Archives for October 2021

Trevor: The police quota system

LegalEagle: Pirate law

Mark Fiore: Welcome to Facebooks Metaverse

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Poor billionaires ♬

The Cadaverous Creeps, Churlish Crooks, Confused Clowns, Corrosive Cowards, and Contumacious Cronies of the Трамп Cabal:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan Spent Too Much Time in a Headlock ♬
• The Late Show: FAUX News craziest Трамп lie yet!
• Joy Reid: Rep. Adam Schiff says the GOP is now an anti-truth, anti-democratic cult of the former guy
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ “Hide Our Secret Shame”, a Republican anthem ♬
• Really American: Cruz defends Nazi salutes on Tree Of Life anniversary
• The Daily Show: FAUX News all of a sudden loves protesters blocking traffic
• Rocky Mountain Mike: Richard Henzel reads “The Craven”
• Bruce W. Nelson: Brainwashing is Easy
• Seth Meyers: Bombshell report ties January 6 organizers to GOP Congress members
• Robert Reich: What happened to the party of limited government?
• Ari Melber: Howard Dean on Ted Cruz and wing-nut racism
• Chris Hayes: Charlottesville defendant watched Tucker Carlson to prep for trial
• The Late Show: Ted Cruz’s wild Nazi salute rant
• Desi Lydic: Why Texas’s unconstitutional abortion law can’t be found unconstitutional
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pastimes of The Past Presidents ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Alec Baldwin
• Jimmy Kimmel: Capitol riot planners met with GOP, anti-vaxxers “stand with Kyrie” & Dotard Jr hits new low
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп “coup lawyer” caught on video boasting about quasi-legal memo & trashing Pence
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ January 5th ♬
• Jordan Klepper: He’s 150,000% sure
• Stephen: G.O.P. ridicules billionaire tax plan
• Chris Hayes: Congressman Jamie Raskin—We won’t play “hide and seek” with targets of Jan. 6 subpoenas
• Parody Project: ♫ My Ninja ♬
• Really American: Congressmembers caught aiding coup attempt
• Seth Meyers: Greene, Gosar and Brooks face growing scrutiny for Jan. 6 insurrection
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans don’t care ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Wisconsin Republicans add mysterious “Carol” to election review circus
• Stephen: Rainfall swamps the west, and GOP members conspired with Jan. 6th riot organizers

Trevor: Ta-Nehisi Coates on America’s flawed criminal justice system

Seth Meyers: Biden says his presidency is at stake as Democrats scramble for a deal

Jon Stewart: The hypocrisy of bailouts

This Week In ТрампPlague:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Jimmy Kimmel’s COVID-safe Halloween costume pageant
• The Late Show: ♫ Together We Can Save Our Dongs ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Song of the idiot anti-masker ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Pandummies spread misinformation and Marjorie Taylor Greene maskless again
• Ari Melber: Professional liar Tucker Carlson makes false Vax claim as FAUX News colleague reveals viewer death wish
• Jimmy Kimmel: Soppy bag of phlegm, Tucker Carlson, mocks Biden and Трамп botched COVID response

The Problem with Jon Stewart: LeVar Burton’s master class on disparity

Chris Hayes: How the second amendment is threatening the first

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

Gosh, it sure is raining. I like a good 5 months of drizzle. But this is not great. Come on, rain. Be cool.

Seriously, though don’t forget how to drive just because it’s been rainy. Be kind to other people on the bus. Just everyone be cool.

And please wash your hands right now. For all that’s correct and good, get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Congratulations to Kim Wyman on her selection for election security head at the Department of Homeland Security. If it was going to be a Republican — and I absolutely don’t think it had to be one — she’s probably the best choice.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get fucking vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

It isn’t too late to stop by this evening’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for some politically-inspired conversation over a libation.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We are still out on the patio (under an awning) in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

I am curious if other people in Washington feel like the pandemic is over? I am writing this on public transportation with my mask on. And in some places (more as of today) I have to show that I’m vaccinated. More people at my work — me included some days — are working from home than before the pandemic.

But Seattle is hopping. Downtown has people doing typical Downtown stuff. People are out and about all day. Brunch places are packed on the weekends. I am able to go to the dentist for an overdue cleaning. People are doing routine medical procedures. Most importantly, people are not getting sick and dying in large numbers.

I don’t have children, so I understand that for a population that can’t get vaccinated it’s tougher. But even then, they’re back in school unless there’s a relatively rare breakout.

Anyway, it’s still important to take precautions. So wash your hands right now. And for the love of God get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

The Late Show: Franzia has a message for bottled wine

Robert Reich takes on replies to his tweets

Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney’s crazy solution to climate change

Trevor: The subminimum wage disability pay loophole

SNL: Football press conference

Rachel Maddow: Actual audit finds Wisconsin 2020 election was “safe and secure”

Vice News: Joel Castón is the first elected Representative for an incarcerated population

Amber Ruffin: ♫ Facebook values profit over public Safety? duh! ♬

Liars, Cheaters, Traitors and other Dotard Трамп Wannabes:

• Trevor: Трамп starts his own social media app & the GOP blocks another voting rights bill
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Stephen Miller fun facts ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Sitting Republican Congressman charged with lying to the FBI
• act.tv: Трамп is still working to undermine our elections!
• Really American: Lauren Boebert is dangerously dumb
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces the launch of TRUTH social
• Chris Hayes: GOP Congressman predicts his own federal indictment
• Rachel Maddow: The Oligarch raided by the FBI and how Mitch McConnell got the ‘Moscow Mitch’ nickname
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans have gone from bad to worse ♬:

• Stephen: Rep. Schiff watched GOP colleagues “slowly surrender to the immorality” of Трамп
• Ali Velshi: 2022 is the Year of the Big Lie
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s “coup lawyer” Eastman disavows infamous memo
• The Daily Show: A Dotard Трамп sympathy card for any occasion
• Stephen: “Трамп will lose this litigation,” says Rep. Schiff
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mangy’s Dream (If Steve Bannon Were Fired from a Cannon) ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to the death of Colin Powell
• Stephen: Melanie doesn’t believe in the “pee pee tape,” and is Stephen the real superman?
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп, without the presidency to hide behind, faces a litany of lawsuits
• Trevor: Alex Wagner on the grim state of American politics
• Really American: Трамп again volunteers that he doesn’t like to be peed on
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Family Leave ♬

• Jordan Klepper: Meeting Iowans who think Трамп won
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп Still Can Prove He Was the Law and Order President ♬
• Rachel Maddow: Another criminal investigation reportedly looking at Трамп golf course tax scheme
• Stephen: Trolls overrun Трамп’s new social network
• Really American: Трамп launching “Truth” Social media platform
• Ari Melber: Biden DOJ will try to Jail Bannon, says Obama DOJ veteran
• Rachel Maddow: GOP election fraud hype collapses as figurehead is charged with voter fraud

Al Franken: Al Franken on the “non-partisan” Supreme Court

The Late Show: Facebook’s new name search isn’t going well

Schmoyoho: ♫ Joe Biden sings Spooky Time ♬

The Remix Bros: ♫ Yung Gret—Blah Blah Blah REMIX ♬

AJ+: Why we’ll keep seeing climate disasters even if we “fix global warming”

Vice News: Death threats are creating a mass exodus of election officials

Robert Reich: America is on strike

Trevor: Why are so many workers going on strike?

Mark Fiore: Virtual reality for virtual Democrats

This Week in ТрампPlague:

• The Late Show: FAUX & Friends’ Colin Powell vaccine skepticism
• Jon Stewart: What’s more Hitler?
• Chris Hayes: “Crimes against humanity”—On holding leaders accountable for covid failure
• The Late Show: ♫ It’s Time To Mix N’ Match Your Vax ♬:

• Meidas Touch: Exposing Ron Johnson’s covid disinformation
• Stephen: Some vaccine news
• Trevor: Cops and firefighters refuse to comply with vaccine mandates

Trevor: Sen. Tammy Duckworth on why the subminimum wage should be abolished

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Vox: Why the US is always hitting a “debt ceiling”

Comedy Central’s Drunk History: Revolutionary war stories

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Dulcé Sloan: Why low-income neighborhoods have fewer trees

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

King County’s projection for the upcoming election is that 46% of eligible voters will participate. That means you — yes you! — can have an outsized impact on the result. Fewer people voting means that your vote will do more to help keep the yell at school board asssholes off the school board. It means your vote will go further in determining where city and county resources are spent. So use your power to vote every time, but know it makes a lot of difference this year.

Anyway, wash your hands right now. And if you haven’t been vaccinated yet, get the fuck on it.

I have negative sympathy for everyone fired for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. I mean if you’re exempt, great. But if you didn’t have a medical exemption, man fuck off. Fuck off if you have a good government job. Fuck off of it’s a private sector job. We’re talking about a miracle drug with minor side effects. It means that you are much less likely to pass a major disease to vulnerable people.

Honestly, it’s better that you aren’t out spreading the disease on the public dime. It stinks that you didn’t get vaccinated; Not that you were fired. I think of all of the people who did so much work to get to the place where you can get vaccinated easily and for free.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And honestly, get vaccinated so I don’t have to make fun of your dumb ass.

Looking for something to do tonight? How about stopping by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for a dose of politics over a pint?

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We are still out on the patio (under an awning) in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Hey, if you’re in Washington State, you should have received a ballot. If you haven’t, you can contact your county elections office and ask for a replacement. It’s municipal elections, so it’s things you see on the ground.

Here in Seattle, the choice for the municipal elections actually feels like a choice. The Prosecutor’s race is a Republican versus an abolitionist. It’s very exciting, although I am old enough to remember the Sidran era, so am a bit pensive about the result.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And of you’re still unvaccinated, you’ve had plenty of time, just get vaccinated.

Seth Meyers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls out billionaires shooting themselves into space

Trevor: Why you should pray for the droughts to end

Vice News: What it’s like to document the death of ecosystems

The Parody Project: ♫ The Problem With Manchin ♬

The Трамп Cultists And Other Miscreant, Quislings, and Treasonist:

• Seth Meyers: Scalise embraces Трамп’s big lie and Lindell’s 850-year-old voter claim
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Patron Saint of The Lost Cause ♬
• The Daily Show: When a senator can’t stop talking about coke and quail sex
• Ari Melber: Why GOP Sen. McConnell lost the debt clash and could lose the filibuster
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Only Трампers Left ♬:

• Robert Reich: Fire Postmaster DeJoy
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard REJECTS golden showers
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard’s Deposition Position ♬
• Now This: Tucker Carlson’s latest radical conspiracy
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans eyeing upcoming votes stack local elections boards with Трамп loyalists
• Seth Meyers: Трамп tells Republicans not to vote
• Mother Jones: ♫ You Better Not Fuck in Texas” (a song by Jill Sobule) ♬:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп tells Republicans not to vote
• John Di Domenico: Трамп furious over woke NFL & 2022 Super Bowl halftime show
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Republicans Line Up to Kiss Donald’s Massive “Shrine” ♬
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ “What The Hell Is Wrong With You People?” ♬
• Amber Ruffin: ♫ Трамп Rally ♬
• The Late Show: Трамп’s bizarre Capitol riot message
• Seth Meyers: ♫ Amber Ruffin shares what Трамп has done for religion ♬:

• The Late Show: FAUX News thinks bisexual Superman crosses the line
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Constitutional Wrongs ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп cares about size so much, it’s almost like he’s insecure about something
• Seth Meyers: Bannon could face criminal charges and Трамп tells Republicans not to vote
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Prayer for Heidi Cruz ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

John Oliver: Misinformation

Trevor: How to ACTUALLY reduce abortions

This Week In The ТрампPlague:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans vaccine mandates and Ted Cruz helps launch imaginary crisis
• The Daily Show: Laughing off the vaccine mandate with Tucker Carlson
• Vice News: The vaccine mandate wars are here
• Samantha Bee: Full Frontal Rewind—America and vaccinations
• Bloomberg Law: Biden’s vaccine “mandate” and the likely legal challenge
• Rachel Maddow: Look past conspiracy nonsense and weirdos to appreciate modern medical science
• Wired: How online conspiracy groups compare to cults
• Seth Meyers: Southwest contradicts FAUX News, says chaos was not caused by vaccine mandate
• The Daily Show: Band of bullshitters—Freedom is contagious
• Chris Hayes: Texas Republicans spar over who is more pro-covid

Mark Fiore: AT&T and OAN, your conspiracies delivered!

Amber Ruffin: Why rich people are the reason America is broke

The Daily Show: Is profanity protected by freedom of speech?

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

Salmon are spawning upriver of the Grand Coulee Dam. What an amazing thing. It still needs humans to get them upriver, but oh boy is this something. Can’t wait to see if any of them return in 2024 and beyond.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you aren’t vaccinated, rectify that today.

Congratulations to the Seattle Kraken on their first game. A win would have been nice, but that’s often not the case for expansion teams. We’ll see.

Personally, I don’t really understand the appeal of hockey. I suppose with sports, it’s more visceral than logical, and it just never grabbed me. But I love seeing people already excited on Twitter. Glad you’re having fun!

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And if you aren’t vaccinated yet, for goodness sake, get vaccinated now; Make your appointment today.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for some politics over an elixir.

The Seattle chapter of DL meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. We are still out on the patio (under an awning) in the back. The kitchen is still closed, but feel free to bring your own dinner. Note that a COVID vaccination card and ID are required to enter the Roanoke.

Chapters of Drinking Liberally can be found all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.

Trevor and his brothers debate government spending

Ari Melber: After wrongful conviction, man becomes civil rights lawyer in quest for justice

Honest Ads: If cryptocurrency was honest

SNL: Biden unites Democrats

Trevor: The Pandora Papers—How the mega-rich have been getting out of paying taxes

Full Frontal Rewind: Samantha Bee’s take on climate change

Amber Ruffin: How getting rid of the credit score system fights racism

The Psychopathology That Is The Cult of Трамп:

• Ari Melber: Riot reckoning? Трамп aides face possible “criminal referrals”
• Seth Meyers: Damning new details of Трамп’s coup attempt revealed in Senate report
• Stephen: Republicans may sabotage the economy
• Bill Maher: The slow-moving coup
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Drunken Sailors (the Debt Ceiling Song) ♬:

• Now This: GOP Candidate denies speaking at “Stop the Steal” rally
• Rachel Maddow: Unanswered questions suggest probe of DOJ misuse by Трамп shift focus to White House
• Rachel Maddow: Senate report exposes “A mini attempted coup d’état’ within the DOJ under Трамп
• Rachel Maddow: Political hijacking of DOJ By Трамп raises cleanup questions for Garland
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ MTG on CTP ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп dragged by former staffers & Facebook outage sends QAnon Qrazies into conspiracy meltdown
• Desi Lydic: Desi Lydic FAUXplains 25 years of Fox News
• Ali Velshi: Republicans saboteurs give away the game on debt ceiling obstruction
• Chris Hayes: Where are the consequences for the Трамп enablers?
• The Daily Show: Happy 25th anniversary FAUX News
• Rocky Mountain Mike: Hanity:

• Seth Meyers: The GOP jumps the shark—Christie says 2020 Biden is “dead,” Rubio calls Biden agenda “Marxism”
• Chris Hayes: What 25 years of FAUX News “poison” has done to America
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Paul Gosar’s Lost His Freakin’ Mind ♬
• act.tv: Even FAUX News challenges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on absurd abortion law
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Virginia GOP funds anti-Semitic ad targeting Democratic incumbent
• The Daily Show: Now that’s what I call yikes, with Pat Robertson
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to the Senate report
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s attempt to overturn the election & everything is terrible
• Joy Reid: GOP leaders cultivating an “idiocracy” celebrating stupidity:

• Ari Melber: “It’s bad news”—MAGA’s Gaetz sex crime probe takes a new turn
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ What a Horrible Family! ♬
• Stephen spoils juicy details from Grisham’s book, and Pence whitewashes Jan. 6th riot
• Joy Reid: The Republican Party is becoming an armed insurgency says Malcolm Nance

SNL Weekend Update: A Black woman who’s been missing for ten years

The Late Show: A first look at the trillion dollar coin

John Oliver: PFAS

Chris Hayes: Why Facebook’s business model is “Incommensurable with democracy”

SNL: Billionaire Star Trek

Tha God’s Honest Truth: Why are racists afraid of teaching critical race theory?

Lawrence O’Donnell: Return of beachfront property to Black family rights “A horrible injustice”

Bill Maher: The beginning of the end

ТрампPlague:

• WaPo: Monoclonal antibody treatment—Why it’s so difficult to distribute
• Jordan Klepper: Wearing masks = slavery and Satan. Noted.
• Stephen: Dr. Sanjay Gupta on breakthrough cases and vaccine hesitancy
• Stephen: Dr. Sanjay Gupta on how to make America “pandemic proof”
• Chris Hayes: FAUX News hosts deride vaccine mandates while complying with strict covid policy
• act.tv: #PsakiBomb
• Trevor: Why is everyone asking for religious vaccine exemptions?
• Ari Melber: Biden vaccine mandate is working

Robert Reich: The Democrats’ one chance to cut child poverty in half

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Late Show: The Social Notwork—Mark Zuckerberg’s worst day

Seth Meyers: Facebook’s disastrous week, from whistleblower bombshell to global outage

Mark Fiore: The Democratic land of Centristopia

SNL Weekend Update: Democrats delay infrastructure vote

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