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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2)

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**New Councilmember account is @cmeddielin.bsky.social. This campaign account will mostly be dormant.** Affordable housing leader, public school advocate, and labor ally. Seattle City Councilmember-elect for District 2. Paid for by Eddie for Seattle

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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I know folks have opinions about Ezra Klein, and that’s not why I’m posting this. But there’s an interesting idea in here about giving renters (and potentially homeowners) $ in jurisdictions that meet housing targets, as a way to incentivize it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Opinion | America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Not deep into the Olivia Nuzzi story, but the description about traditional news media transitioning into social media influencers seems on point and makes sense given economics of traditional media versus social media influencers. Lot of this really started with folks like Alex Jones.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Democratic electeds remind military that they have a duty to not obey illegal orders (such as extra judicial murders). President then threatens Dems with death for daring to speak out in favor of upholding the law and our constitution. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I can just see the right-wing news headlines: “So-called socialist mayor earns 6-figure salary and can afford rent and childcare in one of the most expensive cities. Does she really represent working people?”
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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Tech dining workers and allies packed the room last night to announce a new deadline for LavishRoots, Meta's cafeteria operator in Bellevue, Redmond, and SoDo. By December 1st, we demand Lavish end their anti-union campaign and agree to a fair process for union recognition!
Photo of town hall style event with tech campus dining workers and community leaders
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Proud to stand in solidarity with dining workers at LavishRoots, who feed Meta's campuses here in the Seattle area. The right to organize and bargain are essential to our region's economy. LavishRoots, do the right thing: agree to a fair process for union recognition by December 1st! #thisisyourcity
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Awesome job mayor-elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! Not easy going on national media, but this was spot on. I think when you know who you are and stay true to your values, it makes interviews like this easier.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 14/11/2025
Good news and good on Noel Frame. This year's election results across WA show a *very* clear voter mandate to tax the rich. It's not just Seattle or King County. The whole state wants to tax the rich to fund public services. Dems in Olympia should be wary of resisting that mandate.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thank you to CM Rinck for her leadership here. We will certainly need to partner with County, State and Federal delegation. In particular, we need State electeds to adopt new progressive revenues, like a statewide Corporate Payroll Tax or a Wealth Tax to make up for these cruel cuts.
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Seattle City Council @council.seattle.gov · 14/11/2025
Councilmember Rinck joins with King County, State and homelessness leaders to condemn Trump Administration changes to critical funding keeping people housed council.seattle.gov/2025/11/14/c...
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Councilmember Rinck joins with King County, State and homelessness leaders to condemn Trump Administration changes to critical funding keeping people housed - Seattle City Council Blog
Nearly 4,500 Seattle and King County households now stand to lose housing and essential services under the changes to HUD’s Continuum of Care program without regional collaboration and intervention On...
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Stranger has enormous influence (hard to overstate) with its endorsements, and with that influence also comes enormous responsibility.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We are so proud of the nearly 70% of the vote we received. Thank you, District 2! Whether you contributed vouchers, knocked doors, made a donation, or spread the word to your friends and neighbors — this win is our win and shows what is possible when we come together as a community.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We currently collect approximately 10% sales taxes on the hard construction costs of new housing. These taxes ultimately get passed onto homebuyers and renters, similar to how tariffs get passed on. How about we exempt new housing construction from sales taxes and instead collect a wealth tax…
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Following up on my short thread yesterday, another reason I’m excited is because I think it will be transformative to have a renter, car-free transit-rider, and mom of a younger kiddo as our next mayor. It’s got to be historic in many ways.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Although the vote is not final, I think we can confidently say that Katie Wilson will be our next Mayor. Huge congrats to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social, the campaign and all her supporters!
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Let’s go!
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Naomi Ishisaka @naomiishisaka.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Today's column: "You may not have heard of the Working Families Party, but of the five Seattle citywide candidates endorsed by them, at least four won their Nov. 4 general election races: Eddie Lin, Erika Evans, Dionne Foster and Alexis Mercedes Rinck."
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The successful third party you may not have heard of
Eddie Lin, Erika Evans, Dionne Foster and Alexis Mercedes Rinck were among the candidates whose campaigns were boosted by the progressive Working Families Party.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Even with only 50,000 ballots being counted, it seems likely that the percentages from today will be very telling. 🤞
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The number of received ballots has now surpassed 285,000, exceeding turnout from 2021! Many of those were Election Day voters, and over 100,000 votes have not yet been counted! There’s much to feel hopeful about. This is YOUR city!
A screenshot of a kuow article with the headline in Seattle mayor's race, history gives Katie Wilson supporters reason to hope. The feature photo is a group of supporters at at the Katie Wilson election night party at El Centro de La Raza on November 4thA screenshot of the kuow article textA screenshot of a blue sky post from King County elections showing a graph of November 2025 Seattle voter turnout by age and a total of 286,731 ballots counted. ages 18 to 24 sits at 30.14%, ages 25 to 34 is 45.42%, ages 35 to 44 is 53.47%, ages 45 to 54 is 57.33%, ages 55 to 64 is 61.71%, ages 65 plus is 68.90%
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
📣 This race isn't over folks! 📣 Make sure your vote counts! Tap the link below to check on your ballot. ☑️🗳️: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
A photo of the crowd at the Katie Wilson party on election night at El Centro de La Raza with a supporter holding a Katie Wilson for mayor sign overhead
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Great video. Listen to the UAW President!
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You heard President Fain: Let’s sprint through the tape. #thisisyourcity
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Drop your ballot in a dropbox TODAY and remind everyone in your life to do the same. Let’s win this! #thisisyourcity
A Katie Wilson for mayor graphic that features Katie Wilson talking to two supporters and holding her hands to her chest while smiling. a text bubble in the upper right says already voted? text five friends to remind them to vote! A banner near the bottom says drop off your ballot today, 2 days until election day
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Talking to a friend and campaign volunteer who described how she recently convinced friends to take their ballots out of the trash! If you’re reading this, you likely have already voted or have a plan to vote. But you likely also have friends, family and neighbors who are NOT planning to vote.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
the sales tax on constructing just one 650sf 1BR apartment in seattle today is over $30k, and the MHA fee can be almost as high depending on neighborhood. at $22/sf that would add another $14k. it's also insane we don't exempt affordable housing from sales tax on construction
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Really interesting article and important history to remember. I also find it interesting that we found a way to cut sales taxes to spur the construction of offices for tech, but we haven’t yet eliminated sales taxes for the construction of housing. www.seattletimes.com/business/tec...
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Not impressed with this ad. Reminds me of Nancy Reagan’s “just say no” to drugs campaign. It’s an oversimplification of a complex problem, as if all we need to do is to “say no” to homelessness.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I havent seen pundits talk enough about how we have failed younger generations, and the impacts (including political) of those failures. Pundits are misreading things, imo, if they only view this as an anti-Trump backlash. Yes, that is a big part of the mood, but certainly not the only thing.
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Katie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Yes, younger voters overwhelmingly support my campaign, and sure, the youth are the repository of idealism. But you know what else? They’re the ones who feel the affordability crisis in their bones, who can’t imagine building a life here because rent, food, childcare, everything costs so much.
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Katie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I guess we’re at the point in the campaign where pundits and consultants make excuses as to why their candidate is losing. 🧵 Westneat points to Trump and his fawning billionaires:
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The switch that flipped in Seattle politics
The sight of unimaginable Big Tech wealth at the gates of American democracy shook Seattle politics. The mayor, among others, may not survive the quake.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
What’s next?! I bet we’re going to find out grandparents are also helping change diapers when visiting. I don’t think we can handle this much scandal.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 26/10/2025
Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck is once again the only Seattle elected official with a positive job performance rating Likely November 2025 general election voters in Seattle aren't satisfied with the performance of their elected officials, with one exception: Councilmember Alexis Mercedes…
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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck is once again the only Seattle elected official with a positive job performance rating
Likely November 2025 general election voters in Seattle aren't satisfied with the performance of their elected officials, with one exception: Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, who was elected last year and is the most progressive member of the Council.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Just had a Bruce Harrell volunteer doorknock my house and neighborhood. This election is going to be all about GOTV and doorknocking is critical! So get out in the cold/rainy weather and talk to some neighbors!! 😁
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
“Since 1970, the metros where housing stock grew the least relative to population growth — think Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Seattle — saw the some of the fastest home price growth.” www.seattletimes.com/business/the...
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The cities where home prices have changed the most (and least) over the past 130 years
Until relatively recently, making a profit selling your home wasn’t really part of the housing equation — your home value probably kept pace with inflation, and that was that.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Let them eat cake as they dance in the new presidential ballroom.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This is going to be such an enormous issue for our society, for workers, for labor unions. With AI and automation rapidly advancing, we know that corporations will use this technology for their benefit/profit, to extract and control even more wealth and power, worsening inequality.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 21/10/2025
cc: @governorferguson.bsky.social
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
💅🍁🍂
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Dream Team.
Katie Wilson stands with Dionne Foster, Eddie Lin, Erika Evans, and Alexis Mercedes Rinck on a fall day in the park.Katie Wilson, Dionne Foster, Eddie Lin, Erika Evans, and Alexis Mercedes Rinck pose with volunteers holding their campaign signs, including The Urbanist and Tech 4 Housing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A necessary read. This is a cruel, broken, and inhumane system we have created. It’s also enormously wasteful. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Look inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center, where you could be kept for days or years
Conditions inside Tacoma's Northwest ICE Processing Center have been a mystery for many. In new interviews, people formerly held there reveal what life is like.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I love this image.
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Starbucks is laying off employees and refusing to finish bargaining a contract with its union which Sbux has dragged on for years. Meanwhile it’s CEO got paid around $100M last year, which is 6,666 times the average salary for a barista (around $15K). www.seattletimes.com/business/sta...
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Starbucks layoffs keep rolling in. Here's how Seattle-area workers are hit
Starbucks' workforce in the Seattle area is hit hard with layoffs amid restructuring and store closures.
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KNKX Public Radio @knkx.org · 10/10/2025
DéVonté Parson started Pro Se Potential after mentoring others while he was in jail. He now shares the lessons he's learned with teens.
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To address gun violence, King County mentor draws on his past
DéVonté Parson started Pro Se Potential after mentoring others while he was in jail. He now shares the lessons he's learned with teens.
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Llarian @llarian.net · 10/10/2025
If you're in Seattle and still have Democracy Vouchers burning a hole in your pocket, Eddie is my neighbor and all around good guy. D2 could use better representation, and its just a few clicks to give him your vouchers!
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Eddie Lin for Seattle City Council (D2) @linforseattle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
If you’re a Seattle resident and haven’t used your democracy vouchers, now is the time to do so! Ballots are dropping next week and there’s only 3 and 1/2 weeks until election day. Also, some candidates have maxed out on vouchers, but our campaign hasn’t yet! www.linforseattle.com/vouchers
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Give your vouchers — Eddie Lin
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