Alissa Rose

Real Change confirmed today that two of our vendors have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This action is a direct attack on a protected community and poses a chilling threat to the safety and well-being of all individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty.

What it is going to take is one university after another simply saying, we will not deal. This is not a legitimate way for the executive branch to interact with universities and we will not do it. Full stop.

Wrote about how the Trump admin is talking about enforcing "the warrior ethos" which seems to be about being fucking terrified of everything, including books and subways.

US immigration authorities detain daughter of Korean Episcopal priest - The Korea Times The daughter of a Korean Episcopal priest has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities in New York, despite holding what legal advocates say is valid immigration status — drawing strong condemnat...

"She accompanied her mother, Rev. Kim, who is widely recognized as the first woman to be ordained as an Anglican priest in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea..."

www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Only 18.8% of Seattle voters have returned their ballot so far for tomorrow's primary. But you've still got plenty of time to get in that ballot and @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social has lots of Seattle/King County elections coverage to help you get up to speed! www.cascadepbs.org/tag/election...

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "We're here in IL, the land of Lincoln... When he was a state senator in 1840, broke quorum by jumping out of a window in the statehouse. I believe my colleagues and I are participating in a long tradition of standing up to bullies, civil disobedience, of good trouble."

Update on this: the approximately 50 year old woman who was hit on Sand Point Way by a driver travelling 30-35 mph was transported to Harborview with severe head trauma but in stable condition.

Location on a map

Seattle Fire is currently responding to a driver hitting someone walking at Sand Point Way NE and Princeton Avenue NE.

The person who was hit is being transported to the hospital right now.

If someone tells you they’re in Mensa, that’s all you need to know about them.

Thousands of NY Jews demand an end to genocide, an end to mass starvation, and end to occupation.
Never Again.
#JewsSayNoMore
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org

ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'

FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?

WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?

2025 Primary Election Endorsements » The Urbanist # The Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2025 primary election endorsements, which span the region from Tacoma to Everett. Be sure to vote by August 5.

It's the last weekend day to vote in the August primary! Turnout is currently below 15% in King County!

If you're still looking for help when filling out your ballot, @theurbanist.org has some regional recommendations based on hours of candidate interviews:
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...

Did not realize he said that. Not endorsing Mamdani is also complicity in the fascist project.

The Democratic Party should step up to stop this scam, which is pissing off potential voters/donors and doing nothing for its candidates and causes.

it is not the case that if you stop observing bad things, the bad things go away

King County K9 handler accused of cheating on bomb dog certifications Deputy Jonathan Akiona is under investigation for allegedly influencing qualification trials, enabling four bomb detection teams to pass who would have otherwise failed.

King County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Akiona allegedly tampered with certification tests for bomb detection K9s to help teams he trained qualify.
www.divestspd.com/p/king-count...

National Black Philanthropy Month, observed every August, is a global celebration and campaign to elevate African-descent giving and funding equity in Black communities. It highlights the legacy, impact, and innovation of Black philanthropists, while advocating for racial justice in philanthropy. Join the Thurman Perry Foundation, a Black woman-led organization, as we raise the final $25,000 for our housing, baby formula, and clothing relief program for formerly incarcerated mothers: Mother's Day 365. Visit tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org to support

DID YOU KNOW?

August is National Black Philanthropy Month!

Today, my nonprofit purchased over 2,000 organic menstrual products for incarcerated women at EBR Parish Prison & are taking apps for rent relief from formerly incarcerated moms!

Please consider a donation at tpfwoman2woman.funraise.org.

If you rail against bike infrastructure because of the (relatively modest) initial costs, you’re definitively ignorant of how city taxpayer dollars are shoveled into a bottomless pit to support driving as the default, and of how much providing alternatives does to stanch that fiscal bleeding.

“..the report accuses DOGE — the entity Trump and Elon Musk ginned up to gut federal programs under the guise of “efficiency” — of generating “at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government” in just the first half of this year.”

Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’

“Collisions along roads that have changed from 30mph to 20mph decreased by 19% from 2023-2024, and 100 fewer people a year have been killed or badly hurt in road [collisions], according to Welsh government figures.”

“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work 2 minutes faster?”

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

We all knew. Don’t know why you didn’t?

It’s possible this lie might have even encouraged some other universities to settle, which ought to be a career-ending scandal for anybody involved

Deeply disappointed in Jayapal. Endorsing a mayor who is actively working against Seattle becoming a thriving, compassionate, livable city seems antithetical to her constituents interests. I’ve voted for her multiple times, she is a strong, progressive voice in Congress.
@jayapal.house.gov

Elon Musk is a symbol of American collapse in many ways, but one of the big ones is how for years he has constantly engaged in multi-billion-dollar securities and consumer fraud, and the "consequence" has been him making billions more, including from the federal government paying him directly.

May his memory be a blessing! Thank you for sharing him with us.

Authoritarianism 101:

Trump fires (and smears) the public servant who provided economic numbers he didn't like, and then makes up a story about how such numbers were handled during last year's campaign that's the exact opposite of the truth.

And then his toadies repeat the lie.

This is what is happening right now.

This is from the actual Government of the United States of America. I have to keep saying this out loud to remind myself this isn’t just a nightmare.

Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.