Steven Smith
@stevenwithaplant.bsky.social
What are we even doing online these days?
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Reposted by Steven Smith
Rents in Spokane are down 12% as a result of pro-housing legislation, like removing parking minimums, incentivizing housing on former parking lots, and upzoning all residential parcels.
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Rent prices are falling fast in America’s most pro-housing cities
Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data.
reason.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rents in Spokane are down 12% as a result of pro-housing legislation, like removing parking minimums, incentivizing housing on former parking lots, and upzoning all residential parcels.
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
reason.com/2025/07/22/r...
Every news headline should just be "SBA survey shows that homeless people exist and we need more affordable housing and funding for support services."
Recently, you may have seen headlines (or RANGE reporter @merrywanderer.bsky.social's BSKY thread) about a recent study conducted in Spokane by the Spokane Business Association that found 50.2% of unhoused people in Spokane moved here after becoming homeless. We took a long, hard look at that study:
'It’s Hard to Really Call it a Study' – RANGE Media
Taking a hard look at SBA’s much-talked-about study of unhoused people that claimed 50.2% of unhoused people in Spokane moved here after becoming homeless.
rangemedia.co
June 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Every news headline should just be "SBA survey shows that homeless people exist and we need more affordable housing and funding for support services."
These are the Congressional Budget Office charts every Senator can see as they vote for the "One Beautiful Bill" next week.
If you want a perfect encyclopedia example of a regressive ecomomic policy... this is it.
If you want a perfect encyclopedia example of a regressive ecomomic policy... this is it.
June 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These are the Congressional Budget Office charts every Senator can see as they vote for the "One Beautiful Bill" next week.
If you want a perfect encyclopedia example of a regressive ecomomic policy... this is it.
If you want a perfect encyclopedia example of a regressive ecomomic policy... this is it.
Bombing Iran right as the Senate is about to vote on a massive budget reconciliation bill to find the military seems sus.
The bill would raise US debt by $5 trillion, spend a $1 trillion+ per year on military and defense alone, while gutting healthcare and social services.
The bill would raise US debt by $5 trillion, spend a $1 trillion+ per year on military and defense alone, while gutting healthcare and social services.
A Closer Look at the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Defense Spending
OPINION COLUMN -- “The one Big Beautiful [Reconciliation] Bill currently making its way through Congress, in combination with [fiscal 2025] base appropriations…is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to...
www.thecipherbrief.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bombing Iran right as the Senate is about to vote on a massive budget reconciliation bill to find the military seems sus.
The bill would raise US debt by $5 trillion, spend a $1 trillion+ per year on military and defense alone, while gutting healthcare and social services.
The bill would raise US debt by $5 trillion, spend a $1 trillion+ per year on military and defense alone, while gutting healthcare and social services.
Spokane be safe tomorrow.
Pride and No Kings on the same day means there are lots of feds and leos looking for justifications to do stupid things and escalate. Don't give them one.
Make them question which side of the crowd they're standing on.
Pride and No Kings on the same day means there are lots of feds and leos looking for justifications to do stupid things and escalate. Don't give them one.
Make them question which side of the crowd they're standing on.
June 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Spokane be safe tomorrow.
Pride and No Kings on the same day means there are lots of feds and leos looking for justifications to do stupid things and escalate. Don't give them one.
Make them question which side of the crowd they're standing on.
Pride and No Kings on the same day means there are lots of feds and leos looking for justifications to do stupid things and escalate. Don't give them one.
Make them question which side of the crowd they're standing on.
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Reposted by Steven Smith
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June 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Our local investigative journalist team, Range Media, has an EXCELLENT live stream on instagram: www.instagram.com/rangemedia4a...
Please remember to support the amazing local journalists at @rangemedia.co. This is why local media matters especially in times like this.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Please remember to support the amazing local journalists at @rangemedia.co. This is why local media matters especially in times like this.
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rangemedia.co/support-us/
I have nothing but massive respect for news leaders who decide not to take a paycheck so the rest of their staff can continue to serve their community. Go become a member at Range and keep this killer local news source kicking.
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I laid myself off this week – RANGE Media
This doesn’t mean the end of RANGE, and I hope it isn’t the end of my time here. I hope it’s just a brief little furlough and not a permanent pink slip.
rangemedia.co
May 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I have nothing but massive respect for news leaders who decide not to take a paycheck so the rest of their staff can continue to serve their community. Go become a member at Range and keep this killer local news source kicking.
rangemedia.co/range-furlou...
rangemedia.co/range-furlou...
Planting trees is definitely a mental health booster.
April 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Planting trees is definitely a mental health booster.
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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What are countries like Côte d'Ivoire supposed to do? 90% of their exports to the U.S. are cocoa beans and natural rubber - can you build those behind the tariff wall?
No.
My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.
No.
My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.
The new tariffs do not mirror tariffs developing countries impose on the US, nor account for different economic conditions & fiscal realities shaping tariff regimes in poorer countries—& ignore basic realities of institutional capacity, resource endowment, & geography. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:
Trump's April 2 tariff spree could cripple developing economies
President Donald Trump presented his new tariffs on April 2 as a pragmatic, "reciprocal" trade policy intended to balance trade between the US and its trading partners. But the tariffs on imports from...
www.piie.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Who needs bollards. What if we just put really big rocks in the right lane?
“The U.S. Department of Transportation will look ’less favorably’ on safety projects that reduce lane capacity for vehicles, according to the agency's newly issued grant criteria—raising alarm among advocates for safe street design, especially in dense urban environments with little space to spare.”
US DOT Doesn't Want to Fund Road Diets Anymore — Streetsblog USA
The feds say they will look "unfavorably" on applications that reduce lane capacity for vehicles – even in urban areas where speeds kill.
usa.streetsblog.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Who needs bollards. What if we just put really big rocks in the right lane?
The problem with strong-arm negotiations is that even when they "work", they only have one willing party. And the other will always try to undermine it.
Mutually beneficial agreements are much more work, and can't use hostage-style tactics, but overwhelmingly generate better outcomes.
Mutually beneficial agreements are much more work, and can't use hostage-style tactics, but overwhelmingly generate better outcomes.
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The problem with strong-arm negotiations is that even when they "work", they only have one willing party. And the other will always try to undermine it.
Mutually beneficial agreements are much more work, and can't use hostage-style tactics, but overwhelmingly generate better outcomes.
Mutually beneficial agreements are much more work, and can't use hostage-style tactics, but overwhelmingly generate better outcomes.
I'm suspecting all the current shinanigans are setting us up for another USS Maine style incident to justify military action and a land grab.
April 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm suspecting all the current shinanigans are setting us up for another USS Maine style incident to justify military action and a land grab.
All the other states get the cool young and hip claims like "First African American senator from New Jersey".
But Washington State definitely has the 2 best old white ladies in the Senate.
But Washington State definitely has the 2 best old white ladies in the Senate.
I just introduced the bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025, and spoke about it on the Senate Floor. Watch here: youtu.be/SU56CNNg8RE
Sen. Cantwell Speaks on the Senate Floor on the Trade Review Act of 2025
YouTube video by Senator Cantwell
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April 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
All the other states get the cool young and hip claims like "First African American senator from New Jersey".
But Washington State definitely has the 2 best old white ladies in the Senate.
But Washington State definitely has the 2 best old white ladies in the Senate.
I miss journalism so much.
And then I remember that I now literally get to end my work day at 4:30 pm and have 5 weeks vacation... Plus good health insurance... And a boss that actually listens and tries to make sure I have life balance.
And then I remember that I now literally get to end my work day at 4:30 pm and have 5 weeks vacation... Plus good health insurance... And a boss that actually listens and tries to make sure I have life balance.
April 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I miss journalism so much.
And then I remember that I now literally get to end my work day at 4:30 pm and have 5 weeks vacation... Plus good health insurance... And a boss that actually listens and tries to make sure I have life balance.
And then I remember that I now literally get to end my work day at 4:30 pm and have 5 weeks vacation... Plus good health insurance... And a boss that actually listens and tries to make sure I have life balance.
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Maybe next time let’s not elect someone who runs because they’re trying to not go to jail?
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Maybe next time let’s not elect someone who runs because they’re trying to not go to jail?
The most infuriating part of the current WA budget debate is the realization you can literally solve everything by just barely taxing the 0.05% richest people by 1%.
That is pretty much the "radical" Democrat tax plan.
That is pretty much the "radical" Democrat tax plan.
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The most infuriating part of the current WA budget debate is the realization you can literally solve everything by just barely taxing the 0.05% richest people by 1%.
That is pretty much the "radical" Democrat tax plan.
That is pretty much the "radical" Democrat tax plan.
You know the @wadems.org have a messaging problem when I found out about their amazingly progressive revenue plan from the Washington State House Republicans. Literally just say #taxtherich and you will get the support.
senatedemocrats.wa.gov/frame/2025/0...
senatedemocrats.wa.gov/frame/2025/0...
Senate Democrats Release 2025 Revenue Proposal - Sen. Noel Frame
Putting People First
senatedemocrats.wa.gov
March 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
You know the @wadems.org have a messaging problem when I found out about their amazingly progressive revenue plan from the Washington State House Republicans. Literally just say #taxtherich and you will get the support.
senatedemocrats.wa.gov/frame/2025/0...
senatedemocrats.wa.gov/frame/2025/0...
Seems timely and relevant. (WA study on a wealth tax for those with more than $250 million in assets)
dor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...
dor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...
dor.wa.gov
March 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Seems timely and relevant. (WA study on a wealth tax for those with more than $250 million in assets)
dor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...
dor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...
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On Monday, federal agents pulled three people over, broke through the windows of their white Chevy Silverado, dragged two brothers from the vehicle, injured them with a Taser and rifle and swept them to a federal immigration jail in Tacoma.
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Violent, warrantless federal arrest shatters family
Federal agents surveilled and detained two men in Spokane Valley, broke into their truck, injured and arrested them as they were going to a court hearing, breaking up a family.
rangemedia.co
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
On Monday, federal agents pulled three people over, broke through the windows of their white Chevy Silverado, dragged two brothers from the vehicle, injured them with a Taser and rifle and swept them to a federal immigration jail in Tacoma.
rangemedia.co/federal-ice-...
rangemedia.co/federal-ice-...
I made the switch. Though this place seems too positive to shitpost. Genuinely not sure what I'm supposed to do now. 😅
November 22, 2024 at 5:55 AM
I made the switch. Though this place seems too positive to shitpost. Genuinely not sure what I'm supposed to do now. 😅