Bellevue City Council members may think they helped out Rep. Adam Smith and his neighbors when they passed a law seemingly designed to shoo anti-war protesters from his home, but the blatant attack on free speech seems to only have emboldened activists. On Tuesday night, a dozen or so organizers from Seattle Against War (SAW) and Nidal staged a press conference at Smith’s house, vowing to keep the pressure on Smith to block spending on the U.S. war on Iran, embargo arms to Is

Over the weekend, urbanist advocacy group Tech 4 Housing posted a video on social media, pointing out what had been circulating Seattle’s political chattering class for days: 46th Legislative District candidate Will Dreher signed a letter praising conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh, who he previously clerked under, as President Donald Trump prepared to elevate him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. Such a close connection to an ardent conservative could prove politically dama

Seattle advocates are calling on the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to end their new contract with right-wing billionaire Elon Musk’s company Starlink. SPD confirmed in an email to The Burner that they paid more than $100,000 in grant funding for 5 months of Starlink Satellite internet service to, according to SPD, support the department’s internet needs during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. SPD would not say whether it plans to continue using Starlink after the World Cup or