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Glen Stellmacher
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 21d
🚨NEW: New York nonprofit tied to 2024 Trump campaign and senior Israeli officials

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Israel Heritage Foundation tied to 2024 Trump campaign, top Israeli officials
The Israel Heritage Foundation has met with top Israeli leaders and forged unusually close ties to Trump administration officials
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
This is actually kind of pathetic. Bruce Harrell's second executive order says that the city will submit some FOIA requests about ICE:
harrell.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
To create transparency on federal civil immigration-related actions that impact the City of Seattle, the City through the Mayor’s Office will regularly submit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain information related to federal immigration enforcement activity within the city. These requests will seek data on: i. The date, time, and location of enforcement actions; ii. The names of individuals arrested or detained; iii. The stated basis or alleged criminal conduct underlying detentions or arrests.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
If federalized troops or a show of force from DHS do land in Seattle, this order shows that Harrell appears more interested in a press conference and the image of action than taking the threat seriously.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
What Bruce Harrell's order omits are any actions the city would take to thwart a federalized troop invasion.

Harrell's order also omits any assertions that the Seattle Police Department would act to enforce the color of law criminal statute 18 U.S.C. § 242:
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
The other parts of Mayor Harrell's order include language like "Mayor’s Office shall work with the City Attorney’s Office"

That's not really groundbreaking stuff requiring an executive order.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
Curiously, the Director of Seattle's Office of Emergency Management has some interesting connections: www.sgn.org/story/156462...
SGN:: How an Israeli executive built a network inside Seattle's government
The Advanced Security Training Institute (ASTI), a 501(c)(3) corporation that trains American police inside Israel, has previously liked numerous X (Twitter) posts that have expressed anti-LGBT and an...
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
The bedrock of the order is the creation of this new "resilience" task force. All this coordination should already be occurring at the Emergency Operations Center and under the Office of Emergency Management. That's where integrated response has been practiced for decades.
Section 1: Creation of Seattle Resilience Task Force A. The Seattle Resilience Task Force is created to coordinate Citywide interdepartmental planning and response. The Seattle Resilience Task Force will be led by the Mayor’s Office. Participating departments are the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management, Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Neighborhoods, and the Human Services Department. The Seattle City Attorney’s Office is invited and encouraged to participate. B. The Seattle Resilience Task Force shall: a) Implement City operational plans necessary to respond to unilateral deployment of the National Guard or other federal military troops in the City. b) Educate communities about their rights and preparedness for National Guard or other federal military deployment in the City. c) Communicate with the public, including outreach and regular public updates if federal military troops are deployed in the City. d) Meet with stakeholders and community advocacy groups to discuss the impacts of the National Guard or other federal military troop deployment in Seattle to inform the Task Force’s work. e) Create a mechanism for the public to report alleged improper acts by the National Guard or other federal military troops in the City. f) Conduct after-action reviews to evaluate outcomes and strengthen future responses. g) Undertake other actions as directed by the Mayor’s Office.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
Everything in the order is something that a competent Mayor's office would already be doing without this new executive order even existing.

Link to full order text:
harrell.seattle.gov/wp-content/u...
harrell.seattle.gov
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5h
After the NG was deployed to Seattle in 2020, I spent years obtaining thousands of documents itemizing what guard members eat, where they sleep, when they had their clothes washed, how they were mobilized.

My analysis on Mayor Harrell's new NG EO:
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 9h
"Our primary mission is to identify and locate removable aliens who may pose a threat to public safety and/or national security. I am investigating the following subject for possible immigration violations," wrote one ICE agent to Seattle PD.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 11h
I've followed up with further questions.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 11h
SPD is referencing MDAR-17-0002 here:
clerk.seattle.gov/search/resul...
5.2 Processing Requests 5.2.1 Request Management. To provide fullest assistance to all requestors, prevent damage to or disorganization of City records or excessive interference with other essential City functions, or ensure that the appropriate amount of City time and resources will be fairly allocated among all requests and requestors, a PDO or the CPRA program staff may do one of the following: Process multiple requests from a single requestor consecutively rather than simultaneously. The City has discretion to determine the order for processing the requests; Treat multiple requests from a single requestor as a single request; or Process multiple similar requests from different requestors (within or across departments) together as a group. Each requestor will receive a duplicate copy of the response as appropriate. 5.2.2 Order of Processing Requests. To allocate resources efficiently and fairly, and provide fullest assistance to all requestors, the City will process requests in the order that allows the greatest number of requests from the greatest number of requestors to be processed. 5.2.3 Allocating Specific Amounts of Time and Resources to Requests and Requestors. To provide fullest assistance to all requestors and to prevent excessive interference with other essential City functions, the City may allocate specific amounts of time and resources to responding to a request, whether individual or grouped, and/or to a particular requestor. This may include, but is not limited to, allocating a specific number of hours per week or month to be spent by public disclosure staff and/or by employees for whom responding to records requests is not among their primary assigned duties. The amount of time allocated shall be based on the factors detailed in Section 5.3.2 of this Policy.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 11h
SPD responds, saying ICE requests are not grouped: “Because [ICE] are a federal agency, any records requests get processed outside the PRA - meaning, they do not fall under the City's MDAR which sets forth the grouping policy.”
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
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’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
Mayor Bruce Harrell's office delays providing full records on how the city of Seattle is coordinating with ICE until after his tight November election
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
If you're ICE, the Seattle Police Department works hard to get you what you want, fast.

If you're a reporter, the Seattle Police Department will group your requests together and indefinitely delay you for years.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
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’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 15h
The full scope of info shared with ICE won't be known until after the November election, due to the public records request deadlines set by Mayor Harrell's office. (even though I made the request 4 months ago)
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
Mayor Bruce Harrell's office delays providing full records on how the city of Seattle is coordinating with ICE until after his tight November election
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
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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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
If you're ICE, the Seattle Police Department works hard to get you what you want, fast.

If you're a reporter, the Seattle Police Department will group your requests together and indefinitely delay you for years.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
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’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
and gets free box tickets to the Seahawks from HomeStreet Bank, where his wife serves on the board that pays for mailers that attack Katie Wilson
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/09...
“Worse than a cover up”: Roger Wright demands accountability from Seattle
“Worse than a cover up”: Roger Wright demands accountability from Seattle
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
Bruce Harrell quit and walked away from Roger Wright:
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d
Michael Oren gave up his U.S. citizenship to serve the Israeli gov. He changed his name from Michael Bornstein to Michael Oren when he emigrated New York to Israel. In Hebrew, Oren is "pine tree," a type tree planted by Zionists over the ruins of destroyed Palestinian villages.
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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 1d