Trump has been able to get away with what he by the laziness of past Congresses. They let US Presidents have too much leeway.

The Making of Katie Wilson She’s coming for the mayor’s office.

Seattle, we gotta elect Katie Wilson! Her leadership style is everything we need to take our city into its next chapter. We have been spinning our wheels on too many major issues for too long. This is how we move forward. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

I have some big news to share. Because our opponent is benefiting from outside spending on her behalf, the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission has lifted the Democracy Vouchers fundraising cap for our campaign. That means Bruce’s can once again raise contributions to power our grassroots campaign. This is a critical moment. Over the next month, we need to make sure Bruce has the resources to get his message out and fight back against the influence of outside money. With your support, we can keep pushing forward with Bruce’s vision for a safer, more affordable, and more unified Seattle.

Bruce Harrell's campaign is fundraising on the need to "fight back against the influence of outside money."

The PAC set up to spend on Harrell's behalf has raised $1.2 million so far, compared to the $86,000 raised by the PAC set up for spend in support of Katie Wilson.

Mail your ballot early or better yet take to nearby drop box.

NEW: King County Councilmemeber Teresa Mosqueda and Representative Pramila Jayapal have endorsed Katie Wilson for Mayor of Seattle. 🗳️ @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

As a kid, I got into politics partly to do my bit fighting the Soviet Union.

Now we have a president who wants to turn us into a country that mimics the Soviet Union.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump says the US is in "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

Meanwhile, his DOJ is disbanding a task force that took on cartels.

Trump doesn't care about stopping drug trafficking — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.

This is a power grab.

Freiburg: Green City | City Climate Corner Beautiful urban forest -- abundant green spaces -- easy to get around without a car -- and a commitment to climate protection. Freiburg seems to have it all. We interview Freiburg City Council Member ...

i'll also note this great city climate corner podcast interviewing a freiburg councilmember on how increasing parking fees allows them to invest in better transit and biking and rolling.

this is the way

www.cityclimatecorner.com/episodes/fre...

The Mariners get taxpayer subsidized rent at our publicly owned baseball stadium.

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

Bruce Harrell enabled this obstruction by agreeing to an MOU with SPOG that required a dual dispatch system - thus giving SPD officers the power to undermine the CARE team. Harrell hasn't yet reached a final contract with SPOG, and seems in no hurry to push them to get out of the CARE team's way.

diagram: New Units Issued by Year by Quarter

we are just unbelievably toast in seattle.

permit data through Q2 2025 is trending toward lowest permits in nearly 15 years.

Portland Apartment Construction Plummets 54% Growing material and labor costs and high interest rates are dramatically slowing the new multifamily projects.

not just PDX

tariffs, high interest rates, dwindling labor pool and increasing insurance are killing projects across the country.

we're about to see even higher tariffs on canadian lumber, cabinets, appliances.

going to see massive rent increases due to this

www.planetizen.com/news/2025/10...

Save our Union St bus lane! The Seattle Department of Transportation, with little feedback and no broad outreach is planning to remove the short bus lane on Union St this weekend. We think that's a terrible idea! Join the Tran...

Help save the Union St bus lane!

@seattledot.bsky.social there are better ways to address concerns with local access that don’t compromise transit reliability, traffic calming, and safety.

We need bigger apartments and smaller single family homes

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

😍😍👏

Fast transit + Abundant Housing = Livable Cities

Outrageous. Send a letter. And show up Saturday morning.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social This is the work of the Seattle Mayor you endorsed.

nailed it

The latest: After Axios questioned the city's data this month, the mayor's office revised its count of units opened under Harrell, lowering the number on its dashboard from 2,016 to 1,991. Yet that amended figure still doesn't reflect how much new capacity was created during more than three years of Harrell's leadership. When adjusted to remove units that were replaced rather than added, the total opened through spring 2025 was under 1,800, Axios found. And, if you remove projects that were in progress before Harrell took office, the number of units added under Harrell's watch is fewer than 1,300.

Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell pledged on the campaign trail in 2021 to build 2,000 units of shelter or permanent supportive housing in a year. More than three years into his term, he still hasn't added that many net new units, an Axios analysis finds.

We are thrilled to see a candidate focused on basic needs like public bathrooms in Seattle.

Please call the Governor and ask him to sign SB 79!

(916) 445-2841

Katie Wilson has the experience we need in city hall.

Three months ago, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social correctly warned us that failing to address our housing crisis would cost us people’s trust, and that the entire reputation of the State of California was on the line.

Call him now and urge him to follow through by signing #SB79! ☎️ (916) 445-2841

Calling the Governor and asking him to sign SB 79 only takes a few minutes and makes a real difference.

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

when you de-pave streets, you don't need to land bank for new parks

Call the Governor to sign SB 79! Please call the Governor and urge him to sign SB 79!

Have you called @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to ask him to sign SB 79? This is a crucial part of California's climate action. The IPCC has made it clear that infill housing is key to reducing climate pollution. SB 79 makes it easier to build homes near our biggest transit stops. Click here to call:

Insanely important win in Moldova tonight

Phot of excerpt from Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman with text: “ The hit parade of potentially worthwhile clean energy projects undermined explicitly or implicitly by the legacy of progressivism's Jeffersonian impulse is too long to list in full. But the most blatant examples make clear that the problem isn't just climate denialism. Progressives mo-bilized, for example, to fight a developer's plan to build a 690-megawatt solar plant northeast of Las Vegas, with the detractors claiming the new facility would imperil a desert tortoise habitat. The Audubon Society sued to block wind farms in California. The Sunrise Movement, a youth-oriented project whose tagline is "We are the climate revolution," mobilized to fight solar projects in Amherst, Massachusetts, for fear that new paneling might lead to deforestation.* And the local chapter of the Sierra Club would play a crucial role in the fight against NECEC in Maine.”

Our so-called environmental activists have failed us.