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Seattle Doug

@seattledoug.bsky.social
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I live in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, WA, with my spouse. I am retired and happily married. I enjoy listening to music and walking our dog, hiking and traveling. I don't DM with folks I haven't met in real life. Blue to the core. No Kings

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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 19h
wapo.st/4i6j4uC Gift article Trump’s deportation policies impacts to border communities is shaking up mid term elections
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The border counties that swung to Trump are now short of workers. They may swing back.
A labor shortage tied to ICE arrests could shake up a trio of battleground House races along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This popped up in my photos on my phone
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
wapo.st/4AX0qwU Gift article. The political sands are shifting
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Another sign of rapidly expanding political map: Pollsters can’t keep up
Increased demand for polling has strained call centers that conduct surveys, squeezed capacity and complicated the task of getting accurate reads on public opinion, according to pollsters.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The moon the photo is from one year ago today
A photo of the moon taken October 5 one year ago
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.engadget.com/2276208/sams...
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Samsung and Google are raising prices on their budget phones - Engadget
Line go up (bad version).
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
wapo.st/4egEmDx Gift article
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6 things to watch in the Supreme Court’s new term
Cases on religion, elections and immigration are likely to take the spotlight. And don’t forget to watch for a potential retirement.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
# birds Stellar Jay on the suet feeder where I am staying
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.seattletimes.com/business/a-g...
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Gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at factory days before Trump rally
On Wednesday, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory in Ohio. President Donald Trump will try to rally voters in the area on Saturday.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.seattletimes.com/business/a-g... Tired "winning yet?
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Gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at factory days before Trump rally
On Wednesday, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory in Ohio. President Donald Trump will try to rally voters in the area on Saturday.
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uncertainshade.bsky.social @uncertainshade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Iran figured it out in 6 months. But Republicans in Congress still have no clue
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Large container ship on the portangeles harbor
Large container ship on the portangeles harbor
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Boat in the portangeles hRbor
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Photo of a moth on a mirror where i am staying
Photo of a moth on a mirror
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Helicopter flying at the portangeles Wa waterfront
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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Opinion | ‘What Authoritarian Governments Do to Promote Their Leaders’
The president shows his contempt for us. Again.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Salmon going upstream to spawn on the solduc river. 2 are seen
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
More photos of the ancient grove Olympic National park near the Solduc river
A photo of the ancient grove forest near solduck river
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
wapo.st/4hK5VGy Gift article.
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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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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump and His Team Hit With Two Lawsuits Over Renee Good’s Death newrepublic.com/post/216075/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump and His Team Hit With Two Lawsuits Over Renee Good’s Death
Good’s partner and brother are suing the federal government and a group of immigration officials.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
# birds watching the feeder where I am staying
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On this day in Florence in 2022
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At every turn, Trump’s ideas for aiding U.S. consumers run into resistance www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Sorry am out of gift articles
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At every turn, Trump’s ideas for aiding U.S. consumers run into resistance
From beef to diesel, White House efforts to bring down prices — the top concern among midterm voters — have failed so far to pan out.
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wind surfers today at Golden Gardens park Seattle Washington
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sailboats north of Golden Gardens park Seattle today
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wind surfers today at Golden Gardens park Seattle Washington
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
# birds This photograph of a duck popped up from three years ago.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fall color in my neighborhood
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u... Holy crap batman we are in trouble now with the efing crazies puling the USA out of international preparations for future pandemics
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.seattletimes.com/business/bil...
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Bill Gates warns AI powerful enough to lead to ‘a billion deaths’
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence is a "powerful enough" tool to kill off a substantial portion of humanity.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
View from the roof where I live
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... Sorry out of gift articles this month 861 us troops have been injured In the Iran war
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Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/b... "Tired of "winning yet " f the trump regime attacks on our economy
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Rising Interest Rates Are Causing Alarm. Here’s What to Know.
History shows that the markets and the economy flourished when rates were even higher than today’s. But, our columnist notes, those times didn’t last.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation - Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Phonephoto of the sky this morning on my dog walk
Phonephotof the sky this morning on my dog walk
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Finally Lost the Plot
It is now apparent that many Americans — probably enough Americans — are determined to live within the truth rather than the lie.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | The Cult of Trump Is Waning
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u... Gift article. Who would of thought Trump might chose to do a deal with Russia right after turning his back on our closest and most important trading partner and military allies.
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Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. (Gift Article)
A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mike Johnson Cancels Congress To Keep Hegseth Off The Impeachment Hot Seat #CrooksAndLiars
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Mike Johnson Cancels Congress To Keep Hegseth Off The Impeachment Hot Seat | Crooks and Liars
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jwestsc.bsky.social @jwestsc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We know . . . The Old Man is a penny short on the buck. 😴💤🤥💤
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FDR said it during a radio address from the White House on October 5, 1944
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Canada is acting in its national interest, as it should.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/s...
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What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?
“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling. (Gift Article)
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
wapo.st/46NsIw5 Gift article
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AI has transformed the Pentagon’s aging networks into a national security risk
Outdated networks face growing cyber threats as AI makes it easier for adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities and launch disruptive attacks.
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Seattle Doug @seattledoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w... Gift article
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E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check
The bloc’s offer of “associate member” status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.
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