Drewbear Overtime

In Washington, one of the candidates for governor did something really awful, and it's not the climate change guy who smiles like he's being photographed while pooping.

Something you've already seen happening since early in the Obama years has been getting worse, and now it looks like we could almost call it a comorbidity for COVID-19. So why aren't we talking about this, instead of running away from a bad position on climate change and playing defense on the Supreme Court?

It's time to stop pretending that Antifa is the same as the Proud Boys or Boogaloo or the KKK. White supremacists kill, and anti-fascists punch Nazis.

But it was never going to, because that's exactly the debate that Trump wanted to have, and he got what he wanted. Not a win, but he looked tough and that's enough for him (and his supporters). How could it have gone differently? It starts way back in March.

What difference does it make if someone believes a lie? As it turns out, a lot, if they repeat it.

I've gone off-script again today to walk through a couple of mental exercises that might help you in political conversations about police brutality, policy preference versus beer pal preference, and how to boost your boring-ass mainstream candidate.

This unscripted episode asks whether Democrats would rather lose to Trump than owe anything to the progressive left, sends a shoutout to Seattle band Service Animal for kicking so much ass and giving me something to look forward to after live music is a thing again, and wonders why there isn't a bigger showdown over filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat.

Judging from media coverage of the protests, it seems like people are just upset about killings. But police brutality doesn't stop at George Floyd's neck.

A listener request brings up whether Democrats should reach even further to the right to win votes than they have.

The history of America keeps repeating, and it sounds a lot like racism in the very fabric of our society.