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Elderly Man Beaten in Seattle, Attacker Identified on CCTV: Mayor Who Opposed Cameras Now on Hot Seat
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/05/elderly-man-beaten…d-on-cctv-mayor-who-opposed-cameras-now-on-hot-seat-n2202037
– political spectrum over her vocal opposition to surveillance cameras, after one of the attackers of a 77-year-old man in downtown Seattle … This is modern Seattle, folks. It's like that every day.Mayor Wilson isn't navigating this thing very well. … This is Seattle, after all.…
New Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Laughs Off Wealth Flight
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/01/new-socialist-seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-laughs-off-wealth-flight-n2201911
– reports that millionaires are fleeing Washington state due to taxes and various far-left policies.While speaking at a forum at Seattle … And, to be fair, it's not like Seattle wasn't already a mess. … Will Seattle have to collapse utterly before it can be saved?…
Seattle’s Slide Continues: Exclusive Columbia Tower Club Calls It Quits
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/03/elite-skyscraper-club-now-closing-amid-seattle-downturn-n2201949
– Columbia Tower Club, the swanky private members club in downtown Seattle known for its stunning restroom views, will shutter its doors … Office vacancies in downtown Seattle are nearly at 40 percent; that's a calamity. … Seattle, once a clean, prosperous city, is now on the verge of collapse.…
Seattle Succumbs to Socialist Doom Loop
https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2026/05/07/seattle-succumbs-to-socialist-doom-loop-n2202059
– Other times, it can result in massive capital outflows.The situation in Seattle, Washington, is particularly worrisome, considering …  In 2027, Seattle faces a budget deficit of at least $127 million. …  The Seattle City Council acknowledges that the fiscal outlook is “inherently unsustainable.”…
Seattle's Socialist Mayor Gives a Master Class - on How Not to Respond in an Interview
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/02/reporter-asks-seattle-mayor-a-question-n2201928
–  READ MORE: A Billionaire's Movement to the RightNew Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Laughs Off Wealth FlightLeftists claim …  Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson doesn’t want to talk about Starbucks leaving Seattle.…
NYC in Crisis: Business Leaders Now Begging Billionaires Not to Flee the City
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/08/nyc-in-crisis-busi…aders-now-begging-billionaires-not-to-flee-the-city-n2202137
– than the election of a "democratic socialist" (you can read that as "communist") mayor, which is what has happened in New York and Seattle … more money,” he added, estimating he’ll raise roughly $20 million to $30 million.Color me skeptical.Read More: New Socialist Seattle…
Fetterman Torches His Own 'Anti-American' Party — and He's Naming Names
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/14/fetterman-torches-his-own-anti-american-party-and-hes-naming-names-n2202313
– Like, for example, the mayor in Seattle. … Fetterman was referring to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who last month laughed off the idea of millionaires leaving the state based…
A WA Manufacturer Has Been There for Half a Century: Now He's Leaving, and Here's Why
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/13/a-wa-manufacturer…re-for-half-a-century-now-hes-leaving-and-heres-why-n2202293
– Utter failure, in Tacoma and in Olympia.Read More: Seattle Succumbs to Socialist Doom LoopTexas Now Rolling Out Red Carpet for…
Seattle's Homelessness and Open-Air Drug Use Crisis Now Exploding Under Socialism
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/18/seattles-homelessn…n-air-drug-use-crisis-now-exploding-under-socialism-n2201432
– Seattle, under self-proclaimed socialist Mayor Katie Wilson, is a city in free fall. … I remember visiting Seattle in 1986, if memory serves, while taking some Army training at what was then Fort Lewis, and I recall then … finding Seattle to be a clean, prosperous, friendly city.No longer.…
The Self-Sorting Crisis: Why Left-Right Divide Leads to Radical Progressive Failures in U.S. Cities
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/04/the-self-sorting-c…leads-to-radical-progressive-failures-in-us-cities-n2201986
– Kamala Harris in the competition for the greatest word-salad tosser.Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's gaffe "pattern" was called out by Seattle … Westneat has more:The Seattle Times columnist highlighted two other gaffes.…
New: U.S. Nabs Iranian in Plot to Funnel Military Sonar Tech to Iran
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/20/new-us-extradites…anian-in-plot-to-arm-iran-with-military-sonar-parts-n2201497
– The latest case comes to us from Seattle, where an Iranian national, freshly extradited from Panama, will be facing an indictment on …  Iranian citizen extradited from Panama to U.S. on indictment in Seattle“The members of this conspiracy thought they could evade … TheJusticeDept) April 20, 2026The X post from the Justice Department reads:Iranian citizen extradited from Panama to U.S. on indictment in Seattle…
Jayapal Torched for Betraying America: Brags About Working With Foreign Powers Against Trump on Cuba
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/05/07/jayapal-torched…t-working-with-foreign-powers-against-trump-on-cuba-n2202085
– with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places … trying to figure out how to get oil there," Jayapal said in a briefing in Seattle…
Amsterdam Now Bans Burger Billboards in the Name of Net Zero
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/06/amsterdam-now-bans-burger-billboards-in-the-name-of-net-zero-n2202058
– inexplicable election of two clueless "democratic socialists," neither of whom has done an honest day's work, as mayors of New York and Seattle…
Lipstick on a Pig: Massive Cleanup in Seattle for World Cup, Millions of Pounds of Needles, Waste Removed
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/15/putting-lipstick-on…seattle-millions-of-pounds-of-needles-waste-removed-n2201325
– (See Ward Clark’s excellent series, appropriately titled, The Downfall of America’s Cities.)Seattle, it could be argued, is the poster … Yup:In 2025, Seattle Clean City and its partners collected and removed 5.3 million pounds of waste from the right-of-way, an amount … The current plan is not working.Btw, the first FIFA World Cup game in Seattle will be on June 15.Tick tock.…
The New Oregon Trail: No Longer 'Go West, Young Man'
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/the-new-oregon-trail-no-longer-go-west-young-man-n2202102
– Punitive taxes, riots, property destroyed, businesses looted - if the cities of Seattle and Portland wanted to drive away all of their…
Army Vet Jim Whittaker, First American on Everest, Dies at 97
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/14/army-vet-jim-whittaker-first-american-on-everest-dies-at-97-n2201280
– such attempt.Whittaker and his twin brother, Lou, were born Feb. 10, 1929, and grew up in the Arbor Heights neighborhood of West Seattle … They discovered climbing as teenagers through the Boy Scouts and the Mountaineers, a Seattle-based outdoor club, according to a tribute … Seattle threw a parade in his honor.The 6-foot-5 Whittaker was a physical force on the mountain.…
New: A Beer a Day Keeps the Blues Away, but Moderation Is Key
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/18/new-a-beer-a-day-keeps-the-blues-away-but-moderation-is-key-n2201434
– kicker:Drinking beer regularly can be part of a balanced lifestyle, but moderation is key, says dietitian René Ficek, R.D., owner of Seattle…
Blue States Double Down on Tax Hikes As Wealth and Residents Head for Red States
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/08/blue-states-double…ax-hikes-as-wealth-and-residents-head-for-the-exits-n2201107
– Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is relocating to Florida after decades in Seattle, a move he described as personal that came as Washington … follow.Read More: Washington Passes 9.9 Percent Millionaire Tax - Now Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz Is Leaving SeattleBattle in Seattle…
This Story of a Woman's Cancer Treatment Shows the Shocking but Unsurprising End of Socialized Healthcare
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/04/13/this-story-of…cking-but-unsurprising-end-of-socialized-healthcare-n2201234
– Yet, not once, not twice, but thrice did this husband take his wife to a hospital in Seattle, where they saved her life every time.…
Washington Passes 9.9 Percent Millionaire Tax - Now Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz Is Leaving Seattle
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/03/11/washington-passes…starbucks-founder-howard-schultz-is-leaving-seattle-n2200086
– Washington Democrats pushed through a new millionaire tax, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz announced that he and his family are leaving Seattle … During earlier debates about wealth taxes in the state, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos moved from Seattle to Florida, taking one of the … country’s largest tax bases with him.Now, Schultz is making a similar move.Read More: Battle in Seattle: Amazon vs.…
America Literally Cannot Afford Democratic Socialism
https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2026/03/04/america-literally-cannot-afford-democratic-socialism-n2199792
– City faces a $2.2 billion budget shortfall for FY2026 and a projected $10.4 billion gap for FY2027.”Things are not much better in Seattle … In late 2024, the Seattle City Council announced that it “successfully” closed “a $250-plus million dollar budget shortfall while making …  Fortunately, NYC and Seattle must adhere to some semblance of a balanced budget.…
Tragedy Averted As Suspect's Plan to Torch ICE Facility Fails to Ignite
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/19/tragedy-averted-as-suspects-plan-to-torch-ice-facility-fails-to-ignite-n2199361
– Please direct all media inquiries to Meridian PD, the lead investigating agency. pic.twitter.com/SllowGwVxA— ATF Seattle (@ATF_Seattle…
The Worst News Outlets of the Week - Who Dominated in Dysfunctional Coverage?
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/16/the-worst-news-ou…of-the-week-who-dominated-in-dysfunctional-coverage-n2199222
– (This is like saying the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl despite outscoring New England.)Axios just deleted this despite the ratio…
The Downfall of America's Cities: Open-Air Drug Markets
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/15/the-downfall-of-americas-cities-open-air-drug-markets-n2199183
– Homeless Problem Nobody Wants to DiscussThese conditions are found in many of our nation's cities: San Diego, Philadelphia, and Seattle…
Hilarious: Dissension in the Anti-ICE Contingent Over Whistles and White Liberal Responders
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/02/07/whistles-at-anti-ice-actions-n2198924
– response" networks that have made whistle-blowing a dramatic part of anti-ICE protests.In one dismissal, a "rapid responder" in Seattle … as "White Savior," reminding them they are not cameo actors in an "action movie" against ICE.One of the groups, the Seattle group, … Nothing change [sic] no matter what WAISN says," one participant wrote in a group called "WA Whistles." [....]In the Seattle group,…
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