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– Donald Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll and will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. It won’t be less obvious that he’s a serial sexual assailant than the last two times he ran, but this time there’s a jury verdict, too.

– Trailhead Direct is back starting this weekend. So ignore your mothers and go hiking.

– I was following the legislature pretty closely, but I missed the law to protect trans kids from their estranged parents. Good work from the legislature.

Get fucking vaccinated or boosted if you’re goddam eligible.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for drinks, good cheer, and conversation. We’d be pleased to see you.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.

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.

– Oh look, the transit tunnel is back to almost normal hours today and then full hours tomorrow.

– Here’s something cool Portland is doing with safe rest villages.

– And cool that here in Seattle, the first new affordable housing high-rise tower in decades is opening.

– Get vaccinated or boosted. It’s well past time. Just, fucking get it done.

LegalEagle: First Amendment auditors—Knights or nuisance

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: Late-night hosts express solidarity with TV and film writers

Carla Ulbrich and Lauren Mayer: ♫ It must be hard (to have a penis) ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: Supreme Court “is in crisis” over lack of ethics rules

Alex Wagner: “This is really a five alarm fire”—Supreme Court in crisis after spate of scandals

The Cult of Cheeto Jesus and His Copy Cats:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Blessed Assurance, Clarence is Mine! (A Harlan Crowe Hymn) ♬
• Alex Wagner: At least 8 Georgia fake electors get immunity deals, and transcript mentions “the indictment”
• Stephen: Why Tucker got fired, angry FAUX viewers turn to Newsmax and DeSantis is no Brit star
• Ari Melber: The Трамп rape trial
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s deposition testimony LEAKED
• Lawrence O’Donnell: How could private racism get public racist Tucker Carlson fired at FAUX?
• NowThis: Florida residents sound off on DeSantis-Disney feud
• Chris Hayes: Newly revealed text confirms Tucker Carlson is also privately racist
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Proud Boys No Longer Quite so Proud ♬
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pushes back on the GOP’s authoritarianism
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Hello Carlson ♬:

• Desi Lydic FAUXsplains the Tucker Carlson’s firing
• Alex Wagner: How Трамп’s pattern of behavior strengthens E. Jean Carroll’s case against him
• Robert Reich: How to stop MAGA radical Republicans from trashing the U.S. economy
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell offers Tucker work and bobblehead DeSantis sued
• Mehdi Hasan: Bursting the Ron DeSantis right-wing media bubble
• Seth Meyers: FAUX Hosts scared they could be fired after Tucker and are paranoid about “snitches”
• The Daily Show: The Patriot Hammer, for smashing woke products
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Ron DeSantis Song (Whose Life Should I Try Ruining Today?) ♬
• Alex Wagner: DOJ has cooperating witness in Трамп documents case and issues “wave of new subpoenas”
• Mark Fiore: Silence dissent with Decorum ™
• Parody Project: I THANK YOU (not):

• Liberal Redneck: The problem with DeSantis
• The Late Show: Tucker Carlson gets to say goodbye to his viewers
• Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп fights D.A. over evidence
• Tommy Campbell: Steve Bannon’s associates jailed and Scotland mocks The Dotard
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to snub by King Charles
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Report of an “insider witness” is Трамп’s new worry
• Bruce W. Nelson: A big crush on Трамп
• Alex Wagner: Tucker remarks on “how white men fight” ignored previous day’s rioting by Трамп supporters
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson & Don Lemon text post firing, Трамп flees to Scotland & MyPillow Mike owes $5 million

Alex Wagner: What the writer strike is all about

Now This: Why “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough to end gun violence

Robert Reich: How can we stop bank failures? Make banking boring

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Pay the goddamn writers! ♬

NY Times: How to fix America’s other drug problem

The Watched and the Watch Dogs Feast and Joke Together:

• President Joe Biden: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ dinner
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Remarks at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

• The Remix Bros: ♫ Dark Brandon remix ♬
• Joy Reid: White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Roy Wood, Jr. on roasting Biden, Clarence Thomas

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vice News: Will detainees at Guantanamo Bay ever go to trial?

Rachel Maddow: Blue states passing laws to protect against red state overreach

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

– I don’t believe that all cops are bastards, but my goodness do we need to do more about the bastard cops.

– This is a tough story about homelessness in Spokane.

– Senator Marko Liias gets a lot of shit for being great.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Jay Inslee is not going to seek a 4th term. Not totally unexpected, but still, it feels like the end of an era. It’s still a year and a half away from the election to replace him, so no need to pick just yet. Ferguson and Franz have both done a good job at their current positions, although I was not impressed with Ferguson on the King County Council. Should be an exciting campaign.

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

It is a lovely evening to stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll be getting together for drinks and conversation. Stop by if you can.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.

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.

A new connection between Downtown and the waterfront just opened. I live nearby, so I gave it a bit of a test walk. It’s not as bad as maybe Twitter would have you believe. There are buildings blocking most of it from the waterfront. So it isn’t Viaduct Part 2, but at the same time, there isn’t much of a view.

There are sidewalks and bike paths. They may be smaller than you might want, but I am glad that activists have made that sort of thing necessary in projects, even if they absolutely shouldn’t be satisfied. I think when family comes to town and we show them Pike Place, it’ll be easier to show them the waterfront.

But ultimately, the issue is more cars on the waterfront and in the urban core. And yeah, there are already a lot of cars on it. I imagine it will be gridlocked pretty frequently, especially during rush hour.

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

Desi Lydic: How to make it to the top of corporate America

Alex Wagner: Gorsuch joins Supreme Court scandal parade & Roberts gaslights on “ethics principles”

NowThis: The downfall of local news and what you can do about it

Tooning Out the News: FAUX fires Tucker and Biden runs for reelection

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Liberal Redneck: Tucker’s out, Biden’s in

The Dotard Трамп:

• Desi Lydic: FAUX News axes Tucker Carlson & Elon Musk has a blue check fiasco
• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson crawls out of his hole, Dotard Jr interviews Трамп & Pence testifies about insurrection
• The Late Show: ♫ DeSantis Is A Joke, Joke, Joke ♬
• Tooning Out The News: Watergate legend Carl Bernstein on Трамп investigation and corruption
• Seth Meyers: Tucker Carlson posts cryptic video amid reports he was axed over texts
• Ari Melber: Hear indicted Трамп aide caught on tape blasting “criminal” Трамп colleagues
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Hannity Tonight! ♬:

• Chris Hayes: Trial begins in Трамп rape-defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the firing of Don Lemon
• Alex Wagner: Трамп lawyers’ disingenuous plea for help from Congress met with scorn
• Seth Meyers: FAUX allegedly has a secret dossier of dirt on Tucker Carlson amid messy split
• Tommy Campbell: Tucker Carlson is fired comedy special
• Rachel Maddow: Tucker Carlson’s fall marks another step in declining power of right-wing figureheads
• LegalEagle: FAUX News was screwed
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ 50 Reasons to Fire Tucker ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Tucker Carlson out at FAUX News, Трамп attacks late night hosts & Musk gives back blue checkmarks
• Desi Lydic: FAUX’s “dossier of dirt” on Tucker & Disney’s lawsuit against DeSantis
• Alex Wagner: Carlson firing sends FAUX viewers to Newsmax in ironic reprise of election fallout
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Probing questions for Tucker ♬
• Ari Melber: Tucker Carlson abruptly fired
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell has to pay five million after election data proven to be false
• Desi Lydic: Do Kentucky residents agree with the state’s extreme laws?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s ridiculous new book of letters, Tucker “blindsided” by FAUX News firing & outrage over “woke”
• Mark Fiore: Do what we say or the economy dies
• Parody Project: ♫ A DAY IN THE LIFE (of a Swindler) ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces reality show to pick 2024 VP
• Alex Wagner: GOP concocts fictional Biden apocalypse to campaign against
• Joy Reid: Tucker Carlson undermined democracy through his “enormous platform”
• Chris Hayes: Tucker’s firing shows being a “misogynistic, bullying menace” may backfire
• Mother Jones: The 5 chapters of Tucker Carlson’s hate-filled extremism
• Ari Melber: Ted Cruz caught on tape plotting “step two” of Jan. 6 coup
• Jimmy Kimmel: FAUX News has dirt on Tucker, Трамп hints at skipping debates & Ted Cruz’s plan to overturn election
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Tucker Carlson leaving FAUX News
• Seth Meyers: FAUX News ousts Tucker Carlson in shock move days after Dominion settlement
• Founders Sing: ♫ Cheer Up Sweet E. JEAN! ♬:

• Desi Lydic: Tucker emerges after firing & MTG criticizes stepmothers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Vladdy Putin Said to be Inconsolable over Loss (of Tucker) ♬
• The Daily Show: What was Трамп asked about?
• WaPo: Republican women block South Carolina abortion ban bill
• Alex Wagner: Трамп lawyers ask Congress to save Трамп from Mar-a-Lago investigation
• Rachel Maddow: Carlson crisis threatens right-wing media ability to carry feckless Republican Party

Robert Reich: How to make Congress less terrible

Desi Lydic: Pete Buttigieg on infrastructure, culture wars, and what “woke” means

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

NowThis: The best moments of past White House Correspondents’ Dinners

John Oliver: Cryptocurrency II

Desi Lydic: Tucker Carlson fired for using “C-word” & Biden announces re-election bid

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

– What is happening with the transit tunnel? I understand the tracks needing repair. Shitty but it happens. But if hypothetically, I want to go North, I go to the South platform and make sure the bus is Northbound (presumably from the direction, but also hopefully signage and the intercom). I’m sure there will be signs, but what a mess.

– Man, Jenny Durkan, the more that comes out. Jeez.

The Seattle/ King County free clinic is happening at Seattle Center. Happening now through the weekend.

Hey, hey. Hey you. Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

I wasn’t too worried when the legislature didn’t pass a permanent drug possession bill. I would have preferred money and effort to get people help. Still, we shouldn’t criminalize addiction. And sometimes no solution can be better than a bad solution just to make a deadline. But man, some of the localities that would fill the void. Gross on toast.

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

It’s Election Day in Washington so, if you haven’t done so already, drop off your ballot in a ballot drop box, and then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of politics, discussion, and good cheer over a refreshing beverage.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.

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.

Don’t forget to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you live in King County, please vote yes. If you don’t like voting on levies regularly, you can take an Office chair from Tim Eyman.

Anyway, please vote yes on the King County crisis center levy. I have been told that the Vashon parks levy is a good one.

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

SNL Weekend Update: Some political news of the week

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Rachel Maddow: OK local paper records county officials in violent and racist discussion

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Those KKKrazy Folks Flirting with Fascism:

• Jen Psaki with Jordan Klepper: on going inside the MAGA movement
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rupert Murdoch and FAUX surrendered. Truth won big. Rupert lost
• Alex Wagner: Lindell on the hook for $5M after losing his own bet on bogus 2020 data
• Chris Hayes: The right-wing paranoia problem
• Tooning Out The News: DeSantis campaign implosion & Трамп’s wild pudding attack
• Stephen: Pillow-guy loses, DeSantis humiliated & George Santos says Congress is like “Mean Girls”
• Now This: Will FAUX News face any real accountability after Dominion settlement?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп unveils more incredibly sad NFTs and shameless FAUX News settles with Dominion
• Liberal Redneck: Bud Light boycott
• Alex Wagner: Democrats get wise to standing up to GOP minority tyranny
• Chris Hayes: All the ways Republicans are trying to make America “terrible” again
• Parody Project: ♫ Callous Man ♬:

• Jordan Klepper: The FAUX News-Dominion fallout & racist Oklahoma officials caught on tape
• Ian Bremmer: Has a US president ever been arrested before Трамп?
• Alex Wagner: Willis attack on fake Georgia electors’ lawyer raises intrigue about new developments
• The Late Show: ♫ Jim Jordan fights crime in New York, New York ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп “People Were Crying” ♬
• Chris Hayes: Republicans ignore gun violence when fearmongering about crime
• Jordan Klepper: FAUX News and Dominion settle lawsuit & Ron DeSantis suggests building a prison by Disney
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s stupid idea to arm teachers, FAUX News in hot water over election fraud claims & the war on woke
• Alex Wagner: The better Republicans get to know Ron DeSantis, the less they like him
• Robert Reich: How Republicans are stepping closer to fascism
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene defends document leaker and Mike Lindell’s billboard flop
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ He’s a Small Man After All (the Ron DeSantis Song) ♬:

• Ari Melber: FAUX News surrender $700M+ payout for “lies” breaks records
• SNL Weekend Update: Molly Kearney on anti-LGBTQ bills in the United States
• Jordan Klepper: Recapping the NRA Convention & Clarence Thomas’s corruption scandal
• Ayman Mohyeldin: GOP’s failed “for the kids” arguments
• Stephen: Will Melanie show up to support her husband’s 2024 campaign?
• Chris Hayes: How the American Right built its own echo chamber
• Alex Wagner: FAUX big money penalty marks another step in onset of “accountability season”
• Tommy Campbell: Dominion gets $787.5 million from Fox News, Will Smartmatic Get Even More?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Musk takes away checkmarks, Трамп had fun being indicted & DeSantis attacks “The Woke”
• The Late Show: ♫ DeSantis threatens to build a prison next to Disney World ♬
• Jordan Klepper sneaks into America’s biggest gun show
• Rachel Maddow: How Russian propaganda went from fringey social media to FAUX News
• Chris Hayes: While DeSantis wages a war on woke, Трамп wages a war on him
• Stephen: FAUX settles suit & begins damage control and DeSantis attacks Disney again and George Santos needs cash
• Joy Reid: Even staunch Republicans say DeSantis has got to be stopped
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Big Lie song or “Yippie-i-oh, Get Along Little Sheep” ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Some Republicans resist repeal of ban on unmarried couples living together
• Puppet Regime: Putin’s pep talk for Трамп
• Tooning Out The News: Daily Show’s Desi Lydic breaks down the Clarence Thomas scandal
• Jordan Klepper: Why FAUX News won’t change after the Dominion settlement
• Chris Hayes: How the Republican freakout over “87,000 new IRS agents” turned out
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Rocket Malfunctions for Elon and Dotard ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rupert Murdoch’s “stupidity” gave Dominion a huge win
• Jimmy Kimmel: FAUX News shockingly quiet about lying to viewers, DeSantis tries to outcrazy The Dotard & Lindell digs in
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard just ended Ron DeSantis over PUDDING
• Alex Wagner with Jordan Klepper: Humiliations threaten right-wing bubble
• Stephen: An apology from FAUX News & Трамп’s NFT trading cards sell out & Iowa puts kids to work
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To those worried that their beer may be “too woke” ♬
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Jordan Klepper on Трамп, Clarence Thomas & ending violence
• Chris Hayes: “Prove Mike Wrong”—The five million dollar reality check

Symone D. Sanders-Townsend: Governor Inslee on why he’s stockpiling the abortion pill that could be in jeopardy

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Shoot first, ask questions later ♬

Jordan Klepper: Andrew Tate & re-examining masculinity

John Oliver: Farming

Stephen: Some political news of the week

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

After the Tacoma boat fire, I have been thinking about why it got so much less attention than East Palestine. It got plenty of attention locally, and it wasn’t ignored nationally. But national media and activists just haven’t run with it the same.

The visuals are as compelling, and the toxicity is probably worse. It will effect more people, because it’s in a city.

It might be as simple as it is in a city, and people have pretty fucked up notions about cities are dirty already. It might be Tacoma specific: A very diverse place, with a certain reputation plays different from a heartland town. There are also some left activists who are obsessed with blaming everything bad on Pete Buttigieg, and maybe a fishing boat isn’t an excuse to complain about him winning the Iowa Caucasus. Maybe I am too cynical.

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