COLUMN: What does Black representation mean when the institution itself remains unchanged? Gennette Cordova argues that Shon Barnes' departure should prompt Seattle to focus on police accountability, misconduct, and community safety — not symbolism. Read more: soseaem.org/4pYFIHC #Seattle

COLUMN | 'Black Faces in High Places' Won't Transform Seattle Policing

A Black police chief does not guarantee safer Black communities. Gennette Cordova calls on Seattle to demand accountability beyond representation.

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Happy primary day! We're officially launching Nondriver Action, a c4 that works at the intersections of transportation, housing & climate justice. Tomorrow, we'll send out questionnaires for our general election endorsements to all city and county council candidates on the ballot in WA ndaction.org

Literally a week after Barnes was fired the hours of the CARE team were expanded from 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM to 6:30 AM - 1:00 AM. Firing Barnes got results fast! www.instagram.com/p/DboFnMosVVJ/

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Seattle's crisis response team leader Amy Barden hasn't met with Police Chief Shon Barnes since Bruce Harrell appointed him in 2024, despite the fact that the two departments are supposed to work together to decide which 911 calls require cops and which require a social work/mental health response.

Issues With Former Police Chief Barnes Weren't Just About His Travel or Where He Lived In a frenzy to condemn the mayor, her opponents seem to have forgotten why Barnes' future at the city was tenuous to begin with.

Issues With Former Police Chief Barnes Weren't Just About His Travel or Residency - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Mainstream media outlets and many Seattle City Councilmembers have expressed outrage over Mayor Katie Wilson’s decision…

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"Tree Action Seattle is not associated with any of these endorsements." TAS's de facto ops leader and string-puller is Sandy Shettler. Shettler is also on the TreePAC board.

Fixing the problems we face requires more action in community than just voting, but I believe they also require voting, especially in primaries and local elections.

Inexperienced Seattle Mayor Apologizes for Naively Assuming Police Knew How to Do Their Job: tinyurl.com/3dv6uy9m

Dreher’s campaign is being thorough about removing these signs paid for by the Davis’s campaign linking to the @electioncheatsheet.org. (The cheat sheet and the Davis campaign aren’t affiliated.) On Saturday I saw bunch of these signs around Northgate. This evening: they’re all gone.

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

Your boss and your landlord have voted.

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!

NEW: Young people are on the ballot this election, but can we please get young people to the ballot BOX? So far, King County voters 65+ account for 4 times as many ballots as people under 35. You have until 8pm Tuesday to close that gap!

King County Boomers Have Turned In FOUR TIMES As Many Ballots As Voters Under 35 This Election

The 2026 election could be another “change” election with younger challengers aiming to unseat longtime incumbents in several State legislative races around Seattle. But these young, scrappy candidate...

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Definitely appears to be Dreher's deputy campaign manager, Liv Schroeder, swiping yard signs in these pics.

Hannah Krieg@hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

NEW: State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing Will Dreher's campaign of stealing yard signs as they believe to have captured on video. Dreher says that's not his staff in the video and says Davis's signs amount to removable litter anyway! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/state-h...

State House Candidate Ron Davis Accuses Opponent’s Campaign of Yard Sign Theft, Dreher Denies And Calls The Sign "Litter"

State House candidate Ron Davis is accusing his opponent Will Dreher’s campaign of stealing thousands of dollars of campaign yard signs — and over the weekend, they obtained video they believe proves ...

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Hannah Sabio-Howell@hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social · last wk.

Over a dozen of the local progressive grassroots orgs that brought us social housing & the wins of progressive champs like Mayor Wilson, Rep. Scott, & CM Rinck have issued an open letter in support of our change candidate: Hannah. 📣 Please share! 📣 More at hannahforwashington.com/open-letter. ✍🏽

Awesome. These folks created a tool that lets you do your own weights! Check it out Seattle voters! @electioncheatsheet.org

⚠️OH FUCK DADDY😳😩⚠️SEATTLE IT’S TIME TO VOTE ⚠️BALLOTS ARE DUE AUGUST 4TH BY ATE 💅💅 PM😱GET YOUR BALLOT DEEP😘🍆INNNN A DR0P BOX🗳️ BUT ‼️⚠️🚨🚨STRANGER DANGER🚨😳DO NOT USE 🚩THE STRANGER’S GUIDE🤮🤢🤮 THEY WERE💸BOUGHT💸 BY A FOR-PROFIT 🫪 PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANY 🙄👀 AND THEIR ENDORSEMENTS ARE 💩DOG SHIT💩

Dear Seattle media: Has anyone checked on the search for the third Seattle Center shooting suspect lately? Or on how the survivors and victims' families are coping? Asking on behalf of roughly 850,000 friends.

Your boss and your landlord have voted! You can vote in 5 minutes using sources YOU trust with LeftyCheatSheet.org . Get your ballot into a Ballot Drop Box by 8 PM Tuesday. It’s too late to get a valid Election Day postmark from Trump’s postal service. #TheStrangerSoldUsOut

Shady Katie? More like windy Katie!

Tech 4 Housing@tech4housing.org · 4d ago

Mayor Wilson, once again, proves she has no experience and can’t lead this city. And why wasn’t their more outreach and stakeholdering about her decision to not use the weather machines to fix this problem?

Have you voted? Your ballots are due in a ballot box by 8 pm Tuesday. Want help? Check out the REAL progressive voters guide for Seattle: electioncheatsheet.org

Lefty Cheat Sheet — Aug 2026 Primary

A quick guide on how to vote lefty using sources YOU trust!

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

It's time to post the current election turnout breakdown by age bracket chart again and remind you that ballots are due by Tuesday!

Mayor Wilson, once again, proves she has no experience and can’t lead this city. And why wasn’t their more outreach and stakeholdering about her decision to not use the weather machines to fix this problem?

Crystal Fincher@finchfrii.bsky.social · 4d ago

Blue Angels air show canceled at Seafair due to wind

Last few days to vote! Vote today if you can! Use us electioncheatsheet.org to help you vote quickly, and use one of the many 24-hour ballot drop boxes around you! (Don’t put it in the mail in the last week!) kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...

New graphics for our endorsement cheat sheet! Remember to vote by August 4th! www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...

Seattle deserves a real voice in choosing its next Police Chief. We’ll create a search committee that reflects the diversity of our city and builds a public engagement process that gives residents a meaningful role in defining what we look for in our next chief. More details on that to come.

Search Process for a New Permanent Police Chief

YouTube video by Mayor Katie B. Wilson

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Next Seattle Police Chief Already Fired: tinyurl.com/xhtsyt36

ROUTE 8 and DENNY WAY: starting on Saturday, buses and cars merging onto Interstate 5 won’t compete for the same lane of Denny Way. To keep traffic flowing, people driving to I-5 south from eastbound Denny Way will turn right on Boren Ave and left on Howell St instead of using Yale Ave.

What’s been your experience using @electioncheatsheet.org, Seattle?

I just voted using @electioncheatsheet.org! been voting since mom brought me to ballot box as a toddler & I punched holes @ big machine … not sure if I am more informed but it does feel damn good to use the website to see endorsements all at once! I didn’t even agree with it all! But it was cool.😎

Email just went out internally at City Hall: Shon Barnes has (officially) resigned as police chief of Seattle.

Winter is coming.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

Tech giants are setting records every few months for how much they are spending on artificial intelligence — but this time, some jitters are also growing.

83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways