Paul Constant
@paulconstant.com
Seattle-based writer of journalism, criticism, progressive economics and politics pieces, and comic books. Snelson, my comic with Fred Harper was a New York Public Library Best Adult Comic selection for 2022. Email: thisispaulconstant at gmail dot com.
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I’m Paul Constant. I write journalism, criticism, essays, and comic books. I’m a fellow at Civic Ventures, a public policy incubator, and a cofounder of the award-winning Seattle Review…
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Lots more folks on here these days, so it's re-introduction time. Hi! My name is Paul Constant. I write about books, politics, economics, technology, and Seattle. I'm a fellow at Civic Ventures, I write comic books, and I have a free monthly newsletter. You can find links to all that on my website:
I know enough about how mail-in elections work that I never panic when the returns start to come in on election night. But I will say that the week after the election is always excruciating. It never gets easier.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I know enough about how mail-in elections work that I never panic when the returns start to come in on election night. But I will say that the week after the election is always excruciating. It never gets easier.
It's not over yet, but this is a good sign for Wilson. Every vote counts. If you voted in King County, please check your ballot status at the link below. I've had my signature flagged in the past, and it was very easy to resolve the matter.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's not over yet, but this is a good sign for Wilson. Every vote counts. If you voted in King County, please check your ballot status at the link below. I've had my signature flagged in the past, and it was very easy to resolve the matter.
Can someone with the last name Bailey call Schumer’s office and tell him not to fold, please? This is your chance to shine.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Can someone with the last name Bailey call Schumer’s office and tell him not to fold, please? This is your chance to shine.
The only response to “stop trying to feed the hungry” is “fuck you, make me.”
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The only response to “stop trying to feed the hungry” is “fuck you, make me.”
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Sam Altman has killed more people than Luigi Mangione.
This needs to be a thing, yes. OpenAI has a literal body count at this point
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sam Altman has killed more people than Luigi Mangione.
It was a pleasure to talk to @chaitnad.bsky.social about the Short Run Comix Festival for @thedailyuw.bsky.social, and it was even more fun to read about the festival through her eyes as a first-time attendee.
ARTS + CULTURE: Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit (via @chaitnad.bsky.social)
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit
Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit
www.dailyuw.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It was a pleasure to talk to @chaitnad.bsky.social about the Short Run Comix Festival for @thedailyuw.bsky.social, and it was even more fun to read about the festival through her eyes as a first-time attendee.
One takeaway from this excellent essay is that we can’t let news organizations get away with “critics say” framing anymore. Either name the critic and clearly explain their critique, or just write the biased oped you’re obviously dying to write.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
One takeaway from this excellent essay is that we can’t let news organizations get away with “critics say” framing anymore. Either name the critic and clearly explain their critique, or just write the biased oped you’re obviously dying to write.
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Restaurateurs in Seattle threatened to shut down or never open new ones when a large minimum wage hike was mooted in Seattle. ALL OF THEM STAYED OR EXPANDED. More income meant more spending meant better restaurant bottom lines.
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Restaurateurs in Seattle threatened to shut down or never open new ones when a large minimum wage hike was mooted in Seattle. ALL OF THEM STAYED OR EXPANDED. More income meant more spending meant better restaurant bottom lines.
This was the obvious next step after people pointed out that Mamdani’s government-owned grocery stores weren’t some crazy socialist pipe dream and in fact already exist in the form of beloved and successful military commissaries.
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This was the obvious next step after people pointed out that Mamdani’s government-owned grocery stores weren’t some crazy socialist pipe dream and in fact already exist in the form of beloved and successful military commissaries.
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ARTS + CULTURE: Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit (via @chaitnad.bsky.social)
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit
Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit
www.dailyuw.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
ARTS + CULTURE: Seattle’s Short Run Comix Festival centers art, not profit (via @chaitnad.bsky.social)
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
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Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
Your Friday evening Link breakdown has arrived right on schedule.
Sound Transit has ordered 1 Line Shuttle buses to replace 1 Line service from Mount Baker to Rainier Beach. Updates will be provided once 1 Line Shuttle buses are available.
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Your Friday evening Link breakdown has arrived right on schedule.
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Has your King County ballot been counted? Visit the link below to confirm your signature has been verified, and if not, what you need to do to cure your ballot. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Has your King County ballot been counted? Visit the link below to confirm your signature has been verified, and if not, what you need to do to cure your ballot. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
There had better be some vicious headlines on this one. “Trump sues for right to ignore courts, starve children.”
NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
There had better be some vicious headlines on this one. “Trump sues for right to ignore courts, starve children.”
If we can just get these four buses to go through this roundabout in reverse, the curse that has plagued us for the last six years will finally be lifted.
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If we can just get these four buses to go through this roundabout in reverse, the curse that has plagued us for the last six years will finally be lifted.
Waiting for election results in Seattle:
Is today nothing? Is the beginningless past nothing?
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Waiting for election results in Seattle:
This guy’s kids call me daddy now.
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This guy’s kids call me daddy now.
A truly sickening amount of money.
*TESLA SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE ELON MUSK’S $1 TRILLION PAY PACKAGE
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A truly sickening amount of money.
Very excited about this new digital comics shop @sweetshop.app. I love print comics, but I think there's also a need for a truly great digital comics app—and I'm not interested in tying myself to Amazon in order to build a digital comics library.
Join the Sweet Shop waitlist!
Claim your username and be among the first to enter Sweet Shop.
sweetshop.app
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Very excited about this new digital comics shop @sweetshop.app. I love print comics, but I think there's also a need for a truly great digital comics app—and I'm not interested in tying myself to Amazon in order to build a digital comics library.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
I can smell this screenshot.
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I can smell this screenshot.
Heads up—possible Starbucks worker strike happening soon. Don't cross the picket line.
Union baristas are calling on allies to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS if we go on ULP strike. If our communities stand with us in action, we can take back power from the billionaires & CEOs.
nocontractnocoffee.org
nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Heads up—possible Starbucks worker strike happening soon. Don't cross the picket line.
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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
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What do we call this, since Tea Party is already taken? The Great Awokening?
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Democratic Tea Party Is Here
The party’s base is energized and mad as hell. And their rage isn’t just aimed at Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What do we call this, since Tea Party is already taken? The Great Awokening?
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Great sight-lines. Safer for kids and pets. Car designers should take note.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Great sight-lines. Safer for kids and pets. Car designers should take note.