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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 17h

This is awesome.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 20h

Here I thought SPD Chief Shon Barnes was going to be the first person in Seattle imprisoned by ICE because he “will do everything in his power to protect anyone in Seattle from anyone who comes into this city with the intention to hurt them”

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Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social · 1d

If Bruce Harrell's case for re-election is his management experience, what should we make of two separate instances in the last week of city decisions made under his watch being immediately reversed after huge community blowback?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

You endorsed the wrong person in the Seattle Mayoral race. You endorsed a guy so toxic he drove his niece out of his administration with his sexism and harassment. He’s gone backwards on pedestrian safety. He’s wasted money brutalizing homeless people. You messed up

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

Wait… antifa was in Germany opposing the rise of the Nazi fascists?! Who knew?!

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan Choe is a warm turd of a man

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a red shirt says exactly

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

This dude is medically unfit to be president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

This is astounding news. Bruce Harrell’s administration has been collaborating with ICE even while he’s posturing that he’s the Strong Man to stand up to MAGA.

We MUST CLEAN HOUSE at SPD, and electing Katie Wilson is the first step in that process

Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-poli...

Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’

HardPressed

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

a man with long hair and a beard is smiling and saying thank you .

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 3d

“The emails and Microsoft Teams chats confirm that Parks and Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff continued to work on the upgrades for months after a December community meeting on the project…”

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 3d

A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scenes as the public was kept in the dark about the upgrades.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/07/l...

Lake Washington Boulevard Safety Upgrades Fully Designed Before Mayor Pulled Plug » The Urbanist

# A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scen...

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild that Bruce Harrell is lying to voters about supporting Vision Zero—he’s personally killing safety projects

Even more wild that we allow “the community” to veto proven safety measures. Like, are the rich people along LWB okay with 50 pedestrian injuries a year? 10? 5?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s because he peaked in college. Guys who spend their time idolizing their high school and college sports accomplishments are a very particular sort of sad

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Alex ITMFA @ahym666.bsky.social · 3d

I think the harrell story that broke me was when he hired his friend tim ceis to the tune of $280,000 (just under the 285k limit that would require a public bid for the work) astroturf opposition to a CID station with actually good connections to other transit

publicola.com/2023/03/28/c...

City Paid Consultant Tim Ceis $280,000 to "Encourage Agreement" and Build "Community Consensus" for Harrell's Light Rail Route - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett The city of Seattle spent $280,000 over the past year paying longtime local consultant Tim Ceis—a…

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Kate Rubin @katerubin.bsky.social · 3d

I had so much fun helping to man the photo booth for Seattle Solidarity Budget at today's public hearing on the budget! Many of the workers at City Hall were just as starstruck as I was to see The Seattle Channel puppets IRL!

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 3d

Our absentee Mayor who is, as staff say, "not into the details" only intervenes once in a while--to overrule staff and screw thing up.

See:

-Shrinking Seattle's housing plan ("comp" plan)
-Trying to move Sound Transit stations away from people, while increasing costs
-Ripping out safe biking space

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d

What the records show:
-Major elements of the LWB redesign, like the changes at Orcas Street, nearly went out for construction before being killed by the Mayor's Office
-Parks staff were continuing to negotiate over individual elements of the project as late as early June.

Drawing showing the changes planned for S Orcas Street and LWB

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

Until some Democrat says “Enough” and puts the force of government at their disposal behind their words to physically stop the kidnappers this will continue.

Words alone won’t stop it.

Pritzker needs to use his state troopers and natl guard to block the invasion

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3d

In the press release where Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell lambasted his opponent Katie Wilson for dropping out of college, he also suggests she will "quit and walk away" when "things get tough in our city." You know things are tough when the mayor is attacking his opponent for something she did at 21.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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