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• Seattle resists a Trump presidency: What it could cost us, and him

  16-11-2016 23:53
  
  Seattle is preparing to resist Donald Trump.  Resistance carries costs for the city, but extreme policies are likely to be a black mark on and bleed support from the 45th president. 
  
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• Today Only: Download Rebecca Solnit's Book on Activism for Free

  16-11-2016 23:32
  
  by Rich SmithSolnit, bookspreading.Adrian Mendoza
  Until 9:00 p.m. PST tonight, Haymarket is offering a free ebook of Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities.
  The book, which has recently been reissued with a new forward and afterward, is a collection of brief essays about recent successful actions that don't haven't received much attention or that have been seen as secondary to a larger narrative. She touches, to name a few examples, on the fall of the Berlin Wall
  
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• Two Students Arrested During Rally Against Trump Have Been Released

  16-11-2016 23:01
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufStudents from across Seattle marched in downtown on Monday night. ASK
  High school students from across Seattle took to the streets on Monday afternoon to protest the racism and xenophobia upheld by Donald Trump's election last week. Students marched from Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park to Westlake in downtown as part of a nationwide walkout. The demonstrations made local and national headlines.
  One fact local media latched onto: that Seattle police officers arrested three peop
  
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• As Senate Democrats Reorganize, Patty Murray, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren Assume Leadership Positions

  16-11-2016 22:02
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle"When you lose an election like his," New York Senator Chuck Schumer said this morning, "you can't flinch, you can't ignore it, you need to look it right in the eye and ask why, analyze it, and learn from it."
  First thing. Have you read Elizabeth Warren's letter to Donald Trump? It's great:
  The American people are watching to see if you were sincere in your campaign promises to look out for the interests of working families, rather than the interests of the rich and power
  
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• Jewish Federation 'strongly objects' to Bannon as White House chief strategist

  16-11-2016 21:53
  
  The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, itself victim of a hate crime -- a mass shooting in 2006 -- "strongly objects" to appointment of alt-right leader Stephen Bannon as chief White House strategist.  So do six U.S. House members from Washington.
  
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• A Vitamin That Blocks Reality? Yes, Please. Pretty Please?

  16-11-2016 21:32
  
  by Jennifer Campbell
  This pill shields you from the reality of Trump's America, and from Bernie bros—with just one dose! Thanks, She Won A-Day! (Just kidding: Even a powerful multivitamin can't fix this nightmare—we must act.)
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• Senator Patty Murray Endorses Initiative to Enable Prosecutions of Cops Who Unjustly Kill

  16-11-2016 21:31
  
  by Ansel HerzWashington Senator Patty Murray is the latest high profile endorser of the citizen initiative.Senate.gov
  Just before the election, Washington Senator Patty Murray endorsed statewide Initiative 873, which would change Washington's extreme law on police killings—the law that makes it virtually impossible to prosecute officers who unjustly kill. The law includes an unusual clause requiring prosecutors to prove an officer acted out of "malice"—an insurmountable burden, accor
  
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• Aaron Ybarra Found Guilty of Murder in SPU Shooting

  16-11-2016 21:17
  
  by Ansel HerzThe 2014 shooting, cut short by a heroic student who tackled the gunman, left one person dead. Kelly O
  KING 5: A jury has convicted Aaron Ybarra for fatally shooting a student and wounding two others at Seattle Pacific University in 2014.
  The King County jury found Ybarra, 29, guilty of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and one account of assault for the attack at Seattle Pacific University that killed 19-year-old Paul Lee.
  Ybarra had pleaded not guilty by reason
  
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• Murray gets No. 3 post in Democratic Senate leadership

  16-11-2016 20:35
  
  Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gets No. 3 post in Senate Democratic leadership, vows to resist "tooth and nail" divisive Trump policies.  Other Washington lawmakers are steeling for battle.
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Every Recreational Weed Store in Seattle Organized by Neighborhood. You're Welcome.

  16-11-2016 20:28
  
  by The Stranger COURTESY OF GANJA GODDESS
  It wasn't long ago that recreational cannabis was illegal in this state. Then came legalization. At first, a very poky bureaucratic process of approving licenses for retailers meant stores were few and far between. But now? Now Seattle rivals Amsterdam in terms of quality and convenience of cannabis stories. What stores are in your neighborhood? What makes each store unique? We sent Stranger reporters into every store in the city to have a look around, a
  
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• Art After Trump: Shows to Calm You Down and Shows to Rile You Up

  16-11-2016 20:16
  
  by Jen GravesMKNZ at Glass Box: An expansive show that offers safety to those who need it.Glass BoxDon't stay home. You're going to need two kinds of art in the days and months to come. You're going to need the kind that calms you down and the kind that riles you up. As New York artist Marilyn Minter told Artnet.com, if you don't want to see a Trump elected again, here are your operating instructions: "Feel the pain, until it passes thru you. Regroup, get angry, get tough, take notes."
  You won't
  
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• Ybarra found guilty of Seattle Pacific University shootings

  16-11-2016 20:09
  
  The man who opened fire at Seattle Pacific University in 2014, killing one student and wounding two others, was convicted Wednesday.
  
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• Aaron Ybarra found guilty of first-degree murder in Seattle Pacific University shooting

  16-11-2016 20:09
  
  The King County jury determined Aaron Ybarra was not legally insane at the time of the June 2014 shooting, finding he knew what he was doing when he killed one student and wounded two others.
  
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• Washington jobless rate finally sees significant drop

  16-11-2016 19:41
  
  The Seattle area, meanwhile, continued to see its ranks of unemployed dwindle as the unemployment rate tightened to 3.8 percent.
  
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• Patty Murray elected No. 3 Senate Democrat, cites ‘tough road ahead’

  16-11-2016 19:37
  
  U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has been elected to the No. 3 position among Senate Democrats, named assistant Democratic leader.
  
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• Patty Murray elected 3rd-ranking Democrat in Senate

  16-11-2016 19:37
  
  U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has been elected to the No. 3 position among Senate Democrats, named assistant Democratic leader.
  
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• Pluto’s frozen heart may hide underground ocean

  16-11-2016 19:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Evidence is mounting for an ocean at Pluto, buried beneath its frozen heart. Scientists said Wednesday that Pluto may have rolled over on its axis eons ago, the result of tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon. The extra weight of an underground sea is the most likely explanation, they said. […]
  
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• Pluto’s frozen heart may hide slushy underground ocean

  16-11-2016 19:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Evidence is mounting for an ocean of slushy water at Pluto, buried beneath its frozen heart. Scientists said Wednesday that Pluto may have rolled over on its axis eons ago, the result of tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon. They say an underground sea is the most likely explanation. These […]
  
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• The First Time I Tried Dabbing, I Couldn't Believe How High I Got

  16-11-2016 19:20
  
  by Lester Black ANDREW ROBERTS
  I have never seen someone smoke crack, but the first time I saw someone smoking a dab, I definitely thought that's what they were doing. The process involved a blowtorch, a metal piece, and some kind of waxy substance. The smoker took a huge hit and was immediately knocked into the kind of stuttering high usually reserved for drugs more illicit than pot.
  After being assured it was really just cannabis, I decided to try it. My friend put the bong in front of me, lit
  
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• Queer Science! Love as Survival

  16-11-2016 19:00
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneHumans are wired to respond to other humans' distress with the release of a hormone that makes us more generous. SB
  Today's queer science is going to be about love and survival.
  The Connection Between Oxytocin and Empathy
  There's a study floating around that I've seen mentioned several times this week, and it's not hard to understand why. The study supposedly concludes that people with medical conditions that suppress the release of oxytocin (a.k.a. the "love" hormone because
  
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• Relentless smoke spreads fear at edge of southern wildfires

  16-11-2016 18:41
  
  TIGER, Ga. (AP) — Thick smoke has settled over a wide area of the southern Appalachians, where dozens of uncontrolled wildfires are burning through decades of leaf litter, making people breathe in tiny bits of the forest with every gulp of air. It’s a constant reminder of the threat to many small mountain communities, where […]
  
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• Here's What's Going to Happen to Your Healthcare

  16-11-2016 18:29
  by Megan BurbankRepealing Obamacare is going to take a while. Still, getting an IUD is never a BAD idea. Zimmerman Creative / iStock
  Panicked about losing your healthcare coverage or affordable birth control under the incoming Douchebag in Chief? Aren't we all? It's terrifying that the incoming president is actually treating "take away healthcare, the thing that keeps people alive" as a line-item on his hateful to-do list. But he is. So I looked into what we can actually expect over the next mon
  
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• The Morning News: Police Chief, County Executive Promise to Defy Trump on Immigration

  16-11-2016 17:37
  
  by Heidi GrooverSeattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole says the department's policies dealing with undocumented immigrants will not change under a Trump administration.City of Seattle
  "The Policies of the Seattle Police Department Regarding Immigration Status Will Not Change." Those were the words of Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole last night promising SPD officers will not ask people in Seattle for documentation for the purpose of deporting them. "As affirmed by Mayor Murray, the City of S
  
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• Police search for dump truck after crash on I-5 in Olympia injured one

  16-11-2016 17:37
  
  Northbound traffic on I-5 in Olympia was backed up for miles.
  
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• NASA astronaut on verge of becoming oldest woman in space

  16-11-2016 17:37
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is on the verge of becoming the oldest woman in space. Whitson will be 56 when she rockets off the planet Thursday. She’ll celebrate her 57th birthday on the International Space Station. That’s a far cry from John Glenn’s space shuttle flight at age 77 and […]
  
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• Yellowstone grizzly bears could be removed from endangered list as population tops 700

  16-11-2016 17:30
  
  Fewer protections could open the door for potential hunting seasons.
  
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• Yellowstone grizzlies could be removed from endangered list as population tops 700

  16-11-2016 17:30
  
  Fewer protections could open the door for potential hunting seasons.
  
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• Snohomish County pays $14.3M to man who lost legs in crash involving deputy

  16-11-2016 17:14
  
  A sheriff’s deputy allegedly ran a stop sign, causing the wreck that injured Tom Gillette.
  
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• The Resistance: How to Defeat Donald Trump's Plot Against America

  16-11-2016 17:08
  
  by Stranger StaffFIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE: Seattle middle and high school students take to the streets. Nate Gowdy
  When Khizr Khan stood at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia earlier this year and said directly to Donald Trump, "Have you even read the United States Constitution?" he was asking the right question.
  It remains the right question.
  Trump has stated plainly that he wants to ban Muslims from entering the United States and hopes to persecute Muslim citizens, people of His
  
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• US cancels energy leases in Montana area sacred to Blackfeet

  16-11-2016 16:48
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials cancelled 15 oil and gas leases on Wednesday in an area bordering Glacier National Park that’s considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada. The cancellation was aimed at preserving the Badger-Two Medicine area, a largely-undeveloped, 130,000-acre wilderness that is the site of the creation story […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: US cancels energy leases in sacred area

  16-11-2016 16:48
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials are canceling 15 oil and gas leases in an area bordering Glacier National Park that’s considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada, according to details of a planned Wednesday announcement obtained in advance by The Associated Press. The cancellation would preserve the 130,000-acre Badger-Two Medicine […]
  
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• Seattle police will support mayor’s ‘sanctuary city’ commitment, chief says

  16-11-2016 16:30
  
  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole said the department’s policy on enforcement of federal immigration laws remains in place, despite a Trump presidency.
  
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• Seattle police will not help deport immigrants, chief says

  16-11-2016 16:30
  
  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole said the department’s policy on enforcement of federal immigration laws remains in place, despite a Trump presidency.
  
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• No rehearsal? No problem. The vertiginous solo play ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’

  16-11-2016 15:41
  
  “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour — part theater experiment, part social experiment — requires each night’s actor to know nothing about the script before the show begins.
  
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• State recalls plan for Every Student Succeeds Act, frustrating parents and teachers

  16-11-2016 15:01
  
  Within hours of posting a draft plan to comply with a new federal education law, state officials pulled the document from its website and faced criticism from parents and teachers demanding more time to review it.
  
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• How Capt. James Cook’s intricate 1778 records reveal global warming today in Arctic

  16-11-2016 15:00
  
  British explorer Capt. James Cook is usually associated with the tropics, but records from his 1778 voyage north reveal the extent of the Arctic ice pack and contrast with today’s ice-free summer route through the Northwest Passage.
  
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• ‘8-lane highway’ on Seattle’s waterfront? Critics challenge post-viaduct Alaskan Way

  16-11-2016 15:00
  
  Three groups are challenging the city’s Alaskan Way surface-street plan — including a Pioneer Square group that says an “eight-lane highway” is too wide to walk across.
  
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• ‘8-lane highway’ in Pioneer Square? Critics challenge Seattle waterfront’s post-Viaduct Alaskan Way

  16-11-2016 15:00
  
  Three groups are challenging the city’s Alaskan Way surface-street plan — including a Pioneer Square group that says an “eight-lane highway” is too wide to walk across.
  
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• ‘8-lane highway’ for Seattle’s future Alaskan Way challenged

  16-11-2016 15:00
  
  Three groups are challenging the city’s Alaskan Way surface-street plan — including a Pioneer Square group that says an “eight-lane highway” is too wide to walk across.
  
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• US envoy Kerry says failing to fight climate change would be a “moral failure, a betrayal of devastating consequences”

  16-11-2016 14:52
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — US envoy Kerry says failing to fight climate change would be a “moral failure, a betrayal of devastating consequences”
  
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• Dartmouth students who caused dormitory fire seek 2nd chance

  16-11-2016 14:44
  
  HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Two former Dartmouth College students say they’ve been expelled for causing a dorm fire last month, and they’re asking for a second chance. Sebastian Lim and Daniel Ro say in an online petition they want to “publicly apologize” for the Oct. 1 fire. Fire officials said an unattended hibachi-style grill on […]
  
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• Kerry: ‘Overwhelming majority’ in US back Paris climate deal

  16-11-2016 14:41
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says an “overwhelming majority” of Americans know that climate change is happening and want the U.S. to honor its commitments under the Paris climate agreement. Speaking at a U.N. climate conference in Marrakech, Kerry praised the Paris deal as a framework that is “built to […]
  
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• Kerry: Obama’s climate change targets won’t be reversed

  16-11-2016 14:41
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a stirring appeal Wednesday to all countries — including his own — to press ahead with the fight against climate change, saying a failure to do so would be a “betrayal of devastating consequences.” Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Kerry’s speech at the […]
  
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• US envoy John Kerry says overwhelming majority of Americans want US to keep commitments in Paris climate deal

  16-11-2016 14:29
  
  MARRAKESH, Morocco (AP) — US envoy John Kerry says overwhelming majority of Americans want US to keep commitments in Paris climate deal.
  
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• Prince William urges Vietnam to fight wildlife trade

  16-11-2016 14:21
  
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Britain’s Prince William urged Vietnam’s leaders on Wednesday to step up the fight against wildlife trafficking, the main theme of his first visit to the Communist country. The prince, who is president of United for Wildlife, met Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh before […]
  
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• AP Interview: UN chief Ban says Trump is changing, slowly

  16-11-2016 13:35
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he’s observed a change in Donald Trump’s rhetoric following the election and that he and the president-elect have agreed to meet face-to-face. In an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, Ban said Trump is showing signs of slowly pulling back from his tough statements during a […]
  
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• We Saw You Crying, Protesting, Fighting

  16-11-2016 13:00
  
  We Saw You Crying, Protesting, Fightingby Stranger StaffWe saw you, an entire city, walking around shell-shocked on the night of Tuesday, November 8. For a day afterward, it was a city of tears, until the tears gave way to fury. Protesters filled the streets on Wednesday night, gaining force as they walked from downtown to Westlake Park and continued onward to the University District and then back to the Space Needle. In other cities, too, thousands of people gathered, blocking highways, shoutin
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Every Recreational Weed Store in Seattle

  16-11-2016 13:00
  
  A Guide to Every Recreational Weed Store in Seattle—Organized by Neighborhoodby The StrangerIt wasn't long ago that recreational cannabis was illegal in this state. Then came legalization. At first, a very poky bureaucratic process of approving licenses for retailers meant stores were few and far between. But now? Now Seattle rivals Amsterdam in terms of quality and convenience of cannabis stories. What stores are in your neighborhood? What makes each store unique? We sent Stranger reporte
  
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• Loving Isn’t Enough

  16-11-2016 13:00
  
  Loving Isn’t Enoughby Ned LannamannThis is a heck of a time for a movie like Loving. The historical drama/romance, from director Jeff Nichols, examines the lives of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial Virginia couple who were jailed for their marriage, and who won a 1967 Supreme Court case that declared any existing laws prohibiting interracial marriages as unconstitutional. It’s a story of civil rights, of the power and persistence of love, of the victory of human decency ove
  
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• Fantastic Beasts: Will Somebody Crucio Eddie Redmayne?

  16-11-2016 13:00
  
  Fantastic Beasts: Will Somebody Crucio Eddie Redmayne?by Bobby Roberts"I'm annoying," says Eddie Redmayne to Dan Fogler in the opening half-hour of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a five-part Harry Potter prequel series. Redmayne ain’t lying. “Annoying” is the perfect term for his portrayal of Fantastic Beasts’ hero, Newt Scamander, a shrugging, slumping sack of stammers and tics. He’s like Doctor Who with gout, and yet—just like the good
  
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