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• The Stranger Endorses Victoria Hunt

  05-08-2024 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Vote Hunt for LD No. 5, Rep. Position No. 1by Stranger Election Control BoardAs an experienced urban planner with a PhD in computational ecology, Issaquah City Council Member Victoria Hunt is an urbanist’s dream. But she’s more than just a dream. She showed us that she walks the talk—or, rather, rides it—when she took a 45-minute bus ride on the #544 to meet with us. Major transit swoon. 
  
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• The Top 39 Events in Seattle This Week: Aug 5–11, 2024

  05-08-2024 20:00 via everout.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo, THING Festival, and Moreby EverOut StaffThis week'll get by with a little help from its friends (that's us)! We’re lending a schedule-planning hand with suggested events from Olivia Rodrigo to RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars LIVE and from THING Festival to Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Billy Strings: Outlaw Fest. For a look at what the rest of the month has in store, check out our August events guide.
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• Emily Randall Is the Only Choice in the 6th Congressional District

  05-08-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Signed, Randall’s State Senate Colleaguesby State Senator Marko LiiasIn 2018, after a heated election where Republicans hurled every bit of hateful rhetoric they could muster about her age, gender, and sexual orientation, Senator Emily Randall beat her anti-choice opponent and flipped the 26th Legislative District blue.
  In the State Senate, there's a tradition where new members are introduced with speeches from their colleagues. One of us (Senator Liias) seized the moment to make sure the
  
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• Slog AM: Wall Street Takes a Tumble, RFK Jr.'s Bear Prank, Don't Forget to Vote

  05-08-2024 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamWall Street woes: Is it time to start sounding the recession alarms again? Wall Street is a mess this morning thanks to fears about the US economy slowing down, a result of a less-than-ideal jobs report released on Friday that prompted a mass sell-off. The S&P 500 was down by 4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,197 points, or 3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 5.5%. Markets around the world mirrored Wall Street. Japan’s N
  
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