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• Bannon Denies Reports that He Intends to Eat Shit in Hell After Leaving Breitbart

  09-01-2018 23:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonStephen K. Bannon. The K stands for "contemptuous of humankind." WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES
  “That’s just what my enemies want me to do,” said the recently disgraced, thoroughly discredited political strategist and image manipulator who bent the laws of reason, truth, and quantum physics to get Donald Trump elected to the presidency because he (Steve Bannon) thinks liberals are snobs.The NY Times reported today that Bannon would be "stepping down" from his job as Exe
  
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• Charge: Man scaled ladder to peer into woman's window

  09-01-2018 23:01
  Prosecutors charged a 45-year-old man last week with voyeurism after police reportedly found him atop a ladder, peering into a Kirkland woman's bedroom window.
  
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• Charge: Man scaled ladder to peer into woman's apartment window

  09-01-2018 23:01
  Prosecutors charged a 45-year-old man last week with voyeurism after police reportedly found him atop a ladder, peering into a Kirkland woman's bedroom window.
  
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• So You've Sexually Harassed Someone...

  09-01-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger GEORGEPETERS/GETTY IMAGES
  And this time you didn't get away with it. Now comes the arduous task of writing a public apology that, while pretending to accept partial responsibility, doesn't actually make an apology at all—but gives the impression you (maybe kinda) did! To help, here's a one-size-fits-every-harasser boilerplate apology statement from our experts at Mandate Image Rehab... where all you have to do is fill in the blanks! You're welcome, men!
  
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• Seattle's Lusty Lady space is getting a new resident

  09-01-2018 23:00
  Seattle's Lusty Lady – the once iconic strip club with the dirty puns on the marquee that closed in June 2010 – is getting a new life.
  
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• Connelly: Keep oil drilling rigs off coasts, senators tell Interior secretary

  09-01-2018 22:43
  Turning America's coastal waters over to the oil and gas industry is not healthy for states' economies or the environment, 37 senators say in a blunt letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
  
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• Stephen Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart. What Should He Do Next?

  09-01-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Slog poll!by Steven HsiehAmerica's Next Top Model? CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  Former Trump staffer Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down as executive editor of Breitbart News, multiple media outlets report.
  According to the New York Times, Bannon is being pushed out of the grotesque media giant by onetime funder Rebekah Mercer, the heiress of a fortune that bankrolled the rise of the radical right.Rumors of Bannon's imminent departure have been floating around in recent days, as his comments p
  
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• Meanwhile in Steve Bannon's Head

  09-01-2018 22:37 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  TPM:
  Conservative media outlet Breitbart News on Tuesday announced that Steve Bannon is stepping down as Breitbart’s executive chairman. “Bannon and Breitbart will work together on a smooth and orderly transition,” the outlet announced in a statement. Bannon in the statement said he is “proud of what the Breitbart team has accomplished in so short a period of time in building out a world-class news platform.” The New York Times first reported Bannon&rs
  
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• Seattle Women's March 2.0 Joins More Than 250 Events Held in Honor of the 2017 Women's March Anniversary Weekend

  09-01-2018 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't stay home.by Leilani PolkThis happened nearly one year ago. In Seattle, an anniversary march is planned for next Saturday. Ramon Dompor
  We're fast approaching the one-year anniversary of Trump's inauguration, but instead of focusing on the mounting sense of dread in my gut, I'm directing my attention towards the more positive aspect of this horrible anniversary: the huge number of Women's March protests that Trump's swearing-into-office spurred, which happen again next Saturday here in Sea
  
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• Bike-share company bringing electric bikes to Seattle late this month

  09-01-2018 22:36
  Electric bikes will soon be among the thousands of bike-share bikes dotting Seattle’s sidewalks. LimeBike says they’ll have up to 500 e-bikes by early February.
  
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• Kayakers are disturbing Puget Sound orcas — and getting away with it, study finds

  09-01-2018 22:21
  Kayakers too often come too close to the critically endangered pods of whales known as southern residents in Puget Sound.
  
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• Kayakers are disturbing our orcas, study finds

  09-01-2018 22:21
  Kayakers too often come too close to the critically endangered pods of whales known as southern residents in Puget Sound.
  
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• Kayakers are disturbing our orcas — and getting away with it, study finds

  09-01-2018 22:21
  Kayakers too often come too close to the critically endangered pods of whales known as southern residents in Puget Sound.
  
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• James Damore Is Fighting the Good Fight for White Men in Tech

  09-01-2018 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Justice will be served!by Amber CortesSocial justice warrior James Damore. VIA TWITTER
  If there’s one thing you could give ex-Google engineer James Damore credit for, it’s his tenuous (and by tenuous, I mean non-existent) grasp of reality. Damore, the anti-diversity author of the classic MAN-ifesto, “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” is suing Google (a company that is 70 percent male and 61 percent white) for discrimination … against white men.Damore was fi
  
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• Winds to 35 mph, rain expected in Seattle Thursday

  09-01-2018 21:49
  Another round of winter stormy weather is predicted to prey down on Seattle this week.
  
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• Seattle Is Now the Number Three US City for Foreign Real Estate Investors

  09-01-2018 21:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle is ahead of San Francisco and Washington, D.C..by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
  A tweet by Mike Rosenberg, a business reporter at the Seattle Times, offers a link to an interesting document released by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE). It claims to represent "the 'who's who' in the global real estate investment industry." The document the organization dropped is called "London Edges Out NY as Top City Among Foreign RE Investors." It mainly concerns the global i
  
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• Oregon child-welfare agency headed to trial over boy’s death

  09-01-2018 21:33
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s child welfare agency is headed to trial later this year in a lawsuit seeking millions in damages for the death of a 2-year-old who died in the care of his stepfather. On Monday, Marion County Circuit Court Judge Donald Abar ruled the lawsuit could proceed, despite objections from lawyers for […]
  
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• How I Would Cast the Fire and Fury Movie

  09-01-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven HumphreyFor those chomping at the bit to read Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff's literary soap opera about the first year of the Trump administration, your wait is over, because the blockbuster controversial book is on sale NOW. The Stranger has a story about where you can purchase the book, but screw that—I'm already thinking about who I'd cast in the inevitable film version of Fire and Fury. Here are my 100 percent on-the-nose suggestions, you're welcome, and any Hollywoo
  
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• University of Washington chooses Berkeley geophysicist to be next provost

  09-01-2018 20:43
  Mark Richards, a geophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley, and an advocate for diversity in the STEM fields, has been chosen for the second-highest leadership position at the University of Washington.
  
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• Connelly: Inslee calls for carbon tax, ending death penalty, Election Day registration

  09-01-2018 20:40
  Washington should enact a carbon tax in 2018, use the money for clean energy investments, act to end to the death penalty, and make it easier to vote with Election Day registration, Gov. Jay Inslee told the Legislature on Tuesday.
  
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• Connelly: Inslee calls for carbon tax, ending death penalty

  09-01-2018 20:40
  Washington should enact a carbon tax in 2018, use the money for clean energy investments, act to end to the death penalty, and make it easier to vote with Election Day registration, Gov. Jay Inslee told the Legislature on Tuesday.
  
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• The 11th Annual Record Store Day Happens April 21

  09-01-2018 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey, nerds—start saving your money for the 11th annual Record Store Day, happening on April 21.by Dave Segal
  At once "a huge pain in the ass" (actual quote from a record-store manager) and an outlandishly lucrative holiday for (most) brick-and-mortar music retailers, Record Store Day 2018 will happen Saturday, April 21. A celebration of independent record shops (are there any other kind in 2018?), RSD—now in its 11th year—is an excuse for labels to flood the market with raritie
  
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• Pedestrian stuck and killed by pickup near Florence, Oregon

  09-01-2018 20:16
  FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say a 28-year-old woman was struck and killed by a pickup near Florence. The agency says the woman from Eugene was walking in a travel lane of Highway 101 while dressed in dark clothing after sunset Monday. Other passing motorists called to express concern shortly before she was […]
  
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• Suspect in Pierce County deputy’s death to appear in court Tuesday afternoon

  09-01-2018 19:47
  A second suspect — a 52-year-old woman — has been arrested in connection with the death of Deputy Daniel McCartney. Police believe she drove two men to a Frederickson-area home where they later allegedly encountered McCartney, who was killed in a shootout.
  
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• Suspect in Pierce County deputy’s death ordered held without bail

  09-01-2018 19:47
  A second suspect — a 52-year-old woman — has been arrested in connection with the death of Deputy Daniel McCartney. Police believe she drove two men to a Frederickson-area home where they later allegedly encountered McCartney, who was killed in a shootout.
  
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• Pink ITMFA Shirts and Hats

  09-01-2018 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Support Planned Parenthood and celebrate the first anniversary of the historic Women's March with these limited edition pink #ITMFA beanies and t-shirts. Get yours here!
  
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• Judge OKs plan to boost spill at Columbia and Snake dams

  09-01-2018 19:36
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has signed off on a plan to spill more water over Columbia and Snake river dams to help protect salmon and steelhead. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled last spring that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must spill more water through spillways, rather than turbines. In […]
  
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• Former Idaho lawmaker found dead of self-inflicted gunshot

  09-01-2018 19:27
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Republican state lawmaker who was under investigation for possible sexual abuse, died in an apparent suicide, according to authorities on Tuesday. Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said Brandon Hixon was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in his Caldwell home early Tuesday morning. A family […]
  
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• Ex-Idaho lawmaker facing sex-abuse inquiry kills himself

  09-01-2018 19:27
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Republican state lawmaker from Idaho who was facing a sexual abuse investigation has shot and killed himself, authorities said Tuesday. Brandon Hixon was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in his home early Tuesday, Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said. A family member discovered his […]
  
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• Interim City Light CEO Releases Video on Sexual Harassment

  09-01-2018 19:13 via thestranger.com
  
  "We need to specifically talk about sexual harassment against employees, and everyday sexism against women," Baggs said.by Sydney BrownstoneBaggs, formerly City Light's chief compliance officer, said he wants to make tackling sexual harassment a priority.City Light/YouTube
  Last week, Seattle's electric utility published a video from its interim general manager and CEO Jim Baggs dealing explicitly with the topic of sexual harassment.
  Baggs urged victims of sexual harassment or witnesses to it, to
  
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• ‘It is time to step up:’ Gov. Inslee releases details of proposed carbon tax

  09-01-2018 18:46
  Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday released an ambitious plan to tax fossil-fuel emissions in Washington state. But will the Washington Legislature approve it?
  
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• Gov. Inslee to release carbon tax proposal Tuesday

  09-01-2018 18:46
  Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday is scheduled to unveil his proposed carbon tax and give his State of the State speech to lawmakers gathered in Olympia.
  
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• Gov. Inslee releases details of proposed carbon tax

  09-01-2018 18:46
  Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday released an ambitious plan to tax fossil-fuel emissions in Washington state. But will the Washington Legislature approve it?
  
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• Class action suit against Starbucks foam gets thrown out

  09-01-2018 18:32
  A U.S. federal court has thrown out a class action lawsuit against Starbucks which claimed that the coffee chain was overcharging customers by under-filling and overdoing it with the foam.
  
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• Help the Hoople: Two Nights of Celebrating Scott McCaughey's Recovery in Portland

  09-01-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonLadies, gentlemen, and others, Mr. Scott McCaughey
  Regrets? I've had a few. But at this moment, the most piercing one is that I didn't get down to Portland for either night of the Help the Hoople shows dedicated to raising funds and spirits to aid in the mighty Scott McCaughey's recovery. (Help the Hoople, as in Scott the Hoople, as in... aw, skip it.)
  Though the precious NW rock'n'roll resource was felled by a stroke only six weeks ago, he was strong enough to mount the stage for
  
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• Boys charged as adults in Bend shooting that injured teen

  09-01-2018 18:26
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Two 15-year-old boys have been charged as adults in a shooting that seriously injured a 16-year-old boy in Bend. KTVZ reports the boys, one of whom just turned 15, were arraigned Monday on charges of robbery, assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Police had initially charged the teens with attempted […]
  
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• SpaceX says rocket performance OK in secret satellite launch

  09-01-2018 18:12
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX defended its rocket performance during the weekend launch of a secret U.S. satellite, responding Tuesday to media reports that the satellite codenamed Zuma was lost. Company President Gwynne Shotwell said the Falcon 9 rocket “did everything correctly” Sunday night and suggestions otherwise are “categorically false.” Northrop Grumman — which […]
  
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• IV bag shortage has hospitals scrambling to treat flu

  09-01-2018 17:44
  An ongoing shortage of fluids used to deliver medicine and treat dehydrated patients has hospital workers scrambling in the midst of a nasty flu season and supplies from Puerto Rico factories slow to rebound.
  
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• The Morning News: LimeBike Goes Electric, Starbucks Goes Blonde, Georgia Goes Down

  09-01-2018 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  #MeToo in Seattle Libraries, Trump is still anti-immigrant, and Espresso gets a makeoverby Nathalie Graham14.5 mph, baby. LimeBike
  LimeBike ups the ante: with electric bike (“e-bike” if you’re in the know) rollouts starting next week. A continued part of LimeBike’s plan for dockless bike share world domination, the e-bikes will cost $1 a minute, a little bit pricier than the current $1 per half-hour it’s rocking now. The added cost comes with the added benefit of ha
  
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• How Richard Nixon and Jolene Unsoeld Gave Seattle the Power to Open Big Tech's Ad Books

  09-01-2018 15:01 via thestranger.com
  
  A brief history of an amazing woman (and era).by Eli SandersIn 1972, five months after the Watergate break-in, Washington State voters approved Initiative 276 to help expose the role of money in elections. That law, which we're still using today, was championed by the remarkable Jolene Unsoeld. Getty Images
  Perhaps this sounds familiar: A polarized country. An intrusion at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. Agents from the FBI investigating, chasing a money trail
  
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• Seattle settles with 2 former library guards who sued over kisses, spanking

  09-01-2018 15:00
  Two former Seattle Central Library employees, who said a manager kissed them both and didn’t investigate after a co-worker spanked one of them, will receive $220,000 to settle a sexual-harassment lawsuit.
  
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• School stats: New system for evaluating teachers may have triggered hiring spree

  09-01-2018 14:00
  After Washington remodeled its teacher-evaluation system, districts hired many more assistant principals — a position that hadn’t existed at most elementary schools.
  
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• Take this job and shiver it: Chilly offices plague workers

  09-01-2018 06:09
  Two long-sleeved shirts, a sweater, a fleece jacket, two scarves and two pairs of socks. That has been Karen Ericson’s go-to outfit in her office in Des Moines, Iowa, in recent weeks. “I am still shivering,” the 39-year-old graphic designer said last week, estimating the temperature in the office was in the mid-60s while outside, […]
  
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• Nature’s beauty on display at Kirkland’s Juanita Bay Park

  09-01-2018 05:02
  This waterfront park has plenty of space to stretch your legs, and plenty of opportunities to see wildlife.
  
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• Why were jets flying so low overnight on Tuesday?

  09-01-2018 04:29
  If you heard planes that seemed like they were flying extra-low in the overnight hours of Tuesday, don't panic. It was all part of some regularly scheduled testing.
  
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• Why are jets flying so low overnight on Tuesday?

  09-01-2018 04:29
  If you hear planes that seem like they're flying extra-low in the overnight hours of Tuesday, don't panic. It's all part of some regularly scheduled testing.
  
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• Washington state regulators: Pass corporate tax cuts on to customers of investor-owned utilities

  09-01-2018 03:40
  In a directive released Monday, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission asked all utilities to report the tax savings expected by the new law that lowered corporate rates from 35 percent to 21 percent.
  
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• How to help the family of the fallen Pierce County sheriff’s deputy

  09-01-2018 03:13
  All donations will go directly to the deputy's wife and three boys, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said. A procession is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Should My 12-Year-Old Be Out On Instagram?

  09-01-2018 01:39 via thestranger.com
  
  "We want to be fully supportive and have not discouraged her from being open. Except..."by Dan Savage
  My husband and I are the proud parents of a 12-year-old daughter who identifies as pansexual. She's been out to us since she was 10, and is out to pretty much everyone at her middle school. Thankfully, there's a Gay Straight Alliance, Safe Space stickers, gender neutral bathrooms, lots of openly LGBTQ+ kids, and very little bullying. (Middle school is not what it used to be!) She's also openly d
  
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