Alison Chinn Holcomb

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

After immigration agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, federal officials attempted to prevent local police from accessing the scene, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CNN. O’Hara told his officers to remain on site as part of standard protocol. cnn.com/us/live-news/i…

Alex was an ICU Nurse at the VA. To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness. What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country. Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.

The tail of the #NoKingsProtest has just left Cal Anderson. That’s over 1.5 miles full of people and not a single report of property damage.

You go, Chief. 💙 KUOW kuow.org/stories/seattl…

Harrison Ford: When dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms saying ‘For God's sake, don't do this again,’ you have to pay attention. They're telling us something important. I've got one vote, same as anyone else, and I'm going to use it to move forward. I'm going to vote for Kamala Harris

What a great story. Thank you, Terry Wood and @seattletimes While hiking a chain of Cascade trails, a veteran hiker faced a fork in the trail: keep hiking or get helicoptered off a ridge by search-and-rescue personnel. seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/…

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee was a great American. I had the honor of working with her during her nearly 30 years in Congress. No matter the issue - from delivering racial justice to building an economy for working people - she was unrelenting in her leadership. Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family, her constituents, and beloved colleagues of the Congressional Black Caucus. May God bless our friend, Sheila Jackson Lee.

An actual hero. This is what America First looks like when it’s a lived ethos, rather than a mask for narcissism and ambition.

Thomas Matthew Crooks Donated 15 dollars to ActBlue the day of Biden's inauguration when he was 17 Registered to vote as a Republican 8 months later Shot Donald Trump while wearing a guntuber t-shirt Somehow the only 20 year old on Earth without social media

Yes. seattletimes.com/opinion/suprem…

Tardibono: The synergy of workforce development and public safety journalrecord.com/2024/05/tardib…

📢 BREAKING —The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) recognises '#HarmReduction' in a historic *first*. 70%+ of the Commission's 53 members voted to keep the reference, despite Russia's & China's opposition. #HarmReductionSavesLives cndblog.org/2024/03/plenar…

Biden using the term "an illegal" is deeply, deeply upsetting. Sure he talked positively about Dreamers afterwards, but this rightward turn from so many in the Democratic Party in policy and rhetoric on immigration is so disheartening and shows a really awful and quick backslide.

We need you again. Our activism is working but we can't stop now.  ➡ sign in PRO on HB 2065 by 12:30 p.m. on Friday, February 23, and tell Washington lawmakers if a law is unjust going forward, it must also apply retroactively. app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/… #WaLeg

But rich people like me are not the true job creators: middle-class consumers are. All empirical economic evidence shows that a thriving middle class is the cause of economic growth, not its consequence.

ACLU of Washington statement on verdict in Tacoma police officers’ trial aclu-wa.org/news/aclu-wash…

How do we build resilient, safe communities? For decades, we’ve been sold the lie that more enforcement and harsher punishments are the answer. But in reality, by the time the criminal legal system makes contact with a community, someone has already been hurt.

@AshleyNerbovig @TheStranger @ashley Ack! Clearly, I need a proofreader. Sorry, @AshleyNerbovig!

@acholcomb @TheStranger @ashley i've been trying to get that handle for years

"Nothing in the ordinance expands options for diversion, a process that typically lasts longer than a court case, involves multiple interventions, and often requires a caseworker." Seattle Launches Drug War 2.0 thestranger.com/news/2023/09/1… via @TheStranger @ashley