TL;DR: The Seattle Times editorial board is showing its entire ass. They are desperate to have Katie Wilson fail, and they're willing to make up bizarre conspiracy theories to facilitate that outcome.

Having worked in the Seattle mayor's office (2011-13), one thing is absolutely clear. A corporate establishment mayor is playing the game on beginner difficulty mode. A progressive mayor plays the same game on extreme difficulty mode. The rules and expectations are just totally different.

Do y'all know about @electioncheatsheet.org? It's a nifty little customizable endorsement aggregator & makes it pretty clear who you should vote for in the **AUG 4 PRIMARY** (folks like @ronpdavis.bsky.social & @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social) Go check it out: electioncheatsheet.org

We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted

Noting that housing opponents have compared housing for renters to nuclear power plants and highways today, Lin says, "I don't think housing and future residents are toxic waste or pollution that need to be studied for years and years and years on end. I believe housing is a human right." !!!

Seattle's critical comprehensive plan, a process that so far has taken 5 years, cost millions of dollars, hinges on whether every single person who has a spare $120 to file an appeal is satisfied that every potential, even marginal, impact is fully studied. The EIS was 3047 pages, but not adequate.

Housing choice is good, actually. This tiny apartment probably shares a larger kitchen space and common area with other building residents. Micro units like this give people the option to live in a neighborhood they couldn’t otherwise afford. Basically it’s a dorm room for adults. (1/

Jeff Brutlag 👻🏳️‍🌈@jeffbrutlag.bsky.social · 2w ago

I saw an apartment for rent in Seattle for $1000 per month and thought “oh that seems super cheap, let’s see why” and it was 142 square feet

… Speed cameras on Admiral Way, both directions, do not change the speed limit

ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.

austinkocher.substack.com

“Seattle Police Officer Marlon Williams-Booth was arrested in late May for allegedly trapping his wife in a room, grabbing her by the hair, throwing her to the ground, and pressing the frame of a gun to her neck” Seattle taxpayers pay this guy $146,557 base pay annually, excluding overtime

DivestSPD@divestspd.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seattle Police Officer Marlon Williams-Booth, a self-appointed "elite hero of downtown Seattle," used his FIFA “urban warfare” training on his wife. He was arrested at the end of May. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

Tell em you support universal free school meals. Do it for Trey! D1: Saka (206) 684-8801 D2: Lin (206) 684-8802 D3: Hollingsworth (206) 684-8803 D4: Rivera (206) 684-8804 D5: Juarez (206) 684-8805 D6: Strauss (206) 684-8806 D7: Kettle (206) 684-8807 D8: Rinck (206) 684-8808 D9: Foster (206) 684-8809

ICE and Geo Group are blocking an investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak at their concentration camp in Aurora, Colorado.

Investigation into possible tuberculosis spread at Aurora ICE facility blocked by private company, health officials say

GEO Group, which operates the Aurora immigration detention facility, is blocking a tuberculosis investigation, county health officials say.

coloradosun.com

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They're here... @theurbanist.org primary endorsements are out, just in time for ballots to hit your mailboxes. www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...

2026 Primary Election Endorsements

The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2026 primary election endorsements. Check out our great slate of leaders. Be sure to vote by August 4.

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58 races. 104 questionnaires received from candidates. 86 candidate interviews conducted. 44 endorsements issued. The most comprehensive voter's guide in Puget Sound. www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...

2026 Primary Election Endorsements

The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2026 primary election endorsements. Check out our great slate of leaders. Be sure to vote by August 4.

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ICE is surging in the Seattle area. (Map shows activity in the last week) Do you have your whistle with you?

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

ICE has made 10,000 arrests in a five-day period— doubling its arrest numbers— and much of it hasn’t been reaching headlines. The U.S. has been wrapped up in festivities with several cities hosting the FIFA World Cup, including Seattle, and with Pride events and parades. Read more below & subscribe

ICE arrests 10,000 people in five-day period as Pride Month and FIFA come to a close

By Hannah Saunders Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made 10,000 arrests in a five-day period— doubling its arrest numbers— according to the NYT, and much of it hasn’t been reachi…

throughthestatic.org

@governorferguson.bsky.social @ltgovdennyheck.bsky.social @atg.wa.gov Please explain why this is still going on. Two state agencies are breaking multiple state laws and their own policies to help ICE/CBP abduct our neighbors. Shut off Nlets access NOW

University of Washington Center for Human Rights@uwchr.bsky.social · last mo.

July research update: DOL-assisted immigration arrests on Washington state’s roadsides continue. As of July 3rd, 2026, UWCHR researchers have confirmed 50 cases in which Washingtonians were arrested by ICE/CBP after those agencies queried data in WA’s DOL database. Learn more: tinyurl.com/NletsWA

@theurbanist.org please drop your endorsements soon! July 23 is way too late.

L. Harrison Jerome@lhjseattle.bsky.social · last mo.

@theurbanist.org

They followed him and his 7yo daughter to their vacation hotel? Seems like some real Stasi techniques at play here: www.npr.org/2026/07/01/n...

He sent a harsh email to ICE's top official. 5 months later, federal agents tracked him down

Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.

npr.org

ICE is more active than ever in the Seattle area. Maps show where people have reported seeing ICE in the last two weeks. (Iceout.org, 6/17-7/1). Each red pin is an arrest or raid.

What people think SEPA is: Erin Brockovich codified into state law What SEPA actually is: is this new hospital spoiling the view from a different neighborhood

Anyone want this Seattle Bicycling Guide Map from 1999?

BEFORE AND AFTER (not ai). Barcelona has in recent years shown the possibilities for greening and reurbanizing the public realm.

The democratic socialist mayor of Seattle on Saturday night endorsed opponents running to the left of two longtime Democratic state legislators who represent the city, including the party’s top lawmaker in the Senate. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/27/s...

Seattle mayor endorses challenger to WA Senate majority leader • Washington State Standard

The democratic socialist mayor of Seattle on Saturday night endorsed opponents running to the left of two longtime Democratic state legislators who represent the city, including the party’s top lawmak...

washingtonstatestandard.com

Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

syracuse.com

Who amongst us didn't read the Guardian article and think what items in their home would be shown to a jury as proof that you were a terrorist? (If you haven't read it, it's here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...)

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

theguardian.com

I'm so fucking tired of hearing that trans kids need to eat shit. That we need to let lawless bygones be bygones. That data centers get all our water and we just need to adjust to the future. That the Supreme Court is static and we just need to sit there and not have rights.