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#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
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#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
How much money has the City of Seattle had to pay out due to police incompetence? Why is it all happening now? Did Mayor Harrell delay all these payments cause it was an election? The timing of all these payouts seems odd!?!? (This is just wild speculation and not based on any insider info.)
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 AM
How much money has the City of Seattle had to pay out due to police incompetence? Why is it all happening now? Did Mayor Harrell delay all these payments cause it was an election? The timing of all these payouts seems odd!?!? (This is just wild speculation and not based on any insider info.)
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February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Show up and meet your neighbors !
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Show up and meet your neighbors !
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If you support these demands and if you live, work, or go to school in Seattle, please let your councilmembers know! There are seven councilmembers representing each district of the City, and two at-large members. Find your councilmember and contact them here: www.seattle.gov/council/memb...
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
If you support these demands and if you live, work, or go to school in Seattle, please let your councilmembers know! There are seven councilmembers representing each district of the City, and two at-large members. Find your councilmember and contact them here: www.seattle.gov/council/memb...
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This is in response to the offensive presentation that took place during Seattle Public Safety committee two weeks ago publicola.com/2026/01/28/c... . We’ve been talking with many survivors, sex workers, and others over the last couple of weeks to develop this list of demands.
County Prosecutors Give Lurid Presentation on Sex Work Featuring Unredacted Images of Brutalized Women to Seattle Council Committee - PubliCola
The point of the prurient presentation: “You can’t make sex work safe,” one senior deputy prosecutor said. By Erica C.…
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February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This is in response to the offensive presentation that took place during Seattle Public Safety committee two weeks ago publicola.com/2026/01/28/c... . We’ve been talking with many survivors, sex workers, and others over the last couple of weeks to develop this list of demands.
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Survivor demands in response to KCPAO’s offensive presentation about sex trafficking and Seattle Public Safety committee’s complicity rightsandsafety.org/survivor-dem...
Survivor demands in response to KCPAO’s offensive presentation about sex trafficking and Seattle Public Safety committee’s complicity
On Tuesday, January 27th, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) gave a presentation about sex trafficking at a meeting of the Public Safety committee of the Seattle City Council that f...
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February 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Survivor demands in response to KCPAO’s offensive presentation about sex trafficking and Seattle Public Safety committee’s complicity rightsandsafety.org/survivor-dem...
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Note you don't see the governor calling for health care for all. There was a bill this legislative session to help make that happen here in Washington. Dead now, of course, because elected officials (and right now, Dems are in charge) seem unwilling to make big swings.
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Note you don't see the governor calling for health care for all. There was a bill this legislative session to help make that happen here in Washington. Dead now, of course, because elected officials (and right now, Dems are in charge) seem unwilling to make big swings.
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These are 19,000 people in a single state who now no longer have easy access to healthcare. What a barbaric way to order a society. Health care should be a human right.
We've already seen 19,000 fewer Washingtonians enroll in healthcare provided under the Affordable Care Act. That's just the start. Premiums are doubling or tripling for many.
President Trump and the MAGA Senate refused to do the bare minimum — extending common-sense tax credits.
President Trump and the MAGA Senate refused to do the bare minimum — extending common-sense tax credits.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
These are 19,000 people in a single state who now no longer have easy access to healthcare. What a barbaric way to order a society. Health care should be a human right.
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Sound Transit has confirmed that “simulated service” on the 2 Line from Lynnwood to Redmond will start on February 14! Two-car test trains operating between regular 1 Line trains will be open to riders between CID and Lynnwood.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
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February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
Stop the sweeps means stop the sweeps. Without housing where are people supposed to go? Sweeping people doesn’t make their lives better and sends the message that some people are trash and others aren’t in our communities. #StopTheSweeps
February 10, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Stop the sweeps means stop the sweeps. Without housing where are people supposed to go? Sweeping people doesn’t make their lives better and sends the message that some people are trash and others aren’t in our communities. #StopTheSweeps
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Tomorrow night at 6pm, the Cedar Crossing Tenants Association and @sharethecities.bsky.social are hosting an event for renters featuring @jmaddenmass.bsky.social! We'll be there tabling and hope you'll come say hi! RSVP to save your seat at the link below
Cedar Crossing Tenants Association presents Jamie Madden | Bittersweet Lane
Join us for a tenant union meeting, book talk, signing, and tenant resource fair. We want to hear youth and young adults at this event!
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February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Tomorrow night at 6pm, the Cedar Crossing Tenants Association and @sharethecities.bsky.social are hosting an event for renters featuring @jmaddenmass.bsky.social! We'll be there tabling and hope you'll come say hi! RSVP to save your seat at the link below
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Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Do you need another reason to show up Wednesday night for @jmaddenmass.bsky.social book talk?
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
#TenantAssociation #RentersResourceFair #BookTalk
See you Wednesday! 6 pm! In Roosevelt!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cedar-cros...
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I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
Aren't warehouses usually zoned as 'Commercial/Industrial' properties?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
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ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
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The closest modern historical parallel is the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay for intercepted Cubans and Haitians during the HW Bush and Clinton administrations, where at maximum capacity roughly 12,000 migrants were detained. But those migrants were never in the physical US.
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The closest modern historical parallel is the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay for intercepted Cubans and Haitians during the HW Bush and Clinton administrations, where at maximum capacity roughly 12,000 migrants were detained. But those migrants were never in the physical US.
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The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
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Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
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The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The U.S. currently has more prisoners and a more sophisticated system of concentration camps than Nazi Germany had on the eve of World War II in 1939
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