OP ED: Lawmakers want progressives to clap for their corporate-friendly income tax, but with the House striking the bill's $550 million corporate handout, Tech4Taxes activist Fatema Boxwala urges you to tell your reps to pick the people over big biz www.theburnerseattle.com/post/the-mil...
This should be WA's economic development strategy. Pour money into K-12 public schools, child care, higher ed, research. Triple down on brain gain. Set us up for the next big thing.
Instead...Dems in #waleg and @governorferguson.bsky.social want to slash higher ed, K-12, child care.
The billionaires are bluffing. Tax increases in MA, CA, NJ, and Seattle were all met with “the rich and the jobs will leave” and yet they all grew substantially anyway.
Don’t buy the BS. Pass the millionaire tax, with no cuts for mega corporations or giant estates.
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As the article notes, Sen. Jesse Salomon blocked this bill from even being heard in the Senate Local Government Committee.
Salomon is being challenged for re-election in the 32nd LD (N. Seattle/Shoreline) by his seatmate, Rep. Cindy Ryu, who is a cosponsor of this bill.
Voters don’t think the Democratic Party is too progressive, they think it’s weak and ineffective
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Tax For Social Housing Brought In Twice the Original Estimate, Mirroring Early JumpStart Results
With $115 million (almost) in hand, the social housing developer says it's ready to start buying up apartments.
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NEWS: The new "centrist" Abundance think tank pressing Democrats to tout deregulation is headed by a registered corporate lobbyist for Open AI, Larry Ellison's Oracle, and a crypto think tank, according to federal records reviewed by
@levernews.com.
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"One of the last things I heard on that cell floor was my cellmate begging for medical care."
Aliya Rahman describes her brutally assault, arrest and detention by ICE agents, who also refused to provide medical care or disability accommodations, in Minneapolis.
I’m excited to see ASOIAF stories in animation! I hadn’t heard about this. Thanks!
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
This is an excellent overview of policies and resources from the Sacajawea PTA:
ICE agents pointed their weapons at a Minnesota police officer who’s an American citizen. She tried to film the encounter and they knocked her phone out of her hand.
Video: @atrupar.com
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
I want my tax dollars going to healthcare and schools, not ICE.
"Here are the demands we all need to make: Use the National Guard to protect our citizens. Arrest agents who commit crimes. Charge police, National Guard, and ICE with crimes when they commit or refuse to stop them. . . . Do it now."
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What we are witnessing is the result of a society whose red line wasn’t genocide.
When people can excuse that, it’s an indictment.
When will Congress stop the American Gestapo?
So much is absurd in this editorial, especially the idea that we don't need new spending even in the era of Trump and DOGE. Particularly flawed is the point about school funding. The current system isn't working -- but that's because the amount being spent is inadequate.
REGIME CHANGE 🇺🇸
Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Nope. The way out isn’t to hack away at pieces of the system. That’s austerity thinking that gets us nowhere. Instead we need to 1) bring construction costs down closer to European levels and 2) provide ST with more resources to build the system voters approved.
JUST IN... Vancouver City Council has approved sweeping new housing policies reshaping the Downtown Eastside.
Policies enabling buildings up to 32 storeys in #DTES to generate new social housing and rental housing. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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Today, the City of Vancouver approved the code change to the Vancouver Building By-Law (VBBL) to allow Single Exterior Exit Stair (SEES?!?) for up to 6 storeys in height, as well as accommodating scissor stair layouts for 6 storeys of limited area by reducing the minimum distance between exits.
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Having Katie Wilson on the Sound Transit board is a huge deal at this critical moment for the agency. You absolutely love to see this.
NEWS: King County Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda and Steffanie Fain, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, and Tukwila Mayor Thomas McLeod will be the newest members of the Sound Transit board of directors, Executive Zahilay's office has just announced.
What exactly will our transition team do? I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about it. #thisisyourcity
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is cheering on Trump using his pardon power to end a high-profile corruption prosecution.
Ladies and gentlemen...The Democratic leadership!
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NEW STORY // A Sneak Peek at Shared Streets Coming to Seattle
Story by Mark Ostrow via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/04/a...
Washingtonians want legislators and Governor Ferguson to balance the state budget with progressive revenue, not more cuts
The governor told reporters at a December media availability he plans to propose a supplemental budget for 2026 that relies on cuts to balance, with no new revenue. This would…
