No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

This.

“Bluesky isn’t fun” problem and “Bluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem

Roughly: The State of the Exception is when all pretense of law and rule falls away and politics are simply decided by who the armed agents of the state with weapons decide to follow. Either: All follow Trump, which is game over or They follow competing claims of authority, which is messy

And this is why I will literally never read the book Abundance. I understood the concept in housing, transportation, and many organizing spaces well before the book was written anyway. That guy sucks. Very Matty Iglesias, ya know

I genuinely think they are perfectly happy to *not* catch the shooter, because it allows them to invent the shooter in their imagination and fill this imaginary person with all the characteristics they hate and wish to punish.

This lady at the post office complained loudly about how this thing she always orders from Canada, the only place that makes it, now costs hundreds more to get shipped. And she said “if that isn’t retaliatory.” I couldn’t tell if she meant DJT or if she fucking thought tariffs came from Canada.

Seattle City Council: “Don’t worry, Trump doesn’t want our surveillance data.” Trump:

Two of the four major networks (CBS, FOX) are unabashed right wing propaganda, and the other two (ABC and NBC, owned by Disney and Comcast) are corporatist now the trump FCC is pushing to eliminate any remaining media consolidation limits, letting them merge

The fascists will keep pushing and if there's no push back then they will continue to escalate. It's really that simple.

NEW: The City Council will gaslight you, scold you, call you privileged if you disagree, but yesterday they didn't just expand an unproven surveillance program, voted to grease the wheels of fascism. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-sea...

No, the fake “free speech” crowd isn’t going to defend the professor fired for teaching exactly what her course was about. We can stop noting those “failures” now. Let’s move on from calling them hypocrites. They’re not hypocrites! They’re fascists, authoritarians, or apologist.

This is so important for people to see and repeat, in my view. The people controlling our media, our games, trying to control our stories are intentionally promoting the idea of heroism. We don't need or want heroes. We want people to stop being complicit. And yes, that often takes bravery.

One (many, ideally) could simply…not show up

The assessment notes “Mentions of Fatigue, confusion, and demoralization — ‘just gardening,’ unclear mission, wedge between citizens and the military.’”

I don’t know how else to say this, but it’s killing me hearing/reading people say “we’re only ___ days in” because…that implies the 4 year normal term is still our reality. It’s not. Things need to drastically change soon if we don’t like that reality.

Free link "...absences are due at least in part to a growing military presence in American cities." wapo.st/4p60a8J

As Hurricane Erin batters the East Coast, North Carolina is still waiting on $13 million in federal disaster preparedness grants from FEMA. This is on top of the hundreds of millions of dollars in recovery funds for last year’s devastating Hurricane Helene, which was promised but hasn't been given.

On DC: When we say "crime is down" or "murder rate fell," we are bringing crime and murder top of mind. We have seen this backfire consistently. Say what you're for and have created, not what you fight and have eliminated. Far better to say, "in DC we have proven solutions for safety..."

Crime panic never worries about statistics.

The Gestapo would not have happened without the takeover and vertical integration of state and local police under Himmler in 1934. (He was formally made chief of all German police in 1936.) These are literal Gestapo tactics.

With just 800 ballots left to count in King County, the results are pretty well set: Wilson > Harrell by 9.5 points Foster > Nelson by 23 points Evans > Davison by 22.5 points Just about the worst case scenario if you're a City Hall moderate and a huge wind in the sails of the once-floundering left

Only the real ones know that it ain’t banana pudding without vanilla wafers

Sooo who’s gonna reopen all the cases these six were involved in? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #Seattle

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Regular reminder that ICE only began to exist in 2003 (after 9/11).

I wrote about these fines last week. Check it out to understand what the Trump admin is doing and how it's going to get much worse. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-i...

The House Transportation Committee is meeting today in Seattle City Hall! The TVW staffer is sick, so we're unfortunately not online but we're having a work session about the state of the WA ferries. #waleg

Have…have these guys ever even met an artist??? Much less anyone who tags, Jesus. Banksy is not the norm.

When the president calls alligators “cops” and jokes that the animals are cheaper than hiring guards, he’s turning state cruelty into entertainment and making ICE officers’ work more palpable to the public My story today on the vice signaling we've seen w/the new Florida Everglades detention center

We're about a month away from the August Primary. The KCE team is projecting 35% turnout, which means more than half of King County voters won't have had a say about who's on the ballot in November. Bummer.

😭 humans don’t even deserve this. Orcas offering humans their food. Scientists think it’s for exploration, to see what the response is. “When some took the food and offered it back, the orca either passed it back again, or took it and shared it with relatives.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Yep, BORTAC was infamous in Portland. IIRC they were the ones behind the van that grabbed some people off the street in a viral video in 2020.

I believe this is BORTAC, the Border Patrol's equivalent of SWAT. The guy who eventually shot the Uvalde killer was part of BORTAC. They're trained operators. There is literally no justification to use BORTAC to round up day laborers. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

On another note, my cat has had SO much enrichment just chasing and eating the odd fly that makes it into the new apt. It’s great. Also 100% kill rate, very impressed.

If this (and so many at this point) isn’t a clear sign of authoritarianism—a government rounding people up at will to kidnap, harm, and disband for no reason and with zero grounds besides just disliking someone and/or explicitly for punishment—idk what is.

Your daily reminder not to ask ChatGPT for help with your legal troubles. Or your medical questions. Or your homework. Or...anything, really.

"Gen Z is turning conservative" no they're not, they just hate institutional Democrats, and frankly so does everyone else

The difference an actually insulated apartment makes is WILD Fireworks don’t sound nearly as loud. Can’t hear my neighbors minus some moments a child runs upstairs. Actually stays cool/warm as desired.

Just once in my adult life, I would like to live somewhere where nobody blasts bass speakers that vibrate the wall

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

Well. This was a recap but is now also psychic…

Why did I just now realize that all the Republicans who make fun of driving electric also love Elon Musk. Like uhhhhh, sir???

BREAKING: ICE is preparing to deploy tactical units to five cities run by Democratic leaders, according to two sources familiar with the planning of future ICE operations.

Oh, did they learn from SPD?

Raise your hand if you’re not even a meteorologist and you still know there’s a hurricane season.

This. We need more of this. A lot more of this.

"The hallways...were absolutely lined with ICE agents. And immigrants were scared to leave, even though their cases were still open. What happened was that ICE agents then stormed into the courtroom, kicked out the attorneys, and detained everyone in the courtroom over the judge's objections."

Sean is deeply connected with Marble and is in Matt Shea’s circle. This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time other Christian nationalist groups turn on these weirdos once they start to realize what Marble truly is all about and the alliance has outlived it’s usefulness