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• SECB Primary Election Endorsement for King County Executive: Dow Constantine

  25-07-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control BoardDow Constantine
  Check out The Stranger's full list of endorsements for the August 1, 2017, Primary Election here.
  Dear Dow: We're sorry we made you sit in a conference room for an hour with Goodspaceguy, the perennial candidate who wants to eliminate the minimum wage, and Bill Hirt, the anti-transit fuckwit who stormed out of the meeting after five minutes. Our endorsement of you was a foregone conclusion—you knew it, the SECB knew it, Bill Hirt obviously
  
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• The Economics of Cary Moon and Why They Separate Her from the Rest of the Mayoral Candidates

  25-07-2017 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede NATE GOWDY
  The reason the city should seriously consider Cary Moon is it has never had a mayor who really understands economics. And already I must make a few things clear before explaining why this is of great importance in our moment and this race.What do I mean by economics? Unlike most economists, business journalists, and politicians, I distinguish economics from a branch of the subject called neo-classical economics. What's taught at higher education institutions like the
  
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• Names of 8 officers who fatally shot Bainbridge Island gunman released

  25-07-2017 22:57
  Six were Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies and the other two were from the Bainbridge Island and Bremerton police departments. All are members of a regional SWAT team.
  
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• Live discussion: Homeless student athletes cast aside by Seattle schools

  25-07-2017 22:55
  At 2 p.m. Wednesday, reporter Claudia Rowe will answer questions on her recent story about homeless athletes in Seattle schools.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Is Her Ex-Boyfriend Biphobic? (Her Ex-Boyfriend Would Like To Know)

  25-07-2017 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I’m a straight male. My ex is bi. She has a lot of shame about her sexuality. She said I was the only person she ever felt safe enough with to discuss it. She won't even talk to her therapist about it. She only recently admitted to herself that she’s bi and has never had a relationship with a woman.
  There was a period when she really struggled with the shame. Since I was the only one she felt comfortable talking to about it with, it became a common topic of discussion.
  
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• Seattle: Now drier than Tucson

  25-07-2017 21:58
  Is that rain barrel drying up this summer?You're not crazy -- Seattle has been so dry since May that even Tucson, Ariz. is outpacing us in rain.
  
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• Community Police Commission Recommends Paying Officers More for Language Skills

  25-07-2017 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneCouncil members Lorena González and Tim Burgess announcing the creation of a city Immigrant Defense Fund earlier this year. City of Seattle
  The Seattle Police Department gives military veterans a preference when they apply for jobs as officers. Why not give bilingual speakers an advantage, too?
  In the historic package of police accountability legislation passed by the City Council in May, City Council members agreed that Seattle police should use preference points&mdas
  
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• Gossipy First Impressions ~Subject to Change~ of the Candidates Running for Dave Reichert's Seat

  25-07-2017 21:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThese are the people, so far, who think they can beat Dave Reichert.The Campaigns of Jason Rittereiser, Mona Das, and Tola Marts
  We're 16 months away from election day, but the race to flip Washington's 8th district has begun in earnest. Though the independent commission redrew the district back in 2012 to make it more safely Republican, the DCCC has targeted the area because its constituents voted for Obama in 2012 and Clinton in 2016. If they can get those voters to come out again
  
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• Something To Read While the Senate Votes On Repealing Obamacare and Killing Tens of Thousands of Americans Annually

  25-07-2017 21:18 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThis Frank Rich piece in New York Magazine back in March is worth a second reading...
  There’s no way liberals can counter these voters’ blind faith in a huckster who’s sold them this snake oil. The notion that they can be won over by some sort of new New Deal — “domestic programs that would benefit everyone (like national health insurance),” as Mark Lilla puts it — is wishful thinking. These voters are so adamantly opposed to government prog
  
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• Something To Read While the Senate Votes On Repealing Obamacare and Killing Millions of Americans

  25-07-2017 21:18 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThis Frank Rich piece in New York Magazine back in March is worth a second reading...
  There’s no way liberals can counter these voters’ blind faith in a huckster who’s sold them this snake oil. The notion that they can be won over by some sort of new New Deal — “domestic programs that would benefit everyone (like national health insurance),” as Mark Lilla puts it — is wishful thinking. These voters are so adamantly opposed to government prog
  
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• Former West Seattle bank manager sentenced for embezzling from elderly

  25-07-2017 21:14
  Roberta Castillo embezzled more than $500,000 from the accounts of elderly customers while working as a manager of a JPM Chase bank branch, said U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes.
  
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• LIVE: The Senate Is Now Voting on Whether to Repeal Obamacare

  25-07-2017 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Maybe—maybe—he knows WTF is going on today. Win McNamee / Staff
  It's all very confusing, but at the moment it looks like Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) have voted NO on the motion to proceed to debate on the Senate's Obamacare repeal bill.What's in the bill that Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants everyone to proceed to?No one knows, including Arizona's Republican Senator,
  
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• Seattle sex toy chain sold to SF company

  25-07-2017 20:50
  Seattle's favorite local sex toy shop – or at least its most prominent – is no longer be a purely "local" sex toy shop.
  
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• Police: Nunchaku fancier jailed after fires on Ballard trail

  25-07-2017 20:36
  A man carrying a set of nunchaku was arrested Tuesday after a string of late night fires at homeless camps off a popular Ballard trail, a Seattle police spokesperson said.
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts by Local DJ Raj

  25-07-2017 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalDJ Raj: "Being a POC DJ is a form of radicalism. I can draw on my craft to subdue forms of oppression." Shu Jones
  DJ RAJ (Free Axis Broadcast)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  "The list is split between ambient/drone and conventional dance tracks. I’ve done so many ambient sets lately that I had to throw in a couple of my favorite selections."
  Sarah Davachi, "Chanter" (2017, Students of Decay)
  "I have yet to play an ambient set without including a track from Sarah Davachi. Her production
  
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• Connelly: Safety needs to take priority in our ripped up Seattle

  25-07-2017 20:25
  After just barely avoiding being hit on 2nd Avenue, a writer vents:  Ripped up Seattle should pay a lot more attention to safety of pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists.
  
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• On Recording, One Senator Calls Trump "Crazy" and Another Says, "I'm Worried"

  25-07-2017 20:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersPresident Trump: freaking out US Senators, too. They just won't say it this plainly when they know they're being recorded. Getty Images
  Washington Post:
  At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) didn’t switch off her microphone. Apparently speaking to Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the ranking Democrat of the committee, Collins discussed the federal budget — and President Trump’s lack of familiarity with the details o
  
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• You Need To Eat This Fucking Doughnut

  25-07-2017 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf😍😍😍😍 ASK
  Meet the Crunchy Cream, one of the many stars in Fuji Bakery's pastry case—and one of the best things I've eaten in recent memory. This doughnut is filled with vanilla custard and then rolled in sugar and toasted cornflakes. Yes, toasted cornflakes.If I had to compare, the Crunchy Cream is the lovechild of General Porpoise's perfectly yeasted doughnuts and Portland's Voodoo Doughnut's unusual toppings. It's what a Top Pot doughnut
  
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• Who's Bankrolling the Anti-Safe Consumption Sites Campaign?

  25-07-2017 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverVancouver's safe-injection site. City of Seattle
  Yesterday, supporters of an initiative to ban safe consumption sites in King County reported turning in 70,000 signatures—nearly 22,600 more than they need to qualify for the November ballot*.
  The group's announcement comes after the political action committee funding the effort, Impaction (LOL), spent $111,577 on paid signature gatherers, according to state public disclosure records.
  Safe consumption sites would provide a pl
  
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• Gunshots strike police car, City Hall in Sumner

  25-07-2017 19:42
  The shooting was reported at 1 a.m. Tuesday and appears to be related to other reports of gunfire in the area, according to the city of Sumner.
  
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• Babeland Sold to San Francisco's Good Vibrations

  25-07-2017 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageRachel Venning (L) and Claire Cavanah (R).
  The news broke yesterday that Babeland, the online/brick-and-mortar sex toy shop with locations in Seattle and New York City, has been sold to San Francisco's Good Vibrations. Babeland—originally Toys In Babeland—was founded in Seattle by business-not-life-partners Rachel Venning and Claire Cavanah in 1993. Rachel had just graduated from the University of Washington's MBA program, Claire was working in publishing in Seattle, bot
  
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• 4 fires set near Ballard homeless camps

  25-07-2017 18:05
  The fires were intentionally set, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• The Morning News: Healthcare is Back On the Line, Seattle is Becoming Too Expensive For Wealthy Foreign Homebuyers

  25-07-2017 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Healthcare is on the line. Foreign buyers moving away from Seattle.by Steven HsiehBack from cancer recovery to kill kids with cancer. U.S. Senate
  Healthcare For Millions of Americans Back on the Line: John McCain, the Republican senator who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, announced he will return to the Senate today, potentially representing the vote that puts a bill on the floor that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, effectively stripping healthcare away from 32 million Americans.
  
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• The Morning News: Health Care Is Back on the Line, Seattle Is Becoming Too Expensive for Wealthy Foreign Home Buyers

  25-07-2017 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Health care is on the line. Foreign buyers moving away from Seattle.by Steven HsiehBack from cancer recovery to kill kids with cancer. US Senate
  Health Care for Millions of Americans Back on the Line: John McCain, the Republican senator who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, announced he will return to the Senate today, potentially representing the vote that puts a bill on the floor that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, effectively stripping health care away from 32 million Americans
  
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• ‘Security concerns’ shutter Seattle’s Movie Night at Magnuson Park

  25-07-2017 16:04
  "It seems Magnuson Park is not the safest on any night and it may not be right for family-friendly events," said the event's organizer.
  
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• Magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattles Bremerton area

  25-07-2017 15:20
  A magnitude 2.7 earthquake shook the Bremerton area just after 2 a.m., according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The temblor only spurred a handful of “Did You Feel It?” reports to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at a depth of nearly 15 miles.
  
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• 'Security concerns' end outdoor movie nights at Magnuson Park

  25-07-2017 15:08
  Organizers have canceled the rest of the year's outdoor movie showings at the park, citing "security concerns" that have "evolved into public safety issues" at the park.
  
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• With new grant, Tukwila won’t just help homeless students, but train staff to better serve them

  25-07-2017 15:00
  Schoolhouse Washington recently awarded the 18-month grant to Tukwila, where nearly 12 percent of its 2,800 students were identified as homeless last year.
  
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• Roadkill plan: People take 1,600 deer, elk off Washington roads in first year

  25-07-2017 15:00
  Last July, the state fish and wildlife commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles.
  
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• How King County Prop 1 can feed imagination and creativity

  25-07-2017 15:00
  King County voters have an opportunity to pass a 0.1 percent sales tax to provide more access to culture and science. Actor Tom Skerritt reflects on the role arts education played in his life.
  
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• Dining on roadkill: Washington residents gather 1,600 deer, elk in law’s first year

  25-07-2017 15:00
  Last July, the state fish and wildlife commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles.
  
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• 3 candidates vie for open spot on Bellevue City Council

  25-07-2017 15:00
  Among issues of concern is the proposed men’s shelter in the city’s Eastgate neighborhood.
  
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• Search is on for person who set Ballard homeless camps on fire

  25-07-2017 14:48
  An investigation is underway following a set of fires that were allegedly sparked intentionally overnight in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
  
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• Kylie Jenner proves she's a marketing master in her latest sheer lingerie selfie...

  25-07-2017 12:40 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerShe brought upon me so much heaviness,
  With the affright that from her aspect came,
  That I the hope relinquished of the height.
  And as he is who willingly acquires,
  And the time comes that causes him to lose,
  Who weeps in all his thoughts and is despondent,
  E'en such made me that beast withouten peace,
  Which, coming on against me by degrees
  Thrust me back thither where the sun is silent. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• We found it: Jessica Alba's off-the-shoulder pregnancy announcement dress...

  25-07-2017 12:24 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerThe time was the beginning of the morning,
  And up the sun was mounting with those stars
  That with him were, what time the Love Divine
  At first in motion set those beauteous things;
  So were to me occasion of good hope,
  The variegated skin of that wild beast,
  The hour of time, and the delicious season;
  But not so much, that did not give me fear
  A lion's aspect which appeared to me. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Good American zodiac sweatshirts...

  25-07-2017 11:48 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerAfter my weary body I had rested,
  The way resumed I on the desert slope,
  So that the firm foot ever was the lower.
  And lo! almost where the ascent began,
  A panther light and swift exceedingly,
  Which with a spotted skin was covered o'er!
  And never moved she from before my face,
  Nay, rather did impede so much my way,
  That many times I to return had turned. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Ariel Winter and her boyfriend Levi Meaden show off their new matching tattoos on Snapchat...

  25-07-2017 11:23 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerThen was the fear a little quieted
  That in my heart's lake had endured throughout
  The night, which I had passed so piteously.
  And even as he, who, with distressful breath,
  Forth issued from the sea upon the shore,
  Turns to the water perilous and gazes;
  So did my soul, that still was fleeing onward,
  Turn itself back to re-behold the pass
  Which never yet a living person left. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Last night's look: love it or leave it...

  25-07-2017 10:49 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerI cannot well repeat how there I entered,
  So full was I of slumber at the moment
  In which I had abandoned the true way.
  But after I had reached a mountain's foot,
  At that point where the valley terminated,
  Which had with consternation pierced my heart,
  Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders,
  Vested already with that planet's rays
  Which leadeth others right by every road. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Get the Kendall and Kylie one-piece Olivia Culpo wore before it sells out...

  25-07-2017 10:13 via thestranger.com
  by Night SloggerMidway upon the journey of our life
  I found myself within a forest dark,
  For the straight-forward pathway had been lost.
  Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say
  What was this forest savage, rough, and stern,
  Which in the very thought renews the fear.
  So bitter is it, death is little more;
  But of the good to treat, which there I found,
  Speak will I of the other things I saw there. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Portland’s black seniors stroll down memory lane aiming to stay sharp

  25-07-2017 09:31
  The memory study in Portland, Ore., is part of a new and growing effort to unravel troubling disparities: Why do black seniors appear twice as likely as whites — and Hispanics 1½ times more likely than whites — to develop Alzheimer's and other dementias?
  
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• Black seniors in Portland test reminiscing to guard against Alzheimer’s

  25-07-2017 09:31
  The memory study in Portland, Ore., is part of a new and growing effort to unravel troubling disparities: Why do black seniors appear twice as likely as whites — and Hispanics 1½ times more likely than whites — to develop Alzheimer's and other dementias?
  
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• Pressure mounts to curtail surgery on intersex children

  25-07-2017 06:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — Children whose sexual characteristics don’t neatly align with the norm have for decades faced surgery to rearrange their anatomy to resemble that of more typical boys and girls — long before they were old enough to have a say in the decision. But now the practice is under assault, as never […]
  
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• Virginia Mason awarded $6.6M in contaminated-scope lawsuit — but hospital has to pay family

  25-07-2017 05:00
  The King County jury said scope maker Olympus failed to provide adequate warnings about the medical scope or instructions. That failure harmed Virginia Mason, the jury said.
  
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• Virginia Mason awarded $6.6M in contaminated-scope lawsuit

  25-07-2017 05:00
  The King County jury said scope maker Olympus failed to provide adequate warnings about the medical scope or instructions. That failure harmed Virginia Mason, the jury said.
  
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• San Juan Island teen battling cancer surprised with puppy from Little Wish Foundation

  25-07-2017 03:43
  The Little Wish Foundation helped a local teen battling cancer get his “little wish” — for a mini schnauzer puppy — come true on Monday.
  
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• EmCare ‘ambushing’ patients with surprise ER bills, study says

  25-07-2017 02:32
  A study released Monday found that the rate of out-of-network doctor’s bills for customers of one large insurer jumped when EmCare, one of the nation’s largest emergency-rooms physician-staffing companies, entered a hospital.
  
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• Seahawks DE Michael Bennett Co-Authoring Book Called "Things That Makes White People Uncomfortable"

  25-07-2017 02:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh CORKY TREWIN/SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
  Michael Bennett, the Seahawks defensive lineman known for his hard hits, charitable work, and penchant for speaking his mind, is giving a run at authorship.The Super Bowl champ's upcoming book, slated for publication in 2018, will be called Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. Dave Zirin, sports correspondent for The Nation, signed on as co-author. (Full disclosure: I interned at The Nation in 2013.) Haymarket Books, a Chicago-based independe
  
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• Seahawks DE Michael Bennett Co-Authoring Book Called Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

  25-07-2017 02:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh CORKY TREWIN/SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
  Michael Bennett, the Seahawks defensive lineman known for his hard hits, charitable work, and penchant for speaking his mind, is giving a run at authorship.The Super Bowl champ's upcoming book, slated for publication in 2018, will be called Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. Dave Zirin, sports correspondent for The Nation, signed on as co-author. (Full disclosure: I interned at The Nation in 2013.) Haymarket Books, a Chicago-based independe
  
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