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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 5h

the vibes are off the charts

Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 5h

You can’t script it. The Mariners are willed to victory by Humpy the fish finally winning his first race in the middle of the 15th inning. The crowd chants “Humpy Humpy” as the trident crosses off the ALDS win.

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Jorvorskie Layne's @jorvorskielaynes.bsky.social · 9h

You'd think the local pandering angle here is the Mariners, but it's really drinking beer under a tent in questionable weather. Vote Wilson, she gets it.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 10h

Go Mariners! We should all be as smart and courageous as Josh Naylor. #thisisyourcity

Katie Wilson selfie at a bar under a tent holding a half full beer

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 16h

I am grateful for the endorsement of the largest public sector union in Washington State, SEIU 775. #thisisyourcity

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alienjitsu @alienjitsu.bsky.social · 19h

Wonder how much the value of the hours of overtime spd racked up for this operation.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 1d

*Research has found that when left-wing parties embrace anti-immigration politics, they lose vote share and empower the far right. Keir Starmer has attempted to outflank Nigel Farage’s Reform party to the right, and earned himself a 69 percent disapproval rating*

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 1d

This piece is extremely good, and absolutely worth your time whether you’re a Seattle voter or live elsewhere.

This line, in particular, hits like a Cal Raleigh home run.

SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD

But what does it matter if theye at the table while the rest of us go hungry? Our politics keeps mistaking the menu for the meal. We need something else our moment keeps rationing: discernment.
Discernment sounds like this: Yes, race matters. And so do class, gender, diaspora, disability, and moral character. It acts like love, not flattery. Love that tells the truth. Love that demands more.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 2d

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

migrantinsider.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3d

Fan wearing a "Dump Here" jersey with 61 caught Cal's HR 🔥

Immediately changes into an identical 62 jersey

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

This guy is the guy that Marimar Martinez had IDed as a YouTuber in advance of her shooting. Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that "doxing" to justify her shooting.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 6d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Rebellion 99 @rebellion99ac.bsky.social · 4d

Loud & proud, always. ✊🏽 #acfc #nwsl

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Tim Ostlund-Foss @timostlundfoss.bsky.social · 4d

This is what Stephen Miller is talking about when he says ICE fight antifa in hand-to-hand combat in the streets every night

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

The Frog mocking ICE GOONS 😂

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/t...

The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting - emptywheel

The criminal charges against Marimar Martinez -- the woman shot by a Customs and Border Patrol agent on Saturday -- fail to mention that CBP was already looking for her for doxing an officer who would...

www.emptywheel.net

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 4d

Trump 2.0 has really exposed how brittle and broken the West Coast states' tax systems are. WA, OR, and CA all have a 1% property tax cap. WA has a sales tax but no income tax; OR has an income tax but no sales tax. It is not possible to effectively resist Trump without fixing these tax systems.

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 4d

The news has sent counties throughout California into a panic. The state is bracing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars for permanent housing, which is the one thing experts agree on as the most effective way to solve homelessness. https://cal.news/4nBKuZI

📷 Fred Greaves

A person walks past a homeless encampment along X Street under State Route 99 in Sacramento on Oct. 25, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

HED: California braces for ‘devastating’ expected cuts to federal homeless housing funds

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

Going back to that raid on the South Shore apartment building. It hasn't gotten much focus that the goons reportedly traveled the same way Patriot Front does: in UHauls.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/a...

A Budget truck with about five armed men seen inside. It's dark out and the taillights are lit. The photo is attributed to KT O'Loughin.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 3d

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 4d

Hey, @governorferguson.bsky.social, a show of solidarity with CA and IL but vowing the same?

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Kate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social · 4d

Oh look, another example of Harrell’s terrible management skills

Tiffany Washington, Deputy Mayor for Homelessness, refused to fill hotel rooms that the city paid for. Reason? She doesn’t like the program lead

Not the first time Washington has acted in favor of more homelessness, either

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 4d

This is a very smart idea that I hope @governorferguson.bsky.social is examining closely.

Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan

States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater

www.theguardian.com

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 4d

Oregon Republicans are inciting state violence against their own citizens. This is no different from swatting, and should be punished accordingly.
#WarCrimesTribunal

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 4d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 4d

Texas tried invading Seattle just last month and the Astros lost three straight games and missed the playoffs entirely.

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