Very much looking forward to participating on this panel!

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Black woman surrounded by a bunch of face covered cowards on the DC metro. 7-4-26

Joketellers Union RETURNS to Clock-Out Lounge JULY 8 Tickets: clockoutlounge.com/tm-event/emm...

Can someone please do a wellness check on my guy, @vertvoltapress.bsky.social after Australia's penalty kick fiasco??? 😂

Seattle under socialism...

One of my favorite conversations ever on the pod! Eddie Glaude joined us to talk America at 250: the fairy tale version of our history vs. the real one, Baldwin, Douglass, grief, patriotism, and what it means to actually grow up as a country. Equal parts history lesson and needed reality check!

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️

ICE is more active than ever in the Seattle area. Maps show where people have reported seeing ICE in the last two weeks. (Iceout.org, 6/17-7/1). Each red pin is an arrest or raid.

The Georgetown Steam Plant once backed up the region's power grid. Today, a community coalition is working to reimagine the historic South End landmark as a campus for arts, science, climate resilience, and public memory in the Duwamish Valley. Read here:

Today on the podcast, @janehu.bsky.social is joined by all of her producers to discuss the best things to do in July. Plus a history lesson on Seafair from @samjleeds.bsky.social! 🎧

PSA to every campaign texting me over the last hour: I was not on The Stranger's endorsement board this cycle. I swear that my only power is deciding which of your texts to leave on read.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson handily dismantled Justice Clarence Thomas' double-speak dissent to the majority ruling projecting birthright citizenship. #BirthrightCitizenship

Number of NBA/WNBA championships won by New York: In the 50 years before Zohran Mamdani elected mayor: 2 of 86 In the 8 months since Zohran Mamdani elected mayor: 3 of 3

BY a 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined the U.S. Constitution has plain words that actually mean what they say. In a dissenting opinion, Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch & Kavanaugh argue they are dread pirates and therefore the U.S. Constitution is more a guideline than a hard rule.

It’s important to understand that the Court is now just an arm of the oligarchy. This decision strips the people of the right to limit the role of money in politics. It gives billionaires special rights to buy our elections. A precondition of oligarchy.

Thank the lord I can stop being a reluctant laker fan!

Today would've been my brother's 29th birthday. Missing him today, and every day. Love you always.

This week for the pod, Nora and I talk with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about what Democrats keep getting wrong, why "moderation" too often means surrender, and what it looks like to fight for Medicare for All, civil rights, affordable housing, and a politics that actually delivers.

Today on the podcast, @mhgreen3000.bsky.social and @bretthamil.bsky.social discuss the record-setting attendance at the Juneteenth World Cup event last week and the collision of Pride weekend with the Egypt-Iran match — two countries where being queer can mean facing prison or the death penalty.

This week on In the Meanwhile: while ICE detention centers face hunger strikes and cruelty masquerades as policy, we talk with Father Ray Riding, a 76-year-old priest accompanying migrants at the border, about faith, solidarity, and why love is still stronger than hate.

It was an honor to speak about the significance of Juneteenth as Seattle prepares to host the USMNT's World Cup match against Australia on Friday.

We'll be tabling here on Friday during @mhgreen3000.bsky.social's talk with Senator Chris Murphy. Come out and say hello!

On the heels of Bill Gates’ congressional questioning over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Nora and I revisit our conversation with journalist Tim Schwab, author of The Bill Gates Problem. He examines wealth, power, philanthropy, reputation, and the myths that protect billionaires from scrutiny.

Once again, Homer in Beacon Hill really does deserve *so much* love for paying its employees during a fire-caused closure. And we should absolutely be highlighting worker-owned cooperatives like Jude’s (or newly opened Pidgin in Interbay). Thank you @mhgreen3000.bsky.social !!!

Cities keep hearing the same pitch: "Give us tax breaks, incentives, and subsidies, or we'll leave." My latest piece asks why we treat multinational corporations and neighborhood businesses as the same thing. One can relocate at the stroke of a CEO's pen. The other is already home.

well that was some crystal clear audio right there

Politicized incompetence at the hands of Bari Weiss. RIP editorial independence and journalistic integrity at CBS News

This week on In The Meanwhile, we spoke with Loretta Ross to talk about Calling In. We discussed call-out culture, coalition-building, accountability, and why winning people over is often more powerful than writing them off. One of my favorite conversations ever.

For decades, we sold young people one definition of success. In Federal Way, I met students discovering another. Visiting Federal Way's pre-apprenticeship program left me hopeful about what happens when young people can finally see themselves in the future they're building.

Was the right time to evoke the Allen Iverson "We talking about practice" rant!

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and I journey from the spectacle of Zuckerberg’s $300 million yacht docking in Seattle as 1,400 workers lose their jobs to a convo with Jaelynn Scott about trans safety, housing justice, "grace in the streets."

Thank you to @citycastseattle.bsky.social for this convo about what actually makes businesses thrive in Seattle, and which actually should. Spoiler: the ones paying workers decently, staying rooted in community, and not treating labor like a contagious disease.

This week on In The Meanwhile: worker-owner Mark Paschal of Seattle co-ops Jude’s Old Town and Rosette joins us to talk worker power, mutual aid, and what happens when people stop asking capitalism for dignity and start building alternatives themselves.

Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.

This Thursday, join me at Lucy’s Bottle Shop for an evening of readings from writers refusing numbness, easy answers, and looking away. Come for a night of community, conversation, and storytelling that cuts through the noise and reminds us what it means to stay human. Doors @ 5, Readings @ 7

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

Facts... "Never mind the fact that Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks had all recently laid people off before this tax was signed [...] layoffs in Washington are the second highest in the country, with over 11,000 workers losing jobs between May 2025 and now. That isn’t the result of the new tax."

Nearly a year into In The Meanwhile [email protected], and I’m still grateful for the wisdom, humor, and moral courage she brings every week. This retrospective is about surviving history in real time without surrendering the most human parts of ourselves. Enjoy!

Of all the people to complain about businesses being “forced” to leave Seattle….

I had a conversation with a journalist the other day who was telling me how great Palantir and Alex Karp are and how surely he didn't mean that stuff about some cultures being superior, and...yeah. This is the context

What if we’ve mistaken being watched for being safe? In my latest piece, I explore how grief becomes policy, why surveillance gets sold to neglected communities, and what's lost when we confuse documentation with prevention.

Amazing how some people have endless energy for protecting billionaires from paying taxes and contributing back to the society that made them rich. But when it comes to protecting trans people? Suddenly, it’s crickets. Fascinating allocation of moral urgency.

Huge thanks to policy powerhouse Maggie Humphreys for joining us on In The Meanwhile for a sharp and deeply human conversation about motherhood, caregiving, childcare, paid leave, misogyny, and the invisible labor quietly holding this country together.

How do we know the US is becoming a kleptocratic oligarchy Over the past six months or so, Amazon has laid off about 30,000 workers But Jeff Bezos still has so much money that he can spend $10-20 million, without even thinking about it, so he and his wife can be honorary co-chairs at the Met Gala

In honor of May Day, Seattle U law prof Liz Ford explains Seattle’s growing unionization efforts and where to get help with questions about fair pay — plus @mhgreen3000.bsky.social & Jas Moultrie discuss the Seattle Black Film Festival, which runs through the weekend! megaphone.link/CC4395250608

This week on In The Meanwhile, we sit down with Peter Beinart for a searching conversation on identity, power, and moral reckoning after Gaza. What does it mean to confront complicity and rewrite the stories we inherit?

This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and I talk with linguist Emily M. Bender for a much-needed reality check. AI won’t save or destroy us: it mirrors us, flaws included, without understanding anything. If you care who’s shaping this tech and where it’s headed, start here.

What a thrill to speak with 🔥@equalityalec.bsky.social🔥 for the pod this week—a timely, necessary conversation about how media misinforms us about crime, policing, and surveillance…and what we can actually do about it! Listen in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... @mhgreen3000.bsky.social