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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!
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Young People: Don't Leave The Election Up To Retirees
Young people: You have one more day until an election day that could land Seattle a new, lefty Mayor, a City Attorney who's not a Republican, and a more progressive City Council. And it looks like you...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/young-people-don-t-leave-the-election-up-to-retirees
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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.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson Throws Starving Washingtonians $2 A Week — Please Clap
Earlier this week, Gov. Bob Ferguson directed almost $2.2 million in state funding per week to provide additional support to Washington’s food banks as working families brace for their federal Supplem...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/gov-bob-ferguson-throws-starving-washingtonians-2-a-week-please-clap
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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
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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
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“Pro-Jewish” PAC That Opposed Jewish Candidate Critical of Israel Spends $20K On School Board Slate
The Kids Table (TKT) –– a new Seattle-focused PAC advocating for “pro-Jewish” candidates and against antisemitism, “illiberalism,” and “radical voices,” –– is pouring unusually large sums of money int...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/pro-jewish-pac-that-opposed-jewish-candidate-critical-of-israel-spends-20k-on-school-board-slate
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NEW: Katie Wilson doesn't have a fucking bed frame, stop acting like she's a champagne socialist lol
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Katie Wilson Gets Money From Her Parents For Childcare And That's Not The Own The Mayor Thinks It Is
Over the weekend, Mayor Bruce Harrell’s campaign sent a text to Seattle voters overblowing a few lines in a KUOW post to frame his progressive challenger Katie Wilson as some kind of overgrown trust-...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/katie-wilson-gets-money-from-her-parents-for-childcare-and-that-s-not-the-own-the-mayor-thinks-it-is
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Over on Insta -
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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.
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Voters Under 35 Account For Just 10% Of Ballots Returned In King County So Far
Young people: This is fucking serious. The 2025 election could be a huge shift in the balance of power at City Hall — voters could kick out our MAGA Republican City Attorney, banish the most incompete...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/voters-under-35-account-for-just-10-of-ballots-returned-in-king-county-so-far
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NEW: Mayor Bruce Harrell is taking a BIIIIIG victory lap over SPOG contract, but @DivestSPD writes that the City got fucking fleeced.
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City Celebrates New Contract For Cops — It’s Not That Great
Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his negotiation team and the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) came to a tentative agreement over a collective bargaining contract covering salaries and working condit...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-celebrates-new-contract-for-cops-it-s-not-that-great
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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.
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Council President Sara Nelson Is Advertising Her Campaign On Fox News
Council President Sara Nelson is desperately trying to appear tough-on-Trump after her pathetic performance in the recent primary election, but she’s still trying to win over his sycophants by airing ...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/council-president-sara-nelson-is-advertising-her-campaign-on-fox-news
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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.
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Council Candidate Eddie Lin Proposes Repealing Recently Passed Sales Tax Hike
In an unceremonious betrayal of working people, the Seattle City Council approved Mayor Bruce Harrell’s .1% sales tax increase to fund “public safety. The council feigned discomfort at the regressive ...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/council-candidate-eddie-lin-proposes-repealing-recently-passed-sales-tax-hike
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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.
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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
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City Council Hikes Seattle's Sales Tax, Already The Highest In The Country
Seattle boasts the highest sales tax in the country — 10.5% — and it's about to get even higher thanks to a recent vote by the Seattle City Council. And don’t be softened by all the hemming and hawing...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-council-hikes-seattle-s-sales-tax-already-the-highest-in-the-country
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NEW: Amazon just fired a Palestinian worker. I'll give you one guess as to why...
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Amazon Fires Palestinian Worker For Speaking Out Against Company's Participation In Genocide
On Monday, after a five-week long suspension, Amazon fired Palestinian tech worker Ahmed Shahrour. I’ll give you one guess as to why!As The Burner reported last month, Shahrour sent a letter to Amazon...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-fires-palestinian-worker-for-speaking-out-against-company-s-participation-in-genocide
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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.
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Seattle School Board Foiled City’s Covert Plan To Pay Cops With Education Dollars
Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 5-2 against reviving the School Resource Officer program at Garfield High School, which would have overturned one of the few, lasting policies won during the ...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle-school-board-foiled-city-s-covert-plan-to-pay-cops-with-education-dollars
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it's
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bday today!!!!!!! venmo her:https://account.venmo.com/u/hannahkriegg buy a subscription to The Burner!!!!!
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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."
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Fact: Council President Sara Nelson’s "Fact Check" Flops
In the death rattle of her doomed re-election campaign, Seattle Council Sara Nelson is scrambling to set the record straight on the attacks an Independent Expenditure supporting her opponent Dionne Fo...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/fact-council-president-sara-nelson-s-fact-check-flops
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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!
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Washington Lawmakers Let Rents Rise Three Times Faster Than Minimum Wage
Washington State boasts the highest state-level minimum wage in the nation, but that doesn’t mean it's keeping up with the cost of living. Minimum wage workers will see a 2.8% bump next year. Meanwhil...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washington-lawmakers-let-rents-rise-three-times-faster-than-minimum-wage
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AMR supremacy. Most popular City Council Member by miles. Pack it up, Kettle
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THE BURNER IS 9 MONTHLY SUBSCRIBERS AWAY FROM ITS SEPTEMBER GOAL! If you have $6 a month to spare for local, leftwing journalism, please join the ko-fi today! Ko-fi.com/hannahkrieg
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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?
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The Ultra Wealthy Are Trying To Buy Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Re-Election For $1 Million
The ultra wealthy are scared shitless that progressive challenger and primary-election-winner Katie Wilson will be the next Mayor of Seattle. So much so, the real estate industry, a bunch of CEOs, ret...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-ultra-wealthy-are-trying-to-buy-mayor-bruce-harrell-s-re-election-for-1-million
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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.
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Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson Won’t Participate In KOMO Debate Unless They Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel
In a press conference at KOMO PLAZA Thursday, progressive Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson told the press she will not agree to any appearances on KOMO until the network brings back Jimmy Kimmel...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayoral-candidate-katie-wilson-won-t-participate-in-komo-debate-unless-they-bring-back-jimmy-kimmel
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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!
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Mayor Harrell Raids Affordable Housing Fund To Give Cops More Money In 2026 Budget
In a repeat of last year’s budget strategy, Mayor Bruce Harrell once again proposed raiding almost $200 million from a City fund primarily designated for affordable housing to balance the budget defic...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-harrell-raids-affordable-housing-fund-to-give-cops-more-money-in-2026-budget
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Brady Walkinshaw: hold my beer
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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.
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Only Three WA Congressional Dems Vote "No" On Resolution Lionizing Charlie Kirk
Republicans introduced, and passed with bipartisan support, a ceremonial measure to honor the life of right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk who rose to fame by clip-farming 20 year-olds outside of their...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/only-three-wa-congressional-dems-vote-no-on-resolution-lionizing-charlie-kirk
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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.
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WA DINO Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Sides With Trump, Votes To Try 14 Year Olds As Adults In D.C.
Yesterday, two of Washington’s Democrat congress members, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Rep. Kim Schrier, betrayed the city they work in, betrayed their party and betrayed the resistance against au...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-dino-rep-marie-gluesenkamp-perez-sides-with-trump-votes-to-try-14-year-olds-as-adults-in-d-c
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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.
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Recent Poll Tests Tired, Right-Wing Attacks Against Girmay Zahilay
King County Council Member Girmay Zahilay beat his council colleague Claudia Balducci in the primary contest for King County Executive, now a new poll is testing messaging to bring him down. Some hope...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/recent-poll-tests-tired-right-wing-attacks-against-girmay-zahilay
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Hi
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, 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?
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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-...
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Amazon Suspends Palestinian Software Engineer For Speaking Out About The Company's Participation In Genocide
Amazon suspended Palestinian software engineer Ahmed Shahrour for sending company execs and workers a letter condemning Amazon for aiding in the ongoing genocide of his people through Project Nimbus. ...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/amazon-suspends-palestinian-software-engineer-for-speaking-out-about-the-company-s-participation-in
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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
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war criminal :(
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Even in the best case where the feds leave the data alone, surveillance is a tool of incarceration for many, petty crimes of poverty and illness, a system that works SO well
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Kettle, Nelson, Rivera, Saka, Hollingsworth have followed their "Public Safety" mantra straight into compliance with fascists. They have put the lives and freedom of countless people in danger. Vote. Vote. Vote!
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"After this vote, constituents should never again take their representative seriously when they finger wave at facism, when they beat their chest in the direction of D.C., when they trash talk Trump." Fantastic write up of yesterday's meeting and vote
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NEW: The City Council will gaslight you, scold you, call you privileged if you disagree, but yesterday they didn't just expand an unproven surveillance program, voted to grease the wheels of fascism.
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The Seattle City Council Grease The Wheels Of Fascism, Approve Massive Surveillance Expansion
On Tuesday afternoon, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to approve a huge expansion to the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surveillance pilot program. Only Council Members Alexis Mercedes Rinck and...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-seattle-city-council-grease-the-wheels-of-fascism-approve-massive-surveillance-expansion
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GUEST POST: We are fucked when it comes to funding education between Trump's crusade against social programs and cowardice of WA Dems. A coalition of unions and advocacy organizations from childcare, K-12, and higher education are fighting back.
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We Really Need to Talk about Education Funding Before it’s Too Late
What would it look like for Washington state to have a world class education system from childcare to higher education? A coalition of unions and advocacy organizations from childcare, K-12, and highe...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/we-really-need-to-talk-about-education-funding-before-it-s-too-late
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*shuffling through my Divest SPD baseball cards at the protest to see what cop just pepper sprayed the shit out of me*
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NEW: The City Council is poised to pass a massive expansion to SPD's surveillance capabilities tomorrow. If they do, they're worse than do-nothing Dems in the face of Fascism. They useful idiots aiding in Trump's quest to disappear our immigrant neighbors.
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Seattle City Council: Expanding Surveillance Makes You Useful Idiots For Trump’s Regime
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote to massively expand the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surveillance capabilities. Advocates aren’t just worried about our local boys in blue spying on...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle-city-council-expanding-surveillance-makes-you-useful-idiots-for-trump-s-regime
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NEW: The City Council is poised to pass a massive expansion to SPD's surveillance capabilities tomorrow. If they do, they're worse than do-nothing Dems in the face of Fascism. They useful idiots aiding in Trump's quest to disappear our immigrant neighbors.
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
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Seattle City Council: Expanding Surveillance Makes You Useful Idiots For Trump’s Regime
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote to massively expand the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surveillance capabilities. Advocates aren’t just worried about our local boys in blue spying on...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle-city-council-expanding-surveillance-makes-you-useful-idiots-for-trump-s-regime
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Read Hannah's article! The Seattle Ethics Commissioner appears unconcerned that the City of Seattle's official media account is electioneering for Bruce Harrell. The Oct 1 Ethics Commission meeting will review an appeal of the decision. Submit your feedback to
[email protected]
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NEW: Mayor Harrell is facing charges of electioneering on the City's official social media after the City made a new Tik Tok fan page for him late July. The ethics czar initially dismissed the complaint, but now the commission will discuss the issue Oct. 1.
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Ethics Commission To Discuss Mayor Bruce Harrell Alleged Electioneering On City's Official Social Media Accounts Oct. 1
Seattle Ethics and Election Commission (SEEC) Executive Director Wayne Barnett dismissed a complaint that Mayor Bruce Harrell's use of the City’s official Tik Tok account qualifies as electioneering a...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ethics-board-to-discuss-mayor-bruce-harrell-alleged-electioneering-on-city-s-official-social-media-a
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NEW: As first reported by The Burner, the City made a new Tik Tok account almost exclusively featuring Harrell the day polling showed he was toast. Seattle Ethics Czar dismissed a complaint about electioneering, but the SEEC will discuss the issue Oct. 1.
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Ethics Board To Discuss Mayor Bruce Harrell Alleged Electioneering On City's Official Social Media Accounts Oct. 1
Seattle Ethics and Election Commission (SEEC) Executive Director Wayne Barnett dismissed a complaint that Mayor Bruce Harrell's use of the City’s official Tik Tok account qualifies as electioneering a...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ethics-board-to-discuss-mayor-bruce-harrell-alleged-electioneering-on-city-s-official-social-media-a
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BREAKING: No Azure For Apartheid organizers say that Microsoft has fired two MORE workers over their occupation of the company president's office, a protest against the company's enabling of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
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NEW: I would say Rep. Adam Smith was visited by three ghosts this weekend, but that seems too generous given the fact that he’s still not calling for a total arms embargo — just stopping the sale of “some offensive weapons systems.”
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Rep. Adam Smith Calls For Embargo On “Certain Offensive Weapons” Almost 700 Days Into Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Infamous war hawk Rep. Adam Smith has oversaw, funded, and defended Israel’s genocide in Gaza for almost 700 days. But, with the blood of at least 60,000 Palestinians on his hands, Smith posted a stat...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/rep-adam-smith-calls-for-embargo-on-certain-offensive-weapons-almost-700-days-into-israel-s-genoc
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A patently superb thing that more cities and municipalities need to engage in. Rural Washington particularly suffers from high grocery prices and this sort of thing would be a meaningful counterbalance to corporate greed as the economy gets shittier.
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As
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ICYMI: The municipal grocery store craze is headed to Seattle. Once a skeptic, mayoral candidate Katie Wilson says she will explore a public option grocery store to fill the food deserts created by corporate greed.
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Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson Proposes “Public Option” Grocery Stores To Combat Corporate Greed Induced Food Deserts
The municipal grocery store craze sweeping across the nation may soon be coming to Seattle. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Mayoral frontrunner Katie Wilson said she will work with UFCW 3000,...
https://www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayoral-candidate-katie-wilson-proposes-public-option-grocery-stores-to-combat-corporate-greed-ind
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BREAKING: Third place Mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan OFFICIALLY endorses Katie Wilson over incumbent Bruce Harrell, citing an "untenable" culture of misogyny in the current administration
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Thought I dreamed this thread when Wilson announced today that she would explore a "public option" grocery store
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