The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.
Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.
Men’s Feelings have all the Special Attention they need due to the social system responsible for the commodification, violation, and murder of women and children over thousands of years. One that every man today collaborates to maintain and extract value from: Patriarchy.
King County elections confirmed to me that so far they’ve only counted ballots up to those submitted Monday or early on Election Day, and none from drop boxes. Wednesday reflects basically a wrap up of what they started counting Tuesday.
This is totally winnable for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social - late ballots will tend to break her way.
If you want a deep dive about the politics of the school board, what's really going on there, the blocs jockeying for power, and how they don't neatly align to the usual Times/Stranger binary, read this from me and @ronpdavis.bsky.social:
A line graph titled “Mayor Harrell’s Job Performance Rating Over Time” tracks approval, disapproval, and uncertainty among Seattle voters from January 2023 to October 2025. The blue line shows “Approval,” dropping from 61% in early 2023 to 36% in late 2025. The red line shows “Disapproval,” rising sharply from 26% in 2023 to 52% in 2025. The gray line shows “Not sure,” remaining low, fluctuating between about 10% and 15%. Additional text says “The percentage of Seattle voters approving and disapproving of Mayor Harrell's job performance is shown below. The universe for the January 2023 survey was odd-year special election voters; the universes for the 2024 polls were presidential year general election voters, and the universes for the 2025 polls were odd year general election voters, except for the one that fielded in July, which was of August Top Two voters.” Source: Northwest Progressive InstituteCreated with Datawrapper
Mayor Bruce Harrell’s disapproval rose to 52%, a new record in NPI polling.
The previous high was 48% disapproval in January. The mayor now has a worse spread than almost the entire Seattle City Council.
www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/... #SEAelex #WAelex
I hope you connect with your people or your environment and turn down the volume on terrorizing yourself (as I extend this wish to myself) 🩷
Photo of a poster on a utility pole with the text: COUNCILMEMBER JOY HOLLINGSWORTH IS WATCHING YOU
Spotted in the neighborhood this evening.
this is a great summation of how much the mayor watered down the comp
plan
Averages are deceptive, and often used as right-wing talking points. "The average is just up a few degrees!"
*How often are extremes happening* is much more useful. And guess what, >90F Seattle summers have TRIPLED in frequency in the last 10 yrs, compared to 1945-2005 bsky.app/profile/anal...
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
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You pay more while America loses the century
What a great deal
In addition I think it's because he's not been seen for a few hours, hasn't tweeted in a few hours, and, for me, the pizza intelligence is blowing up:
www.pizzint.watch
The allegations include the Uber’s subsidiary not providing pay transparency for peak-time deliveries and failing to pay the full amount initially offered to drivers. Uber has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying for the repeal of Seattle’s gig labor regulations.
What the fuck?
“Saint John resident Angela Daigle says she was trying to cross into the U.S. to visit her fiancée when she was handcuffed and detained”
Homelessness Authority Director Under Investigation After Complaints Claiming Racial Bias, "Toxic Work Environment"
The agency's deputy chief and other executives raised concerns about hiring two new high-level staff, both white men, amid a budget shortfall and potential staffing cuts.
DC statehood now.
If someone claims to be scared of the subway but isn’t scared of being in a car on the highway—which is exponentially more dangerous + deadly—they are not a serious person
Today is the day Sean Feucht was spose to play in a public park in Kelowna but his permit was revoked and I am feeling a joy rooted in glorious spite I've never known.
#Exvangelical
You know the thing is, instead of irrevocably wedding yourself to past decisions and actions and defending them, you can choose to have principles that allow you to change your mind and behavior when you learn new information.
FWIW, "yours for the restoration of the Republic" was a common salutation American fascists gave to each other in the 1950s and 1960s. This is from a 1952 letter by Ohio white supremacist terrorist Peter Xavier. The rest of the rhetoric here might be familiar too.
The "oh you won't compromise and abandon [marginalized group]? enjoy the nazi takeover!" argument rings pretty fucking false when you consider that the horrors of a nazi takeover begin with the abandonment of marginalized groups.
So used to never being cited by people who use our reporting that I kinda dont know what to do when the opposite happens. Thank you to @theverge.com for reporting on this important story, and for embedding my @therealnews.com reporting. Really appreciate it 🙏🏽❤️✊🏽
www.theverge.com/news/763261/...
Hey look. It’s the worst economy since the last time Trump was in office.
Probably just a coincidence
Shut up you crazy uninformed hate filled bat!!🦇Stephen Miller!
