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• Meanwhile On Our Nation's Television Screens: Are Jews People?

  21-11-2016 23:51 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThis just happened on @CNN: Are Jews People? pic.twitter.com/SZD4mr1Vqc
  — Maia Efrem (@maiaefrem) November 21, 2016
  Good fucking God. Also, what he said:
  Genuinely curious about the conversations now happening at Trump-Kushner's synagogue. https://t.co/dP8qdMxSBh
  — Stephen Marche (@StephenMarche) November 21, 2016
  And meanwhile in our nation's capitol...By the time Richard B. Spencer, the leading ideologue of the alt-right movement and the final speaker of the night, ros
  
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• WA Rep. Suzan DelBene Introduces Bill to Ban Registration Based on Religion

  21-11-2016 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufAlthough President-elect Donald Trump has yet to officially take office—thank goodness—he's already making scary moves such as blocking press access and making some unnerving cabinet appointments, including a man with ties to white nationalists, and another with a history of making racist comments.Courtesy of Suzan DelBene's office One of his administration's scariest suggestions: creating a national registry for Muslims, based on a "precedent" of World War II's Jap
  
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• Doug Baldwin Is the Second Seahawks Player to Call for Change in Washington's State Law on Police Killings

  21-11-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel Herz"It's the right thing to do." dean bertoncelj/Gino Santa Maria / Shutterstock.com
  Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin testified in favor of reforming Washington's state law on police deadly force in Olympia today, citing his father's history as a Florida police officer. "He knew the decisions he made had an impact," Baldwin said. "This is a journey to find solutions."A Washington state law currently requires prosecutors to make a two-pronged argument if they are going to prosecute c
  
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• Man wounded in Rainier Beach shooting

  21-11-2016 23:05
  
  Seattle police are searching for a suspect.
  
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• Man wounded in Rainier Beach drive-by shooting

  21-11-2016 23:05
  
  Seattle police say the victim was likely a bystander and not the intended target of gunfire between two vehicles.
  
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• Marijuana supplier sentenced to 31 years for killing dispensary worker near Renton

  21-11-2016 22:59
  
  As a result of what prosecutors called a "merciless killing," a former marijuana supplier was sentenced to 31 years in prison Friday for the 2014 beating and slaying of a dispensary worker outside of Renton.
  
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• DelBene bill would block any registry of Muslims

  21-11-2016 22:52
  
   No religious registry, says legislation introduced by Rep. DelBene and others, in response to reports that the Trump administration is studying a registry of Muslims..
  
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• Resistance & Solidarity Events in Seattle This Week: November 21-27, 2016

  21-11-2016 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff Ramon Dompor
  As Eli Sanders wrote last week, "We must act. Now we resist. We speak. We write. We protest. We defend the rights of others as we would defend our own." You can, as Megan Murnane wrote, resist Trump by supporting these crucial organizations—but if you want to get to work, in person, and make your voice heard, check out the following protests, vigils, and community organizing meetings happening around Seattle this week. We're guessing more events
  
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• For Trump and GOP, ‘Obamacare’ repeal is complex and risky

  21-11-2016 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Here’s the idea: Swiftly pass a repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. Then approve legislation restructuring the nation’s huge and convoluted health care system — despite Republican divisions, Democratic opposition and millions of jittery […]
  
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• Watch the Trailer for Netflix's New Barack Obama Biopic, "Barry"

  21-11-2016 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica Fu
  Netflix has released the trailer for its new Barack Obama biopic, Barry. Set in the 1981, the film depicts the college-age president-to-be, played by Devon Terrell, as he moves to New York City and begins his junior year at Columbia University. Featuring an unassuming title and a handsome cast, the movie will present formative moments of young Obama's life and suggest how they shaped the politician he became.
  Here's the synopsis:In a crime-ridden and racially charged environment, B
  
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• Resistance & Solidarity Events This Week

  21-11-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Political Activism In The Wake of The Electionby Stranger Things To Do StaffAs Eli Sanders wrote last week, "We must act. Now we resist. We speak. We write. We protest. We defend the rights of others as we would defend our own." You can, as Megan Murnane wrote, resist Trump by supporting these crucial organizations—but if you want to get to work, in person, and make your voice heard, check out the following protests, vigils, and community organizing meetings happening around Seattle this w
  
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• Washington tribes urge that Obama stop, reroute Dakota Access Pipeline

  21-11-2016 21:47
  
  After police used fire hoses and tear gas on protesters in North Dakota, more than two dozen Washington tribes have written President Obama, urging that he stop construction and reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  
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• Washington tribes demand that Obama stop, reroute Dakota Access Pipeline

  21-11-2016 21:47
  
  After police used water cannons and tear gas on protesters in North Dakota, more than two dozen Washington tribes have written President Obama, urging that he stop construction and reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  
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• Quarter-mile walk from light rail to Sea-Tac could get a little cozier

  21-11-2016 21:38
  
  Wind barriers and radiant heaters are part of a $3.5 million plan to shield the walkway from the elements.
  
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• Five Places to Eat Out on Thanksgiving

  21-11-2016 21:36 via thestranger.com
  Picks From Our Food Criticby Tobias Coughlin-BogueAh, Thanksgiving, the king of holidays. When else does society urge you to devote an entire day to drinking, preparing an epic feast with your family, and then lying around in stupefaction for 36 hours afterwards? Not often enough, truly.
  But, not everyone can celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional, football-and-family fashion. Some of you have dickheaded Republican bigots for family, and are boycotting them in protest this year. Some of you l
  
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• Task force recommends changing state law on police use of deadly force

  21-11-2016 21:31
  
  A state task force Monday voted to urge changes to a Washington law that shields law enforcement from prosecution after officers kill people. The vote came hours after Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin joined others in Olympia in calling for change.
  
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• Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin calls for Washington to change state law on police use of deadly force

  21-11-2016 21:31
  
  On Monday, Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin called for changes to a Washington law that protects law-enforcement officers from prosecution after they kill people. A task force in Olympia is working on recommendations.
  
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• Get used to heat records; study predicts far more in future

  21-11-2016 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study predicts daily heat records are going to be broken far more often than cold ones in the United States. Normally, the nation sets about the same number of hot and cold records over several years. But that’s not happening with more than twice as many heat records than cold […]
  
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• Presidential ballot snubbed by more than 11 percent of those voting in state

  21-11-2016 21:05
  
  A total of 386,179 Washington voters who mailed in ballots -- 11.7 percent of the state's electorate -- did not vote for President.
  
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• Presidential ballot snubbed by more than 11 percent of state voters

  21-11-2016 21:05
  
  A total of 386,179 Washington voters who mailed in ballots -- 11.7 percent of the state's electorate -- did not vote for President.
  
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• Long Beach could come back into play on next round of razor clam digs scheduled to begin this Saturday

  21-11-2016 21:00
  
  A big wish that many razor clam enthusiasts would like for the winter holidays is Long Beach to reopen for digging, and that hope could be known by Tuesday (Nov. 22). “Long Beach is back in the running, and all the most recent tests showed the marine toxin levels were just barely under the action […]
  
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• American Music Awards Remind Us America Had Lousy Taste Long Before the Election

  21-11-2016 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkWelcome back to a world in which things are so fucked that Green Day once again qualifies as political.
  Nothing like an awards show (or a presidential election) to make you question the taste of the masses.
  Sure, the 2016 American Music Awards were “relevant” in the broadest sense of the term, assembling all the hottest Top 40 pop stars into one fancy theater and handing out glass plaques to the highest charters. But none of the music I listen to on purpose was represe
  
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• Women’s abortion worries start anew in Trump’s America

  21-11-2016 20:41
  
  In his “60 Minutes” interview, President-elect Donald Trump called marriage equality “irrelevant,” because it had been decided in the Supreme Court. Here’s a little history lesson about Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Man accused of stabbing cousin in Edmonds

  21-11-2016 20:17
  
  The victim and suspect share a home in Edmonds, police say.
  
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• Skip the Family Drama and the Dirty Dishes and Just Dine Out on Thanksgiving

  21-11-2016 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueThis is not a dish you'll have to wash. Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock.com
  Ah, Thanksgiving, the king of holidays. When else does society urge you to devote an entire day to drinking, preparing an epic feast with your family, and then lying around in stupefaction for 36 hours afterwards? Not often enough, truly.
  But, not everyone can celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional, football-and-family fashion. Some of you have dickheaded Republican bigots for family, and are boyco
  
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• Seattle Is a Literal Refuge for Young, Working Immigrants Suddenly Facing the Risk of Deportation

  21-11-2016 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzDulce Sigüenza: "I’ve been nothing but involved in my community." Courtesy of Dulce SigüenzaTwenty-two-year-old Dulce Sigüenza vividly remembers the day President Barack Obama announced a major executive immigration reform, known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—even as he deported record numbers of immigrants. It was the day she graduated from high school.“I remember being excited,” Sigüenza says. “The fa
  
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• Oregon parks sell out of campsites for August solar eclipse

  21-11-2016 19:33
  
  Eclipse chasers book up campsites within an hour; no plans for parks in Washington state, which isn’t in the path of totality.
  
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• Economist Alan Harvey on What Donald Trump's Presidency Might Do to the Dollar

  21-11-2016 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Jenny Jimenez
  Economist Alan Harvey is the executive director of the Institute for Dynamic Economic Analysis (IDEA), a Seattle-based organization that seeks to reform a broken discipline. His 2012 book Demand Side Economics: Demand Side Minds talks about economics from the perspective of the people rather than the producers, and you should read it now because it will help you understand exactly why the economic policies of our president-elect—like corporate tax cuts&mdash
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Every Weed Store in Capitol Hill & Central District

  21-11-2016 18:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger THE STRANGER
  Ruckus1465 E Republican St, 206-257-4805, daily 8 am–11:45 pm
  From December 2015 to October 2016, Ruckus was the only weed store on Capitol Hill. The space is tiny, but the aesthetics are on point: walls filled with paintings, drawings, old-timey portraits, and collage art, plus cabinets stocked with curios sure to delight and beguile. The cannabis products are in two countertop glass cabinets that look like they used to hold rare butterfly specimens.
  The space
  
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• Announcing the HUMP! 2016 Awards

  21-11-2016 18:32 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  Before we get to the winners...
  Showing up to host HUMP! last Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after Donald Trump won the election, was difficult. Like everyone at On the Boards that night—like the majority of Americans who voted on Tuesday—I was still reeling from the results. But after welcoming everyone to HUMP!, and after walking everyone through HUMP's big three rules (no cell phones, no assholes, have fun), and after apologizing for all the "Make America Great
  
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• Protect the Most Vulnerable Americans

  21-11-2016 18:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Trump's presidency will bring policies that will harm those who have already been fighting just to survive.by Heidi GrooverIf cities are to lead the resistance against Trump's effort to dismantle everything we city dwellers believe in, then we must start by protecting the most vulnerable. Trump's presidency will bring policies that will harm those who have already been fighting just to survive: people of color, undocumented immigrants, Muslims, people seeking safe abortions, trans and gender non
  
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• Bill Gates and a Swiss fragrance company battle the stink of poop

  21-11-2016 18:17
  
  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with a Swiss fragrance company to make a perfume that masks the smell of poop.
  
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• Our Resistance & Solidarity Calendar

  21-11-2016 18:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Resist Hate At These Rallies, Organizing Meetings, And Other Post-Election Eventsby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• California rain forces river rescue; mountains set for snow

  21-11-2016 18:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters using boats rescued four people trapped on an island of the raging Los Angeles River early Monday after a storm gorged waterways and led to warnings of unsavory ocean conditions and snowy mountain roads that could hamper Thanksgiving plans. Two men and two women, believed to be transients, got stuck […]
  
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• 4 rescued as autumn storms bring rain, snow to California

  21-11-2016 18:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A team of firefighters using boats rescued four people trapped on an island of the raging Los Angeles River early Monday after a storm gorged rivers and knocked out power to thousands of utility customers. The two men and two women, believed to be transients, ended up trapped on the island […]
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle Is Home to a Fake News Site and Too Many Reckless Drivers

  21-11-2016 18:00 via thestranger.com
  by Ana Sofia KnaufAt 19, Bryce moved to Seattle to be with his best friend.
  Riding in Eastlake bike lane, both were hit by dump truck.Bryce died. #WDR2016 pic.twitter.com/YUmIaXBdmg— Seattle Greenways (@SNGreenways) November 21, 2016Wondering What Those White Silhouettes Are Around Town? They're ghosts of a sort. The human-shaped silhouettes are being placed throughout the city as part of the World Day of Remembrance, which honors the memories of people killed or injured in traffic acciden
  
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• Make Cities Equitable to Beat Trump

  21-11-2016 17:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Liberty. Equality. Diversity. Those are urban ideals. But our cities don't always live up to those ideals.by Jen GravesLiberty. Equality. Diversity. Those are urban ideals. But our cities don't always live up to those ideals.In 2015, the Brookings Institution crunched US Census data and found 24 of the 50 largest American cities got whiter between 2010 and 2014. But whiteness still means wealth, so Seattle is losing livability by the second.A city puts you next to people unlike you, and that is
  
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• Resist Trump and His Long-Con Against the Middle Class

  21-11-2016 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Best believe this will hurt poor and middle-class people, many of whom are in the rural areas, most of whom voted for Trump.by Charles MudedeMo Money, Mo Problems Tracy O via Flickr and Creative CommonsThe people who are about to control all of the major political institutions in the United States are going to make life extremely miserable for the people who put them in power.The people about to take power want fast cash in the form of speculation, derivatives, debt, leveraged buyouts, and share
  
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• Yakima homeless camp closed

  21-11-2016 17:35
  
  “Tent City” has stood at South Third and East Walnut streets since July. City officials set a deadline for its closure and a process for former residents to claim any belongings left behind.
  
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• The American Monster

  21-11-2016 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Donald Trump is the white supremacist ideology coded in our country’s DNA.by Sydney BrownstoneRemember, too: This country was founded by white male slave owners on stolen land. He is what America always was.Donald Trump is the white supremacist ideology coded in our country’s DNA. He was there at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, declaring Black people to be three-fifths human. He was there a century later, arguing that Native Americans needed to be removed from their ancestral lan
  
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• Kidnapped Kennewick woman found dead, authorities say

  21-11-2016 17:31
  
  Sandra Harris’s body was found Sunday on a roadside, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. She had been kidnapped for ransom on Friday.
  
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• The American City Is a Machine That Kills Fascism

  21-11-2016 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  This is the American city. You are fortunate to be here, inside one of the most powerful machines we have for defeating fascists.by Dan SavageMost likely you are reading this from inside a city. Most likely you have been feeling despair and doubt and fear. Most likely you have wondered if this can still be your country, too.Yes, it can.Look out the window of your micro-apartment or new town house or aging wood-shingled home. Look at the faces of the people sitting with you in the cafe, or bar, o
  
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• Donate Money in Support of Legal Pot, Abortion Rights, and Marriage Equality

  21-11-2016 17:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Reproductive care clinics are bracing for an influx of patients.by Christopher FrizzelleIt used to be that every 50 minutes in Washington State, someone was arrested for cannabis possession. Nine out of 10 of those arrests were people of color, even though more than twice as many white people smoke weed as people of color. Legal weed is a social-justice issue. It's an incarceration issue. It's an issue we need to prevent President Trump and his racist henchmen from turning back the clock on. Sto
  
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• The 21 Best Concerts This Week

  21-11-2016 17:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Car Seat Headrest, Sloucher, Industrial Revelation, And More Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our music critics have picked everything from a smooth bluesman for the ages, to a relentless California punk legacy, to what could possibly be the future of local indie rock.NOVEMBER 21Seu Jorge Presents: The Life Aquatic, A Tribute to David BowieEven if he didn’t also act, the late David Bowie’s genre-spanning music would still have found its way into countless motion
  
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• Strong, Smart, Loud: Hillary Clinton Is Everything We Have Been Taught Women Should Not Be

  21-11-2016 17:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tricia Romano
  Who would you rather have running the country? The most qualified presidential candidate ever to run for office who happens to be a woman... or (check all that apply):
  __ a racist.
  __ a bigot.
  __ a misogynist.
  __ a tax dodger.
  __ a billionaire who's declared bankruptcy multiple times.
  __ a man who has never held public office.
  __a man who makes fun of disabled people.
  __ a man who "grabs women by the pussy."
  __ a man who might not be able to read.
  __ all of the above.
  Anyone but
  
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• How Kellogg worked with “independent experts” to tout cereal

  21-11-2016 17:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — On its website, Kellogg touted a “Breakfast Council” of “independent experts” who helped guide the company’s nutritional efforts. Nowhere did it say this: The maker of Froot Loops paid the council members and fed them talking points, according to a copy of a contract and emails obtained by The Associated Press. […]
  
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• Before you volunteer on Thanksgiving, read this

  21-11-2016 17:04
  
  Several organizations have already reached capacity for Thanksgiving volunteers, so check before you just show and consider these other ways to give back.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Is Everything We Have Been Taught Women Should Not Be

  21-11-2016 17:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Strong, Smart, Loud: Hillary Clinton Is Everything We Have Been Taught Women Should Not Beby Tricia Romano
  Who would you rather have running the country? The most qualified presidential candidate ever to run for office who happens to be a woman... or (check all that apply):__ a racist.__ a bigot.__ a misogynist.__ a tax dodger.__ a billionaire who's declared bankruptcy multiple times.__ a man who has never held public office.__ a man who makes fun of disabled people.__ a man who "grabs women by
  
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• Police in Trump's America

  21-11-2016 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel Herz The Stranger
  Here's what Mayor Ed Murray's declaration that Seattle will remain a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants means: It means that in Seattle, it will keep being against city law for police to ask someone's immigration status unless there's reasonable suspicion they committed a crime. It means police won't be profiling and rounding up suspected immigrants, checking them for identification, and deporting them—not if Murray can do anything about it.
  Sergeant Sean
  
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• Seattle Times, Oregonian win Blethen Awards for distinguished reporting

  21-11-2016 16:00
  
  The Seattle Times won 10 C.B. Blethen memorial awards for stories on diversity, breaking news, investigations and more.
  
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