Westneat: Seattle has the No. 1 big city school district. We should act like it seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s… via @seattletimes
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Jim Brunner
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Jim Brunner
@Jim_Brunner
Seattle Times politics reporter. Whataboutism is a helluva drug. Also at: https://t.co/8eOGLLztvm
Seattle, WA Katılım Nisan 2009
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NEW: The health official who led the public response to the Hantavirus outbreak has little background in public health and previously was a penile implant specialist who hosted a podcast where he questioned the 2020 election and compared the Biden administration to Nazi Germany.
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Joe Kent @joekent16jan19 continues to speak out against the Iran war after his resignation from the Trump admin - including at a Michigan rally later this month. Event is in same venue as the Libertarian National Convention.
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NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push.
It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio.
See the database:
politico.com/news/2026/05/1…
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ICYMI: A Seattle woman is leading a national campaign to overturn Obergefell, the landmark 2015 SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… via @seattletimes
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Just in time for the Starbucks move.
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree
Notable about the new 9-0 GOP map in Tennessee: ✅ Democratic district centered on Memphis was divided into 3 different districts (SW corner of the state) ✅ Nashville metro area (centered on Davidson County) chopped up among 5 different districts (4,5,6,7,9)
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Another big payout - $4.5m - due to delayed cancer treatment in state prisons. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/l… via @seattletimes
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Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up Tennessee’s Majority-Black House District nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/…
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61% of Americans say the Iran war is a "mistake," per new WaPo-ABC poll.
In Iraq, it took more than 3 years to reach that high.
In Vietnam, it took 6 years.
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Every Big Story Has a Pacific Northwest Connection..
“The newsrooms involved include…The Tacoma News Tribune, The Bellingham Herald, The Olympian, Tri-City Herald and The Idaho Statesman.”
Katie Robertson@katie_robertson
New: McClatchy journalists at newspapers in 4 states are now withholding their bylines from A.I.-generated content as tensions grow over a "content scaling agent" tool that the company rolled out nytimes.com/2026/05/01/bus…
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Imagining explaining to the Founding Fathers that the president imposed tariffs without an act of Congress and then removed them at the request of the King of England
Christian Datoc@TocRadio
NEW: Trump dropping all tariffs on Scottish whiskey in honor of King Charles
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@Jim_Brunner @seattletimes Jim, which law firm did Webb land at?
That has editorial value given the Governor’s network with local law firms (KL Gates, Pacifica, etc.)
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NEW: Gov. Ferguson agrees to $4,000 settlement in ethics probe over bringing former top aide Mike Webb on a state plane last year. $2000 of the penalty is suspended if he has no further ethics problems for two years seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… via @seattletimes
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can someone please leak this report
Pod Save America@PodSaveAmerica
Jon Favreau questions DNC Chair Ken Martin on why he won't release the DNC's autopsy on the 2024 election.
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DOJ's lawsuits to obtain states' voter data are losing in court. Similar lawsuit remains pending in WA.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney
JUST IN: Sixth straight loss for DOJ in lawsuits to obtain states’ voter rolls. This one in Arizona from Trump-appointed judge Susan Brnovich. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Gov. Ferguson's office rolled out a policy last summer requiring most agency media communications --- including email replies to reporters --- to go through them. They also have told agency staff not to tell reporters about this media policy.
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New: A bid to recall @GovBobFerguson is ending after the governor fills 2 vacancies on @Wa_PDC . His inaction had prompted the effort to remove him. Concerns persist if the panel has the required partisan balance after the appointments. #waelex #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/28/rec…
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EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. is finalizing a plan to put Trump's picture On U.S. passports
thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-st…
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NEW: Gov. Bob Ferguson's office puts WA Corrections Ombuds director on paid home assignment pending ethics investigation. The director denies accusations & accuses Gov office of retaliation. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… via @seattletimes
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Think about how much time Fox News spent on Hunter Biden. That was a real story, worth covering. But here they're not reporting on the potential corruption, they're celebrating it. Gross.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract
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