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This is The Discovery Institute’s plan in action.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
'In limiting spending on long-term housing to just 30 percent of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90 percent this year — the Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First."
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is The Discovery Institute’s plan in action.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
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“Didier and Lt. Larry Longley, who leads the Police Outreach Engagement Team, justified the response by saying that officers were forced to watch crimes happen in the 2020 protests, and it was bad for morale.”
cry me a fucking river
cry me a fucking river
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Didier and Lt. Larry Longley, who leads the Police Outreach Engagement Team, justified the response by saying that officers were forced to watch crimes happen in the 2020 protests, and it was bad for morale.”
cry me a fucking river
cry me a fucking river
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Turns out the over-the-top police response against leftist demonstrators of Jenny Donnelly's anti-LGBTQ Christian Nationalist rally at Cal Anderson park last spring was over a balloon & a bubble machine.
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Turns out the over-the-top police response against leftist demonstrators of Jenny Donnelly's anti-LGBTQ Christian Nationalist rally at Cal Anderson park last spring was over a balloon & a bubble machine.
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
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🧵. Note that Divest believes 2 of the 3 officers involved in the shooting were rookies. There will be many rookies flooding into SPD from the hiring spree this year.
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🧵. Note that Divest believes 2 of the 3 officers involved in the shooting were rookies. There will be many rookies flooding into SPD from the hiring spree this year.
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CN:SA, Self-harm
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
Rape investigation ends in 40-hour suspension for King County deputy
A woman alleged that King County deputy James Taylor sexually assaulted her while she was mentally vulnerable and too intoxicated to consent.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
CN:SA, Self-harm
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
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I love that for them
Fire KOMO Seattle reporter Jonathan Choe is banned from DESC housing facilities.
They even got a warning poster on him posted around their facilities.
They even got a warning poster on him posted around their facilities.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I love that for them
Technically, it is wrong. the pay is significantly higher.
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
As in @divestspd.bsky.social 's reporting is wrong? Or as in "that's bullshit and should not be true"?
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Technically, it is wrong. the pay is significantly higher.
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
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My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
NEW // Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth » The Urbanist
# Mayor Bruce Harrell recently released two executive orders seeking to respond to President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to increase local immigration enforcement and illegally send in the Nationa...
www.theurbanist.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
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Not going to link the @divestspd.bsky.social video (cw shooting death on their page) but it sure looks like SPD shot and killed someone who was complying earlier this week.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Not going to link the @divestspd.bsky.social video (cw shooting death on their page) but it sure looks like SPD shot and killed someone who was complying earlier this week.
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
COMMUNITY REQUEST
Every month, we ask supporters to chip in and help with monthly subscriptions to our video editing, social media and graphic design tools
Venmo.com/divestspd
Ko-fi.com/divestspd
Every month, we ask supporters to chip in and help with monthly subscriptions to our video editing, social media and graphic design tools
Venmo.com/divestspd
Ko-fi.com/divestspd
Here’s how NTK can still win
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Here’s how NTK can still win
Spokane PD is patting itself on the back after two predators resigned, but this is hardly an accountability success story.
They've been preying on DV victims under the department's nose for 10 years.
www.divestspd.com/p/spokane-pd...
They've been preying on DV victims under the department's nose for 10 years.
www.divestspd.com/p/spokane-pd...
Spokane PD let two cops prey on DV victims for more than a decade
Officers Toby Bryer and Christopher Conrath had no shortage of red flags in their disciplinary files, but the department let them keep their badges—until two women blew the whistle.
www.divestspd.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spokane PD is patting itself on the back after two predators resigned, but this is hardly an accountability success story.
They've been preying on DV victims under the department's nose for 10 years.
www.divestspd.com/p/spokane-pd...
They've been preying on DV victims under the department's nose for 10 years.
www.divestspd.com/p/spokane-pd...
SeattleU’s criminal justice program had an incestuous relationship with SPD.
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
This "public safety survey" is not an objective process whatsoever. The woman who operates the survey is paid by the Seattle PD to do it (Seattle Times omits this), is a media surrogate identified by SPD and is actively quoted as desiring to boost legitimacy and trust in police.
Seattle crime survey reveals a decade of shifting safety concerns
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
SeattleU’s criminal justice program had an incestuous relationship with SPD.
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
It provides:
-Annual survey/MCPP/Before the Badge (Helfgott)
-Most of the data/analytics staff
-The current OPA director
-RTCC staff
-Several officers
The gist of this article is literally: "locals want more cops and security after a security guard shot someone in front of a bunch of cops on Halloween"
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The gist of this article is literally: "locals want more cops and security after a security guard shot someone in front of a bunch of cops on Halloween"
Now that the consent decree is over, SPD is no longer following its own policy of releasing officers' names and video footage within 72 hours after a shooting.
Control over that now rests with King County and the Washington State Patrol, so who knows when we'll get video of last week's shooting.
Control over that now rests with King County and the Washington State Patrol, so who knows when we'll get video of last week's shooting.
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Now that the consent decree is over, SPD is no longer following its own policy of releasing officers' names and video footage within 72 hours after a shooting.
Control over that now rests with King County and the Washington State Patrol, so who knows when we'll get video of last week's shooting.
Control over that now rests with King County and the Washington State Patrol, so who knows when we'll get video of last week's shooting.
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conspiracy to make a cop go slow
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
conspiracy to make a cop go slow
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I've been wondering if Mayor Wilson will continue the practice of having a goon squad.
The new SPOG contract will make Seattle cops some of the country’s highest paid.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I've been wondering if Mayor Wilson will continue the practice of having a goon squad.
The new SPOG contract will make Seattle cops some of the country’s highest paid.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The new SPOG contract will make Seattle cops some of the country’s highest paid.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
Among the biggest beneficiaries will be the mayor’s protection detail, who made more than Bruce himself last year.
The good news: SPD fired a cop arrested for DV in under two months
The bad news: That's extremely rare (like it-will-probably-never-happen-again rare)
Read our latest to find out why
www.divestspd.com/p/a-seattle-...
The bad news: That's extremely rare (like it-will-probably-never-happen-again rare)
Read our latest to find out why
www.divestspd.com/p/a-seattle-...
A Seattle cop arrested for DV was fired less than two months later. Here's why that's rare.
Seattle Police Officer John Nguyen was arrested for domestic violence in May and let go in July. SPD has taken years to terminate officers for similar violations. What's different?
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October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The good news: SPD fired a cop arrested for DV in under two months
The bad news: That's extremely rare (like it-will-probably-never-happen-again rare)
Read our latest to find out why
www.divestspd.com/p/a-seattle-...
The bad news: That's extremely rare (like it-will-probably-never-happen-again rare)
Read our latest to find out why
www.divestspd.com/p/a-seattle-...
Standards for becoming a citizen: raised
Standards for joining ICE: lowered
Standards for joining ICE: lowered
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Standards for becoming a citizen: raised
Standards for joining ICE: lowered
Standards for joining ICE: lowered
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Chat, is Bruce cooked?
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Chat, is Bruce cooked?