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Climate and energy policy in the Pacific Northwest
@Sightline.org
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Breaking:
#waleg
passes SB 6355 to establish a state transmission authority, with bipartisan support. One big step to expanding our grid so we can connect more wind and solar and free ourselves from polluting, dangerous, and expensive fossil fuels.
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SB 6355 Washington State Legislature
https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=6355&Year=2026
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ICYMI, state transmission authority may happen in
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www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
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WA's electricity grid needs a state transmission authority | Editorial
A bill aims to focus state government on the urgent task of building transmission to power new electricity demands and fulfill the clean energy transition.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/was-electricity-grid-needs-a-state-transmission-authority/
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Bill McKibben
6 days ago
This is what ecocide looks like.
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Brandon Friedman
6 days ago
They're going to poison a city with 17 million people
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Ryan Goodman
8 days ago
Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the âMiddle East."
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/
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Come for the great explainer on a better voting system. Stay for the satisfying clatter of animated marbles.
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Ricardo Pelai
10 days ago
New
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report w/
@emilymoore.bsky.social
!đ„ Policy tools to âŹïž
#wildfire
risk in the PNW: steer development away from risky areas, strengthen building codes, rebuild safer post-disaster, disclose hazard to renters/buyers & price insurance accurately.
www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-...
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Fire Hazard: The Mounting Costs of Northwest Sprawl
Honest information about homesâ fire risk can forge the way for more transformative changes to build out of harmâs way.
https://www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-the-mounting-costs-of-northwest-sprawl/
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Caleb Heeringa
10 days ago
People are pissed off about the rising cost of home insurance, understand that climate change-driven extreme weather disasters are making things more expensive, and support holding Big Oil accountable for those costs rather than everyday Americans.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/ha...
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Hawaiʻi voters support holding Big Oil accountable for the home insurance crisis | Center for Climate Integrity
New poll shows voters are very concerned about rising cost, reduced availability of home insurance in aftermath of climate-driven Maui wildfires.
https://climateintegrity.org/news/view/hawaii-voters-support-holding-big-oil-accountable-for-the-home-insurance-crisis
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OlĂșfáșčÌmi O. TĂĄĂwĂČ
11 days ago
"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy
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washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/02/i...
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It's lights out for WA Legislature's effort to regulate data centers âą Washington State Standard
Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on Monday, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature. House Bill 2515 would have required data centers to ...
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/02/its-lights-out-for-wa-legislatures-effort-to-regulate-data-centers/
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"There was no imminent threat from Iran to the United States before the bombing campaign, said Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, on exiting a classified briefing on the war."
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Reminder that *projections* about AI data centers causing sky-high electricity demand are not the same as AI data centers *already* having driven up electricity demand. (Yes there are hot spots where the latter has actually happened, but not yet nationwide)
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
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AI: Does not compute
Building fossil-fuel infrastructure to power data centers is a poor bet. Renewables are by far the cheaper, faster choice.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/data-centers/ai-does-not-compute
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Sightline Institute
12 days ago
Let's do for wildfires what weâve done for floods: stopping sprawl to risky areas, retrofitting homes to withstand fire, and rebuilding in places less likely to burn.
@rpelai.bsky.social
@emilymoore.bsky.social
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11%Â of Northwest Residents Live in Fire Country; 100% Pay the Price | Sightline Institute
1.6 million people live in high hazard areas. As the region continues to build in flammable landscapes, policymakers can protect communities with smarter building choices and the truth about rising ri...
https://www.sightline.org/2026/02/26/11-of-northwest-residents-live-in-fire-country-100-pay-the-price/
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Raider
13 days ago
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
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Steve Mullis
14 days ago
This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting. NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks."
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Chris Hayes
about 1 month ago
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministryâs casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000
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The New York Times
14 days ago
During the U.S. and Israel attack in Iran on Saturday, dozens of people, most of them likely children, were killed when a strike hit a girlsâ elementary school in Minab and a high school in Tehran, according to Iranian health officials, state media and a human rights group.
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Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School
The strike on an elementary school in the southern Iran town of Minab was one of two attacks that appear to have hit schools during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday.
https://nyti.ms/3MPdi3Y
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Important to note that many of these are unlikely to be built though. 100 GW in development sounds more certain than it is. "Two-thirds of the projects tracked worldwide by the Global Energy Monitor do not yet have turbine manufacturers attached to them."
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Wajahat Ali
15 days ago
They dropped off Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind refugee who didn't speak English, at a CLOSED Tim Hortons. 5 miles away from his home. He never made it.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrage
Surveillance video obtained by The Post shows Border Patrol agents releasing the partially blind refugee, who went missing for days before being found dead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/26/buffalo-refugee-border-patrol-death/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcyMDgyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczNDYwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzIwODIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImI4MDA0MjRlLWUyMTMtNDkxZC1iNTdhLTUzOGMxMDE3Y2IyOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI2LzAyLzI2L2J1ZmZhbG8tcmVmdWdlZS1ib3JkZXItcGF0cm9sLWRlYXRoLyJ9.HD7p8kj0ToWZkSEg2REWefCS-WhDF4B5bY1y6pmKHok
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OlĂșfáșčÌmi O. TĂĄĂwĂČ
16 days ago
I first thought "there aren't words" when I first saw this story. but there are
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Sammy Roth
15 days ago
It actually got harder to build data centers in 2025:
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Data center construction fell for the first time in years as permits and power constrain growth
Construction of new data centers in the U.S. fell for the first time since 2020 despite soaring demand for artificial-intelligence computing capacity, as developers face delays in permitting, zoning a...
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-25/data-center-construction-fell-for-first-time-in-years-as-permits-power-constrain-growth
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Sightline Institute
16 days ago
The Northwest is growing into wildfire areas. In fact, high-hazard regions are where the population is growing *fastest.* As of 2023, almost 1.6m people in the NW lived in wildfire hazard areas, an 8% increase since 2018.
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11%Â of Northwest Residents Live in Fire Country; 100% Pay the Price | Sightline Institute
1.6 million people live in high hazard areas. As the region continues to build in flammable landscapes, policymakers can protect communities with smarter building choices and the truth about rising ri...
https://www.sightline.org/2026/02/26/11-of-northwest-residents-live-in-fire-country-100-pay-the-price/
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Catie Gould
16 days ago
Timely reading given this winterâs record snow drought. âŹïž
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Spokane Rising
16 days ago
Sprawl isnât just dangerous for the high wildfire risk, but it *actively causes* wildfires. This is why the Growth Management Act is so essential, and why we need to do more to expand and grow our cities, not our rural tract subdivisions.
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My colleague
@rpelai.bsky.social
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report on wildfires. The PNW is continuing to expand into high-hazard areas, risky choices that all of us (no matter where we live) are paying for in one way or another.
www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-...
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Fire Hazard: The Mounting Costs of Northwest Sprawl
Honest information about homesâ fire risk can forge the way for more transformative changes to build out of harmâs way.
https://www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-the-mounting-costs-of-northwest-sprawl/
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M. Nolan Gray đ„
19 days ago
As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.
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Brad Reed
19 days ago
A California agency received 20k AI-generated comments opposing heat pump rules. Staff called a sample to verifyâseveral said they never sent comments. Raises serious questions about the opposition campaign that helped kill the clean air standards, that would've prevented 1000s of premature deaths.
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Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCalâs pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-17/ai-powered-campaign-may-have-killed-key-vote-on-air-quality
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Good news out of OR! New homes need to be cooled and heated w/ heat pumps, not ducted AC. "An analysis conducted by the Building Code Division found that these changes will save residents an average of $125 per month and over $1,700 per year on energy bills."
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Oregon Adopts New Building Codes to Reduce Energy Costs and Increase Energy Efficiency in Newly Constructed Homes
SALEM, Ore. â Today, the Oregon Building Code Divisionâs Residential and Manufactured Structures Board (RMSB) voted to approve a package of updates to the stateâs residential energy code, including a ...
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/02/oregon-adopts-new-building-codes-reduce-energy-costs-and-increase-energy
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More on how the GOP killed WA's transmission bill this year through stall tactics
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Demand for 39-page bill to be read aloud derails legislation in WA Senate âą Washington State Standard
Tuesday did not go as planned for Democrats in the Washington state Senate as they raced to wrap up floor votes ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/18/gop-demand-for-39-page-bill-to-be-read-aloud-derails-democratic-legislation-in-wa-senate/
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Unfortunately doesn't look like Washington state is going to get a transmission authority this year. Rs stalled by demanding the whole 39 page text of the bill be read 15 mins before deadline. It didn't make the cutoff.
#waleg
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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck
24 days ago
Last night, two community members were hit by drivers in two separate instances while walking in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. We have since learned that one of them has passed away. This is devastating, and my heart is with these community members, their friends, and their families.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
25 days ago
âI donât want to be in this place I want to go to my school.â - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after
@propublica.org
published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
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Matt Vespa
25 days ago
@californiapuc.bsky.social
should never have let gas utilities propose pumping hydrogen into gas pipelines in the first place. Its a costly ineffectual boondoggle that distracts focus from helping communities realize the health and safety benefits of electrification.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Blending hydrogen into gas pipelines would enrich utilities and harm Californians
Experiments with natural gas pipelines are only a stalling tactic and profit grab that will prolong pollution. The real solution is to go electric.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-02-16/hydrogen-california-natural-gas-pipelines
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Phil Lewis
25 days ago
Linda Davis, a K-8 teacher in Savannah, Georgia, was killed in a car crash by a man fleeing ICE Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said
www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...
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San Antonio Current
26 days ago
âHis life is in danger,â U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan NicolĂĄs. The child fell ill after spending almost a month â or half his life â in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
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Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan NicolĂĄs. The child fell ill after spending almost a month â or half his life â in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/two-month-old-baby-choking-on-his-own-vomit-while-detained-in-dilley/
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Nothing quite like zipping by cars on my e-bike in a protected bike lane during Seattle rush hour
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Radley Balko
about 1 month ago
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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MPR News
about 1 month ago
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. âHe canât sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, âDaddy, Daddy,ââ Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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âHeâs not the sameâ: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/09/father-of-liam-conejo-ramos-says-he-continues-to-suffer-after-ice-detention-release
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Seattle should have this!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
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New York Grants Pregnant Workers Paid Leave. How Many Know That?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/nyregion/paid-prenatal-leave.html
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Mike Hixenbaugh
about 1 month ago
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. âShe was at the brink of dying,â a lawyer told me. But the girl didnât go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-hospitalized-dilley-ice-detention-rcna257912
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Jonathan Weisman
about 1 month ago
âI cry every day,â Judeson said in a shelter 2 days after his release, clutching head in hands and gazed at the ground. âItâs a really bad situation right now.â ICE sweeps people off the streets of Minneapolis, flies them to El Paso, then they're on their own.
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Trumpâs Migrant Detention Pipeline Extends From Minnesota to El Paso
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/minnesota-el-paso-ice-immigration.html?smid=bs-share
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Kelly
about 1 month ago
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and sheâs rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
about 1 month ago
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability canât wait.
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MPR News
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
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Jamison Foser
about 1 month ago
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trumpâs second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson
about 1 month ago
As we work to make housing more affordable, renters across the city need to keep speaking out. Thatâs why today weâre launching our Mayoral Renterâs Survey.
forms.office.com/g/B1K37QsKtf
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mayorofseattle on Instagram: "I told you that weâd have to keep organizing after I got elected, and thatâs exactly what weâre going to do. As we work to make houâŠ"
I told you that weâd have to keep organizing after I got elected, and thatâs exactly what weâre going to do. As we work to make housing more affordable, renters across the city need to keep organizing and speaking out. Thatâs why today weâre launching our Mayoral Renterâs Survey. Survey at đ in bio.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUY32i7iBhN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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Refreshing from
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"The center spends its time fighting and yelling at the left while the right waltzes in and sets up fascism."
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All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-reactionary-centrism
about 1 month ago
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ICE abducted my neighbor, owner of a taco truck in Beacon Hill (the one in the Sinclair gas station), and father of four.
www.gofundme.com/f/jose-and-e...
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Donate to Jose and el Saborcito, organized by Jay Lee
Jose is not just my friendâheâs a hardworking father of four who runs a beloved taco truck on my propert⊠Jay Lee needs your support for Jose and el Saborcito
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jose-and-el-saborcito
about 1 month ago
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