ChiliGunKelly
@chiligunkelly.bsky.social
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Welp, after years of planning, pots of dedicated funding, promises that despite other elements getting yanked from the plans that sidewalk repairs were still on the table, the only sidewalk on LWB that got repaved this year was the segment right in front of Bruce's house.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Welp, after years of planning, pots of dedicated funding, promises that despite other elements getting yanked from the plans that sidewalk repairs were still on the table, the only sidewalk on LWB that got repaved this year was the segment right in front of Bruce's house.
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Thread. This is what a moral panic looks like.
SPD out here on Northgate shutting down the taco stand between 8th and Roosevelt due to "multiple licensing and health code violations" that they wouldn't provide anymore info about.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thread. This is what a moral panic looks like.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Imagine if there was a bus lane proposed in Madrona explicitly so Capitol Hill transit riders could access the neighborhood. That would not be accepted as a justification. To say nothing of the fact that Eastside cities like Bellevue are making it harder to get around without a car.
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Imagine if there was a bus lane proposed in Madrona explicitly so Capitol Hill transit riders could access the neighborhood. That would not be accepted as a justification. To say nothing of the fact that Eastside cities like Bellevue are making it harder to get around without a car.
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"I'll be clear, I do not read PubliCola, so I will not respond to that," Shon Barnes, the Police Chief of Seattle, who definitely does not read PubliCola and is not mad at all about our reporting
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"I'll be clear, I do not read PubliCola, so I will not respond to that," Shon Barnes, the Police Chief of Seattle, who definitely does not read PubliCola and is not mad at all about our reporting
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Again Bouie from the top rope
September 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Again Bouie from the top rope
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In Seattle, we like to block dense, low-carbon housing in the name of trees while our temperate rainforest bursts into flame.
September 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In Seattle, we like to block dense, low-carbon housing in the name of trees while our temperate rainforest bursts into flame.
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Then Melissa Santos of Axios asked a follow up on the Center City Connector and Harrell confirmed he both supports the project and has no plan to advance it.
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Then Melissa Santos of Axios asked a follow up on the Center City Connector and Harrell confirmed he both supports the project and has no plan to advance it.
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Bradley is a cool guy and a regular sight around town. This truly is shameful for the city and for Mayor Harrell in particular.
August 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Bradley is a cool guy and a regular sight around town. This truly is shameful for the city and for Mayor Harrell in particular.
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Yup. One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of all time bsky.app/profile/grud...
The only poll anyone will ever need. Swing states voters were +11 on the economy they experienced locally and minus 27 (!!) on the national economy they only heard about.
August 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yup. One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of all time bsky.app/profile/grud...
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They didn't want Biden and Harris to win, but they do want Trump to win and rule us. So they use headlines, social media posts and push notifications to spin for him, especially around stuff like economic sentiment.
U.S GDP grew at a at a 4.9 percent annual rate over the summer of 2024, and the Times reported this as 'unsustainable,' bad news for Joe Biden.
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They didn't want Biden and Harris to win, but they do want Trump to win and rule us. So they use headlines, social media posts and push notifications to spin for him, especially around stuff like economic sentiment.
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Katie held her election night party in a plaza 50 feet from a light rail stop.
Harrell held his in a wealthy lake front, car dependent neighborhood.
It really just can't be any clearer 🙌
Harrell held his in a wealthy lake front, car dependent neighborhood.
It really just can't be any clearer 🙌
Just wow. Katie Wilson, who has never held political office, leading Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell 46% to 45%. That's a stunning result tonight.
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Katie held her election night party in a plaza 50 feet from a light rail stop.
Harrell held his in a wealthy lake front, car dependent neighborhood.
It really just can't be any clearer 🙌
Harrell held his in a wealthy lake front, car dependent neighborhood.
It really just can't be any clearer 🙌
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Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it’s likely to only get better.
Seattle, you showed up!
It’s clear that voters want change.
This is your city.
Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!
Seattle, you showed up!
It’s clear that voters want change.
This is your city.
Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it’s likely to only get better.
Seattle, you showed up!
It’s clear that voters want change.
This is your city.
Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!
Seattle, you showed up!
It’s clear that voters want change.
This is your city.
Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!
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Rob Saka has endlessly crowed about how spending $1M to remove Curby is "immigrant justice" but here he had a chance to spend $300k for the actual legal defense of immigrant children facing deportation and he voted AGAINST
Voting in favor: Rinck, Solomon, Strauss, Hollingsworth, Kettle.
Juarez had to abstain because of a board she sits on.
Rivera and Saka voted no.
Juarez had to abstain because of a board she sits on.
Rivera and Saka voted no.
August 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Rob Saka has endlessly crowed about how spending $1M to remove Curby is "immigrant justice" but here he had a chance to spend $300k for the actual legal defense of immigrant children facing deportation and he voted AGAINST
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One of the biggest declines in local tax revenues has been from the sales tax, mostly due to a dramatic decline in construction permits. This includes permits for new housing—less new housing (built by those ever-demonized developers) leads directly to funding shortfalls for the city.
August 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest declines in local tax revenues has been from the sales tax, mostly due to a dramatic decline in construction permits. This includes permits for new housing—less new housing (built by those ever-demonized developers) leads directly to funding shortfalls for the city.
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when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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Post updated this morning with an email from Cathy Moore, who resigned from the council, to Councilmember Mark Solomon, trying to influence him not to move forward with renters' commission appointments that she preventing from moving forward for her entire 18-month term.
Renters Commission Appointments Thwarted by Saka and Nelson's Last-Minute Absence from Their Own Committee
Saka was reportedly in his office during the meeting. Nelson's whereabouts remain unknown.
publicola.com/2025/07/23/r...
Saka was reportedly in his office during the meeting. Nelson's whereabouts remain unknown.
publicola.com/2025/07/23/r...
Renters Commission Appointments Thwarted by Saka and Nelson's Last-Minute Absence from Their Own Committee - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett For 18 months, under former city councilmember Cathy Moore’s leadership, nominees to the Seattle Renters Commission…
publicola.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Post updated this morning with an email from Cathy Moore, who resigned from the council, to Councilmember Mark Solomon, trying to influence him not to move forward with renters' commission appointments that she preventing from moving forward for her entire 18-month term.
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The city's housing committee, headed by Mark Solomon (and previously Cathy Moore), was unable to meet officially today because committee members Sara Nelson and Rob Saka won't go to the meeting, denying the committee a quorum. Saka is currently sitting in his office.
July 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The city's housing committee, headed by Mark Solomon (and previously Cathy Moore), was unable to meet officially today because committee members Sara Nelson and Rob Saka won't go to the meeting, denying the committee a quorum. Saka is currently sitting in his office.
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The Seattle City Council needs to decide if it is a city council or an HOA board.
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Congratulations"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...
July 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Seattle City Council needs to decide if it is a city council or an HOA board.
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Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.
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There's a multi-decade plan by conservatives to develop the careers of conservative journalists in order to get them placed in high ranking positions in mainstream news orgs. What's happened at WaPo and NYT is in part the result of a deliberate conspiracy to infiltrate and sabotage these orgs.
July 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There's a multi-decade plan by conservatives to develop the careers of conservative journalists in order to get them placed in high ranking positions in mainstream news orgs. What's happened at WaPo and NYT is in part the result of a deliberate conspiracy to infiltrate and sabotage these orgs.
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Truly imagine if Mamdani had used the word “Shylock.”
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
July 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Truly imagine if Mamdani had used the word “Shylock.”
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
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This is what I keep coming back to. There is no constituency for weakening council ethics rules other than council members themselves. The public does not feel disenfranchised (and of course they used unspecified marginalized people as a shield) when elected officials can't vote due to conflicts.
Sometimes the lack of self awareness for the #Seattle city council is so astounding. Like yes weakening the ethics code at a time of unprecedented political corruption in order to benefit certain special interests is uh, gonna cause folks to get a little heated. 🤷🏾♀️
"It seems like everything we talk about in Seattle these days is heated and controversial," Moore observes—after proposing what would obviously be a controversial proposal to roll back rules that try to prevent council members from self dealing.
May 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is what I keep coming back to. There is no constituency for weakening council ethics rules other than council members themselves. The public does not feel disenfranchised (and of course they used unspecified marginalized people as a shield) when elected officials can't vote due to conflicts.
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Mayor Bruce Harrell diverts police resources from actual crimes to instead harass a nude beach popular with the city’s LGBTQ residents, at the behest of wealthy donors.
HAPPENING NOW: Seattle Police Departments Officers at Denny Blaine telling people to get dressed. One person banned from the beach for a week, according to one person on the ground.
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mayor Bruce Harrell diverts police resources from actual crimes to instead harass a nude beach popular with the city’s LGBTQ residents, at the behest of wealthy donors.