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• Trump's Interior Secretary: The 'war on coal is over'

  29-03-2017 21:16
  
  U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is moving, along with his boss President Trump, to revive the beleaguered coal industry.  He lifts moratorium on new federal coal leases, but admits "there has not been a rusk in the past few years for coal leases."
  
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• Text Messages Show Federal Monitor Expressing Little Concern about Claims of Racial Discrimination at Seattle Police Department

  04-06-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Oftelie’s apparently casual response to a longtime SPD detective raising concerns about possible systemic racism in the department raises questions about how critically he’s monitoring the department. Meanwhile, dismissive remarks from SPD leadership in the group chat might back up some of Bouldin’s allegations of age discrimination from SPD leadership.by Ashley NerbovigFederal Monitor Antonio Oftelie had a pretty muted response in 2023 to tort claims from Seattle Police Depart
  
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• Remember the Seattle Lawsuit that Ended School Integration?

  04-06-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lewis Powell’s oligarchic legal attack machine continues to target Washington schools with manufactured legal battles.by Austin FieldLast month marked the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous 1954 Supreme Court opinion declaring racially segregated schools unconstitutional. Brown v. Board’s 70th anniversary is a somber one, as one of America’s most celebrated legal decisions faces a legacy of failure. The Supreme Court justices who unanimously condemne
  
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• Slog AM: Fire Kills One in Roosevelt, Biden to Crack Down on Asylum-Seekers at Mexico Border, Superior Court Changes Rules Around Evictions

  04-06-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigHeyoo, good morning.  Damn, the National Weather Service says maybe some thunderstorms today with a high near 63 degrees, with winds reaching 25 miles per hour. Make sure your smols stay indoors today, or else the winds could lift them away. 
  Vacant building fire: One person is dead and another is in critical condition this morning after an apartment building on Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 63rd Street caught fire
  
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• Kent Police to Sweep 200 Migrants Sleeping Outside of Empty Hotel

  03-06-2024 21:33 via thestranger.com
  
  This chaotic situation marks only the latest episode of instability and uncertainty for the 200 migrants.by Hannah KriegKent police officers delivered a 48-hour eviction notice Sunday afternoon to about 200 asylum-seekers mostly from Angola, Congo, and Venezuela, who set up camp in a field next to the Kent Econo Lodge hotel on June 1. If the refugees don’t leave by Tuesday at 3:17 pm, then they will be subject to arrest for trespassing. 
  According to a Monday Instagram post, the asylu
  
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• The Top 47 Events in Seattle This Week: June 3–9, 2024

  03-06-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Hannah Gadsby, The Black Trans Comedy Showcase, and More Top Picksby EverOut StaffWelcome to the first full week of June! Spend some time at tip-top events from Hannah Gadsby: Woof! to to Jon Batiste's Uneasy Tour and from TRANSlations: 19th Annual Seattle Trans Film Festival to Lavender Rights Project Presents The Black Trans Comedy Showcase. For a look at what's in store for the rest of the month, check out our June event guide.
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  LIVE MUSIC
  Echo & The Bunnymen
  You can easily identify
  
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• PNB's Coppélia Revels in Humanity's Triumph over AI

  03-06-2024 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Just Go With Me on This Oneby Rich SmithYeah, okay, sure, on one level, George Balanchine's Coppélia, which runs at McCaw Hall through June 9, is ultimately one of those goofy 19th-century fairy tale ballets with gorgeous sets, coquette aesthetics, an insane plot, and long stretches of time when the whole town engages in an elaborate dance-off. With the exception of a few ad-libbed contemporary gestures, Pacific Northwest Ballet's production holds true to Balanchine's revision of the old
  
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• New Summer Hours Show Service Cuts Continue at the Seattle Public Library

  03-06-2024 18:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Eight Weeks Are Up, but Hours Are Still Downby Hannah KriegThe Seattle Public Library (SPL) did not bounce back after its planned eight weeks of rolling closures from April 12 to June 2. With significantly less fanfare than their announcement in April, SPL unveiled new summer hours starting June 20 that reshuffle the closures but cut an additional 11 hours of service per week across its 27 locations. SPL did not give The Stranger a clear end date to the service cuts, but it doesn’t seem as
  
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• Slog AM: A Big Weekend for Car Crashes in Western Washington; Mexico Elects First Woman President; Missouri Cop Kills Blind Dog, Incites Police Abolition Movement

  03-06-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamDid you have a nice atmospheric river? Sunday's rain broke June rainfall records in Seattle, Olympia, and Hoquiam, but the system isn't done. Precipitation should return Monday evening. Western Washington could see its typical amount of total rainfall in June across just three days. As for Monday in Seattle, it'll be gusty, one of those days that makes your blinds snap if you leave the windows open.With 0.65” of rain, yesterday was
  
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• Will Your AI Ghost Pay Your Debts After You Are Dead?

  31-05-2024 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  "The growth potential is endless, endless, endless."by Charles MudedeThe word on the (virtual) street is that AI has transformed the science fiction of digital ghosts into a reality. The technology can, it is claimed, convincingly imitate those who are no longer with us, the living. Their afterlife is provided by "re-creation services." They are called deadbots (or griefbots). They can interact with and send emails to those who are stuck in the time of the departed, which is, of course, the past
  
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• Ticket Alert: Justice, Dwight Yoakam, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  31-05-2024 18:45 via everout.com
  
  Plus, Ellen's Last Stand...Up and More Event Updatesby Audrey VannFrench electronic duo Justice will make you D.A.N.C.E this fall in support of their forthcoming album, Hyperdrama. Country music legend Dwight Yoakam has also announced a stop in Everett this July. Plus, legendary bully Ellen Degeneres will drop by on her Ellen's Last Stand...Up tour. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some news you can use.
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• The From Far It All Seems Small Comp Defines a Healthy Portion of Seattle's Rock Scene

  31-05-2024 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox this week.by Dave SegalTV Star, "Ride" (KR Records)
  Supercrush, "Lost My Head" (KR Records)
  The desire to curate scene-defining compilations has existed in Seattle since at least 1988's Sub Pop 200. Nearly 30 years later in 2017, Crane City Music spotlighted the Emerald City's underground hip-hop movement with Solar Power: New Sounds in Seattle Hip-Hop. Now, Supercrush member Mark Palm's KR label is releasing From Far It All Seems Small, a 14-tra
  
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• UW President Provides “Proof” of Antisemitic Graffiti … from Out of State

  31-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  While it does not appear Cauce will retract her accusations against the protesters, this latest episode shows students will continue to push back on UW administration with or without tents on the ground.by Hannah KriegProtesters from the recently disbanded Liberated Zone call on University of Washington (UW) President Ana Mari Cauce to retract her statement describing their chants and signs “vile and antisemitic" after she used photos that appear to be from Florida and California as proof
  
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• Slog AM: A No Good Very Bad Day for Trump, Boeing Coughs Up $11.5 Million in Worker Back Pay, Dave Reichert Brings Gun to Seattle Times

  31-05-2024 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamYou've already heard this news: The 45th president of the United States is now a convicted felon, found guilty on all 34 charges in the hush-money case, actions that influenced the outcome of the 2016 election and altered the trajectory of our cursed little country forever. By now, your liberal family members have finished their gleeful texts, your conservative family members have exhausted their fingers from all their furious Facebooking, an
  
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• TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

  30-05-2024 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Very funnyby Rich SmithThe New York Times and every other outlet reports that a jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts in the hush-money case leveled against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The jury found that Trump falsified business documents to conceal a $130,000 payment to keep porn star Stormy Daniels quiet on the matter of her "sexual liaison" with Trump. The verdict makes Trump somehow the first American president ever convicted of a felony. According to the Times
  
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• Sweet ‘n’ Sour

  30-05-2024 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Lemon Boy play Southgate Roller Rink Friday, May 31.by Alexa PetersThe first time I heard Lemon Boy, the scorching pop-punk brainchild of Nicole Giusti and Yaz Ahsani, I was wearing glitter wings in an audience of prosthetic-eared goblins and maidens with floral crowns. This was last month, at Springtime in the Shire, a whimsical and unpretentious “fantasy crossover costume party” at the Capitol Hill DIY venue Mosswood Loft. Lemon Boy opened the party with a biting set, setting the t
  
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• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: June 2024

  30-05-2024 21:00 via everout.com
  
  Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade, TRANSlations Film Festival, and Moreby EverOut StaffJune is here, which means summer has arrived, not to mention Pride Month, Juneteenth, and Father's Day! To bring a little color to your calendar, we've compiled the biggest events you need to know about in every genre, from the Queer/Pride Festival to TRANSlations: 19th Annual Seattle Trans Film Festival, from Vampire Weekend to Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again!, and
  
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• I Saw U: Standing Outside Elliott Bay Book Company, Talking About Galaxy Hands at the Henry, and Shopping at Safeway

  30-05-2024 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  See someone? Say something!by AnonymousCaroline Rose show 5/18
  You: cute redhead with a very cool Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass tattoo on your arm. I’ve got one in my apartment already, wanna make it two?Hubba hubba
  Saw you standing outside of Elliott Bay Books eating a savory pinwheel lookin all hunky. Were you also there for the Melissa Broder book tour?
  Curious Old Woman at the Henry Museum
  We talked about the clay galaxy hands for a bit, but I wish you had said more! Anyways, you ma
  
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• The Stranger's Burger Week Begins June 10

  30-05-2024 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Yay, burgers!by The Stranger's Promotions DepartmentBurger lovers, your time has come. Again! 
  The Stranger's Burger Week is back and we've partnered with Jack Daniels to make this year's week o' burgs bigger than ever before.
  From June 10 through June 16, you'll find original, specialty burgers at 17 burger joints across town for just $12. You can't even get a measly turkey sandwich for that kind of cash any more!!!You can find the full list of participating restaurants, high-quality photo
  
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• Slog AM: Puget Sound Energy to Shut Off Poor People's Power, Boeing Firefighters Strike Tentative Deal, Mayor Harrell Repeats History in Defending Former Chief Amid "Grooming" Allegations

  30-05-2024 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegWeather: Some weather yesterday, huh? If you got caught outside without a rain jacket during that lil downpour, rest assured that will not happen today... unless the weather nerds got it wrong, in which case I’m sorry to have misled you. According to the National Weather Service, we can expect mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low to mid 60s. If you can’t get outside today, fear not. Friday should be similarly nice before we
  
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• Seattle’s Experiencing a Millionaire, Centimillionaire, and Billionaire Boom

  30-05-2024 00:20 via thestranger.com
  
  You'd think having more millionaires in Seattle would make the city richer. It doesn't.by Charles MudedeOne would expect that the 3,700 millionaires Seattle added in 2023 alone would mean the city as a whole (meaning, the public spirit of the area) would be that much richer. But such is not the case. Indeed, it appears to be the opposite. The Seattle City Council now claims to be broke, the same goes for Seattle Public Library and Seattle Public Schools. And so, the addition of, as Puget Sound B
  
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• Checkoutrage

  29-05-2024 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Can we PLEASE just get rid of the self-checkout and go back to checkout lanes, with express lanes for 8 items or less?by AnonymousCan we please bring checkout lanes back? The number of people who take an entire, overflowing cart of groceries through a self-checkout lane thinking they can scan groceries faster than a cashier is astounding, especially when they eventually run out of space on the ever-so-sensitive bagging scale and start standing around to wait for employee assistance anyway. 
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Amy Tan, La Luz, Pride in the Park, Echo & the Bunnymen, and a 30-Foot-Long Bloody Mary Bar

  29-05-2024 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 5/29  
  Amy Tan: The Backyard Bird Chronicles
  (BOOKS/BIRDS) In 2020, a lot of us started birding—mass layoffs and an unfamiliar amount of hours to fill tends to encourage people to look to the skies, I guess. National treasure Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) will conjure plenty of conversations about spark birds with her latest book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, a "gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, a
  
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• Slog AM: Adrian Diaz Out as SPD Chief, Library Cyber Attack, Israel Intensifies Rafah Strikes

  29-05-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallDiaz is out: Ashley reports that Seattle Police Department Chief Adrian Diaz will no longer lead the department, according to a source. Sources told Fox 13 station that he cleaned out his desk last night, and that Mayor Bruce Harrell re-assigned him to special projects. The City will reportedly hold a press conference around 1 pm today. Ashley will have more on this developing story later.
  Library cyber attack: Someone hit the Seattle Public Li
  
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• Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz Out as Top Hog

  29-05-2024 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz is toast, at least as the city's top hog, according to a source.by Ashley NerbovigAs first reported by The Stranger, Seattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz stepped down from his position on Tuesday amid a flurry of lawsuits over a culture of sexism and racism at the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and rumors about an inappropriate relationship with a top aide.
  King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has stepped up to replace him as Interim Chief of Police, Mayor B
  
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• Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz Out as Chief at Seattle Police Department

  29-05-2024 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz is toast, at least as the city's top hog, according to a source.by Ashley NerbovigSeattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz is toast, at least as the city's top hog, according to a source. After a series of lawsuits accusing him of allowing a culture of sexism and racism at the Seattle Police Department, combined with rumors about an inappropriate relationship with a top aide, his stint as chief has come to a close after less than four years. 
  On Tuesday, the d
  
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• Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz Out as Chief

  29-05-2024 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz is toast, at least as the city's top hog, according to a source.by Ashley NerbovigSeattle Chief of Police Adrian Diaz is toast, at least as the city's top hog, according to a source. After a series of lawsuits accusing him of allowing a culture of sexism and racism at the Seattle Police Department, combined with rumors about an inappropriate relationship with a top aide, his stint as chief has come to a close after less than four years. 
  On Tuesday, the d
  
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• City Council Delays Last-Minute Attempt to Pull Money from Black and Brown Community Development Projects

  29-05-2024 03:52 via thestranger.com
  
  In the face of an inflation-driven $250 million budget shortfall, Rivera’s amendment continues to cement the council’s commitment to the wealthy, to corporations, and to fiscal conservatism at the expense of marginalized communities suffering under the pressures of the ongoing housing crisis.by Hannah KriegFor more than three hours, BIPOC-led organizations shamed Council Member Maritza Rivera for her last-minute amendment to rug-pull funding for the beloved Equitable Development Init
  
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• “My Boyfriend’s Son Is Stealing My Underpants"

  29-05-2024 01:14 via thestranger.com
  
  On the Magnum: Dr. Evan Goldsteinby The StrangerYikes! Her boyfriend’s pre-teen son has been stealing her underwear. This very naughty lad lives with them half the time. How can she get this boundary violation out of her head?
  Twelve long years ago, he cheated on his wife. They got through it with therapy and endless processing. While watching TV with their kids (age 10 and 13) the subject of infidelity came up on the show, and his wife appeared upset. She was angry that he didn’t pa
  
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• Liquified “Natural” Gas Is One of the Most Pressing Risks to Our Climate

  28-05-2024 19:22 via thestranger.com
  
  LNG is one of the most pressing risks to our climate and communities in the US, but because of the fossil fuel industry’s false advertising, most people have never heard of it.by Emma CoopersmithOutside the office building, we paused to hand out signs. A bright orange-and-yellow sun with the phrase “Defend Environmental Justice” written on it, “People Over Fossil Fuels” written on used cardboard, and the shortest on—”Stop LNG” written in Sharpie. T
  
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