Jon Hamilton
@jhamilton64.bsky.social
Educator. Proud Union Member. City Councilmember. Father. Husband. Democrat.
These first months on City Council have reshaped how I see my math classroom, and vice versa. My Thanksgiving reflection looks at housing, utilities, public services, and gratitude through both lenses. Full post here: tinyurl.com/36fkfb72
Teaching, Serving, and Giving Thanks: Early Reflections from Two Rooms in the Same Community
A Thanksgiving note from my first months on the Port Angeles City Council
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November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
These first months on City Council have reshaped how I see my math classroom, and vice versa. My Thanksgiving reflection looks at housing, utilities, public services, and gratitude through both lenses. Full post here: tinyurl.com/36fkfb72
🗳 Primary ballots are due TOMORROW by 8 PM!
Local elections shape our community—your vote has power.
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Vote and make your voice heard!
Local elections shape our community—your vote has power.
✅ Drop boxes (no stamp needed)
✅ Mail (postmarked by Aug 5)
✅ In-person at the elections office
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August 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🗳 Primary ballots are due TOMORROW by 8 PM!
Local elections shape our community—your vote has power.
✅ Drop boxes (no stamp needed)
✅ Mail (postmarked by Aug 5)
✅ In-person at the elections office
Vote and make your voice heard!
Local elections shape our community—your vote has power.
✅ Drop boxes (no stamp needed)
✅ Mail (postmarked by Aug 5)
✅ In-person at the elections office
Vote and make your voice heard!
Transparency builds trust.
Sharing clear data up front - on equipment, projects, or major purchases - reduces frustration and strengthens confidence our community’s decisions.
Read my letter in the PDN below
Sharing clear data up front - on equipment, projects, or major purchases - reduces frustration and strengthens confidence our community’s decisions.
Read my letter in the PDN below
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August 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Transparency builds trust.
Sharing clear data up front - on equipment, projects, or major purchases - reduces frustration and strengthens confidence our community’s decisions.
Read my letter in the PDN below
Sharing clear data up front - on equipment, projects, or major purchases - reduces frustration and strengthens confidence our community’s decisions.
Read my letter in the PDN below
Paddle to Elwha 2025 begins tomorrow!
On July 31, canoes land at the mouth of the Elwha River. Aug 1-5: protocol & celebration hosted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Join in honoring this journey of culture, sovereignty & healing.
On July 31, canoes land at the mouth of the Elwha River. Aug 1-5: protocol & celebration hosted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Join in honoring this journey of culture, sovereignty & healing.
Paddle to Elwha - Dams removed, a river reborn, spirits renewed.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Paddle to Elwha 2025 begins tomorrow!
On July 31, canoes land at the mouth of the Elwha River. Aug 1-5: protocol & celebration hosted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Join in honoring this journey of culture, sovereignty & healing.
On July 31, canoes land at the mouth of the Elwha River. Aug 1-5: protocol & celebration hosted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Join in honoring this journey of culture, sovereignty & healing.
🌊 Tsunami Advisory: Waves <1 ft expected for Port Angeles, but strong currents possible.
UW’s Harold Tobin: “Get away from the coast—don’t go look.”
Stay off beaches/docks & follow official updates: tsunami.gov
#PortAngeles #Preparedness
UW’s Harold Tobin: “Get away from the coast—don’t go look.”
Stay off beaches/docks & follow official updates: tsunami.gov
#PortAngeles #Preparedness
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🌊 Tsunami Advisory: Waves <1 ft expected for Port Angeles, but strong currents possible.
UW’s Harold Tobin: “Get away from the coast—don’t go look.”
Stay off beaches/docks & follow official updates: tsunami.gov
#PortAngeles #Preparedness
UW’s Harold Tobin: “Get away from the coast—don’t go look.”
Stay off beaches/docks & follow official updates: tsunami.gov
#PortAngeles #Preparedness
Trump froze $6B in vital education funds—now quietly releasing it after public & legal pressure. This wasn’t leadership. It was sabotage. Never forget who tried to gut our schools. We fight smarter. We vote harder. #FundOurSchools #DemocracyMatters #StopTheCuts
Trump administration releasing $6 billion in education funding
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The roughly $6 billion in education programming that was frozen by the Trump administration earlier this month is being released, according to a Department of Education spokesp...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump froze $6B in vital education funds—now quietly releasing it after public & legal pressure. This wasn’t leadership. It was sabotage. Never forget who tried to gut our schools. We fight smarter. We vote harder. #FundOurSchools #DemocracyMatters #StopTheCuts
🗳️ Voted in the August 5 primary!
I’m supporting candidates who put community first:
• Laurie Force – Hospital 2, Pos. 7
• LaTrisha Suggs – City Council 1
• Kate Dexter – City Council 4
• Ruth Replogle – School Board 1
Vote by Aug. 5! #VoteLocal
I’m supporting candidates who put community first:
• Laurie Force – Hospital 2, Pos. 7
• LaTrisha Suggs – City Council 1
• Kate Dexter – City Council 4
• Ruth Replogle – School Board 1
Vote by Aug. 5! #VoteLocal
July 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🗳️ Voted in the August 5 primary!
I’m supporting candidates who put community first:
• Laurie Force – Hospital 2, Pos. 7
• LaTrisha Suggs – City Council 1
• Kate Dexter – City Council 4
• Ruth Replogle – School Board 1
Vote by Aug. 5! #VoteLocal
I’m supporting candidates who put community first:
• Laurie Force – Hospital 2, Pos. 7
• LaTrisha Suggs – City Council 1
• Kate Dexter – City Council 4
• Ruth Replogle – School Board 1
Vote by Aug. 5! #VoteLocal
Just saw a t-shirt at NEA RA 2025 that said “Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship.”
This is the world (and country) we live in. Did any Trump voters vote in hopes their health care would be taken away and rural hospitals would be forced to shutter?
Happy 4th of July everyone.
This is the world (and country) we live in. Did any Trump voters vote in hopes their health care would be taken away and rural hospitals would be forced to shutter?
Happy 4th of July everyone.
July 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just saw a t-shirt at NEA RA 2025 that said “Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship.”
This is the world (and country) we live in. Did any Trump voters vote in hopes their health care would be taken away and rural hospitals would be forced to shutter?
Happy 4th of July everyone.
This is the world (and country) we live in. Did any Trump voters vote in hopes their health care would be taken away and rural hospitals would be forced to shutter?
Happy 4th of July everyone.
Reposted by Jon Hamilton
“The election is 16 months away. Our response to the worst piece of legislation in modern American history cannot be ‘go vote in 16 months.’” - @ezralevin.bsky.social with @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“The election is 16 months away. Our response to the worst piece of legislation in modern American history cannot be ‘go vote in 16 months.’” - @ezralevin.bsky.social with @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
Part 1:
Just got an unsolicited SSA email glorifying Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” This isn’t just spin—it’s state-sponsored propaganda. They claim tax relief, but the bill only helps now by robbing future retirees. #ProtectSocialSecurity #RejectFascism
Just got an unsolicited SSA email glorifying Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” This isn’t just spin—it’s state-sponsored propaganda. They claim tax relief, but the bill only helps now by robbing future retirees. #ProtectSocialSecurity #RejectFascism
July 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Part 1:
Just got an unsolicited SSA email glorifying Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” This isn’t just spin—it’s state-sponsored propaganda. They claim tax relief, but the bill only helps now by robbing future retirees. #ProtectSocialSecurity #RejectFascism
Just got an unsolicited SSA email glorifying Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” This isn’t just spin—it’s state-sponsored propaganda. They claim tax relief, but the bill only helps now by robbing future retirees. #ProtectSocialSecurity #RejectFascism
The GOP budget slashes SNAP, guts Medicaid, defunds public schools & rewards billionaires. Our kids & communities deserve better. Call Congress & fight back! #ProtectPublicEd #DemocracyMatters #UnionStrong #NoToGOPCuts
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The GOP budget slashes SNAP, guts Medicaid, defunds public schools & rewards billionaires. Our kids & communities deserve better. Call Congress & fight back! #ProtectPublicEd #DemocracyMatters #UnionStrong #NoToGOPCuts
Trump promised “no nation‑building,” no foreign wars. Now he orders airstrikes on Iran—without Congressional authorization. 🇺🇸 That’s not MAGA, it’s illegal. MAGA patriots: why support a regime that breaks promises and the Constitution? Demand #WarPowers action NOW. #ConstitutionMatters
June 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trump promised “no nation‑building,” no foreign wars. Now he orders airstrikes on Iran—without Congressional authorization. 🇺🇸 That’s not MAGA, it’s illegal. MAGA patriots: why support a regime that breaks promises and the Constitution? Demand #WarPowers action NOW. #ConstitutionMatters
Trump unleashed ICE on LA & sent 2,000 troops to crush protest. This is a FLAGRANT violation of the Constitution—an authoritarian assault on civil rights. We will not be ruled by fear. #AbolishICE #DefendLA #StopTrump
📢 Demand action: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social must DEFY this order NOW.
📢 Demand action: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social must DEFY this order NOW.
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump unleashed ICE on LA & sent 2,000 troops to crush protest. This is a FLAGRANT violation of the Constitution—an authoritarian assault on civil rights. We will not be ruled by fear. #AbolishICE #DefendLA #StopTrump
📢 Demand action: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social must DEFY this order NOW.
📢 Demand action: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social must DEFY this order NOW.
WA’s $77.8B budget avoids cuts, but STILL shortchanges early learning & higher ed, and leaves our regressive tax system untouched. Working families, students, and communities deserve real investment and tax justice. Demand bold reform! #FundEducation #TaxTheRich
New taxes, no furloughs in WA Legislature’s $77.8B budget deal • Washington State Standard
Democrats in the Washington Legislature unveiled a budget deal Saturday that cuts spending and hikes taxes to erase a projected shortfall.
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April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
WA’s $77.8B budget avoids cuts, but STILL shortchanges early learning & higher ed, and leaves our regressive tax system untouched. Working families, students, and communities deserve real investment and tax justice. Demand bold reform! #FundEducation #TaxTheRich
WA schools are hurting. Students can’t wait. @governorferguson.bsky.social must sign the budget NOW to fully fund education, support our communities, and keep campaign promises. Our future depends on it! #FundEducation #UnionStrong #WALeg
April 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
WA schools are hurting. Students can’t wait. @governorferguson.bsky.social must sign the budget NOW to fully fund education, support our communities, and keep campaign promises. Our future depends on it! #FundEducation #UnionStrong #WALeg
AmeriCorps services were cut overnight—leaving schools across WA without critical support, including mine is Port Angeles. Students, teachers, and communities will feel this immediately. Demand action now! #SaveAmeriCorps #SupportEducation #UnionStrong
The Latest: Trump hints at firing Federal Reserve chair Powell after tariff comments
U.S. President Donald Trump said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s termination “cannot come fast enough” as he reiterated his frustration that the Fed hasn’t aggressively cut interest rates
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April 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
AmeriCorps services were cut overnight—leaving schools across WA without critical support, including mine is Port Angeles. Students, teachers, and communities will feel this immediately. Demand action now! #SaveAmeriCorps #SupportEducation #UnionStrong
Trump tried to crush federal unions—and LOST. A judge ruled for workers and democracy. We fight back, we WIN. Stay loud. Stay strong. Unions are the frontline of freedom! #UnionStrong #WorkersRights #DemocracyWins
Judge blocks Trump executive order that strips union rights from federal workers — POLITICO
The judge suggested during a hearing Wednesday that the administration's moves appear targeted toward unions that have opposed his agenda.
apple.news
April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trump tried to crush federal unions—and LOST. A judge ruled for workers and democracy. We fight back, we WIN. Stay loud. Stay strong. Unions are the frontline of freedom! #UnionStrong #WorkersRights #DemocracyWins
URGENT: 700+ top scholars say the U.S. is speeding toward authoritarian rule. GOP attacks on truth, education & democracy aren’t just politics—they’re a threat to our freedom. We must rise up NOW. #StopAuthoritarianism #DefendDemocracy #VoteBlue
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism — NPR
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president’s attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
URGENT: 700+ top scholars say the U.S. is speeding toward authoritarian rule. GOP attacks on truth, education & democracy aren’t just politics—they’re a threat to our freedom. We must rise up NOW. #StopAuthoritarianism #DefendDemocracy #VoteBlue
Budget justice is moral justice. WA’s wealthiest must finally pay their share. Fund schools, healthcare, and housing—this week. Session ends Friday. @governorferguson.bsky.social & 24th LD reps: do the right thing. #waleg #TaxTheRich
April 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Budget justice is moral justice. WA’s wealthiest must finally pay their share. Fund schools, healthcare, and housing—this week. Session ends Friday. @governorferguson.bsky.social & 24th LD reps: do the right thing. #waleg #TaxTheRich
As a teacher, Dem Party treasurer & PCO, I’m calling on lawmakers and our governor: Fund our schools with NEW revenue - don’t balance budgets on kids & classrooms. It’s time the ultra-wealthy paid their share. #TaxTheRich #WAedu #FundOurFuture @governorferguson.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As a teacher, Dem Party treasurer & PCO, I’m calling on lawmakers and our governor: Fund our schools with NEW revenue - don’t balance budgets on kids & classrooms. It’s time the ultra-wealthy paid their share. #TaxTheRich #WAedu #FundOurFuture @governorferguson.bsky.social
Rep. Walsh wants to cap supt. salaries & calls ESD leaders “bureaucratic fictions.” Rural districts rely on ESDs. This isn’t about pay—it’s about WA’s broken funding model that underfunds special ed, paraeducators & basic supports. Fix the system, not scapegoat people. #WAed
April 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Rep. Walsh wants to cap supt. salaries & calls ESD leaders “bureaucratic fictions.” Rural districts rely on ESDs. This isn’t about pay—it’s about WA’s broken funding model that underfunds special ed, paraeducators & basic supports. Fix the system, not scapegoat people. #WAed
Clallam County Democrats just unanimously adopted my resolution condemning authoritarian threats from Trump & the GOP. Proud to lead this call for action to defend democracy in WA and nationwide. #WApol #DemocracyMatters
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Clallam County Democrats just unanimously adopted my resolution condemning authoritarian threats from Trump & the GOP. Proud to lead this call for action to defend democracy in WA and nationwide. #WApol #DemocracyMatters
We showed up 1,200 strong in Port Angeles to say: HANDS OFF our unions, schools, VA, and LGBTQ+ neighbors! My daughter helped make these signs—because the next gen is watching. Keep showing up. Keep fighting back. #HandsOff #ProtectDemocracy #ProUnion #LGBTQRights
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We showed up 1,200 strong in Port Angeles to say: HANDS OFF our unions, schools, VA, and LGBTQ+ neighbors! My daughter helped make these signs—because the next gen is watching. Keep showing up. Keep fighting back. #HandsOff #ProtectDemocracy #ProUnion #LGBTQRights
Republicans joined Democrats to END Trump’s Canada tariffs—protecting workers & lowering costs! Bipartisan wins like this matter. Let’s push for more! #UnionStrong #WorkersFirst #DemocracyInAction
Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs — Guardian US
Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plans
apple.news
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Republicans joined Democrats to END Trump’s Canada tariffs—protecting workers & lowering costs! Bipartisan wins like this matter. Let’s push for more! #UnionStrong #WorkersFirst #DemocracyInAction
Trump wants a trade war with the entire planet? Only a fool wages war on workers and calls it “leadership.” This will wreck jobs and tank our economy. Time to end this madness. #StopTrump #UnionStrong #VoteBlue2025
April 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump wants a trade war with the entire planet? Only a fool wages war on workers and calls it “leadership.” This will wreck jobs and tank our economy. Time to end this madness. #StopTrump #UnionStrong #VoteBlue2025