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jseattle @jseattle.bsky.social · 1h

Seattle incumbents -- now is not the time for hope and --> www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/10/thin...

‘Things are getting worse out there not better’ — In re-election tussle, Nelson touts progress at a Capitol Hill park

As another Capitol Hill green space remains fenced-off by the city due to “bouts of negative park activity,” City Council president Sara Nelson is taking credit for the approach she say…

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1h

I explained why this looks like a violation of campaign finance law:

“They are getting information from and about the campaign that is not available to the general public—that's inside information that they're then using to electioneer on Bruce’s behalf,” Fincher says.

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 22h

Before you tune into the Mariners game, read this story about campaign finance drama:

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

Bruce Harrell Spoke at a Fundraiser for the PAC Supporting Him

On Sept. 16, Bruce Harrell was scheduled to attend a fundraising event for Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, the political action committee supporting his reelection campaign. According to an email ...

www.thestranger.com

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 44m

anyone know what @wabikes.bsky.social is gearing up to spend $80k on?

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 40m

Bumping this out of thread because it's another example of taking a tax passed for a specific, targeted purpose (improving public health, particularly in poor and BIPOC neighborhoods) and converting it to an all-purpose slush fund to close a general-fund gap. This used to be a very big deal.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 44m

I actually am Old Enough To Remember when it was an extremely big deal that Jenny Durkan wanted to repurpose the city's soda tax to backfill the general fund. Harrell's budget casually uses $7.2 million from the soda tax to backfill the general fund. publicola.com/2019/07/19/w...

Will Durkan's High-Stakes Gamble With Soda Tax Revenues Pay Off? - PubliCola

On Monday, the city council is poised to pass legislation sponsored by council member Mike O’Brien that would require any…

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 20h

Great teaming up with @tomflood.bsky.social on another billboard! Nothing can protect us from streets that are dangerous by design. Let's demand change together.

Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 20h

New billboard in town 👀

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

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Tech 4 Housing @tech4housing.org · 16h

Bruce Harrell’s Super PAC: “Hold my Seattle Dog …”

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many super-rich men trying so hard to blatantly buy a mayoral election in a city before.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 20h

The fundamental problem with conservatives, including Harrell, is that they think that power should insulate people from consequences.

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 22h

Before you tune into the Mariners game, read this story about campaign finance drama:

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

Bruce Harrell Spoke at a Fundraiser for the PAC Supporting Him

On Sept. 16, Bruce Harrell was scheduled to attend a fundraising event for Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, the political action committee supporting his reelection campaign. According to an email ...

www.thestranger.com

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 20h

The "moderate" candidates are so out of touch with regular voters they're no longer backed by Democratic LDs or the rest of the local party apparatus, so they 100% have to rely on billionaire PACs & the Seattle Times op-ed board. Which makes them even more reactionary & pro-business

J. Puma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 21h

This is some serious MAGAesque “we’ll just do it because nobody will stop us” level bullshit. They need to see consequences or they’ll just keep doing it.

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 22h

Before you tune into the Mariners game, read this story about campaign finance drama:

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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David Seater 🚶‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @davidseater.com · 23h

Are Nelson and Harrell using the same consultant? Really weird that they both are bringing a "things need to change" message to *re-elect* them for another four years.

jseattle @jseattle.bsky.social · 1d

‘Things are getting worse out there not better’ — In re-election tussle, Nelson touts progress at a Capitol Hill park

As another Capitol Hill green space remains fenced-off by the city due to “bouts of negative park activity,” City Council president Sara Nelson is taking credit for the approach she says saved Capitol Hill’s Miller Park in her campaign to … Continue reading →

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Tech 4 Housing @tech4housing.org · 1d

Harrell gave Officer Muoio a 23% pay raise and a contract that ensures he won’t face any accountability for these actions.

DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 1d

Newly obtained video shows Seattle Police Officer Brian Muoio crashing into someone at the Cal Anderson demo on May 24, 2025.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

There was a remarkable moment in the budget committee just now where Sara Nelson asked about how arts funding is used for graffiti, as shown in this slide.

City staff outright admitted this is just the dedicated admissions tax that funds the Arts and Culture dept being diverted for graffiti.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

With 22 full time employees devoted to graffiti abatement in Bruce Harrell's 2026 budget, that team would officially be twice as large as SDOT's Vision Zero team (11 people).

“One Seattle Graffiti Plan” - Citywide initiative for graffiti removal, including targeted enforcement
and assistance for impacted businesses, support for public art and volunteer clean-up efforts.
• The 2026 Proposed Budget adds $2.1 million and 6 FTE, bringing the total Citywide expenditures
for graffiti abetment to $6.1 million and 22 FTE.
• Proposed budget also includes transfer of existing staff and funding from SPU to SPR. Details will
be further discussed in the upcoming Seattle Parks and Recreation presentation.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

Seattle is surely on this list

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Today on Volts: In a big blue city, a progressive up-and-comer is challenging an establishment Democrat to be mayor, having already scored a surprise win in the primary. Naturally I'm talking about Seattle's Katie Wilson! We talk housing, transit, public order, the threat of Trump, & much more.

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson on governing a blue city in 2025

NIMBYs below, Trumpies above, oh my.

www.volts.wtf

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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually @tkovach.bsky.social · 1d

This is more than the total amount in vehicle tax credits and EV charging in the IRA for FY2023-2027

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 1d

The fact that the "Beg Button" exists in so many cities is messed up.

For the privilege of crossing the street, pedestrians are required to press a button, wait, and then scurry across while cars + trucks give them a few seconds of grace.

Here's one I'd press in a second...

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow. This feels like an important milestone.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Fix the L8 @fixthel8.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for your support, @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social!

Page 1 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

Page 2 of letter from Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda in support of bus lanes on Denny Way

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 1d

👀 "An entire lane of solo drivers on Denny Way between Seattle Center and I-4 can fit into one articulated Route 8 bus, and a dedicated transit lane would allow that bus to be over four times faster than driving along this section"

Cars just don't scale well, especially in dense cities.

200 people in different modes on 2nd ave demonstration

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

SDOT plans to make improvements to Occidental Ave in advance of the World Cup, but we definitely can't change parking on the street, so we're going to get a "walkway" between the road and parked cars.

Graphic showing cars parked on Occidental facing the buildings with the location of a "walkway test" between the road and the cars

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 1d

If Trump is going to deny blue states federal money, blue state Dems in Congress should introduce bills increasing the standard deduction tenfold, forcing Republicans to vote against tax cuts that would directly benefit the overwhelming majority of Americans.

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 2d

Packer: City staff created shovel-ready design for Lake Washington Blvd safety upgrades before Mayor Harrell cancelled them

#SEAbikes #Seattle

Packer: City staff created shovel-ready design for Lake Washington Blvd safety upgrades before Mayor Harrell cancelled them

A construction-ready engineering plot city staff created for a planned safety upgrade to the intersection of Lake Washington Boulevard and S Orcas Street. Published by the Urbanist. Staff at both Seattle Parks and SDOT worked together to fully design a series of planned street safety upgrades to Lake Washington Boulevard, including additional speed humps to slow speeding and a redesigned intersection at S Orcas Street.

www.seattlebikeblog.com

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David Seater 🚶‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @davidseater.com · 2d

I've said for a while that he's better at getting things done than Do Nothing Durkan, the problem is that the things he does are bad!

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 2d

Trolleybuses pull power directly into efficient, hill-climbing engines without need for massive, pavement-crushing batteries. Next gen trolleys with in-motion charging offer significant off-wire travel, allowing incremental wire extension. SF and Seattle partnering:
www.sfmta.com/media/43118/...

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