Girl Scouts leadership in Missouri threatened legal action over a local troop's fundraiser for children in Gaza via The PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund) bc they didn't get pre-approval.

What a missed opportunity to show some empathy.

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Japanese Americans call for closure of Tacoma’s immigration prison David Kroman reports seattletimes.com/seattle-news/j… via The Seattle Times

Naomi Ishisaka says it best 'The rent is just too damn high for people to make it.' 'We have normalized our safety net made of Swiss cheese' '[we] keep chasing after the fickle benevolence of billionaires.'

WE AGREE.

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The history of the Kansas City football team’s name got weirder and weirder the more columnist Naomi Ishisaka looked into it. st.news/49b8GuG

I'm grateful that Naomi Ishisaka and The Seattle Times did not remain silent on this! There are so many of us who have been watching and experiencing this shift on a daily basis. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…

“I think we’ve been able to demonstrate that we can have development without displacement. And we’ve been able to change the narrative about the future of Seattle,” said Africatown Community Land Trust CEO K. Wyking Garrett. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/b… Naomi Ishisaka

Quite the CNN exit poll. The question was, 'Do you think Biden legitimately won in 2020?'

AMONG TRUMP VOTERS
Yes:                 17%
No:                  80%

AMONG HALEY VOTERS
Yes:                 83%
No:                  15%

The latest story from Olympia by The Seattle Times reporter Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero🇲🇽
More of Jacquelyn's work: seattletimes.com/author/jacquel… #waleg

As the World-Herald gets ready to leave the World-Herald building, I’ve been thinking a lot of this photo essay of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s move, “Deadline: Death of the Newsroom” by Will Steacy. So sad, so familiar💔

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MLK: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
From Naomi Ishisaka, on society’s response to Israeli government’s assault on the people of Gaza.
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Please for the love of God get your mammograms and do your self exams. I want you to thrive my sisters. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Scores of Palestinian journalists have been documenting the horrors suffered in Gaza, and many of them have lost their lives doing so. Now CNN’s Clarissa Ward, Scott McWhinnie and Brent Swails managed to enter without Israeli military escort. Watch their extraordinary report.

Inspiring testimony about regaining health from Mr. Salisbury and a great article by Naomi Ishisaka

Today's column. Thank you to DJ KUN LUV for sharing your story: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h…

Seattle-area Jews feel on edge amid sharp rise in antisemitism, tension over war seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s… via The Seattle Times

Seattle-area Palestinians watch in horror, fear as Gaza siege continues seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s… via The Seattle Times

Washington Post reporters now cannot reach our colleagues in Gaza. Palestinian Red Crescent Society says it has lost contact with medical teams.

Last night I was on the DAILY SHOW (?!?!)
Video evidence because I wouldn't believe it if you told me either.