@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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Oregon's future should be decided by Oregonians, so... listen to this famous Californian?
Tina Kotek
@TinaKotek17h
Oregon's future shouldn't be dictated by trillion-dollar corporations - it should be decided by Oregonians. I'm proud to stand alongside @Janefonda in the fight to put people over mega-corporate interests. As your Governor, that's exactly what I'll continue to do.
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Real normal stable genius stuff here. REUTERS: Trump calls Norway "shit house country" and ‌says Norwegian immigrants not welcome in U.S. because the Nobel committee, based in Oslo, had not awarded him a Peace ​Prize. reuters.com/world/us/trump-a…

Norway joins the list of countries Trump has abused in vulgar terms

US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated ​his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and ‌saying Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because the Nobel...

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One of the worst things about Elon Musk is that he just persists in saying things, in public, that are not true and never correcting himself or even admitting to a slight degree of nuance about it.
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An October surprise from the PDC: WA lifts caps on big-dollar campaign spending days before midterms seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

WA lifts caps on big-dollar campaign spending days before midterms

The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission announced Friday it will not enforce the $75,000 cap on contributions for statewide campaigns.

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Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILEOct 24
WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Woman in ad who said a Democrat endangers kids pleaded guilty to endangering kids

Shellie Flockhart, who called Iowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott “dangerous” for kids, pleaded guilty after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017.

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This Alaska Senate dueling Dan Sullivans thing echoes the "three Bobs" stunt that Gov. Ferguson went apoplectic over in 2024. seattletimes.com/nation-worl… via @seattletimes

Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

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Memory lane: seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

Boggling saga of 3 Bobs on the ballot comes to an end

Two other Bob Fergusons withdrew from the governor's race on Monday after they were sent cease-and-desist letters by the campaign for Bob Ferguson, the state attorney general.

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Ally Mutnick@allymutnickOct 22
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
@JakeShermanOct 22
🚨🚨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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