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3 months

“We did it, we divested, and we did it without a single fucking student getting touched by police.” Evergreen State College agrees to divest from companies that profit from gross human rights violations / occupation of Palestinian territories …

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The Evergreen State College (school of Rachel Corrie) agrees to divestment

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Big news: Washington state Senate just passed bill to ban private prisons. This means the ICE demotion center in Tacoma would shut down in four years. The legislation now heads to @GovInslee ‘s desk.

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At press conference, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says 250 police officers have left in the last 17 months.

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Washington state Catholic bishops push back ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩ call to open churches. They note that masses are suspended “out of our deepest respect for human life.”

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School has also agreed to make a statement defending the free speech rights of students, specifically as it pertains to Palestinian solidarity work.

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Seattle has become the first city in the country to offer gig workers -- including at companies like Instacart and DoorDash -- permanent paid sick and safety leave. The Seattle City Council just unanimously passed the measure.

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Seattle is getting sued by ⁦ @ACLU_WA ⁩ on behalf of Seattle/King County Black Lives Matter on account of its continued use of chemical agents, including tear gas one day after Mayor Jenny Durkan announced ban

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I’ve seen a decent amount as a reporter but the last few days has opened my eyes to a level of spin that would leave even the writers at @VeepHBO reeling

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"He has experience now fighting the coronavirus ... those first-hand experiences, Joe Biden doesn't have those" -- Trump campaign spokesperson @ErinMPerrine attacks Joe Biden for not getting coronavirus

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Students had set up an encampment last week but school says they’re clearing it today because they reached an agreement ^^

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Next week, Amazon employees in Seattle —more than 900— plan to participate in their first ever walk out because they believe the company should do more on climate change

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4 years

On Tacoma police incident tonight, @thenewstribune reporting officer involved will be placed on leave. Case turned over to the Pierce County Force Investigation Team. One person was transported to the hospital.

Sean Robinson

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4 years

UPDATED, with a statement from Tacoma City Manager Elizabeth Pauli regarding tonight's incident involving a TPD police car running over and through a group of pedestrians:

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It’s true, they back

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2 years

word on the street is Beth’s Cafe on Aurora is trying to open back up in January. ✨

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4 years

Whose lives matter ? BLACK LIVES MATTER. Rain not stopping anyone in Seattle

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8 months

happening right outside my office by Pike Place Market

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7 years

If you stayed at a Motel 6 in Washington state between June and September of last year, your info (driver's license etc.) was likely shared w ICE. Attorney Bob Ferguson encourages individuals affected to call the Wing Luke Civil Rights Unit at (844) 323-3864.

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2 years

.⁦ @cmkshama ⁩ is holding press conference at noon to introduce idea of making Seattle a sanctuary city for pregnant people & their doctors.

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7 years

I'm at Westlake Park where a crowd is starting to gather. This is Romanov who says he's against the violence in Va.

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4 years

Workers at the Trader Joe's on Capitol Hill have just put out a statement demanding that management work with them on reopening the store. They feel they are being penalized for both participating in Black Lives Matter protests & pushing for a living wage.

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A little Pacific Northwest beauty to ease your Monday blues ;)

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7 years

Here's crowd on other side of the fence, who aren't buying the speakers' claims they aren't about racism

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3 years

newsrooms are special places & despite the perks of working from home, I miss them. i miss the collaboration, the comradery, the sense that together you're doing your best to put out that paper, newscast, show. the feeling that one is doing meaningful work, & not just working.

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2 years

seattle, little reminder to check your vitamin d levels. no joke ! mine are apparently abysmal ☀️☀️☀️☀️ I blame @KSeattleWeather

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The funniest thing about this are the gestures and expressions I can never imagine a woman doing because most women I know could never be that brazen.

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How to medical

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“Pauline ... consulted the doctor simply about her menstrual cycle. She was put under for what she was told would be a simple procedure, only to wake up and find that the doctor had removed part of her reproductive organs” @RepJayapal on women in Georgia in ICE custody. Inbox 👇🏻

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10 years

Al Sharpton announces class action lawsuit for victims of tear gas and other injuries during demonstrations #Ferguson

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3 years

last day @Crosscut & @Crosscut_Union is today. what I’m most proud of here is helping push for our 1st union contract. will miss my brothers & sisters. after brief break, will be moving on to @knkxfm to be new social justice reporter. 🙏🏻🙂grateful for opportunity to learn & grow.

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4 years

On why he drove through crowd, Tacoma police officer “was afraid they would break his glass” says @TacomaPD to @thenewstribune

Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

4 years

Last weekend it was a nurse tweeting about a Seattle police officer who she said refused to wear a mask inside a hospital, this weekend - @TacomaPD is this video of one of your officers running someone over ?

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Nikkita Oilver warns protesters that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan might offer a few things. $100 million for social services, perhaps, but that $ won’t come from Seattle police budget. “We haven’t won yet” Oliver says if that’s all the city offers. Calls reform BS.

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4 years

Big news for undocumented immigrants. In light of ongoing pandemic, Washington state — following the lead of California — is working on creating a $40 million worker relief fund thanks to push from a diverse & large group of advocates.

Inslee dedicates $40M to helping undocumented workers

Workers without access to federal assistance like stimulus checks are getting a lifeline from the state.

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geeking out on my first day @kexp I’ll be producing the afternoon, drive time show with @djeviestokes ! I still plan to write & teach journalism at UW, but very much look fwd to also having the chance to be creative in this new way. music heals ! 🎧🎶🫶🥳

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4 years

NEW: @GovInslee extends eviction moratorium until March 31, 2021.

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7 years

Protester at Westlake Park

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2 years

City Council unanimously passes @cmkshama proposal to make Seattle a sanctuary city for those seeking an abortion.

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@LillyAFowler

2 years

dozens of people signed up to talk about @cmkshama proposal to make Seattle a sanctuary city for people seeking an abortion. city council voting on proposal today @ 2 pm. proposal asks that Seattle police & city attorney's office not cooperate w out-of-state law enforcement.

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. @cmkshama says she wants to prevent Seattle Police from arresting people, either patients or doctors, for outstanding warrants related to anti-abortion laws around country. She also wants Seattle officials to including funding in the next budget to make abortion free in the city

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@LillyAFowler

2 years

.⁦ @cmkshama ⁩ is holding press conference at noon to introduce idea of making Seattle a sanctuary city for pregnant people & their doctors.

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Negah Hekmati, mother at the center of @RepJayapal 's recent press conference & one of the first Iranian Americans to speak out about being detained at the Canadian border, has an op-ed @washingtonpost describing her experience

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4 years

the crisp fall air, the moon 🌝 & its water were nice tonight

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Not sure there’s anything more offensive right now to journalists than police asking to turn over unpublished material. I’ve had people tell me the rumor is Seattle Times reporters are collaborating with police. This would only add to that misconception

Seattle Times, other media fight Seattle Police Department subpoena for raw footage, photos of...

The department is demanding the production of unedited photos and video taken over a 90-minute afternoon period by The Seattle Times, KIRO TV, KING TV, KOMO TV and KCPQ.

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4 years

Last weekend it was a nurse tweeting about a Seattle police officer who she said refused to wear a mask inside a hospital, this weekend - @TacomaPD is this video of one of your officers running someone over ?

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2 years

PCC grocery store workers are petitioning for higher pay & sick leave, noting stores are understaffed, employees are still getting sick with COVID, & Seattle ended hazard pay.

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7 years

Good crowd already gathered for @NikkitaOliver at Washington Hall. #waelex #seamayor

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3 years

why might some continue to wear a mask for years to come, perhaps seasonally ? 1 reason: “While over 34,000 adults died from influenza in the 2018-19 season, this year deaths are on track to remain in the hundreds, according to C.D.C. data.”

They’re Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever (Published 2021)

Face coverings have been a political flash point for more than a year. But now, the backlash is directed at people who don’t plan to take them off.

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5 years

Muslims in the Pacific Northwest saved a homeless encampment from the worst of the snow by paying for them to stay at a hotel. This morning, residents of a local tent city are checking out of the 14 hotel rooms paid for. #snowpocalypse2019

Muslim group buys hotel rooms for 28 homeless people during snowstorm

This is the second time The Muslim Association of Puget Sound has provided hotel rooms for the homeless encampment.

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3 years

Seattle, you so pretty, even on a totally regular work day

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2 years

dozens of people signed up to talk about @cmkshama proposal to make Seattle a sanctuary city for people seeking an abortion. city council voting on proposal today @ 2 pm. proposal asks that Seattle police & city attorney's office not cooperate w out-of-state law enforcement.

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Seattle police ghostwrote a 2020 opinion piece @Crosscut that appeared under the name of a Harvard scholar. When head at @Crosscut found out SPD was heavily involved in writing piece, he just deleted the story. Not how it works ?

Derailing the defund: How SPD manipulated the media narrative around the 2020 protests

While thousands of Seattleites took to the streets to protest George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police, calling for the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to be defunded by 50 percent,...

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At ⁦ @RepJayapal ⁩ press conference. She says she finds it hard to believe Border Patrol didn’t receive some kind of directive with regard to Iranian Americans. Dozens of Iranian Americans were held at the Canadian Border over the weekend. CBP says it was short staffed.

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3 years

Seattle, for those of you still looking for a booster, lots of appointments available right now for this weekend through city. They've expanded service because of demand. Sign up here:

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6 years

Here's story from today's protest where 100s gathered to protest the Trump admnistration's new zero tolerance policy, which is leading asylum seekers to be torn from their children. @RepJayapal personally spoke with the mothers being held at SeaTac prison

Hundreds turn out to support detained mothers: ‘This is not who America is’

Rep. Pramila Jayapal met with 174 asylum-seeking women women being detained at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac..

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7 years

Crowd at Westlake Park now, a few hundred people. Everyone is talking over each other. Hard to hear.

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7 years

Washington Hall more and more crowded as night continues for @NikkitaOliver party #waelex #seamayor @Crosscut

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4 months

100s of asylum seekers were forced to camp outside last night in Seattle, @ Garfield Community Center. They could still use tents, blankets, floor padding & other donations. Washington state / King County has identified more than $30 million to help but $ isn’t available yet.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

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asylum seekers have showed up to a King County Council meeting. what a difference in treatment (compared to last week's Seattle City Council meeting, that is) Jorge Baron is helping translate for Girmay Zahilay, who says he's honored to listen to the asylum seekers' stories.

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7 years

Small & strange world...Juan Thompson, former reporter for The Intercept fired for fabricated stories, now accused of threatening Jews

Sarah Fenske

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Accused of making bomb threats against 8 JCCs, Juan Thompson is a disgraced ex-journalist from hardscrabble STL

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Will air this afternoon @knkxfm but here's story on the 2 abolitionists running for office in Seattle, @NikkitaOliver & @ntkallday & what that means exactly. Also, surprise, we already have an abolitionist in office, @ElectKHT All here, & you can LISTEN

Two Seattle candidates reflect rise of abolitionism in U.S. politics

There's a growing crop of politicians who identify as abolitionists. That includes two candidates for Seattle office on the Nov. 2 ballot. Nikkita Oliver and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy discuss abolition...

www.knkx.org

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3 years

winter painting

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Today is the BIG DAY @Crosscut . After management opted not to voluntarily recognize us, we are voting today in support of forming a union. We should know results in a matter of hours. We plan to celebrate at Sea Monster. 🥳 Fellow journalists, union brothers and sisters, let's 🥂

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. @RepJayapal is calling for an investigation into the death of Charles Leo Daniel at the Tacoma ICE facility & the misuse of solitary confinement. Her office confirmed Daniel was held in solitary confinement for 1, 418 days.

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New: Ever since King County rejected them, ICE has been shopping around, trying to find airports that will handle ICE Air deportation flights. So far Everett and Bellingham have said no. Portland is a possibility though:

Searching for airports to host deportation flights, ICE gets rejected in Everett and Bellingham

Yakima officials say they have to cooperate with ICE, fearing loss of federal funding for the city-run airport. Cities around Puget Sound don't seem to have those fears.

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Inbox: Comedian @MohanadElshieky has filed a lawsuit against Border Patrol after the agency pulled him off a bus during a layover at the Greyhound Bus Station in Spokane. Background here:

Standing up: Comedian sues to stop Greyhound from cooperating with Border Patrol

Even after the City of Spokane tried to stop it, Border Patrol continues to interrogate Greyhound passengers.

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INBOX: @GovInslee says in line with Biden's directive to prioritize teachers, Washington state is adding "educators and licensed childcare workers to Washington’s Phase 1B-1 immediately."

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Boeing has agreed to pay almost $12 million in unpaid wages to about 500 workers. The Boeing case represents the largest amount of back pay returned to workers in the Washington state agency’s history. Some workers received as much as $90K.

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Gov. Inslee addressing COVID-19 crisis in Yakima. Some stats: Yakima has more COIVD-19 cases than entire state of Oregon. 26 % of tests last week came back positive. Yakima has 27 times higher COVID-19 cases per capita than King County. Warns cases could double in next 2 weeks.

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PCC workers describe low pay, understaffing & being reprimanded for taking too long for bathroom breaks — not unlike Amazon. They’re calling on management to open up contract negotiations early. ⁦ @cmkshama ⁩ @ downtown PCC this AM as part of new Workers Strike Back movement

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Spoke to Rachel, a friend of Eucy, the Ballard resident who died by suicide yesterday while being evicted by King County Sheriff's deputies. Rachel says her friend had tried to get help in paying rent but had exhausted all options. More from Rachel on her friend.

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4 years

Sea of umbrellas ☂ on Capitol Hill, demanding that police take off riot gear and not deploy tear gas, the way they did last night. #seattleprotests

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INBOX: Jewish and AAPI groups in region demand @LorenCulp apologize for his recent use of the term "Chinese virus." The groups call it "unacceptable in this time of rising anti-Asian American violence. As the Jewish and AAPI communities know all too well, words matter."

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New: Talked to volunteer medics who said Seattle police intentionally targeted them with flash bangs as they were trying to save a woman's life. Across country there are reports of police targeting medics.

Medics say police have targeted them at Seattle protests

Volunteer health workers worry Seattle police may continue using flash bangs, rubber bullets and tear gas to prevent them from helping injured protesters

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2 years

Seattle, protest today at federal building at 5 pm

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big vote tomorrow @ Seattle City Council. council members will be voting on @cmkshama proposal to ban caste discrimination. if it passes Seattle will be first city in country w such a law. there’s a rally ahead of vote @ 12 pm. more on air @knkxfm @NPR

Seattle becomes the first city to ban caste discrimination

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council made history. After hearing more than two hours of public comment, a majority of the council voted in favor of a law that makes Seattle the first city in the...

www.knkx.org

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Context for this: the Washington state department of health & the department of labor & industries have repeatedly tried to inspect the facility recently only to be turned away by the private prison company GEO Group.

Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

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breaking: Tacoma police say a 61 year old male was found unresponsive in his cell this AM at the ICE detention center in Tacoma. Police have started a preliminary death investigation. No other details were immediately available. The last person to die at the facility was in 2018.

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Everybody got a story, including @loneamorphous

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. @Crosscut joins other public media orgs ( @KUOW @knkxfm @NWPBroadcasting Spokane Public Radio) in standing against a court ruling that is asking Seattle journalists to hand over unpublished images & video to police. We say HECK NO

Forcing the press to give police unpublished images threatens us all

Washington state must uphold the right of journalists to report without fear of their work being confiscated by law enforcement.

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This is the biggest march in Seattle I’ve seen in a while. The crowd has grown. It’s totally peaceful, festive even, and no police around.

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Seattle’s sunset on point tonight ! This just a block from my house 🏡 🌅🌲

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New: U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed it sent agents here over Fourth of July weekend to help protect monuments and federal buildings. That was news to mayor and governor, as well as police.

Federal agents were sent to Seattle without governor, mayor knowing

U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed the presence of federal cops — that was news to the mayor and governor.

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At Westlake Park, hundreds still here

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Interesting...this fall @deray is a guest lecturer at Yale Divinity School #blacklivesmatter http://t.co/7vcgANUU6W

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Seattle council member Tammy Morales' office says they're considering introducing an amendment that would cap the customer fees DoorDash, Instacart & others have established in response to gig workers making minimum wage. Waiting to see what amendments committee suggests first.

Lilly Ana Fowler

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here's our more in-depth story. one thing I haven't heard addressed: Seattle has capped how much delivery apps can charge restaurants, why can't they do same re customers? cc @CMSaraNelson

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INBOX: @RepJayapal & other members of Congress write to Dept. of Homeland Security & Border Patrol to demand answers about why dozens of Iranian Americans were held over weekend in Blaine, WA. They ask about directives given & staffing levels. Read here:

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this is the level of transparency @ICEgov @PattyMurray staff visited ICE detention center in Tacoma about 15 minutes after Charles Leo Daniel was first found dead. Yet her office only found out about Daniel's death by reading the news later that day.

ICE identifies man found dead at Northwest ICE Processing Center

Police said a 61-year-old man was found unresponsive on Thursday at the ICE facility in Tacoma.

www.knkx.org

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Trump administration is pushing a new rule that would increase cost of citizenship applications by 83%, from $640 to $1,170. It would also for first time add a fee to asylum applications. @RepJayapal called it “shameful, destructive &, frankly, soulless.”

'Shameful, destructive and, frankly, soulless': Seattle leaders rail against Trump's dramatic new...

The new rule would increase the cost of citizenship applications for green card holders by 83%, from $640 to $1,170. It would also, for the first time ever, add a fee to asylum applications.

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Breaking: ACLU of Washington and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project are suing ICE, demanding that detainees in Tacoma at high risk of getting COVID19 be immediately released #COVID19

Coronavirus outbreak prompts call for ICE to release at-risk detainees

The suit, filed by the ACLU and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, calls for the immediate release of detainees in Tacoma.

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Just got an update from Harborview about protester hurt in Capitol Hill last night. Patient is now in serious and not critical condition. #seattleprotests

jseattle

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Protester reported in critical condition after police move on demonstrators outside East Precinct

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From their statement: "While Trader Joe’s has publicly voiced support for 'Black crew members and customers,' the company has done nothing to tangibly support the movement for Black lives, and they have penalized employees for supporting the movement."

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Manuel Ellis' family at press conference emphasizing that it was THEM that got @GovInslee to move investigation to @AGOWA . They put pressure on and don't have any political allegiances. "That's why people looked into it again because we wouldn't shut up." -- @tacoma_action

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At #CrosscutFestival panel, @RepJayapal talks about being a woman of color in Congress and demanding an apology after being called a “young lady” : “I think people have realized, ‘wait a second, I better not mess with her’” Background here:

Alaska congressman calls Rep. Pramila Jayapal ‘young lady,’ lectures her on House floor

In remarks on the House floor, Rep. Don Young, 84, a Republican from Alaska, called Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal, 51, "a young lady" who "doesn’t know a damn thing what she’s talking about." Young...

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@LillyAFowler

2 months

Wayne Barnett, executive director of Ethics & Elections Commission, told me he has not had anyone ignore his advice in 20 years.

Hannah Krieg

@hannahkrieg

2 months

BREAKING: CM Tanya Woo has been advised to recuse herself from the gig worker minimum wage vote. She's looking for a second opinion, but without her, Council President Nelson may not have a fifth vote to pass her repeal.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

4 years

. @SeattlePD needs to stop harassing journalists & trying to prevent them from documenting what’s happening on the ground

Rich Smith

@richsssmith

4 years

This cop slapped my phone out of my hand. This was after cops paused for a moment to reorganize, creating distance between their line and the protesters. Earlier, as I walked into an area where cops had thrown blast balls, a cop grabbed me and pushed me up the street.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

4 years

An Econo Lodge near SeaTac airport in Seattle has held or is holding migrant children for ICE

A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels (Published 2020)

Under emergency coronavirus orders, the Trump administration is using hotels across the country to hold migrant children and families before expelling them.

www.nytimes.com

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

4 years

International students already in U.S. might not be getting kicked out anymore, but NEW foreign students are still barred from entering U.S. to take online classes @RepJayapal @PattyMurray & other Democratic lawmakers push back in new letter to DHS

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

5 years

New: Washington state might have just elected its first two Muslim women to office. @VarishaMK in Redmond is leading by 47 votes. Zahra Roach has clinched a seat on the Pasco City Council.

Washington state might have just elected its first two Muslim women to office

Varisha Khan is holding onto a narrow lead in her race for a seat on the Redmond City Council. Zahra Roach has clinched a seat on the Pasco City Council.

crosscut.com

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

2 years

“At this point in the investigation, we have no reason to believe the officer intended to hit that woman.” The priority here should not be about protecting the police officer but being transparent about what happened to this young woman @SeattlePD

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

5 years

Having to tweet this again. Apologies. I spoke to @seattletimes reporter Mike Rosenberg briefly about sexual harassment allegations that have surfaced on Twitter via @itsa_talia . He did not deny sending messages but said they weren't intended for her.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

2 years

from @RepJayapal statement on SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe vs Wade: “Most immediately, we must channel our anger into organizing and make it clear the right to abortion is on the ballot this November.”

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

3 years

Council member Kshama Sawant did it. She pulled through. Just barely. Election officials say there is no mandatory recount unless someone wants to pay for it.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

1 year

usually don’t respond to comments like this but have seen this assumption elsewhere. we know a King County Sheriff’s deputy was shot, but don’t know yet which gun bullet came from.

Joe Mendi

@JoeMendi2

1 year

Far-left radical shoots a cop, but @npr and @LillyAFowler consider *the shooter* the victim.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

4 years

In their statement, workers say corporate informed management on June 12th the Trader Joe's store in Capitol Hill would be closed indefinitely after a large number of employees said they would be participating in the #BlackLivesMatter protests that day.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

2 years

@AguedaPachecOH @fidmart85 Have heard these kinds of terms forever. Anyone who rejected the idea that racism exists in Mexico and lighter skinned people have major advantages have just been in denial.

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Lilly Ana Fowler

@LillyAFowler

2 years

Absolutely packed here at Seattle city hall, with thousands of students asking the district and Washington state to do more to control guns. A 14 & 15 year old are in custody after a shooting last week at Ingraham High School left one student dead.

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