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Collaborating with cops leads to Erika Kirk protest cancellations; Seattle Revolutionary Socialists prevail

Collaborating with cops leads to Erika Kirk protest cancellations; Seattle Revolutionary Socialists prevail

July 23, 2026
Toshiko Hasegawa emphasizes affordability and financial accountability in campaign for District 2 King County Council

Toshiko Hasegawa emphasizes affordability and financial accountability in campaign for District 2 King County Council

July 23, 2026
Garnet Smith, 44-year-old U.S. Army veteran, released from Tacoma’s ICE detention camp

Garnet Smith, 44-year-old U.S. Army veteran, released from Tacoma’s ICE detention camp

July 22, 2026
TtS weekly roundup July 13- 19: Erika Kirk event, PCC labor dispute, UW’s AI expansion, more

TtS weekly roundup July 13- 19: Erika Kirk event, PCC labor dispute, UW’s AI expansion, more

July 21, 2026
Education, advocacy, and community service are shaping Julie Kang’s campaign for Seattle City Council District 5

Education, advocacy, and community service are shaping Julie Kang’s campaign for Seattle City Council District 5

July 20, 2026
  • White House claims “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a Historic Investment in Rural Healthcare,” but now 14 Washington hospitals are at risk of closure

    White House claims “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a Historic Investment in Rural Healthcare,” but now 14 Washington hospitals are at risk of closure
    August 1, 2025

    By Hannah Saunders The June 25 White House memo, “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a Historic Investment in Rural Healthcare,” claims that vulnerable communities will be protected and provided for, but numerous Washington state leaders have sounded the alarm about how the bill will…

    Continue reading →: White House claims “The One Big Beautiful Bill is a Historic Investment in Rural Healthcare,” but now 14 Washington hospitals are at risk of closure
  • Spokane actress Sydney Sweeney stars in eugenics campaign with American Eagle

    Spokane actress Sydney Sweeney stars in eugenics campaign with American Eagle
    July 31, 2025

    By Hannah Saunders The 27-year-old Spokane native, Sydney Sweeney, is facing backlash over her new American Eagle jeans campaign that features the text and voiceover “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” which is a double entendre for “genes.” Many of the shots within the videos overwhelmingly…

    Continue reading →: Spokane actress Sydney Sweeney stars in eugenics campaign with American Eagle
  • WA Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces Stop ICE from Kidnapping US Citizens Act, FEMA launches $608M “Detention Support Grant Program”

    WA Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces Stop ICE from Kidnapping US Citizens Act, FEMA launches $608M “Detention Support Grant Program”
    July 28, 2025

    By Hannah Saunders Despite a republican majority in both chambers of Congress, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-7) continues to put forth legislation to combat the Trump regime’s dangerous orders. On July 16, she introduced the Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act to the House,…

    Continue reading →: WA Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces Stop ICE from Kidnapping US Citizens Act, FEMA launches $608M “Detention Support Grant Program”
  • Trump’s Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets executive order criminalizes homelessness and creates severe implications for all

    Trump’s Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets executive order criminalizes homelessness and creates severe implications for all
    July 28, 2025

    By Hannah Saunders Trump’s executive order, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” signed on July 24, will criminalize homelessness and forcibly institutionalize unhoused people living with serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorder (SUD). It will work to end housing-first, harm reduction, and…

    Continue reading →: Trump’s Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets executive order criminalizes homelessness and creates severe implications for all
  • Golrizan community fundraiser report back

    Golrizan community fundraiser report back
    July 27, 2025

    Originally published on Instagram, republished with permission. Last Saturday [July 19], we gathered for an evening of music, performance, storytelling, and resistance. Local artists came together and offered their time, creativity, and presence in support of Fûad and his family. Fûad and his family are…

    Continue reading →: Golrizan community fundraiser report back
  • Rally at ICE office in Tukwila

    Rally at ICE office in Tukwila
    July 22, 2025

    By Anastasia Fedorova “Coverage from this morning’s rally at ICE office in Tukwila. Standing up for justice, human rights and due process.” July 18, 2025. Check out Anastasia Fedorova’s Instagram!

    Continue reading →: Rally at ICE office in Tukwila
  • RFK Jr. gets a brain worm

    RFK Jr. gets a brain worm
    July 22, 2025

    By Gabe Doran “For those of you overseas who might not be all caught up with current US politics, our new Secretary of Health [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] got worm in his brain from eating too much raw pork, and got mercury poisoning twice from…

    Continue reading →: RFK Jr. gets a brain worm
  • Chinga La Migra

    Chinga La Migra
    July 16, 2025

    Created by a local Seattle artist who wishes to remain anonymous.

    Continue reading →: Chinga La Migra
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