The Millionaires Tax is up for a vote on the Senate floor. Senators need to join 61% of Washingtonians in supporting this bill. The wealthy should pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes so that working people can pay a lower percentage. #WALeg

Clip from @king5news.com.web.brid.gy: the #MillionairesTax saw lots of powerful statements from B&PC @elitaylorgoss.bsky.social, Molly Gallagher (Statewide Poverty Action Network) + Jed Fowler (business owner), all in favor of this policy that'd help fix WA’s inequitable tax code #WaLeg

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷

Causing Jeff Bezos to flee our state should be a point of pride for Washington.

It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.

❤️

We have to talk about Alexis Mercedes Rinck's speech today.

This is your city — that means that you belong here, you have a right to be here and to live a dignified life, whatever your background and whatever your income. wilson.seattle.gov/2026/01/02/m...

Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.

This is only a proposal: what the governor puts out there doesn't have the force of law. If you think this is a bad idea and are willing to speak, you should plan to Zoom in on Monday and Tuesday afternoons (January 12th and 13th) to tell the Legislature's fiscal committees what you think. #waleg

I love Seattle

Fuck you I’m gonna rally even harder this pride month. We will never give an inch back on this. Freedom for all, forever 🏳️‍🌈✊🏻

Hello, team universal healthcare jumping in. The Washington Health Trust is in the House and the Senate, but will it get a work session, public hearing, or a vote? Bills have been introduced since the 90s. It's time to pass one. wholewashington.org/legislature/

What exactly will our transition team do? I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about it. #thisisyourcity

The Well Washington Fund - House Bill 2100 - is now live. Join the fight to fund higher education, housing, and healthcare in Washington in the face of federal austerity today: forms.gle/mUDoNaLWWYzi...

“We acknowledge today that we are inside the unceded one-bedroom rental of tenants who previously leased this unit until they were evicted when they couldn’t afford the skyrocketing rent.”

Hearing a rumor recently I hadn't been hearing a few weeks ago: transportation committee chair Alexis Mercedes Rinck?

This is brilliant.

Across the country, Starbucks workers are on an Unfair Labor Practice strike for a fair first contract, and I know which side I’m on. Baristas make Starbucks an extraordinarily wealthy company. They are entitled to their fair share of that wealth and to benefits and fair treatment on the job.

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

Vote vote vote!

Good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 9.7% in September! That's four months of solid data showing the pedestrianization pilot is good for business. Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...

Imagine the functionality of Seattle government 😍

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Seattle #NoKings, Pike Place

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings #Seattle

“Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to GO!” #seattle #nokings

I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.

These folks are doing all the work for @zohrankmamdani via their boneheaded idiocy www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries

Powerful words of truth and solidarity from Council Speaker Adrienne Adams today. We have your back, Tish James.

Local Queens Miss Texas 1988 and Harper Bizarre hosted a debate watch party at Neighbours Nightclub, and they took a minute to share why Katie is the candidate who stands with artists, performers, and Seattle’s LGBTQ+ community.

Wilson notes that the police department appears to be filling ICE records requests far faster than they are for journalists (I'm still waiting on records requested more than two years ago, for instance.) www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-poli...

"Cascade PBS isn’t reducing pay for any of the organization’s remaining employees, including its executives, a spokesperson said. Dunlop’s annual pay has topped $500,000."

BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."

Cleaning up Cal Anderson!

I’m not saying you shouldn’t do this, but let’s all just vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social instead!

We can't wait for Councilmember Dionne Foster to take her place in November 🤭

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

The Land Use Committee just passed my Roots to Roofs bill 4-1! If passed by the Full Council on 9/23 the pilot will grant density bonus’s to get more community-led affordable housing built through Seattle. A big thank you to the stakeholders and community organizations who got us this far. 💖

By a 4-1 vote, the Seattle Council's land use committee just approved @alexis4seattle.bsky.social's Roots to Roofs bonus pilot program, which retools the Connected Communities program that was rejected by the same committee in 2024. CM Rivera cast the no vote. www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/30/r...

Amazon is trying to buy Seattle’s election! Send your Democracy Vouchers or donate money to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to help cancel Corporate PAC spending. #ThisIsYourCity WilsonForSeattle.com

Bernie’s speech on empathy in Concord, NH.

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

Washington fire crews - already operating with fewer resources after the State Legislature cut $60m from its Wildfire Response Account this year - are now suffering border patrol raids. We all lose when local austerity echoes authoritarianism. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This is disappointing

OK, just one more before I'm officially on vacation! Enjoy. An Interview With the Creator of the Seattle City Council Sock Puppets publicola.com/2025/08/27/a...