Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman

@benchapmanmagic.bsky.social

Politics guy professionally, boardgame guy unprofessionally -- in Seattle.

495 Followers 401 Following 70 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 day ago
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Our state just passed a tax on millionaires!! Here's how it will affect most people in Washington:

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3 days ago

HUGE win for Washington and HUGE thanks to the hardworking lawmakers and staff who made this happen.

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1 week ago
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FINAL CALL: Lawmakers could vote on the Millionaires Tax any day now. Let's do one last round of calls into their offices to show them that Washington wants to fund the programs we rely on.

Take action here ⬇️ https://investwanow.org/call-lawmakers-pass-millionaires-tax

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1 week ago
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It's a bit messy out there.

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1 week ago
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…. Someone forgot to tell him not to say this. Jesus.

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2 weeks ago
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I’ve probably talked to tens of thousands of voters in my career and tbh I don’t think there is a single voter in America that thinks the government is in the right here.

This simply isn’t a position that has a constituency.

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2 weeks ago

The #RealEyesRealizeRealLies hashtag feels very 2010s and I love it, lol

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2 weeks ago

You can also just DM me your name and I can check for ya :)

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2 weeks ago

Easy! You just have to download the CSV from the State Gov website, then Command F for your name.

Download the file by clicking "See who signed in for this agenda item," then scroll down to "Note Testifying" and download that CSV.

Link: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?se...

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2 weeks ago

Lemme tell y'all, it was a TRIP to wake up Friday morning and see that my name was signed in opposed to this bill...

....at 2:07am

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3 weeks ago

HUGE win out of Olympia!!!!

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1 month ago
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Oh so skating is more of a side thing she does to be able to afford a Commander deck.

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1 month ago
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Have you signed in PRO for the Millionaires Tax? Make sure you do before time runs out!

Take action ➡️ https://investwanow.org/sign-pro-millionaires-tax

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1 month ago
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Always worth remembering that simply being an American citizen gives you an enormous amount of power.

And that the rest of the world relies on our democracy's strength just as much as we do.

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1 month ago

My quick video on where Washington voters stand on the proposed "Millionaires Tax"

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1 month ago
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Let's talk about the Millionaires Tax! And a new poll that shows voters want it.

#WashingtonState #EverettWA #BellinghamWA #YakimaWA

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2 months ago
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Seems notable….

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2 months ago
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This has been a supremely awkward week for the Trump Admin -- even beyond the usual oddness.

Seems to be that there's LOTS of internal frustrations, and with an aging President who is floundering in the approval ratings, it's not clear who exactly sets the party's messaging.

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2 months ago

“AI is inevitable” yeah so is dying, bro. Go create something with the time you have left here

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2 months ago

REMINDER: 2025 was likely Seattle’s last election without ranked-choice voting!

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2 months ago
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This may go down as one of my favorite Twitter exchanges from the year.

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2 months ago

Reminder that "top two" elections like CA and WA have don't solve the same problems that ranked-choice voting does.

In fact, in some cases, top two elections can result in even weirder outcomes than conventional partisan primaries would!

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6 months ago
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Gotta admit, they got us there.

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7 months ago
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Landlords fined for first time under WA’s new law capping rent increases • Washington State Standard For the first time, Washington’s attorney general has enforced the state’s new cap on rent hikes, fining eight landlords.

New law to protect seniors, single parents, veterans from rent gouging and homelessness already showing results. Congrats again to our client @wahousingalliance.bsky.social !👏 washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/landl...

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9 months ago
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📰 From the St Louis Post Dispatch: “Tax scheme will test GOP’s populist rhetoric.”

www.columbian.com/news/2025/ma...

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11 months ago
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The state of the boardgame industry right now.....

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1 year ago

This is great content, thank you.

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1 year ago
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Blood on the Clocktower! You can play with a rule called "Angel" which makes people less willing to kill off a new player.

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1 year ago

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1 year ago

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