Hannah Krieg
@hannahkrieg.bsky.social
ICYMI: In all three hours of the Senate's floor debate over the millionaires tax, not a single Democrat mentioned a half billion dollar corporate hand out baked into the text, let alone proposed an amendment to remove it www.theburnerseattle.com/post/no-one-...
No One Tried To Stop Half Billion Dollar Corporate Tax Break In Millionaires Tax In WA Senate
The Washington State Senate took a historic step toward fixing the state’s notoriously regressive tax code when it approved a 9.9% income tax on earnings over $1 million. Incumbents will almost certai...
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February 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
ICYMI: In all three hours of the Senate's floor debate over the millionaires tax, not a single Democrat mentioned a half billion dollar corporate hand out baked into the text, let alone proposed an amendment to remove it www.theburnerseattle.com/post/no-one-...
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
that'll fix it!
February 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
that'll fix it!
NEW: Lawmakers removed widely agreed upon fact that an Israeli sniper killed Seattle activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and the resolution calling for an investigation still got snubbed by 17 Republicans and 2 Democrats in State Senate www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...
Washington Lawmakers Call for Probe Into Killing of Seattle Activist — Without Saying Who Fired
The Washington State Senate passed Senate Joint Memorial 8014, formally urging the Federal government to investigate the death of Seattle resident Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by an Israeli snipe...
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February 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
NEW: Lawmakers removed widely agreed upon fact that an Israeli sniper killed Seattle activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and the resolution calling for an investigation still got snubbed by 17 Republicans and 2 Democrats in State Senate www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...
NEW: Wilson signaled her most moderate posture yet on the controversial surveillance expansion she once opposed at her state of the city address. She used to argue that cameras don't improve safety, now she's "moved" by families impacted by gun violence www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...
Mayor Katie Wilson Still Won't Commit To Blocking Surveillance Expansion, "Moved" By Arguments Tech Helps Solve Crime
Mayor Katie Wilson once again failed to commit to blocking a major expansion to the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) surveillance capabilities that the City approved last fall, but has yet to impleme...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NEW: Wilson signaled her most moderate posture yet on the controversial surveillance expansion she once opposed at her state of the city address. She used to argue that cameras don't improve safety, now she's "moved" by families impacted by gun violence www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...
NEW: 3 Senate Democrats opposed the millionaires tax, employing their best progressive populist rhetoric to argue it doesn't do enough for working people. However, none of them attempted to increase sales tax relief or eliminate corporate handouts baked in www.theburnerseattle.com/post/moderat...
Moderate Democrats Opposed Millionaires Tax For Not Doing Enough For Working Families — But Never Tried To Fix It
The Washington State Democrat’s flashiest bill of the session, the millionaires tax, passed 27-22 off the floor of the Washington State Senate Monday afternoon, mostly on party lines. Three Senate Dem...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
NEW: 3 Senate Democrats opposed the millionaires tax, employing their best progressive populist rhetoric to argue it doesn't do enough for working people. However, none of them attempted to increase sales tax relief or eliminate corporate handouts baked in www.theburnerseattle.com/post/moderat...
NEW: In change of heart (or at least re-election strategy) SW WA's Marie Gluesenkamp Perez votes with Democrats against the voter suppression bill she previously supported. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/as-elec...
As Election Nears, WA's Gluesenkamp Perez Votes With Democrats Against The Voter Disenfranchisment She Previously Supported
Southwest Washington’s switch-hitter Democrat Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez changed her stance on a Republican-led effort to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters to crackdown on the imaginary thre...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
NEW: In change of heart (or at least re-election strategy) SW WA's Marie Gluesenkamp Perez votes with Democrats against the voter suppression bill she previously supported. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/as-elec...
OP ED: Sen. Jamie Pedersen push for his corporate-tax-break-riddled Millionaires Tax and no other progressive revenue reveals his continued allegiance to corporations over working people, DSA organizer Patrick O'Neill argues. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-sen-...
WA Sen. Jamie Pedersen’s Millionaire Tax Is Too Little, Too Late
Washington State’s tax policy is long past due for an overhaul, but the current efforts being put forward by Jamie Pedersen perfectly encapsulate the continuously insufficient and out of touch respons...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
OP ED: Sen. Jamie Pedersen push for his corporate-tax-break-riddled Millionaires Tax and no other progressive revenue reveals his continued allegiance to corporations over working people, DSA organizer Patrick O'Neill argues. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-sen-...
NEW: No one has heard from Seattle organizer Frank Gabriel Yzaze Yegres since Friday when he said he would be deported this weekend. ICE lookup system says he's in custody, but won't say where. Advocates demand WA congressional delegation step in
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Seattle Organizer’s Location Unknown as ICE Prepares to Deport Him
Undocumented-led mutual aid group Super Familia has launched a letter-writing campaign demanding Washington elected officials intervene on behalf of community organizer Frank Gabriel Yzaze Yegres, who...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
NEW: No one has heard from Seattle organizer Frank Gabriel Yzaze Yegres since Friday when he said he would be deported this weekend. ICE lookup system says he's in custody, but won't say where. Advocates demand WA congressional delegation step in
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Bob Kettle is a piece of shit.
NEW: CM Kettle + Seattle's State Leg Affairs Director lobbied Olympia for a huge exemption from a bipartisan bill regulating Automatic License Plate Reader tech. So the City cares less about civil liberties than half of the Republicans in the State Senate! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
Seattle Lobbied Olympia For Huge Exemption For Seattle Police In Weak Surveillance Regulations
While advocates shame the Washington State Senate for being too lax in its bipartisan bill regulating fascist-enabling Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, Seattle City Council Member Bob...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Bob Kettle is a piece of shit.
NEW: CM Kettle + Seattle's State Leg Affairs Director lobbied Olympia for a huge exemption from a bipartisan bill regulating Automatic License Plate Reader tech. So the City cares less about civil liberties than half of the Republicans in the State Senate! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
Seattle Lobbied Olympia For Huge Exemption For Seattle Police In Weak Surveillance Regulations
While advocates shame the Washington State Senate for being too lax in its bipartisan bill regulating fascist-enabling Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, Seattle City Council Member Bob...
www.theburnerseattle.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
NEW: CM Kettle + Seattle's State Leg Affairs Director lobbied Olympia for a huge exemption from a bipartisan bill regulating Automatic License Plate Reader tech. So the City cares less about civil liberties than half of the Republicans in the State Senate! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
NEW: Mayor teased an announcement for last week about the surveillance system community members want scaled back amid ICE's nationwide campaign of terror. The week came and went, no announcement! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-s...
Mayor Said To “Expect” To “Hear More” On Surveillance Issue Last Week. Seattle Is Still Waiting
Mayor Katie Wilson’s office said the public could “expect” to “hear more” from her about the “potential for federal agents to abuse surveillance technology” in the first week of February in an email t...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
NEW: Mayor teased an announcement for last week about the surveillance system community members want scaled back amid ICE's nationwide campaign of terror. The week came and went, no announcement! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-s...
GREAT NEWS: This very dumb, conservative moral panic bill that would make us all show ID to any website that's 30% adult content in the name of The Children TM, is dead. No need to worry about it for the rest of session. Context: www.theburnerseattle.com/post/biparti...
Bipartisan Caucus of Prudes Push Age Verification For Sexual Content In WA Legislature
If it sounds like a bill you’d read about in a red state, that’s because it is. A bipartisan coalition in the Washington State legislature is borrowing from policy “role models” such as Texas, Florida...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
GREAT NEWS: This very dumb, conservative moral panic bill that would make us all show ID to any website that's 30% adult content in the name of The Children TM, is dead. No need to worry about it for the rest of session. Context: www.theburnerseattle.com/post/biparti...
NEW: Only four WA State Senators haven't signed on to the millionaires tax. It's the usual moderate suspects, but they're borrowing progressive rhetoric to explain their hesitancy. Best of both worlds! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/almost-...
Almost Every WA Senate Democrat Supports The Millionaires Tax — The Four Holdouts Are Not Surprising
An impressive 26 Democrat Washington State Senators signed on as co-sponsors of Majority Leader Sen. Jamie Pedersen’s (D-Seattle) long-anticipated millionaires tax, the official text of which official...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
NEW: Only four WA State Senators haven't signed on to the millionaires tax. It's the usual moderate suspects, but they're borrowing progressive rhetoric to explain their hesitancy. Best of both worlds! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/almost-...
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What's happening at the Post is a larger version of what happened at Crosscut IMO: New owner gets excited about the *idea* of journalism so invests big up front. But when it inevitably doesn't deliver riches and glory, they cut bait. Journalism has to be seen as a public good, not a fun project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
What's happening at the Post is a larger version of what happened at Crosscut IMO: New owner gets excited about the *idea* of journalism so invests big up front. But when it inevitably doesn't deliver riches and glory, they cut bait. Journalism has to be seen as a public good, not a fun project.
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This is pretty revealing: WA Senate Dems leader suggests that they nixed a statewide payroll tax (like Seattle's JumpStart) in order to help get big biz to neutral on the millionaires tax. I wonder if the Washington Roundtable also demanded no money from the millionaires tax go to public schools.
WA Senate leader explains dim outlook for a new tax on big businesses • Washington State Standard
A Democratic state senator is pushing an income tax on millionaires in Washington, saying a tax on big businesses lacks political support.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This is pretty revealing: WA Senate Dems leader suggests that they nixed a statewide payroll tax (like Seattle's JumpStart) in order to help get big biz to neutral on the millionaires tax. I wonder if the Washington Roundtable also demanded no money from the millionaires tax go to public schools.
NEW: After Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez got clowned on by a national audience for voting to give ICE $10 billion, her Dem challenger doubled his entire previous quarter of fundraising in just 10 days. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/marie-g...
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Democrat Challenger Sees Fundraising Surge After ICE Funding Vote
Southwest Washington’s infamous moderate Democrat U.S. House Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez recently voted with the Republican caucus and just six other Democrats to give ICE $10 billion. The controvers...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
NEW: After Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez got clowned on by a national audience for voting to give ICE $10 billion, her Dem challenger doubled his entire previous quarter of fundraising in just 10 days. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/marie-g...
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The Renters’ Commission urges the City of Seattle to ban Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS). RUBS undermines consumer protections for renters, lacks transparency in utility billing, and makes Seattle less affordable for renters. See our letter here: www.seattle.gov/documents/Bo...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The Renters’ Commission urges the City of Seattle to ban Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS). RUBS undermines consumer protections for renters, lacks transparency in utility billing, and makes Seattle less affordable for renters. See our letter here: www.seattle.gov/documents/Bo...
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"As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world."
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‘Terrorist! Terrorist! Terrorist!’
From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world."
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one mimosa deep at lost lake smiling about how much I love CHS. idk I just feel that way about it
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
one mimosa deep at lost lake smiling about how much I love CHS. idk I just feel that way about it
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NEW: Katie Wilson announced her first steps to combating ICE in Seattle. Notably missing: community demand to scale back surveillance tech. Her office says an announcement is coming next week! But here's what she's doing for now. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...
Mayor Katie Wilson Orders Cops To Investigate, Document, Verify ICE
With mounting pressure for the City to proactively safeguard Seattle from a potential ICE crackdown, newly elected Mayor Katie Wilson sent a press release Thursday afternoon detailing initial steps to...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
NEW: Katie Wilson announced her first steps to combating ICE in Seattle. Notably missing: community demand to scale back surveillance tech. Her office says an announcement is coming next week! But here's what she's doing for now. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...
NEW: Many WA Dems lived through the consequences of the Bush admin, now they have a chance to do the right thing and safeguard WA from Trump's devastating budget cuts. @SeattleDSA's Patrick O'Neill urges democrats support a new payroll tax on big biz. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/guest-p...
GUEST POST: If Washington Democrats Want To Stand Up To Trump, They Need To Tax Big Business
During the constant chaos of the Trump 2.0 experience, you could be forgiven for forgetting that early in this second term, Trump and the Republicans passed H.R. 1, also known as the ‘Big Beautiful Bi...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
NEW: Many WA Dems lived through the consequences of the Bush admin, now they have a chance to do the right thing and safeguard WA from Trump's devastating budget cuts. @SeattleDSA's Patrick O'Neill urges democrats support a new payroll tax on big biz. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/guest-p...
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If the Democrats approve the unprecedented DHS and ICE funding package (3x 2024’s already record budget!) based on these meaningless and, in any event, unenforceable “reforms,” it will be among the greatest moral betrayals and strategic failures of the modern era.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If the Democrats approve the unprecedented DHS and ICE funding package (3x 2024’s already record budget!) based on these meaningless and, in any event, unenforceable “reforms,” it will be among the greatest moral betrayals and strategic failures of the modern era.
ICYMI: Watch Out, ICE! Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Sending Strongly Worded Letters And Having Meetings...
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Watch Out, ICE! Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Sending Strongly Worded Letters And Having Meetings
In a press conference Monday morning, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson listed five ways the State is preparing for a potential ICE crackdown as the nation watches Minneapolis in horror. He conceded that h...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
ICYMI: Watch Out, ICE! Gov. Bob Ferguson’s Sending Strongly Worded Letters And Having Meetings...
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