Hannah Krieg
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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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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.
washingtonstatestandard.com
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...
www.seattle.gov
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.
www.cjr.org
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."
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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...
www.theburnerseattle.com
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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For Harrell haters out there: What's positive about this interview is that it is the exact kind of shit you say when you intend to never run for public office again
Does Bruce Harrell seek to learn from successes and failures? "That's not my style."
Bruce Harrell not spending time on reflection
Bruce Harrell spent more time in Seattle City Hall than anyone currently elected combined. He said he tried to hold himself as an unflappable leader. But he lost.
www.seattletimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
For Harrell haters out there: What's positive about this interview is that it is the exact kind of shit you say when you intend to never run for public office again
NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...
ICE Abducted A Father In Shoreline In Front Of His Child, En Route To Daycare
A difficult day. Today I was present as ICE agents detained a father a mile from my house--while his two-year-old son sat scared in the backseat.It began with an early phone call from immigrant day la...
www.theburnerseattle.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...
NEW: Washington's own Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is one of just seven Democrats to join the Republicans and vote for a huge funding bill for DHS, giving ICE $10 billion. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-rep-...
WA Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Among Seven Democrats To Vote To Increase ICE Funding
On Thursday, seven Democrats betrayed their party and the overwhelming outcry from the American public by voting to pass a bill giving the Department of Homeland Security a whopping $64.4 billion. A s...
www.theburnerseattle.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
NEW: Washington's own Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is one of just seven Democrats to join the Republicans and vote for a huge funding bill for DHS, giving ICE $10 billion. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-rep-...
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Negotiations are ongoing for how long the data retention for ALPRs will be. Note in New Hampshire, it's three minutes. I reported on Monday that law enforcement suggested they need at least 30 hours.
Big difference between 30 hours and 21 days.
Big difference between 30 hours and 21 days.
Well that sucks. The Law & Justice committee advanced a WEAKENED version of the already-too-weak SB 6002, regulating Flock.
If you're as upset about this as I am, let your legislators know ASAP. Here's an action with info about how, and a suggested script. www.takeaction.network/xactions/463...
If you're as upset about this as I am, let your legislators know ASAP. Here's an action with info about how, and a suggested script. www.takeaction.network/xactions/463...
January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Negotiations are ongoing for how long the data retention for ALPRs will be. Note in New Hampshire, it's three minutes. I reported on Monday that law enforcement suggested they need at least 30 hours.
Big difference between 30 hours and 21 days.
Big difference between 30 hours and 21 days.
NEW: With signatures certified and no plans to hear the initiative in the legislature, it looks like the question of gender verification for girls to play girls sports will go to Washington voters in November. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/initiat...
Initiative To Ban Trans Girls From Girls Sports Headed For November Ballot In WA
It’s all but official: The evil rich dude got his anti-trans initiative on the ballot. On Thursday morning, Washington Secretary of State Steven Hobbs delivered official notice to the Washington State...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
NEW: With signatures certified and no plans to hear the initiative in the legislature, it looks like the question of gender verification for girls to play girls sports will go to Washington voters in November. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/initiat...
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PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves.
This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.
This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves.
This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.
This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.
Jseattle linking the burner. he remains the goat
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Jseattle linking the burner. he remains the goat