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Mom who cares about kids, kindness, climate change and the common good. Let’s build more housing and stronger communities. Views are my own. WA State Rep. for the 1st Dist. who also loves her e-bike.
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DOGE was sold to the American people as a cost-cutting initiative. Instead, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation that threatens the constitutional foundations for American democracy, Laura MacCleery writes. buff.ly/6Wkfuia

Happening this evening in Bothell! Come on down!

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office. He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise. But he did work for the Trump campaign. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

Home insurance is getting pricier as hurricanes and wildfires get worse. States are trying new incentives, encouraging homeowners to retrofit homes against disasters to get an insurance discount.

“It has become clear that our journey towards being carbon negative is a marathon, not a sprint.” — Microsoft Lol; since 2020 Microsoft’s total emissions have increased by 23.4%! What’s the race where you end up behind the start line?

Since 2018, more than 1.9 million home insurance contracts have been dropped. Areas experiencing greater climate shocks face a higher rate of insurance nonrenewal. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Every bill that made it through #WALeg is the culmination of months (years, really!) of effort/learning/compromise/collaboration.

Seems really bad. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

OUR FINANCIAL IMPLOSION CONTINUES #Moody’s has downgraded the United States’ debt, stripping the country of its last perfect #credit rating. The move could rattle financial markets next week and push up interest rates. Moody’s held a perfect credit rating for the United States -- AAA -- since 1917.

BREAKING: For the first time in its history, Moodys has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA1.

www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... We need to do better to make infill easier! It prevents sprawl and that means more forests and farmland remain.

I'm calling it: Washington has now accomplished more on statewide zoning reform than any other US state. In the just ended 2025 legislative session, Washington lawmakers knocked out nation-leading parking and TOD bills, and more. www.sightline.org/2025/05/15/w...

New population estimates released 2020-2024. Mountlake Terrace +18.4% Shoreline +12.6% Redmond +12% Lynnwood +7.9% Bothell +7.5% Seattle +5.5% Woodinville +3.5% Kirkland +3.0% Bellevue +1.7% Everett +1.1% Kenmore +1.1% Brier +0.7% Mill Creek +0.4% Edmonds +0.1% LFP -2.4% Mercer Island -1.7%

Every President Since Lyndon Johnson Has Recognized the Security Risks of Climate Change. Then Came Trump. My article on this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

MAHA

The GOP’s “big beautiful bill” includes a clause giving Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a terrorism supporter. The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.

Putting together a go bag doesn't have to be daunting or expensive. Here's how to create a functional kit that doesn't require much money, time or effort.

I loved this article from @thenation.com about the pro housing movement and class relationships. It's 100% relevant to #yyj and its OCP update: www.thenation.com/article/soci... #urbanism #yimby

Why is the Seattle Times talking about legislators like we are cattle to be herded? www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

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"A research facility within the US National Institutes of Health that is tasked with studying Ebola and other deadly infectious diseases has been instructed by the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services to stop research activities." www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If everyone lived like we do in Canada or the U.S., we’d need 5 planets to support us all. Australians & Koreans would each require more than 4 Earths. We are depleting nature’s ability to support life about 70% faster than it is able to regenerate. That's why I think every day should be Earth Day!

Sine Die was yesterday. Can’t describe how challenging this session was- so much heart break. We passed some very good housing and environmental policies making it all worth it. Also happy to have gotten money for a battery backup for the Northshore Sr. Ctr. , a regional center so many rely on.

This is coming to Washington soon! My bill 2071 from last year asked the State Building Code Council to bring 6-plexes and below into the residential code.

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com

A two year old baby forced onto a plane by her government—our government. That’s what Ilan Wurman and Kurt Lash and their academic collaborators and defenders have been paving the way for with their bullshit articles. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

REPUBLICAN MATH… Red states slash taxes, cut services because of less revenue than blue states like California have to make up for their shortfall.

King County Council members are sounding the alarm after Governor Bob Ferguson’s opposition to lifting the property tax cap threw their future budget into chaos. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/25/f...

Underappreciated story: the potential for distributed energy to spark a bottom-up economic revolution in emerging economies.