NEW: No, Katie Wilson did not tell the cops to stop arresting people for drug use and the cops say they aren't gonna stop! Please ignore rightwing tantrum from this weekend. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/no-kati...

NEW: Right wingers online are spreading unsubstantiated claims that Mayor Katie Wilson has told SPD to stop arresting people for public drug use with SPOG as their only source. Wilson says she's not changed any policy yet!

NEW: You know the attack on Venezuela is bad when the guy who supported the Iraq war and the genocide in Gaza speaks out against it. Still, don't hold your breath for Rep. Adam Smith to go too hard against the interests of his weapon manufacturer donors. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

On today's episode, we talked with @lynnepeeps.bsky.social about how holiday lights affect our circadian rhythms, and discuss the possibility of a car-free Fremont bridge and the most Seattle stories of the year with @hannahkrieg.bsky.social and @guyoron.net megaphone.link/CC5083105289

NEW: US Vet Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has been released after four months of unlawful detention at immigration prison. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/u-s-vet...

NEW: Every time you see that a handful of Democrats voted for some evil MAGA bullshit, there's a good chance Washington's Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is among them. In the latest episode: strip searches and prisons for immigrant children! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

NEW: Sara Nelson lost so bad it is not only a reflection of her, it makes every Seattle politician who endorsed her look totally out-of-step with voters ––– and ripe for a challenge. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

The contempt that the Seattle Police Officers Guild holds for its' citizens is incomprehensible. Imagine if ATU openly hated a large chunk of its' riders, and posted things like this on its' socials. You can't. It's incomprehensible.

On today's podcast: @liamgbillingham.bsky.social is BEGGING stores and pharmacies to stop locking up their products, which makes @hannahkrieg.bsky.social feel like the I-throwed-up meme (IYKYK)

Hacks and Wonks Q&As prove the most valuable election reporting every damn time

NEW: After taking a big stance against recent surveillance tech expansion and even as cities across the state shut down their cameras, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson isn't making strong promises to shut the cameras off! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-e...

Primary Bob

An all cuts budget is a good way for Ferguson to destroy what remains of his political support. Voters in 2024 and 2025 made it crystal clear they want to tax the rich to fund public services. I don’t get what’s hard about this.

Today on the podcast: when @typewriteralley.bsky.social mentions it can be inconvenient to have a bike around town for multiple stops, @hannahkrieg.bsky.social points out this could be solved if life was more like the Sims 3 Plus: new light rail stations + election maps! megaphone.link/CC8067809063

NEW: That guy no one likes is going to do an all cuts budget and Democrats with an ounce of self-preservation instinct and compassion for their constituents should support taxing the rich anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/super-u...

Indisputable, iron-clad take tbh

NEW: Some media wants to make the Seattle mayoral election about Katie Wilson allegedly hating Israel, a completely manufactured narrative considering her primary competitor called all the candidates out for not speaking about the genocide in Gaza. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/media-o...

sorry I forget this app exists please forgive me

NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson picked a City insider with Tim Ceis connect, the Protecc17 ED, social housing champ, Friends of Little Sài Gòn ED, and economic development guy for transition team. WHAT A COMMUNIST!

NEW: People ages 65+ make up about 13% of the county population but almost half of the voting power. Get to the fucking ballot box, young people! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/young-p...

NEW: Gov Bob Ferguson is getting called the fuck out for his pathetic response to SNAP benefit cuts. And he deserves it! He's putting up like $2 per SNAP recipient a week, whereas Mayor Bruce Harrell is spending almost $14 a week per recipient. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/gov-bob...

INBOX: Harrell people are so excited that Katie Wilson felt the issue of encampments was more nuanced than a simple yes or no, but like she can't audibly hyperlink to the 3,000 word think piece she wrote about What The Left Gets Wrong About Homelessness that neuters this attack

NEW: The self-described "pro-Jewish" PAC that opposed an anti-Zionist Jewish candidate in primary just spent $20k on the Seattle School Board election, races that don't typically see outside spending www.theburnerseattle.com/post/pro-jew...

NEW: Katie Wilson doesn't have a fucking bed frame, stop acting like she's a champagne socialist lol www.theburnerseattle.com/post/katie-w...

Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again. We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it. Vote for Katie Wilson

NEW: YOUNG PEOPLE GET YOUR BUTTS TO THE BALLOT BOXES. So far, only 10% of ballots come from voters under 35. And overrepresentation of older voters could be the difference between Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell 2.0. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/voters-...

NEW: Mayor Bruce Harrell is taking a BIIIIIG victory lap over SPOG contract, but @DivestSPD writes that the City got fucking fleeced. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...

NEW: Council President Sara Nelson wants you to think she's the candidate to fight Trump, but she's also the candidate courting his supporters. She's running her campaign ads on far-right channels Fox News and Newsmax. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/council...

HOLY FUCKING BASED: Eddie Lin proposes REPEALING sales tax hike and replacing it with capital gains, a tax that doesn't screw over poor people. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/council...

INBOX: I'm cackling. The Harrell campaign is pretending that the mean things progressives (including me) said against his policy of consistently defunding affordable housing are actually about Katie Wilson. A+, incredible crash out, I'm-rubber-your-glue. Honored to be nominated.

OUTRAGEOUS: City Council approved the Mayor's sales tax increase knowing full well we already have the highest sales tax in the country and they have a LIST of progressive options to choose from instead www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-co...

UNFOLLOW ME

NEW: Amazon just fired a Palestinian worker. I'll give you one guess as to why... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-...

NEW: The Seattle School Board voted down a pilot program to bring a cop to Garfield High School, but they also foiled an internal plan to use education dollars to pay for 15 cops at Seattle schools, according to public records. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

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NEW: Sara Nelson is "fact-checking" attacks made by an IE backing her opponent, but she really can't do much more than deflect and "well, actually." www.theburnerseattle.com/post/fact-co...

NEW: Lawmakers allow rents to rise three times as fast as minimum wage --- if you're lucky enough to be subject to rent stabilization at all! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

AMR supremacy. Most popular City Council Member by miles. Pack it up, Kettle

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NEW: The IE supporting Mayor Bruce Harrell just hit $1 million, obliterating Wilson's sub $100k IE. Will the election go to the highest bidder or will Harrell's opposition generate enough outrage over the naked attempt to buy the election to backfire? www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-ult...

NEW: Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is boycotting KOMO until Sinclair reinstates Jimmy Kimmel. Instead of joining her, Harrell's calling her advocacy for free speech opportunistic and hypocritical. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayoral...

Mayor Bruce Harrell's budget proposal shows his priorities. He'll divert money from a fund earmarked for affordable housing, but no belt-tightening for the cops! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-h...

Brady Walkinshaw: hold my beer

NEW: Only three WA members of congress voted "no" on a political gotcha, posing as a condemnation of political violence, that mostly just praises Charlie Kirk. They all co-sponsor a different resolution that condemns all political violence. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/only-th...

NEW: WA Reps. Gluesenkamp Perez + Schrier betrayed their party to help Trump tighten his fascist grip around D.C. Gluesenkamp Perez also voted to try 14 year olds as adults in D.C. Don't expect them to protect us when the crackdown comes to the other WA. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-dino...

NEW: Some hoped the KCE race would be an opportunity for two strong progressives to sharpen each other, but a recent poll suggests Grimay Zahilay will face the same tired, right-wing attacks tying him to "Defund" and Kshama Sawant. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/recent-...

Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

NEW: Amazon suspends Palestinian worker for speaking out about the company's role in the genocide in Gaza. This comes after Microsoft fired four workers for anti-genocide actions. Seattle-area tech workers are fed up. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-...

It took Rep. Emily Randall like an hour to condemn the far-right extremist Charlie Kirk's killing, but it took her 1 year, 9 months, and 20 days to make a public statement condemning the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza

war criminal :(