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✊🏽 🏳️‍🌈 Cat dad 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🕺🏾 Black. Child of the 80’s. Artist. Seattleite. Sounders ⚽️ #EBFG Democrat. Harris ‘28

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More attempted erasure of Black America. Thank you so much, purity progressives. Trump’s proposed census changes could reshape representation, racial data and federal resources, making Black communities harder to see and measure. www.theroot.com/experts-on-h...
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Experts On How Trump’s Census Overhaul Could Hurt Black Americans – The Root
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And miss me with how they’re controlled by their husbands. I don’t infantilize adults. They make choices.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.
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Trump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rules
The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026
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Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seattle afternoons
rocky beach with a bike in the foreground and a sailboat lined up in the water in the background.bright green tree canopy over a narrow trail in magnoliaa seal at the ballard locksthe horizon, wide angle, puget sound and water.  the sky is cloudy, about 90 minutes from sunset.
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2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve sat back and watched white women make demands of Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, Jasmine Crockett and every other Black woman in their orbit while never asking their pumpkin spice latte drinking, hot yoga, Swiftie family & friends to anything but the bare minimum. Good lord!!
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Dave Chappelle STFU Meme
ALT: Dave Chappelle STFU Meme
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Dıanna @elank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s why making our schools phone free statewide is one of my top priorities this coming legislative session.
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 02/10/2026
The federal administration is unlawfully weakening fuel economy standards for new passenger cars and light trucks, Washington and a coalition of other states and local governments argued in a new lawsuit.
Text says "WA sues to block new federal rule that will lead to more pollution and higher costs." Image shows traffic on I-5 in Seattle. Below that is the seal of the Attorney General's Office.
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rkleiner.bsky.social @rkleiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oop
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 02/10/2026
Corporations like Dupont contaminated Americans’ water with forever chemicals and have been trying to elude responsibility ever since. We’re proud to join a bipartisan group of attorneys general in filing suit to demand corporate accountability. www.atg.wa.gov/news/...
Attorney General Brown announces joining bipartisan lawsuit addressing corporate responsibility for PFAS contamination in water bodies.

Photo: MountainFae, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“But Dana, it was because of Gaza” Before 10/7 they were saying you should withhold votes for democrats because Biden wasn’t forgiving student debt fast enough. Before that they said his policy of four free covid tests per household was eugenics. There is nothing you can say or do.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Biden was more coherent because he was coherent. You wanted him to be incoherent. Trump IS incoherent, and you've sanewashed him, media. www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
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Trump's wild new interview sets off firestorm of reactions: 'Biden was more coherent'
A new interview with President Donald Trump kicked off a firestorm of reaction on social media.The 80-year-old president melted down on Time senior political correspondent Eric Cortellessa and editor-...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Democrats blast Trump for frequently falling asleep during official events, but we saw the exact same thing from Joe Biden. And by "the exact same thing," I mean he never actually fell asleep in public but it totally felt like he might. by Jake Tapper
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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 29/09/2026
We’ve got this on video from the late Viola Riebe, elder of the Hoh Indian Tribe. youtu.be/J_sp_oYH0Zc?...
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Tsunami Preparedness Oral History of the Hoh
YouTube video by Washington Emergency Management Division
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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 29/09/2026
The City of Westport is breaking ground on a new tsunami vertical evacuation tower. Join us for a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 3 in Westport. This will be the third tsunami vertical evacuation structure on the Washington coast. Full details: mil.wa.gov/news/westpor...
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Westport breaks ground on tsunami vertical evacuation tower
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People said Trump would be better at reigning in Israel than Biden was
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SPD stopped naming cops who shoot people when the consent decree ended, so we do that now. The cop who shot the woman in Beacon Hill is Jose Jimenez, and we did a deep dive on him. Read all about him:
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Cop who shot Beacon Hill woman identified
Officer Jose Jimenez, 34, had only been assigned to the SWAT team for less than a year. He was previously a member of the Community Response Group, SPD’s “problem-oriented policing” unit.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures rise
Hummingbird hawk moths - often mistaken for small birds - are being spotted in the West Midlands.
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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You really get the impression that the progressive wing truly believes its obligation to support their own candidates ends at the primary. As soon as that's won, it's expected that "the establishment" should carry their guy the rest of the way as they sit back and watch.
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ArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bernie Sanders took hold of a generation of young voters who were made conscious of societal inequality and injustice by the murder of Trayvon Martin and the rise of BLM, and told them that actually the real societal crisis was free trade and young white professionals being in debt.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Performative activism summed up in a single photo.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s attacks on CNN raise new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state. by Jake Tapper
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wishing everyone a happy Dolly Parton Day, 9/25! Find some joy in your day to share w others ♥️
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Dolly Parton's Iconic Smile
Alt: Dolly Parton's Iconic Smile in a GIF
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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 25/09/2026
Correct. Tons of people are Big Mad that a bunch of folks (including me) think she deserves another chance.
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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My hot take is that anyone saying 2028 looks bleak doesn't mean it literally so much as they're trying to signal opposition to Kamala Harris, current frontrunner for the nomination.
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tammymorales.bsky.social @tammymorales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just gonna leave this here for folks who need a refresher on the budget Wilson inherited www.theurbanist.org/seattle-coun...
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Seattle Council Passes Budget Swiping Affordable Housing Funds to Boost SPD » The Urbanist
# The Sara Nelson-led Seattle City Council passed their first city budget in an 8-1 vote. It greenlit the mayor’s plan to slash investments in affordable housing and social services and trim 48 staff ...
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 25/09/2026
We live in an incredible place. I am proud that our city was recently named one of the top five in the world by Oxford Economics using the five criteria of Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment, and Governance.
Photo of the Seattle waterfront skyline on a sunny day, showing downtown buildings, the waterfront piers, and a large Ferris wheel. Text over the bottom portion reads, ‘Seattle Ranked 4th Best City in the World by Oxford Economics,’ alongside the Mayor’s Office logo.Graphic titled ‘2026 Global Cities Index’ with a subtitle reading ‘Ranking the world’s 1,000 largest cities.’ Below, a bar chart lists the top 10 cities by overall score: New York, London, Paris, Seattle, San Francisco, Dublin, Boston, San Jose, Tokyo, and Zurich. Each bar is color-coded by region: US & Canada, Europe, and APAC.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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How rogue counties could help Trump and throw the midterms into chaos after Election Day
Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize.
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pcrritesgood.bsky.social @pcrritesgood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That is one of the main reasons they hated Biden. He was boring and competent so they had no stories to spew out constantly.
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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's just no coming back from this for the press. Like, when Trump leaves office, their entire business model is going to collapse. Les Moonves was right about one thing, Trump is awful for the country but great for the media.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/09/2026
After EPA Admin Zeldin said he had never heard of the far-right conspiracy that medication abortion is in our water, the Trump admin announced it's using YOUR tax dollars to study that very topic. Zeldin obviously lied to my face while EPA placates anti-abortion extremists.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/09/2026
Trump’s lies about election fraud are going to continue. The way we respond matters. “Are we going to allow ourselves to live in a system in which hundreds of thousands of lawful voters are disenfranchised?” Marc Elias asks. Help us fight back: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 17/09/2026
one of the core problems with online leftism is it LARPs as high agency while encouraging low agency behavior
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve felt for a long time that the kind of doomers who run around declaring that every democrat is a genocidal transphobe, on zero evidence, were crying wolf, and were destroying our ability to call out actual transphobia.
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 17/09/2026
Amway and two of its affiliates will pay $225 million to resolve allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Washington that the companies use unfair and deceptive tactics to recruit members to Amway’s direct selling and multi-level marketing (MLM) program.
Text says "WA, FTC reach $225M settlement with Amway for unfair and deceptive business practices." Quote from AG Brown says "Amway and its affiliates profited by taking advantage of regular people's hopes and ambitions." Below that is the seal of the Attorney General's Office.
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Texas woman’s family is suing doctors and state officials after she died when unable to get an abortion. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. bit.ly/4hb57tY
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Family of Pregnant Woman Who Died After She Couldn't Get An Abortion in Texas Sues
The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can someone who follows the dipshit left more closely than me let me know what they think of their lord and savior making common cause with Steve Bannon when all we heard about was how they refused to vote for Kamala Harris b/c Liz Cheney endorsed her?
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For anyone not already aware, Outkick is a vile operation deserving of none of your time.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/09/2026
NEW: In a 6-1-2 ruling, SCOTUS soundly rejected Trump's attempted mail-voting power grab earlier this week. However, Justice Alito backed the administration's unsubstantiated claims of fraud, writing the "Government has a strong interest in enforcing the rule...to better detect election fraud."
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Alito peddles Trump’s mail voting fraud claims despite complete lack of evidence
Justice Samuel Alito, in his unsuccessful defense of Trump's plan to restrict mail voting in the midterms, parroted the administration's unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
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Representative Rick Larsen @repricklarsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump Administration’s transparent blackmail attempt and bogus claims of impending bankruptcy do not fool anyone. We should focus on repairing and restoring the Kennedy Center.
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center closes as Trump threatens to stop repairs over naming fight
In a chaotic day, leaders closed down the main building hours after a judge blocked another attempt to return President Trump’s name to the center.
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rkleiner.bsky.social @rkleiner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tell it
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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 15/09/2026
It's about forcing people who aren't their in-group to scramble around to justify their beliefs. They do it because it amuses them.
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thoughts & prayers, Ed!
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Eric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"We really have to get out there & play" historically a deeply insightful statement in the Sportz
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed FBI agents will be deployed to the polls this fall, saying he "will not shy away from that effort." Let it be known: this administration will do everything in its power to dissuade voters from showing up in November.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ALERT: Judge Christopher Cooper rules Kennedy Center Board cannot re-add Trump's name to facility. Cooper rules against board's proposal of adding "renovated and restored by Donald J. Trump” on the main building or renaming the campus the “President Donald J. Trump Plaza"
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