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Continue reading →: Members of For Zion Ministries regularly target Northgate’s Idris Mosque
By Hannah Saunders On February 27, a large group from the For Zion Ministries showed up at the Idris Mosque in Northgate to protest outside the building. One man held a sign that read, “Does Islam honor Jesus?” as members positioned themselves outside the entrance.…
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Continue reading →: Meet Kai, Seattle’s protest-loving parrot
By Hannah Saunders Did you know there’s a parrot in Seattle that loves protests? Kai is 44 years old and loves the sound and energy of Seattle protests. Her owner, who strictly goes by “Kai’s mom,” rescued her when she was 10. Kai’s mom told…
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Continue reading →: Hands Off Iran protest disrupts Pike Place Market’s Saturday happenings
By Hannah Saunders Trump, who has paraded himself as the “President of Peace,” bombed Iran for the second time in less than a year with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 28. The U.S. and Israel targeted both military sites and civilian sites, including…
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Continue reading →: Black History Month: A slap in the face for Black disabled women
By Dalyce Wilson Racism disproportionately affects Black disabled women. We are often impoverished, disrespected, neglected, abused, and discarded. When symptoms arise in public, Black, disabled women are also not given the same grace or autonomy as others. How can we celebrate this performative breadcrumb of…
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Continue reading →: Hunts Point Mayor Joe Sabey continues to profit off ICE operations
By Hannah Saunders Chief commercial officer of Sabey Corporation, a family-owned and Tukwila-based real estate developer, and Mayor of Hunts Point, Joe Sabey, is actively profiting off of DHS and ICE operations. The feds recently signed a lease for office space at the company’s Riverfront…
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Continue reading →: The dangers of the cause and cure narrative: How RFK Jr. and a misguided focus on eradicating Autism harm the community
By Jessa Lindgren In recent years, there has been an alarming rise in political rhetoric aimed at eradicating autism, most notably from figures like U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. His dangerous assertions about vaccines and autism not only perpetuate…
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Continue reading →: Fire melts ICE– keep fighting
Art by Dash Lemons The wonderful Dash Lemons created this illustration of four ICE agents who were photographed terrorizing residents of Redmond, WA, earlier this winter. Are you an artist? Email editor@throughthestatic.org if you’d like us to highlight your work!
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Continue reading →: Tukwila City Council enacts six month moratorium, preventing further DHS operations
At the February 23 Tukwila City Council meeting, the group unanimously voted to enact a six-month moratorium on applications for detention centers in Tukwila. The moratorium is currently in effect, and this decision comes after WIRED broke news about DHS working to obtain new facilities…








