It defies belief that, in the year 2021 in a place like the Seattle area, somebody at a hospital actually thought it was a good idea to try to let its rich donors skip to the front of the vaccination line. This is a scandal which should make national headlines. Lester Holt should be introducing a story about this on "NBC Nightly News."

And there should be criminal charges. And if this is not technically a crime at this time, then Congress needs to make this a federal crime ASAP, and our state legislature needs to make this a state crime.

Oh, and I think this says everything about how FUBAR our health-care system is.

What the hell is going on out in Sequim? Is it really a Q-Anon city gov or is that click bait?

RE: Rich people get access to vaccines:

Welcome to capitalist america. Nothing new to see here.

RE: Alaska's nazi license plates:

"Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard made a Facebook post in opposition to rescinding the vanity plates, saying "FUHRER" was maybe just German for leader."

10 bucks says she'll be re-elected (is that an elected position?). To conservatives, nazis are the heroes.

RE: Reddit group screwing over wall street investors:

Oh no! Anyway...

RE: Video of congresspeople living in shithole apartment:

They have real houses in their home states though. They just live in that place during capitol sessions. They spend all their time in windowless rooms calling donors begging for money anyway. I thought everyone knew this?

/¿Komo?/

Study: Seattle ranks as No. 1 best city in nation for STEM professionals

Also Komo, FWD: Seattle IS DYING (!!!!!!!) OMG OMG

https://komonews.com/news/local/study-seattle-ranks-as-no-1-best-city-in-nation-for-stem-professionals

From now on, all contracts entertained by the Seattle City Council should require judicial review.

Great slog this morning Nathalie ... Lots of stuff to ponder. I hope Charles follows up on your Wall Street posts.

Echoing DanOh @6. This is a great Slog AM.

Regarding "Teachers won't get poke priority: That's what Inslee said yesterday." I think somebody needs to convince Inslee to reverse this position. Dr. Vin Gupta from the UW makes a convincing case why teachers need to be up there right behind health-care professionals.

Oh, and forgive me, but when I read "Teachers won't get poke priority," my mind went directly to trendy Hawaiian food.

AND THIS MORNING I AWOKE TO THE READ IN THE NATIONAL NEWS THAT OREGON'S REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS ARE CALLING THE ACT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM ON JANUARY 6, 2021 WAS A FALSE FLAG MEANT TO DESTROY DONALD TRUMP AND ARE COMPARING IT TO 1933 AND REISCHSTAG IN GERMANY, WHICH IN EFFECT MEANS THEY ARE SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS AMERICA'S ADOLF HITLER.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY? WHY HAS EVERY REPUBLICAN LOST THEIR MOTHERFUCKING MINDS?

@1 It only defies belief if you think that the population of Seattle (and whatever you define as the region) isn't made up of Americans.

Overlake fucked up majorly so The Stranger commenters argue Capitalism is a failure and so is the health industry... while begging for a revolutionary vaccine created in record time by a private pharmaceutical company because of Capitalism.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday

Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition,as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence.

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/ntas/alerts/21_0127_ntas-bulletin.pdf

6 so you want increased government involvement in business and increased expenses in government operation via activist judges? You're a really shitty conservative.

^ That was for 6.1

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the the U.S. we have nazis trying to take over our government, we just survived four years of a white supremacist as U.S. President, and a major political party continues to enthusiastically support him.

Trump failed because he is too stupid, to vain and too fragile, but make no mistake, there will be a smarter, more polished tRump soon, and the odds of them failing are small.

for four years when refugees came to us and asked for our help, we stole their children and locked them in cages, and who knows what abuse they've suffered at the hands of the ICE contractors.

http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2021/01/on-holocaust-remembrance-day-ms-st-louis-and-the-voyage-of-the-damned/#more-56924

This pretty much sums up the Oregon GOP and their fucking insanity. Here's hoping everyone selling this false flag bullshit gets punted out of society FOREVER.

https://twitter.com/and_americans/status/1353818435856248832/photo/1

(it reads: IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF STUPID TO BELIEVE THE LEFT WOULD DRESS UP AS THE RIGHT AND GO TO THE CAPITOL TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION THEY WON).

@20 Overlake on the Eastside charged $10,000 for their donors to jump the line.

Look, rich people think they're entitled to everything - let them die like everyone else ...