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@geichler.bsky.social

Cat dad. Dad dad. Pro-people, pro-union, pro-democracy, pro-accountability. Tired.

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Erica C. Barnett
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My coverage yesterday: publicola.com/2025/07/23/r...

publicola.comRenters Commission Appointments Thwarted by Saka and Nelson's Last-Minute Absence from Their Own Committee - PubliColaBy Erica C. Barnett For 18 months, under former city councilmember Cathy Moore’s leadership, nominees to the Seattle Renters Commission…
David Kroman@kromandavid.bsky.social

Inbox: The items that should have gotten votes in yesterday's housing committee -- including 14 appointments to the city's renter's commission that Cathy Moore urged her former colleagues to delay -- will now get them in the full Seattle City Council meeting.

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Alex Steed
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Cybertruck Owner: “23, 24, 25…” Laughing Child: “What the fuck are you doing? Cybertruck Owner: “I’m counting the exact number of you so that I can tell a reporter about it.”

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The New Republic
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Democrats have long debated whether appearing on Fox News provides a sheen of legitimacy to a propaganda outlet. But if they don't, repeated descriptions of Trump’s outright lawlessness may never reach Fox-exclusive viewers.

newrepublic.comLaura Ingraham’s Angry Rants at Dem on Fox Reveal MAGA’s Dark EndgameAn Arizona Democratic congresswoman shoved the Fox host’s talking points back in her face Tuesday night. Why can’t more Democrats do that?

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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social

This government is not legitimate.

Adil Haque@adhaque.bsky.social

"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil" "Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs." Free this man immediately. apnews.com/article/mahm...

apnews.comPressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefsThe U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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@geichler.bsky.social

How long before Trump Gaza’s a major American city?

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Middle East crisis live: Israeli troops shot Gaza paramedics ‘with intent to kill’, says Red Crescent

theguardian.comMiddle East crisis live: Israeli troops shot Gaza paramedics ‘with intent to kill’, says Red Crescent15 medics and rescuers killed last month in Gaza were shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, says president of Palestinian Red Crescent Society Russia, China and Iran will hold consultations at expert level on the Iranian nuclear programme in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has been cited as saying. Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran unless it comes to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme, and the Kremlin said earlier today that Russia was ready to do all it could to help resolve tensions between the Washington and Tehran. Macron said he strongly opposed any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. “We are firmly opposed to the displacement of populations and to any annexation of both Gaza and the West Bank,” Macron told journalists. “This would be a violation of international law and a serious threat to the security of the entire region, including Israel,” he said. Macron said Hamas, which has run Gaza since 2007, should have no part in governing the strip after the war and reiterated his support for a reconstruction plan for the territory endorsed by the Arab League. “I salute here the crucial work of Egypt on this plan, which offers a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and should also pave the way for new Palestinian governance in the enclave led by the Palestinian Authority,” he said. “Hamas must have no role in this governance, and must no longer constitute a threat to Israel.” Continue reading...
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How long before Trump decides to start gaza’ing us?

NBC News@nbcnews.com

“I couldn’t see my two colleagues in the ambulance,” a surviving paramedic told NBC News, “but I heard their final breaths as they died.”

nbcnews.toChilling video shows the moment Israeli forces opened fire on a convoy of emergency vehiclesThe attack killed 15 people. “I couldn’t see my two colleagues in the ambulance,” a surviving paramedic told NBC News, “but I heard their final breaths as they died.”
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@geichler.bsky.social

HANDS OFF DEFEND Democracy DENY Fascism DEPOSE The King Consider changing your deductions from your paychecks. Remove them. Save that money and when your state or local municipality replaces the fed, send it there.

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@geichler.bsky.social

Unfortunately there were no better options to vote for who would have made the current mostly-corporate-backed council. More housing is needed. Fuck that old NIMBY.

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social

Cathy Moore Wants to Make it More Expensive to Build Middle Housing Moore says imposing fees on small developments in former single-family areas would not depress new housing development, contradicting the city's own analysis publicola.com/2025/04/01/c...

publicola.comCathy Moore Wants to Make it More Expensive to Build Middle Housing - PubliColaBy Erica C. Barnett In a recent meeting of the Seattle City Council’s special committee on the comprehensive plan, Councilmember…
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@geichler.bsky.social

All these and more. Also digging deeper—like boycotting Chobani yogurt because they support a tyrant. There are other decent non-fat Greek yogurt options. Dig deeper and support better alternatives like Costco.

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JonZoidberg
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In 70 days: Planes dropped from the skies. Alliances broken. Markets tumbling. Classified info leaked. Foreign leaders humiliated. Agencies unable to function. And now, "Sorry your loved one was accidentally shipped to a foreign gulag. We can't get them back. Oops." What the hell is next?

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Proud Veteran
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Two people died so he could duck down and discharge a WWE blood pellet next to his ear and then pose for a photo op I’ll go to my grave believing this was staged.

Richie Barna@richstaa.bsky.social

I will never ever believe that this wasn’t a staged event. Common sense tells me that he wasn’t shot. Our eyes are not playing tricks on us. I feel bad for the kid, and for the family of the man who actually lost his life. Let that sink in. For a stunt, they sacrificed two people.

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Popehat
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This is the op-ed Rumeysa Ozturk co-wrote in 2024 criticizing the Tufts administration’s response to student demands for action regarding Gaza and Israel. It is unquestionably speech protected by the First Amendment. /1 www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...

tuftsdaily.comOp-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts DailyThe independent student newspaper of Tufts University

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The Stranger
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There is a helpful resource for the “don’t wanna accidentally fund fascism” crowd: PublicSquare, a self-proclaimed “anti-woke” marketplace, is basically a Yelp for MAGA business owners. They made a handy map so you can search by location. Let Meg van Huygen tell you all about it!

thestranger.comPublicSquare Is an Inadvertent Gift to People Who Don’t Want to Fund FascismI don’t know where I heard about PublicSquare, and I’m not sure why people in my sphere (including me) are just now learning about this four-year-old, not-new company. Probably because it&...
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@geichler.bsky.social

JFC. I just googled the phrase and this is fucking real. These goons aren’t even trying not to look line cartoon characters.

Huey Li@hueyli.bsky.social

Lol, the DOJ is investigating the "leak of inaccurate, but nonetheless classified, information". I didn't know "inaccurate information" needs to be classified.

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The Hard Times
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Opinion: In My Day, We Earned Our Positions the Traditional Way: Through Dad’s Fraternity thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...

thehardtimes.netOpinion: In My Day, We Earned Our Positions the Traditional Way: Through Dad’s FraternityHaving trouble breaking into the job market with just your skills and qualifications? That's adorable. When I was young, we earned our positions the old-school way: through time-honored networks of pr...

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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social

Remember that the people who are cheering the haphazard mass firing of federal employees — because they hate federal employees and think they are the “deep state” — are simultaneously happy to accept ICE’s unreviewable, often clearly wrong determination of which aliens are most dangerous. MURIKA

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Robert Reich
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87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023. Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?

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@geichler.bsky.social

This isn’t a coup. It’s worse. The diaper king plans to sell off half of all federal property in a fire sale. It it is a fleecing of the people. Reflecting the fall of the Soviet Empire, is a Putin wet dream. For all the claims of stopping corruption, this is the greatest example in history.

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