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@GadSaad @SenSchumer Your ability to suggest sarcastic overtones is unsurpassed.

@GovPressOffice Truly, you are retarded

Bang up job Donald!

@MarioNawfal Dying to save a fallen comrade is an honorable thing. Down with the haters in the comments.

🇺🇸🇲🇦 The U.S. military has recovered the body of 19-year-old Mariyah Collington, the second soldier who went missing in Morocco on May 2. The two were on a hike to watch the sunset when one soldier fell into the ocean. Collington jumped in to save him, was hit by a wave, and both were swept away. Other soldiers tried to reach them but couldn't. Both are now confirmed dead. Source: U.S. Africa Command

@KIRO7Seattle The socialist experiment on full display

Seattle-area inflation hits 4.9%, outpacing nation as energy costs soar #Echobox=1778668163" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kiro7.com/news/local/sea…

@MarioNawfal Morally depraved parents create morally depraved children.

🚨 Kim & Kanye really let their 12-year-old daughter hit Rolling Loud looking and acting like a 22-year-old Instagram baddie doing festival cosplay. At 12 I was playing Pokémon and eating cereal at 9pm. These two turned their kid into a mini influencer doing adult rap festival circuits. What happened to letting kids be kids? 👀

@listen2tish If you really cared you’d drop out

Feeling incredibly lucky today! So grateful for shoes, a roof, water, light, and love. When you give your heart away, it always comes back, especially when you trade money for peace of mind. Always keep your eyes on the prize and your lungs full of air. I’d be SO Lucky if YOU would support my campaign with a 25$ donation today. I am hosting a huge event for the community and need your support to make it happen #Gratitude #Blessed #Mindfulness

@thehoffather She’s sorry that that she got pushback for her words, not the words themselves.

WATCH: Lynnwood City Councilwoman Isabel Mata delivers an emotional in-person apology for remarks about the American flag not representing her and people in her district, accepts a flag as a gift, and vows to raise it proudly.

@Koslenko @DefiantLs Exactly

@uncleQstar @DefiantLs No.

"I kicked my mentally ill 9-year-old out of my household for the safety and well-being of me as well as her siblings."

@RobotReorg @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan Are you functionally retarded? I am no longer interested in engaging with you. It’s well known.

@uncleQstar @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan In other words, you couldn’t find it. You pointed me to something else that wasn’t that. So you searched. Unsuccessfully. I already asked grok about it and it said it wasn’t true. Before I even asked you. So why would I go looking for something that doesn’t exist?

Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made Starbucks is moving jobs from Washington state to Tennessee, and it isn’t alone in looking elsewhere. By Howard Schulz "Washington state has been my home for more than four decades. I arrived in Seattle with dreams and ambition and ended up building Starbucks into a company known around the world. Many Pacific Northwesterners joined me in shaping the culture, benefits and brand of Starbucks—contributing not only to a business, but also the civic and entrepreneurial life of the area. I am no longer a resident of Washington. My decision to leave had much to do with family choices and my stage of life. Still, I feel a responsibility to speak up about the business and job climate in a city and state that gave me so many opportunities. Washington’s economic story over the past half century is extraordinary. Microsoft, Amazon, Costco and a host of other new companies transformed the state into a global center of technology, innovation and logistics. Entrepreneurs exported ideas worldwide. Capital flowed. Wages rose. Imported and homegrown talent flourished. That ecosystem worked because risk‑taking was rewarded, growth was possible, and civic leadership—while imperfect—understood that private enterprise wasn’t the adversary of the public good. It was one engine for improving the public sphere. That ecosystem is fractured today. Seattle and much of Washington face serious problems: chronic homelessness, disorder in core business districts, persistent budget deficits, declining public-school outcomes and a slowing technology hiring cycle. These challenges aren’t unique to the state—but Washington’s response to them is. Seattle’s mayor, Katie Wilson, has chosen to cast business as a foil rather than a partner. Her socialist rhetoric vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue. She has encouraged residents who disagree with her policies to leave. In the state capital, the Legislature and governor have confronted difficult fiscal trade-offs by emphasizing taxation rather than reform or performance management. The theory appears to be that prosperity can be mandated through redistribution rather than generated through growth. Washington has a broken tax system. The reliance on sales taxes—10.55% in Seattle—is deeply regressive. The state needs to rewrite its tax code across the board in a way that ensures people and businesses alike pay their share. But instead of reform, those in power have opted to increase the burden on businesses and successful entrepreneurs in ways that discourage them from growing within the state—at a moment when Washington’s economic situation is growing more fragile. Microsoft and Amazon—once hiring engines—have slowed recruitment and reduced head counts as they race to build data-center capacity and compete globally. Starbucks recently announced it will shift hundreds of corporate roles to Tennessee. These companies imported global talent at scale for decades, anchoring an interconnected system of suppliers and startups. As those businesses reduce their local role, Seattle has no clear answer to the question of what will provide the next set of jobs and revenue growth. Cities and states don’t decline overnight. They drift when public safety, fiscal stability and economic vitality deteriorate together. Downtown vacancies reduce foot traffic. Declining foot traffic weakens small businesses. Employment falls. Revenue shrinks. Services erode. Confidence—something that’s hard to build and easy to lose—begins to evaporate. Entrepreneurs are accustomed to accountability: If we fail to deliver value, we lose customers. If we misallocate capital, we absorb the loss. Government, too, should be judged by results, not intentions. In Washington, steadily increasing government spending hasn’t delivered commensurate results on a range of issues, from addressing homelessness and drug addiction to poor prospects for new high-school graduates. Entrepreneurs take risks others won’t. We build before certainty exists. We hire before revenue is guaranteed. We invest locally, pay taxes and support civic institutions. When our companies succeed, entire regions benefit. America can’t afford to forget that. Leaving doesn’t mean abandoning. My family foundation remains invested in Washington’s future, seeking to help the next generation achieve economic mobility and prosperity. But that future is linked to economic growth and job creation. Across the country, other states are competing for capital and talent by simplifying regulation, reforming tax systems and investing in workforce development. One important initiative comes from the bipartisan National Governors Association, helping states craft pro-entrepreneurship policies. I hope Washington’s leaders will embrace these policies and forge a new compact—one grounded in job creation, sensible taxation and accountable public spending. Washington once embodied the future of the U.S. economy, and it can again. But the current government needs to learn that future entrepreneurs won’t be attracted by ineffective public systems, especially when joined with policy and political rhetoric that demonize businesses. Mr. Schultz is a former CEO and chairman emeritus of Starbucks."

@komonews When will enough be enough? When will the druggies and criminals be brought to Justice? Seattle’s suicidal empathy has gotten to the point of evil. @GadSaad

The victim has been on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center since the attack last week. komonews.com/news/local/sea…

@Koslenko @DefiantLs Would you take to social media to tell complete strangers about your troubled child?

@uncleQstar @DefiantLs Seems a little harsh to say this. How does one judge so quickly on such little information?!?

@RobotReorg @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan Google it. It’s well known

@uncleQstar @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan Is there supposed to be his promise being quoted in that page? I don’t see it.

@RobotReorg @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan seattletimes.com/opinion/letter…

@uncleQstar @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan I can’t find any such promise. Maybe you can point it out. How is that sale in 2006 relevant to what’s going on now?

@RobotReorg @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan What exactly are you defending here? Their coffee is not good anymore. All the other food and items they offer are not good nor are they quality.

@uncleQstar @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan Workers who find it “unfair” can work elsewhere. The compensation at Starbucks stores is better than 80-90% of the industry. But some people always complain, no matter what a company does. No, making coffee is not as financially rewarding as working in a nuclear power plant.

@RobotReorg @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan He sold the SuperSonics after saying he wouldn’t. You’re not wrong about what the city is doing. It is an absolute dumpster fire.

@uncleQstar @mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan How did he “betray” Seattle? Seattle is betraying a lot of people by failing to protect people from crime. And by charging ever escalating taxes for a job poorly done.

@mumm49 @VijayInWA @garrytan You make some fair points, and perhaps on the corporate level, the employees are compensated fairly, but certainly not the team members in store. I think what is notable is that, Howard personally betrayed the city, and Washingtonians haven’t forgotten.

@uncleQstar @VijayInWA @garrytan Starbucks is a business. Of course it is concerned about profits. That said, its people are extremely well paid for what they do. Washington losing Starbucks due to poor policies is a major loss. He may be an ahole, but find me a CEO or Chairman that isn't. That is his job.

@BlueskyLibs Flop in the making

Christopher Nolan went full Netflix. Never go full Netflix.

@DefiantLs She probably has tapeworms

New trend? I hope not.

@MarioNawfal Clearly his pr stunt worked on you.

🇷🇺 Putin drove himself to a Moscow hotel, walked in alone, picked up his 89-year-old first schoolteacher, and took her to dinner at the Kremlin. Say what you want. That guy's special.

@HQNewsNow Really? This is worth posting about?

Trump has a "routine annual physical" and "dental checkup" scheduled for May 26th. This is despite a physical he took in October and 2 trips to the dentist this year already.