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• DoNormaal's Second LP, Third Daughter, is Live, Free, and Indisputably Major

  11-07-2017 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThird Daughter by DoNormaal, is now available.
  DoNormaal has spent the past couple of years building a reputation as one of the hardest working, most inspired live performers in Seattle music. And her debut record, Jump or Die (2015) has proven to be a durable introduction, living up to consistent private and public listening. She has been dropping hints about her forthcoming follow-up for a while now and today is the day:
  Here it is babies. listen to my new album Third Daughter &#
  
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• Homicide investigation launched after man’s body found in Highline ravine

  11-07-2017 23:14
  
  Sheriff’s detectives are calling the death a homicide but are not releasing the cause of death.
  
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• Sheriff: Foul play suspected after dead man found in ravine

  11-07-2017 23:07
  
  Detectives with the King County Sheriff's Office say that a man found dead in a Burien ravine Tuesday morning didn't get there by accident.
  
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• Innovative Seattle homeless shelter to open Wednesday

  11-07-2017 22:54
  
  More than six months after its planned opening date, Seattle's Navigation Center, an innovative homeless shelter, is set to start taking people in Wednesday.
  
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• Tim Eyman initiative would toss Sound Transit car-tab tax, set state cap of $30

  11-07-2017 22:40
  
  An initiative launched by anti-tax activist Tim Eyman would undo Sound Transit’s car-tab tax and set all car-tab taxes, statewide, at $30. Eyman’s initiative must collect 260,000 signatures by Dec. 29 to be sent to the Legislature.
  
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• Sound Transit Keeps Breaking Records but the Social IQ of Westlake Station Remains Very Low

  11-07-2017 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeWith it Capitol Hill Station Charles Mudede
  Go to the Capitol Hill Station or University of Washington Station at any time, and you will find urban minds that are really with it. But Westlake Station has nothing like the geist of these stations, save in the morning, when people are heading to work. By 11 a.m., a powerful denseness falls on the station like a thick fog on a forest. Couples display their flat and vapid feelings of love by holding hands, side-by-side, on the escala
  
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• Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan gets major labor-union endorsement, business cash

  11-07-2017 22:37
  
  Large and influential union local SEIU 775 endorsed Jenny Durkan for mayor Tuesday, and business groups are spending to boost her campaign.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: 100% Straight Guys Who Also Love Sucking Dick

  11-07-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Good day Dan, I need your help with something.
  Recently I had a conversation with a friend (she's a straight female, I'm a 2-Spirited one) and she said to me, "Men who are 100% straight can have sex with other men and still call themselves totally straight... That's their self truth, they're still straight."
  I thought that was a cop out. I get that everyone has the right to refer to themselves any way they like but I'm not necessarily gonna believe them.My thinking went, ok, but wh
  
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• Today's Reminder that People Are Terrible: Someone Jacked Golden Gardens' Musical Gear!

  11-07-2017 22:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf Michael Spadoni
  Just a week before local doom pop trio Golden Gardens were slotted to play the West Seattle Summer Fest, some awful dickhead swiped the band's gear off a curb near 14th Avenue and East Republican Street in Capitol Hill on July 7. The stolen gear includes a travel case, Audix OM5 microphone, guitar effects pedal, Behringer mixer, cymbals, cables, keyboard stand, book of handwritten lyrics and a pair of singer Audrey Bramble's favorite shoes.
  "I think we were luc
  
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• Judges complain it’s unsafe, unsanitary outside King County Courthouse in Seattle

  11-07-2017 21:52
  
  Two judges said assaults on jurors and courthouse employees, combined with conditions including the stench of excrement and urine, are creating a frightening atmosphere around the courthouse at Third and James in Seattle.
  
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• Business Groups Begin Ad Blitz for Jenny Durkan and Sara Nelson

  11-07-2017 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverJenny Durkan at her campaign kickoff in May. nate gowdy
  With three weeks until the primary election, expect to see a lot more ads urging you to elect Jenny Durkan for mayor and Sara Nelson to city council. Two independent expenditure (IE) campaigns funded by business interests plan to spend a combined $200,000 on online advertising in support of Durkan and Nelson, according to public campaign finance records.IEs are free from the donation caps candidates face when fundraising. Th
  
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• Connelly: Latest Eyman initiative: 'Let's stick it to Sound Transit'

  11-07-2017 21:41
  
  Tim Eyman goes back to a $30 car tab initiative, the 1999 measure which launched him as an initiative promoter.  The new Eyman message:  "Let's stick it to Sound Transit."
  
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• When Was the Last Time You Saw a Poetry Reading That Looked Like This?

  11-07-2017 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSaturday night outside Generations. CF
  I showed up a little late and saw all these people standing outside, crouched between cars, sitting on fenders, laughing, clapping, while a variety of funny poets, like Tommy Pico and Sarah Galvin, read/shouted their work.The party was the launch for a new book by Anastactia-Renee, and it was thrown by Gramma Press, her publisher, the upstart literary outfit founded by Bill True. According to someone who got there earlier than me, An
  
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• Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock n Wrestling Rager Debuts July 15

  11-07-2017 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal
  Pizza Fest founder Pete Capponi and his raucous punk group Stallion wanted to kick up that bacchanal's wild-abandon factor a notch, so they conceived the Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock n Wrestling Rager. Destined to be the most id-liberating local event happening all summer, the Rager goes down this Saturday, July 15 (3-9:30 pm) at Georgetown's Sisters and Brothers bar. Capponi—who also drums in Steal Shit Do Drugs and other groups—says it's the first of a series
  
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• Man shot, wounded by police in Oak Harbor

  11-07-2017 21:18
  
  Police promise more details later about the incident, the third officer-involved shooting in the Puget Sound area since Saturday. Two men were killed in the two earlier shootings, one near Lacey and the other in Eagle Harbor off Bainbridge Island.
  
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• Did Kshama Sawant Hijack the Trump-Proof Seattle Movement?

  11-07-2017 21:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Transit Riders Union working the Capitol Hill Station in April. Charles Mudede
  Right after Trump won the election in 2016, two local organizations, Transit Riders Union and the Economic Opportunity Institute, began a discussion about how the city should respond to the new and challenging political environment. Because Trump made clear his opposition to public transportation and other urban democratic institutions and values during his campaign, it was believed that all of the g
  
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• UW study touts Sodo plan over KeyArena renovation

  11-07-2017 21:00
  
  A University of Washington study released Monday argues that a Sodo arena would bring in more revenue than a redeveloped KeyArena.
  
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• Seattle has most cranes in the country for 2nd year in a row — and lead is growing

  11-07-2017 20:59
  
  With about 150 projects starting later this year or in the pipeline just in the core of the city, construction is as frenzied as ever.
  
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• Facebook takes down pages of some legal Alaska pot shops

  11-07-2017 20:59
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Facebook has shut down pages set up by several businesses licensed to legally sell marijuana in Alaska, severing what some shop owners consider a critical link to their customers. The social-media giant says its standards describe what users can post, and content promoting marijuana sales isn’t allowed. Industry officials say the […]
  
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• Myopic Elephant Avengers Slam Proposition 1, But Not Because of a Grudge with the Zoo or Anything

  11-07-2017 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithElephant advocates think that 334 arts, science, and cultural heritage institutions shouldn't receive more money to offer educational opportunities for kids because one of those organizations allegedly mistreated elephants who are no longer at the zoo.KELLY O
  In a letter released to the press Monday morning, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, Seattle’s self-appointed elephant lobby, joined the Christian dads running the Seattle Times Editorial Board in their opposition to
  
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• SEIU 775 Endorses Jenny Durkan for Mayor

  11-07-2017 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverJenny Durkan claims she's not just a business candidate. nate gowdy
  One of the city's most powerful unions, Service Employees International Union Local 775, has endorsed Jenny Durkan for mayor.
  .@seiu775, big (state's biggest) and influential union led by @DavidMRolf, is endorsing @JennyDurkan for Seattle mayor
  — Daniel Beekman (@DBeekman) July 11, 2017
  NEW @seiu775, one of biggest labor endorsements to get, backs @JennyDurkan for mayor. Previously supported @MayorEdMurray
  
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• The Countdown Begins: Stranger Things Confirms Season 2 Premiere Date, Releases a Teaser Trailer and Apocalyptic Poster

  11-07-2017 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk
  Ever since the Netflix series came to a close after eight solid episodes of fine '80s supernatural horror throwback and a final episode that seemed to promise more to come (and made us wonder, how has Will been forever affected by the Upside Down and what the hell was that slug thing he threw up?), we've been waiting to hear more about Stranger Things. Today, a premiere date for the second season has been revealed—October 27, conveniently right before Halloween—and bo
  
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• Woman arrested in fatal stabbing of 95-year-old Hoquiam man

  11-07-2017 18:57
  
  Police say a 31-year-old woman arrested Monday is a neighbor who knew the victim.
  
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• Hey, Space Cadets: Join The Stranger and the Washington Bus for Candidate Survivor Tonight!

  11-07-2017 18:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufDon't miss out!
  You've met the frontrunners in the mayoral race. You're eagerly waiting for your August primary election ballots to come in the mail. You've already prepared to line your birdcages with our endorsement issue (on newsstands July 12—tomorrow). What's a civics nerd to do?
  Join the Washington Bus and The Stranger tonight for Candidate Survivor 2017: A Seattle Space Odyssey—duh!Here's our pitch:
  Candidate Survivor is the Biggest, Bestest, and Sexiest Cand
  
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• Send ITMFA Pins to Your House Rep and Senators!

  11-07-2017 18:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  We're launching a drive at www.ImpeachTheMotherFuckerAlready.com—aka www.ITMFA.org—to send tasteful enamel lapel pins to every member of Congress. Help us flood the House and Senate with suitable-for-C-SPAN ITMFA pins! It's easy: go to this special section of the website, select the member of Congress you want to send pins (and a message!), and we'll do the rest! You can also write a note that we will include with the pins! It costs $15 to send two ITMFA lapel pins, and
  
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• 3.0-magnitude quake shakes Enumclaw Tuesday

  11-07-2017 18:00
  
  Two earthquakes hit the state last night: A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Enumclaw Tuesday morning around 3:30 a.m., and a second quake hit near Kitsap Lake around 4:15 a.m.
  
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• 8-year-old Washington boy becomes honorary rescue swimmer in Alaska

  11-07-2017 17:31
  
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — An 8-year-old boy from Woodland, Wash., has become an honorary rescue swimmer with the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska. Andrew Bishop went through his training at Air Station Kodiak on Friday, The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported (http://bit.ly/2t0x7v3 ). Andrew has a life-threatening medical condition. The Make-A-Wish Foundation made his trip to […]
  
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• The Morning News: Freedom Foundation Pledges Legal Challenge of Income Tax, Read Donald Trump Junior's Emails

  11-07-2017 17:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven HsiehKeep those signs. Showdown in court on the horizon. HG
  Olympia Think Tank Vows Legal Action Against Income Tax: The Freedom Foundation has pledged to take the City of Seattle to court over an income tax on the wealth passed by local lawmakers yesterday afternoon. In a statement that reads like Mad Libs for High School Libertarians, the group said it hoped other "freedom-oriented organization" would join its pursuit against the proposal, which passed the council unanimously.Bring I
  
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• The Morning News: Freedom Foundation Pledges Legal Challenge of Income Tax, Donald Trump Junior Tweets Out His Own Emails

  11-07-2017 17:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven HsiehKeep those signs. Showdown in court on the horizon. HG
  Olympia Think Tank Vows Legal Action Against Income Tax: The Freedom Foundation has pledged to take the City of Seattle to court over an income tax on the wealth passed by local lawmakers yesterday afternoon. In a statement that reads like Mad Libs for High School Libertarians, the group said it hoped other "freedom-oriented organization" would join its pursuit against the proposal, which passed the council unanimously.Bring I
  
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• ‘Tax the rich!’: Seattle’s new income tax on the wealthy sparks social-media firestorm

  11-07-2017 17:09
  
  Seattle's new income tax on the wealthy is expected to draw a quick legal challenge — and the debate is already raging on the web.
  
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• Should Seattle bike owners have to pay a licensing fee? Here’s what some readers think

  11-07-2017 15:00
  
  Hundreds of people shared their opinions via phone calls, emails and social media after Traffic Lab’s story last week about mandatory, fee-based bicycle-registration programs. Here’s what a few of you had to say — and the city weighs in, too.
  
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• Forget your troubles. It's time to get lucky...

  11-07-2017 11:30 via thestranger.com
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• Self care is important...

  11-07-2017 11:01 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerYou deserve to devote some time to it. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Every night I seem more bewildered...

  11-07-2017 10:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Night Slogger
  Possibly in Michigan from FVANG on Vimeo.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• I have something for you...

  11-07-2017 10:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Night SloggerNear the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct is a rock.Underneath this rock is $10.Hurry.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• I saw you talking about me on Reddit...

  11-07-2017 10:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Night Slogger
  If you're out there reading, why don't you comment?
  Apparently, there are people writing LETTERS about me... [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Gunman killed during Bainbridge Island standoff battled depression, lost job

  11-07-2017 05:42
  
  Robert “Bob” Yeiser, the 34-year-old gunman who was killed early Sunday on Bainbridge Island by a Kitsap County Regional SWAT team, said he suffered from depression, had been arrested for drunken driving and was evicted from his moorage on Seattle’s South Lake Union, court records show.
  
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• Mercer Island student newspaper lands interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis

  11-07-2017 05:29
  
  A rare interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis came from an unlikely source: the Mercer Island High School student newspaper.
  
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• Edmonds Police search for stabbing suspect called armed and dangerous

  11-07-2017 05:20
  
  Edmonds Police have identified a suspect in the stabbing of two men Sunday morning at an apartment complex.
  
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• Seattle Police arrest second suspect in June 5 beating death

  11-07-2017 05:16
  
  A second man was arrested Monday in the bludgeoning death June 5 at a South Park homeless camp.
  
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• Solar incentives bill has industry seeing sunny days

  11-07-2017 04:49
  
  A bill extending incentives that make solar more affordable was signed by Gov. Inslee, encouraging installers who say that the incentives remain key to selling the technology to cost-conscious customers.
  
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• Lawmakers announce plan to extend California cap and trade

  11-07-2017 04:39
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders released a plan Monday to extend through 2030 California’s cap-and-trade program, a key piece of the state’s quest to fight climate change by drastically reducing emissions from greenhouse gases. The deal updates how refineries, utilities and other carbon emitters can use pollution allowances and offsets, […]
  
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• Seattle police: Extortion behind bizarre vandalism spree

  11-07-2017 03:43
  
  King County prosecutors claim Issaquah resident James Henry Morrison launched a terror campaign against his ex-coworkers at Avalara, a Seattle tax management firm. Morrison, 46, is alleged to have vandalized homes and sent menacing messages while demanding money from Avalara.
  
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• Charges: Men violently raped woman in Kirkland, fled by Uber

  11-07-2017 02:55
  
  Two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in what may have been a planned attack in Kirkland have been charged with rape.
  
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• State GOP Chairman Calls for "Civil Disobedience" Against New Income Tax

  11-07-2017 02:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWe shall overcome. We shall overcome. HG
  For a minute, it looked like no one was going to show up to Washington State Republican Party Chairman Susan Hutchison's press conference outside City Hall today. The Seattle City Council had just passed a new income tax on high-income people and Hutchison was scheduled to offer a response. But, other than a few Republican Party staffers, the plaza outside City Hall was quiet.
  Then, a crowd of people carrying bright red "TAX THE RICH" sign
  
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• State GOP Chair Calls for "Civil Disobedience" Against New Income Tax

  11-07-2017 02:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWe shall overcome. We shall overcome. HG
  For a minute, it looked like no one was going to show up to Washington State Republican Party Chair Susan Hutchison's press conference outside City Hall today. The Seattle City Council had just passed a new income tax on high-income people and Hutchison was scheduled to offer a response. But, other than a few Republican Party staffers, the plaza outside City Hall was quiet.
  Then, a crowd of people carrying bright red "TAX THE RICH" signs s
  
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• After spending 9 months alone in mountains, lost dog is home

  11-07-2017 01:31
  
  Mo, an elderly Chesapeake Bay Retriever, wandered away from her owners during a hunting trip last September.
  
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• Full transportation plan won't be part of KeyArena agreement

  11-07-2017 01:30
  
  In a meeting of the council's Select Committee on Civic Arenas Monday, the head of the city's economic development office advised members that a Memorandum of Understanding will contain certain specifics regarding a transportation plan, but that a more detailed proposal won't come until the project undergoes a long Environmental Impact Study.
  
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• The 40 Best Things To Do In Seattle This Week: July 10-16, 2017

  11-07-2017 01:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff"As the books and theater writer at The Stranger, it's impossible for me to overstate how excited I am to see Fun Home in Seattle this week," writes Rich Smith. Joan Marcus
  Our music critics have already chosen the 30 best concerts in Seattle this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to pick the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from Bastille Day parties to Campout Cinema's showing of The Hunger to the opening of
  
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