Straton Spyropoulos
@stratspy.bsky.social
#lovethyneighbor #dcstatehood #puertoricostatehood #seattle #blacklivesmatter recognize #duwamish
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Timeline proof:
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Timeline proof:
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Seattle: we’re the most educated and least religious city in the country
Also Seattle: so there’s this baseball salmon mascot who has never won a race right?
Also Seattle: so there’s this baseball salmon mascot who has never won a race right?
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Seattle: we’re the most educated and least religious city in the country
Also Seattle: so there’s this baseball salmon mascot who has never won a race right?
Also Seattle: so there’s this baseball salmon mascot who has never won a race right?
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We live in an era when any political absurdity is now possible.
I'm going with this: Trump will locate the Qatari air force near the Pacific Northwest and then art-of-the-deal his way to charging them to practice strategic bombing on Portand and Seattle both.
Milo Minderbinder lives and breathes.
I'm going with this: Trump will locate the Qatari air force near the Pacific Northwest and then art-of-the-deal his way to charging them to practice strategic bombing on Portand and Seattle both.
Milo Minderbinder lives and breathes.
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We live in an era when any political absurdity is now possible.
I'm going with this: Trump will locate the Qatari air force near the Pacific Northwest and then art-of-the-deal his way to charging them to practice strategic bombing on Portand and Seattle both.
Milo Minderbinder lives and breathes.
I'm going with this: Trump will locate the Qatari air force near the Pacific Northwest and then art-of-the-deal his way to charging them to practice strategic bombing on Portand and Seattle both.
Milo Minderbinder lives and breathes.
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
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Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
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It is not deportation when you suspend habeus corpus and forcibly transport a human in custody to a nation where they have no connection, citizenship or affiliation.
It is human trafficking.
The United States is the world's shithole nation. Lawless. Soulless. Evil.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
It is human trafficking.
The United States is the world's shithole nation. Lawless. Soulless. Evil.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after his release from jail
Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smug...
www.pbs.org
August 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It is not deportation when you suspend habeus corpus and forcibly transport a human in custody to a nation where they have no connection, citizenship or affiliation.
It is human trafficking.
The United States is the world's shithole nation. Lawless. Soulless. Evil.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
It is human trafficking.
The United States is the world's shithole nation. Lawless. Soulless. Evil.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
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“There are more than 700,000 D.C. residents, and they are worthy and capable of governing themselves."
@eleanornorton.bsky.social #DCStatehood
@eleanornorton.bsky.social #DCStatehood
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“There are more than 700,000 D.C. residents, and they are worthy and capable of governing themselves."
@eleanornorton.bsky.social #DCStatehood
@eleanornorton.bsky.social #DCStatehood
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Our friends at @boltsmag.org ran this great recap of Seattle's democracy voucher program, which gives residents $100 to donate to candidates of their choice. We are proud to republish the story today.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Seattle Renews Its Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing
The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates, and it’s credited with broadening civic involvement. Voters on Tuesday extended it by ten years.
prospect.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our friends at @boltsmag.org ran this great recap of Seattle's democracy voucher program, which gives residents $100 to donate to candidates of their choice. We are proud to republish the story today.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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Some excellent quotes from former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn in here
Katie Wilson's Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue — Streetsblog USA
The transit advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary is rekindling a national conversation about the power of bold transportation reform to win at the ballot box.
usa.streetsblog.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Some excellent quotes from former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn in here
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The Seattle Municipal Archives is a treasure where you can find things like Rick Steves and Mike McGinn hanging out at Hempfest in 2011.
August 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Seattle Municipal Archives is a treasure where you can find things like Rick Steves and Mike McGinn hanging out at Hempfest in 2011.
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Seattle has its own home-grown Onion.
Katie Wilson Assures Bruce Harrell She Just Wants the Seattle Mayor’s Office, Not Parking Spot: tinyurl.com/yc3twhwy
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Seattle has its own home-grown Onion.
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80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a future free from nuclear weapons is not only necessary—it is within our power.
#CranesForOurFuture
#CranesForOurFuture
August 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a future free from nuclear weapons is not only necessary—it is within our power.
#CranesForOurFuture
#CranesForOurFuture
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"For years, faith groups have condemned these weapons as immoral and called for their abolition. #Quakers ...have long advocated for a world free of nuclear weapons, though you do not have to be a pacifist to see the danger these weapons pose to us all." @rns.org
religionnews.com/2025/08/01/8...
religionnews.com/2025/08/01/8...
80 years since Hiroshima, a world without nuclear weapons is still possible
(RNS) — Instead, the US government is pouring billions more of our tax dollars into building a new generation of nuclear weapons and planning to resume nuclear testing.
religionnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"For years, faith groups have condemned these weapons as immoral and called for their abolition. #Quakers ...have long advocated for a world free of nuclear weapons, though you do not have to be a pacifist to see the danger these weapons pose to us all." @rns.org
religionnews.com/2025/08/01/8...
religionnews.com/2025/08/01/8...
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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Is there anybody on God's green earth who thinks that the Qataris are giving a plane to Donald Trump without expecting something in return?
May 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is there anybody on God's green earth who thinks that the Qataris are giving a plane to Donald Trump without expecting something in return?
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Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
March 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.
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"I think we are leader-less... We are in need of a leader of the Democratic Party. I don't think we have that right now."
Rep. Pramila Japayal speaks to me, at a Zeteo town hall, about the Dems, & pushing back against Musk & MAGA.
Watch the full interview, plus share & subscribe to Zeteo:
Rep. Pramila Japayal speaks to me, at a Zeteo town hall, about the Dems, & pushing back against Musk & MAGA.
Watch the full interview, plus share & subscribe to Zeteo:
‘I Think We Are Leaderless’: Democratic Congresswoman Makes Blunt Admission
Top progressive Democrat, Pramila Jayapal, joins Mehdi on a Zeteo town hall to talk about her party’s fightback against Trump and Musk, and to take questions from subscribers.
zeteo.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"I think we are leader-less... We are in need of a leader of the Democratic Party. I don't think we have that right now."
Rep. Pramila Japayal speaks to me, at a Zeteo town hall, about the Dems, & pushing back against Musk & MAGA.
Watch the full interview, plus share & subscribe to Zeteo:
Rep. Pramila Japayal speaks to me, at a Zeteo town hall, about the Dems, & pushing back against Musk & MAGA.
Watch the full interview, plus share & subscribe to Zeteo:
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Social security is YOUR damn money. YOU paid into it. When out-of-touch billionaires like Trump and Elon take a machete to the folks that send out your checks, your money gets delayed. prospect.org/health/socia...
Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce
Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.
prospect.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Social security is YOUR damn money. YOU paid into it. When out-of-touch billionaires like Trump and Elon take a machete to the folks that send out your checks, your money gets delayed. prospect.org/health/socia...