Our beloved Nathalie was on KUOW’s Week in Review today: We are very proud of her. She chatted with host Bill Radke, Crosscut’s Knute Berger, and Seattle Channel’s Joni Balter about vaping, Bartell Drugs on 3rd closing, and—of course—impeachment.
Gov. Jay Inslee announced an executive order today that asks the Department of Health to ban flavored vaping products: This comes after the surge of vape-related lung illnesses have spread across the country with 805 confirmed cases (seven in Washington) and 13 deaths (none in Washington) nationwide. Electronic cigarette store owners are pissed.
Kamala Harris is here: and apparently there’s already a line around the block waiting to get in. The presidential hopeful is holding a fundraiser today at Chop Suey. According to KIRO 7, general admission tickets are $100 (!). If you’d like to go to the backstage reception that’ll cost you a cool $2,800 (!!!!), but it comes with a photo. There are “premium viewing” tickets, but please, where is this “premium viewing” section in Chop Suey that you speak of?!
A wrap-around-the-block line at Capitol Hill’s @ChopSueySeattle where Presidential hopeful @KamalaHarris is holding a fundraiser tonight. Some here ready to cast their vote for her while others remain undecided #KOMONews pic.twitter.com/oWOsV85Kkx
— Cole Miller (@ColeMillerTV) September 27, 2019
PCC is coming to Ballard in November: The grocery store will open in the new Ballard Blocks II, says My Ballard. This location, along with the chain’s West Seattle outpost, will be the first two grocery stores in the world to have a Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal Certification, meaning it’s hella sustainable. You can be nice to the planet and spend too much money on the salad bar!
Mike Pompeo is subpoenaed, baby: House Democrats have subpoenaed the Secretary of State to hand over documents related to the House’s impeachment inquiry into Trump. According to NBC News, the letter sent to Pompeo demands that he turn over those documents relating to the July 24 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by Oct 4. Or else!
Federal cop in Seattle has a Nazi tattoo: and it might impact a bunch of criminal cases. Bradford Devlin, an Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agent, got a Nazi-themed tattoo when he was working undercover in the early 2000s and now refuses to have it removed because he considers it a “war trophy.” The tattoo came to light because Devlin is accused of harassment and discrimination by an African American colleague and is currently in the middle of a federal lawsuit over the discrimination. The government is required to notify defendants when cops have a known bias and public defenders in Washington are calling for a review of all cases Devlin worked on.
Bojack Horseman is ending: And it’ll be a two-parter, people. The first half of the season airs on October 25th and the second on January 31. Somehow, I don’t think Bojack will figure it all out.
A black hole absolutely destroyed a star the size of our sun: The phenomenon is called a “tidal disruption event,” according to NASA and CBS News. Can it gobble us up, too?
Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada is the first Republican to come out in favor of impeachment inquiry: “Let’s put it through the process and see what happens,” the representative told reporters on Friday. He’s not keen to say whether he believes Trump’s committed an impeachable offense, but he supports going through with an inquiry.
Seattle Uber driver gets 11 years for rape: A King County judge sentenced former Uber driver Israel Ramos Islas to over 11 years in prison after he was convicted of raping two women that he drove. Ramos Islas attacked one woman after he picked her up outside a bar in Ballard while he was driving for Uber and attacked a second woman two years later in Seattle’s Central District while he posed as an Uber driver. Prosecutors said he preyed on drunk women and the judge’s sentence was at the higher end of the sentencing range, according to the Seattle Times.
Can anyone figure out what Trump is talking about?: It’s like we’re not even speaking the same language.
To show you how dishonest the LameStream Media is, I used the word Liddle’, not Liddle, in discribing Corrupt Congressman Liddle’ Adam Schiff. Low ratings @CNN purposely took the hyphen out and said I spelled the word little wrong. A small but never ending situation with CNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2019
Ah, thanks Vox: The media outlet explains exactly what’s going on in this garbage fire of a tweet, if you’d like to go down that rabbit hole here. My favorite fact is that, apparently Trump has no idea what the difference is between an apostrophe and a hyphen.
The final design of the new Volunteer Park Amphitheater has been unveiled: and let me tell you, if this amphitheater was a hair cut, it’d be one of those swoopy, gravity-defying ones that are worn exclusively by ninth grade heartbreakers. According to CHS Blog, construction will begin next year, but Seattle Parks District—which is heading up the project—has not released a public timeline.
