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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 2d

Ten--count them-- ten SPD officers managed to break up this "organized" criminal operation, and recovered "three pairs of children’s shoes ($26 a pair), beanies ($7 each), cologne ($10), two sweatshirts (at $30 each, the highest-value items stolen), and a pet toy (price unknown)." 🙄

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise
The operation involved at least 10 officers and suspects were jailed for up to a week for stealing knit caps, sweatshirts, and a pet toy.
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Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Last week, the Seattle Police Department announced it had completed a successful “Organized Retail Theft Operation”…

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise
The operation involved at least 10 officers and suspects were jailed for up to a week for stealing knit caps, sweatshirts, and a pet toy.
publicola.com/2025/10/14/s...

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Last week, the Seattle Police Department announced it had completed a successful “Organized Retail Theft Operation”…

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 6d

Banishment Orders and Mandatory Addiction Assessments Haven't Helped Drug Users, Court Records Show

The city now sends public drug users to jail and releases them after a brief assessment, dropping charges if they avoid arrest for 60 days. This costly approach appears to be ineffective.

Banishment Orders and Mandatory Addiction Assessments Haven't Helped Drug Users, Court Records Show - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Since the city reinstated an old law allowing judges to banish people from certain areas if…

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 7d

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 10d

This article is 🫣🤯😬🤦‍♂️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

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Alex Wakeman Rouse @awakerouse.bsky.social · 10d

Seattle voters, this is an important read! Take this into consideration when you vote for our next mayor. My personal view is that we need a mayor who will stay present and dogged in the pursuit of addressing our housing crisis.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 10d

This is fantastic local journalism 👏

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 13d

Good to see @kromandavid.bsky.social hold Harrell to the fact he HIRED Diaz after bragging about firing him

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 13d

Harrell repeatedly accusing Katie of dishonesty is offensive. I hope these moderators do their job.

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 13d

Who did that question come from? Disappointing.

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 13d

For the love of god PLEASE no one do this.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 13d

"Connect Seattle"—no, not by getting to know your neighbors or volunteering to help people struggling to live here, but by adding your home porch cam (what, you don't have one! You haven't been watching enough local TV news!) to SPD's growing surveillance network.

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 21d

Capitalism, amirite?

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Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 21d

This SDOT contract was first reported in the @soseaemerald.bsky.social I believe: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/....

Everything Is Political: Christian Sinderman Was Scrutinized for City Hall Contracts. Now He's on the SDOT Payroll.

While a 20-hour-per-week consulting role with SDOT might not put Sinderman in the same seat of power that a roving office on the seventh floor of City Hall and an internal email once provided him, it'...

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 21d

Way to go @glentalk.bsky.social!

“An independent journalist, Glen Stellmacher, requested some of the logs detailing Sinderman’s key card access to City Hall earlier this year and shared them with The Seattle Times after the newspaper published a Sept. 7 story about Sinderman.”

Harrell’s campaign consultant got special access to City Hall this year

Records show Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's chief political consultant, Christian Sinderman, had special access to City Hall during his reelection year.

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 28d

I continue to hear myths in Seattle about people moving here to be homeless, despite studies to the contrary, the obvious link to rising housing costs, and many heartbreaking stories like those Brian shares. Most homeless people in Seattle were housed in Seattle and we should not accept it.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 29d

I've got some extra copies of There Is No Place for Us, and I'd love to give away 5 signed books.

Just repost, like, or comment to signal your interest. I'll pick names at random on Friday.

Totally optional: feel free to share how the struggle for stable housing shows up in your life or community.

A hardcover copy of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America standing upright on a wooden desk, with a stack of additional copies beside it.

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emi koyama @eminism.org · 28d

No reason to fear the wrath of someone who will be out of power soon.

David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 29d

MLK Labor has dual endorsed Katie Wilson, months after sole endorsing Bruce Harrell. Endorsements from elected who take the group’s lead, like Teresa Mosqueda, will follow

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 29d

Frustrating ending! Hard not to think what could have been if Julio hadn’t got caught on that pickoff…

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · 29d

Yeah it’s really not okay. That gun range echoes across so much of the valley.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · Sep 17

It's so exhausting to hear people talk all the time about how jail, loss of housing, or constant check-ins with a judge serve as great "accountability" tools when one of the most successful forms of accountability is peer accountability that doesn't have the threat of punishment behind it.

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Nathan Rouse @nathanrouse.bsky.social · Sep 15

Duh

In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 15

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

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🧮 Seattle Data Nerd ⁘⁙⁚ 💡 @dpsea.bsky.social · Sep 13

Notice what Westneat won't examine: How Harrell's corporate-friendly policies are working out.

Cut tenant assistance ✅
Eliminated shelter beds ✅
Diverted housing funds ✅

But sure, *Wilson's* plans are "unrealistic" 🧵3/3

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Is this the year Seattle goes socialist? It’s sure looking that way

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson says "yes, I am a socialist." But it's a softer socialism. Can it break through without fracturing the Democratic Party?

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