@jorjescomet.bsky.social
I am a mom, a chef, an artist and an unapologetic leftist. I also wife, daughter, friend, and sister when I have time.
These books are medicinal!!! Awesome.
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
These books are medicinal!!! Awesome.
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1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
1/ Seattle! 2000 ballots need signatures (updates or didn't sign)!! Tell your friends to check their ballot status here: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... And if you have time between now & Nov. 14, volunteer to help cure votes: linktr.ee/Wilsonforsea... ("Ballot Chasing for Katie Wilson")
The time for bold action is now! @governorferguson.bsky.social
Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The time for bold action is now! @governorferguson.bsky.social
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Very important to not fall for the feigned helplessness of neoliberals in control of blue state governments:
Fully administering food stamps would cost Washington at most 1% of its entire budget, and I have to believe it’d be even less for New York, California, Illinois, et al.
Fully administering food stamps would cost Washington at most 1% of its entire budget, and I have to believe it’d be even less for New York, California, Illinois, et al.
It kind of boggles my mind that Gov. Ferguson hasn’t done this yet? Seems like a very easy call to be able to free up other funds to support SNAP recipients.
Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Very important to not fall for the feigned helplessness of neoliberals in control of blue state governments:
Fully administering food stamps would cost Washington at most 1% of its entire budget, and I have to believe it’d be even less for New York, California, Illinois, et al.
Fully administering food stamps would cost Washington at most 1% of its entire budget, and I have to believe it’d be even less for New York, California, Illinois, et al.
I got this text too. It reminded me to fill out my ballot for Katie Wilson (and a ton of great progressive candidates) and get it turned in! I had (the privilege to be able) to LEAVE THE WORK FORCE for over a decade because childcare was too expensive and I am still pissed about it. VOTE!
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I got this text too. It reminded me to fill out my ballot for Katie Wilson (and a ton of great progressive candidates) and get it turned in! I had (the privilege to be able) to LEAVE THE WORK FORCE for over a decade because childcare was too expensive and I am still pissed about it. VOTE!
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
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NEW: Water shutoffs are happening earlier than usual in the Yakima River Basin. Reservoir levels are at their lowest since 1971. Non-senior water rights holders are expected to receive 40% of their allotment, according to the Bureau of Reclamation, while senior holders will continue to receive full.
Yakima River Basin reservoir levels lowest in 54 years
This article originally appeared in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Water shutoffs are happening earlier than usual for some irrigators in the Yakima River Basin.
Reservoir levels are at the lowest seen...
www.cascadepbs.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: Water shutoffs are happening earlier than usual in the Yakima River Basin. Reservoir levels are at their lowest since 1971. Non-senior water rights holders are expected to receive 40% of their allotment, according to the Bureau of Reclamation, while senior holders will continue to receive full.
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Americans are being conditioned to think of crime as an urban issue. Ask why.
Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's.
Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible.
So be careful what you blame city leaders for.
Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's.
Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible.
So be careful what you blame city leaders for.
August 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Americans are being conditioned to think of crime as an urban issue. Ask why.
Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's.
Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible.
So be careful what you blame city leaders for.
Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's.
Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible.
So be careful what you blame city leaders for.
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One of the many, many defects of our parochial seven-district city council system is that council members can substitute "community feedback" (the political views house owners express at the meetings they overwhelmingly dominate) for what's best for the city. Get rid of districts!
August 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One of the many, many defects of our parochial seven-district city council system is that council members can substitute "community feedback" (the political views house owners express at the meetings they overwhelmingly dominate) for what's best for the city. Get rid of districts!
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"Messages and facts only matter in the context of a movement that is building power. Informational power establishes sustained, proactive community control over the facts and information that ... inform how we make sense of the world together, and the actions we take to shape our futures."
July 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Messages and facts only matter in the context of a movement that is building power. Informational power establishes sustained, proactive community control over the facts and information that ... inform how we make sense of the world together, and the actions we take to shape our futures."
Vote Katie Wilson!
This is a bold step by the city workers, who stand to lose a lot by angering the famously grudge-holding Mayor. It is sign of the spreading realization that Bruce is vulnerable and a sign of their courage that they are willing to take this risk.
Let's stand with the people who make Seattle work!
Let's stand with the people who make Seattle work!
At a press conference at City Hall this morning, the Working Families Party and PROTEC17—the largest union of City of Seattle workers—endorsed Katie Wilson for mayor. The city union's endorsement is especially monumental because for most of these workers, incumbent Bruce Harrell is their boss.
July 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Vote Katie Wilson!
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my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!
July 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
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What until you see the outtakes…
Join me in supporting Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council Pos. 9!
Join me in supporting Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council Pos. 9!
July 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What until you see the outtakes…
Join me in supporting Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council Pos. 9!
Join me in supporting Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council Pos. 9!
“Incautious words”
July 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“Incautious words”
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“Trump is creating a secret police that will be better funded than the Marines” should be the all caps headline every Democrat is running with, and only partly because I’m sick of having to be the one who tells friends and family about it.
Again! No one highlights the ICE money. If you are posting like this, you're pitching to the white Americans you hope don't care about brown people getting kidnapped, and not to "the groups" that GET YOU ELECTED.
Senate Republicans just passed the Big Ugly Bill, which contains
- Massive tax cuts for billionaires
- Tax hikes for working Americans
- 17 million lose health care
- The biggest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP ever
- Higher energy costs
- Trillions in debt
It comes to the House now. We will fight this.
- Massive tax cuts for billionaires
- Tax hikes for working Americans
- 17 million lose health care
- The biggest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP ever
- Higher energy costs
- Trillions in debt
It comes to the House now. We will fight this.
July 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Trump is creating a secret police that will be better funded than the Marines” should be the all caps headline every Democrat is running with, and only partly because I’m sick of having to be the one who tells friends and family about it.
They will be so easy to find too. Even though they are wearing masks, these goons are all receiving a pay check. This aint the 1940's. We have digital footprints.
When trump's American Nazi Reich's regime is toppled, all his cabinet, his advisers, his ICE, and DOJ enablers will have to answer to U.S.C. #242, titled "Deprivation of rights under the color of law."
June 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
They will be so easy to find too. Even though they are wearing masks, these goons are all receiving a pay check. This aint the 1940's. We have digital footprints.
Great work! We still need to rid ourselves of Bruce Harrell. Vote Katie Wilson!
If you would've told me a year ago that a 30-year-old freshman councilmember could bring Harrell to the table to create a new progressive revenue source I wouldn't have believed it. It's literally unbelievable. WILD how desperate Bruce is to be seen working with Rinck. He smells what's cooking.
JUST IN: Mayor Harrell and Councilmember Rinck have announced a new proposal that would exempt around three-fourths of small businesses in Seattle from paying the Business & Occupation (B&O) tax, while raising the rate on larger businesses to raise an estimated $90 million.
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Great work! We still need to rid ourselves of Bruce Harrell. Vote Katie Wilson!
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The democratic establishment know that once the tide turns on them they won't ever win an election again. The future is to the LEFT of the Democratic Party and they are going to gatekeep that until the day they die (in office).
Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters
June 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The democratic establishment know that once the tide turns on them they won't ever win an election again. The future is to the LEFT of the Democratic Party and they are going to gatekeep that until the day they die (in office).
Collaborators will be held to account.
🚨🚨 on @democracynow this morning:
“rallies have continued demanding the release of photojournalist Anthony Orendorff, who is being held at a Los Angeles jail without bail after being arrested while documenting an ICE raid in the neighborhood of Pacoima last week.”
“rallies have continued demanding the release of photojournalist Anthony Orendorff, who is being held at a Los Angeles jail without bail after being arrested while documenting an ICE raid in the neighborhood of Pacoima last week.”
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Collaborators will be held to account.
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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I think that if you were not familiar with the supposed political values of the Democratic Party, its performance over the last five months would lead you to conclude that they are primarily a pro-genocide party with center right economics and a fierce commitment to loyalty and gate keeping.
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think that if you were not familiar with the supposed political values of the Democratic Party, its performance over the last five months would lead you to conclude that they are primarily a pro-genocide party with center right economics and a fierce commitment to loyalty and gate keeping.
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A lot of the left got suckered into the idea that Trump is anti-war because he hates multilateralism. But he doesn't hate war. He loves it. What he hates is the idea of defending another country based on shared values, because he doesn't have any values. He wants to divide the world like Mafia turfs
The whole idea of Trump as antiwar rests on a confused reading of his hatred of multilateralism, the international order and the Deep State. He doesn't hate those things for good "dovish" reasons. He hates them for degenerate, corrupt reasons. Here's a corrective. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A lot of the left got suckered into the idea that Trump is anti-war because he hates multilateralism. But he doesn't hate war. He loves it. What he hates is the idea of defending another country based on shared values, because he doesn't have any values. He wants to divide the world like Mafia turfs
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I wrote about the new Shared Streets Law.
Governor Signs Washington’s First-in-the-Nation Shared Streets Law - The Urbanist
# Cities in Washington will have the legal authority to create shared streets, which feature much lower speed limits and put pedestrians first, under Senate Bill 5595. Governor Bob Ferguson signed the...
www.theurbanist.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wrote about the new Shared Streets Law.