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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 3h

Bruce Harrell is a menace

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 7h

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 ...

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 6h

We need more than an rally on Saturday and waiting to vote in 2026

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 7h

Seems like an ineffective ad?

Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 8h

In what ways do you see Bruce Harrell as providing stable leadership?

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14h

The real challenge for tech bros is striking the fine balance between completely destroying humanity and retaining enough of it that their billions are still worth something.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 17h

LOL What if a rampaging elephant takes out the stadium?!

The real threat is Trump/MAGA/ICE disappearing attendees and Seattleites

Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 17h

Obscene that we taxpayers are paying cops to be private security guards for a corporation. The Nextdoor crowd should be irate that 911 response times are slow because cops are protecting hats at Marshall’s

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

yo! we are looking for housers - especially with experience in passivhaus.

House Our Neighbors @houseourneighbors.bsky.social · 1d

The Seattle Social Housing Developer is hiring for two positions. Please share with your networks.

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Careers | SSH-Site2025

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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 2d

A Seattle cop's estranged wife says he fired his gun inside their house last year, nearly hitting her.

He's been on paid leave ever since she filed for a protective order alleging domestic abuse last June.

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Cop's wife claims he fired gun inside house, punched walls, told stepdaughter to 'go die'

Officer Richard Norris has been on paid leave since his estranged wife filed for a protection order in Snohomish County last summer. Norris was suspended in 2023 for ignoring a DV call.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Harrell Says King County Health is “Failing Us,” Talks Tough on Trump, and Muses About an AI Wall Where You Can Ask MLK What He Had for Breakfast

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Harrell Says King County Health is "Failing Us," Talks Tough on Trump, and Muses About an AI Wall Where You Can Ask MLK What He Had for Breakfast - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett As readers may know, I’ve spent much of the last month attending Seattle mayoral debates and…

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

So why is he prioritizing records requests coming from ICE? Is it because he is anti-immigrant?

Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not an “embellishment”. It’s a lie. Bruce Harrell is a cruel liar

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

Exactly. If Harrell is re-elected, nothing will change on homelessness, on housing costs, and so much more. He will take it as validation of what he's done so far.

Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 1d

Now is not the time to reelect a mayor who refuses to take responsibility for the failures of his administration. We have lost shelter beds every year of the mayor’s term, and more people are sleeping outside as a result. We are a national outlier on unsheltered homelessness.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

Because when white people do the terrorism it’s called “police work”

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure the CEO of Bayer thought it was a moral imperative to eat dinner with his country’s leader too.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

Lies. Damned Lies. And the pale who tell them.

Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

This is why we need a strong, stable, and funded public education system in WA. Reduce local control. Increase state mandated education requirements. And tax the rich to pay for it.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

People are still talking about how Sinclair-owned KOMO is siding with fascism, and how Bruce Harrell is a failure

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t understand why Metro didn’t just lean into trolley buses, except it makes it harder to switch routes every few years and cause rider dissatisfaction

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 1d

For decades conservative Christians preached they would be persecuted for their faith. They invented narratives that they were. They never were persecuted for being Christian. But when push came to shove they chose to be the persecutor of those who lived as Christ taught

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative Christians in the 1970s & 80s had a persecution complex that was ALSO anti-fascist. Their children & the subsequent generation took the wrong lessons about fascism and have ended up being the perpetrators of today’s fascism.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 2d

I thought you were a satirical site, not a hard news site 😏

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 2d

Mayor Harrell Announces Police Officers Will Recite Land Acknowledgement Before Sweeping Homeless Native Americans on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: tinyurl.com/35b9yp9f

Mayor Bruce Harrell speaking at podium with City Attorney Ann Davison behind him next to sign on wall reading "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day"

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