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Let’s Tax the Rich!
📌 IT’S HAPPENING. IT IS ELECTION NIGHT. Finally, we have come to the night of the year that will quiet all those solicitous text messages. It is the night of nights. Election Night. The US Senate is in the balance, and it’s all anyone wants to talk about. What will happen in Michigan? Will a…
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Meta Keeps Suspending Seattle Gay Bars and Clubs from Instagram
Gay Club Massive Lost Access to Its Accounts Ahead of Halloween Weekend
Katie Wilson Vetoes Strauss’ RV Ban
She Said the Bill is Expensive, Legally Risky, and Will Hurt Homeless Seattleites
State Supreme Court Candidate Sean O’Donnell Says He Supports Reproductive Rights, Local Advocates Aren’t Convinced
The state’s leading reproductive rights advocacy groups say they sent O’Donnell a standard endorsement questionnaire. He never filled them out.
Why Don’t Washington’s Corporations and Billionaires Oppose the Millionaires Tax?
The 99 Percent and the 0.1 Percent Join Hands to Fuck the Petit Bourgeoise
New Complaint Alleges Right-Wing Podcaster Brandi Kruse Is a Grassroots Lobbyist
Her Anti-Trans Stunt at the Portland Thorns Game Does Not Help Her Case
Tom Skerritt Has Left the Grand Illusion
The Seattle-Based Star of Alien, Top Gun, and Picket Fences Died at 93
Idaho Lawmakers Tried to Conflate Abortion with Human Trafficking and Seattle Attorneys Are Fighting Back
Inside the bad-faith fight to disrupt young people’s access to abortion, and what it could mean for abortion access everywhere.
An Incomplete History of the Millionaires Tax
How It Happened, What’s at Stake, Who’s Trying to Kill It, and Where the Cash Is Coming From
Seattle City Council Passes Draconian Effective RV Ban
Legislative Package Also Funds Vehicle Storage and Services For Homeless Residents
The AI Wars Come to Ravenna
There’s a contentious election in a normally sleepy North Seattle legislative district, with out-of-state money pouring in. Blame the robots.
Seattle Social Housing Developer Announces First Construction Project
Flush With Cash, the Agency Scaled up Its Expansion Plans by 70 Percent
Seattle Mayor Wilson’s First ‘Periodic Off-Topic’ Media Huddle
The Real Press Conference Was Not a New York–Style Shitshow
ICE Still Outsmarting Washington’s Driver Data Protections
Loopholepalooza! A report comparing blue states’ data protections shows why WA immigrant residents are afraid to get in a car.
Eli Sanders Is Named Editor-in-Chief of The Stranger
He’ll Take the Helm in November
Is Mayor Katie Wilson Still a Socialist?
Is Jeff Bezos a Marxist?
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Scarecrow Video Buyer Mark Steiner
Retires After 34 Years
Seattle Rally to Stop Sexual Violence Draws Hundreds in Wake of Cornell Rape Case
Organizers Called for an End to Sexual Violence ‘From the Frat House to the White House’
Last Month This Month: September 2026
All the Electrocuted Fish, Strongly Worded Letters, and Pig Kidneys You May Have Missed in September
The Stranger Election Control Board 2026 General Election Endorsements
Taxing the Rich Is On the Ballot This Fall
The Stranger Election Control Board 2026 General Election Cheat Sheet
For the November 3, 2026 General Election
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