Please @repdelbene.bsky.social fund the strength to resist

BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The Seattle Social Housing Developer has announced its first acquisition, a 150-unit apartment building near Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle, for the cost of $60.9 million. It plans to convert half the units to be affordable for low and middle-income tenants.

"The move came after a transgender student who was part of Boise High School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance died by suicide, and another stopped attending the school, the group’s lawyers wrote in a legal agreement reached Wednesday requesting the case be dismissed."

REPRESENTATIVE VINDMAN WAS ONE OF ONLY 8 "Democrat" REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTED "YES" ON THIS BILL. Call your senator and tell them to vote NO and protect trans kids.

Seattle Mayor Apologizes to Starbucks, Thought It Knew Everyone Here Hated Them Already: tinyurl.com/yt2k2d3t

A key reason people in China are more receptive to AI than in America is that the courts there have ruled that you can't just lay people off because Claude can now do research and write code. You need a better reason than that. In America, CEOs can't wait to get rid of "low value human capital".

When you lay it all out, it's VERY clear what Trump has in mind. And it demands immediate planning and action to stymie his extralegal plans. Things like removing GOP judges and justices, denying appropriations, regular impeachment demands... Hoping normal means will suffice is deranged.

100%. We don’t need to tax the ultra-wealthy to “pay for stuff”. We need to tax them because permanent dynastic wealth distorts and eventually destroys economies and democracies. As we are seeing now.

It's true. Doubling them is probably not enough. Today in "marginal income & wealth taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to American democracy."

And that's that. Judge Reed O' Connor now has in his possession the medical records of countless trans youth in Rhode Island that includes everything from private therapy notes detailing every aspect of their lives to their prescriptions and diagnoses.

Over 40,000 Washingtonians have lost their health coverage because Republicans refused to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. Families are facing soaring insurance premiums – sometimes triple what they paid last year – costs they can no longer afford.

The federal government ordered Flaming Gorge water released and cuts to Lake Powell releases, to prevent collapse.

Buckle up for a very busy election night tonight. Do you know the top races to watch? Here's my personal top 10 that I have my eyes on. A 🧵:

Welcome to Washington state! A new Amtrak Cascades train is now being tested here so those trains can start carrying passengers in the fall. We're the first in the country to receive these new-generation trains with more capacity and improved amenities.

UPDATE: Community members identified the three victims of the shooting as “beloved” security guard Amin Abdullah, who played a “heroic” & “pivotal role” in saving lives; Mansour Kaziha, who ran the mosque store for decades; & Nader Awad, who came running from his home across the street to help.

University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras that would record everything they saw, including the children they were teaching, then use it to develop AI models. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/researchers-...

Seriously, fuck this. I'm so sick of our profession's cowardice. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Suozzi's vote is bad. He should feel bad for supporting this. You should absolutely donate to and vote for his primary opponent (me) on June 23. But I want you to vote for me with 100% correct info. Suozzi did not vote to criminalize bail funds. Here is why this bill sucks anyway: 1/8

Never great when the level-headed headline reads "West Braces for Critical Water Shortages After Unprecedented Snow Drought." www.drought.gov/drought-stat...

Really helpful info and context

Always a good idea that never goes wrong.

My heart breaks for the student, a 19-year old trans woman; for her family; for the LGBTQIA+ community at UW; and for all affected by this horrific loss. Trans people deserve to live without fear, free from the rhetoric and actions that fuel this kind of violence. She deserved so much better.

The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system. (Published Oct. 2023)

To learn even more, here is our collection of essays on municipal finance.

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Credit for video to @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social I know Christopher just missed it this time

“Fallon presents play not as an escape from work, but as an obligatory task that must be performed, a contractual obligation to a marketing team” Via Current Affairs

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners. n.pr/4duygiZ

Our team member @baerbelw.bsky.social participated in this year's General Assembly of the @egu.eu and wrote a blog post about her experiences throughout the #EGU26 week from May 4 to 8. sks.to/egu26-diary?...

A-fucking-men to @jamellebouie.net:

If enacted, the rule change will require intellectually disabled young people as well as very elderly people to file multiple 20-page reports if they want to continue their benefits even at the reduced level.

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Mariners have decided to hit the home run many time

‼️Pike Place Pedestrianization Action Alert‼️ the PDA is conducting (another) visitor survey to better understand how locals travel to the Market and how those trends have been affected by the ongoing street pilot. tell 'em! www.pikeplacemarket.org/pike-place-m...

This Teacher Appreciation Week, I’ve been thinking about my mom, who taught special education in Seattle Public Schools, and all our amazing teachers.

BREAKING: Laurelhurst is changing its mind about the helicopters and will support Seattle Children's Hospital in ending all helicopter oversight. Sick and injured kids rejoice! www.thestranger.com/news/laurelh...

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The Sound Transit board room is packed this morning, with mayors and councilmembers from around the region as well as transit and labor advocates who have a direct stake in what the outcome produced this month is.

Fun fact! Even when the government dismisses a charge (or all charges), your lawyer still did a bunch of work to get that to happen! And when you have two people who have been under indictment for 6+ months, it costs a shit ton of money — it’s part of why the government does this. Hope that helps.

1. The sun came out. It was warm and pleasant. 2. We had a couple of beautiful days this week. Tuesday was one of them. 3. We went out for breakfast because we had nothing to eat for breakfast.

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

"There were days where I found nothing, but nothing is good enough for me. There are people for whom nothing is good enough, meaning nothing ever satisfies them, and people for whom nothing is good enough because the point is the quest." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-last-i...

interview with David Costello. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/an-intervi...