My statement in regard to comments made by State Representative John Gillette of Arizona:

Republicans want to rip away healthcare from millions of Americans and MAGA has forced a govt shutdown to do it #trumpshutdown #truthbrigade

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Seattleites: can we have bus lanes? SDOT under Bruce Harrell: the best I can do is get rid of the agua fresca vendors

What's behind President Trump's executive order deeming anti-fascists to be terrorists? Investigative journalist @willpotter.bsky.social says it's a "radical escalation" in the administration's "war on dissent and the war on protest."

“I think we're going to test ABC out on this. Let's see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.” I don’t think he’s ever been quite this explicit about his extortion.

Post now deleted, more or less confirming it was a DM. Great opsec!

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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‘LOST’ creator Damon Lindelof pledges not to work with @Disney unless Kimmel is reinstated, and Matt Belloni says other Hollywood talent will likely soon do the same.

A once in 10 year opportunity to end our housing crisis and 2 of 9 councilmembers missed critical votes.

Sorry D2. You didn’t get a vote on the Comprehensive Plan today.

I just called Disney+ to cancel my account and had the most joyful interaction with an operator who was laughing the entire time about how many people had canceled today. I can only imagine how it feels to spend an entire day witnessing how many people want to stop fascism.

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Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

Oh a forced sale to regime allies? Shocker.

“Unlike previous surveillance methods, new digital tools allow law enforcement agencies to conduct surveillance persistently, universally, at an unimaginable scale. They can do so with no special permission, no oversight and no advance planning.”

1. We do not know the motive of the shooter. The man who shot at Trump was after attention. 2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs. 3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.

Seattle City Council - except @alexis4seattle.bsky.social - is the WORST. Unbelievable. So incredibly disappointed. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This is incredibly silly. Of course he did. What even is the alternate theory of the case? You're not obligated to treat it as some kind of seriously open question just because Trump denies it.

Heartening to see such a high turnout! Hopefully city council will actually listen to the people 🤞

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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

I am usually more sanguine than some others when the Supreme Court hands down nasty opinions, but y'all, I am really stuck on Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo. Presidential immunity was dangerous but unsurprising. Many other shadow docket rulings have been dumbfounding. Today was nakedly invidious.

Why? Well, for starters, 300 ICE agents have been moved to Chicago, leaving only about 300 in LA County which is about what we had before Trump took office. Why are they leaving? Because LA made their jobs TOO FUCKING HARD. LA Organized. LA sat on corners outside Home Depots with radios. 5/

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Mask up!

“We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”

SPD has started integrating private cameras into its RTCC. SPD, and everyone it shares data with, already has warrantless on-demand access to 456 private cameras. communityconnectseattle.org This makes everyone less safe. www.404media.co/home-depot-a...

The @nytimes.com ran a whole story about the murder of Venezuelan civilians on a ship as if it were a military matter and we were at war with Venezuela. It was a crime. The story never mentioned that Trump ordered a criminal act and the Navy followed an illegal order. This is a major event.

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mamdani had his fourth meeting with jeffries, and jeffries continues to withhold an endorsement in a race against a corrupt cop, a fascist, and a sex criminal who intentionally handed the state senate to republicans and gerrymandered against the democrats.

Unite w/ over 1000 current & former HHS employees (includes CDC) in the call for RFK Jr’s immediate removal as HHS Secretary. saveHHS.org RFK Jr’s attacks on CDC affect health & safety of the nation. Public health is based on evidence & science not personal or political agendas. #USAnotRFK #SaveHHS

Great episode about mass surveillance #seattle city council pushing through. Please contact your council member by 9/9 and tell them not to expand the program. Here’s a sample email + council member info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

“Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health.” Courage is contagious! 3 CDC Directors resigned. 9 former CDC leaders write an op-ed. Who will catch courage next? What act of courage are you planning for this week? Gift link to op-ed: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o... @nytimes.com

I am getting ALL the vaccines! I have multiple appointments for the flu, Covid, and pneumonia vaccines—CVS and work. I am hoping next week’s appt happens; I don’t that the flu shot is recommended for late Sept. If my CVS appt works, I will cancel the work appt. I got my shingles vaccine already.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." ~ Anne Lamott

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Come on @democrats.org. WTF are you doing? Stand up and fight back.

Still bizarre to me to see Democratic leaders just sitting on the sidelines of this all-important fight.

The Democratic Party is reliant on a corporate wing of consultants and wealthy donors they do not infarct with everyday citizens and they are unable to understand that their increasingly rightwing wealth class bubble is not the real world. They will continue losing unless we take the party back.

Melissa was able to visit Zahid recently and asked us to share his statement. He is currently in an isolation cell. From Melissa: “He can't even see a clock to tell day from night, and he's still under the 24/7 bright light exposure. This has to stop.”