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Presidents Trump and the GOP have laid out their vision of the future of the US in their BBB. Prisons Coal Secret Police Death Disease Heat Concentration Camps Bombs Hungry Leopards How could anyone craft a winning message running against this dawning golden age??

I-001 repeals existing laws that ensure parents are informed when their child needs them most and removes common-sense protections for victims of child abuse. Join State Rep. Monica Stonier and hundreds of other teachers, counselors, nurses, doctors, and more in voting NO on I-001by November 3rd.

The victim in Colorado's 12th bear attack of the year took a stand for humanity and opened a can of whoop-ass on the bear.

Good people? Who knows? They just aren’t the worlds worst people. Low bar. Good for them

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Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins. trib.al/nhvi88R

Share the Cities built Lefty Cheat Sheet to better inform Seattle voters of the range of endorsing organizations that exist beyond our two major newspapers. It was built with us and our own communities in mind, and then shared with everyone to use and to customize. leftycheatsheet.org/about.html

RFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪

A scoop from me: CBS-owned local stations' election coverage will be sponsored by DraftKings, a deal that has stirred concern inside the company. www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

Reminder that Burrow has good politics.

Some really good points in this piece.

Remain 76% Referendumb: 23% Reporting: 32% Go Alberta

“There is blood on your hands. Not just Hunter Foster, but everyone that is complicit in the cover-up, including Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and everything that happens as a result,” activist Marquell Bridges said after Fitch declared the police shooting of Kohen Wiley "justified."

New data: Good news! Sales at Pike Place Market are up $7.5 million so far this year compared to the same time period in 2025 (Jan-Sep). Keep visiting and supporting market businesses, and tell them you support restricting unnecessary car traffic on Pike Place.

The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office announced on Monday. buff.ly/EqW7n8c

A massive win and success

After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson. buff.ly/85IBUDu

It’s also funny that right-wing deviants think that we’re scared of the Muslim Brotherhood, when our own government employs tens of thousands of secret police that roam the streets with impunity kidnapping our friends neighbors and coworkers

All to prohibit 10 kids (that's the number) from playing sports with their friends? Alas, no. It's so every kid has to have someone check their genitals before they play sports with their friends. Your daughter, grand-daughter, sister.

Go to your camera roll, search “boat” and post one that you like

Notably Eileen Pollet is also a consultant for independent expenditures promoting Jamie Pedersen against Hannah Sabio-Howell. This behavior is so petty but also shows that all the money in the world can't buy you trust from progressive voters.

Hate to say it but the Seahawks look like they miss….Anthony Bradford? 😦

Dodgers tanking to do their part to avoid an inevitable salary cap being established is just incredibly selfless. Kudos to Shohei and the gang for keeping their eye on the correct ball. Players seem to have decided that a Milwaukee / Tampa or Cleveland World Series gives them the most leverage

We at @indyvetsofamerica.bsky.social are proud to make our latest endorsement. independentveteransofamerica.org/candidates/g... Incredible Indepedent Marine veteran Gwen Samuel for Connecticut State Senate, District 9.

Oh Lordy, Eagles, what are you even doing? Crikey! 🤦‍♂️

But it shouldn’t matter. Progressive Seattle voters should stop defaulting to the Stranger when voting. Instead, use them as one of many sources. The leftycheatsheet.org is the way to go - aggregating grassroots endorsements, and the Stranger, to help voters make wise choices on their ballot.

1. I think the president of the United States really believes "there's never been anybody" who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than he does. He really believes he "settled eight wars." He really believes he stopped "the total obliteration of the world" by going to war with Iran.

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird

It’s a very good book!

www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi... Look for the helpers.

There will be one high-profile Democrat that will say “Immunity? For that guy? Lol!” Then the Great Unraveling will begin.

You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social and @mepfuller.bsky.social #ksleg

Wow. What a campaign. Thank you to the 1000+ volunteers today and everyone throughout the campaign. The Green Party got 10% last time. Whatever happens tonight - we made Labour work like they never have before. I'm so proud of you all. 💚🙏🏽

A blue wave won't mean shit if the chumps get their way: defector.com/a-blue-wave-...

“I, the man that wholeheartedly supported the man that wants to murder and eat you, would like to work with you in the spirit of collegiality to reform things” Me: Eat my fist motherf***er Dem Leadership: “That’s unseemly”

So I edited this story. And I wanna share on thought on language, & telling the truth We talked about: the "government is lying to you" It may sound saucy. It may sound like opinion But it's just true And if something is true then you should just say it, clearly That's just good journalism

Okie! I like to start with something we've pretty much all experienced. Imagine a TV show that's really popular but you just don't find it compelling. It's not that you hate the show. It's just not your cup of tea. Maybe you even watched it and were just whelmed. But everyone else is obsessed!

Hamas are monsters The current govt of Israel are monsters Tune in for more trenchant analysis of the shittiest situation™️

Wipe my burner Facebook account….

I-638 discriminates against girls and puts them at risk of harm. Over 100 WA pediatricians, family doctors and nurses say I-638’s new sex inspection requirements will force them to conduct medically unnecessary and potentially harmful tests on girls. Vote NO on I-638 when your ballot arrives.

🧵Donald Trump is a con man. From his time on the campaign trail to present day, he continues to tell the American people lie after lie. These are 11 of his most harmful, costly broken promises. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

Since Alaskans adopted top-four primaries and ranked choice voting, legislative elections feature closer margins, more viable candidates, and more challengers unseating incumbents. @alvanderklipp.bsky.social

The most important political task in America is clawing back wealth from the very rich. The most important ballot measure in America is the California billionaire tax. Oligarchy is at the front door. Time to stop fucking around. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-war-ag...

Up until very recently indeed, airlines were the only businesses that I dealt with regularly that practiced "price discrimination," charging different customers different prices for the same seats.