I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

🎉 happy indigent defense appellate caseload reduction order day to all who celebrate 🎉 www.courts.wa.gov/content/publ...

We need to hold elected officials accountable for votes that go against their campaign rhetoric. See screenshot below from 2023 campaign season @hacksandwonks.bsky.social interview. In a district that Katie Wilson won by 16 points we really need a more reliable progressive voice in D3.

Cool, tell him to fund the county public defender’s office then! To work with the union!

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Will's Unexpected Tips For A Better Life: - Slow down - Go cycling - Less is more - You don't NEED more new & shiny things - Once you can afford food & basics, stop chasing money - Time > money - Possessions don't determine your value - Stop wearing branded clothes. Are you a free billboard?

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: “I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

Starving people is a weapon of control. So, too, is controlling and attacking the media, attacking science and higher ed, and using the military against citizens and innocent people. All weapons of control.

As of today, approximately 1,800 challenged ballots were outstanding in Seattle, with the mayor's race likely to be decided by hundreds of votes. Visit the link below to check that your ballot has been counted, and if not, what you need to do next.

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

This is the election equivalent of a 15-inning ALCS game jfc

PSA for Seattle procrastinators: If you're voting today or tomorrow, USE A DROP BOX, NOT THE MAIL! The USPS won't guarantee your timely ballot is postmarked on time. Locations of ballot boxes: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec... More details: publicola.com/2025/10/03/p...

There’s nothing spookier than the prospect of another Harrell term. Vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

I’m sorry y’all the Seattle mayoral race is straight up hilarious. A millionaire incumbent trying to paint his opponent who is raising a 2 year old in a 1 bedroom apartment as out of touch lol

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)

Also, if you aren’t the door knocking type you can probably text 10 people you know with your favorite candidates and a reminder to get ballots in on November 4th! Talk to parents at school pick up! Mention the election after yoga or at the dog park.

He’s relentless.

For defendants facing criminal charges from the Justice Department, the costs of fighting are enormous and can reverberate for years, according to veteran attorneys.

People notice this? And it makes them do crimes? What?

Geno Suarez hits a Grand Slam to put the Mariners up 6-2 and seal Game 5 of the ALCS! "The City is Shaking!" #SeizeTheMoment

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional. All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.

Thinking about him today

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

Due to rising food costs, the 5-second rule has hereby been extended to 10 seconds. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Important to note that retail theft has *decreased* at this location and is lower than other stores that aren’t closing. Using retail theft as an excuse to close this store (and as a campaign prop) isn’t supported by data.

Covid is at its highest point in a year in King County, with nearly twice the normal number of people visiting the ER every week for Covid-related symptoms or complications. It’s part of a nationwide Covid wave.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been less than two weeks since Seattle voters rejected the status quo and made clear that they support our vision for a more affordable, democratic Seattle. Hear why they chose Katie in their own words.

Criminalizing parents after their kids are killed while doing something normal - crossing a street - has to stop. This whole story is sickening.

Feeling so grateful to each and every person who supported our campaign! Together we advocated for real change in the criminal legal system—to end cash bail, stop punishing poverty, and hold powerful organizations like SPD accountable. And this is not the end! Let’s continue this work together ❤️

I knew I voted for the right candidate when I ran into @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social’s husband and child on the light rail leaving the election night party. Can’t wait to have you as our next mayor, Katie!

Schizophrenia is not a crime. Bipolar disorder is not a crime. Addiction is not a crime.

NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show. “They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in Feb. 2020, an officer knelt on his neck while another shocked him with a Taser. Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”

Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves — this weekend.

Even in this highly biased rigged charade, a third of jurors in the inquest decided SPD was criminally liable for Mr. Faletogo’s death. What’s the word for being “criminally liable” for a homicide again…? www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/22/o...

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in PA said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries. By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.

The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

Among my regular passengers on the 44 are two young boys who ride with their grandma from California and 6th Ave all the way to Silver and Palou. The older brother is possibly a 2nd grader. Last night as they were getting off my bus, he handed me this hand made envelope.

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations