Mike Shaw
@zax2000.bsky.social
A yokel Bostonian bumbling around Seattle. Stints in 北京 and Bali along the way. I used to craft/edit journalists' spam. Geopolitics is my jam. I post, therefore I am.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Looking forward to the forthcoming expose on all of the nefarious goings on at her book club (imported white wine!), as well as the investigation into her fellow "biker gang" members who terrorize people walking on the unter-urban trail.
New @theneedling.com headline: Seattleite unsure what to do now their mayor isn’t an utter monster.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Looking forward to the forthcoming expose on all of the nefarious goings on at her book club (imported white wine!), as well as the investigation into her fellow "biker gang" members who terrorize people walking on the unter-urban trail.
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Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett In the latest batch of ballots counted by King County’s elections office, labor organizer…
publicola.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
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For those watching the Seattle mayoral election, which could be headed for a hand recount: In 2015, when the campaign for City Council District 1 was subject to a recount, the results didn't change by a single vote.
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
For those watching the Seattle mayoral election, which could be headed for a hand recount: In 2015, when the campaign for City Council District 1 was subject to a recount, the results didn't change by a single vote.
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
your.kingcounty.gov/elections/20...
I can feel the glee in this headline all the way from 2022. 😂
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…
theneedling.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I can feel the glee in this headline all the way from 2022. 😂
Hey #Seattle! Just 3 more days until our Baristas' strike deadline. Get your alternate coffee plans ready in case those picket lines appear at the end of the week.
If baristas have to walk out, we’ll walk with them — straight past Starbucks.
Workers are fighting for fair pay, fair hours, and an end to union busting. Stand in solidarity: don't buy Starbucks if baristas go on strike! Sign the pledge: seiu.co/NoContract
Workers are fighting for fair pay, fair hours, and an end to union busting. Stand in solidarity: don't buy Starbucks if baristas go on strike! Sign the pledge: seiu.co/NoContract
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
seiu.co
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey #Seattle! Just 3 more days until our Baristas' strike deadline. Get your alternate coffee plans ready in case those picket lines appear at the end of the week.
When Phantom Menace came out you couldn't reserve seats online yet. I had to team up w/some fellow nerds to wait in a 12-hour line 1 week before the movie opened just to buy tix. Then, another all-day line to get good seats on opening day.
George Lucas broke my heart that day.
George Lucas broke my heart that day.
I saw Phantom Menace in theaters the weekend it came out and that was the first time I considered a movie could truly suck
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When Phantom Menace came out you couldn't reserve seats online yet. I had to team up w/some fellow nerds to wait in a 12-hour line 1 week before the movie opened just to buy tix. Then, another all-day line to get good seats on opening day.
George Lucas broke my heart that day.
George Lucas broke my heart that day.
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If they're still making movies in 15-20 years there will be multiple Oscar noms for playing "remorseful / reflective former ICE agent who knows how Complicated history is"
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If they're still making movies in 15-20 years there will be multiple Oscar noms for playing "remorseful / reflective former ICE agent who knows how Complicated history is"
Dems are always running on Healthcare, but I'm not sure how you convince voters that you'll fight for Healthcare when you've demonstrated that you're not willing to fight for Healthcare.
Even the Dem centrists at Third Way are mad about the deal moderate Senate Dems cut with Republicans to end the shutdown:
"We should not have surrendered until we received at least something tangible on lowering health care costs."
"We should not have surrendered until we received at least something tangible on lowering health care costs."
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dems are always running on Healthcare, but I'm not sure how you convince voters that you'll fight for Healthcare when you've demonstrated that you're not willing to fight for Healthcare.
Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.
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Hey Seattle voters. The mayor's race may come down to a slim margin of votes, so check TODAY to make sure your signature was validated and ballot was counted. There are easy steps to correct things if your ballot was rejected: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hey Seattle voters. The mayor's race may come down to a slim margin of votes, so check TODAY to make sure your signature was validated and ballot was counted. There are easy steps to correct things if your ballot was rejected: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
This is fascism.
CICERO, IL — Trump’s ICE goons pepper spray into a family’s car and hits a 1 year old baby girl.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is fascism.
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SNAP is a political football, but making sure the USA ate used to be a national security issue: "up to a quarter of draftees called up via the Selective Service Act of 1940 were malnourished and unfit to serve"
Today, we can't even see feeding people as being in the national interest.
Today, we can't even see feeding people as being in the national interest.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
SNAP is a political football, but making sure the USA ate used to be a national security issue: "up to a quarter of draftees called up via the Selective Service Act of 1940 were malnourished and unfit to serve"
Today, we can't even see feeding people as being in the national interest.
Today, we can't even see feeding people as being in the national interest.
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By this definition, all medical insurance companies are fraudulent pyramid schemes.
Welcome to The Resistance, Dr. Marshall.
Welcome to The Resistance, Dr. Marshall.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
By this definition, all medical insurance companies are fraudulent pyramid schemes.
Welcome to The Resistance, Dr. Marshall.
Welcome to The Resistance, Dr. Marshall.
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They demand prayer in schools but forbid prayer outside of detention facilities
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They demand prayer in schools but forbid prayer outside of detention facilities
This is why I don't join political parties. I have absolutely zero loyalty to them. They owe ME their allegiance, not the other way around.
I couldn’t even have one full week — not one WEEK — to call myself “a proud democrat” and be serious about it. >sigh<
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is why I don't join political parties. I have absolutely zero loyalty to them. They owe ME their allegiance, not the other way around.
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Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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EXPERTS: American “Democrat” party widely considered feckless.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
EXPERTS: American “Democrat” party widely considered feckless.
On the (barely) bright side, the House will have to return to session and there will be a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
On the (barely) bright side, the House will have to return to session and there will be a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Probably the best take I've seen so far.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Probably the best take I've seen so far.
Absolutely love the brevity of this.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Absolutely love the brevity of this.
A 🧵 that goes way beyond what that national pundits are talking about. If I listen to a podcast and don't hear about the se down ballot wins I immediately disregard that show as being out of touch.
Seriously: We need to look beyond the NYC mayoral & NJ +VA gov races for insights.
Seriously: We need to look beyond the NYC mayoral & NJ +VA gov races for insights.
Might you have missed some of the depth of Tuesday's results, beyond the big headline races?
I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over!
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I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A 🧵 that goes way beyond what that national pundits are talking about. If I listen to a podcast and don't hear about the se down ballot wins I immediately disregard that show as being out of touch.
Seriously: We need to look beyond the NYC mayoral & NJ +VA gov races for insights.
Seriously: We need to look beyond the NYC mayoral & NJ +VA gov races for insights.