Every day, this seems more and more like a viable solution.

In the heat of the ACA chaos, remember this simple truth: None of this mess happens with universal healthcare. If you're done watching healthcare become a political bargaining chip every time the government faces a shutdown or budget cut, stop waiting and start acting.🧵👇

After the news today that the Democratic Party has failed us, it's clearly time for #Cascadia to move forward on universal health care for the residents of WA & OR: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-des...

Excited for a new regional hockey rivalry: Seattle Torrent versus the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

"Accepting nothing but a pinky promise from Republicans isn’t a compromise – it’s capitulation.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hey Seattle voters. The mayor's race may come down to a slim margin of votes, so check TODAY to make sure your signature was validated and ballot was counted. There are easy steps to correct things if your ballot was rejected: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

ICE are the bad guys

A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.

🔥🔥🔥

When you're at the gay bathhouse with two dudes on either side of you.

Washington, we can have universal healthcare! @wholewashington.org wholewashington.org/actions/

Bruce take taco

WA Democrats: how on earth could we ever increase programs keeping our residents safe from Trump's threatened cuts to health care, transportation, and food benefits? I mean, that would require TAXING THE WEALTHY which we are very very scared of.

Zahilay wins the county exec race...

Hoo boy, it's close.

WA Democratic leaders tell legislators "fuck off, we have no more money," forever chemicals found in dead sea otters, and a new historic film, Train Dreams, is set in the timber camps of 1920s #Cascadia. www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

LET'S GOOOOOO! #Cascadia

Amid Federal Cuts and State Austerity, The City Must Step Up and Pass a Budget that Puts People First In a guest post, City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck says the budget should prioritize people who stand to lose most during state and federal cuts. publicola.com/2025/11/06/a...

"Mutual aid is about taking care of one another. It has long been a foundation of revolutionary movements." My latest essay for #Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/mutual-aid-i...

Pretty big turnaround in the latest (small) batch of about 36,000 Seattle ballots, which went 51.6 percent for Katie Wilson and 48.1 percent for incumbent Bruce Harrell. Overall, the new numbers are 52.6 Harrell, 46.9 Wilson. Yesterday, those numbers were 53.8 Harrell, 45.7 Wilson.

Next ballot drop, at 4 pm today, should be instructive.

New turnout numbers in Seattle suggest that only about half the ballots are in, with nearly 55 percent of voters in the city casting ballots. Two thirds of those are drop box votes (rather than mail-in), and the numbers now suggest that only about half the ballots have been counted.

keep thinking how these generally aren't free but are heavily subsidized in EU (our daycare in bayern was ~$130 a month, annual transit pass in vienna is just €365 for amazing system)... and that this affordable aspect is not radical - it is in fact liberating www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Here's the latest news from #Cascadia: Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell increased his lead over Katie Wilson, ICE raids are spreading "racial terror" in Portland suburbs and Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants to slash arts funding to give cops raises: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Police Chief Shon Barnes Fires Two of SPD's Top Civilian Staff The two longtime SPD command staff were reportedly shut out of major decisions in favor of Barnes' inner circle. publicola.com/2025/11/05/p...

Huh.

NEW STORY // Wilson Trails in Early Results, Seattle Mayor’s Race on Nailbiter Course by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/w...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a 7-percentage-point lead (53.3% to 46.2%) over progressive challenger Katie Wilson. But there is a very good chance he will end up losing. 🧵 1/7

It's an election edition of #Cascadia Journal: Katie Wilson trails Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayor's race but late votes could close the gap, progressives prevailed in other races, and Cascadia struggles in record-breaking fed shutdown: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Progressive challenger Erika Evans defeats Republican incumbent Ann Davison in 2025 contest for Seattle City Attorney Evans, a former federal prosecutor who worked under Pete Holmes, will take over for Davison on New Year's Day 2026, but will begin her transition this week in order to get started…

Progressives are poised to flip the balance of power in Burien, with Sam Méndez poised to win the open seat, Rocco DeVito on track to beat incumbent Stephanie Mora, and the council's two left-leaning incumbents - Sarah Moore and Hugo Garcia - likely to retain their seats.

Uncertain Outcome in Mayor's Race While Progressive Council, City Attorney Candidates Celebrate Wins publicola.com/2025/11/04/u...

On late breaking votes that will generally favor Katie Wilson, volunteer Ron Davis told me "I think we're going to win, but I'm going to sleep with my butt cheeks tightly clenched until Friday."

In other news, Republican city Attorney Ann Davison is getting crushed.

Sitting in the back corner with the press corps

Katie Wilson has a bid deficit to overcome in the mayor's race but a campaign consultant told me "we don't feel like it's an insurmountable deficit. Probably won't know the final results until next week.

Wilson tells the crowd her results, down seven points, 46- 53 to Bruce Harrell are "promising numbers." This one will be close in the end but it's a big deficit to overcome

Wilson and campaign manager Alex Gallo Brown waiting for results soon...

A lot of energy at Katie Wilson's campaign party awaiting results @ericacbarnett.bsky.social

Katie Wilson's daughter Josie also in the house....

Got to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's election night party a little early; here's what it looked like a few minutes after 7, an hour before the first results come in. Photos by Josh Feit and me.

It's standing room only at Katie Wilson's campaign party at El Centro de la Raza at the moment...

Katie Wilson's press consultant Jake Simpson says the campaign knocked on 50k doors, he's "cautiously optimistic" about recent polling.

Katie Wilson just arrived...

Learning Mamdani is leading while riding the Link is the most urbanist Seattle thing ever.

Seattle, you have two hours to turn those ballots in. Are you going to let NYC make us look bad?

Friends, you have three hours to get those ballots to a ballot box. Make it so.

As Mayor, Harrell Paid for Luxury Upgrades on City Trips, Including a $12,000 Flight and a $1,000-a-Night Hotel Now he wants voters to believe he represents the working class—and that his opponent, renter Katie Wilson, is an out-of touch-elite. publicola.com/2025/11/04/h...

FUCK HAHAHAHA

Just delivered 2,008 pounds of food to Rainier Valley and Jewish Family Service food banks. Thank you, Seattle! You're demonstrating we can take care of our neighbors when the feds cut critical SNAP food aid.