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• Post-Election Thoughts from Visitors at Casa Latina

  14-11-2016 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufCasa Latina, the hub of Seattle's Latinx community, was crowded this morning. The organization, which is headquartered in the northern tip of the Chinatown-International District, hosted a meeting to provide their community a place to voice their fears and frustrations after the election.While sipping coffees and quietly eating breakfast brought from home, attendees admitted that they were afraid for their families, especially their young children. One man, who did not wish to
  
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• Fight Social Segregation With Your Ears: Three Podcasts For Right Now

  14-11-2016 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesI love this wall sculpture by Seattle artist Mark Calderon. It's a pair of hands made of dark mica, together forming an opening to project a voice through. The piece is called Cry, and its double meaning seems fitting for this week. It's at Greg Kucera Gallery. Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery
  When President Obama was elected, white people kept going up to Black people and high-fiving them. Yeah, I did it, too. Now the reverse is happening. In a locker room on Queen Anne on Saturday
  
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• I, Anonymous: Who's Laughing Now?

  14-11-2016 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous STEVEN WEISSMAN
  The majority of Trump voters are what the pundits call silent Trump supporters. I could write the obvious—that they weren't particularly silent the other night—but that would devalue what happened here. We progressives collectively bashed the other party, incessantly. At times, we laughed at jokes that went too far.
  
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• Seattle students hit the streets in walkout against Trump

  14-11-2016 22:50
  
  Students in Seattle are staging a large walkout Monday afternoon to protest President-elect Donald Trump, and his proposals targeting immigrants and racial minorities.
  
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• Wounded Idaho police dog saved with blood donated by 2 other dogs

  14-11-2016 22:49
  
  Jardo and two Boise officers were wounded Friday in a shootout with a suspect who was killed.
  
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• Everett police investigating reported assault of ‘Deadliest Catch’ cast member Jake Harris

  14-11-2016 22:27
  
  Police said Harris was found on the side of Highway 526 in Everett.
  
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• ‘Deadliest Catch’ cast member Jake Harris hospitalized; police investigating attack

  14-11-2016 22:27
  
  Police said Harris was found on the side of Highway 526 in Everett.
  
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• Local Publisher Mount Analogue Wants to Print Your Political Pamphlets

  14-11-2016 22:07 via thestranger.com
  by Rich SmithAttn all clear-eyed political thinkers, 'zine-inclined scribblers, and shadow puppeteers: Submit to Mount Analogue. Mount AnalogueMount Analogue is a burgeoning publishing outfit / art gallery located in Georgetown. Their call for political pamphlets is specifically open to "the LGBTQ community, to womxn, to minorities, to immigrants, to those with disabilities, and to those who experience oppression at the hands of our white supremacist patriarchal society." Submit here.
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• Snohomish County man facing possible felony DUI charge after Highway 2 crash

  14-11-2016 21:45
  
  The driver had four prior DUIs on his record and was required to have an ignition interlock device in his vehicle, although none was found in the car he was driving, the Washington State Patrol said.
  
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• The 36 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: November 14-20

  14-11-2016 21:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWith "FDT (Fuck Donald Trump)," YG gave us the campaign song we needed. This week, YG will bring his FDT Tour to Seattle, along with RJ, Kamaiyah, and Sadboy.
  The election has come and gone and now we all have to learn how to live in this new era of violent uncertainty, so let's go see some live music, shall we? We've got everything from a local rapper raising money for his family's home, to the whale-whisperer of our childhood, to ambient Nordic menstruation for yo
  
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• Trump Discusses Overturning Roe v. Wade, Deporting Undocumented Immigrants, and More Scary Stuff with 60 Minutes

  14-11-2016 21:32 via thestranger.com
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Lesley Stahl begins by calling the 2016 presidential campaign "interminable"—to which I say: if only it lasted for ever, I had hope during the campaign!—and then she says that "a divided country found all kinds of ways to describe Donald Trump: visionary businessman, vulgar self-promoter, political neophyte."I have to say, I didn't hear anyone describe Donald Trump as a "visionary businessman" during the campaign. (Here's to living in a bubble!) What about "s
  
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• Trump Discusses Overturning Roe v. Wade, Deporting Illegal Immigrants, and More Scary Stuff with 60 Minutes

  14-11-2016 21:32 via thestranger.com
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Lesley Stahl begins by calling the 2016 presidential campaign "interminable"—to which I say: if only it lasted for ever, I had hope during the campaign!—and then she says that "a divided country found all kinds of ways to describe Donald Trump: visionary businessman, vulgar self-promoter, political neophyte."I have to say, I didn't hear anyone describe Donald Trump as a "visionary businessman" during the campaign. (Here's to living in a bubble!) What about "s
  
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• Seattle Students Walk Out of Classrooms in Protest of Trump

  14-11-2016 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger StaffSeattle residents rallied at a "Love Trumps Hate" event in Cal Anderson Park yesterday. JG
  Seattle area students are protesting President-Elect Donald Trump by walking out of classrooms this afternoon. One protest will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Cal Anderson park and the other will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Westlake park, according to the Seattle Times. Two of The Stranger's reporters will be covering the ongoing event.
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• Now is Your Chance to Ask the I502 Architect About Weed

  14-11-2016 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Staff UNDERWORLD | SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  Our own Tobias Coughlin-Bogue is interviewing Alison Holcomb, author of the initiative that legalized weed, and you're invited! Holcomb and Coughlin-Bogue will be nerding out about how to write a legalization bill and how to make it work after it passes. A little more about the event:
  Now is your chance to come bitch at Alison about that 5 nanogram DUI limit, wear a tinfoil hat while peppering us with questions about how the government cooked up I-
  
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• A Swastika Appears in Capitol Hill: "The After Effects of Trump Are Real"

  14-11-2016 20:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThis was quickly painted over by a nearby business owner. Brendan Ng
  On Friday afternoon, Capitol Hill resident Brendan Ng came upon a swastika spray painted on a light pole at the intersection of Mercer and Belmont. He took out his phone and recorded a Facebook Live video. "Words can't really describe how I'm feeling right now," he said grimly."This is a historic LGBTQ neighborhood in Seattle," Ng continued. "Overnight, a swastika has appeared on a light pole... the after effects o
  
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• Tomorrow, the Washington State Supreme Court Will Hear the Case of the Florist Who Denied a Gay Couple Flowers

  14-11-2016 20:55 via thestranger.com
  by Heidi GrooverIn 2013, a florist refused to provide flowers for Curt Freed and Robert Ingersoll's wedding. ACLU
  Tomorrow, exactly one week after Americans elected a presidential administration that threatens the rights of LGBTQ people, the Washington State Supreme Court will hear a case that tests the bounds of state anti-discrimination laws—laws that will, in the face of a Trump/Pence administration, be more important than ever.
  The case in question, which made national news back in 201
  
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• Resist Trump's Hate: Protests, Rallies, and Community Discussions in Seattle This Week

  14-11-2016 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffOn November 14, hundreds of people gathered at Cal Anderson Park for the "Love Trumps Hate" rally. There are many more events like this happening this week in Seattle. Ramon Dompor
  This post has been updated to reflect events happening the week of Nov. 14-20.
  As Ijeoma Oluo wrote, Good Morning, America. Welcome to Your White Supremacy. You can, as Megan Murnane wrote, resist Trump by supporting these crucial organizations—but if you want to get to work, in per
  
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• Rural and Suburban Whites Did Not Vote for Trump Because They Felt "Left Behind"

  14-11-2016 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"Left behind" people often live in houses like this. rSnapshotPhotos/shutterstock.com
  There is now a lot of talk of whites voting for Trump because they have been "left behind." They have been left behind in the American Rustbelt, and they have been left behind (and are flown over) in rural America. There is one big problem with this kind of thinking: Blacks know all about being left behind in this society and yet it was clear to them that Donald Trump was in no way going to mak
  
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• Journalist Gwen Ifill, PBS ‘NewsHour’ co-anchor, dies

  14-11-2016 20:43
  
  The PBS “NewsHour” co-anchor recently had taken leave from her work but hadn’t disclosed her illness. She was 61.
  
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• State senators say their novel ‘two-thirds’ plan will pass constitutional muster, force budget ‘discipline’ by lawmakers

  14-11-2016 20:36
  
  Two Republican state senators have proposed a rule that would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate to increase taxes. The state Supreme Court previously has ruled a two-thirds requirement unconstitutional, but the senators say they have a procedural workaround.
  
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• State senators say their higher bar for raising taxes would be constitutional

  14-11-2016 20:36
  
  Two Republican state senators have proposed a rule that would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate to increase taxes. The state Supreme Court previously has ruled a two-thirds requirement unconstitutional, but the senators say they have a procedural workaround.
  
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• See Photos from Seattle's "Love Trumps Hate" Rally

  14-11-2016 20:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerHundreds of people gathered at Cal Anderson Park Sunday evening to rally against discrimination. RAMON DOMPOR
  Last night, hundreds of people rallied against racism, xenophobia, and sexism at Cal Anderson Park. The rally then moved downtown. No arrests were made, reports Joshua McNichols for KUOW. See our photos from the rally below:
  For a complete listing of future political rallies and community discussions, check out our Resistance calendar.
  Children hold a sign: "No Trump, no h
  
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• Students across region walk out of class to protest election of Trump

  14-11-2016 20:08
  
  Students in several districts including Seattle, Shoreline, Bellevue, Tukwila and Edmonds walked out of their schools Monday for rallies against the outcome of the election. University of Washington, UW Bothell, Seattle Pacific University and Bellevue College students also planned to stage walkouts.
  
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• Seattle-area students walking out of class to protest election of Trump

  14-11-2016 20:08
  
  Students say they feel their voices weren’t heard during the election, even though they’re affected by the outcome. Walkouts are planned in Bellevue, Shoreline, Tukwila and Edmonds as well.
  
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• Seattle-area students walk out of class to protest election of Trump

  14-11-2016 20:08
  
  Students say they feel their voices weren’t heard during the election, even though they’re affected by the outcome. Walkouts are planned in Bellevue, Shoreline, Tukwila and Edmonds as well.
  
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• Insane or just angry? Jury weighing case of Seattle Pacific University shooter

  14-11-2016 20:03
  
  Jurors are being asked to decide whether Aaron Ybarra was legally insane or driven by rage when he killed one student and wounded two others at Seattle Pacific University in 2014.
  
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• Closing arguments under way in trial of Seattle Pacific University shooter

  14-11-2016 20:03
  
  Jurors will be asked to decide whether Aaron Ybarra was mentally ill or driven by rage when he killed one student and wounded two others at Seattle Pacific University in 2014.
  
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• Food News: Little Lago, Lil' Woodys, and Lobster Thermidor

  14-11-2016 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue Colin Bishop/Little Lago
  Little Lago Opens in Former Canal Market Space
  Cafe Lago, making good use of Ericka Burke's recently abandoned Canal Market space, just opened Little Lago. It'll preserve the space's functional, neighborhood-grocery side, while also serving up delicious wood-fired pizzas. There is also Lago's well-loved lasagne.
  Owner Carla Leonardi told Capitol Hill Seattle Blog there'd be a wide variety of community services to boot, including "cooking classes,
  
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• John Oliver: President-Elect Donald Trump Is a "Klan-Backed Misogynist Internet Troll"

  14-11-2016 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica Fu
  Don't get comfortable.
  That was comedian John Oliver's message to viewers last night, when he addressed Donald Trump's shocking presidential win on November 8.
  On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, he summed up his feelings about this election year: "I thought I wanted it to be over but now that it's over I wish it was still going on because it turns out the ending is even worse twenty-fucking-sixteen."
  Oliver reminds viewers of what a Trump presidency entails—from his suppo
  
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• Woman shot in leg near I-5 overpass

  14-11-2016 19:01
  
  The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment, police say. A suspect has not been located.
  
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• Resist Trump By Supporting These Crucial Organizations

  14-11-2016 18:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Megan Murnane Ramon Dompor
  With an impending Trump presidency, we are looking at four years of an administration that seems likely to threaten the health, safety, and security of women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, and immigrants, as well as the long-term health of our planet.
  So where do we go from here? Expect the worst and mobilize to fight back. Here's how you can donate your time and money in the Seattle area to help people and causes who will be most affected by Trump.
  For civi
  
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• US climate envoy: World moving forward with or without US

  14-11-2016 18:44
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The outgoing U.S. climate envoy says China and other countries will stay committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change, regardless of what the next U.S. administration decides. Jonathan Pershing told reporters at U.N. climate talks in Morocco on Monday he doesn’t know what President-elect Donald Trump’s “outlook” on climate policy […]
  
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• Israel to launch major expedition to find Dead Sea Scrolls

  14-11-2016 18:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli antiquities official says Israel is embarking on a major expedition to find more Dead Sea Scrolls. Amir Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority says a government research team will spend the next three years surveying hundreds of desert caves near the Dead Sea, where the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts were […]
  
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• Israel to launch expedition to find more Dead Sea Scrolls

  14-11-2016 18:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is embarking on a major archaeological expedition to find yet undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls, an Israeli antiquities official said Monday. Amir Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority said a government research team will spend the next three years surveying hundreds of caves in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea, the […]
  
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• Last night’s supermoon was stunning — or so we heard

  14-11-2016 18:22
  
  Sky watchers were hoping for a luminescent lunar treat, but clouds hampered Seattle's supermoon view.
  
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• Signs of democracy

  14-11-2016 17:49
  
  Sketched Nov. 9, 2016 It’s easy to feel unsettled when people are protesting in the streets. But as the eternal optimist I am, I expect good to come from all the unrest following last Tuesday’s election. When I saw people marching peacefully downtown to express their opposition to president-elect Donald Trump, I felt grateful for […]
  
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• Billionaires put pop in advocates’ push for soda taxes

  14-11-2016 16:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After years of stamping out soda tax proposals with well-financed campaigns, Big Soda is suddenly finding itself up against bigger adversaries. Voters and lawmakers in five municipalities such as San Francisco and the county that includes Chicago approved special taxes on sugary drinks last week, with advocates saying the victories point […]
  
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• 71 people arrested in Portland anti-Trump protests

  14-11-2016 16:10
  
  Protests continued around the country — and internationally — over the weekend. On Saturday, one person was shot at an anti-Trump rally in Portland.
  
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• Teen stabbed in Marysville street fight, police say

  14-11-2016 15:35
  
  Police said a 17-year-old victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Amid the Darkness of Trump, Che Taylor's Sister DeVitta Briscoe Is Fighting for Change. She Needs Your Help.

  14-11-2016 15:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzDeVitta Briscoe with her son, Donald McCaney, and her brother, Che Taylor. Having lost her son to the streets and her brother to a run-in with the law, she's now gathering signatures for an important citizens initiative on police reform. COURTESY OF DEVITTA BRISCOE
  On September 26, DeVitta Briscoe found herself inside Seattle City Hall, a guest of Mayor Ed Murray. The irony was not lost on her. There she was, the sister of a man killed by Seattle police in February, the mother of a
  
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• Where Sound Transit 3 projects could speed up or slow down

  14-11-2016 15:00
  
  Political energy, less red tape or simpler design can speed projects. So can money, say, from the federal government. Disputes about track alignments, inaccurate cost forecasts, elaborate stations or tunnels, or a recession can create delays.
  
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• Battle brews in Bellevue over sheltering the homeless

  14-11-2016 15:00
  
  Backers say they have the perfect place for a men’s shelter with scores of transitional housing units. But some neighbors worry because the plan would allow men who have criminal records or problems with addiction.
  
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• 2016 on track for hottest year on record

  14-11-2016 12:08
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says 2016 is set to break the record for the hottest year since measurements began in the 19th century. The World Meteorological Organization said Monday that preliminary data through October shows global average temperatures this year are 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. That’s […]
  
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• Seahawks Beat Trump-Supporting Patriots, So Why Isn’t Everything Better Now?

  14-11-2016 09:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Seahawks Beat Trump-Supporting Patriots, So Why Isn’t Everything Better Now?by Spike FriedmanA sad little Seahawks fan Nate Gowdy
  It was hard as fuck to watch this Seahawks game in the wake of Tuesday’s election. Sports exist as a proxy for real world emotion, but I don’t have any interest in wasting the energy that I have after the election on despising Tom Brady. Hating Tom Brady feels quaint and pointless right now. Moving on to root for the Seahawks felt eerie and false.
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• Brightest moon in almost 69 years lights up sky around globe

  14-11-2016 07:02
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The brightest moon in almost 69 years is lighting up the sky in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon known as the supermoon reached its peak luminescence in North America before dawn on Monday. Its zenith in Asia and the South Pacific was Monday night. Across the international […]
  
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• International students surging at state colleges, but will it last in Trump era?

  14-11-2016 06:02
  
  The enrollment of international students grew at Washington colleges and universities in 2015, and foreign students also spent $825 million in this state. But some already wonder if the Trump presidency will mean a drop-off.
  
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• International students surging at state colleges, but will it last?

  14-11-2016 06:02
  
  The enrollment of international students grew at Washington colleges and universities in 2015, and foreign students also spent $825 million in this state. But some already wonder if the Trump presidency will mean a drop-off.
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle Rallies Against Xenophobia and Racism, Students with Disabilites Confined in WA Schools

  14-11-2016 05:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufImportant reminders from the rally against xenophobia and racism at Cal Anderson Park. SB
  Washington Children Are Being Confined in School at Alarming Rates: Per state law, this practice is legal, but schools have been failing at adequately tracking the incidents, Ellie Silverman of The Seattle Times reports. One student who has a developmental disability was confined alone in a room at Bellingham's Sehome High School 617 times in six months—about six times per school day
  
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• Supermoon to light up sky beginning Monday morning

  14-11-2016 05:21
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon known as the supermoon will reach its most luminescent in North America before dawn on Monday, although bad weather in the Pacific Northwest will likely obscure […]
  
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• Peaceful anti-Trump marchers in Seattle say activism is just beginning

  14-11-2016 04:47
  
  Hundreds rallied at Cal Anderson Park, then marched through Seattle to Westlake Center downtown to protest and “mourn” the election of Donald Trump.
  
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