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@TheStranger
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4 years
There is only one candidate who can electrify the electorate enough to beat Donald Trump, and that's Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont. The Stranger endorses @BernieSanders for President.
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Congratulations to the Seattle Parks & Recreation Department and the Seattle Police Department on finally solving homelessness this morning. It turns out this whole time, all they had to do was chase those unhoused people away—because if you can’t see them, they don’t exist.
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GUEST RANT: I’m not running again for city council. I'm launching a national movement called Workers Strike Back. We will also be launching a video broadcast to bring socialist politics and strategy to working people. | via @cmkshama
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. @RealAlexJones , hello, welcome to Seattle.
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The Stranger condemns political violence in the strongest possible terms. Period.
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Full update: The 29-year-old woman who died after an exchange of gunfire with Sheriff's deputies was being evicted for failure to pay $6,300 in rent. She'd paid rent on time until 2020, when the pandemic financially destabilized her.
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@TheStranger
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4 years
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7 months
A coalition of law enforcement officials raided two Seattle gay bars and found nipples and jockstraps in close proximity to booze. Bar owners at Cuff and the Eagle say they may face citations. What year is it, again?
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People who identify as Adult Babies / Diaper Lovers face constant false accusations of pedophilia. They've been fired and even legally separated from their children for what experts call harmless interests. Nevertheless, the community continues to grow.
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Washington will become the first state in the nation to ban those foam coolers that get used once and then thrown away, as well as plates and cups that will outlive you and the next hundred generations of your offspring.
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@TheStranger
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8 years
Seattle will consider divesting $3 billion from Wells Fargo over its support for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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9 months
Seattle City Council passes ceasefire resolution: We’re not the first city to call for it, but we're the biggest
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3 years
Vote NO on the Kshama Sawant Recall:
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4 years
A little rain (okay, a lot of rain) didn't stop an estimated 60,000 from gathering at Judkins Park on Friday to participate in a statewide silent march and general strike organized by Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County.
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6 years
BREAKING: The @SeattleCouncil voted unanimously Monday to give the Showbox a 10-month temporary protection from demolition, ensuring that the historic venue cannot be razed before next summer.
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@TheStranger
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8 years
Patty Murray is prepared to filibuster Trump's SCOTUS nominee.
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1 year
Tonight SIFF announced it acquired Cinerama, and insodoing saved chocolate popcorn and temple of both arthouse film and over-produced Hollywood masterpieces. The theater should open later this year.
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@TheStranger
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4 years
If we want to end this era of polarization, we need to win this race & then work to implement major changes that improve people's daily lives so deeply that Republicans would sooner die than try to cut them out. The only candidate who can do all that is our brother from Brooklyn.
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6 years
Shaun Scott is the first candidate to throw his hat into the ring for District 4's open seat. Scott: "We’re going to make Seattle a truly equitable city, unfettered from its long, ugly legacy of White supremacy." | @eyesonthestorm
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7 years
We sent @IjeomaOluo to Spokane to meet the infamous Rachel Dolezal. An excerpt of their conversation:
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In a major victory for dancers and LGBTQ communities, last night the State House passed a Strippers' Bill of Rights, which improves working conditions for strippers and repeals an antiquated lewd conduct code recently used to raid queer clubs in Seattle.
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@TheStranger
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5 years
Who Is Andrew Yang, Why Is He Running for President, and Why Did He Win Our Super Official Slog Poll?
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1 year
The head of lettuce we put out at Stranger HQ is still going strong
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Councilmember Kshama Sawant just released her response to Mayor Jenny Durkan's letter that asked the Seattle City Council to open an investigation into Sawant. She appeared thoroughly unruffled by Durkan's admonition.
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4 years
CURFEW'S GONE: @MayorJenny does away with Seattle's curfew, citing her meeting earlier today with community leaders.
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4 years
Dear readers, we need your help. The coronavirus crisis in Seattle is a major threat to The Stranger's ability to keep the city informed. We pride ourselves on having navigated many storms in the world of independent local media, but this time is different...
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7 months
There are no buses, there is no money for the public, and the city council caved to corporate overlords—Seattle’s public spirit is dead.
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6 years
First-time Democratic candidate Kim Schrier has delivered us from the threat of Congressman Dino Rossi. It's over. She won. He lost. Again. (Again. Again. Again.)
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One of the real appeals of Bernie Sanders? “He has been saying the same thing for a very long time. Nobody questions that he actually believes what he says, and that he’ll fight for what he says. We want a president who we can actually trust,” said @PramilaJayapal .
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Mayor Harrell calls his plan to criminalize drug possession and public use as a "war on health" rather than a "war on drugs." A couple problems: 1. Health is... good? 2. There does not appear to be a rep from public health on his new task force ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The Macklemore effect.
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President Joe Biden to visit Seattle on Friday
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@TheStranger
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6 years
You voted, right? Please tell me you voted.
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❄️🚙🙃🚗❄️ It’s snowing, Seattle!
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Justin Cline, owner of Full Tilt Ice Cream, died yesterday. Friends and colleagues remember his generosity, humor, and appreciation for making a little mischief. Go eat ice cream and tell a bigot to fuck off in Justin's honor.
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Through rain, hail, thunder, and lightning, advocates for a ceasefire in Gaza occupied the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 for more than three hours on Saturday, shutting down traffic for five hours.
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. @BenDeLaCreme opens up about @RuPaulsDragRace #AllStars3 and what's next. "I literally had a life epiphany live on camera that day," he says about #RPDR All Stars 3. Q&A w/ @MattBaume
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9 years
This debate is like having 10 new racist, sexist, and homophobic grandparents at the dinner table. #GOPDebate
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6 years
Yesterday, the Showbox turned 79. Today, its demolition was announced.
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5 years
Seattle Sticker Patrol 📸 @jasmynekeimig
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BREAKING: In an extremely unusual move, Seattle's Republican City Attorney unilaterally disqualified Judge Pooja Vaddadi from handling criminal cases going forward, straining court resources and usurping the will of voters.
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The owner of Yalla says she's been doxxed and harassed for hosting fundraisers that benefit the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. The restaurant is hosting another benefit this weekend. Fuck the haters, eat delicious Levantine food.
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8 years
The Green Party responds to Dan Savage's case against Jill Stein, calling him "dead wrong."
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6 years
ICE is a terrifying and faceless federal agency. Here's the face of the guy who runs the Seattle office. Fuck him. #FuckMarcJMoore
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4 years
“If someone in the White House is actually in charge of responding to this crisis it would be news to anyone in my state." - Senator @PattyMurray
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1 year
TACO TUESDAY: The Taco Bell in Lower Queen Anne is more expensive than every other TB in Seattle, charging double the price for some menu items. What the HELL is going on? The Stranger's @vivmccall investigates.
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8 years
Congress member Suzan DelBene, of Washington state, introduces a ban on any kind of registry based on religion.
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2 years
Sawant's decision to leave office at the end of her term is a real loss for Seattle. As a council member, she showed the city what was possible, even if her colleagues rarely listened.
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4 years
🙃 Our childish obsession with seeing family on holidays is going to kill our families in record numbers. (1/7)
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BREAKING: Council votes 5-4 against a drug war reboot after Lewis showed some spine (and some knowledge of how the city's criminal legal system works). Meanwhile, in her closing statement, CM Nelson idly riffed and read a list of business associations.
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7 years
. @RepJayapal is just as good in Congress as she is on cable. Watch the whole thing right here and enjoy your life for once:
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7 years
✊Seattle, Meet Your Matriarchy✊ From our US Senators to our mayor and city council, it's a full sweep of women in charge. Finally. Read:
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2 years
• Labor approval reaches 57-year high • Seattle Children’s nurses win big raises • Petco has reportedly gone full Schultz Much more labor news at The Stranger:
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BREAKING: King County prosecutors decline to charge SPD officer for killing pedestrian. Officer Kevin Dave will face no criminal consequences for hitting and killing Jaahnavi Kandula. More:
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Washington State should be proud that it has the most expensive gas in the US. In fact, it should cost *more* than it already does. @mudede explains why:
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4 years
SPD's PR campaign to "reimagine policing" in Seattle boils down to a monochrome webpage and a stilted video. Let's review the latest pieces of copaganda in SPD's growing misinformation campaign about policing in the city:
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10 years
Katy is opening for Missy.
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Breaking: Seattle will pay $10 million to settle a case brought by 2020 protesters, who cops gassed for a week and roughed up for a month in response to the uprising following George Floyd's murder. "The City admits no wrongdoing in the case."
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8 years
Breaking: Federal judge in Seattle halts Trump's Muslim ban—effective nationwide.
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3 years
We hate to pull you away from your completely self-indulgent but totally justified post-COVID rumspringa, but we’re holding a primary election on August 3, and it’s a big one. Seattle’s entire progressive project is at stake. Let's vote, motherfuckers:
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If Seattle wants to beat inflation, it needs to stop blaming everything that's wrong with this city and Portland on progressives and socialists and raise minimum wage and invest in subsidized housing. It worked for Minneapolis! It can work for Seattle.
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4 years
Back when the CHOP garden first formed, there was no shortage of smug predictions that it would quickly die out. Well, here we are six months later and not only is it thriving but it’s spawned satellite gardens around the city.
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10 years
Protesters staging a die-in at 3rd and Pike in downtown Seattle: http://t.co/wW331x2Y0M
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TV news reporter asks a Seattle demonstrator what he wants. Demonstrator replies: "Revolution." #Seattle #Ferguson http://t.co/6uXkL8caAg
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The owner of HoneyHole has gone missing. Employees say they haven't heard from him since Thursday, and he hasn't picked up calls from property mgmt for "a couple weeks." Checks are bouncing, and workers don't know how they're going to pay rent.
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In a 6-3 vote, Seattle's City Council brings back the drug war. Congrats on doubling down on a failed strategy, everybody!
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After officials raided four gay bars over the weekend, Seattle’s queer communities bodied the Liquor and Cannabis Board during public comment this morning. Advocates demanded the agency scrub old lewd conduct regulations and disband from JET.
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Seattle city council Candidate and Piroshky Piroshky owner won't say if she voted for Trump in 2020. She said she would typically vote for the person she heard the business community talk about, and there was one unspecified candidate who fit that bill.
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The Stranger endorses @SheraeForState , who supports taxing the holy fuck out of the rich, investing massive dollars in housing, and ending the homelessness crisis:
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8 years
All of Washington's GOP representatives are refusing to host public meetings now. Is it cowardice we smell?
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7 years
In another era, Lovett or Leave It might sound like some hokey, Capitol Steps–style bullshit. It’s anything but.
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6 years
Hey, Seahawks! Bring In Colin Kaepernick! via @SpikeFriedman
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Seattle University's president isn't happy with the university's paper, The Spectator, for publishing an "indecent" photo on their recent cover. He is "very, very embarrassed and ashamed." Please do him a favor and share this #drag pic far and wide.
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4 years
Councilmember Herbold says, "The fact that the mourning bands are placed right over the badge numbers is simply not acceptable."
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6 years
Orcas in this area have shown extremely high levels of lead, mercury, and polychlorinated hydrocarbons, in no small part thanks to industrial pollution in the Duwamish, where there are over 40 chemicals above levels recommended for human health.
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4 years
Don't hoard!
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2 years
KOMO poverty porn reporter Jonathan Choe's little commercial for the Proud Boys was too much even for KOMO, a formerly reputable outlet that Sinclair red-pilled a while ago. @richsssmith
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2 years
No, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, Seattle doesn’t “need therapy” to improve on public safety. What we need is a police department mature enough to follow orders from duly elected officials. | @willjcasey
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BREAKING: The Seattle Public Library announces 1,500 hours of closures in the next eight weeks. Library workers say it doesn’t have to be this way.
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6 years
You can rent @JinkxMonsoon 's Airbnb!? 🧐 "I got my own house in Portland & we’ve decorated it to be a little bit of a drag museum. We rent it out as an Airbnb when I’m not visiting there. It’s called Monsoon Manor, & it will be available to rent through Airbnb later this month."
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In a wide-ranging interview with one of my favorite artists on the planet, @JinkxMonsoon opened up about mental health in the queer community, her new house in San Francisco, her latest record, and more. A companion piece to her Queer Issue essay:
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3 years
Spotted: Near Volunteer Park. Check out the latest #SeattleStickerPatrol via @jasmynekeimig here:
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9 years
Pearl Jam have pledged $125k to help residents of Flint, MI. Here's how you can help, too:
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"We did not beat COVID. We just accepted the economy was more important than the deaths it caused. The same goes for the permitted lawlessness of cars." | @mudede
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6 years
. @RepJayapal : "Are you ready to stand up? What do we do when our democracy is under attack? Stand up, fight back!"
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nathalie graham
6 years
the DEMS ARE GETTIN SUBPOENA POWER IN JANUARY #ProtectMueller
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Hooray! Washington's Democrat-controlled legislature killed all five anti-trans bills that Republicans proposed this session. Let us now dance upon their graves. #waleg
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Seattle is experiencing a millionaire, centimillionaire, and billionaire boom and our City Council is more interested in investing in the rich over lower classes and public services. Charles Mudede calls this "billionaire urbanism."
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4 years
NEW: The King County Superior Court found probable cause for assault in the first degree in the case of Nikolas Fernandez, who was apprehended by police Sunday evening after allegedly driving into demonstrators on Capitol Hill and shooting a protester. Bail at $200K. Story soon.
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4 years
This is just the latest in a long line of brilliant innovations by the SPD, who have worked tirelessly over the last century to make Seattle a better place for all. A few examples:
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We'll stop being a broken record when you stop going out so much:
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