Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference

UPDATE: I've heard from Jose's family. He's apparently been transferred to an ICE detention center in TX, but it's been days since they've been able to speak with him. He needs medical care and to be able to speak with his family and lawyer. This obscene cruelty helps no one.

It’s incredibly sad this needs to be said. Thanks to all responders helping Washington communities affected by recent floods, including the National Guard, out there doing what they’re meant to do.

Despite a well-recognized housing emergency in Puget Sounds, cities continue to wield their emergency powers in ways that are related to...anything but that crisis. A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.

WA Attorney General Sues HUD for Slashing Homeless Funds

how many times has the Seattle Times run a "compassion is great, but" editorial arguing for a lack of compassion at this point? we get it, you think homelessness should be illegal, find literally anything else to talk about. (Also, no Seattle neighborhood has been "destroyed," good god.)

“11/25/25👺ICE abducts two Americans; eight hospitalized after chemical munitions & police beatings in St. Paul, MN. This is not public safety-it’s state violence” Hart ‘28 Dem 🇺🇸🙏

Federal Funding Changes Could Create Thousands of New Homeless Seattle Residents I took a deep dive into changes the Trump Administration is making to funding for homeless housing and services, and what local leaders and organizations are doing to prepare. publicola.com/2025/11/17/f...

Seattle owns and contracts the monorail and streetcars. Seattle has the Seattle Transit Measure. Seattle directly oversees Sound Transit. Seattle has oversight influence on King County Metro and Puget Sound Regional Council. The Seattle Times Editorial Board has really jumped off the deep end.

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades. By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)

Crazy how DOGE wasn’t around to sniff out this in-your-face trifecta of waste, fraud, and abuse

Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵

One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀 @newsweek.com $XHB www.newsweek.com/50-year-mort...

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

So, negotiations not good?

“This was a very very bad vote”

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Trump Pardons 75+ Alleged Coup Plotters in Second-Most Obscene and Corrupt U.S. Presidential Pardon Ever, After His Pardon of 1,600+ Insurrectionists; New Pardon Is Confirmation That President Is Traitor to the United States

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

ICE agents. You go into states and use unnecessary force. You will be prosecuted. No, you DO NOT have immunity. The federal government cannot give you immunity regarding STATE LAWS. And Trump cannot pardon you either for state crimes. That’s why you are covering your face.

"The male colleague had been investigating allegations of wage theft at the Royal Esquire Club, a Black men’s social club in Columbia City. Harrell, board chair of the club at the time, had called the investigator and made him uneasy." www.kuow.org/stories/ethi...

Has your ballot been challenged? A significant number of ballots are in danger of not being counted. Don’t let your ballot be the one that tips the election to Harrell! Make sure it’s counted here 👉 info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

Our petition link and flyer: www.change.org/deflock-redm... #deflock #redmond #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free: (Published 2019)

Vote today! This election is important! Use a ballot Dropbox! Post offices are not guaranteeing post marks! #seattle kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

Citing a Trump order about “restoring biological truth,” the VA is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their care covered by the government. The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows. By @ericumansky.bsky.social

The cruelty is the point.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

The CIA funnelled cash and inspo to Evangelicals in Latin America starting in the 1960s to undermine Liberation Theology. The Vatican low-key approved. But now, Pope Leo is leaning hard on Liberation Theology to counter Trumpism. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-us-vs-liberation-theology

You'll definitely want to read this update: After laying off 13 people (including the agency's lawyer, CFO, deputy director, and homelessness data lead), the King County Regional Homelessness Authority's director announced she's making five NEW hires, including three new executives.

“The driver’s family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Vote today- get those ballots to a dropbox! Changes to USMail mean your ballot may not be postmarked in time! State map - searchable of dropbox locations: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...

If someone is advocating for doing high risk activities, esp if it's someone you're new to, STAY AWAY from that person. Guide: Is S/He an Informant? A Ten Point Checklist

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

This sounds extreme, but is basically what many anti-homeless activists here in "blue" Seattle are advocating for: Involuntary commitment for homeless people with mental illness that manifests in visible symptoms, mandatory "accountability" for addicts, eliminating visible homelessness ("tents").

Cascadia Mutual Aid: November 1st at Cal Anderson. 12-3PM. Please help spread the word. Hope to see lots of people come together to help each-other out. #seattle #snap #foodbanks #washingtonstate #mutualaid #pnw #washingtonstate #cascadia cascadiademocratic.org/event/snap-t...

Mayor Bruce Harrell considers it scandalous and hypocritical that Katie Wilson's parents help her pay for child care in Seattle. When he was asked about one of his own kids during his first campaign, he said his parenting choices were no one's business. www.seattleweekly.com/news/a-city-...

Checking in on the “ceasefire”

In case facts still matter

I'm at UW's Kane Hall tonight for a panel hosted by the right-wing Washington Policy Center on the "Future of Public Transportation in Washington." The panel is made up of three old white guys, two of whom are retired.

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said. (Published Sept.)

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

“So none of these Democrats are communists… people need to stop throwing around the C Word, it’s insulting to actual communists.” Another Daily Show gem

ICE fired shots again, hitting a civilian and a U.S. marshal. DHS, once again, is claiming the man rammed ICE with his car. Let’s see how long before that version of events unravels. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ONLY AT PUBLICOLA: New Police Contract Will Boost Starting Salaries to Almost $120,000—a 42% Pay Increase in Just Five Years The contract reportedly includes only minimal concessions on police accountability. The city just bumped starting salaries to $104,000—the highest in the state—last year.

End camera surveillance now, it will fall into the hands of the regime and be used as a weapon against the public. It was a huge mistake to expand it! www.dailyuw.com/article/the-...

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise The operation involved at least 10 officers and suspects were jailed for up to a week for stealing knit caps, sweatshirts, and a pet toy. publicola.com/2025/10/14/s...

It's going to take generations to recover from RFK Jr. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got - scam machine - psychosis inducing machine - weapons of mass destruction - button you push that makes the planet hotter - markets that intentionally starve people - clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time - medicine you can’t afford