Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

Seattle centrists and establishment are making the same mistakes as they did with social housing. Good. The library levy is winning by > 72%, roughly the same percentage as social housing. Fighting an energized Seattle left that just elected a socialist mayor is a fool's errand.

Manipulated white boy urbanit [sic]@sarahchadd.bsky.social · 14h ago

I'm a @seattletimes.com subscriber, because I do want to support actual journalism, and in the bigger scheme of our country I do think the ST is helpful. ANYWAY this wording is sooo telling in the wake of their explicit "no" vote endorsement for this very levy. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The polling was SO off (El-Sayed was up > 10%) that it's taking me a while to process that the left just SWEPT Michigan primaries. El-Sayed, anti-genocide and Medicare For All ✅ Lawrence, Sunrise Movement co-founder and pro datacenter regulation ✅ McKinney, DSA member defeating a crypto shill ✅

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 14h ago

Goodnight

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.

MEDICARE FOR ALL LET'S FOCKING GO. In 2016 I felt very, very deeply about #MedicareForAll and Bernie Sanders. If you support M4A, you need to do anything and everything to ensure that @abdulelsayed.bsky.social beats the Republican come November.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 14h ago

Goodnight

way closer than expected, but an Arab leftist besting 70 million in outside spending is an Arab leftist besting 70 million in outside spending: a political earthquake and a new dawn 25 years after 9/11

It's times like these that I am reminded of how powerful the establishment and money is in American politics, and also how hopeful progressive wins can be.

🇺🇸🇵🇸 US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to pause a $655.5M judgment against the Palestinian Authority & PLO over alleged attacks in Jerusalem from 2002-2004 that killed 33 people & wounded many more, the Times of Israel reported. Sotomayor, who handles emergency applications from NY...

@sanders.senate.gov has the right idea here. We can spend our energy fighting AI, or we can tax it so we can have healthcare and welfare and go on to create human art and expression. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN4b...

Introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

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I’m ok if people take food from my garden. If some people “take advantage” and over harvest the food I grow, I should try to make a bigger garden, right? If somebody is hungry you feed them and give them water, no matter what. That’s the most basic and essential form of compassion.

For those who’ve been looking for ways to help Spokane, a thread of donation opportunities👇

City of Spokane@spokanecity.org · 3d ago

As the Spokane community continues to face the devastating impacts of local wildfires, you can help your neighbors. We will continue to update this thread with more opportunities to help!

I would love to know what's been happening on the backend that shifted Week In Review guest selection. KUOW could even report on it. Big donor pressure? Marketing realignment? I just keep going back to the preelection ep where all 3 guests said Katie Wilson's childcare assistance was disqualifying.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 3d ago

I can't let the obvious shift in guest composition on Week in Review in 2026 go by unremarked upon.

Me and @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social at a recent No Hate In Washington State event!

Leaked memo shows Republicans privately see Francesca Hong as "uniquely dangerous" in the general election & that “more moderate and establishment Democratic alternatives would likely produce lower base motivation and depressed turnout": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/will-franc...

Will Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed Get Elected?

Washington's plan to block them

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The idea that Pete Buttigieg is qualified to be president has got to be one of the most patently ridiculous delusions that has been expressed in the past 20 years of American politics.

Has Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine held a press conference about the train derailment yet?

Jason@jrock08.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just want to check I didn't miss anything. Dow Constantine still hasn't held a press conference about the downtown portion of the system being shut down for 14 hours right?

A message to Brian Heywood - gtfo of our district. A message to everyone else: progressive lawmakers should be able to make a CLEAR case for how government is materially delivering on lower costs & better lives for working people. 1/

KUOW says that "influencers" like me are the reason you should give them money. If you want "police say" statements, I guess go for it. If you want deeply sourced, in-depth investigative reporting by someone who's been a journalist in Seattle since 2001, support PubliCola! publicola.com/support/

Support independent media! I proudly wrote for @fangraphs.com, help lead @theurbanist.org, and support @sounderatheart.com.

Sounder at Heart@sounderatheart.com · 6d ago

Some important words from @fangraphs.com blogs.fangraphs.com/the-state-of...

ST and KUOW have visceral disdain for @theurbanist.org and @publicola.bsky.social; if they tell you who their enemies are, support them. Seattle Times: "[...], and a rep of The Urbanist, the builders' media mouthpiece" KUOW and Week In Review: *bad mouths Publicola and regular guest Erica Barnett*

@tammymorales.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Jesus would have wanted Medicare For All, is all I'm saying.

Also frustrating: Scott Greenstone assumes progressive Council members are as petty and politically vengeful as establishment colleagues. "Allies... Like Rinck" may not support Wilson's agenda now. IDK, is Rinck so egotistical that she'll block good programs because she wasn't consulted re: Barnes?

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3d ago

Oh HELL no. @kuow.org people trashing my work and calling me an "influencer" on Week In Review, claiming—with no receipts whatsoever—that Gil Kerlikowske, Carmen Best, and Adrian Diaz also spent a quarter to a third of their time outside Seattle. www.kuow.org/podcast/week...

Beyond the disrespect, it is such a miss that Week in Review didn't have @ericacbarnett.bsky.social on for an issue that she had been reporting on extensively on via Publicola for the last 2 years. And if not Erica, at least have another guest on with a different perspective??

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's beyond infuriating to listen to people disparage my work and get nothing but agreement from KUOW's own staffers, including tacit agreement by the host who did not push back when they said things that were inaccurate, called me an "influencer," and said I was not a journalist.

Just as a reminder the state Supreme Court said we couldn't recall Durkan for this: theneedling.com/2020/06/05/m...

Mayor Durkan Kicks Off Pride Month Festivities with Rainbow-Colored Tear Gas

Determined to reconcile with Capitol Hill—the center of Seattle’s LGBTQ community and this week’s Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality—Mayor Jenny Durkan kicked off the city’s Pride…

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Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 4d ago

Former Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, who lost her reelection bid by 34 points last year, absurdly calls for a recall of Mayor Katie Wilson

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JohnZ@fmbucky.bsky.social · 3d ago

I hope you get a personal and on air apology from Bill. My wife and I heard the show and yeah, it was clear to us they were talking about you and also that it was BS. On the plus side, I just signed up on Patreon to support PubliCola. I hope others do too.

“Let me just say, that's why public radio matters, and it's why anyone can put up a shingle now and call themselves a news person, an influencer and put out news." This, again, is from @kuow.org's politics editor.

Get those ballots in the box! (Not the mail!) Use @theurbanist.org or electioncheatsheet.org if you need help!

If you care about #MedicareForAll, please support Abdul El-Sayed (@abdulelsayed.bsky.social) for MI Senator. Together we will win. Medicare For All necessitates everything else: Defeating AIPAC, Supreme Court reform, money out of politics, and abolishing the Senate filibuster. abdulforsenate.com

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Abdul El-Sayed is running for US Senate in Michigan to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, and pass Medicare for All.

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Wilhelmina@shashina99.bsky.social · 4d ago

another poll today

A visual representation of the last six Seattle Sounders Summer Transfer Windows

It is truly disgusting that elements of the conservative Seattle City council and NIMBYs are trying to politicize the shootings and deaths at Seattle Center to advance their agendas. Very clear that @mayor.seattle.gov is focused on fixing our city while her political opponents are focused on her.

Manipulated white boy urbanit [sic]@sarahchadd.bsky.social · 4d ago

What in the conspiracy theorist tone-policing NIMBY fever dream is this? Jennifer Godfrey/Orca Nexus/"Orca Appeal" trying to co-opt Bob Kettle's tone policing, implying "urbanists" (who are apparently all young wealthy white men?) are engaging in hostile and violent rhetoric.