After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
Great to hear.
I would also be interested to know if the King County Executive or Council is interested in pursuing this, given the executive orders that came down this week. It seems helpful to cover a larger area all at once, but I don’t know whether that’s possible.
Do you know if there is a similar effort happening in King County, particularly with the Tukwila location having been identified?
Oh hell no
Me holding copy of the book
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Despite wide public support for the Millionaire's Tax, 30k people have signed CON on this legislation getting its first hearing this Friday, outnumbering those in the PRO column four to one. It's really easy to sign PRO - do it now!
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Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Tell your Senators to strip DHS out of the bill before they vote yes this week or vote no entirely
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But it comes with big impacts to the existing system as well, including an estimated three-year closure of the existing 1 Line to shore up the existing tunnels, excavate the new one, and install and test the new systems.
Thanks for your reporting on this. Am I reading this incorrectly somehow, or did you say the interline option would close Line 1 for three years?? That feels like a non-starter.
Walmart and Amazon also receive the largest amount of SNAP dollars in grocery sales, so they benefit twice over for those inadequate wages.
Those bike lanes are great! More of those kinds please.
Someone holding a cardboard butterfly in front of a march.
@weareecs.bsky.social La mariposa flies again today. Thank you tifo crew!
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Intrigued to know how $250k would be used for such a project. If you split that among 60 families, it’s over $4k, and I can’t help but think about how vital that money would have been in helping any number of the families in your book when they were at the same point.
Well if this isn’t just the mantra of the moment.
And not just housing! Unaffordable commercial leases contribute to the same high operational costs >> high prices. Do you have any specific policy plans that address that too?
Mojito in Lake City (good food and they make weekly free meals for the U Dist Food Bank so ♥️) and Lenox in Belltown (new and lovely, also of Chopped fame).
This was such a great story, some of the best coverage I read today. So glad to learn about what’s happening in Yakima, and grateful for all the voices you represented in the piece.
“Recent research suggests that the true number of people experiencing homelessness — factoring in those living in cars or motel rooms, or doubled up with others — is at least six times as high as official counts.”
Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:
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It was actually her initiative to start! council.seattle.gov/2025/01/15/c...
That was a sympathy heart, not a like. It was great work.
Also not just homelessness of course, housing unaffordability up the income ladder, etc. Indicators for small businesses likewise not great along similar considerations like increased operating costs (again, including rent) greater than revenue increases.
I don’t think all alternative measures bear that out, and a serious reckoning with how we measure economic health is warranted. Money didn’t go as far, and we continue to face record food insecurity and homelessness. I thought this analysis captured it well. www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
The best I've read so far :
"Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was"
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