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Vox: The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history.

Stephen: Nebraska’s painfully honest new state slogan.

Seth Meyers: Wrong take.

WaPo: U.S. hunters stir controversy with overseas kills.

Second Thoughts: Why the IPCC report is so scary.

Robert Reich: Message to millennials:

Mental Floss: Spooky Halloween facts!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen: Florida’s Senate debate hs some mic drops.

Vox: The quest for the perfect apple.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

WaPo: Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC.

The Atlantic: Don’t blame social media for violence

Stephen reveals a sketch of the serial bomber.

Kurzgesagt: Why beautiful things make us happy.

Nationalist Dotard Трамп and other Pre-existing Conditions:

• WaPo Opinion: In the age of Трамп, this was absolutely predictable
• Stephen: Ted Cruz goes from “lyin” to “beautiful”
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп loves talking about the Space Force
• Samantha Bee: Trans rights under attack by the Dotard Трамп.
• Late Show: Трамп stars in new Ted Cruz campaign ad
• James Corden: We’ve got tapes from Трамп’s bugged cell phone
• Ari Melber: Rep. Jeffries—Трамп shows “depraved indifference to human life”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Dotard Трамп thinks women are beautiful
• Stephen: The Dotard paints a false portrait of the migrant caravan
• Ali Velshi: Dotard Трамп’s lies: health care claims opposite of GOP goals
• WaPo: Targets of Трамп’s words become targets of bombs
• Jimmy Kimmel: Russian trolls reveal how they interfere with elections.
• Seth Meyers: Трамп campaigns for Republicans, calls Democrats an “angry mob”
• Stephen: Трамп says he won’t let Russia “do weapons”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s new ad for Ted Cruz
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s Mexico ambassador calls him out—His rhetoric hurts diplomacy
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press conference!
• Stephen: Трамп won’t stop using his phone that’s being spied on
• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп is sharing sensitive info on insecure phone worries U.S. intel
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп tell-all book of the month club
• Trevor: Big little allies
• WaPo: Трамп’s bomb response devolves into blame game
• Jimmy Fallon: Dotard Трамп’s message to midterm election voters outtakes
• Seth Meyers: Трамп says he’s “being nice” while lying about health care
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t have a “civil” gear
• Late Show: U.S. troops mobilize to stop the caravan
• Jimmy Kimmel: China & Russia listening to Трамп’s personal calls
• Songify the News: I like beer:

• Samantha Bee: Asylum seekers aren’t scary
• Stephen: Oh boy, The Dotard broke out the “N” word
• Jimmy Kimmel: “I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about” drunk Dotard Трамп
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard Трамп denies cellphone use in Tweet from iPhone
• Mark Fiore: The really dangerous caravan.
• WaPo: Numerous pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of The Dotard
• Trevor: Filling the swamp
• Ari Melber: Hypocrisy—Watch Трамп get demolished over hacked iPhone
• Seth Meyers: Drumpf responds to democrats and CNN being targeted by bombs.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s pipe bomb hypocrisy

Real Engineering: Can we block the sun to stop climate change.

Late Show: One question with Hillary Clinton.

The Daily Show: Black girl midterm magic.

Bill Maher: Peak Florida .

WaPo: How preexisting conditions became a central issue ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

Comics take on Megyn Kelly’s black face comment.

Late Show: Tuesday The 6th: Voting Day:

The Atlantic: Men are socialized to “act inhumanely”.

Amber Ruffin addresses Megyn Kelly asking if blackface is racist.

Jimmy Dore: Utah voters “values” are “shocking” as Mitt Romney reveals.

New Yorker: Andy Borowitz & Adam Schiff on how Democrats can win.

WaPo: Here’s what Florida’s demographic changes mean for the midterm elections.

Robert Reich: The next crash.

Jimmy Kimmel: Utah Senator tries marijuana for the first time.

WaPo Opinion: Political ads want you to be afraid. Very afraid.

Vox: Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated.

Minute Physics: Legitimate cold fusion exists.

Lauren Mayer: Doin’ The Deficit Side Step:

Rachel Maddow: New data shows why NC Republicans want to end Sunday voting.

Full Frontal: The rainbow wave is coming.

Late Show: How Saudi Arabia is reporting the news

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

So, black face. I don’t really care about Megyn Kelly. She and her millions of dollars will be fine. But her cruelty was toxic. Ratings were down. It works on Fox News. It works for segments of the Internet. But for a network morning show, it turned more people away than it brought in.

And then she was cool with black face. Don’t ever do that, obviously. But especially don’t if you’re on thin ice.

Been a busy morning, so I haven’t had a chance to write anything.

The ballots have dropped and there are only two weeks to the midterm elections. Let’s chat about it at this week’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

My goodness, this is a new form of voter suppression to me. It’s kind of nice to see the Republicans give up on trying to push a conservative agenda. But seriously, fuck them.

It isn’t cute. It is a crude attempt to hold on to power by muddying the waters. Shame on anyone associated with it.

Also, too! That’s not how a write in candidacy works. You have to register to be a write in candidate. And you would see a lot more information than one random flier from a group you’re never heard of before.

Stephen: Tucker-boy Carlson can’t go to restaurants anymore

Trevor: Elizabeth Warren proves her Native American heritage.

Samantha Bee: Voter suppression:

Wendover: Greece’s geography problem.

Late Show: Canada already has a pot tourism ad.

Mark Fiore: Profit now, die later.

Trevor: Global warming threatens the beer supply

Mother Jones: November could actually bring good news for voting rights

The Dotard Трамп and Other Horses Asses:

• Trevor: Trump plays victim and FAUX News cries “mob”
• Stephen’s interview of The Dotard Трамп’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview
• SNL Weekend Update: Really!?! (Трамп and Kanye edition)
• Stephen: Трамп brags about his “natural instinct for science”
• Late Night: Dotard J. Трамп’s guide to Republican greatness
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп denied that he’s a denier
• NY Times Opinion: Is The Dotard Трамп fascist?
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп calls Stormy Daniels “horseface”
• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп owes Elizabeth Warren a million bucks
• Super Deluxe: The Dotard Трамп is finished
• Late Show: There’s a raccoon on the loose in Washington!
• The President Show: Looking back at the fall of The Dotard Трамп:

• Stephen: Трамп tried to mansplain the midterms to women
• Heads of State: “Block The Votes!” Republicans sing about their election strategy
• Robert Reich: America’s most dangerous export
• Stephen: Melania Trump is the most bullied person in the world
• Now This World: The precipitous fall of Paul Manafort explained
• Trevor: Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test
• Stephen: Трамп gets mean with Stormy, Stormy fires back

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

SNL Weekend Update: U.N.’s Climate Change Report.

Full Frontal: The no-wave wave.

Jimmy Kimmel: Congressional Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on healthcare, education & voting.

Robert Reich: Three easy fixes for Social Security and Medicare

Stephen: Here’s why white supremacists are chugging milk.

Trevor: “Cornerstore Caroline” falsely accuses a 9-year-old black boy of sexual assault.

Kingdom of Murder:

• Trevor: Трамп defends Saudi Arabia against murder allegations to secure arms deal
• Stephen: Trump goes out on a limb, predicts Khashoggi is dead
• John Oliver: Saudi Arabia
• Stephen: Трамп’s conspiracy theory about a Saudi journalist’s death
• Now this World: The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
• Trevor: Saudi Arabia’s shifting story about Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance
• Stephen: Трамп refuses to criticize Saudi Arabia’s “Mr. Bonesaw”

Jim Jefferies: America has a recycling problem.

Late Show: What went on inside Ted Cruz’s brain while debating Beto.

Samantha Bee: Culture Wars, Episode 69.

Late Show: Moses updates the Ten Commandments:

NASA: Science at 17,500 MPH.

Trevor: GOP voter suppression ramps up in Georgia.

Vox: How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more.

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

Washington State people! Your ballot has dropped! Postage is free. All the drop box locations are here! You have the power to put a real check on Trump, and help keep the progress going at the state level. There are also initiatives.

Men, and not a few women, knew about the accusations against Joe Fain when they gave him a standing ovation. Some of them were Democrats. Just like they knew when they confirmed Kavanaugh, or stuck with Ed Murray long past the point where they should have cut him off.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics-inspired conversation and cocktails. Only three more weeks until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 255 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

A few open threads ago, I mentioned several places in Washington where you can donate or volunteer. I mentioned the state Democratic Party, but here is a better link. There are only a few weeks left, and you can still make the difference.

Vox: Why the US celebrates Columbus Day.

Robert Reich with Mayor Michael Tubbs: New approaches to fighting inequality.

The Atlantic: The search for murdered and missing American Indian women.

Appalachian great-grandma calls out the GOP.

The Dotard Трамп and His Ilk:

• Chris Hayes: Трамп TV stops airing every single Трамп rally
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп and Kanye West are having lunch
• Ari Melber: Dotard Трамп’s tepid response to missing journalist news.
• Young Turks: Judge orders new investigation of Kavanaugh
• David Pakman: Трамп UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns day after investigation request
• The New Yorker: Michael Avenatti and journalists discuss Трамп’s tax fraud
• Joy Reid: Seator Elizabeth Warren hits back at John F. Kelly insult
• Lawrence O’Donnell: John Kelly insults Elizabeth Warren in disclosed email
• Watch people’s faces as they react to Трамп
• Swamp Tales: Episode 2:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The much anticipated Kanye West & Dotard Трамп lunch
• Stephen: The EPA says radiation isn’t so bad
• Young Turks: Трамп investigating Faux News
• Jimmy Kimmel: Kellyanne Conway on Kanye West/Трамп lunch
• Trevor: Nikki Haley’s surprise resignation
• Ari Melber: Robert Mueller report could mirror never-seen Watergate report
• The New Yorker: Sally Yates on protecting Robert Mueller’s investigation
• Joy Reid: Inside a detention camp for migrant kids
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп lies about healthcare again

Vox: Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years.

Brave New Films: Locking up migrant children is government sanctioned child abuse

John Oliver on Brazilian elections.

Bill Maher: New Rule—The fault in our stars.

Supremely Boofed:

• The New Yorker: Brett Kavanaugh’s path to the Supreme Court
• Mark Fiore: Signs of the Illuminati.
• Lynzy Lab: A Scary Time (for Boys):

• Jimmy Kimmel with Lynzy Lab sings “A Scary Time” (for Boys)
• Heads of State: Трамп dxplains how Kavanaugh has been “proven innocent”
• Jonathan Mann: FAUX News celebrates Kavanaugh (remix)
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп nominates 13 male judges after Brett Kavanaugh confirmation
• Trevor: Трамп takes a victory lap after Kavanaugh is sworn in
• Andy Borowitz investigates Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking
• Jim Jefferies: Let’s play “Who’s the real victim?”

WaPo: Video claims to show chain of events in Istanbul on day of Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Bill Maher: This week in stupid.

Mental Floss: Everything you didn’t know about paper!

Midterms!

• Trevor with Jaboukie Young-White: Why young people don’t vote.
• Robert Reich: Are you suffering from presidential dysfunction?

• Maddow: Voter suppression in GA and Democratic aide arrested advocating for voting rights in TX
• Young Turks: Republican Governor candidate CHEATING in race.
• Bill Maher with Steve Kornacki: The red and the blue.
• Trevor with Carol Anderson: “One person, no vote” and the impact of voter suppression.
• David Pakman: Ted Cruz refuses to debate Beto O’Rourke.
• Willie Nelson sings “Vote ’em out”:

• Rachel Maddow: Brian Kemp record shows poor stewardship of Georgia’s election system
• Trevor: Democalypse 2018—Democrats look for history-making victory in Georgia .

Physics Girl: How to make fluid “climb” up!

Vox: How racism shapes jury selection.

Trevor: Kanye West and Taylor Swift pick political sides

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

Pfffffffffffff. Man, this year, huh? I don’t know.

Yesterday night, One Bus Away, as is sometimes its wont, lied to me. So I left Drinking Liberally and instead of waiting for a couple minutes, I waited for the better part of a half hour. It wasn’t rainy or cold.

So the first few minutes are saying that the bus was coming. Then that it had arrived, but, obviously, I hadn’t seen it. Then by the time I was sure it wasn’t coming, it said that the next bus was 10 minutes away (turned out to be a bit longer). So, is it rude to go back in the bar after saying your goodbyes, and then leave again in 5 minutes?

I should also say that One Bus Away is basically magic, but I only write about it when it doesn’t work as well as I would like.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for a bit of conversation over a cocktail. And, you know…we’ll all receive our “angry mob” checks from George Soros. Hey…there are just 28 days until the midterm elections!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the room at the rear of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? No prob…there are 254 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

With the Kavanaugh horror, I can understand anyone’s frustration. But if you want to vent that frustration, there are some great Federal campaigns here in Washington that could use your time or money. Maria Cantwell, Lisa Brown,Carolyn Long, and Kim Schrier are all much better than the people they’re running against. They could use you making calls, doing data entry, walking a neighborhood, standing on the corner waving signs, or whatever your talents are. If you want to get involved with the local party, the WA Democrats can help. If you want to work with an organization that has been organizing against Kavanaugh, let me recommend Washing NARAL. Finally, if you aren’t in Washington, or just need help figuring out a specific plan, I would recommend Crushthemidterms.org.