Kate Brunette Kreuzer
@kbrunettekreuzer.bsky.social
Organizer, facilitator, and political strategist | Seattle, WA
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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
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
October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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
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
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@seattleu.edu hosted a lively mayoral debate between incumbent Bruce Harrell & challenger Katie Wilson on Wednesday night. The two highlighted their differing views on issues ranging from homelessness and housing to public safety, federal overreach, transit and more.
Seattle U Conversations: Mayoral Debate with Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell
YouTube video by Seattle Channel
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@seattleu.edu hosted a lively mayoral debate between incumbent Bruce Harrell & challenger Katie Wilson on Wednesday night. The two highlighted their differing views on issues ranging from homelessness and housing to public safety, federal overreach, transit and more.
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If Bruce Harrell's case for re-election is his management experience, what should we make of two separate instances in the last week of city decisions made under his watch being immediately reversed after huge community blowback?
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If Bruce Harrell's case for re-election is his management experience, what should we make of two separate instances in the last week of city decisions made under his watch being immediately reversed after huge community blowback?
Opinion | They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped
July 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped
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Quite an impressive feat to apparently create 1,000 new emergency units in the 12 days between when these two ads dropped
July 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Democrats have hit historic lows in favorability with young voters. After years of being sidelined by establishment politics, these voters are demanding change. And now, a new generation of leaders is stepping up to answer the call. Will the party make space for them?
Young Leaders Are Ready To Take The Democratic Reins—Will The Establishment Let Them?
This is the energy the Democratic Party needs
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Democrats have hit historic lows in favorability with young voters. After years of being sidelined by establishment politics, these voters are demanding change. And now, a new generation of leaders is stepping up to answer the call. Will the party make space for them?
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Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson said her husband makes the best bagels in town. So I tried them…
I tried Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson's (husband's) bagels
If this is going to be Seattle's next First Bagel, we need to know how good it is...
itsashanda.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson said her husband makes the best bagels in town. So I tried them…
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Check out our new TV ad!
Together, we can build a Seattle that actually works for working families.
#ThisIsYourCity
WilsonForSeattle.com
Together, we can build a Seattle that actually works for working families.
#ThisIsYourCity
WilsonForSeattle.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Check out our new TV ad!
Together, we can build a Seattle that actually works for working families.
#ThisIsYourCity
WilsonForSeattle.com
Together, we can build a Seattle that actually works for working families.
#ThisIsYourCity
WilsonForSeattle.com
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Mind-blowingly revelatory point about AI as a socially & eocnomically disruptive technology, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social's recent interview with @karenhao.bsky.social on her new book Empire of AI on OpenAI:
They're DEFINING "artificial general intelligence" as AI capable of replacing human labor!
They're DEFINING "artificial general intelligence" as AI capable of replacing human labor!
June 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mind-blowingly revelatory point about AI as a socially & eocnomically disruptive technology, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social's recent interview with @karenhao.bsky.social on her new book Empire of AI on OpenAI:
They're DEFINING "artificial general intelligence" as AI capable of replacing human labor!
They're DEFINING "artificial general intelligence" as AI capable of replacing human labor!
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This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
wagingnonviolence.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
What a gift to turn on KEXP this morning, 24 hours into their 27 hour marathon for public radio, and hear the joy of Let's Go Crazy, followed by Born to Run. We are so lucky. Tune in live KEXP.org
Help Power KEXP's One-Day Drive
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June 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What a gift to turn on KEXP this morning, 24 hours into their 27 hour marathon for public radio, and hear the joy of Let's Go Crazy, followed by Born to Run. We are so lucky. Tune in live KEXP.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Happening all night at KEXP ! The Gathering Space will be open all night so stop by and say HI www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
KEXP hosts 27-hour marathon broadcast to protest potential public media cuts
The local radio station is holding the marathon broadcast to bring awareness to the public funding it, as well as many other stations, rely on from being cut as part of a Republican-led recession pack...
www.seattletimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Happening all night at KEXP ! The Gathering Space will be open all night so stop by and say HI www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead?
These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.
These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.
The Strategic Logic of the No Kings Protests
By Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
indivisibleteam.medium.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead?
These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.
These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.
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May 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Despite what the NYT and @conordougherty.bsky.social want you to think, sprawl isn't our only option to address affordability. We can do things differently, and here in WA, we ARE doing things differently.
Pro-housing doesn’t have to mean pro-sprawl. You shouldn't be stuck in traffic two hours from work just to afford a home.
Washington shows that we can meet housing, climate, and affordability goals by connecting more people to jobs and services through high quality rapid transit.
Washington shows that we can meet housing, climate, and affordability goals by connecting more people to jobs and services through high quality rapid transit.
April 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Despite what the NYT and @conordougherty.bsky.social want you to think, sprawl isn't our only option to address affordability. We can do things differently, and here in WA, we ARE doing things differently.
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A quick recap of what's in WA's TOD bill (2/2)
• 10% of units affordable at 60% AMI unless the jurisdiction already has an inclusionary zoning program or already has zoned for the minimum density
• 20-year property tax exemption for new development to offset the cost of the affordability requirement
• 10% of units affordable at 60% AMI unless the jurisdiction already has an inclusionary zoning program or already has zoned for the minimum density
• 20-year property tax exemption for new development to offset the cost of the affordability requirement
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A quick recap of what's in WA's TOD bill (2/2)
• 10% of units affordable at 60% AMI unless the jurisdiction already has an inclusionary zoning program or already has zoned for the minimum density
• 20-year property tax exemption for new development to offset the cost of the affordability requirement
• 10% of units affordable at 60% AMI unless the jurisdiction already has an inclusionary zoning program or already has zoned for the minimum density
• 20-year property tax exemption for new development to offset the cost of the affordability requirement
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A quick recap of what’s in WA’s TOD bill (1/2)
• Minimum density of 3.5 FAR (~5-6 stories) within ½ mile of rail stations
• Minimum density of 2.5 FAR (~4 stories) within ¼ mile of bus rapid transit stops
• Elimination of parking requirements within those station areas
• Minimum density of 3.5 FAR (~5-6 stories) within ½ mile of rail stations
• Minimum density of 2.5 FAR (~4 stories) within ¼ mile of bus rapid transit stops
• Elimination of parking requirements within those station areas
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A quick recap of what’s in WA’s TOD bill (1/2)
• Minimum density of 3.5 FAR (~5-6 stories) within ½ mile of rail stations
• Minimum density of 2.5 FAR (~4 stories) within ¼ mile of bus rapid transit stops
• Elimination of parking requirements within those station areas
• Minimum density of 3.5 FAR (~5-6 stories) within ½ mile of rail stations
• Minimum density of 2.5 FAR (~4 stories) within ¼ mile of bus rapid transit stops
• Elimination of parking requirements within those station areas
Still feels a bit surreal to see this pass. We started session estimating a 25% chance. But we plugged away with the policy work and organizing, and the success fed on itself. Still wasn't sure what would happen as early as Monday of this week. It's not over till it's over!
ICYMI: after three years of advocacy from @futurewise.bsky.social and sponsorship by @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social, Washington passed the most significant state-level transit-oriented development mandate in the country with HB 1491. The bill now heads to @governorferguson.bsky.social for signature!
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Still feels a bit surreal to see this pass. We started session estimating a 25% chance. But we plugged away with the policy work and organizing, and the success fed on itself. Still wasn't sure what would happen as early as Monday of this week. It's not over till it's over!
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Democrat James Malone is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Pennsylvania State Senate District 36 in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November with 57 percent of the vote. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
March 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Democrat James Malone is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Pennsylvania State Senate District 36 in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November with 57 percent of the vote. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Today ICE agents detained the prominent farmworker organizer Alfredo Juarez, also known as Lelo, in Washington State. Community groups allege that agents broke Lelo’s car window to apprehend him, violating his constitutional rights. They are calling for his immediate release.
March 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Today ICE agents detained the prominent farmworker organizer Alfredo Juarez, also known as Lelo, in Washington State. Community groups allege that agents broke Lelo’s car window to apprehend him, violating his constitutional rights. They are calling for his immediate release.
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The Vice President is a long time adherent of a bunch of self described monarchists, neofascists, and race realists and the press has never showed it an ounce of interest. Maybe 1/20th of the voting public has any clue. If you want to learn about it you have to go to podcasts and independent outlets
Reminds me of this quote from Vance that I’ve been thinking about lately
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Vice President is a long time adherent of a bunch of self described monarchists, neofascists, and race realists and the press has never showed it an ounce of interest. Maybe 1/20th of the voting public has any clue. If you want to learn about it you have to go to podcasts and independent outlets
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PubliCola Questions: Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson
"Harrell's the status quo, and it’s not working," Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says.
publicola.com/2025/03/12/p...
"Harrell's the status quo, and it’s not working," Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says.
publicola.com/2025/03/12/p...
PubliCola Questions: Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson - PubliCola
“Harrell’s the status quo, and it’s not working,” Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says. By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Bruce…
publicola.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
PubliCola Questions: Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson
"Harrell's the status quo, and it’s not working," Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says.
publicola.com/2025/03/12/p...
"Harrell's the status quo, and it’s not working," Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says.
publicola.com/2025/03/12/p...