Millions of People Won’t Be Kicked Off Their Healthcare, Yet: McCain, Murkowski, and Collins voted “no” on the “skinny” Obamacare repeal. “It was the absolute least [McCain] could do to help his own constituents keep the healthcare that he’s relying on to keep his body alive,” Rich writes. “But also don’t forget that Democrats didn’t include Medicare for All on the list of policies they’ll be pushing in 2018. Until they earnestly fight for a solution that guarantees coverage for everyone, we’ll keep having to play whack-a-mole with this ignorant, cynical Republican bullshit.”
Cruise Ship Passenger Killed Wife Because She Laughed at Him, FBI Says: The FBI charged Utah man Kenneth Manzanares with murder after he <a href=”
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Federal-authorities-to-announce-charges-in-cruise-11450505.php”>was found “with blood on his hands and clothes, and with blood spread throughout the cabin on the Princess Cruises ship Tuesday night,” according to the complaint. According to the same complaint, here’s <a href=”
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Federal-authorities-to-announce-charges-in-cruise-11450505.php”>what happened next:
A man and other people went into the room before medical workers and security officers had arrived and saw the woman on the floor covered in blood, according to court documents.
The man asked Manzanares what happened, and the suspect said, “‘She would not stop laughing at me,'” according to the FBI complaint.
The cruise ship left from Seattle.
Washington Superintendent Investigates Complaint Over Garfield Counselor’s “Moral Character”: The state superintendent’s office has opened an investigation into Garfield High School counselor Raymond Willis, who has twice been fined for financial fraud.
But the Seattle City Council Has Backed Away from Attempting to Impeach Ed Murray on Moral Grounds: For a minute, it looked like the City Council might <a href=”http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/07/17/25294229/mayoral-candidates-council-member-lorena-gonzalez-call-on-ed-murray-to-resign
“>consider the clause in the city charter that says a mayor can be removed from office “for any willful violation of duty or for the commission of an offense involving moral turpitude.” But, nah. Council Member Lorena González still reprimanded Murray for disparaging his accusers and attacking the credibility of Child Protective Services in an attempt to defend himself from a 1984 report concluding he sexually abused his foster son, Jeff Simpson. But now there’s going to be a vague “succession plan”—Murray’s own proposal “for a joint committee to oversee the transition of power to the next administration.”
Accuser Who Sued Ed Murray Over Alleged Abuse Earlier This Year Claims Murray Defamed Him: “Delvonn Heckard, the man who sued Mayor Ed Murray for allegedly sexually abusing him in the 1980s, has now filed a claim with the city clerk saying Murray defamed him,” Heidi <a href=”
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/07/27/25314112/man-who-sued-ed-murray-for-alleged-sexual-abuse-claims-murray-defamed-him”>writes. “Heckard is seeking $1 million to $3 million in damages. If the city denies Heckard’s claim for damages, he could sue.”
Burien City Council Weighs Repealing Sanctuary City Ordinance: The council will respond to a 3,643-signature petition asking the city to repeal protections for undocumented residents.
Can the City Really Daylight Police Union Negotiations? Doesn’t look like it.
Washington State Department of Transportation Say Bertha Contractors Knew About Steel Pipe: A new lawsuit filed by the state claims that Bertha contractors Seattle Tunnel Partners had a two-year heads up about the steel pipe that waylaid Bertha, the tunnel boring machine, for two years of repairs.
White House Press Secretary or Tommy from Goodfellas? “I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?” Who said it?
Seattle Times Editorial Board Says Trump’s Attack on Trans Troops Is an Attempt to Distract from Russia: Not the worst thing that’s come from them!
Truck Drivers on Self-Driving Cars: “I think it’s stupid.”
House panel approves legislation to speed the deployment of self-driving cars: https://t.co/KGOVeYWUIB pic.twitter.com/6pivb7gE1S
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