rough ron davis got a distant third at 13.6% to will dreher’s 31% Kshama Sawant 12.5%, Chaudry 11.4%, Smith 51%, the republican 23.8% Dave Larson is trailing in third and may just be kept off the ballot

West Seattle, your neighbors are literally being sent to concentration camps

'I have to fight for him.' Wife battles to bring husband home after ICE arrest in West Seattle

Stacey Fitzpatrick's husband, Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, was arrested by ICE agents in West Seattle on July 23. The arrest, near California Ave. SW and Juneau St., was recorded by several bystanders out...

kuow.org

This fucking guy.

Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

wsj.com

Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.

dropsitenews.com

Why is everything so transparently evil now?

it seems like as much ICE activity in Seattle proper this week as the last two years combined, they’re really ramping up

The GOP is trying to kill public transit, full stop.

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · last wk.

Congress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

We literally give people free parking every holiday because there's no enforcement, but we expect transit riders who use monthly orca cards to pay cash when they literally can't authenticate them.

Sound Transit Service Alert Bot@st-alerts.bsky.social · 3w ago

While ORCA readers and Ticket Vending Machines are unavailable, passengers are still required to have valid proof of paid fare. Tickets can be purchased using the TransitGO app. Sound Transit is working to resolve this issue. Updates to follow when available. Last updated: Jul 16, 2026 10:56 AM

The most anti-legal immigrant administration ever just made it illegal for international students to transfer schools or change majors or shift any "educational objective" in their 1st year and for graduate students **at any point** ever, at all. There is no legal basis for this

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

Ian Weissman, DO@drianweissman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses. As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy

Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.

reuters.com

✍️ Megan Rapinoe, writing for Marie Claire “No girl deserves to be discriminated against. That’s why all girls, including trans girls, should be able to play with their classmates in the sports they love… girls who don’t fit someone else’s expectation of femininity, will face further harassment.”

Anti-Trans Legislation Isn't About "Protecting Girls"—It's About Distracting Us From What Matters

"If we really cared about safety and fairness in sports, we’d be breaking down barriers facing girls at every level," writes Megan Rapinoe.

marieclaire.com

i love milking mega corporations as much as anyone but the result of these lawsuits has been mass pharmacy die-off and dramatic overcorrection with under-prescribing just wait, safeway pharmacies won’t pencil anymore and your only option will be mail order and the hospital pharmacy for controlledRx

Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social · 3w ago

"The trial kicked off July 13 in King County Superior Court, where it’s expected to continue through early September."

Lindsey Graham spent the last few weeks of his life doing what he loved most, begging Saudi Arabia to give Israel everything it wants in exchange for nothing.

Inside Lindsey Graham's final push for Saudi-Israel peace

Graham saw Saudi-Israel normalization as the defining prize of a broader postwar settlement.

axios.com

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

A few minutes ago, two ICE flights operated by Journey Aviation landed in Eswatini, likely another third-country removal of immigrants to a maximum security prison there. Nineteen people have already been sent there on previous ICE flights in the last nine months. Only two have been released.

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed during an ICE encounter. Advocates and his family are calling for accountability and an independent investigation looking into his death. The case is adding to growing scrutiny of deaths connected to immigration enforcement operations. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

ICE Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on a Houston Street Today. It's Using the Same Script It Always Uses.

No video. No independent witness. Just ICE's word — the same word that didn't hold up the last three times.

migrantinsider.com

"Major cuts are coming to the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s free healthcare program covering 1.4 million children and low-income adults. But the group of experts Gov. Tina Kotek charged with minimizing the harm of those cuts has given her no definitive recommendations." www.opb.org/article/2026...

Oregon eyes $421 million in Medicaid cuts, including fewer benefits and limits on treatments

Major cuts are coming to the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s free healthcare program covering 1.4 million children and low-income adults. But the group of experts Gov. Tina Kotek charged with minimizi...

opb.org

"You must do years-long environmental review to connect two bits of bike trail." Utterly ludicrous.

Seattle Bike Blog@seattlebikeblog.com · 4w ago

Ballard Missing Link loses again, Appeals Court rules fully against city and Cascade #SEAbikes #Seattle

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2mo ago

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

these are neither bespoke nor baffling. It’s copied from Tokyo and very handy as a visitor especially if you don’t speak the language. I’m going from stop 12 to stop 6, I know that’s 6 stops, easy. Maps told me to follow signs for exit 7 to be closest to my destination, easy.

PubliCola@publicola.bsky.social · last mo.

Sound Transit's Bespoke Wayfinding System Is Unnecessarily Baffling International visitors have likely never seen anything quite like it.

idahocapitalsun.com/2026/07/02/s...

Supporters of ballot measure to end Idaho's strict abortion ban turn in nearly 110K signatures • Idaho Capital Sun

Idahoans United for Women and Families organizers turned in nearly 110,000 signatures for a ballot initiative to end the state's abortion ban.

idahocapitalsun.com

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

A military order signed in May 2026 authorizes Israel's first permanent base near Jenin inside Area A, the part of the West Bank under control of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has already begun displacing families who live there. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/in-r...

In rare move, Israel seizes homes inside Palestinian Authority-controlled part of the West Bank, raising alarms over annexation

A military order signed in May 2026 authorizes Israel’s first permanent base near Jenin inside Area A, the part of the West Bank under control of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has already begun…

mondoweiss.net

So, in Alberta, you have to show a confirmation of female sex in order to register your daughter for youth sports. Nothing required for boys. It has been associated with a decrease in registration for girls participating in sports. No change in boys. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

edmontonjournal.com

Nancy Armour@nrarmour.bsky.social · last mo.

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

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

I know there are problems that can’t be solved by bicycles. I haven’t found any yet, but I know there must be some.

The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

love to learn what rights the Guardian Council has deleted by decree this week

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

30, 50, 70, and 100-year sentences for the Prairieland defendants so far. Dark day, man. Truly.

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

theguardian.com