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Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p>okay washington state in particular let's go</p><p><a href="https://seattleindivisible.com/daily-actions/2025/3/28/a-wa-activist-indivisible-member-was-detained-by-ice-heres-how-to-help/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattleindivisible.com/daily-a</span><span class="invisible">ctions/2025/3/28/a-wa-activist-indivisible-member-was-detained-by-ice-heres-how-to-help/</span></a></p><p>A WA activist &amp; Indivisible member was detained by ICE – here’s how to help<br>March 28, 2025</p><p>From Indivisible National and Indivisible Skagit:</p><p>“Alfredo (Lelo) Juarez, a well-known and well-loved activist and member of Indivisible Skagit, was violently taken By I.C.E [on March 25]. It is widely believed that it was a targeted attack on Farmworker leadership. ...</p><p>Now that he has been moved to the NW Detention Center in Tacoma, the only way he will be released is if our elected officials step in. Please call your elected officials and demand that they intervene and take action to get him out.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@corbden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>corbden</span></a></span> The national Tesla on the 29th or the April 5th Hands Off!/All Out?</p><p>I'll be throwing out some info on both soon but:</p><p>Tesla International Takedown:</p><p><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/event_campai</span><span class="invisible">gns/teslatakedown</span></a></p><p>Hands Off!/All Out</p><p><a href="https://handsoff2025.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">handsoff2025.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/IDpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDpol</span></a></p>
Led By Fools<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> Could Have Had Universal Healthcare? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a> </p><p>Two bills died in committee during the current legislative session. Those bills would have established a system of universal healthcare for Washington State residents. </p><p>“So, if everyone loves universal healthcare and all the politicians involved say they do too, why the hell didn’t it get a hearing?”</p><p><a href="https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/03/17/79971060/we-could-have-had-universal-healthcare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestranger.com/news/2025/03/1</span><span class="invisible">7/79971060/we-could-have-had-universal-healthcare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPol</span></a></p>
JillL<p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> This seems like a good idea. It seems like Roger Cook, a former Health Minister, is planning to have a serious run at solving problems in the Health portfolio.</p><p>"WA's new health ministry aims to bring team approach to difficult portfolio"<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/wa-health-system-roger-cook-new-ministerial-approach/105067906" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/wa-</span><span class="invisible">health-system-roger-cook-new-ministerial-approach/105067906</span></a></p>
[object Object]<p>More about HB1217 here <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1217&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?Bi</span><span class="invisible">llNumber=1217&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false</span></a></p>
[object Object]<p>Washington Staters! HB1217, a bill that seeks to stabilize rent in the state, needs to pass out of the Senate Housing Committee by April 2. Record your support by completing this form with position = "Pro" <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a> <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&amp;mId=33077&amp;aId=165727&amp;caId=26394&amp;tId=3&amp;emci=72340163-5403-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&amp;emdi=472fffc2-6403-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&amp;ceid=2636873" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/A</span><span class="invisible">dd?chamber=Senate&amp;mId=33077&amp;aId=165727&amp;caId=26394&amp;tId=3&amp;emci=72340163-5403-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&amp;emdi=472fffc2-6403-f011-90cd-0022482a9fb7&amp;ceid=2636873</span></a></p>
Morpheus Being<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2025</span></a></p><p>WA election results are very interesting and i suspect good idea of results for coming election. All i hope is that the LNP are almost exterminated.</p><p><a href="https://newpolitics.com.au/2025/03/15/wa-votes-and-dutton-unravelling-strong" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newpolitics.com.au/2025/03/15/</span><span class="invisible">wa-votes-and-dutton-unravelling-strong</span></a></p>
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:<p>From U. District Advocates:</p><p>Cedars of Lebanon leaving?</p><p>What makes the University District so unique is its abundance of legacy small businesses which attract folks to our main street. One of which is Cedars of Lebanon, the oldest restaurant on The Ave, who after five decades may be displaced to make room for a McDonalds.</p><p>For some of us, the introduction of a corporate chain restaurant, replacing three independent, small businesses with a block-wide façade, directly across the street from the entrance to our main light rail station, is very troubling.</p><p>Consider adding your name to the petition or attending the council meeting tonight at 7pm at Bulldog News to learn more. </p><p>Petition link:</p><p><a href="https://newsletters.udistrict.org/t/y-l-cddxty-jjldtlhjiy-t/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsletters.udistrict.org/t/y-</span><span class="invisible">l-cddxty-jjldtlhjiy-t/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seapol</span></a></p>
Kevin Bonham<p><a href="https://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/03/western-australia-2025-legislative_13.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/western-australia-2025-legislative_13.html</span></a> Western Australia 2025 Legislative Assembly Postcount <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wavotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wavotes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a></p>
rollo75<p><a href="https://rollo75.blogspot.com/2025/03/horse-3448-what-wa-election-should-tell.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rollo75.blogspot.com/2025/03/h</span><span class="invisible">orse-3448-what-wa-election-should-tell.html</span></a> - blogged</p><p>What The WA Election Should Tell Us</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WAVotes2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAVotes2025</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/114134562041059305" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11</span><span class="invisible">4134562041059305</span></a></p><blockquote><p>What we can expect from WA Labor</p></blockquote><ul><li>much more carbon dioxide released</li><li>much more methane released</li><li>much more environmental desecration</li><li>much more biodiversity desecration</li><li>much more lawful protest suppression &amp; punishment </li></ul><p>Fuck 'em. 😡🖕</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BiodiversityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreSelfishCruelBastards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreSelfishCruelBastards</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreTotallyFscked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTotallyFscked</span></a></p>
David Marler<p>Wow. Been offair underneath TC Alfred and just catching up with WA election result. I thought the Libs &amp; Nats might have made some inroads but seems not. Keep the government focussed on the WA issues, on its toes over next 4 years. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/what-to-expect-from-wa-labor-election-promises/105025822" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/wha</span><span class="invisible">t-to-expect-from-wa-labor-election-promises/105025822</span></a></p>
Paul<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@fixatedpersonsunit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fixatedpersonsunit</span></a></span> yep, what I was hoping for. Good to see Legalise Cannabis pick one up as well</p><p>It'll be interesting to see how often they rely on Libs and Nats</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a></p>
lucie digitální<p>Independent looking strong in Fremantle!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a></p>
JillL<p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/wapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wapol</span></a> OMG This Liberal Party guy thinks the Liberal Party is "too left". The example was "supporting gun laws". Apparently, that is "too left" </p><p>Then they wonder why people are voting for anyone but Liberal.🙄</p>
lucie digitální<p>LOL Liberal spokesdroid saying the lesson is they need to shift further to the right, having been smashed, for the second election in a row, by an allegedly centre-left party</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a></p>
Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠<p>Antony Green has delivered the killing blow to the hopes of any RWNJs who thought they had a chance of winning. Roger Cook has been voted-in to give Labour another term to govern Western Australia.</p><p>Western Australia continues to be a wasteland for the LNP. I wish I could say it's because the ALP are brilliant strategists or have amazing policies, but it's starting to seem the ALP has been coasting for years, and the LNP have been a hot mess for years.</p><p>A stand-out example of this is Liberal candidate, Basil Zempilas, who said to the ABC that he's the victim of a massive smear campaign. In reality, the only person smearing Basil Zempilas is Basil Zempilas — he defames himself every time he opens his mouth.</p><p>It's too early to say with any precision, but I would like to think that when the final votes are counted, the LNP have a similarly dismal presence in Parliament as last term, when Labor won 53 out of 59 of the seats.</p><p><a href="https://rants.au/tags/WAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAPol</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WAVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAVotes</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/RogerCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerCook</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AntonyGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntonyGreen</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@fixatedpersonsunit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fixatedpersonsunit</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@HardBeingGreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HardBeingGreen</span></a></span> <br>The upper house votes are in new territory for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAPol</span></a> - one giant electorate.<br>I stopped numbering at 60.</p><p>Think the new system will disadvantage folk who have a strong relationship with their local area - before they'd have been recognised on a ballot paper with only 4 names (?). Now they're just sheep in a mob identified by a column header. So some atrengthening of parties that build name recognition. Sound familiar after the LabLib federal deal?</p>
Jo the Neenish Tart<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/WAVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAVotes</span></a> </p><p>I'm still hopeful my electorate of South Perth will stay with Labor, but it's unlikely. </p><p>Geoff Baker was the first ever Labor member and he has done a good job of making himself visible and available these past four years. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAPol</span></a></p>
Paul<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@fixatedpersonsunit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fixatedpersonsunit</span></a></span> I don't think I'll be up to see too many counted. You only need something like 2.83% to get a seat though </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WApol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WApol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WAvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WAvotes</span></a></p>