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the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
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Transit advocates in the Puget Sound region are in a position of strength but act like we are in a position of weakness. We assume it’s still 2005, when ST was fighting for its life and the public was lukewarm at best.
But it’s 2025. ST is thriving and the public is eager for more.
But it’s 2025. ST is thriving and the public is eager for more.
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Transit advocates in the Puget Sound region are in a position of strength but act like we are in a position of weakness. We assume it’s still 2005, when ST was fighting for its life and the public was lukewarm at best.
But it’s 2025. ST is thriving and the public is eager for more.
But it’s 2025. ST is thriving and the public is eager for more.
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It’s interesting to compare this to Seattle’s Pike Place pedestrianization pilot where there has been zero, and I mean zero, promotion of the benefits of not having to dodge lost tourists in SUVs while going about your shopping
In case you haven't heard, THE MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN, IS BANNING CARS FROM OXFORD STREET and he's not ashamed to write a dorky rhyme about it.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s interesting to compare this to Seattle’s Pike Place pedestrianization pilot where there has been zero, and I mean zero, promotion of the benefits of not having to dodge lost tourists in SUVs while going about your shopping
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I think we can do the cost saving measures listed here and reform permitting like Madrid did (credit: @robertcruickshank.com) and get the 2nd tunnel while saving costs and not delaying anything.
PS, why are Seattle projects having to be the ones to cut cost when half of of ST3 $ is spent elsewhere?
PS, why are Seattle projects having to be the ones to cut cost when half of of ST3 $ is spent elsewhere?
Scott Kubly argues that deferring a second light rail tunnel through Downtown Seattle and redesigning Ballard Link to use the existing tunnel could save $4.5 billion, and that Sound Transit has been too quick to dismiss the idea.
Op-ed by Scott Kubly: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/18/o...
Op-ed by Scott Kubly: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/18/o...
Op-Ed: Defer Seattle’s Second Downtown Rail Tunnel to Save ST3 » The Urbanist
# Tabling a second light rail tunnel through Downtown Seattle and redesigning Ballard Link to use the existing tunnel could save $4.5 billion, and Sound Transit has been too quick to dismiss the idea,...
www.theurbanist.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I think we can do the cost saving measures listed here and reform permitting like Madrid did (credit: @robertcruickshank.com) and get the 2nd tunnel while saving costs and not delaying anything.
PS, why are Seattle projects having to be the ones to cut cost when half of of ST3 $ is spent elsewhere?
PS, why are Seattle projects having to be the ones to cut cost when half of of ST3 $ is spent elsewhere?
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Ultimately transit advocates will continue to lose until we start refusing to play a game that is rigged against us. Stop negotiating against ourselves. Stop trying to decide which limb we will hack off. ST3 is the most popular thing in this city. We should act like it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ultimately transit advocates will continue to lose until we start refusing to play a game that is rigged against us. Stop negotiating against ourselves. Stop trying to decide which limb we will hack off. ST3 is the most popular thing in this city. We should act like it.
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Sometimes there are trade offs, but this zero-sum fixation is a poor and inaccurate model of public opinion. Lots of people are doing lots of different things over huge amounts of time. The idea that *at the margin* Van Hollen's activities with KAG *hurt* senate dems chances seems obviously wrong.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes there are trade offs, but this zero-sum fixation is a poor and inaccurate model of public opinion. Lots of people are doing lots of different things over huge amounts of time. The idea that *at the margin* Van Hollen's activities with KAG *hurt* senate dems chances seems obviously wrong.
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Wilson's choice for a permanent SDOT Director will tell us a lot more about her vision for the city's transportation director.
I see today's announcement as much more about someone who can competently keep the ship running while at the same time representing a break from current leadership.
I see today's announcement as much more about someone who can competently keep the ship running while at the same time representing a break from current leadership.
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Wilson's choice for a permanent SDOT Director will tell us a lot more about her vision for the city's transportation director.
I see today's announcement as much more about someone who can competently keep the ship running while at the same time representing a break from current leadership.
I see today's announcement as much more about someone who can competently keep the ship running while at the same time representing a break from current leadership.
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It seems the train line next to Highway 2 is still operating (at least according to Amtrak’s train status). Could WA state run emergency passenger service to offer more travel options to this area?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Highway 2 will be closed for ‘months,’ Gov. Ferguson says
The closure will block travel across Stevens Pass, one of the state’s main Cascade Mountain passes, disrupting holiday plans and commerce.
www.seattletimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It seems the train line next to Highway 2 is still operating (at least according to Amtrak’s train status). Could WA state run emergency passenger service to offer more travel options to this area?
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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It's bleak news for rad power bikes today, but I hit a milestone on my rad city that I bought when I moved to Seattle. This is 7000 miles that I didn't drive these past 6 years
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's bleak news for rad power bikes today, but I hit a milestone on my rad city that I bought when I moved to Seattle. This is 7000 miles that I didn't drive these past 6 years
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I was thrilled to meet with Mayor Michelle Wu (@mayorwu.boston.gov) today at Boston City Hall. I can't think of anyone better to learn from about what it takes to be an effective, progressive big-city mayor.
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I was thrilled to meet with Mayor Michelle Wu (@mayorwu.boston.gov) today at Boston City Hall. I can't think of anyone better to learn from about what it takes to be an effective, progressive big-city mayor.
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2. Bluesky's main value is discussion and info sharing within the left of center world. It is crucially important to have a place to do this where MAGA is not present. We're not convincing normies here and that's fine. We're learning, plotting, growing. A MAGA-free place is key to that.
December 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
2. Bluesky's main value is discussion and info sharing within the left of center world. It is crucially important to have a place to do this where MAGA is not present. We're not convincing normies here and that's fine. We're learning, plotting, growing. A MAGA-free place is key to that.
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The person who was killed last night crossing Beacon Ave on a bike by a hit-and-run driver was named Allie. They were described as a "hard-core cyclist."
The vigil/protest is expected to take over Beacon and Stevens until midnight, if SPD lets that happen.
The vigil/protest is expected to take over Beacon and Stevens until midnight, if SPD lets that happen.
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The person who was killed last night crossing Beacon Ave on a bike by a hit-and-run driver was named Allie. They were described as a "hard-core cyclist."
The vigil/protest is expected to take over Beacon and Stevens until midnight, if SPD lets that happen.
The vigil/protest is expected to take over Beacon and Stevens until midnight, if SPD lets that happen.
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People seem to like pedestrianized spaces, even in the winter. Sure would be nice if Seattle had more of them.
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
People seem to like pedestrianized spaces, even in the winter. Sure would be nice if Seattle had more of them.
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As a unionised City employee, I don’t stand in solidarity with these petty employees. We should delivery results even during negotiations to community. I also find it deeply arrogant that they think they get to set body of work policy. No, that’s not how it works publicola.com/2025/12/12/p...
Parking Enforcement Officers On Work Slowdown After Contract Negotiations Stall - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Seattle’s parking enforcement officers have been engaged in a work slowdown since mid-November, after failing to…
publicola.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As a unionised City employee, I don’t stand in solidarity with these petty employees. We should delivery results even during negotiations to community. I also find it deeply arrogant that they think they get to set body of work policy. No, that’s not how it works publicola.com/2025/12/12/p...
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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Here's your full breakdown on Sound Transit's analysis of deferring construction on a second downtown tunnel as part of Ballard Link, including last week's board discussion that suggested the issue will be fully put to bed at the full board this coming Thursday.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/13/e...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/13/e...
Eliminating Second Seattle Rail Tunnel Could Save $4.5B, But With Major Impacts, Delays » The Urbanist
# The analysis, prompted by a request from King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci, looks at ways to get to Ballard without a new tunnel under Downtown Seattle. While the potential cost savings are...
www.theurbanist.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Here's your full breakdown on Sound Transit's analysis of deferring construction on a second downtown tunnel as part of Ballard Link, including last week's board discussion that suggested the issue will be fully put to bed at the full board this coming Thursday.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/13/e...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/13/e...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Honestly, I am shocked. Having so little respect for or understanding of your own job is baffling.
Not exactly shocked that PEOs see the most important part of their job as helping other drivers. But it's a problem.
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Honestly, I am shocked. Having so little respect for or understanding of your own job is baffling.
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"One fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an additional 40% are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10%) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car"
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"One fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an additional 40% are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10%) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car"
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As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
The people who do this belong in prison and Democrats should make clear they will be once the fascist is taken out of power.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The people who do this belong in prison and Democrats should make clear they will be once the fascist is taken out of power.
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This is Gestapo behavior and Democrats in Congress continue to do far too little to stop it.
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is Gestapo behavior and Democrats in Congress continue to do far too little to stop it.
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Made a little mapping tool with @shirleyswirley.bsky.social to answer the question: where in Seattle are people most politically similar to: ______?
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Made a little mapping tool with @shirleyswirley.bsky.social to answer the question: where in Seattle are people most politically similar to: ______?
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
For example, this is the similarity map for Broadmoor Golf Club, the most extremist carceral and tax-dodging gated community inside the city bounds.
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More people are dying in Gaza this year that Trump is president than last year when Biden was president yet people are regularly in my comments upset at Kamala Harris who lost the election while acting like Gaza is now a vacation destination under Trump.
Like MAGA impervious to facts or rationality
Like MAGA impervious to facts or rationality
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
More people are dying in Gaza this year that Trump is president than last year when Biden was president yet people are regularly in my comments upset at Kamala Harris who lost the election while acting like Gaza is now a vacation destination under Trump.
Like MAGA impervious to facts or rationality
Like MAGA impervious to facts or rationality