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Homeless in Seattle

Zoning reform is seen as key to creating more affordable housing and addressing rampant homelessness in the Seattle area The homeless have multiplied on the streets of this country over the past four decades, creating a near-dystopian urban landscape in parts of many cities — a scene marked by sprawling…

Homelessness

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Homeless in Seattle
Homeless in Seattle
Homelessness

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The Empire Strikes Back at Press Freedom

A free press isn’t guaranteed absent struggle — often in darkness and against the odds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, recently announced that it has adopted a policy that creates some internal checks and balances to prevent improper demands being placed on journalists to produce records or the…

Press Freedom

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The Empire Strikes Back at Press Freedom
The Empire Strikes Back at Press Freedom
Press Freedom

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Feb 12, 2021

The President Who Played With Fire

What was Trump really hoping to accomplish by inviting a mob to raid the Capitol? — Is anyone still wondering what then-President Donald Trump expected to happen if he and his mob had successfully hanged Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, among others, on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 — and successfully stopped the final vote certification? I expect his…

Nazis

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The President Who Played With Fire
The President Who Played With Fire
Nazis

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Feb 5, 2021

Push to Reopen Schools Is Being Driven by Inadequate Science

A robust pandemic-era vaccination program for educators is the solution — not obfuscation and denial Before making up your mind about whether teachers should be vaccinated prior to returning to the classroom, please take some time to consider that relying on inadequate science is no better than relying on religion…

Covid-19

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Push to Reopen Schools Is Being Driven by Inadequate Science
Push to Reopen Schools Is Being Driven by Inadequate Science
Covid-19

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Jan 14, 2021

American History Is an Antidote to the Poison of a Fascist Insurrection

The Trump-incited insurgency only prevails if pro-democracy forces are divided by fear Predicting the future isn’t possible — even when reading the tea leaves left by racist extremists. Assessing existing realities is possible, however. In the face of violent threats from insurrectionists bent on ignoring facts and history, much of…

Insurrectionists

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American History Is an Antidote to the Poison of a Fascist Insurrection
American History Is an Antidote to the Poison of a Fascist Insurrection
Insurrectionists

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Oct 24, 2020

Trump ‘Protesters’ Spread Lies in Communities of Color

At a Seattle protest today, Trump backers were handing out flyers intended to deceive people in my neighborhood — I just checked out an impromptu pro-Trump voter rally held today, Oct. 24, in the parking lot of a Safeway grocery store a few blocks from my house at MLK Way and Othello Street in South Seattle. I counted only about two dozen protestors who were under the watch of…

Trump

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Trump ‘Protesters’ Spread Lies in Communities of Color
Trump ‘Protesters’ Spread Lies in Communities of Color
Trump

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Oct 13, 2020

Company supplying former special ops forces for ‘election security’ is linked to a religious mission

The company, Atlas Aegis, works closely with another Tennessee company that provides military-like training to faith-based groups — The Tennessee-based private security company that plans to send armed guards with special operations training to Minnesota to protect election sites from “looting and destruction” by a leftist boogeyman dubbed “Antifa” also appears to be closely associated with conservative religious groups.

Private Contractors

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Company supplying former special ops forces to Minnesota for ‘election security’ is linked to a…
Company supplying former special ops forces to Minnesota for ‘election security’ is linked to a…
Private Contractors

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Sep 3, 2020

Contractors Are Part of the Team in Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Blitzkrieg

A listing of federal security-firm contractors in U.S. cities being targeted by Trump reveals the players to keep an eye on — Sometimes, even the professional media fact-checkers need to be fact-checked. That’s the case with a Poynter Institute “PolitiFact” online posting about the use of private contractors in President Trump’s federal troop deployments, which are focused on quelling protests in cities like Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. They are among more than…

Fps

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Contractors Are part of the Team in Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Blitzkrieg
Contractors Are part of the Team in Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Blitzkrieg
Fps

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Aug 21, 2020

Private Contractor Assisting Feds in Quelling Portland Protests Is Revealed

The security company, working under contract with the Department Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service, was outed in court pleadings — The identity of the private contractor assisting federal agents deployed in Portland, Oregon, in stemming anti-racists protests in that city has surfaced in court pleadings filed by the ACLU of Oregon. The contractor is Annapolis, Maryland-based MaxSent — which also does business as CDA Inc., according to a court transcript…

Contractors

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Private Contractor Assisting Feds in Quelling Portland Protests Is Revealed
Private Contractor Assisting Feds in Quelling Portland Protests Is Revealed
Contractors

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Aug 13, 2020

Trump Administration Continues to Obscure the Role of Private Contractors in Protest Clampdown

Congress is now probing the use of contract security personnel in law enforcement operations led by DOJ and DHS — A rolling deployment of federal law enforcement forces underway in this country since June has been making headlines nationwide because of the “shock and awe” show of force it has unleashed on this nation’s streets. The federal officers, many clad in camouflage, riot gear and trained in special operations tactics…

Fps

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Trump Administration Continues to Obscure the Role of Private Contractors in Protest Clampdown
Trump Administration Continues to Obscure the Role of Private Contractors in Protest Clampdown
Fps

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Bill Conroy

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Bill Conroy is an independent investigative journalist. For more information, check out billconroy.pressfolios.com.

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