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Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 11d

We are thrilled to see a candidate focused on basic needs like public bathrooms in Seattle.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 11d

We should be solving our problems, not spraying them away. That’s why I’m fighting for clean, accessible, and safe bathrooms for our city. Whether you’re the Big Dumper or a mom with a toddler, you shouldn’t have to scour the city for a place to poop. #thisisyourcity

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The Big Dumper’s City Needs Public Restrooms!

YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 18h

Eight of the ten candidates running for Bellevue Council seats are here; earlier during a lighting round two candidates said they don't support reallocating general purpose traffic lanes even to improve safety, and another refused to answer the question.

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Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 17h

A reminder to donate to @publicola.bsky.social

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 17h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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jaci skellington @wickedjaws.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry but what the actual fuck.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 17h

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 18h

... and not spread germs. It's called Public Health!

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

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The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 18h

Candidates are allowed to get sick!

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 18h

Katie Willson is not attending this debate because, her campaign told me, she's under the weather. MC Julius Caesar Robinson just said "she asked me to send her apologies which I AM NOT." Andrea Suarez, head of We Heart Seattle, jumped up and down yelling "BOO!" from hte front.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

"So this is very disturbing, and as mayor, I will absolutely be working with SPD to make sure that they are allowing the CARE Team their full latitude of response, and also to make sure that the CARE Team can respond without police when appropriate, so that our police can focus on policing. "

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

"I was really disturbed to read in the Seattle Times, just in the past week, that the Seattle Police Department has not been, basically, allowing the CARE Team to exercise their full jurisdiction—has not been calling them in to calls where they are the appropriate responders." ...

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the full quote from Katie Wilson, which the Times misrepresented to suggest that the potential future mayor does not understand that police are unionized:

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

As always, I wonder if the Times editorial board reads their own paper. I also wonder if Harrell read the story his opponent Katie Wilson cited very explicitly in making that remark, and just chose to ignore it because it's much easier to imply that his opponent is just an airheaded woman.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell's response was a condescending, dismissive remark that Wilson didn't understand that the police have a contract, suggesting she is so stupid she doesn't know the first thing about anything. The Times, loving that narrative, parroted it today. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

Harrell's One Seattle may be just what the city needs | Editorial

Mayor Bruce Harrell has made consensus-building a hallmark of his administration. "One Seattle" can be frustrating, but it produces results.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Very specifically, Wilson was talking about this article in the Seattle Times about the ways in which SPD is "undermining" the CARE Team's ability to respond to calls it is explicitly authorized to respond to under the agreement with police.

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Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

I was at this debate. The Seattle Times is totally misrepresenting what happened to further the false narrative that Katie Wilson is a nitwit. Wilson was talking about the fact that the CARE team has not been allowed to exercise "its full latitude of responsibility" under the existing contract.

At a recent Seattle University/KOMO TV debate, Harrell’s opponent, activist Katie Wilson, didn’t appear to recognize that she has no authority under labor contracts to order police to do anything without going through a bargaining process.

“As mayor, I will absolutely be working with SPD to make sure that they’re allowing the CARE team their full latitude of response and also to make sure that the CARE team can respond without police when appropriate,” she said.

It’s not that easy.

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Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 18h

The emotional chaos of being fired “in error” and rehired doesn’t just impact federal employees but their whole families and communities.

Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 18h

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up dozens of scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that have pandemic potential. But after The New York Times reported the dismissals, a federal health official said many of them had been fired in error and would be brought back.

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

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Laura Loe @lauraloeseattle.bsky.social · 19h

It’s horrible that the Washington Talking Book Library has lost funding. It’s a big loss for the community.

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Braille libraries offer community. What happens when funding cuts close them?

Braille and talking book libraries are a lifeline for people who are blind. But budget cuts mean these services face an uncertain future. How are staff working to help patrons stay connected to readin...

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The Social Disruptor @thesocialdisrupter.bsky.social · 8d

Bathroom protest: What happened to Noem in Chicago being refused a bathroom needs to expand.

No one thinks about bathrooms in all of life or the necessity of them.

ICE needs a bathroom during the day. Shops and restaurants need to have them be broken when ICE arrives.

Give ICE no bathrooms.

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem is complaining that ICE and Border Patrol agents have it really tough in Chicago because the restaurants won’t let them use their bathrooms or serve them food. Don’t mess with Chicago. Yeah, fuck around and you'll find out, you are not welcomed here. Go home, use your toilet.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

Kristi Noem is complaining that ICE and Border Patrol agents have it really tough in Chicago because the restaurants won't let them use their bathrooms or serve them food.

But I thought Republicans loved free market capitalism? 😅

Don't mess with Chicago! ❤️✊🏽

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 21h

The Mariners will host a free ALCS Game 1 watch party at Victory Hall across from T-Mobile Park, featuring a 23-foot big screen, along with giveaways and appearances from the Mariner Moose. First pitch is set for 5:03 p.m. PT Sunday. More details below:

Postseason Watch Party | Seattle Mariners

Join us at T-Mobile Park for our Postseason Watch Party!

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 22h

I believe we can get new revenue and keep world-class employers in Seattle, without layering on more taxes for working people and cutting services we all rely on.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 22h

We need new progressive taxes. I support a capital gains tax, and others like the JumpStart Payroll Expense Tax, which I helped design and pass four years ago, and is currently balancing the mayor's budget at city hall.

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 22h

Lower and middle income households pay an unfair share of the tax burden in Seattle. We have some rebalancing to do. Asking big businesses and wealthy folks to pay their fair share in making this city great is part of that.

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Share The Cities @sharethecities.bsky.social · 23h

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