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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 15h

lol Joy Hollingsworth chopping it up with Thirstiest Apprentice Brandi Kruse

J Black Sunday @trashstratum.com · 15h

There are a lot of folks who should feel some sense of accountability. Most of them won't.

Screenshow of a YouTube video of the Downtown Seattle Association's "State of 2022" panel discussion featuring Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, then KCHRA CEO Marc Dones, and Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson, hosted by Brandi Kruse.

Screenshot from YouTube of Brandi Kruse's "undivided" podcast from late 2024, featuring Kruse and Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth (D3).

Videocall style photo from KUOW of their Week in Review from 2021 featuring Brandi Kruse, KUOW host Bill Radke, Crosscut editor Knute Berger, and then Crosscut reporter now Seattle Times reporter David Kroman.

Photo from Cascade PBS from this year's Cascade PBS Ideas Festival with Brandi Kruse, senior FIRE fellow Nadine Strossen, and Reason editor Nick Gillespie.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 16h

This same thing can still happen in Governor Bob Ferguson's WA. It's how legal permanent resident Tuan Phan ended up in a storage container in South Sudan after serving out his entire 25-year sentence. Ferguson denied him a pardon to prevent his deportation
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/07...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 18h

It's a good time to grab a ticket to Burl Dirkman's new talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 pm! With mayoral frontrunner @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and philosopher-scribe @mudede.bsky.social!
Tickets: townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 20h

What an embarrassingly silly idea. Especially a few days after Bernice King posted a request to stop using her dad as the basis for AI nonsense.

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

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 20h

Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social:
"Jackboots"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 1d

This cartoon is from Oct 2022. These two clowns are now begging the president to invade the city they've based their careers on slandering (neither of them actually live here). What a world.

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't watch the game but I knew we won by all the cars honking outside. Real analog shit

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 3d

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...

southseattleemerald.org

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 3d

This is my entry for Least Flattering View of the Space Needle. Can you top it? #UnflatteringSpaceNeedlePics

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

wherever you are in life, take solace in the fact that the president of the nation had to listen to Brandi speak for 2 and a half minutes straight without benefit of pause or ffwd. go forth and be free

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

every one of those grifters at that meeting trying to get their hometown raided by the feds so they can become a recurring character on the show

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

I've been clowning on Brandi Kruse for years and this clip makes her look far worse than anything i've ever said about her

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

Brandi Kruse at today's "antifa violence roundtable" at the White House: "This is one of the reasons I recovered from it. By the way, it’s much better to not have TDS. I’m happier, healthier, more successful. I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of my Trump Derangement System"

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · Jul 31

NOTICE: You can now buy the complete run of BALD KNOB, of which the estimable @paulconstant.com said "At a time when comics feel a little too invested in maximalism and absurdity, I’ve been enjoying Hamil’s turn toward comic realism."
Get it here: bretthamil.bigcartel.com/product/bald...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

This is NEXT FRIDAY! Grab tickets, it's gonna be a very different type of show

Town Hall Seattle @townhallseattle.bsky.social · 17d

10/17 at 7:30 PM | From the mind of @bretthamil.bsky.social comes Power Thru It!, a unique comedic talk show starring Burl Dirkman, his handyman alter ego. 🔨

Featuring special guests @mudede.bsky.social & Katie Wilson.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/tMQvMxP

Red/purple promotional graphic for event titled "Power Thru It! with Burl Dirkman: Special Guests Charles Mudede and Katie Wilson," scheduled for Oct 17 at 7:30 PM. Headshots of the presenters are included. Presented by Town Hall Seattle.

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Town Hall Seattle @townhallseattle.bsky.social · 17d

10/17 at 7:30 PM | From the mind of @bretthamil.bsky.social comes Power Thru It!, a unique comedic talk show starring Burl Dirkman, his handyman alter ego. 🔨

Featuring special guests @mudede.bsky.social & Katie Wilson.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/tMQvMxP

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d

This is Tonight! Got some fun stuff planned

Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

Joketellers Union is back at the Clock-Out WEDNESDAY. We've got perennial fave & South End OG **DEWA DORJE**
Join the party!
clockoutlounge.com/tm-event/emm...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 5d

www.kuow.org/stories/woma...

Woman says she was 8 months pregnant when Seattle Mayor Harrell pulled gun on her, leading to his 1996 arrest

Rose Sanchez may not remember every detail of the encounter between her family and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell from that late night in 1996. But there are details she told KUOW she’ll never forget, li...

www.kuow.org

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 5d

Harrell was THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OLD when he did that btw

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 5d

Our mayor—who pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in an altercation over a parking spot—is outraged that Katie Wilson dropped out of Oxford University.

When quitting is n...
So I was shocked — but hardly surprised
- to read in The Seattle Times that my opponent dropped out of Oxford just weeks before graduation because she was turned off by "careerism."

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 5d

his is so wildly misreading the current fury at careerist democrat leadership, truly something to behold

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

Rage Seizure
#DOOMLOOP #seattle

Guy 1: What's wrong with Kyle? [Kyle is curled up on couch, catatonic]
Guy 2: He finally watched a city council livestream
Guy 1: Oh no. Was Rob Saka making word salad?
Guy 2: Yeah. Then Bob Kettle complained that his district is becoming a "Starbucks desert"
Guy 1: But thay's--he--you--what??
Guy 2: mmm hmm
Guy 2: Oh look, now your eye is twitching too!

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

there's too many limited edition moons these days. there should only be like one big moon a year

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 6d

Joketellers Union is back at the Clock-Out WEDNESDAY. We've got perennial fave & South End OG **DEWA DORJE**
Join the party!
clockoutlounge.com/tm-event/emm...

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