@Jim_Brunner

Seattle Times politics reporter. Whataboutism is a helluva drug. Also at: https://xitter.cf/t.co/8eOGLLztvm

 Seattle, WA
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Joined April 2009
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Ally Mutnick@allymutnick7h
NEW: buys are starting to trickle in from No Going Back PAC >> $6.3M in #FL25 to target Jared Moskowitz (D) >> $1M in #WA03 to target MGP (D) >> $85K so far in open #FL22 for Casey Askar (R) >> $1M in #FL14 to target Kathy Castor (D) >>$1.2M in open #MT01 for Aaron Flint (R)
Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman9h
🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S political organization is dumping more than $25M into the battle for the House, a late-stage infusion they hope will help rescue the majority for the GOP. They are going back into FL-25 to try to beat @JaredEMoskowitz. CLF pulled out this week. They are not going back into NC-11. Buys will begin dropping today and tomorrow. (who got it first? @PunchbowlNews text subscribers)
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It's all coming down to turnout ™
Rémy Numa@remynumaOct 21
🦊🚨 NEW Fox News Poll TEXAS SENATE Talarico (D) - 49% Paxton (R) - 49% TEXAS GOVERNOR Hinojosa (D) - 47% Abbott (R) - 52% Oct 15-19, TX LV ±2.5 OHIO SENATE Brown (D) - 52% Husted (R) - 47% OHIO GOVERNOR Acton (D) - 50% Ramaswamy (R) - 48% Oct 15-19, OH LV ±2
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Sam Stein
@samsteinOct 21
Elon is losing it on his platform right now. This is the interview that has set him off, via @crampell youtube.com/watch?v=z6wJ0ABv…

Kara Swisher Warns Elon Musk: A Reckoning Is Coming | Receipts

Why is Elon Musk pouring hundreds of millions into Republican campa...

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Elon Musk
@elonmuskOct 21
Replying to @WesternLensman
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Sounds like Swisher really wants to go to prison.
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I spoke with six cross country runners from Camas High School. Read about their perspectives: seattletimes.com/sports/high…

Camas athletes speak about being thrust into spotlight over transgender teammate

The Camas HS cross-country team is at the center of a political debate involving trans athletes. Six runners weighed in, as voters will soon decide the fate of an initiative.

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Dj@DjsokeSpeakingOct 21
Final NYT/Siena poll is D+11
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The nonprofit poised to take over The Spokesman-Review at the end of October plans to keep suspended executive editor Rob Curley in a leadership role. The newsroom isn't happy about it. investigatewest.org/rob-curl…

Spokesman-Review union rejects plan to keep Rob Curley

Despite concerns newsroom staffers shared with InvestigateWest and RANGE, the nonprofit taking over Spokane’s daily paper plans to keep Curley in a leadership role

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Kyle Kondik@kkondikOct 20
NEW Crystal Ball: 28 House rating changes as tally of seats at least leaning Dem surpasses both 218 as well as tiny majorities of the last three cycles centerforpolitics.org/crysta…
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Alex Gibney
@alexgibneyfilmOct 19
It's another "magic trick" by @elonmusk . We chronicle this trompe l'oeil aspect of his stock-pumping playbook in "Musk," which is now in theaters. It started with a "demo" of battery swap technology which looked spectacular and turned out not to be real.
Fred Lambert
@FredLambertOct 18
Everything Yann said here is roughly correct, and Musk knows it, which is why he responded like a 14-year-old.
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Liste@endlisteOct 18
Just found out about recency bias. Maybe the most important bias ever
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Ferguson has given little explanation as to why he has so often rejected the recommendations of his Clemency and Pardons Board. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

Bob Ferguson’s board is telling him to let people out of prison. He keeps saying no

Ferguson has given little explanation as to why he has so often rejected the recommendations of his Clemency and Pardons Board.

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Bryan S. Myrick@BryanMyrickOct 16
Unknown white powder sent to WA election officials seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

Unknown white powder sent to WA election officials

Federal investigators have been investigating suspicious mailings across the United States.

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Jen Fifield@JenAFifieldOct 16
In NV, DOJ said it found 16K noncitizen voters. When NV asked for a list, DOJ sent 185. NV checked those and found all of them were actually citizens. In CA, DOJ first said it found 190K noncitizen voters. Now, it says 20K. Told CA officials they had 48 hours to check, then sued
U.S. Department of Justice
@TheJusticeDeptOct 16
.@USAttyEssayli for @USAO_LosAngeles to @FoxNews on the complaint against California over its voter list: “When we're telling them you have 20,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls, you're going to be diluting the votes of American citizens. Their response is, ‘It's too late; we already mailed the ballots.’ That's not how the law works, and we're going to go to court. This is a matter of law…All we are asking them to do is sequester the ballots.”
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Half a Scaramucci. Katie Zacharia is out after 5 days as White House press secretary seattletimes.com/nation-worl… via @seattletimes

Katie Zacharia is out after 5 days as White House press secretary

Zacharia had gotten off to a bumpy start with her first and final press briefing, followed by an onslaught of headlines about whether she had misrepresented herself as a lawyer.

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No pay raise for @GovBobFerguson - Citizen panel rejects pay hike for WA governor via @dospueblos washingtonstatestandard.com/…

Citizen panel rejects pay hike for WA governor • Washington State Standard

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson will not get a pay raise for two years, under a recommendation adopted by a citizen salary-setting panel. 

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Nick Miroff@NickMiroffOct 16
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. Story with @nancyayoussef theatlantic.com/politics/202…

He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.

When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

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World Series appearances: Seattle Pilots: 2 Seattle Mariners: 0
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$158 MILLION.
Jake Sherman
@JakeShermanOct 15
Now we can say it definitively. Elon Musk donated $158M to SLF. SLF donated $158M to Texas PAC. SLF is Texas PAC's only donor. Elon Musk is singlehandedly funding Texas PAC, which is boosting Ken Paxton.
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David Weigel
@daveweigelOct 15
Always interesting to imagine what the Biden legacy would have been had he said in January 2023 "we had a pretty good midterm, my work is done here, enjoy the open primary."
brent 🌹🗽@BrentInQueensOct 14
Really not talked about enough how the left and progressives were completely right about Joe Biden during the 2020 primaries in that he was too old and would hand the country over to fascism
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Sandeep Kaushik
@skaushik100Oct 14
The big @RealSeattleNice Seattle City Council District 5 debate is a week from today! Because this is an off year for municipal elections, the City Council race in District 5 (which covers all of North Seattle including Lake City, Greenwood, Northgate and the Aurora corridor) is not getting the attention it deserves. That's unfortunate, because there's a lot at stake. Hot button public safety issues around street disorder, public drug use, prostitution, and gun violence, vanishing grocery stores, and (of course) the lack of sidewalks. And there some very real and meaningful differences between the two candidates, Nilu Jenks and Julie Kang. So please join us Wednesday, October 21 at 6 pm at the National Nordic Museum. Attendance is free, and it's a great venue, so ed'd love to see you in the audience at this live debate podcast taping. (And h/t to the Haller Lake Community Club for ginning up the graphic below).
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