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm in the back room of the pub.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

I think it’s a good idea to sue car companies that make products that are easy to steal. If it makes a difference, that seems like a better thing for everyone. But I guess only if it pressures them to make a change.

I don’t know that a city makes more sense than states or the Federal government. But those haven’t done it, so don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good.

I don’t know, maybe next we can design our way to not needing cars at all.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

NowThis: Sen. Patty Murray on the current state of reproductive rights

Stephen: Biden boosted by good economic news, and other news from the world of politics

Robert Reich: The one thing that would make elections better for everyone

NowThis: Voter disenfranchisement, by the numbers

Liberal Redneck: The state of conspiracy theories

The Cult of The Dotard:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What the Hell Do People See in Dotard Трамп? ♬
• SNL Weekend Update: George Santos’ lies and other political news of the week
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard cheats his way to golf glory, George Santos is a gay icon & Ted Cruz’s hypocrisy shines
• Seth Meyers: Criminal charges in Трамп election case could be imminent, Atlanta DA says
• Ari Melber on sedition case: Smoking gun busts MAGA militia leader at trial
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On Knowing When and Where to Put Your Feet Up (or not) ♬
• Wanda Sykes: George Santos’ bad week
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s cyber fails, tipsy Ronny Jackson and Kitara
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Speaker of the House ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Gives Трампiest performance ever at a FUNERAL & George Santos addresses drag queen video
• Chris Hayes: The Republican Party’s 2024 candidate quality problem
• Alex Wagner: Report exposes Durham as tool of Barr’s political weaponization of DOJ
• Stephen: New lies from George Santos and Трамп’s disastrous eulogy for Diamond
• NowThis: Florida leaders & students call out Ron DeSantis’ racist ass over attacks on AP course
• Ari Melber: Трамп and Barr lose as “deep state” bomb goes off—Failed DOJ plot revealed in exposé
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп wins golf tournament (by cheating, of course) ♬
• Seth Meyers and Alex Wagner: How Ron DeSantis is whitewashing history
• The Late Show: ♫ ♬George Santos On Hannah Montana? ♬
• Founders Sing: ♫ You’re such a fucking liar ♬:

• Steve Hofstetter: Did Трамп win the election?
• LegalEagle: Alex Jones is now personally bankrupt
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard’s remarkable Diamond eulogy ♬
• Mark Fiore: Anti-woke everything!
• Lawrence O’Donnell: George Santos is a “perfect monument” to House GOP lies
• Ari Melber with comedian Matt Friend: The unbelievable Трамп
• Wanda Sykes: Meta lifts Трамп’s Facebook and Instagram ban & Missouri plans to ban CRT
• Parody Project: ♫ The Real G.O.P. ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos lashes out at late night
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Stand by your Marge ♬
• Ari Melber: Smoking gun in coup case—Трамп aide Navarro never had “privilege” in Jan. 6 clash
• SNL Weekend Update: Colin Jost interviews Rep. George Santos
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп to pay Hillary MORE than he paid Stormy ♬
• Chris Hayes: How the GOP probe into “weaponization” of the government turned out last time
• Seth Meyers: Santos and Трамп scandals keep getting worse for GOP

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on becoming Senate’s first woman President Pro Tempore

Roy Wood, Jr.: Police militarization & Atlanta’s “Cop City”

Secret, Secret, I’ve Got a Secret…Document

• Wanda Sykes: Biden’s classified documents, The Dotard’s awkward eulogy & other political stories
• J-L Cauvin: Mike Pence reveals he has more classified documents
• Seth Meyers: Ted Cruz’s hypocrisy and Tucker Carlson’s conspiracy theory on classified docs
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Pence kept classified documents and it’s hilariously bad for Трамп
• Jon Stewart and friends: Trump, Biden, and Pence’s classified documents
• Alex Wagner: U.S. classified document ‘spillage’ issue plain after Pence documents also discovered
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard EXPLODES about Biden documents scandal

Stephen: Another candy company enters the culture wars

NowThis: Roe v. Wade would’ve turned 50 today. Here’s what’s happened since its overturn

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

SNL Weekend Update: April Ludgate and Leslie Knope on working for the government

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

Good morning. Some municipalities have elections coming up soon. If you live in Seattle, you should be getting your ballot for the social housing initiative soon. I would encourage you to support it.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. Right now. And schedule yourself or your family to get vaccinated or boosted.

Has anyone else had Orca Cards be too sensitive? The other day mine tapped off and then immediately back on. I tried to tap that again but it just said I had already tapped. A line was forming behind me and I have a monthly pass, so it didn’t cost me anything. But I imagine it would be annoying if it was taking money out of my account.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

So…watchya doin’? In the mood to engage in some lively political discussion? How ‘bout if it’s over a beer? Yes? Then you should stop by tonight’s gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio. Some folks may meet in the back room of the pub to stay warm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.

– Were you in SeaTac Airport or Swedish on First Hill recently? You might have been exposed to measles. If you got your MMR as a kid, or as an adult, you should be fine. But here are Public Health Seattle & King County’s recommendations if you were exposed.

And speaking of being vaccinated, get your COVID-19 initial dose or booster if you’re eligible. The vaccine itself and the bivalent booster are modern miracles.

– There’s a bill to have the minimum wage cover prisoners in Washington State. If you think this is a good idea, hey, you can contact your legislator.

– I have passed the asphalt plant in Kenmore many times growing up nearby. Good to see that it’s being cleaned up.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roy Wood, Jr. and the Golden State Warriors take the White House

Mark Fiore: Have a nice day from the corporation that cried too much

Liars and Трампers and Bores, Oh My!

• Seth Meyers: GOP in chaos as George Santos scandal gets crazier & Greene and Boebert fight
• NowThis: Veteran who George Santos allegedly scammed speaks out
• Chris Hayes: The DeSantis attempt to echo the cruelty of Трампism
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Typical Republican Guys ♬
• Stephen: George Santos is just emulating Трамп & charmless Ron DeSantis turns off GOP donors
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Insurrectionists are in charge of the House of Representatives
• GZERO Media: GOP partisanship could trigger first-ever US default
• The Late Show: Marley & GoFundMe—A George Santos story
• Seth Meyers: GOP caught in classified docs hypocrisy as Трамп admits he took “keepsakes”
• Lauren Mayers: ♫ Owning the Libs ♬:

• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s wild email claims and Republican gas stove hysteria
• Stephen: George Santos joins Stephen to clear his name(s)
• Ali Velshi: GOP is playing with U.S. prosperity in fight over debt ceiling
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The stinkin’ GOP brings smoking back to the Capitol ♬
• NowThis: Ex-GOP candidate arrested over shootings targeting Dems in New Mexico
• Chris Hayes: The $1M fine that held Трамп accountable—and may deter him from doing it again
• Stephen: Biden docs saga plays right into GOP hands & Gaetz presses George Santos on campaign funding
• Ari Melber: GOP’s Ron Johnson humiliated over nonsensical coup claim
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why Santos is “a perfect fit” for Speaker McCarthy’s House
• Liberal Redneck: Gas and Government:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ George Santos writes to his mother ♬
• Keith Olbermann: George Santos—It’s kind of a drag
• Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos FINALLY answers for his lies, Трамп points finger at Biden & MyPillow Mike is broke!
• Robert Reich: The Republican Party’s worst nightmare
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп hopes to someday be more like Putin ♬
• NowThis: GOP dress code for women lawmakers in Missouri’s House sparks outrage
• The Late Show: Did Lassie get revenge on George Santos?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to charges against Alec Baldwin
• Tooning out the News: Republicans’ Biden investigation blitz and the Santos scandal deepens
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America—Now GOPzier and sleazier ♬:

• Ari Melber: As GOP flails over MAGA rebels, Dems surge by crushing rigged races
• Stephen: Santos grifted a vet and his sick dog & MTG gets Homeland Security Committee seat
• VICE News: FAUX’s crazy war on the woke mind virus
• Jon Stewart and friends: On George Santos’s absurd lies
• Mehdi Hasan: List of Republicans committing voter fraud continues to grow
• Tommy Campbell: Anthony Devolder and more lies from volleyball Star George Santos
• NowThis: High schoolers from George Santos’ NY district demand he resign
• Jimmy Kimmel: Santos scams his way through Congress & Трамп rants about stolen docs
• Chris Hayes: What the George Santos drag queen denial reveals about the Republican Party
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Regarding George Santos’s committee assignments ♬
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy plays hostage game with U.S. economy despite threat from caucus he can’t control
• Seth Meyers: Трамп FREAKS OUT over criminal probes and calls Special Counsel “a terrorist”

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Liberal Actually Thinks About ♬

Jimmy Kimmel: The document war rages on

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Leslie Jones: Alexis McGill Johnson on protecting reproductive freedom and agency

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

– After a decade on the City Council, Kshama Sawant has certainly earned moving on. Still, I don’t think if her replacement lasts a decade, whoever they are, that they will be able to point to anything like the minimum wage or renter protection that she has produced.

– Glad we’re renaming some gross things.

– I don’t know what to make of the reporting of deaths in tiny house villages.

Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– Full service Amtrak to Canada’s Vancouver. Very nice.

– I liked this article about implementing the Organics Management Law. A lot of getting into the weeds on everything from building facilities to all those stickers on your fruit.

– I am excited to see how unlimited vacation works out for Microsoft (First item under “Last Week in Corporations”). Hopefully it goes well for productivity and for employees. (I wrote, but didn’t publish this before the news of the layoffs. So addendum: Oof).

– Good information on possible Ballard Station options.

– Man, fuck Jim Jordan.

– Please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.