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I think that’s exactly it. Which makes it harder to diagnose and fix

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This is just not a good soccer team. Not sure what else to say at this point. Sweeping changes are still needed.

Hmmmm. Seems like we’re back to the bad old Sounders ways of the summer, falling behind to a team they should easily beat, failing to score despite multiple opportunities.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 14h

It is very safe to ride transit in Seattle.

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Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 10h

We need automated traffic enforcement desperately in California given that our police departments refuse to enforce the law and when they do, cannot refrain from being violent. But there are thousands of problematic drivers on our roads and we need to ID them in order to suspend their licenses.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 7h

Next year! And I think he will have some good people running against him.

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Hey, Seattle folks! I will be at the Northgate Barnes & Noble this Friday from 6pm until I'm not! This is a ticketed event, and I will have pins and possibly stickers as a thank you gift for folks who pick up a book and come out to see us! www.eventbrite.com/e/seanan-mcg...

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Seanan McGuire celebrates A DIVIDED DUTY at B&N Northgate

B&N Northgate in welcomes Seanan McGuire to sign and discuss her new book A DIVIDED DUTY on Friday, October 2nd, at 6PM PST!

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Ilissa Gold @goldni.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again - treating shade/shadow as a negative impact that needs to be limited or mitigated is a relic from the days when Boomers thought that rubbing on baby oil and laying out in direct sun was a healthy thing to do.

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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 9h

It's like making a service better makes people want to use it more eh

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 9h

Yep. I think she is toast. It’ll be a narrow loss but I don’t see her holding on, between her having alienated her voters and Braun being a better GOP candidate than Kent.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 9h

Automated enforcement of speed limits is such a good thing. We need more of it!

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 10h

Also, Brett McGurk does not get to return in a future Democratic administration. None of Biden’s foreign policy team do.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 10h

For all the good Biden did in office, it is this failure for which his presidency will primarily be remembered.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 10h

Almost doing the right thing and then not doing it just makes it worse. Biden had plenty of opportunities to change course and his failure to do so was catastrophic for the entire planet.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12h

My brother used to have a neighbor who constantly bitched about Black people and talked about how they all need to get shipped back to Africa. JD Vance is giving that vibe, except, with a cheering crowd of mostly white faces behind him. We need to recognize this for what it is.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 11h

When you read between the lines of this piece from the Seattle Times' "save print newspapers ONLY" columnist, it becomes glaringly obvious that he opposes changes to the proposed newspaper preservation law because it would open opportunities for small, non-legacy digital outlets.

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Another complicated WA effort to support local news

A new report urges major changes to legislation proposed in Washington state to save local news, and could derail the effort.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 05/08/2026

Seattle voters don't want "tough" on crime policies or politicians. They want leaders to be "responsive" on crime -- to show up with a range of solutions that demonstrate urgency, seriousness, and effectiveness. This is why Nilu Jenks is winning District 5. She gets this. Julie Kang just panders.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 12h

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Katie @littlelistmaker.bsky.social · 12h

What I think people need to take from JD is that he and others see the future of the party as a viciously, overtly racist Christian nationalist party and they are laying the groundwork to be successful in that future while Democratic consultants are stuck in the 90s.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah okay. I get it now. This meeting about one unhealthy tree is actually just intended to galvanize opposition to the current zoning code and Taller Denser Faster.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 12h

And maybe they will! But I am less confident, the anger is *deep*. And rather than address it or try and shore up those voters, MGP insists on pissing them off even further, voting with the House GOP last month on key procedural items.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 12h

All true, but there are also a lot of voters in Clark County in particular, though elsewhere in the district too, who are very deeply angry at MGP over her actions, especially on the SAVE Act. She and HMP basically have to hope that those voters will get over it and cast a ballot for her anyway.

The idea that only she alone can win that district is and always was wrong. She was correct in 2022 that her approach was better than the usual DCCC approach they'd tried and failed for 12 years. But others can run as a credible outsider -- who this time won't sell them out to MAGA.

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My guess is that's probably what happens. But it's possible the liberal Vancouver voter who is (rightly) mad at her thinks "well, it looks like Dems are taking the House anyway, MGP can do this without me" and leave that race blank on the ballot. We shall see!

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It's really sad. I was so excited for her to win, I knew there would be the occasional bad vote, but what we've gotten is just totally unacceptable. I hope she beats Braun but that's all I'll do for her, hope.

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I've known her since 2016, was one of the first people she called when she was seriously considering running for Congress in early 2022, I donated and connected her to endorsers and donors. By the end of 2023 I unsubscribed from her email list and told her fundraiser to not bother asking me for $$.

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You'd have thought MGP would try and shore up her base. Instead she spent September voting with the GOP against her own caucus. Madness.

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John Braun is a much tougher opponent than Joe Kent ever was. Braun is a reliable MAGA vote but comes off (and often is) more reasonable and decent than Kent. Whereas MGP has alienated some of her base - the liberal Vancouver resident who hates MAGA. A Braun win would not surprise me.

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I very much think she wants to win. But she is losing her two BFFs - Golden is leaving Congress, and Peltola is moving up to Senate. In a larger caucus she loses her relevance.

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Yeah I'm not 100% sold on DHM Research, I need to see more of a track record. But a 1 point Braun lead would not surprise me. I'm sure we'll see more polling of WA-3 soon enough.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 15h

Indeed! She’s alienated her base, and John Braun is a much harder opponent than Joe Kent.

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…you’re absolutely right that this is a crucial concern a lot of people have, that they won’t be able to pick their doctor any more, that they will be stuck with lower quality care, that the new system will make them miserable. And so that does have to be addressed directly.

Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 15h

That’s what an NHS model would look like. Medicare currently works as a reimbursement model so people can still choose to see a doctor on their own, they’re not part of a managed system like Kaiser (or the old Group Health up here in WA). So Medicare for All wouldn’t necessarily be like Kaiser. But…