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Personal account. Acquired KVRU, an independent non-commercial community radio station in South Seattle. Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I don’t. @HacksAndWonks.bsky.social

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Tweet by Igor Bobic 

"Fetterman responds to Graham Platner saying he should lose his seat:

“Oh, really? The guy with the Nazi tattoo? Yeah, I'm devastated by that.” "

Tweet by Igor Bobic "Fetterman responds to Graham Platner saying he should lose his seat: “Oh, really? The guy with the Nazi tattoo? Yeah, I'm devastated by that.” "

this is what awaits us if we fail to crush Platner in the primary, "oh the party of Nazi Tattoos has something to say?" every time forever

03.03.2026 22:53 — 👍 2598    🔁 524    💬 82    📌 168

Democrats in #waleg would have a much easier time moving this bill and rallying strong public support for it if they tied much of its revenue to K-12 public education, as similar taxes on the rich did in CA, MA, and AZ. But they bizarrely refuse to.

03.03.2026 23:21 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 1

“Congestion pricing is legal. It’s here to stay. And it works.”

03.03.2026 19:16 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 — 👍 25599    🔁 8686    💬 277    📌 317
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Reading/watching everything that came out of Unrivaled media today... it sounds like a strike is essentially off the table for WNBA players in these CBA negotiations
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Hey Callie, this is not accurate. A strike is very much still on the table.
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Hi AC! I think this is super important for fans to see. Definitely was not asserting this as fact, was just relaying the sense I got as someone who is not at Unrivaled and taking in all the headlines/interviews just like everyone else!
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No worries! I know how you report so I was just wanting to add some clarity for you players
expressing personal opinion on not loving the idea of a strike vs. it being taken off the table are very different. I know some of the other interviews I've watched also said we're prepared and have been preparing should one be called. Appreciate you always!

calliejlaw 2h a Reading/watching everything that came out of Unrivaled media today... it sounds like a strike is essentially off the table for WNBA players in these CBA negotiations 39 30 G2 2 alyshaclark 49m Hey Callie, this is not accurate. A strike is very much still on the table. 378 19 G 23 9 calliejlaw : 16m Hi AC! I think this is super important for fans to see. Definitely was not asserting this as fact, was just relaying the sense I got as someone who is not at Unrivaled and taking in all the headlines/interviews just like everyone else! 3 1 () alyshaclark 9m No worries! I know how you report so I was just wanting to add some clarity for you players expressing personal opinion on not loving the idea of a strike vs. it being taken off the table are very different. I know some of the other interviews I've watched also said we're prepared and have been preparing should one be called. Appreciate you always!

The WNBPA needs a dedicated comms staff and media training on messaging like yesterday. You have a bunch of players talking to media today essentially implying that a strike is off the table and then you have a member of the exec committee saying it’s not. What a MESS.

03.03.2026 00:21 — 👍 167    🔁 37    💬 6    📌 4

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

02.03.2026 23:39 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jaelynn Scott Is Running to Represent the 37th Legislative District The Lavender Rights Project's Jaelynn Scott has never held public office. If elected, she would be the first openly trans person in the Washington State Legislature. She is running on crisis care; her...

Community Organizer Jaelynn Scott Is Running to Represent the 37th Legislative District

She Wants to Bring Community-Centric Solutions to the State Level
#waelex #waleg

02.03.2026 20:52 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If a 27 year old woman was randomly killed on the streets of Capitol Hill by *anything* other than a motor vehicle it would be all over the front pages this morning. Cars are the thing that make me fear the most for my safety in this city and yet this is how the local paper of record responds.

17.02.2026 17:36 — 👍 143    🔁 45    💬 6    📌 1

“We did not arrive here by accident. We arrived here by acquiescence. Each transgression that went unanswered taught this president one lesson: that there are no consequences.”

28.02.2026 17:10 — 👍 97    🔁 38    💬 0    📌 3

I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.

28.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 6634    🔁 1816    💬 6    📌 176

Great screenshot! I was excited to see you on there!

28.02.2026 17:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Side by side photos: On left: US Women's Hockey (and Seattle Torrent) Team Captain Hilary Knight with gold medal by teeth. On right US Men's Hockey team player Jack Hughes smiling with some missing teeth.

Side by side photos: On left: US Women's Hockey (and Seattle Torrent) Team Captain Hilary Knight with gold medal by teeth. On right US Men's Hockey team player Jack Hughes smiling with some missing teeth.

Hilary Knight Accepts Invitation to Knock Out Rest of Jack Hughes’ Teeth: tinyurl.com/5fue624h

28.02.2026 03:31 — 👍 354    🔁 75    💬 2    📌 11

The Pentagon broke off its partnership with an AI company because the AI company didn’t think it should create the conditions for the Terminator universe if I understand correctly

27.02.2026 21:47 — 👍 488    🔁 102    💬 16    📌 5

Great job by everybody who let their state reps know a $550M tax break for the biggest corporations in the world shouldn’t have been part of an historic income tax bill.

This was a fight, and working Washingtonians won.

27.02.2026 17:10 — 👍 114    🔁 31    💬 6    📌 0

Most of those people aren't aware Larry Ellison ALSO just took a big ownership stake in TikTok (alongside technofascist Mark Andreessen and right wing propagandist Rupert Murdoch)

this attack (and that's what it is) isn't just about CNN, it's about Twitter, Tiktok, CBS, CNN, Facebook WAPO, etc. etc

27.02.2026 15:27 — 👍 603    🔁 181    💬 16    📌 6

Cantwell. Again.

27.02.2026 00:50 — 👍 59    🔁 14    💬 7    📌 0

*Rainier Beach High School is in South Seattle

26.02.2026 18:39 — 👍 80    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Rainier Beach High School confirms active tuberculosis case, 130 people possibly exposed As a precaution, Public Health is recommending that about 130 people associated with the school be evaluated for TB.

Rainier Beach High School confirms active tuberculosis case, 130 people possibly exposed

26.02.2026 15:12 — 👍 450    🔁 211    💬 46    📌 173

EXACTLY

26.02.2026 02:01 — 👍 33    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I didn’t even know there was medication for postpartum depression. Glad there is now!

25.02.2026 19:26 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

shame is back on the menu boys

25.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 4150    🔁 577    💬 109    📌 13
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Israel kills more journalists than any nation on record: Media watchdog Israel responsible for 84 of 129 journalist killings in 2025 tracked by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Israel responsible for 84 of 129 journalist killings in 2025 tracked by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

25.02.2026 18:30 — 👍 447    🔁 292    💬 8    📌 10
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Net worth of Seattle-area households more than double the U.S. median New market-research data shows Seattle ranks near the top for median net worth, but homeowners far outpace renters in wealth, FYI Guy writes.

Seattle is a very wealthy city:

Net worth of Seattle-area households more than double the U.S. median

25.02.2026 17:01 — 👍 29    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 3

#waleg sure is making the case for primary challenges to incumbents this year

25.02.2026 16:33 — 👍 56    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 0

"Unity means little if it requires forced compliance, forced laughter, or ignoring an insult to others to let yourself be elevated."

25.02.2026 16:37 — 👍 40    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 11889    🔁 2364    💬 66    📌 134

I’m so tired

24.02.2026 22:53 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

ICYMI it yesterday, I wrote about the head of the Seattle civil rights department, whose staff have accused him of a litany of civil rights violations. Their union, PROTEC17, sent a detailed memo asking Mayor Katie Wilson to remove him in December.

24.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 46    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Right?!

24.02.2026 07:22 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m curious about that hiring process. Did their due diligence not uncover this information? Did they know and not care?

24.02.2026 02:59 — 👍 27    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0