Rick Steve's is pushing them too hard.

Sounders fans are amazing. Their #PlayYourKids era started with putting a 16-year-old on the field in the CCL final, which they dominated and won. And that counts as *frustrating.* Nobody does “never-satisfied delusional supporter” like the folks in Seattle. 29 other fanbases have got to step up.

The President does not have power to wage war. He was already guilty of child sexual abuse & ripping the Constitution to shreds, & now, he’s a mass murderer. Impeachment, conviction & removal are not enough. Trump & his enablers must be punished. No War in Venezuela. New York Nuremberg instead.

Colombia has declared an emergency OAS and UN meeting, President Petro demands they convene immediately. #VenezuelaInvasion

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has declared a state of emergency, calls on all citizens to mobilize and defend against the US invasion. Citizen Militias nationwide have been preparing to join national forces for months to fight the invaders. #VenezuelaInvasion

At least 7 explosions heard in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, followed by a low-flying aircraft, say media reports.

i'm obsessed with seattle dogs now. they're so versatile. you can just slather some cream cheese on a bun and nuke a dog at home, you can add mustard or jalapenos or literally anything else and i think it still counts, or you can get pro-level dog at a cart with whatever u want, sky's the limit

Throughout their win vs Botswana at AFCON, a DR Congo supporter replicated the stance of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in African and Congolese independence who was assassinated in 1961 following a joint plot between political opponents, Belgium, the US, and UK 🇨🇩

*... A US official said that the purpose of the oil blockade is to cause an “economic calamity” that could force Maduro from power. However, a new piece argues that US pressure is unlikely to unseat the leader* cepr.net/publications...

No Country for Land Man

This Friday, January 2, at 10am at Seattle City Hall, Katie Wilson will be sworn in as the 58th Mayor of Seattle.

Flip flops for vulcan toes?

Top Plays of 2025: No. 9️⃣ A ROCKET from Paulie v. LAFC sent Lumen Field into pandemonium!

Beacon Ave is currently closed to cars

An important article on how the US., under both Republican and Democratic administrations, continued to support the corrupt, repressive Honduran strongman Hernández. He was finally sentenced to decades in jail for cocaine trafficking, only to be pardoned by Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Open pipe gas blasting

December 23, 2025 7:30 PM ET: “Polling from YouGov found that only about 34 percent of US Americans support the blockade of Venezuela, a number that would likely be even lower if the dire humanitarian impact of the policy — and its illegal nature — were more widely covered” cepr.net/publications...

Blob Flerg

It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months. It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.

Free light rail, bus, Sounder, water taxi, and streetcar rides in the Seattle area on New Year's Eve! 🚆🚌🛥️🎆 kingcountymetro.blog/2025/12/22/k...

Throaticle Hill

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Starbucks Workers Set up Strike Camp at Company Headquarters. Workers Say They’ll Be There 24/7 Until Starbucks Bargains Fairly.

HAPPENING NOW: 100s of striking Starbucks workers and community allies are gathering in front of Starbucks's headquarters in Seattle. If the company continues to ignore our calls for fair contracts and resolving unfair labor practices, we'll keep getting louder! #NoContractNoCoffee

*9:10 AM ET: The Congressional Progressive Caucus deputy chair, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), issued a statement last night following the defeat in the House of two War Powers Resolutions: ...* cepr.net/publications...

*December 17, 2025 9:30 PM ET: Venezuela asked the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to hold an emergency meeting over U.S. actions* cepr.net/publications...

*8:48 AM ET: Venezuela has begun providing oil tankers with naval escorts* cepr.net/publications...

The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?

🚨 Flood Warning issued December 17 at 3:23PM PST by NWS Seattle WA 🚨 Additional Details Here.

Puka doing an antisemitic “dance” with that maga streamer is nuts, i need someone on Seattle’s defense to knock his ass out

Amazon will try to fucking murder workers by keeping them in a flood zone after an evacuation order but trust them! they care about people www.aboutamazon.com/news/communi...

Washington Huskies win the NCAA Men's national soccer championship.

Real talk, Capitol Hill is the best.

This is the Snoqualmie River flooding over NE 124th east of Redmond. The roundabout in the second photo is on SR203 south of Duvall. The road floods every time there is river flooding; this level is extra high. The river drains to the Skykomish in Monroe, then to the Snohomish. It’s all connected.

ALL-TIME RECORD CREST! The Cedar River is so high it’s hitting bridges in downtown Renton. Scary and incredible to see. Thanks to my friend in town for sharing this video. #wawx

Maybe we should take this whole climate change thing seriously

Attention: many parts of the Duwamish and Green River Trail are closed to access this morning due to flooding concerns

In Seattle

He’s redistributing money from the urban cores that they’re terrorizing with ethnic pogroms to pay off his base for their loyalty

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

one of my favorite tags, haven’t seen it in a while

The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.

Paraguay, Australia, and a possible Turkey in Group D for the #USMNT How are we feeling about the draw for Mauricio Pochettino’s team?

Watching world cup draw . Tom Brady plastic surgery is a botch job.

let's go down the list of largest cities with Republican mayors and see what our new World Cup landscape looks like 1. Dallas 2. Fort Worth okay, so, Texas, no surprise here 3. Oklahoma City look, they do okay with the Thunder I guess, even if they should still be the Sonics 4. Fresno ruh roh

*From Venezuela to Iran, the United States can always find ambitious would-be leaders willing to advocate regime change. But they don’t have their countries’ best interests in mind* by Andrew Ancheta International www.currentaffairs.org/news/washing...

Larry Summers has been wrong on the wrong side of every economic debate, but that didn’t stop centrist institutions from listening to him. Robert Kuttner argues that’s because Summers is the exact kind of economist oligarchs want: trib.al/cUNhGd9