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• Ry Armstrong Wants Bruce Harrell’s Job

  18-03-2025 23:42 via thestranger.com
  Ry Armstrong is running for mayor, and they're calling for fast, bold action. But can they make it happen?by Vivian McCallThe birthday party/launch party for Ry Armstrong’s mayoral campaign last week promised to be “the most fun political event” I had ever attended. 
  It isn't at every one of these things that a drag queen mistakes flimsy stage panels at Here-After for a solid wall, leans back on them mid-strip tease and nearly knocks them helter-skelter. They wobbled and s
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party Announces Lineup, Scales Back to Two-Day 21+ Festival

  18-03-2025 17:56 via thestranger.com
  The festival will be 21+ for the first time ever.by Emily NokesIt’s happening: the 27th annual Capitol Hill Block Party is scheduled for July 19-20 with a notably scaled-back lineup (which honestly seems fine given the pink-and-rhinestone beating the Pike/Pine corridor took from the glorious Chappell Roan show that dominated last year's CHBP; a beating I personally loved, but I was um, having a psychedelic experience and didn’t have to work there, or clean anything up afterwards!). T
  
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• Off the Table

  18-03-2025 17:15 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageI’ve been happily married to my wife for fifteen years. I’m a 54-year-old man, she’s a 55-year-old woman. While sex has never been our strongest suit, we’ve made the effort. But she now finds sex too painful and no longer wants to have intercourse. I’m on the larger side, which may or may not be relevant. She’s still willing to do oral sex, which we do maybe
  
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• Slog AM: Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Breaks Federal Court Order, and Lucy Daucus and Julien Baker Break Hearts

  18-03-2025 16:42 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingIsrael Breaks Ceasefire: Early Tuesday morning, Israel “launched a major assault on Gaza,” killing more than 400 people, according to AP. The attack broke the ceasefire agreement that began on January 19, and a Palestinian health official says it’s the “deadliest day in Gaza” since October 2023 and “at least 263 of the 404 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children 18 and under.” Hamas s
  
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• Slog AM: Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Breaks Federal Court Order, and Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker Break Hearts

  18-03-2025 16:42 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingIsrael Breaks Ceasefire: Early Tuesday morning, Israel “launched a major assault on Gaza,” killing more than 400 people, according to AP. The attack broke the ceasefire agreement that began on January 19, and a Palestinian health official says it’s the “deadliest day in Gaza” since October 2023 and “at least 263 of the 404 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children 18 and under.” Hamas s
  
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• We Could Have Had Universal Healthcare

  18-03-2025 01:00 via thestranger.com
  Last Wednesday was the final day for bills to make it out of their house of origin in the Washington State legislature. While many bills still in play are worth paying attention to, I want to focus on a pair that didn’t make the cut: Senate Bill 5233 and House Bill 1445.by Tobias Coughlin-BogueLast Wednesday was the final day for bills to make it out of their house of origin in the Washington State legislature. While many bills still in play are worth paying attention to, I want to focus o
  
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