– This was written before the pause (to 35%), but tariffs are still a problem.
– More Redmond light rail.
– Come on REI. Do better.
– I still don’t know who I’m voting for for City Attorney, but the Hacks and Wonks interviews with all of the challenges make me glad they’re running.
Desi Lydic: Canada PM Carney friend-zones Трамп & real ID brings out the Karens
Vox: Why this red state made preschool free
The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Jonathan Jensen: ♫ Lady Liberty’s Lament ♬
The Atlantic: How Hitler overcame the media in his rise to power
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Deplorables:
Mother Jones: Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to “get caught fighting”
The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel: The truth about 5G
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
If it’s Friday, it’s Carl has too many tabs open and is sharing some with you! Only realized after assembling them that it’s even more Seattle focused than usual.
– Joe Mallahan is running for mayor again. Hard no thank you in the primary.
– I don’t know enough about the Bar’s rules to know what will happen with Judge Pooja Vaddadi’s complaint, but Ann Davison seems to have acted unethically from a moral standpoint.
– Finally, Seattle elected officials do what the public most wants: Self dealing.
– And hey, the people spending big on Sara Nelson are who you think they are.
Good morning. I think it’s allergies since an antihistamine helps but I have been feeling gross for the last few days. So this may be even less coherent than usual.
But! I do want to say: It’s filing week. And you know what that means. You, yes you: You can run for office. Lots of local offices and people like you, but critically not you yet are putting their name forward.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together tonight to provide a forum for political discussion. And, you know…just unwinding. Stop by if you can.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub or, maybe, out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
– I am glad to see Democrats competing everywhere in Washington.
– Fearmongering about transit safety could at least get their statistics right.
– Just fucking let the nude beachgoers be, SPD. Gosh.
– Anyway contact your legislator or member of Congress. They want to hear from you, and if they don’t, then they need to hear from you.
Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ America’s Low Birthrate Explained ♬
The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Wired: Historian answers cold war questions
Michael Kosta: The cure to Трамп derangement syndrome is “hang in there!”
Deplorables:
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Tommy Campbell: Why Mark Carney’s win is a win for all
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Ann Davison inventing community court after ending it is pretty wild.
– Seattle, what a hellhole.
– When you’re cutting HIV funds, maybe you found something other than waste.
– The session is over, but you can still contact your legislator. Or Representative.
– Not local, but Justice Gorsuch is lying.
– So yeah, how about that legislature.
– Gross, Portland Catholic School. Don’t be racist.
– I am much less pro trucks in general than the author of this piece. But yes, Cybertrucks don’t even truck well.
Quick reminder that the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight, as usual. Feel free to stop by.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub or, maybe, out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
The legislature adjourned Sine Die over the weekend. Some stuff passed that even recently seemed impossible: Rent stabilization, even if it’s not as far as I would like, and parking reforms especially seemed like impossible tasks just a few years ago.
And yet. And yet. Without a wealth tax, the budget is still cuts heavy. Shame.
I am still going to tell you to write to your legislator, but things aren’t as urgent now that the session is over.
The legislature adjourned Sine Die over the weekend. Some stuff passed that even recently seemed impossible: Rent stabilization, even if it’s not as far as I would like, and parking reforms especially seemed like impossible tasks just a few years ago.
And yet. And yet. Without a wealth tax, the budget is still cuts heavy. Shame.
I am still going to tell you to write to your legislator, but things aren’t as urgent now that the session is over.
Steve Shives: Trans people are the threatened, not the threat
Big Tentacle: April 19—You say you want a revolution.
The Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Marsh Family: ♫ Flight from Earth (parody of Katy Perry’s “Firework” on the Blue Origin space launch) ♬
Deplorables and Other Imbeciles and Nutburgers:
John D. Cundle: ♫ The Superheroes of America ♬
The Daily Show celebrates Earth Day by tackling climate change
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– This article about the closure of the Psychiatric Center for Children and Adolescents in Spokane and a suicide that it might have prevented is rough, but worth the read.
– Trans kids can still play sports in Washington.
– The state budget may be more cruel to homeless people in right of ways than it is currently.
– Did you know, you can contact your legislators and members of Congress? It’s true!
I have said it before. Tariffs can be part of sound industrial policy. Even rather large ones. But they shouldn’t be the entire policy. So yeah, when they hurt industries, and there isn’t a whole suite of policies offsetting that, it’s just garbage. I worry Trump’s gross incompetence could hurt future politicians’ ability to do it right.
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