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This is such a slam dunk of a bill. Gestapo members should not be allowed to join local police departments. Please contact your legislators and urge them to sign on!
This bill by a Washington State Democratic legislator would prevent any law enforcement agency in the state from hiring anyone employed as a sworn ICE officer after January 20, 2025. A good start, I say. Make them outcasts.
Rep. Simmons introduces ICE Out Act of 2026 prohibiting hiring of ICE officers – Tarra Simmons
housedemocrats.wa.gov
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 AM
This is such a slam dunk of a bill. Gestapo members should not be allowed to join local police departments. Please contact your legislators and urge them to sign on!
Sorry, but no.
Yeah, boycotting the World Cup would piss off Trump at no economic cost to Europe, but it wouldn’t actually get him to change his behavior in a durable way.
Using the Anti-Coercion Instrument, on the other hand, and targeting him and his allies, definitely would.
Yeah, boycotting the World Cup would piss off Trump at no economic cost to Europe, but it wouldn’t actually get him to change his behavior in a durable way.
Using the Anti-Coercion Instrument, on the other hand, and targeting him and his allies, definitely would.
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Sorry, but no.
Yeah, boycotting the World Cup would piss off Trump at no economic cost to Europe, but it wouldn’t actually get him to change his behavior in a durable way.
Using the Anti-Coercion Instrument, on the other hand, and targeting him and his allies, definitely would.
Yeah, boycotting the World Cup would piss off Trump at no economic cost to Europe, but it wouldn’t actually get him to change his behavior in a durable way.
Using the Anti-Coercion Instrument, on the other hand, and targeting him and his allies, definitely would.
On March 28, Bellevue will no longer be the smallest city in the country with its own light rail system.
After years of delays and debate, Sound Transit says riders will finally be able to take the Link light rail across Lake Washington via the Interstate 90 bridge starting March 28.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3YYNrJh
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3YYNrJh
January 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
On March 28, Bellevue will no longer be the smallest city in the country with its own light rail system.
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this is such a stupid and short-termist way of managing around (not actually solving) the fundamental problem, which is that sound transit contracts out almost all of its work to consultants with zero incentive to deliver a cost-efficient product.
With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 program across the finish line, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds to finance light rail projects. A change to state law would need to be passed to allow bonds over 40 years.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/21/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/21/s...
Sound Transit Seeks Hail Mary Financial Tool to Complete ST3 Buildout » The Urbanist
# With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 network across the finish line as planned, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds. If the Washington State Legislature OKs...
www.theurbanist.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
this is such a stupid and short-termist way of managing around (not actually solving) the fundamental problem, which is that sound transit contracts out almost all of its work to consultants with zero incentive to deliver a cost-efficient product.
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If only there were some way to move electricity from one state into neighboring states!
[checks notes]
Ah, there is, it's just the Sierra Club ran a successful ballot measure to veto it after taking $25M from the natural gas industry
[checks notes]
Ah, there is, it's just the Sierra Club ran a successful ballot measure to veto it after taking $25M from the natural gas industry
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If only there were some way to move electricity from one state into neighboring states!
[checks notes]
Ah, there is, it's just the Sierra Club ran a successful ballot measure to veto it after taking $25M from the natural gas industry
[checks notes]
Ah, there is, it's just the Sierra Club ran a successful ballot measure to veto it after taking $25M from the natural gas industry
Is there a place to watch the 2 Line Crosslake press conference live?
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Is there a place to watch the 2 Line Crosslake press conference live?
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this is not a tiktok it is a documentary
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
this is not a tiktok it is a documentary
Spokane’s breakthrough housing reforms have resulted in the funny situation that height limits in R1 zones are actually *higher* than what they are in neighborhood business and general commercial zones.
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Spokane’s breakthrough housing reforms have resulted in the funny situation that height limits in R1 zones are actually *higher* than what they are in neighborhood business and general commercial zones.
Spokane has released its draft Comprehensive Plan EIS. It includes two action alternatives (the final plan will likely be a blend of both). After this, new housing will be SEPA-exempt.
We’re ahead of schedule! The FEIS and development regs must be adopted by 12/31.
Much more analysis to come!
We’re ahead of schedule! The FEIS and development regs must be adopted by 12/31.
Much more analysis to come!
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Spokane has released its draft Comprehensive Plan EIS. It includes two action alternatives (the final plan will likely be a blend of both). After this, new housing will be SEPA-exempt.
We’re ahead of schedule! The FEIS and development regs must be adopted by 12/31.
Much more analysis to come!
We’re ahead of schedule! The FEIS and development regs must be adopted by 12/31.
Much more analysis to come!
I love how she’s just emerging from her office or walking down the Capitol steps every day to deliver clear-eyed, focused, and morally-righteous analysis to the American people.
She is acting like a Shadow Leader.
She is acting like a Shadow Leader.
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I love how she’s just emerging from her office or walking down the Capitol steps every day to deliver clear-eyed, focused, and morally-righteous analysis to the American people.
She is acting like a Shadow Leader.
She is acting like a Shadow Leader.
We need to defund, abolish, and prosecute ICE.
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center
Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.
www.spokesman.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 AM
We need to defund, abolish, and prosecute ICE.
I’m still gobsmacked by this debacle.
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social should declare the site a threat to life and safety and demolish the dangerous ladders that are *causing the preventable death of children.*
The Director of SDCI has the power!
library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social should declare the site a threat to life and safety and demolish the dangerous ladders that are *causing the preventable death of children.*
The Director of SDCI has the power!
library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...
“Landmarks cannot survive without stewardship”
This comment was from the past Landmarks board chair before 2 friends of the kid that fell to his death testified in support of the safety measures Landmarks opposed. Imagine using ‘survival’ metaphors
Heartless
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This comment was from the past Landmarks board chair before 2 friends of the kid that fell to his death testified in support of the safety measures Landmarks opposed. Imagine using ‘survival’ metaphors
Heartless
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Future facade of Gas Works Park up in the air after meeting
After at least 12 serious falls, Seattle parks officials proposed removing ladders and catwalks. The Landmarks Preservation Board board balked, again.
www.seattletimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I’m still gobsmacked by this debacle.
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social should declare the site a threat to life and safety and demolish the dangerous ladders that are *causing the preventable death of children.*
The Director of SDCI has the power!
library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social should declare the site a threat to life and safety and demolish the dangerous ladders that are *causing the preventable death of children.*
The Director of SDCI has the power!
library.municode.com/wa/seattle/c...
I desperately want The Spokesman-Review to fix their borderline unusable website.
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I desperately want The Spokesman-Review to fix their borderline unusable website.
Alternatively, *don’t* do this.
Measure ULA was supposed to be a mansion tax, which imo is defensible because it taxes rich people.
Instead, Measure ULA is making it almost impossible to build new housing in Los Angeles, resulting in skyrocketing rents. That makes it a tax on working-class people!
Measure ULA was supposed to be a mansion tax, which imo is defensible because it taxes rich people.
Instead, Measure ULA is making it almost impossible to build new housing in Los Angeles, resulting in skyrocketing rents. That makes it a tax on working-class people!
🚨 HEY 🚨
Measure ULA has raised ONE BILLION dollars for affordable housing, but Mayor Bass is still trying to undermine the will of the people and steal that money for her money pit “Inside Safe”
Tell City Council to protect measure ULA!
One-click email 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/t3st2016
Measure ULA has raised ONE BILLION dollars for affordable housing, but Mayor Bass is still trying to undermine the will of the people and steal that money for her money pit “Inside Safe”
Tell City Council to protect measure ULA!
One-click email 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/t3st2016
tinyurl.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Alternatively, *don’t* do this.
Measure ULA was supposed to be a mansion tax, which imo is defensible because it taxes rich people.
Instead, Measure ULA is making it almost impossible to build new housing in Los Angeles, resulting in skyrocketing rents. That makes it a tax on working-class people!
Measure ULA was supposed to be a mansion tax, which imo is defensible because it taxes rich people.
Instead, Measure ULA is making it almost impossible to build new housing in Los Angeles, resulting in skyrocketing rents. That makes it a tax on working-class people!
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77 y.o. man cosplaying as a cop, driving a county-owned vehicle runs a red light and hits an older lady
(and will face no consequences if history is any indication)
(and will face no consequences if history is any indication)
NEW: A member of Spokane County S.C.O.P.E. hit a pedestrian with a vehicle sending her to the hospital Thursday morning.
Spokane County S.C.O.P.E. driver hits a pedestrian in Millwood
MILLWOOD, Wash. -- A member of Spokane County S.C.O.P.E. hit a pedestrian with a vehicle this morning sending her to the hospital Thursday morning.
www.kxly.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
77 y.o. man cosplaying as a cop, driving a county-owned vehicle runs a red light and hits an older lady
(and will face no consequences if history is any indication)
(and will face no consequences if history is any indication)
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“Metro staff report said SB 79 could harm the transit agency’s expansion by galvanizing opponents against new light rail stations & dedicated bus lanes,” because law requires higher densities there.
But if a transit station area isn’t planned for higher densities… the station shouldn’t be built.
But if a transit station area isn’t planned for higher densities… the station shouldn’t be built.
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
LA transit agency seeks to override state law allowing more homes near train and bus lines
The L.A. Metro Board of Directors voted to oppose implementation of SB 79, calling for a countywide exemption.
laist.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“Metro staff report said SB 79 could harm the transit agency’s expansion by galvanizing opponents against new light rail stations & dedicated bus lanes,” because law requires higher densities there.
But if a transit station area isn’t planned for higher densities… the station shouldn’t be built.
But if a transit station area isn’t planned for higher densities… the station shouldn’t be built.
Hague, all of them.
How do you justify abducting a child? defector.com/how-do-you-j...
How Do You Justify Abducting A Child? | Defector
On Tuesday, some number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents camped out near Liam Conejo Ramos’s home in the Twin Cities suburb of Columbia Heights and waited for him to return with his…
defector.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Hague, all of them.
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This is child abuse, Nazi concentration camp style, and must be resisted and ended.
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This is child abuse, Nazi concentration camp style, and must be resisted and ended.
this is such a stupid and short-termist way of managing around (not actually solving) the fundamental problem, which is that sound transit contracts out almost all of its work to consultants with zero incentive to deliver a cost-efficient product.
With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 program across the finish line, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds to finance light rail projects. A change to state law would need to be passed to allow bonds over 40 years.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/21/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/21/s...
Sound Transit Seeks Hail Mary Financial Tool to Complete ST3 Buildout » The Urbanist
# With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 network across the finish line as planned, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds. If the Washington State Legislature OKs...
www.theurbanist.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
this is such a stupid and short-termist way of managing around (not actually solving) the fundamental problem, which is that sound transit contracts out almost all of its work to consultants with zero incentive to deliver a cost-efficient product.
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Just pile up generational debt to solve fundamental problems. Smart! 🤪
Sound Transit Seeks Hail Mary Financial Tool to Complete ST3 Buildout www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/21/s...
Sound Transit Seeks Hail Mary Financial Tool to Complete ST3 Buildout » The Urbanist
# With creative tools needed to get the entire Sound Transit 3 network across the finish line as planned, Sound Transit is turning to the idea of 75-year bonds. If the Washington State Legislature OKs...
www.theurbanist.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Just pile up generational debt to solve fundamental problems. Smart! 🤪
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Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/22/w...
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/22/w...
Washington to Scrutinize Eight Local Housing Plans Under New Accountability Law » The Urbanist
# The reviews are the first to take place under the 2025 Housing Accountability Act, intended to spur housing construction by reducing barriers added at the local level. Growth plan reviews are one st...
www.theurbanist.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/22/w...
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
Builder's remedy
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/22/w...
Historic preservation activists appear to be okay with people dying as long as they can look at (ugly!) 100-year-old industrial machinery.
After Gas Works Park deaths, a stalemate over history vs. safety
After at least 12 serious falls, Seattle parks officials proposed removing ladders and catwalks. The Landmarks Preservation Board board balked, again.
www.seattletimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Historic preservation activists appear to be okay with people dying as long as they can look at (ugly!) 100-year-old industrial machinery.
Some of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine trials literally had the potential to cure cancer.
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO US BACKLASH -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Some of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine trials literally had the potential to cure cancer.
This book is so damning. It makes me want to burn Meta to the ground.
This book about Meta and its many abuses reads like a thriller. Read it or listen to the audiobook, both are excellent.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This book is so damning. It makes me want to burn Meta to the ground.