Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialThinking Munk @thinkingmunk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025cc @democrats.org 👀 042
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialThinking Munk @thinkingmunk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social! Check your texts and reply to @zeetothehill.bsky.social immediately! 😁 Let's win these pesky elections. 188
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialYour City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 20/06/2025A UW professor recently called Washington State “a tax haven like the Cayman Islands.” What did he mean? Let’s get into it! 410732
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This is unacceptable. We can do better. 08811
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Also, as mayor I do absolutely want to support and partner with community-led food system efforts - like Rainier Beach Action Coalition’s Food Hub and Farm Stand, and their longer term plans for a Food Innovation Center near the Rainier Beach Light Rail Station. /rbcoalition.orgFood Hub & Farm Stand | RBAC: Rainier Beach Action Coalition 0341
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025In sum, I would love to do this in principle, but wouldn't want to do it just because it sounds good and then have it turn into a major drain on City time, energy, and resources without real measurable benefits for Seattle residents. 1231
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025I think a public grocery store will be most successful if it grows out of community organizing and coalition-building within a specific neighborhood. People need to be all-in on making it work, and making it into more than just a grocery store. 2111
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025One cool thing a public grocery store could do is subsidize some staple goods (bread, milk… eggs, anyone?) and raise the prices of higher-end items to compensate. A co-op near my hometown does this and it seems to work, but obviously depends on an affluent customer base. 1141
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Of course, a public grocery store could operate at a loss. But then we need to be clear-eyed about the fact that we’re choosing to subsidize it—and measure the benefits against other ways we might subsidize food costs for low-income households. 1161
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Margins in the grocery industry are low. In a food desert, a public grocery store will have the same struggles a for-profit store has. 191
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025You’d need multiple stores to be able to buy wholesale, and even then wouldn’t achieve other economies of scale enjoyed by large chains like Kroger or Albertson’s. So it’s not going to be easy to offer lower prices. 1101
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025To the extent that high prices represent monopoly power in the food industry (not at the grocery store level but further back in the food chain, so to speak), publicly owned stores aren’t going to get a better deal. 1131
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025I’m sympathetic to the municipal grocery store idea and certainly open to it. But I don’t think we can assume this is an easy solution to high prices or food deserts. 🧵 2455
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialYour City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025More from Katie’s conversation with @lobbingscorchers.com about the World Cup and Seattle’s role in creating a safe and connected community. Full Pod: www.sounderatheart.com/2025/05/lobb... 1366
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialYour City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Katie’s statement on the events in Cal Anderson Park: 512831
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025The City must fully investigate what happened yesterday, including the decisions that led to the event being held at Cal Anderson, preparations or lack thereof, and the actions of SPD. We have so many years of experience with demonstrations in Seattle, there’s no excuse for this. We can do better. / 1755
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025As it is, we have 23 arrests, multiple injuries, countless people pepper sprayed & traumatized. No one from the mayor’s office appears to have even been on-site yesterday during these events. To be absent and to blame all this on infiltration by “anarchists,” as the mayor did, is to pass the buck. 3767
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Whatever the truth of the matter, the mayor’s office should have been paying attention. They should have directed the Parks Department to steer the rally to a less contentious spot, and they should have worked with SPD on a plan for crowd control focused on de-escalation and keeping everyone safe. 1533
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Mayor Harrell’s statement acknowledges that the rally was held in this location “to provoke a reaction” — although a Mayday USA spokesperson is quoted in The Seattle Times claiming their first choice was Victor Steinbrueck Park, but the City said no.seattletimes.com23 arrests at heated ‘Fascist Family Values’ protest in SeattleA crowd waving transgender flags and signs denouncing the "Trump Fascist Regime" gathered in counterprotest of a "Mayday USA" event. It quickly turned violent. 1515
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025It was entirely predictable that this would lead to heated confrontations between protesters, counterprotesters, and SPD. This would be a bad idea at any time, but it is especially dangerous when members of our community find themselves under attack from the right-wing forces in Washington D.C. 1675
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025The mayor’s primary job is to keep people safe, and that means taking action to prevent danger & violence before it starts. A fundamentalist Christian, anti-trans “family values” demonstration never should have been permitted for Cal Anderson, in the heart of Seattle’s historic LGBTQ neighborhood. 4939
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I’ve heard from so many people about yesterday’s events at Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill. It’s clear this situation was seriously mishandled by Mayor Harrell’s administration, resulting in unnecessary arrests, injuries, and loss of trust in our city government. 🧵capitolhillseattle.comSeattle Police make multiple arrests during counter-protest of fundamentalist church group’s rally in Cal Anderson Park — UPDATEWith reporting by Hannah Saunders Seattle Police moved on counter-protesters at a fundamentalist Christian group’s rally Saturday afternoon in Cal Anderson Park. Multiple arrests and injuries… 818651
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialrafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 15/05/2025@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social lied about the whole thing. What an actual loser. 3389
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"BrO wHat aRe yOu a stAlkEr" give me a break, the evidence is all there, if you can't accept the fact Hasan Parker lied about this shit for clicks while my immigrant brothers and sisters are getting sent to GULAGS! then you're actually crazy, not living in reality fr fr. 110
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We know the exact time of his plane, the exact plane, when he got out. It's not a conspiracy, it's called fact checking. 210
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 15/05/2025bsky.app/profile/rafi... What happened to being factual? I'm Disappointed 120
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 15/05/2025@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social lied about the whole thing. What an actual loser. 3389
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Also yes his "Poor" former co-host who's had a years worth of harassment directly from Hasan and his community, he has amplified people that shit on him and that justify calling CPS on his kids on fake information they made up. They also sent human skulls to him. Hasan hates Jewish people. 110
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025You mean when he was talking about how Arabs in the middle east kicked out their Jewish population because of their negative feelings towards Israel? Why are you even comparing him to a slave owner? You're being mega fucking weird and evil. He said this as Hasan was denying this ever happened. 110
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025He's been trying to get away from the blowback due to his antisemitism against his former co-host and is looking for a way to victimize himself. This guy is a grifter and an actual evil person who will willingly lie for his personal gain. 010
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025If you watch his stream, you understand this isn't an actual story, dude traveled for the first time with fast pass check in. Got pulled aside for a routine screening for first timers, then he willingly gave up information about his job and his politics, and was then let go. 210
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025He definitely does not push social democratic policies, he is not even a communist. Hasan is a Marxists leninist aka a Tankie and masquerades as a liberal or progressive depending on the setting so he can funnel audiences into becoming tankies like himself. He has said so himself 110
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025This guy didn't get detained because Donald Trump knows him, he was stopped for a routine check, then started yapping about politics to the poor government worker after he was given the ok to go. 040
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialYour City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Happy May Day! Today we honor the victories won by workers who organized, advocated, and stood together. The fight for fair treatment continues — and with solidarity, we can win. Join us. WilsonForSeattle.com 1575
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialOpen Brain Research @obrgg.bsky.social · 27/04/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 NEW SUBSTACK ARTICLE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Stop Falling for The Bait We need to save our energy. openbrainresearch.substack.com/p/stop-falli...openbrainresearch.substack.comStop Falling for The BaitWe need to save our energy. 033
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Carney: When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations and it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States.. 13764551133
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKatie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Encampment removals, a.k.a. sweeps, have risen to record levels under Harrell’s administration. If you’re not paying close attention, you might notice fewer tents and think “wow, Harrell’s really cleaning up the streets.” 182
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialOpen Brain Research @obrgg.bsky.social · 27/04/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 NEW SUBSTACK ARTICLE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Project 2025 Is Slowing But why? openbrainresearch.substack.com/p/project-20...openbrainresearch.substack.comProject 2025 Is SlowingBut why? 075
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialrafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Dawg.....read a book, I recommend The Sleepwalkers of History. This was a surprise, multiple people in key positions prior to the war and even leading up to the war could have made different choices that would have changed the course of history drastically. 231
rafiastro.bsky.social @rafiastro.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Dawg.....read a book, I recommend The Sleepwalkers of History. This was a surprise, multiple people in key positions prior to the war and even leading up to the war could have made different choices that would have changed the course of history drastically. 231
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/04/2025It was in fact a surprise to many of the leaders who declared it, who escalated specifically out of a belief that a major war was unlikely to occur 13613
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialOpen Brain Research @obrgg.bsky.social · 20/04/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 NEW SUBSTACK ARTICLE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 A Strange Hill To Die On At least we can count on incompetency. openbrainresearch.substack.com/p/a-strange-... 054
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/04/2025BREAKING: Kaitlan Collins just blindsided former ICE director Tom Homan on live TV over his MS‑13 smear of Abrego Garcia: “But I don’t see any of that made in a court filing. I haven’t seen any of that in court, not the court of public opinion here.” 3454156907
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States 5403963513162
Reposted by @rafiastro.bsky.socialYour City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Big business is eroding the very essence of our community. Corporations have turned to abusing the levers of power, for personal gain. Disentangling and asking them to pay their fair share is the way forward. Join us: WilsonForSeattle.com 0338
