Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026MomsRising is documenting in real time the squeeze on our budgets that families across the country are feeling. I contributed my own receipt last week- almost $100 to fill my car's gas tank in Seattle. Let's remember this situation as we go to vote in November. 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 17/10/2025We need the Stranger to be good on public education. We need them to understand it, care about it, cover it, and make sensible, trusted recommendations about it. Right now, they don't. Vote for Clark, Mizrahi, Song, and LaVallee. And urge the Stranger to start taking SPS seriously. /end 185
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDAlex Wakeman Rouse @awakerouse.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The Stranger hasn’t really covered SPS in years. They don’t regularly come to school board meetings or interview caregivers or follow the impactful issues affecting Seattle kids and families. Vote for Sarah Clark for School board!!! She’s *ON THE BOARD NOW* and doing great for students and our city! 02610
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Seattle friends: with the upcoming elections, we face tough and important choices. In support of your voting consideration, I'm sharing this: publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...publicola.com"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help - PubliColaBy Erica C. Barnett D’Vonne Pickett, the owner of The Postman mailing and shipping store and in the Central District,… 010
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 02/08/2025BREAKING: In a new memo sent to fellow board directors this week, former school board president Liza Rankin calls for a new school closure process. She clearly refuses to listen to the public, which has come out very strongly against closures. I'm backing Clark, Mizrahi, and Song to stop this. 1/ 1195
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Say No to Blue Angels in Seattle billboard: 'Say no to Blue Angels,' new billboard says in Seattle www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comOpposition to Blue Angels is revving upBefore the Blue Angels roar over Seattle, some are calling for the end of the air show. 051
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDKUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 17/07/2025Specialty services for LGBTQ+ youth will be removed from the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline on Thursday, July 17, following a federal decision announced last month.kuow.orgWashington prepares for end of 988 crisis line support tailored to LGBTQ+ youthSpecialty services for LGBTQ+ youth will be removed from the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline on Thursday, July 17, following a federal decision announced last month. 255
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡 1543532157533
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDBeth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025All Together for Seattle Schools open letter about Seattle Public Schools' manipulation of waitlists and how it harms overall district enrollment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comSPS MUST PROMOTE AND GROW ENROLLMENTDate: April 3, 2025 To: Superintendent Jones and SPS Board of Directors From: All Together for Seattle Schools and the undersigned community members Click here to SIGN this letter! Re: Tell SPS to... 044
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Thank you, Senator Booker ❤️ youtu.be/6G4mxBiEKQA?...youtu.beSenator Cory Booker joins Rachel Maddow to reflect on his historic, record-setting speechYouTube video by MSNBC 000
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 29/03/2025King County already impacted by RFK Jr.'s cuts to Health & Human Services King County is already feeling the effects of cuts to the federal Health & Human Services Department led by RFK Jr. www.king5.com/mobile/artic...king5.comKing County already impacted by RFK Jr.'s cuts to Health & Human ServicesKing County is already feeling the effects of cuts to the federal Health & Human Services Department led by RFK Jr. 011
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 22/03/2025"Given this history, that the government’s now putting up signs giving Trump credit is a new level of Orwellian."seattletimes.comSigns of the shameless times pop up in SeattleSigns in the Sodo neighborhood suggesting an infrastructure project is due to the leadership of President Trump beg a question: Can simple signs alter reality? 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Today, Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most of her department. But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...robertreich.substack.comTrump's attack on the American mindBehind his closure of the Education Department and his assault on higher education, science, libraries, and museums lie the oligarchs of the techno-state. 801542505
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 08/03/2025I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here 1102377677154
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 08/03/2025Trump is logging our national forests — rolling back decades of environmental policy in the PNW. This is bad for our planet, our region’s unique ecosystem, and our communities. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comWhat Trump’s order on cutting federal forests could mean for the Pacific NorthwestTrump has instructed federal agencies to plan to log national forests harder, working around environmental protections, including for endangered species. 2923792
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his agenda. There will be backlash — and we must make sure it is swift. 20574051771
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Seattle schools should give families reasons to stay www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seat...seattletimes.comSeattle schools should give families reasons to stay | Op-EdSeattle Public Schools must focus on providing equitable access to educational options and proactively increasing enrollment, two parents write. 021
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDProPublica @propublica.org · 03/03/2025NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated. The USAID programs were cut anyway. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.socialpropub.liInternal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing AgencyOne million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate... 851779955
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/03/2025Linda McMahon's big plan for the Department of Education is to keep up Trump and Musk's pro-billionaire agenda while our schools get robbed of the funding they need to support our country's students and teachers. I will be voting NO on her confirmation. 34644140
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/03/2025Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme it’s a promise that every American pays into so they can retire with dignity. Get loud and tell Elon Musk to keep his hands OFF social security. 1061402323
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"That he views public servants as his enemy and the people who benefit from public programs as “parasites” tells you all you need to know about Elon Musk." 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/02/2025The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable. 1128387899409
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDJosh Dougherty @doughj.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Spread the news far and wide. 001
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025RED ALERT: Now Is the Moment, Folks talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/red-a...talkingpointsmemo.comRED ALERT: Now Is the Moment, FolksOver recent weeks I’ve told you several times that while Democrats are... 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics. 22446612172
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/02/2025In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr) 672217605425
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDGov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025We’re facing a youth behavioral health crisis. Attorney General Nick Brown and Rep. Lisa Callan introduced legislation with bipartisan support to strengthen data protection and privacy for young people on social media. I’m urging the Legislature to pass this bill and take a stand for children. 1114612
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I find Brian to be the most informed, trenchant, fearless, and literate tech critic/journalist and have a paid subscription to BLOOD IN THE MACHINE and everyone should. 942080
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025m.youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...?m.youtube.comWhere Are Our LeadersYouTube video by PoliticsGirl 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDEmily Crockett @emilycrockett.bsky.social · 17/02/2025During a record flu season, when a bird flu that kills HALF THE TIME may or may not jump to humans. These conspiracy-brainwormed motherfuckers want to kill us all. 084
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDMeredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 14/02/2025My kid's option school has capacity for 52 K students in 3 classes Guess how many K students Seattle Public Schools plans to enroll, despite a wait list each year? *Only 40* The other 12+ won't fall back to neighborhood schools, SPS, they will LEAVE — get it together www.seattlestudentoptions.orgseattlestudentoptions.orgSeattle Student Options CoalitionAbout the Coalition 043
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025"Got a Tip? Are you a current or former employee at the Treasury or Bureau of the Fiscal Service? Or other government tech worker? We'd like to hear from you. Using a nonwork phone or computer, contact the reporters securely on Signal at velliott88.18 and leahfeiger.86." 010
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDKatelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA. 1342399407
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Let's keep dialing!nytimes.comAs Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep UpIn the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of calls have poured in to members of Congress, jamming the system. 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.theguardian.comDoge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threatsMembers reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’ 21982646510226
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Nope. Not accepting this. U.S. prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles up.one.npr.org🔊 Listen Now: U.S. prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles upAll Things Considered on NPR One | 2:36 120
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025This is just completely whack. These people are incredibly misinformed to the level of working at cross purposes to themselves. Trump supporters welcome the first steps in his immigration crackdown 100
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDNBC News @nbcnews.com · 06/02/2025BREAKING: Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict DOGE staffers' access to information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.nbcnews.comTrump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systemsThe agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 110797189
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/02/2025I just came off the floor after speaking for an hour. I refuse to let Republicans confirm Russ Vought the easy way, so we're holding the floor through the night for 30 straight hours. Vought has shown he'll ignore the law & constitution. I'll be voting NO tomorrow. 2702942496
Erin MacDougall, PhD @erinmacseattle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025"the first order of business is to self regulate." 👆🏻 000
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDWashington's Paramount Duty @paramountduty.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Washington’s Paramount Duty was proud to co-sponsor today’s Billion Dollar Bake Sale at the State Capitol! Hundreds of people showed up to demand “no more crumbs: fund our schools!” 1246
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDNeil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 26/01/2025Venus, our closest planet, is swathed in thick white clouds that reflect 2.5 times more sunlight than Earth — occasionally rendering our sister planet a spectacular sight in twilight skies, such as these January/February nights. Don’t miss it. High in the West after sunset. 632438175
Reposted by Erin MacDougall, PhDRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 23/01/2025A new coalition has come together to fight for Seattle’s option schools. The school district last year proposed closing nearly all option schools and is starving them of enrollment. Read more:seattlestudentoptions.orgSeattle Student Options CoalitionAbout the Coalition 0124