I just rode through Bellevue, all the way from Redmond to Seattle on the 2 Line. I've been dreaming of this for years. This Almost Live skit has been bouncing around in my head, especially with the eastside's progressive growth from the old-timey suburb of 20 years ago. youtu.be/Pon4dhLRLlU?...

East Side Story

YouTube video by GeorgeBuford

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Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: The Bellevue City Council is more progressive than it's ever been right now, after an incredible rate of transformation since 2023. Light rail's arrival provides those electeds with a big opportunity to build a more multimodal city...if they can grab it. www.theurbanist.org/light-rail-c...

Holy shit. Democrats are standing up for something and not caving when the Republicans go on the attack.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Jeffries: "When you attack diversity, equity, and inclusion, you attack the United States. When they attack DEI, it's not about celebrating merit, they're trying to elevate mediocrity. Just look at who they put in charge of the attack on DEI - Pete Hegseth. This guy can't organize a two car funeral"

Every elected democratic politician at every level should be shouting this from the rafters. And if they could do it with some snarky humor, that would be great.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."

Giggling with joy. Please don't let anybody yank the football.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sound Transit has confirmed we'll get the opening date for the full 2 Line tomorrow morning, at 10am.

I've emailed this along this morning to all my fellow do-gooders who might be feeling we aren't doing enough. We aren't doing enough, but we're doing something.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 7mo ago

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

These are beautiful actions from both men but, like the paying off of student lunch debt, why do they have to do this? I want a society and government that takes care of the people and is not reliant on a few decent wealthy people to cover it up. www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/e...

Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN

Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.

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Rick Steves@ricksteves.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

I saw that Taco John's in my hometown was doing something like this, so we jumped on the bandwagon. Unbelievable bullshit that its even necessary.

Repeat ad nauseum!

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 12mo ago

i think every democrat who does a cable news hit should start calling trump the pedophile president

"We should be making life better for each other.” That's it! Holy shit, Danny Devito just summed up my entire belief system, which I always felt needed a lot more words.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🔥DANNY DEVITO: “Absolutely, I’m a social democrat… I love Bernie… I’m for Medicare for All… if we can bail out the banks we can forgive student debt… I’m not a fan of the president… we should be making life better for each other.” Devito 2028?

I don’t get the silence from the media. What are the reasons? Scared? Supportive of the policies? Financial incentives? All of the main players are quiet in the same way. Which conspiracy is it?

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 12mo ago

JD Vance said he doesn’t care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news? Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news? Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?

The democrats are Tracy Flick from Election.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last yr.

The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too

There are fireworks and members of the administration are being held accountable or at least being questioned to their faces. It's good tv and it seems like it should be good for news coverage. So yeah, why isn't it getting more play?

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last yr.

Sincere question. Democrats have been lighting up Trump officials in hearings, many of which, not all, are yearly appropriations hearings. it's really fun to watch, mostly. Why aren't you seeing that? What would it take you to do so? To make it go viral?

@repdelbene.bsky.social, I'm one of your constituents. This is just one example of what seems like thousands of abusing and masked unidentified people kidnapping and assaulting whomever they like. ICE? There must be something you can do. File suit. Yell on the news daily? Please.

@puffstrickland.bsky.social · last yr.

Track them down along with their families and let the trials begin. Cowards!!

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... It helps me feel less like a nervous Ned when I see people in power, especially police, expressing the concerns I have. Although, I guess I'd much rather be overreacting then really be worried about this sort of authoritarianism.

Seattle police chief expects to be jailed under Trump administration

The comment was given to the Seattle City Council as part of Shon Barnes' confirmation process as police chief, three months into his tenure in the job.

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"I meant to mention how Trumpism must continue to seem like an inexplicable atavism to so many sensible liberals and moderates, in something like the way that Nazism appeared to be to Wells. History simply CANNOT reverse itself so grossly." - Paul Campos Yes - this, although I'm not sensible.

A shattered world: Revisiting "1984" - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I’ve been re-reading 1984 from beginning to end, which is something I don’t think I’ve done since 1984 itself, when I was graduate TA for a class about the book. I’ve looked up certain passages many t...

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A LOT of people do not want to hear it but in the United States at least, food has never been safer to eat, not to mention tastier

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · last yr.

We are living in one of the few times in human history where you can buy a loaf of bread and if it says it’s made with wheat flour and salt and yeast and water and nothing else, it’s probably made from just those ingredients, and some people want to END this.

Bring. Him. Home. www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...? Yes. This article fired me up. I wholly support the Democrats maintaining a constant presence in El Salvador and putting the media screws to the administration until he's freed and the rule of law is followed.

Bring. Him. Home.

Our cause is here; our time is now.

thebulwark.com

Great turnout in Redmond, WA, a Seattle suburb. But...where are the kids? It was all fellow X'ers and lots of Boomer's. And they were playing 50 year old music.

I'm sure it's just a mistake or coincidence.

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · last yr.

They defunded schools at the same time they rolled back child labor laws…

They have been doing it for years, but it should alarm everyone that Republicans are rolling back child labor laws at the same time they are defunding public schools…

This is so spot on in the leopards eating faces vein. digbysblog.net/2025/03/22/t...

As much as I dislike a lot of aspects of our property insurance system, I've always thought that they would be a key player in dealing with global warming, or at least highlighting its effects, since it is so directly tied to money and their profits.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2y ago

You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

What's happening in America is that, in the most literal sense, internet trolls have taken over the government.