Alison Holcomb

From a Tin-Roof Shack, Pepe Mujica Removed the Pomp From Politics

It was a career highlight to work with "Pepe's" administration to create the world's first national cannabis regulatory structure. He was and still is an incredibly inspiring leader.

#leadership

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Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ‘rogue government’ and ‘siding with dictators’ Rock’n’roll legend makes series of blistering speeches on stage in Manchester, targeting ‘corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration’

The America l’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real .... I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, ‘In this world, there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there’s enough.’

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TY @brucespringsteen.net

Sound Transit dollars at risk Sound Transit has been the nation's largest recipient of low-interest U.S. infrastructure loans to build mass transit. Future grants and loans are in doubt.

Thank you, @sound-transit.bsky.social

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Washington state counties sue feds over DEI ban tied to homeless, transit grants - The Daily Chronicle Recently-added conditions to grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Transit Administration — an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation &...

Last week was a good week, but we know this is going to be a marathon. What's the team version of a marathon? Something akin to a cycling event where riders get to draft off each other? It's going to take all of us to keep up this fight.

#teamworkmakesthedreamwork

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200 WA attorneys retake oath to uphold the Constitution In a powerful display of solidarity, more than 200 local attorneys raised their right hands and repeated the oath they took years or decades ago.

👏👏👏

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Fired up.

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Judge bars Trump from denying funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities like Seattle Seattle and King County joined the lawsuit in February, with City Attorney Ann Davison calling President Donald Trump’s orders “federal overreach.”

“The courage to fight for our convictions is what defines us.”

--King County Executive Shannon Braddock

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There is an alternate universe in which Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise traded places after Top Gun, with Kilmer becoming the biggest movie star in the world while Cruise pursued weird projects and interesting supporting roles.

I'd rather have lived in that world, but I'm thankful for what we got. RIP.

I get it. But, a bumper sticker? Make a real statement. Get rid of it. Stop driving around a billboard for an immature billionaire tearing our country apart. There are plenty of other electric cars on the market now.

“Wrap it up already.” — Adrien Brody

Thanks to a good friend for turning me on to this 2014 @motherjones.com article about Dr. Lee's attempts to help Americans understand we're dealing with a public health crisis in addition to a crisis of democracy. Yesterday, she posted about Trump-Vance-Zelensky.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

@lylelovett.bsky.social

Great review of a great show I was lucky enough to attend: backbeatseattle.com/lyle-lovett-...

If you weren't able to attend the 2025 King County MLK Celebration this past Tuesday (January 14), you can enjoy the joyful performances and remarks here: king-county-tv.cablecast.tv/vod/726-MLKC...