Lex Vaughn
@lex.vaughn.theneedling.com
Founder & Editor of @theneedling.com, Seattle's Only Real Fake News. Pulitzer Prize-winning real real news reporter.
A lil more about me: https://bit.ly/4ey9Dza
A lil more about me: https://bit.ly/4ey9Dza
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RIP
Seriously. What are we gonna fucking do?!
New @theneedling.com headline: Seattleite unsure what to do now their mayor isn’t an utter monster.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RIP
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We offer all new employees a chance to wrestle the moat monster for health care on day one.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We offer all new employees a chance to wrestle the moat monster for health care on day one.
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(I'm not kidding...)
From the Seattle community on Reddit: Here's the bonkers audio of Bruce Harrell calling for a computer-generated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Explore this post and more from the Seattle community
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
(I'm not kidding...)
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Does this mean Seattle isn't getting an AI Martin Luther King, Jr. to welcome tourists to downtown?
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Does this mean Seattle isn't getting an AI Martin Luther King, Jr. to welcome tourists to downtown?
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Exactly this
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Exactly this
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If there’s a problem with your ballot, your vote can still be counted. The deadline is 4:30 p.m. Nov. 24. And this election, it might matter more than in most.
What is ballot ‘curing’ and why does it matter in Seattle this year?
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If there’s a problem with your ballot, your vote can still be counted. The deadline is 4:30 p.m. Nov. 24. And this election, it might matter more than in most.
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Here is the main reason I’d be a bit wary of calling the Seattle mayor’s race just yet.
In the 2017 race (Durkan v Moon), Durkan’s numbers got steadily worse, except for a sudden and brief reversal when there were about 7,000 votes left to count.
In the 2017 race (Durkan v Moon), Durkan’s numbers got steadily worse, except for a sudden and brief reversal when there were about 7,000 votes left to count.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Here is the main reason I’d be a bit wary of calling the Seattle mayor’s race just yet.
In the 2017 race (Durkan v Moon), Durkan’s numbers got steadily worse, except for a sudden and brief reversal when there were about 7,000 votes left to count.
In the 2017 race (Durkan v Moon), Durkan’s numbers got steadily worse, except for a sudden and brief reversal when there were about 7,000 votes left to count.
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Amid the ongoing government shutdown, the FAA has ordered Sea-Tac airport to reduce commercial flights and ban private jets to ease the burden on air traffic controllers.
In Seattle, flights are canceled and paychecks missed as private flights barely dip
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Amid the ongoing government shutdown, the FAA has ordered Sea-Tac airport to reduce commercial flights and ban private jets to ease the burden on air traffic controllers.
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Luigi
Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidies—Dems' stated key aim—or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Luigi
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Well well well, how the turnsweeps.
From 2022. Maybe this year they can help sweep Bruce back to Bellevue.
Mayor Harrell Salutes Homeless Veterans as Unified Care Team Sweeps Them into Tukwila
In his first Veterans Day as mayor of Seattle, today Bruce Harrell thanked and saluted hundreds of local homeless veterans as his newly formed Unified Care Team compassionately swept them into Tukw…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Well well well, how the turnsweeps.
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I could throw you a few bagel politics jokes?
Seriously. What are we gonna fucking do?!
New @theneedling.com headline: Seattleite unsure what to do now their mayor isn’t an utter monster.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I could throw you a few bagel politics jokes?
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Pineapple. Pineapple! PINEAPPLE!
Dominatrix Adds Tracking Seattle Mayoral Election Results to BDSM Repertoire: tinyurl.com/mpravv8m
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Pineapple. Pineapple! PINEAPPLE!
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a great loss to the local satire community tbh
Seriously. What are we gonna fucking do?!
New @theneedling.com headline: Seattleite unsure what to do now their mayor isn’t an utter monster.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
a great loss to the local satire community tbh
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Seriously. What are we gonna fucking do?!
New @theneedling.com headline: Seattleite unsure what to do now their mayor isn’t an utter monster.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Seriously. What are we gonna fucking do?!
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By proportion of the total vote, this race is even closer than when Lisa Herbold beat Shannon Braddock by 39 votes in 2015. That was 0.1% of the vote separating them; this one is currently .03% of the vote.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
By proportion of the total vote, this race is even closer than when Lisa Herbold beat Shannon Braddock by 39 votes in 2015. That was 0.1% of the vote separating them; this one is currently .03% of the vote.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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i was def wrong about her building on her primary lead, i failed to factor in the relentless sleazy personal attacks made on her by Bruce's $2M corporate PAC run by his deputy mayor. (The first person out the door in the Wilson admin should be Ethics & Elections chair Wayne Barnett)
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
i was def wrong about her building on her primary lead, i failed to factor in the relentless sleazy personal attacks made on her by Bruce's $2M corporate PAC run by his deputy mayor. (The first person out the door in the Wilson admin should be Ethics & Elections chair Wayne Barnett)
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Eagles hanging out by the bus stop and Katie Wilson in the lead for Mayor. Seattle, I love you.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Eagles hanging out by the bus stop and Katie Wilson in the lead for Mayor. Seattle, I love you.
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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 12:13 AM
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.
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New: Katie Wilson has taken the lead over Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes. Not enough for anyone to declare victory or concede defeat, but it likely makes her the favorite with roughly 6400 ballots left.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson takes lead over Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayor race
Katie Wilson, a progressive challenger to the incumbent mayor, is benefiting from the leftward trend of voters who send or drop ballots close or on election day.
www.seattletimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New: Katie Wilson has taken the lead over Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes. Not enough for anyone to declare victory or concede defeat, but it likely makes her the favorite with roughly 6400 ballots left.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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I'm still not over this.
We've got fascism rolling through our streets and gaining momentum. But Democrats are acting like they are participating in a mock legislature camp for bright high schoolers.
We've got fascism rolling through our streets and gaining momentum. But Democrats are acting like they are participating in a mock legislature camp for bright high schoolers.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm still not over this.
We've got fascism rolling through our streets and gaining momentum. But Democrats are acting like they are participating in a mock legislature camp for bright high schoolers.
We've got fascism rolling through our streets and gaining momentum. But Democrats are acting like they are participating in a mock legislature camp for bright high schoolers.
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I really think the lack of clear signaling by progressive organizations and public officials is why this race is so close.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I really think the lack of clear signaling by progressive organizations and public officials is why this race is so close.
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well, Katie got every single Democratic LD's endorsement, just not all the fence-straddling, influence peddling marquee names who should DEF know better (and who all personally dislike Bruce because he's a transactional douche)
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
well, Katie got every single Democratic LD's endorsement, just not all the fence-straddling, influence peddling marquee names who should DEF know better (and who all personally dislike Bruce because he's a transactional douche)
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Extremely, extremely likely Katie wins now. Keep the foot on the gas with ballot curing, and here we go!
Monday drop.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION!
It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes!
Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Extremely, extremely likely Katie wins now. Keep the foot on the gas with ballot curing, and here we go!
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Another L on the way out for Sara Nelson
JUST IN: Washington's Growth Management Hearings Board has invalidated the Seattle City Council's ordinance legalizing housing in a small slice of SoDo near the sports stadiums, siding with the Port of Seattle in its appeal against the move.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another L on the way out for Sara Nelson