Archives for October 2019

I don’t understand how a campaign can be so flush with cash, and mess up the basic requirements (item 2). Seriously, the Orion campaign should be able to get its ducks in a row.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. Please join us in conversations about politics from local to international. New ideas and insights are always welcomed!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 267 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by a week from tomorrow. If you live in Seattle please vote for the person Amazon doesn’t want (I generally say don’t vote out of spite, and fortunately it’s also going to be the better choice). If you haven’t got your ballot in the mail yet, please contact your county elections office.

Samantha Bee: Foster Care is broken and how to fix it.

New York Times: Why is YouTube erasing history?

Roll Call: Hillary Clinton speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral.

Physics Girl: Most people don’t know wine moves like this.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crime-addled Co-conspirators:

• Stephen: Трамп’s Syria victory speech has people saying “wow”
• Ari Melber: Трамп fuels impeachment with “impulsive” behavior
• Rachel Maddow: Despite twists, Трамп’s saga is actually just one, big scandal
• Seth Meyers: Republicans can’t defend Трамп’s corrupt abuses of power
• WaPo: Quid pro quo, explained
• Katy Tur: Rudy Giuliani talks about needing cash in butt-dial to NBC News reporter
• The Late Show: The crazy train in impeachment fantasyland
• Lauren Mayer: Obama envy:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: The impeachment depositions are adding up to “A very likely abuse of power”
• Stephen: Bombshell testimony directly ties Трамп to Ukraine quid pro quo
• Amber Ruffin addresses The Dotard Трамп’s lynching comments
• Now This: Did the Dotard give these women astronauts the finger?
• Stephen: Gasp! Bill Taylor’s testimony said to be “incredibly damaging” to Трамп
• Seth MeyersRepublican nutberders storm impeachment hearing after bombshell testimony
• Ali Velshi: The FAUX News effect on Трамп’s base
• Stephen: “You’ll never have another President like me”
• The Late Show: Looking for a place to hold the G-7?
• Bill Maher: Mad King Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп lawyers keep musing about a Mike Pence indictment
• Stephen: Трамп wishes the Democrats were “kiddingly” about impeachment
• Ali Velshi: Unpaid bills pile up in the wake of The Dotard Трамп rallies
• Robert Reich: Трамп’s emoluments mess
• Stephen: Трамп campaign sells “get over it” shirts after Mulvaney’s quid pro quo admission
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Samantha Power on The Dotard, Russia, and Bill Taylor.
• Mark Fiore: Get over it!
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry resigns over Трамп Ukraine allegations:

• Samantha Bee: Peter Schweizer and the Biden/Ukraine conspiracy
• Lawrence O’Donnell: WH official expected to bolster Taylor’s testimony that Трамп pushed Ukraine
• Ari Melber: Evidence points to AG Barr abusing law enforcement powers
• Stephen: Ronan Farrow saw a master list of “Трамп dirt” at The National Enquirer
• Late Show: Risk—Chaos edition
• Ali Velshi: The Dotard’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is shopping around for lawyers
• Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic presidential debate—Round 4
• Katy Tur: Key witness in impeachment investigation asks court if he should testify
• Stephen gets a surprise visit from Rudy Giuliani
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s lawyers argue his crimes can’t be investigated or prosecuted

Verge Science: How to find the microplastics in your seafood.

Stephen: Why doesn’t “Pierre Delecto” follow Stephen Colbert on Twitter?

Roll Call: Obama speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral.

Jim Jefferies: Preparing for earth’s sixth mass extinction.

Wired: FBI agent explains how bombs are disposed of.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

• Now This: Pete Buttigieg talks fight for health care justice with Ady Barkan
• Jimmy Kimmel: Bernie Sanders on heart attack, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & impeachment
• Full Frontal: Wow! Not all Ohio voters are white guys in diners!
• WaPo: Virginia’s off-year election is a major test for 2020
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Nowhere else to go
• Now This: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bernie Sanders in fiery speech
• Trevor with Alex Wagner: Assessing the 4th debate

Wendover: The logistics of disaster response.

Robert Reich: The NRA 6-part strategy to stop gun laws.

Now This: House votes to make animal cruelty a federal crime.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Minute Earth: How much air can a tree hold?

Vox: Is the gray wolf actually endangered?

Now This: How the climate crisis is reshaping this American town.

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

It’s soup season. The best time of the year. I made myself a nice lentil soup yesterday. My trick is to throw a couple cinnamon sticks in with your other ingredients.

A friend and I were talking about the most important thing, the nonsense tax votes we get to do. You see, there was an initiative once. And now every year people are confused about why we’re voting on this bullshit.

I vote for all of them. The Legislature has already thought about it. The governor has signed it. It’s fine.

Take the chill off the evening by joining us for some hot political conversation over a drink 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. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 267 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Jim Jefferies: Traditional remedies vs. modern science.

Minute Physics: The man who corrected Einstein.

Vox: The man who rigged America’s election maps.

Kurzgesagt: What if we nuke a city?

Bill Maher: Ambassador Susan Rice on “Tough Love”

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impulsive, Narcissistic Assholes:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s impeachment train is picking up steam
• Ari Melber: Congress prioritizes protecting Трамп impeachment witnesses (with Rep. Denny Heck, D-WA-10)
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Nancy Pelosi to The Dotard: “All roads with you lead to Putin”
• The New York Times: Seven days in Syria—How a Трамп decision led to total chaos
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney hilariously waffles on impeachment
• Katy Tur: Trump Syria deal is a “colossal mistake at every possible level”
• SNL: Giuliani & Associates:

• Rachel Maddow: Трамп “doesn’t know what he’s doing or talking about”
• Chris Hayes: This is how bad things have gotten
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t care anymore
• Bruce Nelson: It’s hard to be a dumb ass in the White House
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s Republican enablers break with him on Syria
• Bill Maher: New Rule—Prickstarter
• Ari Melber: Trump has meltdown as Giuliani faces criminal probe
• The New Yorker: Nancy Pelosi on her impeachment phone call with Трамп
• Daily Show: Трамп v. Трамп on the Kurds:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп has lied 13,000 times as President
• Trevor: Трамп’s Mideast move creates mayhem
• Ari Melber and Rachel Maddow: Tanking Russia economy inspired meddling in Трамп election
• Lawrence O’Donnell: John Brennan on “all roads with Трамп lead to Putin”
• Mark Fiore: The great and unmatched wisdom war!
• Chris Hayes: Rudy Giuliani is basically lobbying on behalf of the Turkish government
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп letter proves he’s crazy
• Now This: Rudy Giuliani’s hypocrisy exposed in resurfaced 1998 interview
• Ari Melber: Impeachment circular firing squad? See Трамп’s allies turn on aide who admitted Ukraine plot
• Katy Tur: How impeachment fear has made The Dotard Трамп worse
• Randy Rainbow: GIULIANI! (Here He Goes Again):

• Ari Melber: Трамп impeachment inquiry banks evidence as witnesses testify
• The New Yorker: Andy Borowitz on the life-changing magic of impeaching Трамп
• WaPo: Mick Mulvaney’s bombshell briefing on Ukraine, in 2 minutes
• Trevor: Трамп thinks he bought America
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rudy SHOULD be worried about SDNY investigation
• Chris Hayes: Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA-9) on The Dotard’s meeting meltdown—“Very dismissive and very insulting.”

AJ+: How the U.S. used jazz, art & Orwell to fight the Soviets.

John Oliver: Weather.

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush calls George W. Bush “stupid”!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Remembering Elijah Cummings:

• Reflect: Chuck Schumer reflects on Elijah Cummings’ life and death
• WaPo: “He was a voice for justice”—Colleagues pay tribute to Rep. Cummings
• New York Times: Remembering Elijah Cummings.
• Reflect: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5) announces on the House floor Elijah Cummings’ death
• Now This: Rep. Elijah Cummings, civil rights champion, dead at 68
• WaPo: Remembering Rep. Cummings’s most powerful moments
• Roll Call: Elijah E. Cummings in Congress, 1996-2019.

Vox: How the US stole thousands of Native American children.

Mental Floss: The real origins of 20 scary stories.

Jim Jefferies: Why we’re all so depressed.

Minute Earth: How the modern world tricks our bodies into hurting themselves.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Trevor: Nepotism in & around the White House
• New York Times: Key debate moments in 5 minutes
• Bill Maher: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
• The Daily Show: Bill Weld’s 2020 primary challenge against Трамп
• SNL: CNN Equality Town Hall
• The New Yorker: Pete Buttigieg on how to mend America’s deep divisions
• Bad Lip Reading: BIDEN 2020:

• The Daily Show: Leo Deblin’s family fill-in
• Jimmy Kimmel: 12 Democrats angrily agree with each other for hours
• Trevor: The Ohio debate

Full Frontal Rewind: Conspiracies people are talking about.

Robert Reich: Should the Supreme Court be reformed?

Trevor: Susan Rice on “Tough Love,” life in the Obama White House and the Трамп era

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

There’s a lot of corporate money going to the Seattle City Council races. I get it. Amazon doesn’t want to pay taxes. But they are part of the community. They should pay their share for the problems that their growth in the city has caused.

Did you watch the Democratic debate? Do you have a sense of how Tom Steyer’s Presidency would be?

What I’m saying is we should have only my preferred candidates. And better questions than “what jerks are you friends with?”

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets for a post-debate debriefing over a drink and maybe dinner.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm. The debate starts at 5pm, so feel free to stop by early to watch.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

John Oliver: Thailand Hitler problem

AJ+: What happens when you restrict abortion?

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Vox: How America’s CEOs got so rich.

Wendover: Why so many airlines are going bankrupt.

The Dotard Трамп And His Other High Criminals and Liars:

• Stephen: Трамп’s refusal to cooperate with Congress constitutes obstruction
• Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani associates arrested as support for impeachment rises
• Trevor: Трамп withdraws troops from Syria
• Ari Melber: Shep Smith leaves FAUX News amid growing tensions over The Dotard Трамп
• Lauren Meyer: The wizard of fraud:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Second whistle blown on The Dotard Трамп
• Vox: The phone call that could get Трамп impeached
• Stephen: Трамп rolls over for Turkey, angering GOP leaders
• WaPo: Трамп’s misleading “border wall” narrative
• Daily Show: WHY CAN’T THE DOTARD HEAR QUESTIONS?
• Seth Meyers: Hey! Republicans and the intelligence agencies
• The Daily Show: Man keeps imaginary friend for entire life
• Ari Melber: U.S. Ambassador to Russia is shocked by Yovanovitch’s opening statement
• Trevor: Chaos unfolds after Трамп gives Kurds the cold shoulder
• Stephen: Трамп may be brought down by two calamitous phone calls
• Chris Hayes: Where The Dotard Трамп’s conspiracy theories come from
• The Late Show: The Whistleblowers perform “It takes two”:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп is handling crisis very badly
• Seth Meyers: 58% of Americans support the impeachment inquiry into The Dotard Трамп
• The Late Show: The House Intelligence Committee presents “The Masked Whistleblower”
• Now This: Трамп is facing 43 new sexual misconduct allegations
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney bothered by Ukraine transcript he didn’t read
• The Late Show: Guess Who? GOP whistleblower edition
• Chris Hayes: Rudy Giuliani is just a fixer with a law degree
• Mark Fiore: The Dotard Трамп impeaches you!
• Jimmy Kimmel: As impeachment ramps up, Трамп melts down
• Trevor: The Dotard stops Sondland’s testimony & Democrats protect the whistleblower
• Seth Meyers: Трамп declares himself above the Constitution
• Bruce Nelson: If Trump’s Mouth Is Moving, He’s Lying:

• Stephen: The Dotard Трамп really thinks he’s Tony Soprano
• Ari Melber: Rudy Giuliani said to be under investigation for Ukraine work
• SNL: Mike Pence impeachment strategy
• Late Show Nursery Rhymes Presents: Under the Bus
• Now This: Трамп’s hypocrisy on Syria and the Kurds revealed

Lewis Black: Surprise medical bills.

Jim Jefferies: Toys are finally becoming more inclusive

John Oliver: : China’s one child policy.

Francesca FiorentiniCan America let go of being number one?.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

• Stephen: Crowded stage at next debate not ideal for the Dems
• Trevor: Bernie Sanders’s heart procedure
• The Late Show: Just one question, vol. 2
• Robert Reich: Why 2020 won’t be won by centrists:

• SNL Weekend Update: Sen. Elizabeth Warren fundraises for her 2020 campaign
• Stephen: Awkward moments for Democratic candidates
• Samantha Bee: The worldwide premiere of Full Frontal’$ “Totally Unrigged Primary”

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about budgets.

AJ+: The very radical politics of Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’.

Jim Jefferies: STIs are stronger than ever.

Full Frontal: The best of big tech at its worst.

Trevor: The NBA’s full-court drama with China.

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

My phone is almost out of juice and I can’t find my charger. So short post from me, so I can close the WordPress app on my phone.