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• The Stranger Endorses Katie Wilson for Mayor

  02-07-2025 21:20 via thestranger.com
  Bruce Harrell had his chance.by Stranger Election Control BoardBruce Harrell had his chance.A lifetime ago (in 2021), when Harrell first ran for mayor, he made a lot of big, substantive promises that voters seemed to believe: He pledged to build 1,000 new housing units in his first six months in office; he committed to changing the biased policing culture in SPD after the George Floyd protests; he said he didn’t believe “dispersal,” or sweeps, worked, and promised to take a &ld
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Visits “Alligator Alcatraz,” Microsoft Is Still Laying People Off, We (Officially) Have a New Police Chief 

  02-07-2025 18:35 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingThe Star-Crossed Bummers Are Still Feuding: On Monday, Elon said he would fund the future political campaigns of anyone running against any Republican who votes for Trump’s shitty bill. “They will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” he said. Trump fired back, threatening on Truth Social to cut Elon’s government subsidies, adding, “Elon would probably have to close up shop and he
  
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• Dinosaurs Deserve So Much Better Than Jurassic World Rebirth

  02-07-2025 02:05 via thestranger.com
  At the end of my screening for Rebirth, a movie that sucked shit, the audience clapped.by Dom SinacolaJurassic World Rebirth will bring in a billion dollars at the box office. Which makes this review mostly inconsequential. Look in your heart; you know this to be the case. Despite unanimous critical consensus that the franchise's previous film Jurassic World Dominion (2022) is execrable, it still made somewhere around $1.4 billion. You don’t need me to tell you whether or not to pay for a
  
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