Archives for December 2022

Katie Phang: Historic gun safety reforms bust myth of NRA invincibility

NowThis: How to fight misinformation

The Cult of The Dotard:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mark Meadows, Sandwich Shop Legend ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Mar-a-Lego—Search and seizure edition!
• Al Franken: The day the President laughed
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “The George Santos Resume-Inventing Workshops” are only $99 ♬:

• Katie Phang: MAGAworld rocked by Jan. 6 testimony bomb—Top advisors knew of plan to march on Capitol
• Tommy Campbell: George Santos trying to defend his lies is hilarious
• Don Winslow Films: #GregAbbottFakeChristian
• Maria Teresa Kumar: Dotard Трамп, Jr. and more included in trove of new transcripts from Jan. 6 Committee
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Jew-ISH (Does Not Mean Jewish) ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп defends George Santos
• Chris Hayes: Ginni Thomas transcript shows Justice Thomas should have recused himself says Lofgren
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Incels Crying a River for Kari Lake ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell snaps after Hannity admits there was no fraud

LegalEagle: SBF is going to jail for a long time

NowThis: Student loan debt forgiveness—What’s next?

Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood, Jr: Constructive-ish criticism—our 2015 police bias training

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

A rare Thursday thread. I am mostly not working, but maybe you are.

Hey…it is almost WARM outside. That means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together to talk politics and share good cheer over drinks. Feel free 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 out on the back patio. Some folks may meet 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.

Cheers,
Darryl

• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The War on Christmas 2022
• Puppet Regime: Zelensky vs Santa Claus
• The Late Show: ♫ “A Very Goldblum Christmas” album is available now ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ O Holy Cow—A Christmas Parody ♬
• Lauren Mayer: Let ’em fight:

• Bad Lip Reading: Joe Biden’s inspirational holiday video
• Roy Zimmerman: ♫ Christma-Hanu-Rama-Ka-Dona-Kwanzaa ♬
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ Santa Thinks You Need Therapy ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Marjorie Tater Greene’s advice for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ♬
• The Late Show: “A very cold war Christmas”—A Late Show animated holiday classic:

• The Daily Show: The Daily Show Christmas Movie—A Vote for Love
• The Late Show: A Very Shining Christmas
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mangy Christmas To You! ♬
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ Amber Ruffin performs a special Christmas song ♬
• The Late Show: Precise Advice—Holiday Edition!
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Трамп In Jail Rock ♬:

• Amber Ruffin: John Oliver explains how the Brits do Christmas, and we have questions
• Parody Project: ♫ AMBROSE ♬
• Biden delivers Christmas address from White House
• Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago:

• Mark Fiore: ♫ Little Suzie Newsykins sings All I Want For Christamas ♬
• The Late Show: ♫ Deck the halls with gifts for pets ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп Christmas Message ♬
• Parody Project: ♫ PRISON CELLS – Christmas 2022 ♬

Stephen Colbert: ALTER EGOS, part 4

The Dotard Трамп and Other Seditionists and Grifters:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The truth about Трамп’s “major announcement” ♬
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп REFUSES to release his taxes to the Democrats
• Ari Melber: Coup bombshells put heat on Garland to indict Трамп
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Butt Plugs And Dildos ♬

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Still popular with weasels! ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Fifth amendment invoked to the point of “unintentional hilarity” by Jan. 6 witnesses
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп cowers as taxes go public and Boebert’s holiday page
• MSNBC: Jan. 6 Committee presents key video evidence compilation
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Who in hell is Roger Stone? ♬
• Yasmin Vossoughian: Good Liars create “Honest Трамп cards” focusing on 2020 election loss
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Coming Soon—Трамп Donuts ♬
• LegalEagle: Трамп’s criminal referral from the January 6 Committee:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to January 6th criminal referrals
• SNL: Трамп NFT
• Ari Melber: He did it—Full Jan. 6 report scorches Трамп for multiple crimes
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Lives Rent Free in Their Heads ♬
• Alex Wagner: Трамп team’s inability to remember anything from Jan. 6 strains credulity
• Tommy Campbell: Trump’s NFT cards destroyed and Lindell’s prayers fail

NowThis: Crisis pregnancy centers caught spreading false info about abortions

Robert Reich: Don’t believe the lies—Your wages are not driving inflation

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

We’re in the worst of all possible worlds regarding stand to the right. Most people at the underground light rail stations stand to the right on escalators. But! Enough people are standing 2 deep or just on the right that it’s ruining the whole thing. When I am in a hurry, I would like to be able to walk up them.

At least the Capitol Hill Station escalators work.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be taking a hiatus for weather and holidays. I’ll post a notice when we start meeting again.

Oh…and happy holidays!

Is it snowing where you are? It snowed a bit in the Seattle urban core, but nothing stuck other than a bit on cars. Still, it’s nice to be able to walk in it last night. Hopefully, your commute isn’t bad.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for God’s sake get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get tested right before you see family or some other group of people over the holidays.

Jimmy Kimmel: Michelle Obama on Barack being called “fine,” raising their daughters & watching trash TV

LegalEagle: The most dangerous toys of all time

Stephen: A great day for love! Biden signs Respect For Marriage Act

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Grooming Children with Bibles, Not Drag Queens!

Lewis Black: Florida politics

The Sedition Party:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Showed Kari Lake Something Small ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell challenges RNC debate and prisoner swap angers Republicans
• J-L Cauvin:
• NowThis: Schumer & Pelosi reflect on working with “child” Dotard Трамп
• Alex Wagner: Meadows texts show alarming number of GOP lawmakers addled by conspiracy theories
• Daily Show throwback: The Dotard Трамп—America’s African President
• Parody Project: Addicted to Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп pathetic, embarrassing announcement
• Chris Hayes: New footage of Pelosi attack debunks right-wing conspiracy theories
• Ari Melber: Text evidence bomb hits MAGA world—Coup plots unearthed by Jan. 6 panel
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ This Is Stupid ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Texts show “Lying clown” Giuliani was Ginni Thomas’s “hero”
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis doubles down on covid paranoia; Vaccine-rejecting GOP suffers higher death rate
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s target plug and wild comments
• Seth Meyers: Трамп’s pathetic “major announcement” is a major dud and GOP coup texts leaked
• Stephen: Трамп reduced to hawking sad NFT set and Musk bans @ElonJet
• Jimmy Kimmel: “Superhero” Трамп teases MAJOR announcement and Musk’s Twitter not paying rent
• Ari Melber: Foreign arrests show peril for Трамп
• Mark Fiore: Even freer speech
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Potential GOP disappointment over Hunter’s laptop ♬
• Chris Hayes: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 “Would have been armed” if she led it
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dumb GOP politicians tried to overturn election and Musk loses richest man title
• Stephen: DeSantis goes full batshit vaccine conspiracy mode & Musk is no longer on top & Rubio’s push to ban TikTok
• Liberal Redneck: On the absence of empathy
• Seth Meyers: Трамп disappears into seclusion and Greene says she would’ve “won” Jan. 6 riot
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Convict 45 ♬:

• Chris Hayes: “Major Announcement Man”—Трамп hawks virtual trading cards of himself as superhero
• Ari Melber: GOP humiliation—See DeSantis shred his own vaccine record on TV
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Superhero NFTs (An affordable alternative to burning cash!) ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп slams disloyal Jewish people and Marjorie Taylor Greene fumes over dildos and butt plugs
• Alex Wagner: McCarthy struggles to muster support; Трамп weakness stirs potential challengers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On Being Grateful (to Not be Eric Трамп) ♬

Robert Reich: The Powell Memo—Corporate America’s blueprint

Ari Melber: FAUX hosts rage after Biden signs gay marriage law

Lauren Mayer: ♫ The Twitter Files ♬

NowThis: Biden, Pelosi, & Schumer react to passage of Respect for Marriage Act

Vox: A fact-checked debate about legal weed

Daily Show correspondents roast Trevor

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

– Troubling but not surprising is a good way to describe the Troyer verdict. Probably better for a pastor to use than oh shit and no shit.

– Last chance for free COVID-19 tests from the Washington State government. Might as well get some. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– I have maintained that Joe Kent is entitled to his recount and that it wasn’t going to change much. Well duh.

– Kevin McCarthy not being Speaker would be funny, but I imagine anyone else would be worse.

– Since Twitter has been made in its owner’s image: Everyone is talking about him, and it’s boring as hell, do you have a social media recommendation? I think I will probably just post longer open threads and maybe other posts if y’all can behave in them.

– The waterfront needs a lot more connections to the rest of Seattle. So yeah, I dig the new waterfront bridge. Yippee skippy for infrastructure!

– I am not a college student, so this interview with Congresswoman elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wasn’t for me. But I thought it was interesting.

– Overall, I am very happy with extending the outdoor dining rules in Seattle. 2 annoyances as they are doing business in my neighborhood: This time of year, a lot of leaves are getting caught in the structures and making more of a mess than usual when it rains. The only thing is that they can get pretty noisy, including during weekdays. I hope that they decide to be better on their own.

– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Goddam miracle and some of you are just ignoring it.

It’s Tuesday, and that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together to talk politics and share good cheer over drinks. Please stop by if you wish.

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.

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.

– What happens to salmon also happens to people.

– Fuck that algorithm. Rent is too high.

– Anyone going back to masks (first item)? I still wear a mask on public transportation.

– But it’s more important that you get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get that shot before you see grandma over Christmas.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Stephanie Ruhle: January 6 Committee eyes final report release date

Electoral (Dys)Function:

• Seth Meyers: GOP turn on The Dotard—and each other—after Walker’s loss in Georgia
• MSNBC: Voters teach GOP the lessons they won’t learn on their own
• Stephen: The Warnock v. Walker runoff ends here
• Bloomberg Law: Control of democratic elections hinges on U.S. Supreme Court
• Lauren Mayers: ♫ Werewolves in the Senate ♬:

• The Late Show: A compilation of Herschel Walker being honest and transparent
• Tooning Out the News: Herschel Walker defeated & MAGA movement rebuke
• Liberal Redneck: Georgia runoff round 2
• Stephen: Dems secure Senate majority
• MSNBCWalker loss extends list of Трамп-backed candidate failures
• Seth Meyers: Republicans wonder if Georgia is the final nail in Трамп’s political coffin
• Steve Kornacki: Changing demographics in Atlanta area helped Warnock’s campaign

SNL Weekend Update: Kanye West praises Hitler and Biden averts rail strike

NowThis: Inclusive capitalism, how it could help strengthen democracy

The Dotard Трамп and His Mob of Lying, Racist Assholes:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп org GUILTY of tax fraud, Herschel’s wild campaign ends & Kanye asks Jews to forgive Hitler
• WaPo: Трамп’s ever-shifting relationship with the Constitution
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Трамп Org guilty verdict
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is TIME’s “Conman of the Year” ♬
• Jonathan Mann: ♫ They Want To Plunge Us Into Darkness ♬:

• Alex Wagner: Team Трамп accepts defeat on Special Master stall tactic and more documents found
• Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ The Har Mar Mall Song ♬
• Seth Meyers: Трамп calls for Constitution to be terminated after “Twitter files” dud
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Time(s) Трамп Lied ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jury finds Трамп’s businesses guilty. Seventeen times
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hoards classified documents & Herschel loses in Georgia
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell congratulates Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democrats
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell thinks the media is making him look crazy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and the Avalanche ♬
• Alex Wagner: Requisite For DeSantis’ “War on woke”—NOT BEING AWAKE!
• The Late Show: Storage Wars—West Palm Beach edition:

• NowThis: How Трамп’s extreme rhetoric could be shifting our Political discourse
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Twitter release Hunter Biden pics
• Katie Phang: DOJ is “playing Трамп a little bit,” says former federal prosecutor
• The Late Show: ♫ Kayne. Elon. Трамп. ♬
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ In So Many Ways, Трамп is KING! ♬
• Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on why Трамп’s power over the GOP is weakening
• Tommy Campbell: Mitch McConnell snubbed at medal ceremony is pure gold
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to terminate the Constitution, Kanye’s swastika tweet & Herschel’s idea to arm the IRS
• LegalEagle: The new Special Counsel is bad news for Трамп:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп could face insurrection criminal referral, GOPers vote nay on gay
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Clarence Thomas violated law “in plain view,” Tribe says
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for a (Horrid) Man Трамп Truly Admires ♬
• NowThis: The danger behind Трамп’s call to “terminate” the Constitution

Vice News: Families of trans kids are seeking sanctuary

WaPo: House passes Respect for Marriage Act

Dulcé Sloan: Drag vs. Conservatives

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

It’s inconvenient, but it’s better that Metro take defective busses off the road than to risk an accident. Maybe I would think something else if it was one of my routes. I hope it gets resolved quickly.

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