Ron Davis
@ronpdavis.bsky.social
Husband, dad, progressive policy and politics guy who wants to fix our cities. Will never give into MAGA weirdos. Follow my newsletter at https://rondezvouswa.com/
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Ron Davis
@ronpdavis.bsky.social
· Jun 18
It is time for state and local governments to arrest masked officers who won’t produce warrants and who have no proof someone is undocumented.
Kidnappers should be arrested and indicted and tried for kidnapping and serve the many years such sentences carry.
Kidnappers should be arrested and indicted and tried for kidnapping and serve the many years such sentences carry.
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Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
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One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
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The assessed value of Broadmoor & Sandpoint Golf Courses has been <$1/sq ft since 1983 even while Seattle property has increased 2000-2400%. KCAssessor claimed value of private courses was transferred to the CC homes. It's not. We need to eminent domain the courses @councilmember-amr.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The assessed value of Broadmoor & Sandpoint Golf Courses has been <$1/sq ft since 1983 even while Seattle property has increased 2000-2400%. KCAssessor claimed value of private courses was transferred to the CC homes. It's not. We need to eminent domain the courses @councilmember-amr.bsky.social
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
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Fun fact about my big biz payroll tax bill which will fund vital services: employees making $125k annually already pay it via an “Additional Medicare Tax” on their federal tax returns.
The Well Washington fund gives employers the chance to join their workers in supporting the social safety net.
The Well Washington fund gives employers the chance to join their workers in supporting the social safety net.
I hope the legislature and business community come together to develop a solution that works for everyone. State funding of programs is vital. We simply cannot wait any longer…
“Scott’s bill would create the “Well Washington Fund” to backfill what the federal government takes away. Absent proactive measures by the Legislature, thousands of residents will face greater food insecurity, less access to health care and higher costs for education, Scott said.”
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fun fact about my big biz payroll tax bill which will fund vital services: employees making $125k annually already pay it via an “Additional Medicare Tax” on their federal tax returns.
The Well Washington fund gives employers the chance to join their workers in supporting the social safety net.
The Well Washington fund gives employers the chance to join their workers in supporting the social safety net.
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I hope the legislature and business community come together to develop a solution that works for everyone. State funding of programs is vital. We simply cannot wait any longer…
“Scott’s bill would create the “Well Washington Fund” to backfill what the federal government takes away. Absent proactive measures by the Legislature, thousands of residents will face greater food insecurity, less access to health care and higher costs for education, Scott said.”
Democratic state lawmakers are once again eyeing a statewide version of a Seattle tax on companies with large payrolls and high-paid employees. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/26/w...
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I hope the legislature and business community come together to develop a solution that works for everyone. State funding of programs is vital. We simply cannot wait any longer…
Yes, yes, and more yes!
It’s time to eminent domain Broadmoor for the assessed value and convert the MAGA golf course to a public one so we can building housing and a real park at Jackson Park & 130th. @alexis4seattle.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
In Seattle City Council's city-wide Position 8, incumbent Alexis Mercedes Rinck defeated challenger Rachael Savage by a more than 4:1 margin. Savage won in only 8 of Seattle's 2038 precincts.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yes, yes, and more yes!
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Paul has been talking about the tax loophole that Seattle country clubs have been enjoying for a while now but WOW I did not know how big
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Paul has been talking about the tax loophole that Seattle country clubs have been enjoying for a while now but WOW I did not know how big
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
This is Broadmoor Golf Club. It's a gated right-wing enclave for the rich in Seattle. The golf course is 7 parcels, 122.2 acres. It's assessed at just $76k/ACRE!
Fantastic! I definitely agree that this guy has been a coward; I’m pleased to see that the blowback for his cowardice redirected him to do the right thing.
Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fantastic! I definitely agree that this guy has been a coward; I’m pleased to see that the blowback for his cowardice redirected him to do the right thing.
Definitely thought Seattle was the right answer and am thrilled to see us on top.
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Top 10 US Cities That Are Becoming More City-Like
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
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November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Definitely thought Seattle was the right answer and am thrilled to see us on top.
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This is an absolutely bonkers take
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is an absolutely bonkers take
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Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
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“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
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If SDOT took their entire $8 million budget for Low Pollution Neighborhoods and just used it to figure out how to make retractable bollards work, that would be worth it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If SDOT took their entire $8 million budget for Low Pollution Neighborhoods and just used it to figure out how to make retractable bollards work, that would be worth it.
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If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
Dems are told we should pander to billionaires like Benioff because that will help us win. It hasn't, but it has got us champions like this guy, posing with an Attorney General--who is dismantling the rule of law--at an event for a guy who had a journalist murdered.
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www.kron4.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Dems are told we should pander to billionaires like Benioff because that will help us win. It hasn't, but it has got us champions like this guy, posing with an Attorney General--who is dismantling the rule of law--at an event for a guy who had a journalist murdered.
www.kron4.com/news/technol...
www.kron4.com/news/technol...
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Amazon originally promised 25,000 jobs to Virginia for the cost of up to $750 million in taxpayer subsidies.
Amazon currently employs fewer than 8,000 at the campus. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
Amazon currently employs fewer than 8,000 at the campus. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
Amazon slows forecast on HQ2 job growth
The company had already been veering off its planned road map for growth in Arlington: In early 2023, Amazon halted its plans to break ground on the largest part of the new headquarters.
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Amazon originally promised 25,000 jobs to Virginia for the cost of up to $750 million in taxpayer subsidies.
Amazon currently employs fewer than 8,000 at the campus. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
Amazon currently employs fewer than 8,000 at the campus. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
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When Amazon 1st announced they would open a 2nd HQ outside of Seattle, the usual WA conservatives gloated that progressives making wealthy corporations pay what they owe in taxes had backfired.
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
When Amazon 1st announced they would open a 2nd HQ outside of Seattle, the usual WA conservatives gloated that progressives making wealthy corporations pay what they owe in taxes had backfired.
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
Flash forward 8 years and Amazon's HQ2 is a bust & Seattle's Jumpstart tax is keeping our services afloat
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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It's all talk until it's not.
Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's all talk until it's not.
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What an abomination. Almost 2,000 Coast Guard personnel died fighting fascism in World War II.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What an abomination. Almost 2,000 Coast Guard personnel died fighting fascism in World War II.
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
Gee, if only someone could have seen this coming.
the U.S. President is calling for the execution of U.S. lawmakers who made a video reminding the military that they don’t have to follow unlawful orders.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gee, if only someone could have seen this coming.
The one upside to the Justice Department getting staffed by hacks and lackeys looking to exact political revenge is that they suck at the work.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The one upside to the Justice Department getting staffed by hacks and lackeys looking to exact political revenge is that they suck at the work.
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The tenuous decorum between Bruce Harrell’s office and Sara Nelson is evaporating, as Nelson goes after Harrell’s political consultant with new proposed legislation. Harrell’s team and consultant Christian Sinderman call it a misguided priority by a sore loser
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Sara Nelson wants to restrict political consultants at Seattle City Hall
Outgoing Seattle Council President Sara Nelson is proposing a bill that would restrict access to City Hall.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The tenuous decorum between Bruce Harrell’s office and Sara Nelson is evaporating, as Nelson goes after Harrell’s political consultant with new proposed legislation. Harrell’s team and consultant Christian Sinderman call it a misguided priority by a sore loser
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...