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• 9th case of polio-like illness confirmed in Washington

  29-11-2016 23:58
  
  A ninth child in Washington has been diagnosed with a rare, polio-like disease.
  
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• What is the alt-right?

  29-11-2016 23:23
  
  The campaign and election of Donald Trump have energized and emboldened a small but vocal corner of American right-wing politics that was mostly absent from the public consciousness: the “alt-right.” But what does the term mean?
  
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• Why Full-Employment Is Socialism for the Rich

  29-11-2016 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThese are less machines for living and more machines for absorbing surplus capital. RoschetzkyProductions/shutterstock.com
  We have never left the shadow of the Great Depression. During this period, which lasted for a decade, capitalism in its 19th century form (called laissez faire) was on the ropes and appeared to be a goner. For many, socialism was a sure thing. States like North Dakota went red—a fact that is with us to this day. The problem in the "red 30s" was essenti
  
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• White silhouettes elicit remembrance of Seattle traffic deaths

  29-11-2016 22:57
  
  Volunteers erect 212 silhouettes across the city to commemorate victims of traffic incidents.
  
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• Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part One: Wilco

  29-11-2016 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part One: WilcoRELATED CONTENT: ||by Kathleen TarrantWhen the first boy musician ever to look my way told me he liked Wilco, my automatic 19-year-old response was, "Oh, yeah. Me, too."I had never heard of Wilco.He enthusiastically asked if I loved A Ghost Is Born, and I was like, "HELL YEAH I DO, THAT SHIT IS MY JAM," and my Catholic guilt rushed into his fancy (framed posters) downtown (Helena, Montana) apartment and filled up my lungs with a millennium of un
  
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• The Stranger's Free "Things To Do" App is Available Now on iPhone and Android

  29-11-2016 22:48 via thestranger.com
  
  The Best App for Local Events Has Expert Picks and Access To Seattle's Comprehensive Calendarby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• The Gods Themselves Skewer "Tech Boys" in Their Byte-ing New Single

  29-11-2016 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalThe Gods Themselves can't tech this bullshit anymore. Michael Doucett
  In the tradition of recent songs by fellow Seattle groups Nail Polish, Childbirth, and Tacocat bemoaning the negative impact the influx of tech bros has had on this city's culture, the Gods Themselves weigh in with "Tech Boys" off their sparkling, hedonistic new album, Be My Animal (out January 17, 2017). The local trio—vocalist/guitarist Astra Elane, baritone guitarist/vocalist Dustin Patterson, and drummer
  
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• Recycling My Back Pages: A Music Writer/Collector Reflects on Disposing of His Magazine Archive

  29-11-2016 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Recycling My Back Pages: A Music Writer/Collector Reflects on Disposing of His Magazine Archiveby Dave SegalAs if life in the post-election United States weren't depressing enough, I recently had to toss hundreds of music magazines into a recycling bin.I was forced to dispose of these precious belongings in preparation for a move from a one-bedroom Capitol Hill pad to a two-bedroom Beacon Hill apartment that I'm sharing with my girlfriend. (Yes, I'm another statistic/cliché in the great s
  
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• Matt Hickey Pleads Not Guilty to All Three Rape Charges

  29-11-2016 21:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneMatt Hickey, the tech journalist and former Stranger freelancer accused by multiple women of rape, is pictured through a viewing room window at his arraignment in King County Superior Court in Seattle on Nov. 29, 2016.Jason Redmond
  Matt Hickey has seen his first day in court. After more than a month in a Nevada jail, the alleged rapist, who has also been accused by multiple women of posing as an online porn recruiter to lure them to his homes, stood in front of King County Su
  
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• Rep. Dave Reichert thinks TPP trade deal not dead, despite Trump’s promise to dump it

  29-11-2016 21:29
  
  Donald Trump made opposition to free trade deals a cornerstone of his campaign and says he will withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office. But Rep. Dave Reichert thinks the TPP is not dead yet.
  
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• Frank Ocean Will Headline Next Year's Sasquatch! Music Festival

  29-11-2016 21:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica Fu
  Frank Ocean will headline the 2017 edition of the Sasquatch! Music Festival, as part of a reported festival tour next summer that so far includes two other US festivals and two UK/European dates.
  The musician's latest albums, Blonde and Endless, were both released this past summer, ending years of anticipation that the artist only exacerbated with his on-and-off teasing of new music and increasingly muted internet presence.Endless emerged first, and it exists only as an hour-or-so-
  
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• Please Stop Asking Poor Old John McCain Questions About Dumb Old Donald Trump

  29-11-2016 21:18 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageDonald Trump at the third presidential debate:
  It's all about the Constitution of—of—and so important, the Constitution the way it was meant to be.
  The Constitution:
  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  The Supreme Court:The Supreme Court
  
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• State to delay submission of plan for Every Student Succeeds Act

  29-11-2016 20:56
  
  After parents and teachers demanded more time to review the state’s plan for complying with the new federal education law, state education officials announced they will delay submitting it.
  
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• Asotin County investigates 2 cases of possible vote fraud

  29-11-2016 20:14
  
  The cases include a Clarkston man who may have signed his recently deceased wife’s name on a ballot envelope, and an Idaho resident who allegedly attempted to vote in both Washington and Idaho.
  
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• Housing activist Jon Grant to try again for Seattle City Council seat

  29-11-2016 19:37
  
  Jon Grant, a housing activist who lost an underdog bid to unseat Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess in 2015, plans to run for the same position in 2017. He announced an exploratory campaign Tuesday.
  
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• The Stranger's Cannabis Gift Guide: Doggie Tinctures, Advent Calendars, Modernist Pipes, and More

  29-11-2016 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueDockside's advent calendars.
  Now that we're on year three of legal weed in Washington, cannabis gifting is definitely a thing. As a service to you, dear readers, we've selected the best, weirdest, and most giftable products from our state's overflowing cornucopia of cannabis.
  Jesus Probably Loved Pot, So He'd Love Dockside's Weed Advent CalendarsThere is a pretty serious historical case to be made that Jesus was way down with the ganja. And no, it does not rest on his flo
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Every Weed Store in Greenwood & Phinney Ridge

  29-11-2016 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger THE STRANGER
  The Partakery
  417 NW 65th St, 206-402-5697, Tue–Thu 11 am–9 pm, Fri–Sat 11 am–10 pm, Sun 11 am–7 pm
  Everyone should take their canna-curious mom to the Partakery. The pocket-size store at the intersection of Ballard and Phinney Ridge sits unassumingly within a cluster of small bars, restaurants, and tattoo shops. Seriously, from the outside, this place could be mistaken for a tiny tea parlor.
  Who visits this shop most often? "Because of
  
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• Spontaneous combustion may have caused Lacey laundromat fire

  29-11-2016 18:18
  
  Fire officials suspect some oily rags burst into flames after being washed and dried.
  
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• Tenant Advocate Jon Grant Is Running for City Council Again

  29-11-2016 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverJon Grant lost his race against Tim Burgess last year 55 to 45 percent. courtesy of jon grant
  This time last year, tenant advocate Jon Grant was recovering from a decisive loss to Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess. Grant had run to the left of Burgess, winning support from former mayor Mike McGinn, socialist Council Member Kshama Sawant, and others. But he'd been outspent more than five and a half to one—even more if you count big outside spending in support of Burges
  
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• The Morning News: Evacuation Order at Standing Rock, Matt Hickey in Court, Jon Grant Running for City Council

  29-11-2016 17:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe Oceti Sakowin camp in September Sydney Brownstone
  North Dakota Governer Orders Mandatory Evacuation of Oceti Sakowin Camp: Yesterday, Governor Jack Dalrymple ordered an evacuation of the camp of water protectors protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, but authorities are not yet forcibly removing people from the camp. Here's a response from the camp:
  That Happened Soon After News that Activists Are Suing North Dakota Law Enforcement: "Activists at Standing Rock have filed a cl
  
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• Wilson McLaurin, who wanted daughter to know her African-American roots, dies

  29-11-2016 17:14
  
  Seattle dad's 3-year-old daughter was given a lifetime membership to the Northwest African American Museum.
  
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• Thousands of Alaska caribou are dying — and scientists don’t know why

  29-11-2016 16:55
  
  A herd of caribou in Alaska numbered 50,000 in 2013. Now just 22,000 remain.
  
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• Snow in Seattle? Too early to tell, weather service says

  29-11-2016 16:21
  
  Some forecasts are predicting a chance of snow in Seattle as soon as next week, while other meteorologists say it’s too early to say for sure.
  
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• Seattle tops the nation in home-price growth for first time in 9 years

  29-11-2016 15:47
  
  Portland had been the nation’s hottest housing market all year, with Seattle second, but the rankings flipped this month.
  
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• Man killed in Snohomish County shooting

  29-11-2016 15:42
  
  The man was found shot to death Monday night inside a vehicle on a large residential property in unincorporated Snohomish County, police said.
  
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• The long and short of Gary Cohn, Washington’s new Superintendent of the Year

  29-11-2016 15:02
  
  The new state Superintendent of the Year -- Everett’s Gary Cohn -- has two answers for every question: One short, and one long.
  
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• Education Lab readers: Please give us your feedback

  29-11-2016 15:02
  
  Dear Education Lab readers, First, thanks for your support.  We’re proud of what we’ve produced in our first three years, as we’ve worked to bring you compelling stories about how educators and others are tackling the most difficult problems in education.  As Education Lab enters its fourth year, we plan to bring you more in-depth […]
  
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• Artists re-imagine Seattle with ‘what if?’ exhibit of the doable and the wild

  29-11-2016 15:01
  
  An exhibit titled “The Bureau of Arts & Culture” presents 21 ideas — some preposterous, some easily doable — to make Seattle a better city.
  
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• An evicted family gets shelter and new confidence with Hopelink

  29-11-2016 15:00
  
  Hopelink was founded during the 1970s Boeing layoffs, when Bothell residents organized to help their neighbors find jobs. Now it’s one of the state’s largest nonprofits, providing a huge spectrum of services.
  
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• Indonesian lower court rejects bid to protect prized forest

  29-11-2016 13:02
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has rejected a case brought by Acehnese community leaders who want one of the country’s most prized tropical forests to be protected from exploitation by mining and plantation companies. Nurul Ikhsan, chief lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the Central Jakarta District Court rejected the case on Tuesday because […]
  
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• You Can't Untangle Race from Class in America

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Want to Know Why We Can't Exclude Race from Discussions of Class? Read Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginningby Robert LashleyIbram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, is an altogether remarkable thesis on history, but, in ways that are both moving and immediately painful, it also reverberates with the post-election autopsy we're all conducting right now. Kendi is reading Thursday
  
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• The Fight Over a Weed Farm on San Juan Island

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  You Would Think Rural, Progressive San Juan Island Would Welcome a Weed Farm. You Would Be Very, Very Wrong.by Christopher Morris-LentYou would think San Juan County would be a perfect place to start a pot farm. The drizzly climate, the hippies, the geographic isolation, and the history of self-reliance all suggest a hospitable environment for growing and smoking herb. When Washington voters approved Initiative 502 in 2012, legalizing recreational marijuana, San Juan County voted in favor by the
  
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• Starbucks pledges millions, asks customers to pitch in to help homeless families in Seattle

  29-11-2016 13:00
  
  During December, Starbucks is “lighting up” 200 King County stores asking for donations to the No Child Sleeps Outside campaign benefiting Mary’s Place. The company will match those donations up to $1 million.
  
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• Starbucks enlists in No Child Sleeps Outside campaign

  29-11-2016 13:00
  
  During December, Starbucks is “lighting up” 200 King County stores asking for donations to the No Child Sleeps Outside campaign benefiting Mary’s Place. The company will match those donations up to $1 million.
  
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• Six Tips for Protesting Against Hate

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Six Tips for Taking to the Streets to Protest Hateby Ana Sofia KnaufNow that Donald Trump has been elected president, it's open season on American democracy. You might have been to a few protests already, but now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the best practices for staying safe, informed, and on message at a protest. We asked three civil-rights experts for their tips.
  {{ image:2, align:right, width:150 }}1. CommunicateMake sure people know what you are doing and where you're going
  
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• Person of Interest: Luzviminda Uzuri Carpenter

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Person of Interest: Luzviminda Uzuri Carpenter Is Helping Tell the Stories of Marginalized Seattleitesby Ana Sofia KnaufLuzviminda Uzuri Carpenter, also known as Lulu, is at the center of Seattle's community organizing scene. She works for the City of Seattle's LGBT Commission and serves as a resident artist and performance studies teacher at Seattle Girls' School, where she uses art and education to prevent youth violence within marginalized communities. A Filipinx, Black, mixed-race, working-c
  
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• Corvus and Co. Doesn't Just Have Good Food—It Also Has Warmth and Soul

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Corvus and Co. Doesn't Just Have Good Food—It Also Has Warmth and Soulby Angela GarbesFor 30 years, the Capitol Hill corner of Mercer and Broadway was home to a Greek restaurant called the Byzantion, which ended its run last fall. I don't remember much about the Byzantion's food, though I do have one fond, 15-year-old memory of slurping a bowl of avgolemono, a lemony rice soup, on a gray day, surrounded by its green plants, Grecian sculptures, and white stucco walls. For a moment, everythi
  
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• At Indies First, Sherman Alexie Meets a Formidable Young Fan

  29-11-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Watching Sherman Alexie Signing a Book for a Girl in Elliott Bay Book Company Briefly Renewed My Faith in Humanityby Rich SmithOn Saturday, November 26, Sherman Alexie and 24 other local literary types—mostly authors and a few critics (including me)—transformed themselves into temporary booksellers to celebrate Indies First, a nationwide event encouraging people to shop at independent bookstores first, before blowing their whole holiday budget at big box stores or online mega-retaile
  
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• California targets dairy cows to combat global warming

  29-11-2016 07:38
  
  GALT, Calif. (AP) — California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock. Despite strong opposition from farmers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation in September that for the first time regulates heat-trapping gases from livestock operations […]
  
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• Making life better, an organic bunch at a time

  29-11-2016 06:04
  
  Leaf by leaf, from dawn to dusk, Yolando “Yo-Yo” Hernandez and four other field workers gather bunches of dino kale, pebbled, so dark they’re almost blue-black. Originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, she’s been here eight years as a year-round worker and is the anchor of the field crew, says Jess Eskelsen of Oxbow Farm. Hernandez is […]
  
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• Conviction thrown out in slaying of Renton young father

  29-11-2016 05:57
  
  A Renton man convicted of murdering another young man at a house party must receive a new trial, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
  
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• Great Barrier Reef sees record coral deaths this year

  29-11-2016 05:53
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Tuesday. The worst-affected area is a 700-kilometer (400-mile) swath in the north of the World Heritage-listed 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) chain of reefs off Australia’s northeast coast, said the Australian Research Council Centre […]
  
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• Residents: 'Unacceptable' that ID leader's killer unidentified

  29-11-2016 04:37
  
  Nearly a year-and-a-half after Donnie Chin's slaying, his neighbors, friends and family in the International District continue to demand answers about his killer.
  
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• Uh, So This Is The Year The Sounders Make The MLS Cup Final? Cool, I Guess!

  29-11-2016 01:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike Friedman Anatoliy Lukich / Shutterstock.com
  By any reasonable standard, the Seattle Sounders have had an incredible run since joining MLS back in 2009. Early versions of the team, led by Fredy Montero up front and Kasey Keller in goal consistently made the playoffs from their first year as an expansion team, and won a staggering three straight US Open Cups. More success came as the team brought in Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins, won another Open Cup and won the Supporters Shield, giv
  
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• Seattle's failing Pronto bike share program to end in March

  29-11-2016 01:41
  
  The city approved a controversial measure to spend $1.4 million to keep Pronto pedaling, but now the city plans to peddle the bikes in favor of another bike share program.
  
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• Washington Athletic Club adds a location after 86 years, but it’s private

  29-11-2016 01:06
  
  The WAC’s new outpost will be open to tenants only at the new Madison Centre office building under construction downtown.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: She Done Dumped Me Wrong

  29-11-2016 01:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  A few months back, I got dumped hard by my girlfriend of almost two years. We’re both straight and in our late thirties. The break-up was a complete surprise to me, and to all of our friends. The two of us had just got back from a vacation together, after which I was more in love with this woman than ever. Then, without discussion or warning, she ended it. Things were great in bed right up to the end, and we rarely had any arguments. Even friends that we saw on that last vaca
  
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• In Case You Gave Up on Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Here’s What You Missed

  29-11-2016 00:45 via thestranger.com
  
  I wasn't asking for four episodes devoid of conflict, but then again, it's Stars Hollow. And no, YOU'RE crying.by Lauren HoffmanThe good news is there's a 10-minute stage musical.After I struggled to connect with the first two episodes of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, the third episode rewarded my toil with one of the greatest gifts the series (both original and reboot) has ever given us: Stars Hollow: The Musical! Many of the best moments of the original series come as a result of weird sm
  
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• Amazon worker leaps from building at Seattle campus

  29-11-2016 00:37
  
  An Amazon employee fell from a company building Monday morning after sending an email to hundreds of co-workers, including CEO Jeff Bezos.
  
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