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Oh hey. The Seattle bill to prosecute more drug offenders failed, although it sounds like Andrew Lewis, who opposed it in this vote isn’t a guarantee in the future. So if he’s your Council member, you might want to let him (or anyone else) know that you prefer to end the war on drugs, not to extend it.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight, and you are invited. Please join us for an evening of politics, drinks and good cheer.

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.

It’s the last day before a few hot ones. In the past a couple of June days over 80 wouldn’t matter much. But with global warming, and having already had a heat wave it’s just kind of gross. At least the air is not smoke filled yet.

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

Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate passes debt ceiling bill 63 to 36

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Party of Lies and Indictments:

• Alex Wagner: Трамп targeting of truth-tellers eyed in probe of effort to subvert election
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell shocked by DeSantis announcement and Трамп’s nervous
• NowThis: What we know about Трамп allegedly discussing classified documents
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Chris Christie running for President
• The Daily Show: Lauren Boebert is…Piss Cop
• Alex Wagner: Трамп reportedly building revenge list against feds investigating him
• J-L Cauvin: Трамп destroys the woke Little Mermaid
• Parody Project: ♫ The MAGA Song—Make Attorneys Get Attorneys ♬:

• Chris Hayes: New evidence points to Трамп motive in documents case
• Lewis Black: Lewis Black on John F. Kennedy Jr’s return to Dealey Plaza
• Mark Fiore: DeSantis and Elon—A match made in hell
• Alex Wagner: “Lordy, there are tapes!”, Special counsel reportedly has audio of Trump talking about secret document he kept
• NowThis: Thousands protest against FL Gov. DeSantis’ immigration bill
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard LOVES Nikola Jokic
• Tommy Campbell: Kandiss Taylor’s globe comments aren’t even the KKKraziest things she’s said
• Alex Wagner: “Our governor is a job-killing moron”—DeSantis immigration policy threatens FL economy
• Joy Reid: Smells a lot like obstruction says expert on new reporting about Трамп’s classified docs stash
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Why Is a Rainbow Scarier Than a Gun? ♬:

• The Daily Show: Eye on George Santos—Lies, lies & more lies
• Ari Melber: Lordy there’s a tape! Comey says secret Трамп audio bombshell is “strongest case against Трамп”
• Chris Hayes: DeSantis disastrous bid to be the anti-vaccine candidate
• NowThis: Who is Harlan Crow?
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Joe Biden’s fall at Air Force Graduation
• Alex Wagner: Трамп’s lawyers reportedly beginning to turn on each other

WaPo: How an Indiana high school play resisted LGBTQ censorship

The Daily Show: From people’s pride to corporate pride

NowThis: Senate passes debt ceiling bill

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

4 day week, but I am more spent than most. So here’s to the weekend. After today. And here’s to getting vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

– Jesus Christ almighty. Ann Davison out here just ending important programs unilaterally. Just, fuck.

– I’ve linked to tree ordinance reporting before, but now, it has passed.

– Please, for goodness sake, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally toasts in the summer. We’ll spend some time talking politics, too.

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.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Ugly “Conservatives”:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп faces new “extremely damning” potential obstruction evidence
• Joy Reid: “Their values are out of whack”—GOP debt ceiling politicking could harm veterans
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ It Appears that Трамп is Screwed ♬
• Ari Melber: Lies—FAUX News hit with a new billion dollar case as “succession” ends with a warning
• Rachel Maddow: Carroll moves to teach Трамп lesson he failed to learn from loss in court
• Parody Project: ♫ Say It Again – MONEY SUCKS THE CONGRESS DOWN ♬:

• Alex Wagner: A quiet Mark Meadows stirs speculation about Трамп legal peril
• Keith Olbermann: Jack Smith’s end game as Трамп craps his pants
• Tommy Campbell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend in drag video and Ron DeSantis smears supporter
• Chris Hayes: FAUX News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Another GOP Debt Crisis ♬
• Mehdi Hasan: The truth about DeSantis’ awful record on covid
• The Daily Show: Conservatives proudly share their pronouns
• Joy Reid: “His first book disappeared from the internet”—Writer on DeSantis’ curious 2011 book on US history
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Ted Cruz, (aka “Трамп Lite”) pushes for Investigation of Bud Light ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп lawyers demand meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland
• Alex Wagner: Is the special counsel poised for a Трамп indictment or just “playing with his food”?
• Chris Hayes: DeSantis 2024 launch with Elon Musk on Twitter is a disaster
• Desi Lydic: Desi breaks down Matt Gaetz’s plastic surgery
• Joy Reid: “A disaster for Ron DeSantis,” says former GOP congressman on Florida Gov.’s 2024 presidential kickoff
• J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell just endorsed Tim Scott for 2024
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп the Lobster (A Song of Hope) ♬
• Katie Phang: Former W.H. lawyer predicts Трамп “will go to jail” in documents case
• Rachel Maddow: DOJ’s reported interest in Трамп foreign business deals reframes scope of Mar-a-Lago probe
• Chris Hayes: E. Jean Carroll seeks new damages from Трамп after CNN comments
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis’ cringeworthy strain for “likeability” is contradicted by hostile policies
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard’s shocking reaction to NFL legend Jim Brown
• Jonathan Jensen: ♫ Stouthearted Men (Josh Hawley Version) ♬:

• The Daily Show: Conservatives try to define “woke”
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Josh Hawley is VERY Manly (He Said So) ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell offers stock and is Lauren Boebert with someone even crazier?
• Chris Hayes: Oath Keepers to receive first seditious conspiracy sentences over Jan. 6
• Joy Reid: “You need to be careful who you patronize”—NAACP official explains its Florida travel advisory
• Rocky Mountain Mike: Coordinated Universal Out Of Touch Time
• Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп back in court after arrest as judge sends warning
• Ronny Chieng responds to Jesse Watters’s anti-Asian racism
• J-L Cauvin: Ron DeSantis dans the dictionary in Florida
• ♫ Still Jail-Free After All These Years ♬:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Why does Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friend own “the garden of evil” & Hitler’s teapot?
• Alex Wagner: DeSantis faith in Musk for campaign launch results in humiliation
• Desi Lydic: OneVestigation app is perfect for organizing your crimes
• Lewis Black: Teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Kari Lake, a Charlatan and Fake ♬
• Chris Hayes: Ohio Republicans try to change state rules to keep abortion off ballots
• Mother Jones: How Ron DeSantis wants to “Make America Florida”
• Joy Reid: San Francisco Republicans hosting anti-trans “parental rights night” exposed by columnist
• Mark Fiore: Negotiating with the Reborglicans
• The Daily Show: Asking the GOP, “When was America last great?”
• Founders Sing: ♫ You Moron, Ron Ron — DeSantis Vs. Disney, Трамп…and everyone else! ♬

• Alex Wagner: First day of DeSantis campaign not likely as threatening to Трамп as he hoped
• Rachel Maddow: Saddled with Трамп, unpopular policies, GOP toys with tanking economy under Biden
• Chris Hayes: “Literal dumpster fire”—Infighting erupts among Texas Republican leaders
• J_L Cauvin: A quiet Mark Meadows stirs speculation about Трамп legal peril
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Song reveals Josh Hawley’s net worth ♬

Lawrence O’Donnell: What if Joe Biden is doing everything right in the debt ceiling negotiations?

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

This I, Anonymous in The Stranger has been a bug bear for me for along time. Like, I will take our terrible walkers over our terrible drivers. But man, just, like, recognize that there are other people. Maybe they have actual things to do. Maybe they don’t want to navigate around a group of people, or one slow person managing to take over the whole sidewalk. Come on, everyone.

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

Regulating the gig economy should probably come at the state or Federal level. But as long as they aren’t stepping up, it’s fantastic that the city of Seattle is stepping up. First with sick and safe leave rights and now potentially rights around termination. Too much of tech is just new and exciting ways to treat workers poorly.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together tonight for an evening of politics, drinks, and socializing. If you can, 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. 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.

Vaccines are the best invention ever. Ever. I know I keep harping on you to get vaccinated or boosted for COVID-19.

But also, am I glad I got my MMR as a kid. Because whoo boy. I was in one of the places the person with measles went this weekend. Instead of an oh shit situation, it’s fine.

Mark Fiore: SCOTUS gift cards

Chris Hayes: Elon Musk says “So be it” if tweeting conspiracies, extremism loses him money

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Vice News: A year after Buffalo—Turning grief into action

The Party of Liars and Seditionists:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jim Jordan’s Looking Stupid AGAIN ♬
• Keith Olbermann: Giuliani offered Трамп pardons for $2M
• Alex Wagner: Jordan’s choice of witnesses raises questions about right-wing extremism within the FBI
• Chris Hayes: Control is now a pillar of the Republican vision
• Tommy Campbell: George Santos admits to theft and faces 13 federal charges
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The most dangerous phrase for Giuliani in sexual assault lawsuit
• Randy Rainbow: ♫ Welcome to DeSantis! ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ God, guns and genetalia ♬
• Liberal Redneck: Conservative cancel culture is outta control
• Ari Melber: FAUX News legal earthquake—New billion dollar lawsuit over alleged lies
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Comer’s “Whistleblower” Gone without a Trace ♬
• Alex Wagner: Amid DeSantis attacks, Disney cancels massive development plans in Florida
• Rachel Maddow: Bicyclist brings white supremacists down with skilled heckling
• Roy Wood, Jr.: Roy Wood Jr. Tucker Carlson audition tape
• Parody Project: ♫ The Normalization Song (Dedicated to Maga Republicans) ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ George Santos, Don’t You Cry ♬
• Jen Psaki: The party of “family values” defends The Dotard after sexual abuse verdict
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Lauren Boebert’s divorce
• Parody Project: ♫ Strangers on the Right ♬
• NowThis: Disney cancels Florida campus project amid DeSantis feud
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On the Likelihood of Pence Becoming President ♬
• Alex Wagner: House GOP appears to have reached “nastiness” goal set by Gingrich
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Where In The World Is Comer’s Whistle-Blower? ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Lauren Boebert is a Free Woman Again ♬
• LegalEagle: George Santos Is In Trouble
• Ari Melber: Criminal defendant Трамп braces as D.A. works to flip key ally
• Joy Reid and Ali Velshi: GOP targets poor in debt ceiling negotiations
• Tommy Campbell: Rudy Giuliani hit with bombshell lawsuit by former employee
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The name of Трамп-echoing liar Jim Jordan’s committee is a lie
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The ‘Family-Values Party’ ♬

Robert Reich: Why child labor in America is skyrocketing

NowThis: Women open up about sterilization in a post-Roe world

The Daily Show: A.I. Joe Biden campaign ad

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

I didn’t get any engagement on Twitter, and I don’t know if it’s because Twitter sucks now or because it’s just not interesting? Or both.

Anyway, the other day, I got on the light rail at Pioneer Square going North. Now what you have to understand is that the sometimes the doors open on the right and sometimes they open in the left, and between there and Capitol Hill, where the doors open on the opposite side, it’s all underground.

The person who got on ahead of me went to the opposite doors and looked out the window. Butt to the other passengers. Whenever I get that spot, it’s because I am getting off at Capitol Hill, but I always turn around so I’m facing inside the train. I can understand if it’s above ground but looking out at the gray walls of the tunnel seems… wrong? Off? I don’t know.

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

– The new drug possession law is harsher than I would have preferred. I am also not sure what “encourages prosecutors to divert drug possession cases to treatment” will mean in practice.

– It’s filing week, so file for office. Seriously, go for it. If there’s a local position and you don’t like what the incumbent is doing or you don’t like anyone in the race for an open sea,well, make it happen.

– The Queen Anne Taco Bell is far too expensive.

– Multnomah County, get your shit together and spend the money allocated for homeless people. For God’s sake.

– Get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.