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Kirkland opponents of “La Quinta” PSH certainly won’t be shy to use this. Fortunately the most vociferous opponents running for Kirkland City Council were defeated.
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Kudos to
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The Urbanist
17 days ago
NEW STORY // Kirkland Voters Maintain the City’s Course, Rejecting Anti-Growth Push By Ryan Packer via
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Kirkland Voters Maintain the City’s Course, Rejecting Anti-Growth Push » The Urbanist
# Despite significant spending to steer the Kirkland City Council toward a more slow growth direction, voters elected progressives in three out of four races. In the end, the election seemed to show m...
https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/kirkland-voters-reject-anti-growth-push/
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Way past time for generational change in Democratic leadership. My Seattle Times LTE.
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Democrats: Time for generational leadership change
Re: “Democrats made their point. And the shutdown needed to end” (Nov. 13, Opinion): Really David Horsey?: “Senate Democratic caucus defectors did their colleagues a big favor.” And what about the fav...
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/democrats-time-for-generational-leadership-change/
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Yep buying houses w/ sub-minimum wages … wonder where those “finds” are? Absurd but tragically too many will believe it.
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25 days ago
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25 days ago
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Charlotte Clymer
27 days ago
The
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Great news!
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28 days ago
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New Dem motto: “We are now all Susan Collins”
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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Ann Telnaes
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Trump on 60 Minutes
CBS's big fat bribe and a big fat bullshit interview
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-on-60-minutes
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From the always brilliant & brave
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They gotta go … now is not a moment too soon. Such feckless “leadership.” I wouldn’t be surprised if cowardly, not-too-bright Chuck once again caves on the budget/shutdown.
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Respected as pedestrians …
www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/28/s...
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Sunday Video: CityNerd and Kenji López-Alt Visit Pike Place Market » The Urbanist
# CityNerd host Ray Delahanty was recently in Seattle and made a video with food blogger Kenji López-Alt while he was in town, focusing on what makes Pike Place Market great. Obviously, the recent (pa...
https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/28/sunday-video-citynerd-and-kenji-lopez-alt-visit-pike-place-market/
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The Kirkland City Council just approved Week Without Driving proclamation. This year’s week is Sep 29-Oct 5. More info in press advisory from Disability Rights WA.
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How Would You Get Around If You Couldn't Drive Yourself? - Disability Rights Washington
Washington State, September 29 to October 5, 2025 -- Imagine your life without driving. Could you navigate your daily routines, reach your workplace, doctor's office, or connect with loved ones? This ...
https://disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-you-get-around-if-you-couldnt-drive-yourself/
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Holding on to this.
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Shannon Watts
3 months ago
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
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To emphasize: Q: “Why does the Times use the word "explicit" when Trump has ZERO authority?👀” A: Because the NYT is an unrepentant, cowardly “both siderism” mouthpiece.
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Guess 200 days of sycophant training now qualifies one for the presidency!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
4 months ago
In addition to creating a joyous event, Zohran Mamdani just showed the stupidity of Fox News's "Crime is so bad in New York City, people are afraid to go out in the street or take the subway!!!"
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I know Gavin is making the biggest splash, but
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4 months ago
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Just do it Dems! Stop this nonsense of letting MAGAs cheat w/o in-kind retaliation. Otherwise you are selling our democracy down the drain — and the so-called high road becomes the low road to authoritarianism.
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Love Marc Elias. I don’t love gun analogies but in this case so viscerally apt: if they bring pistols we should bring machine guns!
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That’s putting it nicely.
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4 months ago
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Bothell’s pedestrian street — how great is that!
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Kudos to Bothell City Council! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/b...
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Bothell Drops Parking Mandates, Legalizes Neighborhood Corner Stores Citywide » The Urbanist
# Bothell becomes the first city in either King or Snohomish County to fully eliminate off-street parking mandates in order to reduce costs for homebuilding. The move clearly solidifies the city as a ...
https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/10/bothell-drops-parking-mandates-legalizes-corner-stores-citywide/?mc_cid=4b5f8214d4&mc_eid=0f3a3ece5a
5 months ago
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Beautiful day for a parade and great turnout of
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Kurt For Kirkland
6 months ago
One of the fundamental rights we cherish in our community is the freedom of expression. Unfortunately, we are seeing that right undermined by the illegal theft and destruction of political signs—from my campaign and from others. 🧵
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#NoKings
6 months ago
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4-5K peacefully and enthusiastically marched in Kirkland WA just across the lake from Seattle where 70,000+ gathered!
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Sen. Murray on the verge of tears defending democracy … powerful. NO KINGS ❌👑 tomorrow (Sat). Use our voices!
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In Speech, Sen. Murray Slams Trump Admin for Aggressively Detaining Sen. Padilla at Press Conference
YouTube video by Senator Patty Murray
https://youtu.be/Xi-PkNtZvS0
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Senator Alex Padilla
6 months ago
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Eastsiders, pls join “No Kings" ❌👑 protest this Sat. June 14, organized by Indivisible Eastside. The march thru downtown Kirkland begins at 11:30am@6th & Central Way w/ rally at Marina Park. Be part of the 1800 events nationwide to halt the "autocratic breakthrough”!
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NO KINGS - Eastside/Kirkland · No Kings
Multi-faceted event. Protest/March/Food Drive/Rally with speakers. ** See up-to-date event details including march route and rally location at: https://bit.ly/IE-Rally-Details ** Please take Public...
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/793861/
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Great tour, beautiful gardens, thanks to all the volunteers!
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Anna Zivarts
6 months ago
It was a 6 year old.
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I post about the intersection constantly because I cross it with my kid to get to the Beacon dance studio and it's so horrible the stress of getting home through here usually ruins my Friday evenings.
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Highlights work of Bothell WA’s
@caryw.bsky.social
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We Can’t Solve the Housing Crisis While Making Infill This Hard
The rules weren’t made for small-scale housing — and that’s quietly driving up costs. Here’s a look at how the system makes affordability harder to deliver.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/7/we-cant-solve-the-housing-crisis-while-making-infill-this-hard
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Oh poor “ holier than thou” Jack … maybe do your real job and report on the utter catastrophe of the current president? Oh that would require guts & real journalism.
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Laurence H. Tribe
7 months ago
Trump’s pretense that he’s fighting antisemitism has always been a transparent fig leaf for using real antisemitism to destroy universities, as illustrated by his hosting on May 23 of cryptocurrency investors whose coins bear slogans like “F*CK THE JEWS.”
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So many disturbing things happening at US-Canadian border caused by US Customs & Border Patrol. If you’re planning to cross, note: “And CBP is planning to log everyone who leaves the country at the border as they enter Canada and Mexico, with photos taken …”
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Additional checkpoints pop up at two WA U.S.-Canada border crossings
At least two extra security checkpoints have popped up at border crossings in Blaine. That led to a long delay for one traveler.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/additional-checkpoints-pop-up-at-two-wa-u-s-canada-border-crossings/
7 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
MURRAY: How many staff have been cut from the NIH's clinical center? I want a specific number RFK Jr: I can't tell you that MURRAY: That's not acceptable
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7 months ago
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NYC Congestion Pricing for the win! Though trump inc. still trying to squash it and paint public transit as unsafe despite decreasing crime.
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Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/11/upshot/congestion-pricing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Looks like the Pike Place Market pedestrianization — after decades of debates — is working great! We can do this Kirkland!! “There’s some real beauty about all those interconnected pieces that just make for a really inspiring and pleasant journey.”
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‘Vastly more walkable’: Seattle’s Pike Place Market tests car ban
After decades of debate, local leaders hope revitalized public spaces and a restriction on non-essential vehicles will make the Market more connected.
https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2025/05/vastly-more-walkable-seattles-pike-place-market-tests-car-ban
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jamelle
7 months ago
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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Attorney General Nick Brown
7 months ago
Today’s decision is right on the law and will save lives. Large capacity magazines are used in the overwhelming majority of mass shootings, and reducing the toll of these senseless killings is vitally important.
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Gun ruling: WA high court upholds ban on high-capacity magazines
The Legislature passed the ban in 2022. It allows for the continued possession of high-capacity magazines, but bans their sale or purchase in Washington.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gun-ruling-wa-high-court-upholds-ban-on-high-capacity-magazines
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Ryan Packer
7 months ago
Governor Bob Ferguson just signed SB 5184, the Parking Reform and Modernization Act, into law. People>Parking.
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Ryan Packer
7 months ago
Washington's rent stabilization bill, HB 1217, is now law.
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So WA Post gets a Pulitzer for brilliant work of
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
who quit the Post after it killed her now famous trump cartoon. Congrats to Ann, continuing shame on Post.
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