one mimosa deep at lost lake smiling about how much I love CHS. idk I just feel that way about it

NEW: Katie Wilson announced her first steps to combating ICE in Seattle. Notably missing: community demand to scale back surveillance tech. Her office says an announcement is coming next week! But here's what she's doing for now. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...

NEW: Many WA Dems lived through the consequences of the Bush admin, now they have a chance to do the right thing and safeguard WA from Trump's devastating budget cuts. @SeattleDSA's Patrick O'Neill urges democrats support a new payroll tax on big biz. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/guest-p...

If the Democrats approve the unprecedented DHS and ICE funding package (3x 2024’s already record budget!) based on these meaningless and, in any event, unenforceable “reforms,” it will be among the greatest moral betrayals and strategic failures of the modern era.

ICYMI: Watch Out, ICE! Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Sending Strongly Worded Letters And Having Meetings... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/watch-o...

For Harrell haters out there: What's positive about this interview is that it is the exact kind of shit you say when you intend to never run for public office again

NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...

NEW: Washington's own Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is one of just seven Democrats to join the Republicans and vote for a huge funding bill for DHS, giving ICE $10 billion. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-rep-...

Negotiations are ongoing for how long the data retention for ALPRs will be. Note in New Hampshire, it's three minutes. I reported on Monday that law enforcement suggested they need at least 30 hours. Big difference between 30 hours and 21 days.

NEW: With signatures certified and no plans to hear the initiative in the legislature, it looks like the question of gender verification for girls to play girls sports will go to Washington voters in November. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/initiat...

PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves. This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.

Jseattle linking the burner. he remains the goat

NEW: State lawmakers want to massively expand program to subsidize college tuition for Washington's working families by making big tech pay. But yesterday the State's largest universities testified AGAINST the bill. Here's why: www.theburnerseattle.com/post/why-uw-...

Thank you @hannahkrieg.bsky.social for the great work following up on this!

lol wild

NEW: No, ICE agents were not on the skybridge at SEA airport this morning. You confused them for ANOTHER violent arm of the state. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/no-ice-...

Call your state legislators about HB 2112. Some of them, including a few Democrats, think Washington needs age verification laws online. This is a terrible idea. If you value your privacy online, tell them to vote no. #privacy #HB2112 #Washington #ageverification #vpn #online

age verification needs to be destroyed in Washington State! these laws do nothing to protect children and make the internet less safe for everyone! and they give Big Tech access to our biometrics and tie everything you do online to your legal name! is this what we want?

Check the article to see if your representative is helping sponsor this dogshit bill - these include folks in DEEP BLUE areas; make sure you call/email them and tell them NO

I've written to my local folks about it and they acknowledged my email with an actual response. So, now's the time.

"Let’s get this out of the way: These age verification laws do not achieve their stated purpose. Instead of protecting kids from porn, research shows that these laws merely shove both minor and adult users to darker corners of the internet where sites operate outside of the law."

I'm pretty concerned about this bill and was initially surprised when I saw that it has bipartisan support. I'm glad The Burner is covering it.

NEW: A bunch of Washington Dems in deep blue districts are legitimatizing right wing craze over age verification obscenity laws that endanger your privacy and free speech just to appease pearl clutchers and make kids sneakier about how they watch porn www.theburnerseattle.com/post/biparti...

Hey! Maybe there should be some rules to all this AI stuff? So that chatbots don't tell kids to kill themselves and we don't algorithmically reinforce systemic racism? www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

NEW: Seattle City Council Member Eddie Lin wants Mayor Wilson to delay implementation of surveillance expansion so the City can revisit decision in wake of ICE terror. He suggests possibly redirecting funds to immigrant resources. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

Tbh no one is following this Reps record like The Burner. Consider becoming a contributor today at ko-fi.com/hannahkrieg

Easily one of the biggest embarrassments to the WA Democratic Party.

BECAUSE SHE HATES YOU SHE IS NOT DEMOCRATIC SHE JUST COULDN'T WIN ON A REPUBLICAN TICKET SHE IS FASH AS FUCK

NEW: Dem Gluesenkamp Perez spoke out 14 minutes after Charlie Kirk got shot. She hasn't said a word about Renee Nicole Good, the two people shot near her district, or anyone else killed by ICE who won't get a congressional resolution. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/democra...

ICYMI: WA Rep. Emily Randall said she'll cosponsor articles of impeachment against DHS's Kristi Noem. It probably won't work out and even if it did, another goon would take her place and DHS and ICE would still exist. Abolish them both. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-rep-...

NEW: City Hall's new progressive bloc says ICE is not welcome in Seattle. But with no authority to kick ICE out, will this new loud bark be accompanied by any real bite? Time will tell! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ha...

The right is quick to victim-blame Renee Good after an ICE chud killed her, but Seattle's Rep. Jayapal is leading the charge on calling out their bullshit. “Everything the Trump administration is saying about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis is a LIE” www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

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...