medicare for all

@sanders.senate.gov has the right idea here. We can spend our energy fighting AI, or we can tax it so we can have healthcare and welfare and go on to create human art and expression. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN4b...

He wants money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for All.

The American right wing is anti-city (anti-bike, anti-transit, anti-density, etc) because their power relies on their base hating and distrusting anyone not exactly like them, and as @mayor.seattle.gov said “Cities are where people who are different from one another learn how to live together.”

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

I visited MLK Community Hospital in South LA, the only safety-net hospital serving poor patients in the area. The ER was built for 25,000 patients a year; it gets 120,000. I saw patients getting treated in the gift shop, the chapel, in tents, even outdoors. And this is before the Medicaid cuts.

As the cost of living increases we all need to make some sacrifices.

Millionaires Tax Means Local Magnate Can Only Afford One of Seattle’s New Waterfront Car Condos: tinyurl.com/54xb6te

The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)

🧵 Elon Musk has donated a staggering $369M to influence the 2026 elections, making him the largest individual political donor in modern US history. And yet, he continues to invoke George Soros as a shadowy force secretly manipulating elections and the world as we know it. Let’s take a closer look.

Pioneer Square obstructionists are rallying people to keep their veto over safety improvements on Monday. Tell council@seattle.gov to keep amendment 16 and let SDOT have the final say over street safety projects

We desperately need Medicare for All in this country.

Lefty Cheat Sheet aggregates campaign finance info for each race! Take a look at how Super PACs are trying to influence state legislative races in Seattle 👀 leftycheatsheet.org#e=20261103&r...

Wake up and look around the country! Elon Musk was out there trying to buy the results of a Wisconsin state Supreme Court seat just last year.

Today, while protecting Palestinians, Brad Lander & a group of American rabbis & others were taken by the IDF. Releasing Brad isn't enough, the Israeli govt must release them all.   If this is how they treat Americans, imagine how they treat Palestinians. Trump & Rubio's silence fuels this impunity.

🚨NEWS: Roger Marshall's top donor, 30-year business partner and good friend is a private equity mogul who has bankrupted hospitals across the country. Marshall and his wife have invested in several funds from the private equity firm, known as Nueterra. 🧵 prospect.org/2026/10/21/a...

new on turtlyburt: a collection of quotes in which @niluj.bsky.social shows an understanding of public safety that dwarfs not only her opponent julie kang, but also every sitting member of the public safety committee alt text

The New York Times editors' note on the Wedgewood Polls fiasco mentions FiftyPlusOne and links back to our investigation. We are happy our reporting on this bad actor is being recognized, and I applaud the reporting team, including Mary Radcliffe Cooper Burton, on their hard work!!

A left-wing and progressive supermajority elected in Vancouver, BC, hmm? After running on a platform of sewer socialism? Will be interesting to see what they're able to accomplish with a more aligned mayor and council.

Seattle Conservatives: Sara Nelson spending 65 thousand dollars on a news website that wants to turn hearts and minds with AI slop. I can read my own prompt output, tyvm. Seattle Progressives: Humans coming together to build @electioncheatsheet.org, an amazing guide to Seattle elections.

Conflicts aside, it is beautiful how many progressive humans in Seattle and this region want to make it a better place for everyone. And not just on BlueSky obv. Everyday I'm inspired by the passion and hard work they put in, whether it's independent media or election cheat sheets.

We should be able to have a Medicare for All system, we should be able to afford prescription drugs, we should be able to afford childcare...

No one should go bankrupt simply for getting sick or injured. Healthcare is a human right, not a profit margin. 🧵👇 ​#MedicalDebt #HealthcareReform #WorkersRights #HealthcareJustice

Hey! If you learned from my 93-post-and-growing thread on a proposal to ban RVs in Seattle, which I've been posting from City Hall all afternoon, please support my work with a donation or subscription to PublICola, where I post long-form coverage of the city every day. publicola.com/support/

do you want to read an interview with someone who absolutely does not understand how city government works alt text

The man who asked the question is a literal white nationalist operative who is suggesting El-Sayed is a terrorist and these fucking twerps are like “He came off a little smug”

wild how much good UX can be seen as a threat to incumbent power

CivicTide wishes it could generate even 10% of the buzz electioncheatsheet.org is generating. Btw I used ECS to help me fill out my ballot and it is by far the best progressive Seattle and Washington voter guide out there.

I want this guy championing Medicare for All in the Senate. A doctor and a fighter. Imagine 6+ years of our entire nation watching and listening to this guy and being educated on why free and guaranteed public healthcare for all is America's future.

The WA state legislature could end this madness with a one paragraph SEPA exemption bill! @jessdbateman.bsky.social @juliareedwa.bsky.social please let us build housing in the state's largest city

This is a masterclass in effective communication while also not being afraid to point out bigotry for what it is. We should be so lucky to have someone like this in our government.

Truly in awe watching El-Sayed turn a heckling into an amazingly honest campaign vid about Islamophobia and bigotry, and how real Americans reject that. Let's get @abdulelsayed.bsky.social over the finish line. secure.actblue.com/donate/aes-web

Look what's a little bank fraud? You can definitely trust me to govern well.

Talking to @king5news.bsky.social about all the great things @mayor.seattle.gov is doing for Seattle. @yourcityseattle.bsky.social

I love that Lake Forest Park councilmembers are calling neighborhood commercial legalization an expansion of "cozy retail."

These time consuming processes are a barrier to meeting our housing goals. The system must change.

Seattle police lieutenant Matthew Didier, caught on camera telling his fellow officers “We’re here to fuck people up” before SPD threw protesters to the ground and arrested them at an anti-trans rally last year, has been disciplined—with a verbal reprimand.

"The Secret Tribunal of Nice Things" #doomloop #seattle

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...