Council President Sara Nelson is desperately trying to appear tough-on-Trump after her pathetic performance in the recent primary election, but she’s still trying to win over his sycophants by airing campaign ads on far-right news stations Fox News and Newsmax.  Nelson’s campaign basically scoffed when The Burner asked for comment about the ads. But her critics argue the ad placement shows Nelson’s campaign sees viewers of far-right, conspiracy theory laden broadcast brainrot

In an unceremonious betrayal of working people, the Seattle City Council approved Mayor Bruce Harrell’s .1% sales tax increase to fund “public safety. The council feigned discomfort at the regressive nature of the tax — Seattle already boasts the highest sales tax in the country — before ultimately insisting their hands were tied. But District 2 City Council Member Eddie Lin, who's been trying to sharpen his progressive image, is proving that no, their hands are absolutely n

Seattle boasts the highest sales tax in the country — 10.5% — and it's about to get even higher thanks to a recent vote by the Seattle City Council. And don’t be softened by all the hemming and hawing, all the apologies for the regressive nature of the tax, all the empty acknowledgment of how this will disproportionately burden working people — they didn’t have to do this and they chose to anyway.  In his recent budget  proposal, Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed taking advantag