Bev Marcus
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Senator Manka Dhingra's "RECOURSE" bill is🔥.
It withholds state payments to the federal government equal to any federal funds illegally withheld from us.
Love this.
lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...
It withholds state payments to the federal government equal to any federal funds illegally withheld from us.
Love this.
lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...
lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov
January 22, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Senator Manka Dhingra's "RECOURSE" bill is🔥.
It withholds state payments to the federal government equal to any federal funds illegally withheld from us.
Love this.
lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...
It withholds state payments to the federal government equal to any federal funds illegally withheld from us.
Love this.
lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
SHAME SHAME SHAME on the NYT … trying to make sense of trump’s madness once again rather than calling it out for what it is — egomaniacal insanity.
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
SHAME SHAME SHAME on the NYT … trying to make sense of trump’s madness once again rather than calling it out for what it is — egomaniacal insanity.
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
It’s solidarity w/ folks that helps keep discouragement at bay. Grateful that so many community members turned out for today’s ICE OUT FOR GOOD rally in Kirkland WA.
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
It’s solidarity w/ folks that helps keep discouragement at bay. Grateful that so many community members turned out for today’s ICE OUT FOR GOOD rally in Kirkland WA.
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This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday.
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday.
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
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Also Kelli Curtis will continue serving as Kirkland's mayor for another two years. Neal Black will be deputy mayor.
Shilpa Prem has been sworn in as a member of the Kirkland City Council, replacing longtime councilmember Penny Sweet and keeping that council seat in progressive hands after a contentious election.
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Also Kelli Curtis will continue serving as Kirkland's mayor for another two years. Neal Black will be deputy mayor.
ELECTIONS MATTER!
“The 6-1 vote to increase the height limit in both…to 75 feet comes on the heels of a closely watched election…focused around growth issues. The sole “no” vote came from Jon Pascal, the only candidate…to win his race after being promoted by Kirkland’s slow growth advocates.”
“The 6-1 vote to increase the height limit in both…to 75 feet comes on the heels of a closely watched election…focused around growth issues. The sole “no” vote came from Jon Pascal, the only candidate…to win his race after being promoted by Kirkland’s slow growth advocates.”
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
ELECTIONS MATTER!
“The 6-1 vote to increase the height limit in both…to 75 feet comes on the heels of a closely watched election…focused around growth issues. The sole “no” vote came from Jon Pascal, the only candidate…to win his race after being promoted by Kirkland’s slow growth advocates.”
“The 6-1 vote to increase the height limit in both…to 75 feet comes on the heels of a closely watched election…focused around growth issues. The sole “no” vote came from Jon Pascal, the only candidate…to win his race after being promoted by Kirkland’s slow growth advocates.”
Kirkland opponents of “La Quinta” PSH certainly won’t be shy to use this. Fortunately the most vociferous opponents running for Kirkland City Council were defeated.
I'm sure this column definitely won't be used as a cudgel against the planned Health through Housing project that is about to open in Kirkland.
In the same editorial section, Danny Westneat has a piece declaring the county's hotel shelter program a failure (his emblematic example being a building that turned out to have structural issues), concluding that "the operating costs for managing homeless populations have been [too] high."
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kirkland opponents of “La Quinta” PSH certainly won’t be shy to use this. Fortunately the most vociferous opponents running for Kirkland City Council were defeated.
Kudos to @liveablekirkland.org!
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Kudos to @liveablekirkland.org!
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NEW STORY // Kirkland Voters Maintain the City’s Course, Rejecting Anti-Growth Push
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/k...
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/k...
Kirkland Voters Maintain the City’s Course, Rejecting Anti-Growth Push » The Urbanist
# Despite significant spending to steer the Kirkland City Council toward a more slow growth direction, voters elected progressives in three out of four races. In the end, the election seemed to show m...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
NEW STORY // Kirkland Voters Maintain the City’s Course, Rejecting Anti-Growth Push
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/k...
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/21/k...
Way past time for generational change in Democratic leadership. My Seattle Times LTE.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
Democrats: Time for generational leadership change
Re: “Democrats made their point. And the shutdown needed to end” (Nov. 13, Opinion): Really David Horsey?: “Senate Democratic caucus defectors did their colleagues a big favor.” And what about the fav...
www.seattletimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Way past time for generational change in Democratic leadership. My Seattle Times LTE.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lett...
Yep buying houses w/ sub-minimum wages … wonder where those “finds” are? Absurd but tragically too many will believe it.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Yep buying houses w/ sub-minimum wages … wonder where those “finds” are? Absurd but tragically too many will believe it.
💯
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
💯
😊
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell just conceded to progressive challenger Katie Wilson at a ceremony at City Hall.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
😊
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The change.org petition demanding Chuck Schumer step down as Minority Leader has now reached 50,000 signatures.
Sign here: www.change.org/p/demand-tha...
Sign here: www.change.org/p/demand-tha...
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The change.org petition demanding Chuck Schumer step down as Minority Leader has now reached 50,000 signatures.
Sign here: www.change.org/p/demand-tha...
Sign here: www.change.org/p/demand-tha...
Great news!
Another election update: progressive candidates Shilpa Prem and Jay Arnold have TAKEN THE LEAD in their races for the Kirkland City Council after previously being behind. So much for that reactionary anti-growth backlash in Kirkland.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Great news!
New Dem motto: “We are now all
Susan Collins”
Susan Collins”
“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New Dem motto: “We are now all
Susan Collins”
Susan Collins”
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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From the always brilliant & brave @anntelnaes.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From the always brilliant & brave @anntelnaes.bsky.social
They gotta go … now is not a moment too soon. Such feckless “leadership.” I wouldn’t be surprised if cowardly, not-too-bright Chuck once again caves on the budget/shutdown.
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
September 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
They gotta go … now is not a moment too soon. Such feckless “leadership.” I wouldn’t be surprised if cowardly, not-too-bright Chuck once again caves on the budget/shutdown.
Respected as pedestrians … www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/28/s...
Sunday Video: CityNerd and Kenji López-Alt Visit Pike Place Market » The Urbanist
# CityNerd host Ray Delahanty was recently in Seattle and made a video with food blogger Kenji López-Alt while he was in town, focusing on what makes Pike Place Market great. Obviously, the recent (pa...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Respected as pedestrians … www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/28/s...
The Kirkland City Council just approved Week Without Driving proclamation. This year’s week is Sep 29-Oct 5. More info in press advisory from Disability Rights WA.
disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-yo...
#WeekWithoutDriving
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#WeekWithoutDriving
How Would You Get Around If You Couldn't Drive Yourself? - Disability Rights Washington
Washington State, September 29 to October 5, 2025 -- Imagine your life without driving. Could you navigate your daily routines, reach your workplace, doctor's office, or connect with loved ones? This ...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The Kirkland City Council just approved Week Without Driving proclamation. This year’s week is Sep 29-Oct 5. More info in press advisory from Disability Rights WA.
disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-yo...
#WeekWithoutDriving
disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-yo...
#WeekWithoutDriving
Holding on to this.
I want to be clear about what I'm saying here.
I'm not denying the danger.
I'm not denying the threat.
I AM saying that we live in a geographically huge country where the vast majority oppose this administration.
They don't have the power to work on that scale.
Tho they want us to believe they do
I'm not denying the danger.
I'm not denying the threat.
I AM saying that we live in a geographically huge country where the vast majority oppose this administration.
They don't have the power to work on that scale.
Tho they want us to believe they do
They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale.
But they want us to think they do.
But they want us to think they do.
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Holding on to this.
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The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.