We asked the candidates for the District 3 seat of Spokane City Council what they plan to do to make housing more affordable. Here’s what challenger Christopher Savage proposed, after eating a spice level 1 hot wing!

For a craft project I need: -Willow branches, flexible for wreath making -Dried Lavender sprigs -Dried Chamomile sprigs Does anyone have those? I'd be willing to pay you! (Inspiration photo attached)

I will keep saying this until I'm dead. You can't get fentanyl poisoning or high by touching fentanyl.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

At the KYRS Candidate Forum. Johnathan Bingle has the thinnest skin. It'd be funny if he wasn't an elected official. Also, we don't need more job cuts if you care about the economy and the struggling working class. Where are you going to send the unemployed?

If you read/listen to any local news this week, please let it be this! I’ve been working on it for weeks and it’s some of the most insane shit I’ve ever written

Sign this petition to the WA Building Codes Council for: -Energy efficiency -Electric-readiness -Incentivizing AC to heat pump replacement From Climate Solutions:

I can not be more excited to vote for @sardixit.bsky.social This is THE candidate who is not afraid to say what needs to be said for the benefit of our neighbors. She is well researched, well spoken, and one of the most empathetic people I know. Pledge to vote for Sarah Dixit for District 1

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

This is accessibility in action. I hope the mayor commits to keeping every single one.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

This isn't about babies. This is about controlling women.

Trump and Republicans will take the blame if the government shuts down tonight. They have already decimated federal agencies, fired thousands of federal workers, and stripped health care from 15 million people. It's clear that they have no interest in working FOR the American people.

No dictator No king Just no.

Fuck.

Links: wtop.com/liveblog-tod... dc.eater.com/restaurant-n... www.fbi.gov/news/press-r... www.wlwt.com/article/3-oh... time.com/7309133/dc-c... www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Last night, Trump tried to fire Federal Reserve Board Member Lisa Cook — a wholly illegal move that would kneecap the Fed’s independence and further wreck our economy’s stability. Let’s break it down 🧵 www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/t...

What the fuck is happening. How have we learned nothing!

I absolutely do NOT agree with Bolton’s politics but I can STILL say it’s completely corrupt to send the FBI to raid the home of a political opponent or detractor. Everyone needs to be saying it. Trump is pushing us closer and closer toward authoritarianism. We ALL need to push back.

Current city council member Jonathan Bingle and community organizer Sarah Dixit are running to represent Spokane City Council District 1. Read more about the candidates and their hopes for the city at the link below!

He encouraged fear and shame through "righteous anger" from parent to child. We were beat with hands, a wooden spoon, and on rare occasions belts. I lived in constant fear of "stepping out of line." Now, if Bill Gothard would join him in hell, that would be great too!

Do y'all get Congressman Baumgartner's emails? His Big Beautiful Bill Bullshit is vile and how he phrased the attached question, is misleading and manipulative. Fund every school and with equity and history in mind! Pay teachers a living wage! Get on this email list. Vote no to "school choice."

Good. This detention center should be shut down immediately. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

"City of Spokane Mayor's Lisa Brown and City of Spokane Police Department Chief Kevin Hall called on the @Office of the Police Ombuds, or OPO, in June to investigate actions taken by officers during a recent immigration protest. Brown and Hall asked OPO to review all relevant sections of SPD policy.

This should horrify you

On Aug. 6, Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown signed the "Complete Streets 2.0" ordinance into law. Lauren Pangborn — a cyclist, infrastructure advocate, and RANGE's urbanism columnist — is optimistic this new law will improve safety for everyone.

Imagine having no empathy

Click on the link to learn more, contact your reps to pass housing not handcuffs, and follow and donate to boots on the ground orgs.

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

#ICYMI: We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew at least 197 of the men it sent to CECOT had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.

The man who wanted to lynch the exonerated 5 is now unlawfully deploying the national guard and taking over the police department of DC — a beautiful, vibrant majority Black city that has been denied the rights and protections of statehood.

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

Please sign this letter. #standwithprotesters

On August 18th Spokane City Council will vote to approve a $66,948 for a crime tracker software (Crimetracer formerly Coplink), which was already part of the police budget. This is so gross.

This is fascism.

Civics from Range is one of my top 5 favorite things about Spokane ❤️

This is true here in Spokane too. We need affordable housing. We need to rebuild public housing.

This morning Donald Trump listed a bunch of Black & Brown American cities as places he wants to invade after he uses the American military & the DC police to take over DC. He claims that DC is in the middle of some sort of crime wave. The statistics say that is not true. This is fascism in action.

Living with poverty should not be a crime. Creating poverty should be a crime. We have a fundamental right to shelter, water, and housing. But how is this any different then what our electeds (and Larry Stone) are doing in Spokane?

We quoted Swenson here: rangemedia.co/rent-stabili...

Swenson wants the narrative of unhoused people being untrustworthy and unsafe needs to be countered and we need to focus on keeping people in housing and protecting/rehousing vulnerable homeless people.

Hannah Swneson, a housing defense attorney here in town, said she's heard a "lot of stereotypes" tonight. But she's seen the reality of homelessness and "the faces of eviction." Homeless people are the most vulnerable in our city, Swenson said.

Angel Tomeo Sam from Experience Matters wants the council "to really truly think about how we're going to engage with our unhoused neighbors" before they should pass this. Tomeo Sam said jail is expensive and bad, there's not enough shelter beds, where are people supposed to go?

Manning said she’s a home owner now and bought it in 2018. She wouldn’t be able to afford it now. “Yes there is a drug crisis, but homelessness is caused by lack of affordable housing and lack of housing, period … we’re just going to be pushing people around the city.”

Manning said she was homeless as a child when her house burned down and it was so hard to do anything when you’re homeless - there’s no security or foundation to build from. Banning homeless people without have 1000 shelter beds and even more affordable housing units is inhumane.

Ami Manning from Experience Matters is up now. She said this isn’t a homelessness problem, it’s a housing problem. There’s not enough affordable housing. People in our county are severely rent burdened.

Pappas wants public bathrooms, public trash cans, eviction defense, funding for shelters, etc. with an emphasize on connecting people with resources. “Tell us where people can go, not just where they can’t.”

Pappas said her mom just reminded her of Jesus’ birth: Caesar told people who weren’t “from there,” to leave, so people fled and Jesus was born in a barn.