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Here, we explain our picks for every race on the ballot in King County. There's also a longer version of this intro, if you want to hear more about our process.) Sometimes people are happy with us, sometimes they are very angry. That’s politics. www.thestranger.com/news/the-str...

thestranger.comThe Stranger Election Control Board 2026 General Election Endorsements - The StrangerDon’t want to read? Skip to our Cheat Sheet! It’s that time of year again, time for a cabal of vulgar Marxists in a hot conference room on Capitol Hill to handpick the government. Just kidding. We fix...
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Though the SECB is leftist, progressive, and kind of annoying, we are not yes-men for any candidate who occupies the leftmost lane.

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We joke that we handpick candidates, but The Stranger is not a political machine. We are not interested in performing politics or propaganda. We are an independent newspaper that informs our progressive readers which candidates most align with their political goals.

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As we wrote in this intro to the general election's endorsements, the Stranger Election Control Board took some flak in the primary. We heard many fanciful rumors about our bosses stopping the presses to replace our opinions with theirs. But that didn’t happen.

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Our staff has a clause in our union contract to prevent interference in endorsements, and allowing the business side of the paper to interfere with editorial direction is a big ethical no-no in our profession that would’ve led several of us to resign in protest.

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EverOut Seattle has you covered for all the tickets going on sale tomorrow morning!

thestranger.comTicket Alert: Calvin Harris, Sienna Spiro, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week - The StrangerWhat are you waiting for?! Tickets for hitmaking DJ Calvin Harris are on sale NOW. Rising English singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro plans to bring her second-ever headlining tour to Seattle. Plus, genre-bending indie rock bands Mt. Joy and Rainbow Kitten Surprise co-headline the Gorge next summer. Read on for details on those and other newly announced […]
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Don't be fooled by the beauty of the stop-motion world Laika Studios created in their adaptation of Wildwood - much like the source material, this fantastical story is not meant for children, or for people who consider coyotes to be dogs.

thestranger.comFilm Review: Of War, Whimsy, and 'Wildwood' - The StrangerI did it too. Flipping through a crisp hardcover copy of Colin Meloy’s Wildwood in 2011, I fell for Carson Ellis’ wondrous illustrations, and I bought that book for a five-year-old. The boy’s mother g...
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Washington’s Millionaires Tax won’t start collecting revenue until 2029, but the fight to kill it is already a multimillion-dollar affair.

thestranger.comAn Incomplete History of the Millionaires Tax - The StrangerPerhaps the biggest issue on the ballot this fall is the fate of the Millionaires Tax. To change Washington’s regressive tax system or to not change it? That is the question.  Initiative 645, an initiative effort from Let’s Go Washington, the group behind the other anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ initiatives on the ballot, would repeal the […]
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- Amazon Employee Sues Company For Silencing Her After Alleged Rape - Katie Wilson Announces ‘Common Sense’ Homelessness Plan - Get Your Flu Shot! Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Amazon Employee Sues Company For Silencing Her After Alleged Rape, Katie Wilson Announces ‘Common Sense’ Homelessness Plan, Get Your Flu Shot!  - The StrangerA Seattle-based Amazon employee is suing the company after she says a senior manager raped her on a New York work trip in 2023. According to the Seattle Times, she told Amazon’s HR department, reporte...
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Last night, the Seattle City Council passed the most comprehensive reform of large vehicle regulations in a generation to make it harder for homeless people to live in RVs and trailers. @guyoron.net reports.

thestranger.comSeattle City Council Passes Draconian Effective RV Ban - The StrangerLast night, the Seattle City Council passed the most comprehensive reform of large vehicle regulations in a generation to make it harder for homeless people to live in RVs and trailers. The six ordina...
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- Suspect in Gas Station Murder Captured - Ballard Can Pretty Much Forget About Light Rail - Trump Starts Fraudster Hotline Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Suspect in Gas Station Murder Captured, Ballard Can Pretty Much Forget About Light Rail, Trump Starts Fraudster Hotline - The StrangerThe man suspected of shooting to death an attendant at a Belltown gas station was arrested yesterday in Chicago by US Marshals. The murder happened on October 13 around 5 a.m. and was captured by a su...
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The SSHD has announced its first construction project: a five-story apartment building in the Central District . The 20-unit development is expected to open in 2028, but as Guy Oron reports, the agency’s growing pool of tax revenue is already attracting attention from City Council members.

thestranger.comSeattle Social Housing Developer Announces First Construction Project - The StrangerAt a chilly morning press conference today, Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) Interim CEO Tiffani McCoy announced plans for the agency’s first original construction project, a five-story apartme...
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- Bigfoot Never Happened - CIA Settled Nazis in Canada - Don’t Get Your Hopes Up About the Sonics Returning Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Bigfoot Never Happened, the CIA Settled Nazis in Canada, and Don't Get Your Hopes Up About the Sonics Returning - The StrangerOur corporate overlords don’t oppose the Millionaires Tax: Or at least, they aren’t spending big to destroy it at the ballot, as they have done to similar income tax proposals in the past, the Seattle...
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Meet Grimothy, aka “Jim Reaper, Dark Lord and Father of Jimothy,” a massive, red-eyed animatronic raccoon currently haunting a quiet Bainbridge Island neighborhood just in time for Halloween.⁠ @viacedar.bsky.social

thestranger.comThe Oatmeal and His Brother Built Jimothy’s Evil Dad to Haunt Bainbridge Island This Halloween - The StrangerSifting through the infosphere as I drafted Monday’s Slog AM, I was delighted to stumble on an Instagram post introducing Grimothy aka “Jim Reaper, Dark Lord and Father of Jimothy,” as his creators call him. Could this monstrosity have sown Seattle’s favorite short-spined raccoon whose likeness has been co-opted by sports teams, artisanal cutting boards, […]
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- Shooter Kills Four in Bend - White Powder Mailed to Washington State Elections Office - A Stupid Flying Car Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Shooter Kills Four in Bend, White Powder Mailed to Washington State Elections Office, a Stupid Flying Car - The StrangerFour dead in Bend shooting: A 16-year-old boy allegedly entered Bend, Oregon’s Silver Rail Elementary School with a long gun, opened fire, and killed three children ages 5, 8, and 11, and a teacher. A...
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If you don't want to read the entire endorsement package and just want to know who to vote for, here is our General Election 2026 Cheat Sheet:

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After 284 days in office, Mayor Katie Wilson finally gave reporters a chance to ask about something other than the event she happened to be attending.⁠ @viacedar.bsky.social reports.

thestranger.comSeattle Mayor Wilson’s First 'Periodic Off-Topic' Media Huddle - The StrangerA mere 284 days into her tenure, Mayor Katie Wilson sat down with reporters to address a taboo subject: what Seattleites actually want to know. Aside from a bit of FIFA-related bliss, Wilson has had a...
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- Trump Cancels Live Execution - Zelensky Is Over Trump’s Shit - Your Ballot Is in the Mail! Vote! Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Trump Cancels Live Execution, Zelensky Is Over Trump’s Shit, and Your Ballot Is in the Mail! Vote!  - The StrangerICE detained a man—breaking his car window in the process—across the street from KapKa Cooperative Elementary School near Woodland Park yesterday. In photos, ICE agents appear to be masked, and at lea...

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Does the cheat sheet contain more libelous falsities or just this one?

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Ballots will be dropping in your mailboxes this week! We’ve completed incorporating and hand-checking the endorsements of all but a handful of our endorsing organizations, and we’ve improved our site for you.

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Washington has spent years trying to keep ICE from accessing residents’ driver information. According to a new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, federal immigration agents are still finding ways around those protections.

thestranger.comICE Still Outsmarting Washington's Driver Data Protections - The StrangerWashington state officials have made it harder for immigration agents to access driving records during deportation raids, but keep getting played by Trump’s deportation goons. That’s according to a new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights (UWCHR). The report released Tuesday claims that current Department of Licensing practices still likely violate […]
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Aubree Barber creates dreamlike images using projected light, silhouettes, and a collection of precious objects. Through Analog Projections, the Seattle artist turns elaborate sets into colorful, surreal scenes that evoke the feeling of a half-forgotten memory.

thestranger.comSpotlit in Seattle: Analog Projections  - The StrangerIf you’re lucky, your social media scroll has been interrupted by Aubree Barber’s mesmerizing dreamscapes. The heart behind Analog Projections, Barber creates stills and videos using projected light, silhouettes, and her personal collection of precious objects. The ephemeral images, swirling in color and constructed with elaborate sets,  are emotionally evocative and often weighted with a […]

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On Wednesday, Denmark' s Ambassador to the U.S. clarified that the #Greenland agreement "...Does not provide for any preferential position for U.S. companies...” This was in a live Zoom speech at the Nordic Innovation Summit in Seattle's @nordicmuseum.org in Ballard.

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After a political campaign stop in Alaska Tuesday, Trump claimed a mining boom will result: “Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland.”

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Welcome back to Pop Loser! In this week's edition, Kelly Clarkson gets Pretty Woman'd, Britney Spears drops unreleased music, and Mariah Carey looks visibly unimpressed with The Last Supper.⁠

thestranger.comPop Loser: Pretty Woman’d at the Curiosity Shop - The StrangerWelcome back to Pop Loser! This week, Kelly Clarkson feuded with a Brooklyn curiosity shop over an animatronic bird, Britney Spears dropped an unreleased song from Britney, and Mariah Carey saw The La...
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- Woman Raped at UW Fraternity Sues University - Right-Wing Radio Unhappy About Yakima Judge’s Advice for Avoiding ICE - Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Playing With Tiger that Killed UK Man Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: Woman Raped at UW Fraternity Sues University, Right-Wing Radio Unhappy About Yakima Judge’s Advice for Avoiding ICE, Trump Posts AI Video of Himself Playing With Tiger that Killed UK Man - Th...Yesterday, it was reported that Cornell University suspended frat parties in response to the public’s outrage at its exposed attempt to sweep gang rape allegations under the rug. Today, KIRO reports t...
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In his latest piece, @mudede.bsky.social takes a look at "Never After Dark," a Japanese horror film set in Japan and shot completely in Japanese but made by American David Boyle. ⁠ He also gives us his top 3 Japanese horror films of all time.

thestranger.comAn American Made an Excellent Japanese Horror Film  - The StrangerDavid Boyle, the director of the Japanese horror film Never After Dark, is not Japanese. He’s white and American, but he has made films that are either set in Japan or, if set in the US, feature Japanese actors. His latest feature is not only entirely set in Japan but is in Japanese. It also […]

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This is a great story! Scarecrow Video is legendary, give them some love and rent a movie! www.thestranger.com/film-2/shelf... @thestranger.com

thestranger.comShelf Life - The StrangerAs he leads me on a tour of Scarecrow Video, longtime buyer Mark Steiner spots former employee Xoe Amer in the new releases section and waves. Steiner, who started working at Scarecrow in 1992 and retired in September, has worked with Amer’s mom, witnessed Xoe grow up, and seen her work at Scarecrow’s erstwhile coffee […]
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- The Stranger has a New Editor-in-Chief - Voters Pick Hitler Mussolini - There’s Still One Federal Cop Willing to Protect Seattle’s Immigrants Get this news and more at The Stranger.

thestranger.comSlog AM: The Stranger has a New Editor-in-Chief, Voters Pick Hitler Mussolini, and There's Still One Federal Cop Willing to Protect Seattle's Immigrants - The StrangerThe Stranger has a new editor-in-chief: It’s Eli Sanders, who you might recognize from winning the Pulitzer Prize for The Stranger a while back. More on that news here.  As one wall falls, another ris...
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Mayor Katie Wilson's budget proposal has @mudede.bsky.social asking one thing: is she still a socialist?

thestranger.comIs Mayor Katie Wilson Still a Socialist? - The StrangerThis story begins with Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $9.1 billion 2027-2028 budget. It matches estimated revenue with estimated expenditures. It is, in other words, a balanced budget. And the way she accomplished this feat has attracted attention from all quarters. Unlike Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s balanced budget, Wilson’s has no new taxes or tax increases. The […]