Hannah Krieg

Hannah Krieg

@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

reporter in seattle without a boss https://linktr.ee/theburnerseattle?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadnj-uuZRKaBUoh58Etx74tPokr6rPYXnmszZEV4mih3Z_WJKAGaQxRgsMDmw_aem_uVjoe869tDWKeyk02FLVKg

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Hannah Krieg
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bluesky is unfortunately the most miserable place on earth and every time I accidentally scroll I see some local discourse that can only be explained by the consumption of lead paint. And no horny posting! A shame.

Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Seattle's historic moratorium didn't stop this data center --- but you can help delay it. Public comment tonight at 5pm! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

theburnerseattle.comSeattle’s Historic Moratorium Didn’t Stop This Data Center — But You Can Help Delay ItSeattle made history this summer as the first major City in the country to pass a temporary moratorium on the construction of large data centers amid a wave of popular frustration with the tech brolig...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: King County saw a record breaking 1000+ evictions filed in March 2026. Seattle (especially w/ a renter mayor) must do better than just maintain tenant services in the budget. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/evictio...

theburnerseattle.comEvictions Are On The Rise — City Council Must Fund Tenant ServicesSeattle’s first renter Mayor in recent memory did not restore funding for tenant services slashed by the previous administration in her first crack at the City budget, so now advocacy groups are askin...

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NEW: Ex CM Sara Nelson's new dark money group just threw $30k behind D5 candidate Julie Kang with the explicit promise of anonymity for donors to avoid public backlash. Now a progressive PAC has filed complaints and is determined to daylight the donors. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/new-dar...

theburnerseattle.comNew Dark Money Group Dropped $30,000 Into Seattle City Council Race In Total AnonymitySeattle Forward (SeaFor), former Council President Sara Nelson’s new dark money pseudo PAC, just dropped $30,000 into the District 5 City Council race to support the conservative lane candidate, Julie...
Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: Ex CM Sara Nelson's new dark money group just threw $30k behind D5 candidate Julie Kang with the explicit promise of anonymity for donors to avoid public backlash. Now a progressive PAC has filed complaints and is determined to daylight the donors. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/new-dar...

theburnerseattle.comNew Dark Money Group Dropped $30,000 Into Seattle City Council Race In Total AnonymitySeattle Forward (SeaFor), former Council President Sara Nelson’s new dark money pseudo PAC, just dropped $30,000 into the District 5 City Council race to support the conservative lane candidate, Julie...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Rep. Amy Walen, one of the few Democrats to oppose the millionaires tax, lost her primary to progressive challenger Jessica Forsythe by just 17 votes. Now big business IEs have spent $410k in hopes to buy Walen her seat for another two years. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/corpora...

theburnerseattle.comCorporate PACs Dump $410k To Save Democrat Who Voted Against Millionaires TaxBig business has spent a jaw dropping $410,000 in independent expenditures to defend Rep. Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) against progressive challenger Jessica Forsythe. That’s on top of hundreds of corporate donations padding the stunning $395,000 her campaign has raised itself. Walen earned big business’s loyalty as one of the handful of Democrats to vote against the Millionaires Tax last session, arguably against the will of her constituents who broadly support taxing the rich to fund government prog
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: WA Ferries wanted you to think their workers are whiny babies who make $350k. The truth is more complicated and more sympathetic --- workers making $65k, engine room paid 20% less than above deck, and those making the big bucks working 70 hour weeks. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

theburnerseattle.comWashington State Ferries Tried To Turn You On Their Workers By Posting Eye-Popping SalaryFerry service has returned mostly to normal after 23 Ferry engine room workers called out sick, shutting down 13 out of 18 vessels on Monday. While there’s no official confirmation workers coordinated...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Big AI is trying to buy the open congressional seat in central WA, one of the fastest growing data center hubs. But voters have another option. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/big-ai-...

theburnerseattle.comBig AI Is Trying To Buy An Open Washington Congressional SeatThe AI industry is spending big money this midterm election to fill congress with as many corporate shills as possible and two of them are here in Washington State. The industry’s best-funded super PA...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: The same real estate firm that's tried to buy sooooo many Seattle elections just dumped $175,000 to make sure they can keep fucking over Tacoma tenants. Anyway, vote yes on Safe Homes For All! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

theburnerseattle.comSeattle Real Estate Firm Tries To Buy Tacoma’s Election To Stop City From Enforcing Renter ProtectionsGoodman Real Estate, the same Seattle-based real estate company that’s tried to buy the Mayor’s office and a corporate majority on the Seattle City Council every cycle in recent memory, just threw dow...

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James everything is analog
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Because it’s kinda buried down in the article, just wanted to highlight a bit that’s short-term more important than the journalism slop / council email harassment aggregator: Nelson’s nonprofit is planning to do $100k of PAC spend against @neighborsfornilu.bsky.social / for her opponent

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Amy Sundberg
@amysundberg.bsky.social

I like this paragraph: "To put that number into perspective, Wilson’s completely voluntary $12.6 million bump to SPD is 20% greater than the entire budget for the Office of Labor Standards, the office tasked with solving the single most prevalent form of theft in the nation: wage theft."

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: Just recently a "change" candidate, Mayor Wilson is doing what Seattle Mayors do best, austerity for almost everyone but the police! The advocates she once stood shoulder to shoulder with decrying this age old strategy call this move "unsettling." www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...

theburnerseattle.comMayor Katie Wilson Gives Cops’ Budget 13.9% BoostJust recently a “change candidate,” Mayor Katie Wilson took a page from tradition in her first crack at the City budget: Cuts for almost every department besides the cops. In part, her hands were tied...
Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: Just recently a "change" candidate, Mayor Wilson is doing what Seattle Mayors do best, austerity for almost everyone but the police! The advocates she once stood shoulder to shoulder with decrying this age old strategy call this move "unsettling." www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...

theburnerseattle.comMayor Katie Wilson Gives Cops’ Budget 13.9% BoostJust recently a “change candidate,” Mayor Katie Wilson took a page from tradition in her first crack at the City budget: Cuts for almost every department besides the cops. In part, her hands were tied...
Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: Archie McPhee owner apologizes for $10k donation to LGW, asks for refund and gives it to the campaign defending queer and trans people. Turns out, he didn't want to support anti-trans stuff, he just wanted to protect the interest of the ultra wealthy! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/archie-...

theburnerseattle.comArchie McPhee Owner Didn't Mean To Fund Anti-Trans Initiative — Just To Protect The Interests Of The Ultra WealthySeattle internet enjoyers proclaimed over the weekend they would find a new quirky establishment from which to buy their rubber chickens when several viral posts exposed that the owner of novelty shop...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: The 33 Pro-Palestine students and community members who occupied UW's Boeing-funded building last May are entering a deal to avoid jail and fines. They'll still need to do community service and not get arrested for a year. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/anti-wa...

theburnerseattle.comAnti-War Activists Who Occupied UW’s Boeing-Funded Building Will Not Face Jail TimeThe UW 33, a group of UW students and community members who occupied a campus building funded by war profiteer Boeing, will not go to trial, face jail time, or face any fines after they sign pretrial ...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: WA Dems talk a big game about standing up to Trump's deportation machine, but they are still a willing cog as long as they keep letting DOC collaborate with ICE. So far this year, the State has directly aided in at least 76 ICE arrests. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...

theburnerseattle.comWashington State Helped ICE Arrest 76 People So Far This YearWashington State has helped ICE arrest 76 people just this year thanks to an exemption in the State’s flagship law protecting immigrants. These arrests account for a small percentage of overall ICE ar...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Delaying changes is not enough. Students continue to fight UW on draconian changes to student code of conduct that would let the school punish students for merely being at a protest where vandalism happens. PACK THE ROOM TOMORROW AT 2PM! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/student...

theburnerseattle.comStudents Fight UW's Attempts To Crackdown On Protests — While They Still Can!The University of Washington wants to crackdown on protest, pushing changes to the Student Code of Conduct that would trump up punishment for students that cover their faces or are merely present when...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez voted "yes" not just to condemn socialism, but to urge the passage of the SAVE America Act she once opposed. Goes to show she cares more about finger wagging the left than standing up to fascism! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/gluesen...

theburnerseattle.comGluesenkamp Perez Voted To Condemn Socialism — And To Support Trump’s Voter Suppression SchemeWashington’s most groan-inducing Democratic member of Congress crossed party lines this week to support an amendment condemning socialism, clearly in response to the Democratic Socialists of America’s...
Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: The Office of Labor Standards shrunk by about a third under the last Mayor. It's still delivering big wins for workers. How our Mayor prioritizes the office in her budget will show her commitment to workers better than foot-in-mouth muffin comments. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/defunde...

theburnerseattle.comDefunded Labor Watchdog Just Won $4 Million For Seattle Workers, Now Activist Mayor Must Protect The Department In Her BudgetUber Eats will pay more than $4.3 million to over 14,000 gig workers for allegedly violating Seattle’s App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance thanks to the enforcement of Seattle’s Office of Labor...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Right wingers make a disingenuous fiscal responsibility argument against Seattle giving trans organizations (get this) $300k. Let's put that into perspective... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

theburnerseattle.comSeattle City Council Threw $300k At Trans Refugee Crisis — That’s Less Than Half Of The Ex-Police Chiefs PayoutRight wingers are losing what’s left of their lead-paint-infected minds over the Seattle City Council allocating a measly $300,000 to LGBTQ+ organizations grappling with an influx of trans and queer p...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Mayor Katie Wilson needed a W and yesterday the council passed her rental junk fee ban 8-0. Pretty soon moderate/conservative media will have to contend with the substance of her agenda rather than just calling her incompetent!! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-co...

theburnerseattle.comCity Council Passes Mayor’s Rental Junk Fee Ban — And Holy Shit Did Wilson Need A WThe Seattle City Council voted 8-0 to pass Mayor Katie Wilson’s rental junk fee ban, legislation that codifies what fees landlords can impose, mandates upfront transparency, and bans any charges not e...
Hannah Krieg
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URGENT: The City Council may add pet rent to the list of allowable fees under Mayor Wilson's junk fee ordinance. Tell them at public comment ahead of 2pm vote to pass the bill without amendment C and ban that shit outright. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/tell-se...

theburnerseattle.comTell Seattle City Council To BAN Pet Rent, Not Just Cap ItAt their 2pm Tuesday meeting, the Seattle City Council will vote on Mayor Katie Wilson’s junk fee ban, an ordinance that lays out what landlords can charge for, mandates upfront transparency for those...

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Andrew Engelson
@andyengelson.bsky.social

"Please, please forget that whole cutting free school lunches thing I did."

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

JOY HOLLINGSWORTH W: Seattle City Council President passed an amendment to the supplement budget to redirect a quarter million in surveillance funding to community violence interrupters. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-co...

theburnerseattle.comCity Council President Joy Hollingsworth Redirects Surveillance Funding for Violence InterruptersSeattle City Council President Joy Hollingsworth passed an amendment to the supplemental budget redirecting $250,000 in unused funding, originally set aside for an unrealized surveillance camera expan...
Hannah Krieg
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JOY HOLLINGSWORTH W: Seattle City Council President passed an amendment to the supplement budget to redirect a quarter million in surveillance funding to community violence interrupters. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-co...

theburnerseattle.comCity Council President Joy Hollingsworth Redirects Surveillance Funding for Violence InterruptersSeattle City Council President Joy Hollingsworth passed an amendment to the supplemental budget redirecting $250,000 in unused funding, originally set aside for an unrealized surveillance camera expan...
Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social

NEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!

theburnerseattle.comKing County Boomers Have Turned In FOUR TIMES As Many Ballots As Voters Under 35 This ElectionThe 2026 election could be another “change” election with younger challengers aiming to unseat longtime incumbents in several State legislative races around Seattle. But these young, scrappy candidate...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

theburnerseattle.comState House Candidate Ron Davis Accuses Opponent’s Campaign of Yard Sign Theft, Dreher Denies And Calls The Sign "Litter"State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing his opponent Will Dreher’s campaign of stealing thousands of dollars of campaign yard signs — and over the weekend, they obtained video they believe proves ...

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Nick
@nicksattele.bsky.social

To my fellow Seattleites - Ballard Link is alive and well. I can assure you I’ve been a good patient. At my age, doctor’s orders are not just a recommendation. We’ve done every test and multiple studies and trust, I am healthy. As much as this frustrates me, process takes time. - XOXO, BLE

Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Sophie Cunningham's unauthorized welcome party of out-of-town transphobes flopped outside Storm game in Seattle. Perhaps the failure to turn national culture war into local grassroots energy is a good sign for the anti-trans and anti-queer initiatives www.theburnerseattle.com/post/sophie-...

theburnerseattle.comSophie Cunningham’s Trans-Exclusionary Welcome Committee Couldn't Fill a Sidewalk Outside Seattle Storm GameTens of people gathered outside of the Seattle Storm vs. Indiana Fever basketball game to support the WNBA’s transphobe of the month, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham. The bench warmer suddenly r...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: PCC is once again sending workers home for wearing watermelon pins, but this time the buttons have union branding, which PCC explicitly permits in its handbook and sets up an argument that the pins are protected under the NLRA www.theburnerseattle.com/post/pcc-is-...

theburnerseattle.comPCC Is Sending Workers Home Over Watermelon Pins Again — This Time, Union-Branded OnesIt’s happening again. The bosses at Puget Consumers Co-op (PCC) are once again sending workers home from their shifts at the Greenlake Village location for wearing watermelon pins, a symbol commonly a...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Almost HALF of House Democrats voted to cut aid to Israel. That's a huge shift for the party, but WA delegation is lagging. Most of our Democrats voted against the amendment. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/almost-...

theburnerseattle.comAlmost Half of House Democrats Vote to Cut Aid to Israel, WA State Delegation Lags Behind Turning TideThe tides are turning on the U.S.’s favorite genocidal ally! Almost half of House Democrats voted “yes” on an amendment to cut off aid to Israel Wednesday afternoon. While the amendment ultimately fai...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Criminal justice professor Carmen Rivera posted the now viral clip calling out Seattle U provost for snatching a student's Palestinian flag at graduation. Two weeks later, the school told her they won't renew her contract for next school year. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

theburnerseattle.comSeattle University Dismisses Professor After She Posted Viral Video Of Provost Snatching Palestinian Flag At GraduationLast month, Seattle University tripped and fell under the international spotlight when a video of Provost Shane Martin snatching a Palestinian flag from a student as she crossed the stage at graduatio...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Here's every fee landlords can still charge you under Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's junk fee ban proposal. Everything else would be banned and even the permitted ones would be subject to new transparency requirements. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/here-s-...

theburnerseattle.comHere's Every Fee Landlords Can Still Charge Under Mayor Wilson's Junk Fee BanMayor Katie Wilson, Seattle’s first renter mayor in recent memory, just announced legislation to combat the pesky “junk” fees landlords tack onto Seattle tenants’ already exorbitant rents. After seven...
Hannah Krieg
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NEW: Mayor Wilson?? Following through on anything she said related to surveillance???? Advocates appreciate Wilson turning off the cameras around the stadium after FIFA World Cup, but the fight to take them all down is still on. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wilson-...

theburnerseattle.comWilson Turned Off The Cameras Near The Stadium, Advocates Demand MoreTo the surprise of some of her critics, Mayor Katie Wilson followed through on her promise to shut off Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) cameras the City recently install...
Hannah Krieg
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Katie Wilson had this exact same change of heart!

Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com

The Seattle Times says it wants “honest representation” in City Hall - and then endorses the deeply dishonest Julie Kang. Here’s Kang on cameras and SOAP orders in February (left) and July (right).

Hannah Krieg
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NEW: A new PAC supporting the "interests of the Jewish community" spent $30k+ to keep an anti-Zionist Jewish woman out of office in Tacoma in 2025. Now they're targeting Muslim civil rights advocate Imraan Siddiqi. He's honored to have their attention. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/new-pac...

theburnerseattle.comNew PAC Is Targeting Pro-Palestine Advocates In Washington Elections — This Time, Imraan SiddiqiThe political action committee that helped defeat an anti-Zionist Jewish candidate as its very first electoral interventions has now set its sights on another outspoken supporter of Palestine — promin...