MomsRising is documenting in real time the squeeze on our budgets that families across the country are feeling. I contributed my own receipt last week- almost $100 to fill my car's gas tank in Seattle. Let's remember this situation as we go to vote in November.
This is a crucial question.
We need the Stranger to be good on public education. We need them to understand it, care about it, cover it, and make sensible, trusted recommendations about it.
Right now, they don't.
Vote for Clark, Mizrahi, Song, and LaVallee. And urge the Stranger to start taking SPS seriously. /end
The Stranger hasn’t really covered SPS in years. They don’t regularly come to school board meetings or interview caregivers or follow the impactful issues affecting Seattle kids and families. Vote for Sarah Clark for School board!!! She’s *ON THE BOARD NOW* and doing great for students and our city!
Seattle friends: with the upcoming elections, we face tough and important choices. In support of your voting consideration, I'm sharing this: publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
Screenshot of memo from Liza Rankin that reads: "New Superintendent collaborates with the community on further development/refinement of Strategic Plan and Multi-year Budget, Right-Sizing if part of strategies. While the plans are ultimately the responsibility of the Superintendent to create and propose to the Board, the more the community is involved the better. The Superintendent’s process for right-sizing should differentiate between school effectiveness, facility quality/condition, and facility affordability, and should carefully distinguish between a building, a school community, and a program, when recommending moves/changes. A sizeable community committee with representative voices is essential. The plan should include the strategies for the five-year strategic plan to improve outcomes for students AND be clear about how any students displaced or relocated will be provided with better learning opportunities. Boundary and transportation/bell time changes also must be developed with the engagement of those impacted and overseen by the Board with Board approval for boundary changes."
BREAKING: In a new memo sent to fellow board directors this week, former school board president Liza Rankin calls for a new school closure process. She clearly refuses to listen to the public, which has come out very strongly against closures.
I'm backing Clark, Mizrahi, and Song to stop this. 1/
Please vote in August primary!!
Say No to Blue Angels in Seattle billboard: 'Say no to Blue Angels,' new billboard says in Seattle
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Specialty services for LGBTQ+ youth will be removed from the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline on Thursday, July 17, following a federal decision announced last month.
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
All Together for Seattle Schools open letter about Seattle Public Schools' manipulation of waitlists and how it harms overall district enrollment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Thank you, Senator Booker ❤️
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King County already impacted by RFK Jr.'s cuts to Health & Human Services
King County is already feeling the effects of cuts to the federal Health & Human Services Department led by RFK Jr.
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"Given this history, that the government’s now putting up signs giving Trump credit is a new level of Orwellian."
Today, Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most of her department.
But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
This is terrifying.
CDC plans to study autism, vaccines Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them. By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
Trump is logging our national forests — rolling back decades of environmental policy in the PNW.
This is bad for our planet, our region’s unique ecosystem, and our communities. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful.
Most Americans don't support his agenda.
There will be backlash — and we must make sure it is swift.
NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Linda McMahon's big plan for the Department of Education is to keep up Trump and Musk's pro-billionaire agenda while our schools get robbed of the funding they need to support our country's students and teachers.
I will be voting NO on her confirmation.
Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme it’s a promise that every American pays into so they can retire with dignity.
Get loud and tell Elon Musk to keep his hands OFF social security.
"That he views public servants as his enemy and the people who benefit from public programs as “parasites” tells you all you need to know about Elon Musk."
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
Spread the news far and wide.
This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
A picture inside the Omaha venue in which hundreds are seen standing and listening to Bernie Sanders. Many have their phones in the air recording it and it is a generally young crowd.
In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night.
800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream.
There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
(📸 Anna Bahr)
We’re facing a youth behavioral health crisis.
Attorney General Nick Brown and Rep. Lisa Callan introduced legislation with bipartisan support to strengthen data protection and privacy for young people on social media.
I’m urging the Legislature to pass this bill and take a stand for children.
