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• Washington Republican reps hiding from home

  22-02-2017 23:59
  
  The Washington Republicans have gone into hiding. And it's all thanks to Indivisible. 
  
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• Washington Republican representatives hiding from constitutents

  22-02-2017 23:59
  
  The Washington Republicans have gone into hiding. And it's all thanks to Indivisible. 
  
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• Detained Seattle 'Dreamer' demands another day in court

  22-02-2017 23:50
  
  Attorneys for a Seattle-area "Dreamer" who has been detained by immigration agents have passed on an immigration hearing, instead arguing the man's protected status means he belongs in federal court.
  
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• Cool facts about 7 Earth-size planets circling single star

  22-02-2017 23:40
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Talk about an Earth-shattering discovery. Scientists have spotted seven Earth-size planets around a nearby star, some or all of which could harbor water and possibly life. That’s the biggest cluster of planets like this yet to be found. Here’s a quick look: AGE OF AQUARIUS Most Read StoriesJay Inslee for […]
  
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• One Day at a Time: Cheer up, America! We Aren’t as Fucked Up as North Korea! (Yet.)

  22-02-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ann RomanoBen Affleck: Trapped... like a Bat! ! GETTY / STUART C. WILSON
  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
  Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—where the news cycle has been dominated for months by a disliked dimwit charlatan who, impossibly, has amassed a staggering amount of power. We speak, of course, of Ben Affleck—who appeared on this very page last week, following news that the stupid tattoo that covers his entire back was not, as Affleck claimed, for a movie, but is, in fact, real. B
  
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• State House passes education proposal, but doesn’t say how to fund it

  22-02-2017 23:08
  
  The House on Wednesday approved its education funding proposal, but majority Democrats haven’t yet decided how to pay for the plan, which has a price tag of more than $7 billion over the next four years.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: What Does “Vanilla” Even Mean?

  22-02-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I've been single now for a little over a year and a half, after getting out of a ten-year marriage.For most of this time I've been low-key FWB with a super hot and reasonably kind and communicative guy friend of mine. Now I've moved to the West Coast and I'm beginning to really date for the first time since I was a teenager. I've slept with a couple of men since I've moved, and both have made me feel weird about what I want in bed. Is a little dirty talk, spanking and mutual mastur
  
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• CHS: Developers Are Going to Tear Down the QFC on 15th!

  22-02-2017 21:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageWe can't let them build a four-story building in front of that four-story building!Capitol Hill Seattle reports...
  [Another] big real estate deal appears primed to remake part of the neighborhood. CHS has learned that property on a key block in the heart of 15th Ave E’s strip of shops and restaurants recently hit the market and already has a prospective buyer with plans for a multi-story, mixed-use building stretching from the site where the 15th Ave E QFC stands today to corn
  
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• Standing Rock protest camp being leveled, emptied by force

  22-02-2017 21:27
  
  Authorities are trying to clear out the demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The demonstrators are ceremonially burning their tents and other structures as they prepare to leave.
  
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• Preparing to leave, Standing Rock protesters ceremonially burn camp near Dakota Access Pipeline

  22-02-2017 21:27
  
  Authorities are trying to clear out the demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The demonstrators are ceremonially burning their tents and other structures as they prepare to leave.
  
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• Preparing to leave, Standing Rock protesters ceremonially burn camp

  22-02-2017 21:27
  
  Authorities are trying to clear out the demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The demonstrators are ceremonially burning their tents and other structures as they prepare to leave.
  
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• Police arresting holdouts, more than 100 demonstrators refusing to leave protest camp

  22-02-2017 21:27
  
  Authorities are trying to clear out the demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The demonstrators are ceremonially burning their tents and other structures as they leave -- and some are digging in for a last stand.
  
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• Police arresting holdouts, more than 100 demonstrators refusing to leave pipeline protest camp

  22-02-2017 21:27
  
  Authorities are trying to clear out people protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Although most demonstrators left the camp, some holdouts dug in for a last stand.
  
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• Person of Interest: Forward-Thinking Seattle Theater Director Wesley Frugé

  22-02-2017 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith Steve Korn
  As a musical actor, Wesley Frugé has performed on stages all across the United States. What he saw from his vantage beneath the kliegs startled him: audiences full of olds. Olds are great! Soon, if we're not already, and if we're lucky, we will all be olds. But, due to changing demographics and the natural expiration of human life, it turns out that appealing just to olds isn't a sustainable business model. You need the youths to fill houses, and you need them to
  
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• Randy Rainbow: "You're Making Things Up Again, Donald!"

  22-02-2017 20:50 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥 pic.twitter.com/jlrosOksxe— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) February 22, 2017
  He's so good—musical comedy parodies and bitchy gay political commentary? Swoon. it's like someone went into a lab and genetically engineered him just for me.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• North Dakota Law Enforcement Are About to Evict Everyone Left at the Main Standing Rock Camp

  22-02-2017 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneA view of the Oceti Sakowin camp back in September, when it housed, fed, and clothed thousands of people trying to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. SB
  The final eviction will occur at 2 p.m. CST, according to Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Those remaining at Oceti Sakowin camp, the main camp that once housed thousands, will be arrested.Follow Jenni Monet—the reporter who was arrested during a camp raid earlier this month—for live updates
  
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• Man sought in kidnapping of ex-girlfriend, shooting man in Federal Way

  22-02-2017 20:33
  
  Federal Way police say the man kidnapped his ex-girlfriend, forced her to point out where another former boyfriend lives, and shot that man’s father before fleeing. The suspect’s pickup was found in Moses Lake.
  
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• Trump approval is down, backing for Obamacare is up: NBC/Survey Monkey poll

  22-02-2017 20:24
  
  A majority of Americans disapprove of the job President Trump is doing, while a majority now approve the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), which Trump and Republican leaders in Congress pledge to repeal.
  
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• In hot water: Climate change harms hot spots of ocean life

  22-02-2017 20:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The six ocean hot spots that teem with the biggest mix of species are also getting hit hardest by global warming and industrial fishing, a new study finds. An international team looked at more than 2,100 species of fish, seabirds, marine mammals and even tiny plankton to calculate Earth’s hot spots of […]
  
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• King County: Teen birth rates down 55 percent

  22-02-2017 20:11
  
  King County's teen birth rate dropped 55 percent between 2008 and 2015, according to figures announced Wednesday morning -- and local elected officials say that progress could be reversed should the Trump administration and Congress succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act and cutting off money to Planned Parenthood.
  
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• Seattle cop linked to strip club charged in corruption probe

  22-02-2017 19:59
  
  A long-running investigation into a North Seattle strip club has netted charges against a Seattle Police Department officer tied to the club's owner.
  
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• 7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star; could hold life

  22-02-2017 19:08
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according to NASA and the Belgian-led research team who announced the discovery Wednesday. […]
  
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• Dan Savage Went To Austria to Escape the U.S., But It Was Still Trump Time, All the Time

  22-02-2017 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage GEORGE PFROMM
  I'm walking through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on the last day of January, looking for someplace to get tea. I realize my dark-blue passport is still in my hand. I slide it into my pocket. I'm not embarrassed to be an American. But right now, at this particular moment in history, I am embarrassed for America.
  I executed the exact same move—quickly sliding my passport into a pocket, hoping no one would spot it—once before, a long time ago.
  
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• Colbert skewers Q13 segment about emojis

  22-02-2017 18:56
  
  Anyone who's ever been a teen knows that their parents don't understand them. Anyone who's been an adult knows it's largely fruitless to try. Nevertheless, Q13 Fox gave it a shot.
  
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• NY lawmakers: Cuomo is moving to cut funds to fight cancer

  22-02-2017 18:44
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to cut $25 million from 39 public health programs that fight cancer, diabetes and other conditions. The Democrat’s administration says it will be up to state health officials to decide where to make the reductions, which are intended to make public health spending more efficient. […]
  
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• Stephen Colbert lampoons Q13 report on kids’ secret emoji code

  22-02-2017 17:59
  
  “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert says the segment tapped into one of his greatest worries as a parent, namely, “Am I worrying enough?”
  
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• Where's Congressman Dave Reichert? His Constituents Can't Seem to Find Him

  22-02-2017 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithAccording to organizers, approximately 400 people showed up to an Empty Chair Town Hall at Cashmere Riverside Center in Cashmere, WA. None of them were Dave Reichert. Michael Nash
  Constituents of Washington's 8th congressional district are looking all over for their representative, Congressman Dave Reichert (R-Auburn), who should be back in town for recess this week. But they're having trouble finding him. None of the 400 constituents who attended Monday night's Empty Chair Town Hal
  
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• Up to 600 waterfowl die in western Idaho from avian cholera

  22-02-2017 17:40
  
  PARMA, Idaho (AP) — An estimated 500 to 600 ducks and geese have died due to avian cholera in western Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release on Tuesday says the birds were found dead on private land near Parma on Feb. 9. Officials say tests on two Canada geese, […]
  
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• The Morning News: Another Hot Scoop about Milo Yiannopoulos (Just Kidding, We're Gonna Talk about Zoning)

  22-02-2017 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverLess Milo Yiannopoulos, more affordable housing. CPAULFELL/SHUTTERSTOCK
  The University District Will Get Denser—and that New Density Will Create New Affordable Housing: The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation yesterday to allow taller buildings in the University District. It's the first upzone in the city that will include a requirement that new buildings either include affordable housing or that developers pay into a fund to build affordable housing elsew
  
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• Principals to bar immigration agents from Chicago schools

  22-02-2017 17:39
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools has instructed its principals not to let federal immigration agents inside district buildings without a criminal warrant. Related Stories Trump lays out tougher approach to illegal immigration After Trump travel ban, immigrants seek to naturalize Seattle could sue feds over Trump executive order Millions targeted for possible deportation under Trump […]
  
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• Guest Editorial: It Is Dangerous and Irresponsible Not to Fight Trump’s Xenophobic and Islamophobic Agenda

  22-02-2017 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kshama SawantThe author, Kshama Sawant, is a member of the Seattle City Council. City of Seattle
  Ed note: Last week, Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant said Seattle Police should block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attempting to detain and deport people in Seattle. Mayor Ed Murray called that idea "irresponsible and dangerous." Below, Sawant responds.
  I welcome the statements from Mayor Murray and city council members in support of Seattle’s sanctuary city sta
  
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• Slammed by the flu, businesses scramble to get work done

  22-02-2017 16:56
  
  This flu season has slammed many small businesses, weakening already thin staffing levels and forcing some owners to scramble to cover shifts or get the work done.
  
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• Programming classes for nontechnical workers, now at Seattle Central College

  22-02-2017 16:01
  
  Seattle Central College is offering a new class that aims to introduce people who are already in the workforce to programming languages.
  
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• Two Milo Reax Reax—One Long, One Short

  22-02-2017 15:50 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageJournalist Laurie Penny was embedded with Milo and his collection of Lost Boys just as the wheels were coming off his "Dangerous Faggot" tourbus. It's a long, furious, and furiously intelligent piece. Go read the whole thing. I wanted to respond to this paragraph...
  Delicious as you might find it to see karma come for Yiannopoulos, what he actually said about gay relationships and child molestation was less offensive than a great many bigoted things he has come out with—in par
  
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• New report: 80 percent of Washington’s novice teachers still in class after five years

  22-02-2017 15:01
  
  In a new report about the state’s 60,000 teachers, University of Washington researchers found that just a fifth of new teachers leave within five years in the profession.
  
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• Yellow roses, memorial fund for missing crab-boat crew

  22-02-2017 15:00
  
  Memorial funds have been set up to help the families of the six men lost on a crab boat off Alaska this month, and the word is being spread by Casey McManus, who gained fame on “Deadliest Catch.”
  
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• Seattle home too toxic to enter sparked a bidding frenzy — now we know why

  22-02-2017 15:00
  
  The winner of a bidding war to secure the crumbling house said he didn’t overpay and now expects to turn a six-figure profit by selling the new house on the lot.
  
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• College Board to boost SAT security to combat cheating

  22-02-2017 14:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security worldwide following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board said it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. It says the move will reduce […]
  
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• College Board to boost SAT security globally after cheating, test-stealing

  22-02-2017 14:13
  
  PITTSBURGH — The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security around the world following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board told The Associated Press it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. It says […]
  
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• Trump Time

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Thousands of Miles and Nine Time Zones Away... There's No Escaping the News from Homeby Dan SavageI'm walking through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on the last day of January, looking for someplace to get tea. I realize my dark-blue passport is still in my hand. I slide it into my pocket. I'm not embarrassed to be an American. But right now, at this particular moment in history, I am embarrassed for America.I executed the exact same move—quickly sliding my passport into a pocket, hoping no
  
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• The Understated Pop Brilliance of a 5th Avenue Theatre Director

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Understated Pop Brilliance of 5th Avenue Theatre Director Bill Berryby Christopher FrizzelleIt's hard for an audience to detect good directing. Unless you're in the show, the artistry is invisible. An audience doesn't think, "That was really well directed." They think, "That was a great performance" or "Those were great songs." And that's okay with Bill Berry, the 5th Avenue Theatre's producing artistic director. He is content not to be the center of attention.
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• The Simple, Beautiful Fable of The Red Turtle

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Simple, Beautiful Fable of The Red Turtleby Marc MohanThe Red Turtle is the latest movie from Studio Ghibli, and if there’s one thing film critics are more tired of than that Inception trumpet blare, it’s explaining what Studio Ghibli is every time they release a movie. So look it up if you need to.Okay! Now that you have visions of Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away in your head, I can tell you The Red Turtle is nothing like them. It’s a simple, wordless fable, d
  
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• Person of Interest: Wesley Frugé

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Person of Interest: Theater Director Wesley Frugé Goes to Out to Play in Seattleby Rich SmithAs a musical actor, Wesley Frugé has performed on stages all across the United States. What he saw from his vantage beneath the kliegs startled him: audiences full of olds. Olds are great! Soon, if we're not already, and if we're lucky, we will all be olds. But, due to changing demographics and the natural expiration of human life, it turns out that appealing just to olds isn't a sustainabl
  
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• One Day at a Time

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Cheer up, America! We aren’t as fucked up as North Korea! (Yet.)by Ann RomanoMONDAY, FEBRUARY 13Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—where the news cycle has been dominated for months by a disliked dimwit charlatan who, impossibly, has amassed a staggering amount of power. We speak, of course, of Ben Affleck—who appeared on this very page last week, following news that the stupid tattoo that covers his entire back was not, as Affleck claimed, for a movie, but is, in fact, r
  
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• Get Out Hits Horror, Satire, and Race

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Get Out Hits Horror, Satire, and Raceby Eric D. SniderGet Out is a feature-length version of the not-quite-joking sentiment among African Americans that the suburbs, with their overwhelming whiteness and cultural homogeneity, are eerie twilight zones for Black people. Far from being a one-joke movie, however, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut is both a clever, consistently funny racial satire and a horror film, one that mocks white liberal cluelessness and finds humor in—but doesn&rsq
  
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• Facing Tomorrow with Weyes Blood

  22-02-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Facing Tomorrow with Weyes Bloodby Ciara DolanNamed after Southern Gothic novelist Flannery O’Connor’s book Wise Blood, Weyes Blood (aka Los Angeles musician Natalie Mering) plays anti-Americana that feels all too appropriate in this age of uncertainty.“Land of Broken Dreams,” the opening track of Mering’s 2014 record The Innocents, is a perfect introduction to her brand of doomsday folk. “My family, my country, and my school have all left me dry,” she s
  
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• Thousands flee, freeway shut in flooding near San Francisco

  22-02-2017 08:36
  
  Rising floodwaters sent at least 14,000 residents fleeing inundated homes in San Jose, California, and forced the shutdown of a major freeway Wednesday. U.S. 101 was closed in both directions south of San Francisco.
  
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• San Jose mayor admits failures in flood evacuation order

  22-02-2017 08:36
  
  Rising floodwaters sent at least 14,000 residents fleeing inundated homes in San Jose, California, and forced the shutdown of a major freeway Wednesday. U.S. 101 was closed in both directions south of San Francisco.
  
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• SUV strikes light rail train in Sodo

  22-02-2017 08:02
  
  An SUV collided with a Link light rail train in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood Tuesday evening, causing some damage to the train and the tracks.
  
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