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NEW: Fox News ran digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
#CHAZ
via
@seattletimes
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NEW:
@RepJayapal
is proposing a 'Paycheck Guarantee Act' which would have feds cover 100% of worker salaries up to $100k for next three months. Live
#coronavirus
updates:
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Note: Judge James Robart, who just ordered nationwide halt to enforcement of Trump
#ImmigrationOrder
, was appointed by Pres. George W. Bush
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@seattletimes
Fox also ran this scary image of a burning city above a package of stories about Seattle headlined CRAZY TOWN. The photo was from May 30 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Rep. Jaime
@HerreraBeutler
(WA-3) will vote to retain
@RepLizCheney
in House Republican leadership, per spokesman. No further statement at this point.
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BREAKING: Senate Democrats name U.S. Sen. Patty Murray as Senate President Pro Tempore — making her third in line to presidency
#waelex
Patty Murray will be the first woman to serve as Senate president pro tempore, placing her third in line for the presidency, Murray's office says
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NEW: Republican activists are organizing 'surveillance' of drop boxes in WA, some inspired by '2000 Mules' claims via
@seattletimes
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BREAKING: Latest vote counts leave Marie Gluesenkamp Perez poised to defeat Trump-endorsed Republican Joe Kent in WA congressional race
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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Biden signs executive order. Asks “Is this a state park or a city park?” People call out “city.” Biden hands first pen from signing to Mayor Bruce Harrell.
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I got quick video of moment a man drove car at protesters at 11th and Pine. He hit barricade, jumped out of car with pistol. Brandished. Ran into crowd.
#seattleprotest
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BREAKING: WA State House passes assault weapon ban on a 55-42 vote. Now heads to state Senate.
#waleg
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BREAKING: Judge Robart enjoins all federal enforcement of key sections of
#ImmigrationOrder
. "This TRO is granted on a nationwide basis."
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Seattle: not dying.
The Seattle area has the lowest death rate of the 20 largest metropolitan regions in the country. If the rest of the United States had kept pace with Seattle, the nation could have avoided more than 300,000 coronavirus deaths, via
@ByMikeBaker
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.
@AGOWA
Bob Ferguson "We are a nation of laws" - expects President Trump to obey judge's ruling blocking
#ImmigrationOrder
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Analysis: In two days, House Speaker vote count reaches half the number of Russell Wilson bathrooms.
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BREAKING: Rep.
@davereichert
will not seek reelection in 2018, giving Democrats a shot at a pickup in WA-08
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Breaking: Judge Robart rules in favor of
@AGOWA
, grants temporary restraining order against
#ImmigrationOrder
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Seattle is now cut off from Portland AND Spokane.
Alert: A 20-mile stretch of I-5 in
@lewiscounty
between Grand Mound & US 12 south of Chehalis is now CLOSED in both directions due to rising flood water from the Chehalis River. There is currently no ETA for reopening. Please delay travel until flood water recedes.
#wawx
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BREAKING
@HerreraBeutler
has conceded in statement. "I’m proud that I always told the truth, stuck to my principles, and did what I knew to be best for our country."
#waelex
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BREAKING: WA bans sale of AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles, effective immediately via
@seattletimes
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Some real five-dimensional chess going on here in WA Secretary of State race by GOP.
Nonpartisan candidate Julie Anderson loses by ~51k votes to Dem Steve Hobbs as GOP backs write-in candidate - an election denier - who took ~85k votes.
#waelex
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620,000 to 750,000 Americans died in the Civil War.
....If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.” Pastor Robert Jeffress,
@FoxNews
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Biden: “all around this country there used to be a hell of a lot more forests like this.”
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BREAKING: caller to
@seattletimes
newsroom says her neighbors in Burien are shooting off fireworks and her cat is unhappy but she's got wine and incense but why don't they stop
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NEW: Trump endorses Loren Culp in challenge to WA Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted for impeachment
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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Elector Jack Arends broke down sobbing as he related that he had terminal illness and wanted to cast his electoral vote for Joe Biden as a last act.
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NEW: Bankman-Fried brothers discussed $500k ‘dark money’ wire to back
@PattyMurray
last November, after Gabe Bankman-Fried hosted her at fundraiser (w.
@sydbrownstone
)
#FTX
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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At front of line for Bernie Sanders Tacoma rally: Remington Schroyer, 19, of Bellingham. He arrived at 9 a.m. - for 7 p.m. event. Doesn’t necessarily consider himself a Democrat. If Sanders not nominee he’d vote for Warren, but not Bloomberg or Buttigieg
#waelex
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Redmond cop who shot and killed unarmed woman laying on the floor had been fired 14 months earlier by Whatcom County sheriff's office for poor performance (via
@stimesmcarter
) via
@seattletimes
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.
@cmkshama
called on
@BernieSanders
backers to vote for Green Party's
@DrJillStein
, not
@HillaryClinton
#DNCinPHL
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In 2018, the job of chief of staff to the President of the United States is suddenly not so desirable
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BREAKING: Gov. Jay Inslee to offer pardons for thousands with misdemeanor pot convictions via
@seattletimes
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As part of an approved "misinformation effort," Seattle police faked radio chatter about Proud Boys while CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds (via
@DBeekman
) via
@seattletimes
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Amazing: records show
@LorenCulp
's police dog, Karma, gave an alert signaling drugs in 100% of his roadside sniffs. "Whether drivers actually possessed illegal narcotics made no difference."
#waelex
via
@reason
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I disagree: always send the email, persons in and around government. Please, always send the email.
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Mayor Harrell and most of WA Democratic congressional delegation await Biden
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WA Sen.
@PattyMurray
gets Four Pinocchios from WaPo fact checker for false claim Senate Republicans ‘plan to end Social Security and Medicare’
#waelex
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Seattle Mariners:
✔tied for best record in AL
✔4 game win streak
✔+22 run differential (best in AL)
✔ 🔥⚾
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A veto-proof majority of Seattle City Council is coalescing around pledge to cut police department by 50%, including council president
@CMLGonzalez
, who apologized for past votes to increase police budget.
NEW: Majority of Seattle council pledges to support Police Department defunding plan laid out by advocates
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Supporters of
@BernieSanders
launch petition demanding Washington superdelegates follow caucus results
#WAcaucus
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Previous drug decriminalization stance dogs Ferguson in WA gov race | The Seattle Times
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Departing Obama Tearfully Shoos Away Loyal Drone Following Him Out Of White House via
@theonion
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We literally need about 100 more reporters at the Seattle Times... literally! 😫
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At state Capitol these folks are yelling about Gov Inslee and tyranny and pedophiles. Tried talking with a couple of them but they said I work for the Communist Seattle Times. ☭
#waleg
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Results coming in: Patty Murray leads Tiffany Smiley 74% to 26% in King County. Rule of thumb is GOP candidates need to hit 40% there,
#waelex
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Without revealing your actual age, what is the day, month and year in which you were born?
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This song lives up to the hype
My kid wrote a song called,
“I Wonder What’s Inside your Butthole” Quite honestly, it slaps.
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THREAD: It's past time to share the most comically lousy Public Records Act response I've seen from a state agency in my 20+ years as a reporter. Yes I am talking about
@ESDwaWorks
#waleg
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@stimesmcarter
@seattletimes
Mendoza "struggled with virtually every aspect of police work... unable to recite statutes, routinely getting lost while responding to calls, writing muddled reports and failing tests on topics ranging from when using force was appropriate to the county’s pursuit policies."
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NEW: Three WA Republican legislators used taxpayer money to attend Mike Lindell’s election conspiracy conference
#waleg
via
@seattletimes
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BREAKING: puppy named Ruby at my gate in Des Moines airport.
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So yeah the FiveThirtyEight "model" on WA-03 was a little off.
You can blame lack of polling, or maybe Kent rolled a 1 on his saving throw.
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Biden gives a shout out to Sound Transit light rail. Touts bipartisan infrastructure law which invests billions in rail transit
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People noting Trump's
@Nordstrom
tweet came at 10:51 EST. He was scheduled to be in intelligence briefing at 10:30
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This is Jim.
Jim wondered how news of the last few days could feel any worse.
Then Jim read the comments.
Don't be like Jim.
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Tacoma PD says this officer, Robert Hollingsworth made these comments at end of his final patrol shift. He resigned effective March 13.
The right is sharing a video of a Tacoma police officer telling police in other cities to disobey orders against the freedom convoy and warned that if they don’t ,“conservatives will turn on you, and they absolutely should.”
The officer ended his video with “Let’s go Brandon.”
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Note: this mandate will NOT apply to Washington's highest paid state employee - WSU football coach Nick Rolovich, who has declined to get vaccinated. His salary in 2020 was $3.2 million.
NEW: Gov. Jay Inslee will hold a news conference Monday in Seattle in which he is expected to announce a vaccine mandate for state employees.
@Jim_Brunner
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New: Washington
@GovInslee
calls for immediate removal of President Trump, whether by impeachment, resignation or 25th Amendment. "We need to go to the heart of that insurrection and remove that cancer," he said at AP legislative preview.
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How bad is Seattle traffic today? A taco truck just opened for lunch on I-5.
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Someone online pointed out WA-08 looks like a downward facing Scottish Terrier, and now I can't stop thinking about it. "Who's a good Congressional District? Have a treat!"
#waelex
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BREAKING: U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler concedes primary defeat to Trump-endorsed challenger Joe Kent
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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"My name is Joe Biden. I work for Patty Murray." -Biden's first words at Seward Park today.
#waelex
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NEW: Pierce Co. Sheriff Ed Troyer called in massive police response on a Black newspaper carrier in his neighborhood w. claim he'd threatened to kill him. A Tacoma police report says he retracted that claim upon questioning. (w.
@lewiskamb
)
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Washington State Democratic Party has filed a bar complaint against Stephen Pidgeon, the attorney for
@LorenCulp
, for making "meritless allegations of unspecified election fraud" in lawsuit against
@secstatewa
#waelex
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Breaking:
@DinoRossiWA
has conceded WA08 race in a statement. "While this race did not end in the way you or I would have liked, I urge you to stay involved in the democratic process."
#waelex
update soon at
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Patty Murray still leads but Tiffany Smiley closes gap in new WA Poll (via
@davidlgutman
)
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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NEW: Rep. Kim Schrier leads Republican challenger Matt Larkin in WA 8th District House race for Democrats Tuesday night
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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BREAKING:
@LorenCulp
campaign has withdrawn its lawsuit against
@secstatewa
alleging vote fraud after being threatened with legal sanctions by
@AGOWA
. Withdrawn "with prejudice" meaning it cannot be refiled.
Story soon at
Washington State Democratic Party has filed a bar complaint against Stephen Pidgeon, the attorney for
@LorenCulp
, for making "meritless allegations of unspecified election fraud" in lawsuit against
@secstatewa
#waelex
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Seattle police stopped investigating new adult sexual assaults this year, memo shows. Important watchdog reporting by
@sydbrownstone
&
@Ashleyhiruko
via
@seattletimes
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The Poulsbo Aquarium is free (donations welcome) and has this amazing and beautiful octopus
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Every time the President of the United States makes this indiscriminate charge, he increases the chances a reporter will be murdered.
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Dems avert historic loss in Oregon.
Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor’s race, fending off strongest Republican bid in a decade
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I wonder if Oregon Republican lawmakers are just stranded, because in Idaho you gotta pump your own gas. Thanks, I'll be here all night!
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Semi regular reminder: entire city-owned block across from City Hall is still an empty hole in the ground after 15 + years of dithering during hottest real estate market ever. At this point it should be designated City Hall Incompetence Memorial Park.
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Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism against U.S., says state House inquiry (via
@davidlgutman
&
@OlympiaJoe
)
#waleg
via
@seattletimes
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Reminder! When U fall back 1 hr tonight it's also a good time to:
-change smoke alarm batteries
-sharpen knives
-stock up on sterno & matches
-refill moats w. H20 & crocodiles
-inventory 1 yr. supply of coffee & hard tack
-ensure cats are taken care of in will 😼
#prep
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BREAKING: CNN is reporting WA Secretary of State Kim Wyman is expected to be named to lead Homeland Security efforts on election protection.
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Sawant wants to dismantle capitalism & sees little/no difference between Democratic & Republican parties. Dhingra is a top legislative Democrat and a deputy King County prosecutor. Probably could find some differences there but I am just spitballing.
This would be the equivalent of Kshama Sawant being elected Attorney General. No difference whatsoever. None.
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"What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?"
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Update: Fox News has apologized in editor's note for photo manipulation on its website in Seattle "CHAZ" coverage.
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The Pulitzers called today to tell me I probably am the winner again but they wanted a photo, so I said probably is not good enuf and anyway I am mommy's special big boy!
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In WA-03, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads Trump-backed Joe Kent after Tuesday results. Kent had a late surge in primary. This will be interesting.
#waelex
via
@seattletimes
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