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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 19h

Seattle! Check in with all your friends to make sure they're voting!!

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 21h

Young(er) people will decide Seattle’s election.

If voters under age 50 turnout in high numbers, Katie Wilson appears likely to win.

If they don’t, 🤷🏾‍♀️

#SEAelex #WAelex

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks for sharing. I'd been feeling anxious so this is great to hear!

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 1d

Every candidate is talking about how critical the CARE team is, while the mayor and council are set to ratify a contract that continues to hamper the CARE team’s ability to respond

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 1d

NEW // Harrell and SPOG Rush Police Contract, Hamstringing Civilian Responders, Accountability Agencies

Story by Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/h...

Harrell and SPOG Rush Police Contract, Hamstringing Civilian Responders, Accountability Agencies » The Urbanist

# While the Seattle Police Officers Guild scored a big raise and new benefits, the new labor contract negotiated by Mayor Bruce Harrell will continue to hamper the City’s new civilian crisis response ...

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Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 22h

Check out the real-time updates on President Trump's corrupt earnings, gifts, and crypto gains. www.americanprogress.org/feature/trum...

Trump’s Take: Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.

Tracking the cash and gifts made from selling the presidency.

www.americanprogress.org

Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @soseaemerald.bsky.social for the article about Washington Neighborhood Defense's work to share #KYR info with businesses across #WAstate. We aim to visit every business in the state and need all the help we can get. Join us!

Graph showing progress of businesses canvassed with KYR materials.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Fox: Sales of Hamburger Helper on the rise is a flashing recession indicator.

A tweet from Rep. Jason Crow reads: “Billionaires get tax breaks. Kristi Noem gets luxury jets. Trump gets a golden ballroom. You get Hamburger Helper.” It quotes a FactPost tweet summarizing a Fox News segment about the rising popularity of Hamburger Helper as consumers tighten their budgets. The image shows boxes of Hamburger Helper products and a Fox News anchor reporting on the trend.

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder of some of the many failures + false promises from Bruce Harrell over the past few years. He's not making our city safer nor more affordable. And if you still have doubts (?) def listen to this interview with @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social on @volts.wtf www.volts.wtf/p/seattle-ma...

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.

While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester

“Your name was brought up.”

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Harborview Downtown Clinics are taking donations of clean + gently used or new clothing + shoes for their patients. Contact Cricket at [email protected] to coordinate. More info in this flyer!

The Harborview Downtown Clinics (Pioneer Square Clinic, Hobson Clinic and 3d Avenue Center) are accepting donations of clean and gently used (or new) clothing and shoes to give to our patients.

As the weather gets colder, more of the unhoused patients we see in our clinics need clothing.

We are starting a clothing donation drive to stock up before winter sets in! We have engaged a team of volunteers to help us to sort and store the clothing in mid-November, so we are trying to get as much donated before then as possible.

Here's what we need:

Medium to XXXL sized sweatpants and sweatshirts (women's and men's)
Sturdy shoes in good condition - especially most common sizes (men's size
9-12, women's size 8-9 ½)
Coats and jackets
Backpacks and sleeping bags
Hats and scarves
Our patients generally prefer muted and/or dark colors.

If you have things to donate, please contact Cricket McCleary at cricket 1@uw.edu. I can pick up donations from Harborview (bring to AACS office, 1 Center Tower room 137), you can drop off donations at any of our three clinics, or I can coordinate a pickup anywhere in and around the Seattle metropolitan area.

Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

I should add that this Whistle Warrior alert system will work statewide - not just in Seattle!

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

This alert system is modeled after Chicago's alert system. Massive kudos to Teresa Magaña & Pilsen Arts Community House for providing adaptable materials + making it so easy ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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Carrie Hawthorne @carriehawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Seattle has launched an ICE Whistle Alert system! Join in assembling + distributing kits with @wawhistles.bsky.social. Learn more + get involved with Whistle Warriors here: linktr.ee/wa.whistles
#seattlewa
#whistlewarriors

Whistle packet for Community ICE Alerts in Seattle

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5d

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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CascadiaPNW @cascadiaresistance.bsky.social · 2d

Find flock cameras via this map. #pnw #washingtonstate #cascadia #oregon #seattle #portland #eugene #bend #spokane #vancouver #salem deflock.me

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

The war zone in Portland was getting out of control at the ICE facility last night.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 3d

ICE isn’t the secret police, and the private detention centers it contracts with to hold tens of thousands of people — including journalists it arrests — shouldn’t be off-limits to FOIA requests.

Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.

Safeguard Incarcerated Journalists

Defending press freedom for the next generation

https://freedom.press/issues/safeguard-incarcerated-journalists/#:~:text=journalists%20covering%20them.-,[…]t%20ICE%20secrecy,-Help%20make%20private

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

Corporate media is completely ignoring the dangers of The SAVE Act. Here's what you need to know about this attempt to gut voting rights, particularly for tens of millions of women in America, and how we need to fight back to protect our democracy.

www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-the-sa...

How The SAVE Act Would Roll Back Voting Rights

What is the SAVE Act and why we cannot allow it to become law

www.qasimrashid.com

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CascadiaPNW @cascadiaresistance.bsky.social · 3d

It wasn’t just Auburn. 18. 18 agencies across the state. You think that’s a coincidence? Those cameras need to go. Any elected official voting for and defending a surveillance police state should never be trusted. #flock #policestate #secretpolice #nazis #ICE #washingtonstate #acab

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 4d

Amazon enjoys an estimated $11 BILLION in state and local subsidies, largely based on expectations of job creation.

Leaked documents show Amazon is working to automate 75% of the companies operations, eliminating 600,000 workers.

Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 4d

Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents

They’re taking our jobs.

www.theverge.com

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 3d

The @volts.wtf interview with Katie Wilson (episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0iGQ...) is also worth a listen - it really illustrates how she could be an exemplary leader for progressive municipal governance in North America.

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 7d

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office appears to have deleted or is withholding a contract used to make a crucial legal decision regarding the Mayor’s newly-minted Chief of Staff, Andrew Myerberg.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/18/h...

Harrell’s Office Buries Records Pertaining to Investigation into Chief of Staff » The Urbanist

# Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office appears to have deleted or is withholding a contract used to make a crucial legal decision regarding the Mayor’s newly-minted Chief of Staff, Andrew Myerberg. Harrell’s ...

www.theurbanist.org

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