One of my fave questions I've gotten as we launched our campaign for state senate in WA's 43rd LD: "Why do you think it’s important for you, as a first-gen Filipina American, to run for office?" See my answer in this beautiful profile by Northwest Asian Weekly: nwasianweekly.com/2026/03/hann...

Progressive labor rights advocate @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social is challenging Jamie Pedersen, the Washington State Democrats’ majority leader. Many on the left have accused Pedersen of stymying legislation on housing affordability and taxation

Bikes are key to urban financial freedom. Nice to see one featured so prominently!

It was a great conversation between two policy wonks, and I expect to have more in the future!

Something we love to see: More and more bikes being used in campaign announcement videos.

LOOK AT ALL THESE YOUNG PROGRESSIVE WOMEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE!!! 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌

None of our wins to tax the rich & make housing affordable are possible without the grassroots organizing that builds those movements. Super proud to be endorsed by & work shoulder to shoulder with @tech4housing.org to fight for the fair economy we all deserve!

@hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social understands that we need to build more, and faster, and ensure our communities are livable for all of us—and that can’t happen without the courage to tax the wealthiest tech corporations in our state that have built their wealth at our expense.

The cost of housing has doubled over the last 20 years, and solving it will require leaders who we can trust to stand up to powerful corporate lobbies that oppose progress; leaders who are ready to act. @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social #OnYourLeft

I am so excited for Hannah running and winning this seat. Watch this intro from her and I bet you will be too!

For everyone saying we need to primary feckless do-nothing Democrats, here's your chance. If you asked me at any point in the past decade+ which Democrats in Olympia have got to go, my answer would've been the same: Jamie Pedersen. Well, now he has a challenger. Let's do this!

So proud of my wife, Hannah Sabio-Howell, who launched her campaign for State Senate today! She’s running against a 20yr incumbent who takes corporate PAC money. The best way to help is to make a contribution to her campaign and grow our grassroots movement: secure.anedot.com/hannah4senat...

Sitting together on Gemini Room’s little orange couch & bemoaning the absence of breakfast sandwiches were among the many many things I so enjoyed about my conversation with @vivmccall.bsky.social. Check out her incredible write-up! 👇🏽

No one paints a picture of affordable, connected, dense cities, fair economies, & the path to get there like @theurbanist.org. It was so special to sit down with The Urbanist to talk about our vision of a Washington that works for all of us! www.theurbanist.org/2026/03/09/l...

What an honor to sit down with @thestranger.com & share our vision for an affordable future. Thank you for this thoughtful coverage of our fight for a flourishing WA! TL;DR - we're the future. And we're ready to stand up to corporations for the people's agenda. www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

That challenger is @hmshowell.bsky.social, as the article notes.

LET’S GO @hmshowell.bsky.social !!!!!!!!!!!!!

So excited that @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social is running for the 43rd!! hannahforwashington.com

NEW STORY // Labor Leader Sabio-Howell Launches Bid Challenging State Senator Jamie Pedersen By @amysundberg.bsky.social, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/03/09/l...

YES YES YES @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social also the gag at the end of this video makes watching the whole thing more than worthwhile 😂🤣 Cyclists you will appreciate!

It’s OUR time. Today I’m announcing my run for state senate in WA’s 43rd district because we know we can win a Washington we can all afford - but politics as usual won’t get us there. People-power & leadership as visionary as our district will. Learn more and join us at hannahforwashington.com.

You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

We love climate justice & healthy urban gardens & wildfire/flood preparedness & supporting local farmers! 💛

Yes, you vote online! My district isn’t up for election this year, but I’m SO thankful for the work that the Conservation District does. The yearly native bare-root plant sale (still open for a few more days with limited stock: kingcd.org/programs/bet...) is my go-to source for native plants :)))

You reminder that it is time to vote on commissioners for the King Conservation District if you are in D3 (Seattle and Vashon Island)! Learn more about the commission and vote if you’re in D3 online here: kingcd.org/about/board-...

Today is the 4 year anniversary of our first union victory! Since then, we've won over 650 union elections. It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...

Rinck is a one-woman council majority.

Bruce Harrell’s campaign just sent me one of the most out of touch campaign messages I’ve ever received. It says a lot about a person if they think grandparents helping to pay for child care is some kind of scandal. If this is the worst they’ve got on Katie Wilson, that’s practically an endorsement.

It’s been an absolute blast co-chairing this Elections Committee with @hmshowell.bsky.social and with a lot of support from @metropolitanglide.bsky.social, @typewriteralley.bsky.social and other volunteers that make up this committee (which is separate from our board)! Happy to take any questions!

OUR ENDORSEMENTS ARE UP! Find out who @theurbanist.org trusts most to be the visionary & effective champions for our communities that the moment demands. www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...

I have seen some influencer accounts calling for various types of workers to go on strike, or suggesting a boycott the workers have not asked for. Don’t do that. Listen to the workers

leftist media 🤝 right-wing media “A Muslim socialist won NYC’s primary”

Trump is testing the boundaries of his power right now. His military escalation in Los Angeles is a rehearsal for what MAGA wants to do across the nation. That’s why we need millions of Americans to join us tomorrow for peaceful protests on #NoKings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

We should protect the Dreamers and young people who know no other home than America. When DACA is under attack, so are the dreams, hopes, and futures of DACA recipients and their families. Congress must act—DACA must remain in place.

I finally wrote about a Seattle transit topic that comes into my head every single time I'm walking downtown. It's time to bring transit back to First Avenue. www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/11/o...

The scenes from Los Angeles are a stark reminder that Trump's mass deportation agenda has already begun—a deliberate assault on immigrant families that violates our most basic values of human dignity and due process. Make no mistake: these are not targeted operations against dangerous criminals.

The elections committee of @theurbanist.org is doing our all-day back-to-back-Zoom-meeting endorsement interviews this weekend! It’s hours & hours of volunteer time bc we believe connected, affordable, beautiful communities are possible if electeds have the courage & vision to fight for them.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics.  Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

WA’s growing diversity not reflected in elected officials, study finds “Men, white people and those 45 years old and over hold a disproportionate share of elected offices in Washington state, with few exceptions”

ICYMI — a new study by WA Community Alliance just came out in the Seattle Times revealing the extent of the gap between what our communities look like & what our elected leadership looks like. In conclusion: very few legislators are *not* white men over 45 🥴 www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

Fine, I’ll say it: THIS IS NOT FUCKING OKAY. We have to use our voices to speak out against what is happening. We must refuse to let history repeat itself. Reject the racism, and the authoritarianism. Believe in your own power to transform this country. Our future depends on it.

I don’t think I’ve ever hated a trivial thing more than I hate the new iPhone update to the photos app

You can have this idea for free: your spotify wrapped eras make for *perfect* party themes imo. I’m using Vintage Hollywood Harlem Renaissance Jazz for my January bday party mark my words

If you didn't follow the whole city budget process this is a pretty accurate summary of what went down

There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.

I hereby dedicate my first bluesky post to the Seattle Office of Labor Standards. Here’s OLS going after Uber (again) for trying to steal from workers (again). Enforcement & labor rights education are THE way to make those rights real in the lives of workers. www.seattletimes.com/business/ube...

Whoa!

Americans support the two engines of opportunity at the core of AFT: the labor movement and public ed. Voters approved school funding measures across the country, and they rejected or repealed school voucher proposals everywhere they were on the ballot. www.aft.org/column/fight...

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️