On this week-in-review Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) & Guy Oron discuss:
⚖️Ban on high-capacity magazines ruled unconstitutional
🫠3 new GOP initiatives
✈️Boeing whistleblower
😮Saka & Woo: We need better Comp Plan
🚎Transpo Levy
😭Seattle alternative response doomed
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This sunny weather (and your amazing support) is honestly the main thing making me happy this Friday. Listen to Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) and I discuss some of the dreary news of the week on Hacks & Wonks’ week-in-review:

ICYMI, records obtained by University of Washington Center for Human Rights, show at least six suicide attempts at the ICE facility in Tacoma so far this year. One person tried to jump from the second floor. Another tried to asphyxiate herself with a trash bag. More: knkx.org/social-justice…

BREAKING: Seattle Public Library announced 1,500 hours of closures in the next eight weeks due to staffing shortages. Library workers, upset with the decision, say is a policy choice, not an inevitability to cut service.
thestranger.com/news/2024/04/1…

Samidoun Seattle is a great resource for learning about the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, which is considered the heartbeat of The liberation struggle

The rift between the Burien City Council majority and the King County Sheriff’s Office seems to only keep getting wider. All because Burien doesn’t think their cops are being harsh enough towards homeless people — to the point where their laws might violate the constitution.

A long-time Seattle Police lieutenant has accused Chief Diaz of permitting harassment against several women, according to her complaint.
kuow.org/stories/seattl…

INBOX: Chipotle will pay 1,853 workers across 8 Seattle locations $2.9 million over violations of the city’s secure scheduling and paid sick and safe time ordinances. This is the 4th largest settlement the Seattle Office of Labor Standards has secured for workers.

'We failed in our efforts to secure his release alive...His ultimate goal was to breathe the air of freedom and to feel the touch of his daughter, Milad, without the jailer determining the duration of their meetings'

- Azmi Bishara

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