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• Sen. Jesse Salomon Brought Us a Bear Meal

  23-06-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We are deep in our endorsement process, otherwise known as our pit of suffering. The compensation is snack time after candidates bribe us with their delicious treats.State Sen. Jesse Salomon, who is running for re-election in the north-of-Seattle 32nd District, brought us a feast fit for a black bear. As we walked up the office stairs helping Salomon carry one of his bags he said, “Can you guess what’s in there?” We said no. He said, “Well, what do you know about me
  
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• Cleaning House

  23-06-2026 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Bisexual AFAB non-binary here. (And a Magnum sub!) I have a legal query I’m hoping you or perhaps one of your guest experts might be able to help with? I’m a self-employed cleaner in Portland, Oregon, who offers a discount for LGBTQ+ folks on first cleans. The discount attracts the kinds of clients I want, queer and straight. I don’t work for MAGA types or even third-party types — and that’s a two-way street. Those people don’t usually like my
  
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• Slog AM: Boeing’s New Plane Can’t Fly in the Rain, United Auto Workers Divest from Israel, Alan Greenspan Dies

  23-06-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Washington Dems Decline to Condemn MGP for Anti-Trans “Genocide” Vote: There was a strong push by delegates at Washington Democrats’ party convention in Spokane this weekend to punish US Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez for voting for a Republican bill last month that would force teachers to out transgender students to their parents. But the push wasn’t strong enough to sway partisans who think Democrats need all the seats they can get in Congress, and the condemnation vote
  
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