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• The Ethics Code Showdown

  10-05-2025 01:03 via thestranger.com
  
  If the council's ethics code is overturned, elected officials could openly vote on legislation even if it directly impacts their financial interests, clearing the way for landlords to vote against renter protections, restaurant owners to oppose minimum wage increases for delivery drivers, and developers to influence zoning laws that benefit their own projects. Critics argue that if Moore's proposal passes, this shift would erode ethical safeguards, making it easier for council members to priorit
  
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• Wilson Comes in Strong at Her Swearing-In

  03-01-2026 01:38 via thestranger.com
  “I want to live in a city that honors what you're doing when you're not making money,” Mayor Katie Wilson said, “like the time that you spend with your kid at the playground or caring for a sick friend... A city that thinks that you should have time to read a book and lay on the grass staring up at the clouds. Because we need bread, but we need roses too.”by Hannah Murphy WinterStanding in front of a packed room in the lobby of City Hall around 11 a.m. this morning, Mayor
  
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• I Saw U: Driving the 40 on Leary, Chatting During Intermission at Taproot, and Waiting in the Wonderland Sale Line

  03-01-2026 01:30 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by Anonymousnever-ending wonderland sale line (12/13)
  flew by. we talked thousand oaks & winter coping. you: tall w long wavy dark hair. need closure—did your nephew's new rainbow jacket win xmas??Taproot matinee
  I saw you at intermission...with an older couple. Looked for you afterwards but no luck...maybe another show sometime?
  Gil Landry Cutie
  We bonded over being chatty southerners in Seattle. We had great chemistry. Make me laugh at another show?
  
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• Rare, Bright, and Unforgettable 

  02-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Julianne BellAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  If you’re near the southwest corner of Cal Anderson on a Saturday night, you might catch a whiff of the smoky aroma of charcoal-grilled beef. 
  Follow that scent and you’ll find brothers Osiel and Reynaldo &l
  
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• Slog AM: Katie Wilson Gets Sworn In as Mayor Today, Swiss Resort Fire Kills 40, RIP to NASA's Biggest Library

  02-01-2026 16:54 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamWelcome Back to Reality: Happy New Year to everyone and welcome back to consuming the news to those of you who vanished from regularity and routine (which means consuming all information at all times) during the purgatory between Christmas and 2026. To everyone who couldn't fuck off, sorry about that. Today we will start answering the question on everyone's lips: Is 2026 bad yet? All I can offer you is this: I don't know, probably? Make your
  
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• Why Aren’t We Using All of Our Waterways to Move People?

  01-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Nathalie GrahamAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  We are so moist and soggy in this area. Majestic Puget Sound, glorious Elliott Bay, all those big, juicy lakes, and the super fun(d) Duwamish River. It’s a lot of water and shoreline—1,600 miles in Seattle and
  
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• Thaw the Freeze

  31-12-2025 21:00 via thestranger.com
  Honey, that's not a Seattle problem, that's a you problem.by AnonymousI've lived in Seattle for about 18 months now, another transplant in a city of transplants. I was worried moving here with zero connections, being warned of the inescapable "Seattle Freeze." Having been here for one full winter and entering another, I've come to a solid conclusion: The Seattle Freeze is bullshit.In my first few months here, a new friend invited me to a party, so I mingled with folks there. One couple lamented,
  
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• The Stranger's Top Fives of 2025

  31-12-2025 20:11 via thestranger.com
  In defiance of algorithms and arbitrary time-bound restrictions, we here at The Stranger decided to give the tradition a little twist and compile a list of our personal favorite discoveries of the year, regardless of when they came out.by Stranger StaffIt’s the time of year where every publication releases their year-end lists and the most annoying people you know are posting their Spotify Wrapped. In defiance of algorithms and arbitrary time-bound restrictions, we here at The Stranger dec
  
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• The Best Things I Ate in the Seattle Area in 2025

  31-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Here are my best Seattle-based dishes of 2025—and likely a partial list of my future best restaurants, too.by Meg van HuygenA best dish is not the same thing as a best restaurant. They’re different prompts, you know? A best dish can be a fluke, the only dish you liked on the whole menu, but it lifted you out of a shitty dining experience. It can be the greatest thing on a menu full of total bangers. It can also be an introduction to a new restaurant—a reason to put a pin in it
  
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• How Many Drinks Is Too Many? 

  31-12-2025 18:45 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Stranger StaffAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  ABSTRACT:
  After two drinks, do you think you could accurately guess your blood alcohol content? Do you think just under 0.08% is safe to drive? 
  In Washington, State Senator John Lovick, a former Washington State Patro
  
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• Slog AM: CIA Strikes Venezuela, Trump Threatens Hamas, and the New Year Brings Good News for Washington Workers

  30-12-2025 19:10 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Marcus Harrison GreenIf you were worried the dead zone between Christmas and New Year’s didn’t have quite enough aggressively-unnecessary holidays, congratulations: today is Falling Needles Family Fest Day, an internet-invented occasion where you’re supposed to turn the emotional collapse of your Christmas tree into “family fun.” Suggested activities include recycling it, feeding birds, creating a fish condo, or dancing barefoot
  
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• Slog AM: Highway 2 Will Partially Reopen, Ukraine Deal is "95 Percent Done," and Brigitte Bardot Is Dead

  29-12-2025 19:02 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Marcus Harrison GreenCongrats, folks! You’ve made it to the final week of 2025: the year that felt less like 12 months and more like a long, haunted hallway where every door led to another novel horror. Your prize? Oh, we had one. It was hope-shaped, very small, and tragically backordered. For now, please accept this complimentary mix of step-dad humor, emotional scar tissue, and the quiet pride of knowing you outlasted whatever the hell that was.
  Now
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Headbanging to Sludge Metal, Jumping into Freezing Water, and Eating Too Much Hot and Melty Cheese

  29-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Todd HammMONDAY 12/29  
  Rosebay Chalet
  (CHEESE) For the second year, Hotel 1000 is going full vintage Swiss-alpine fantasy with the Rosebay Chalet. Once entering through the gingerbread-trimmed facade (made of actual gingerbread) and settling into a faux fur-decked fireside lounge, you might just forget you’re in Downtown Seattle. Festive cocktails aren’t the only treat in store here, as the food menu leans into winter c
  
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• The Making of Katie Wilson 

  29-12-2025 18:45 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Hannah Murphy WinterAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  It’s 7 o’clock on August 5, the night of the Seattle primary election. Most local candidates are hosting their election night parties at industrial-style bars and breweries across Capitol Hill or Ballard,
  
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• Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!

  29-12-2025 18:00 via thestranger.com
  Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.by Megan SelingIt's tiiiiiiiiime! 
  Now that 2025 is (almost) over, it's time to look back on the past year and spill your guts in The Stranger's annual sex survey! 
  What's the sexiest thing you did in 2025? Do you sext? Do you subscribe to OnlyFans? What music do you listen to when getting it on? Have you ever humped in a car? What about on a Washington State Ferry? And how horny are you for Nathan Fielder? 
  You have until
  
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• Save Our VHS Tapes 

  27-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Vivian McCallAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  Libby Hopfauf and Annalise Nicholson are in a race against time, and against tape.
  It’s a spring afternoon, and we’re sitting in the office of the Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS), a narrow recta
  
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• I Saw U: Wearing a Red Scarf at Trader Joe's, Sharing Glances at Blue Xmas, and Saying Hi to My Dog at Green Lake

  26-12-2025 21:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by Anonymousnb hottie at 12/19 blue xmas
  u: row behind me, white tank top, mask, great mullet. me: white shirt, orange hair. we shared a couple glances. tried to find u after. let’s fix that?Nola in 37C
  We chatted for hours while flying Aer Lingus. I hope the rest of your journey went well! Want to keep in touch, maybe hang out when I'm back?
  Greenlake bench cutie on Sunday
  My dog tried to say hi to you, and it looked like you needed it. Sorry I pulled hi
  
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• Tales From a Broad

  26-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Audrey VannAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  “Hello!” I heard the greeting echo through the empty performance space and looked up to see Julie Cascioppo waving to me from a balcony above the stage like a princess atop a castle. We had arranged via email to me
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Exports the War on Christmas, California Gets Another Atmospheric River, and a West Seattle Homeless Shelter Might Close Its Doors

  26-12-2025 18:49 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Marcus Harrison GreenHappy first day of Kwanzaa! (If you don’t already know, let Michael B. Jordan and Elmo tell you all about it.) Here’s hoping everyone’s X-mas holiday was safe, full of holly, and at least one moment that reminded you why not all of us need to be around our families all the time.
  Let’s rip the band-aid off the gaping nightmare national news cycle first.
  Exporting the War on Christmas: On Christmas Eve, Trump ordere
  
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• Quake Rugby Isn’t a Drag 

  25-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Nathalie GrahamAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  I wrapped my arms around two giant men—the loosehead and tight head (positions, not names)—and twisted my hands into their jerseys. They gripped the waistband of my shorts, locking us together. Thank god I had
  
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• Thanks, Nice Nurses!

  25-12-2025 02:30 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest?by AnonymousDear Kaiser Urgent Care Nurse,
  Never in my 30 years of life have I had a positive experience at a Kaiser. While I am grateful for health insurance, when I took a new job this year, and they told me their insurance was Kaiser, it was enough to make me second-guess taking the position. But alas, a miracle has happened. 
  In September, I went to urgent care, accompanied by my best friend, for a sharp pain in my side. I truly thought this w
  
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• Welcome to Seattle’s New (and Young) Jazz Age

  24-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Charles MudedeAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  I have a friend. I will not say his name. But he is to me what Charles Swann was to Marcel, the main character in Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. My friend, who is a man about town, will often, by text, tell
  
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• Anyone Who’s Anyone Was at Frito’s Holiday Party

  24-12-2025 18:00 via thestranger.com
  Anyone who regularly finds themselves south of Madison Street and east of 17th Avenue probably knows Frito, a roving cat who does, in fact, have a home.by Nathalie GrahamOn Halloween night, Meganne walked from the rain into her Cherry Hill apartment building and found a brown striped mackerel tabby cat roaming the halls, sodden and mewing. He looked like her neighbor Ruby Jean’s cat, Jorge, so she gave her a call. 
  Ruby Jean answered the phone. “It was 9 p.m. or something. I was
  
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• Guest Rant: Governor Ferguson’s Proposed Budget Will Hurt Everyday Washingtonians

  24-12-2025 01:15 via thestranger.com
  The Well Washington Fund Could Helpby Shaun ScottWhen combined with the impact of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” HR 1, the no-revenue budget that Governor Bob Ferguson proposed today will hurt everyday people in Washington State. But austerity isn’t inevitable.
  On the steps of the Washington State Legislative Building earlier this month, I announced my prime sponsorship of House Bill 2100. If passed into law during the next year’s legislative session, my bil
  
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• The McClatchy News Group Is Pushing AI. Their Union Is Pushing Back.

  23-12-2025 22:30 via thestranger.com
  It Took Six Months and Dozens of Misreported Factsby Micah YipIn June, the Idaho Statesman reported Boise’s Clairvoyant Brewing Company was closing. It wasn’t.
  Co-owner Mike Edmondson was confused. While Clairvoyant announced in January it planned to close, the brewery struck a deal with its building owner weeks later and announced in February it would stay open. The Statesman accurately reported both developments at the time. 
  “To be frank, we didn’t know what
  
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• Christmas Wrapping

  23-12-2025 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageI’m a 28-year-old gay man who isn’t going home for Christmas for the first time in my life. I’ve been out since I was fourteen and my family has been amazingly supportive, and they love my boyfriend of four years. (They hated my first and third boyfriends, so it’s not like they love anybody I bring home.) We’ve spent the last three Christmases with my parents and s
  
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• Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Are Here To Sleigh 

  23-12-2025 19:45 via thestranger.com
  Now in its eighth year, the Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show should be considered Christmas canon. They are hotter (and younger) than Mrs. Claus, their show is funnier than The Nutcracker, and they have more love in their hearts than your wretched family members. I caught up with the BFFs ahead of their five-night stint at the Moore Theatre to discuss their favorite Christmas songs, least favorite gifts, and the ethics of coal this holiday season.by Audrey VannNow in its eighth year, the Jinkx a
  
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• The Stranger’s Expert List of Christmas Song Alternatives

  23-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  We even put all the songs into a YouTube playlist for you! You're welcome!by The Stranger's Christmas ExpertsHit play on the video above to listen to all the songs in our YouTube playlist!
  “364 Days” by Murder City Devils
  In what is quite possibly the most drunken and weepy Christmas song ever written, Murder City Devils vocalist Spencer Moody invites Santa Claus to sit down, pour a drink, and begin to let go of a long night, a long season, a long year. As the two regale one another
  
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• Christian Supremacist Sean Feucht Flops at Gas Works 

  23-12-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  As 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year.by Vivian McCallAs 2025 comes to an end, we’re digging back into our archives to revisit some of our favorite stories of the year. See them all here.
  Sean Feucht can’t always get what he wants.
  At his Christian supremacist “Revive in 25” prayer rally at Gas Works Park on Saturday, there were no fist fights to film. No “trans terrorism,” or de
  
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• Slog AM: A Windy Christmas Eve, ICE Santa, Bill Clinton Wants All Epstein Files on Bill Clinton Released 

  23-12-2025 18:21 via thestranger.com
  by Vivian McCallI’m Dreaming of a Wind Christmas: Break out the candles, Christmas fans. A windstorm could knock out the power around dinnertime tomorrow, the Seattle Times reported. Gusts could clock above 55 miles per hour. The storm could last a few hours. After all that rain, the soil is moist, so don’t hang out under any tree outside of the living room. They could fall.
  It’s Beginning to Not Look Like Not Christmas: Today will be cloudy with a high near 45. Tomorrow, expec
  
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