Reposted by Lenny LaymonJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Having untaxed billionaires is a policy choice. 12276109
Reposted by Lenny LaymonRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 08/10/2026Seattle just said no. It's the first U.S. city to bar big grocers from using your data and AI to charge you more than your neighbor, while keeping coupons and senior and veteran discounts intact. Congratulations to @mayor.seattle.gov and the City Council on setting the standard.komonews.comWilson signs ordinance banning AI, data-driven price changes at grocery storesA new law will change how grocery stores in Seattle use shoppers' personal information when setting prices at the register. 317939
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026BREAKING: ICE collected millions of voter records and considered undercover investigations against voter registration groups, documents reveal. It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.democracydocket.comICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents revealIt's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections. 10271154
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.” 432189235700
Lenny Laymon @sounders74.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Climate Change is forcing the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington State to relocate to higher ground as the ocean is rising and flooding their community. youtube.com/watch?v=b4Gp...youtube.comQuinault Indian Nation breaks ground on move to higher groundYouTube video by KING 5 Seattle 200
Lenny Laymon @sounders74.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you are not living in Seattle and wonder what the minimum wage looks like when it’s tied to Cost of Living Ajustment (COLA) this is it. This should be the national minimum wage. 010
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is crazy. They are laughing at us. 32814318
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 196 Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 77 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 Find real-time updates here:democracydocket.comCourt CasesLearn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on. 016650
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 203 Active Voting Rights Cases: 164 Active Redistricting Cases: 39 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 82 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Find real-time updates here:democracydocket.comCourt CasesLearn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on. 116356
Reposted by Lenny LaymonGuy Oron @guyoron.net · 18/09/2026NEW: Seattle is about to ban supermarkets from using your data to set individualized prices and coupons to curb price gouging and discrimination. The big grocer lobby is pissed, and is spamming Seattleites with scary text messages. Read in @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...thestranger.comSeattle Is Poised to Ban Supermarket Algorithmic Price Discrimination - The StrangerThis coming Tuesday, in an effort to crack down on price gouging and discrimination, the Seattle City Council will vote on a bill prohibiting large grocery store companies from using customer personal... 11344871319
Reposted by Lenny LaymonMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 204 Active Voting Rights Cases: 164 Active Redistricting Cases: 40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31 www.democracydocket.comdemocracydocket.comDemocracy DocketDemocracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. 533170943
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/09/2026🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 200 Active Voting Rights Cases: 162 Active Redistricting Cases: 38 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Find real-time updates here:democracydocket.comCourt CasesLearn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on. 312347
Lenny Laymon @sounders74.bsky.social · 19/08/2026DSA member Angie Nixon defeats Trump impeachment witness Alex Vindman in Florida Democratic Senate race This will be a true test if the insurgent left of the Democratic Party can win or hold its own in a red state. Remember the GOP is expected to win in November 000
Lenny Laymon @sounders74.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Many may know about the famous gum wall in pioneer square. On Alki Beach in West Seattle are "love locks". Couples write their names or dates on the locks, attach them to the metal chain-link fence, and throw away the key to show lasting love. 000
Reposted by Lenny LaymonMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026HUGE: Seattle will provide free meals to all public school students, starting this fall. This week the city council unanimously approved $3.6 million to offer universal school meals. /1 372246531
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/06/2026🗺️ 2026 MIDTERMS REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 🔴 Republican gains (+16 R): 📍TX: +5 📍NC: +1 📍MO: +1 📍FL: +4 📍OH: +2 📍TN: +1 📍LA: +1 📍AL: +1 🔵 Democratic gains (+6 D): 📍CA: +5 📍UT: +1 ❌ Failed 2026 gerrymanders: 📍VA: +4 D 📍SC: +1 R 📍MS: +1 R 📍GA: +1 R ✅ Possible 2028 gerrymanders: 📍MD: +1 D 📍SC: +1 Rdemocracydocket.comLive Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-MovesFacing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ... 510558
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 20/06/2026BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed journalist and cameraman Ahmad Samir Washah in an airstrike on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian media reports. Washah worked for Al Jazeera Mubasher. His brother, journalist Mohammed Samir Washah, was killed by an Israeli drone... 11241169
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/06/2026🗺️ 2026 MIDTERMS REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 🔴 Republican gains: 📍TX: +5 📍NC: +1 📍MO: +1 📍FL: +4 📍OH: +2 📍TN: +1 📍LA: +1 📍AL: +1 🔵 Democratic gains: 📍CA: +5 📍UT: +1 ❌ Failed gerrymanders: 📍VA: +4 D 📍SC: +1 R 📍MS: +1 R 📍GA: +1 Rdemocracydocket.comLive Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-MovesFacing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ... 413984
Reposted by Lenny LaymonMayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 08/06/2026Seattle Times covered our big news from last week: more than 1,400 Seattle youth & their caregivers are getting free tickets to World Cup matches this summer. Grateful to our partners who made the largest local youth access effort of the 2026 tournament possible. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comKatie Wilson announces free World Cup tickets for 1,400 Seattle youthsThe initiative is believed to be the largest local youth access program for the 2026 World Cup to date. 510716
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Lever @levernews.com · 08/06/2026BREAKING: The Supreme Court just let the “Texas two-step” stand — a bankruptcy trick that lets corporations shift lawsuits into a shell company, send it into bankruptcy, and leave victims fighting for years while the real money stays protected. 54729
Lenny Laymon @sounders74.bsky.social · 04/06/2026If you’re looking for a great place to watch the World Cup in Seattle come to The Raven at world famous Kremwerk. Watch on the large projection screen or on the multiple tv’s available. 000
Reposted by Lenny LaymonStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 31/05/2026🚨BREAKING: NJ state police slam anti-ICE protesters with their shields and fire flash bang grenade smack dab in the middle of dense crowd of protesters. WE'RE LIVE ⬇️ 11719201090
Reposted by Lenny LaymonKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/05/2026BREAKING: As I predicted yesterday, Judge Williams has now ordered Trump, his two failsons, and the Trump Organization LLC to respond to the below former federal judges’ motion to reopen case on or before June 12th. 552557726
Reposted by Lenny LaymonAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 29/05/20261/ Cuba is out of fuel, strangled by the US fuel chokehold. People are dying, systems are breaking down. This is collective punishment against a people who have done absolutely nothing except live their lives under hard conditions imposed by the US blockade for decades. 272248836
Reposted by Lenny LaymonParkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Tom Homan has said he will get an order to force-feed the Delaney strikers. ICE has been doing this for years. They have a facility in Texas known as the "force-feeding hub". Involuntary force-feeding is torture. It's a human rights violation.youtu.be ICE is about to do something horrific to the Delaney Hunger Strikers YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture 49647
Reposted by Lenny LaymonShare the Cities Collective @sharethecities.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Here at Got Green’s office opening. Hearing about their campaign to help SHA tenants have better conditions. www.gotgreenseattle.org 1145
Reposted by Lenny LaymonHolly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Delaney Hall ICE prison in New Jersey is a privately owned/operated immigration detention (prison) with a multi-$B U.S. contract. Immigrants are being held without due process, feed rancid food, severely mistreated and are on a hunger strike, while protesters are being attacked. Do not look away! 19250196
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026🗺️ A.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍LA: House passed map eliminating one of two majority-Black districts. Heads to the Senate today for a final vote. 📍AL: Remedial map with two majority-Black districts in effect. State asked SCOTUS if it could use map with one district. 📍FL, TN: GOP map in effect.democracydocket.comLive Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-MovesFacing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ... 512764
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026ICYMI: California just made it a felony for law enforcement to seize ballots from any county elections office in the state. The law is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direct response to a GOP gubernatorial candidate who acted on bogus election fraud claims earlier this year.democracydocket.comGavin Newsom signs bill, spurred by Chad Bianco, to block ballot seizures by law enforcementThe law makes it a felony for anyone — including law enforcement — to seize ballots from any California county elections office. 401427458
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026NEW: A judge ruled the New Hampshire GOP’s effort to eliminate signed affidavits as proof of citizenship for voter registration is unconstitutional. The provision would've made voting more difficult by requiring proof of citizenship for registration — a central focus of the SAVE America Act.democracydocket.comNew Hampshire: GOP bid to require documentary proof of citizenship struck downA judge ruled it was an “unjustifiable burden on the right to vote in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.” 324067
Reposted by Lenny LaymonPortland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 28/05/2026A “Right to Know Who’s Policing You” ordinance from Portland City Councilor Sameer Kanal passed 8-4 Wednesday, May 27. Here's everything you need to know about the new law enforcement mask ban in Portland ⬇️portlandmercury.comPortland City Council Adopts New Law Enforcement Mask Ban, ID Requirements - Portland MercuryWhen federal immigration agents started showing up for duty last year in plain clothes with their faces half covered, it stoked fear in immigrants. It also sparked concerns about accountability and tr... 49632
Reposted by Lenny LaymonLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026What does it take to unionize factories today, especially in the South? In the last two years, bus manufacturing workers secured first union contracts and a national master agreement across New Flyer facilities in three states @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social reports: labornotes.org/2026/05/bus-...labornotes.orgIn Bus Factories, A Triple-Decker WinWhat does it take to unionize factories today, especially in the South? In the last two years, bus manufacturing workers secured first union contracts and a national master agreement across New Flyer ... 19334
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026BREAKING: A judge temporarily barred the DOJ from moving forward with Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund, which has generated fierce backlash. Opponents have criticized it as a corrupt attempt to funnel taxpayer dollars to Trump’s allies, including people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.democracydocket.comJudge temporarily halts Trump’s $1.8 billion 'weaponization' slush fundThe Justice Department abruptly created the fund to resolve a bizarre lawsuit Trump filed against his own administration. 15343108
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/05/2026BREAKING: The Louisiana Senate votes 28-10 to pass a GOP gerrymander eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts. The new map, which is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry, will weaken the political power of Black Louisianans who will now be packed into one district.democracydocket.comLouisiana lawmakers send new congressional map erasing majority-Black district to governor to sign"I purposely put more Democrats into District 2 to make the remaining districts better performing for Republicans," the map's drafter said. 31166104
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 28/05/2026💢 BREAKING: Multiple residents in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, reported hearing repeated explosions around 1:30–1:43 am, including at least 3-4 blasts in quick succession, according to messages circulating online cited by Faytuks News. Iran’s Fars News Agency also reported that 3 explosions were... 04627
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 28/05/2026⭕️ Israel blocks 17,000 calves & 24,000 sheep from entering Gaza, denying Palestinians Eid al-Adha rites Israel blocked the entry of sacrificial animals into Gaza ahead of Eid al-Adha, depriving Palestinians of one of their most significant religious rituals of the Islamic calendar, according to... 36042
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/05/2026NEW: Vernon Jones, an election denier in the Georgia GOP runoff for secretary of state, said he would publicize voters’ personal info and make it available to those involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "I’ll direct staff to make it available my first day in office," said Jones.democracydocket.comGeorgia GOP secretary of state candidate says he’d publicize voters’ private informationJones was responding to a former Georgia GOP Party chairman who conspired with Trump in 2020 to de-certify the state’s election results. 25180124
Reposted by Lenny LaymonRaw Story @rawstory.com · 28/05/2026The Department of Justice awarded a $106 million contract to Elliott Broidy, a GOP fundraiser whom Trump pardoned in 2021, according to new reporting by the Guardian.bit.lyDOJ hands major contract to Trump-pardoned GOP fundraiser: reportThe Department of Justice awarded a $106 million contract to Elliott Broidy, a GOP fundraiser whom Trump pardoned in 2021, according to new reporting by the Guardian. Broidy lists himself as the founder and CEO of LEO Technologies, a company that won a contract from the DOJ's Bureau of Prisons last ... 167871
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/05/2026NEW JERSEY: “ICE agents fired pepper balls at protesters following days of unrest outside the privately run detention center… U.S. Sen. Andy Kim had trouble breathing from a cloud of pepper spray deployed protesters respond to an inmate hunger strike…” www.nj.com/news/2026/05... 701608721
Reposted by Lenny LaymonBart Harley Jarvis @williamzabka424.bsky.social · 25/05/2026My cousin worked in Starbucks main roastery in Seattle for 30 years. One day a few months ago he showed up for work and there was just a sign on the door saying that the roastery was permanently closed and they were all out of a job. Starbucks sucks so much ass. 1832825928
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Lever @levernews.com · 26/05/2026As support for Israel becomes more politically risky, pro-Israel donors have found a new trick for funding Democratic candidates. They are moving money through the Better Blue Fund, a new group backed by longtime AIPAC-linked donors that is raising cash for Democrats facing primary challenges. 13925
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/05/2026🚨NEW: In a 26-18 vote, South Carolina senators adjourned their special session — effectively killing a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander ahead of the midterms. The state is now the first to fail in the rush to redistrict post-Callais.democracydocket.comIn blow to Trump, South Carolina lawmakers drop bid to pass gerrymander for midtermsSouth Carolina is the first state to fail in passing a new map in Trump’s gerrymander war since the Supreme Court’s Callais decision came down in late April. 11449110
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/05/2026BREAKING: In a win for Alabama voters, a federal court blocked the state from enacting its 2023 congressional map, which would have diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians, from being used in the 2026 midterms. The ruling will likely be appealed directly to the Supreme Court.democracydocket.comCourt blocks Alabama racial gerrymander from being used in 2026 electionsThe ruling will almost certainly be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. 14705204
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Lever @levernews.com · 17/05/2026An oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy. www.levernews.com/rejecting-th...levernews.comRejecting The Health Care TrapAn oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy. 34635
Reposted by Lenny LaymonRemoval Coalition @removalcoalition.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Outrageous, unconscionable, and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. We are outraged! And we are begging YOU to DO YOUR JOB! Telling your constituents to be outraged, without using your constitutional power to do something about it is shameful deflection! Files articles of impeachment and force a vote! 27435
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026“Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents are being told to find a new power provider because the grid is being re-routed to A.I. data centers.” 58373823966
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026From @marcus4america.bsky.social : “Black athletes should boycott the SEC.” 🇺🇸 #Tennessee #Alabama #Mississippi #Louisiana #Texas #Florida #Arkansas #Kentucky This is what @realdlhughley.bsky.social and others have been saying. 31445164
Reposted by Lenny LaymonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social ) 9428681062
Reposted by Lenny LaymonW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026When a Democrat is president, the press only cares about the swing voters who oppose him. When a Republican is president, the press only cares about the conservative voters who support him. 833455723
Reposted by Lenny LaymonDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/05/2026NEW: Trump is pressuring lawmakers to pass SAVE America Act voter suppression bill by attaching it to housing and foreign intelligence surveillance legislation. The anti-voting bill is, for now, a dead letter as the Senate has been unable to pass it due to lack of votes in support.democracydocket.comTrump seeks passage of SAVE America Act via housing and FISA billsTrump is still hoping he can save the anti-voter SAVE America Act by attaching it to other bills pending in Congress. 19287123
