The a technique Seattle is definitely dying: The Seattle Instances requested 647 artists how a lot they make, and so they confirmed what has turn out to be apparent: this metropolis is just too costly for them. The paper’s survey discovered even the area’s most profitable visible artists, writers, filmmakers, and different creatives can’t hold tempo with the rising value of dwelling. Of the 611 artists who shared their earnings with the Instances, 62% made lower than $50,000, and 80% made lower than $75,000. In accordance with the MIT Dwelling Wage Calculator, a dwelling wage for a single grownup dwelling on this space is $59,696. A Shopper Affairs evaluation of Zillow lease knowledge estimated a single grownup wants about $87K a yr to dwell right here comfortably.
Don’t gentle the grass on hearth, children: The Nationwide Climate service issued a crimson flag warning for our area over the potential for dry thunderstorms and gusty, erratic winds, circumstances ripe for quick-spreading fires. This week has been dangerous sufficient, so pay attention after I say outside burning is basically not advisable.
One-third of our council might not get to vote on renters’ rights: Why? Conflicts of curiosity. Council Member Maritza Rivera makes $29K a yr in earnings from a property in Ravenna, Council Member Tanya Woo owns at the least 10 p.c of the Louisa Resort residence constructing, and Council Member Pleasure Hollingsworth’s household rents out a triplex within the Central District. Whereas Rivera is a landlord and Woo and Hollingsworth will not be, the monetary pursuits of their instant households may disqualify them from voting. Hannah has extra right here.
GET YOUR NEW PARKING RATES! The Seattle Division of Transportation launched new parking charges for town and so they’re positive, I suppose. Half the charges will stay the identical, a handful will lower by 50 cents an hour, and the remainder, in Seattle’s busiest neighborhoods, will now value 50 cents further per hour. On Pike and Pine in Capitol Hill, night time charges hit six bucks. Pleasure month is unquestionably over.
New numbers within the Governor’s race: If the 564 seemingly voters surveyed have been to forged their poll right this moment, 42% would vote for Lawyer Common Bob Ferguson, 33% would vote for former King County Sheriff and former Republican Congressman Dave Reichert, 7% p.c would vote for Semi Hen, and 4% would vote for state Sen. Mark Mullet. Whereas it appears like Ferguson has a cushty nine-point lead over Reichert, 14% of voters don’t know who they’d vote for but. Assuming that Mullet voters will celebration with Ferguson and Hen voters will flock to Reichert, the hole between the frontrunners would shut to only six factors. Jinkies. The Stranger endorsed Ferguson within the race, and you may learn all about why in our 2024 major endorsements. In case you’re the TL;DR kind, right here’s our Cheat Sheet.
Undertake a candy little man: The Seattle Animal Shelter broke my coronary heart yesterday afternoon when it posted a video of a packed kennel of unhappy, barking canines to announce the shelter was full once more. In case you’ve bought room in your house and coronary heart, take into account adopting! If canines will not be your velocity, they’ve bought cats and rabbits and lizards (and a “pigs” tab, however no pigs proper now). For extra info, go to their web site.
There was reportedly a separate international plot to kill Donald Trump: The Secret Service had tightened safety round Trump weeks forward of the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania as a result of US intelligence had briefed them on a separate, unconnected and alleged plot by Iran to kill him. Secret Service officers had additionally issued basic warnings to the Trump marketing campaign in opposition to holding outside rallies. But 20-year-old Matthew Crooks was nonetheless capable of climb a rooftop and shoot. The inspector basic of the US Division of Homeland Safety has introduced an investigation into the Secret Service’s dealing with of the rally.
Laughs nervously: Hen flu is spreading within the nation’s dairy farms, and whereas we’re testing cows for the virus, we’re not testing many individuals. As of Monday, the outbreak has unfold to 157 herds of cows in 13 states, and solely 60 individuals have been examined. Whereas simply 4 dairy staff and 5 poultry staff have examined optimistic to date, infectious illness consultants imagine many extra have caught the virus and that we appear much less ready than we needs to be, given the truth that the virus is infecting extra mammals and will mutate to leap from individual to individual.
Democrats excellent science of shedding elections: Democratic Nationwide Conference management is presumably anxious that the calls from voters and from Congress to interchange Biden because the nominee will develop even louder than they already are, and so they appear to assume one of the simplest ways to win again assist and undertaking celebration unity is to make it possible for by no means, ever occurs by accelerating the nomination course of with a digital roll name for delegates earlier than the tip of July.
Is that basically a good suggestion? Polls carried out earlier than the try on Donald Trump’s life present Biden remains to be lagging far behind in all seven swing states. Not certainly one of Biden’s makes an attempt to regular the ship–the George Stephanopoulos interview on ABC, the Lester Holt interview on NBC, the NATO presser, the speech after the tried assassination of Trump, the interview with Advanced’s Speedy Morman, the speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas yesterday–has completed sufficient to assuage tens of millions of odd Individuals who will determine whether or not or not Biden will keep within the White Home till January of 2029. However, underneath celebration guidelines Biden stays the nominee until he decides to launch his delegates.
Dems aren’t giving up but: In a single extremely lengthy week that started on the hill with closed-door conferences about the way forward for the celebration and that culminated with the assassination try exterior of Pittsburg, requires Biden to step apart dropped right down to terse whispers. Some Dems have advised reporters that the election is nearly as good as misplaced, and that making an attempt to push Biden out will do extra hurt than good. However on Saturday, center-left Dems lambasted the President in a name meant to stem, moderately than stoke, additional defection. Politico reported that since June Nancy Pelosi, who’s satisfied Biden will lose, has privately labored the telephones and plotted with prime Dems to get him off the ticket. CNN reported Barack Obama is anxious about Uncle Joe’s capacity to win, and that Dem pollster Stanley Greenberg, who suggested Invoice Clinton’s two profitable campaigns, is sending out memos to Biden’s crew concerning the impending lack of the Oval Workplace and seats in each Homes of Congress.
Mendacity doesn’t assist, DNC! On X, previously often called Twitter, DNC chair Jamie Harrison justified the accelerated nomination timeline by claiming Democrats wanted to lock of their nominee by August 7–earlier than the conference in Chicago–to get on the poll in Ohio. That’s whole bullshit. In June, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike Dewine signed a legislation that prolonged the deadline to August 31. Relaxation assured, whoever is nominated on the conference will be on the poll in Ohio.
JD Vance’s secret speech: ProPublica found that in 2021, Trump’s VP decide JD Vance advised a bunch of influential younger conservatives they need to stick up for “nonconventional” so-called fact tellers like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars. In accordance with Vance, Jones’s worldview was “a hell of much more true than Rachel Maddow’s view of society.” To assessment, Jones has spent three a long time selling baseless conspiracies concerning the Oklahoma Metropolis bombing, 9/11, Sandy Hook, and the demonic forces he believes to be controlling our world, which, by the best way, is a idea Vance appears to agree with: “I imagine the satan is actual and that he works horrible issues in our society,” Vance continued. “That’s a loopy conspiracy idea to numerous very well-educated individuals on this nation proper now.” Yeah, you’re proper, it’s. Right here’s a full transcript of the speech, and a video revealed by ProPublica. Vance is predicted to be the belle of the ball at day three of the Republican Nationwide Conference.
There’s like 100 batshit, credibility-destroying issues that Vance believes and also you discuss FUCKING TAX POLICY https://t.co/FWVuTZPIXJ
— P.B. Gomez (@pbgomez_) July 15, 2024
Unity-shmunity: In accordance with the Washington Submit, the identical Republicans calling for civility and an finish to violent political rhetoric after the tried assassination of Trump on Saturday preached the apocalypse in Milwaukee on Tuesday. We’re so again? Gov. Jim Justice, a Senate candidate in West Virginia, warned the nation would turn out to be “completely unhinged” if Trump was not elected. In a pre-recorded video, Trump accused Democrats of destroying the nation. At one level, this dumb rap video performed.
Oh my god this Republican Nationwide Conference Rap video that was simply performed to your entire Republican Nationwide Conference was embarrassing… and the viewers was silent afterwards. pic.twitter.com/fWn3o3tgcr
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) July 17, 2024
I doubt any stingy Republicans on the RNC are studying this, however:
almost each Uber driver and waiter I’ve talked to has stated the identical factor https://t.co/Zb0vOG0WAR
— Robert Evans (The Solely Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) July 16, 2024
