NEW: Who paid for protesters to have a staging area in a corner retail location across from Lumen Field, where the World Cup is being played in Seattle? The building is owned by King County. Was it gifted to protesters, or are they paying rent?

A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in İzmir

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Protesters are standing outside JPMorgan Chase in New York this weekend, holding giant banners that say “STOP ELON • NO TRILLIONAIRES” and “ELON IS STEALING YOUR PENSION” These people are protesting the greatest success story in modern history. Let’s look at the actual reality: • Elon has already paid more in taxes than almost anyone alive • Tesla and SpaceX employ well over 100,000 people and actively push humanity forward. • Through DOGE, he already helped cut billions in wasteful government spending. That saved taxpayers hundreds of billions.....meaning he actually helped secure grandmas' pensions by slashing bureaucracy, not the other way around. • Friday's historic SpaceX IPO didn't "steal" from anyone. It created massive value, turned everyday workers into millionaires, and rightfully made him the world’s first trillionaire He didn’t steal anything. He built it from the ground up His companies have created massive job growth, accelerated sustainable energy, and are literally building the infrastructure to make humanity multi-planetary Rather than celebrating excellence, demanding the government punish it is pure evil

3rd generation PNW fishermen to Trump: "This proclamation today is really going to help us. You giving us access to these family-wage jobs in these coastal communities where we are usually the #1 or #2 employer in those cities & counties. I just want to say thank you."

Saving LA - Phase III

What's going on in the Seattle mayor's office right now is not just a few personnel changes. As ECB writes (link in next tweet), they're in the midst of a full scale reorg/reset. The Chief of Staff got sidelined, the point person on the mayor's signature shelter initiative got purged, now the comms director is now out the door, plus a whole bunch of other positions are getting reshuffled, and word on the street is there are more departures to come. Some personnel changes after a new administration's shakeout cruise are to be expected, but this level of change is unusual. So what's going on? The original fault line in @MayorofSeattle Katie Wilson's office was between the progressive activist outsiders who the mayor brought in with her from the campaign, and the old City hands who weren't as personally close to the mayor but were tapped because they knew their way around the building. Now, less than six months in to the new administration, my general reading of the tea leaves is that the balance of power in the office appears to be decisively shifting in favor of the more experienced hands. Because, the mayor has realized, activism and governance are very different things.

Coming in 2027 The new definition of “rich” in Washington is $125,000 And because those earning that much are so well off, a 5% payroll tax is just their fair share!

We Asked AI To Simulate What Would Happen If AOC Was Forced To Learn Economics Made with @grok.

Los Angeles: Transient sucker punches elderly customer eating lunch alone at a cafe in Hollywood, steals his wallet and phone. Hero steps up and takes the thief down.

OPINION: On June 4, Ferguson’s budget director sent a letter to every state agency telling them three things. Stop expanding programs. Prepare significant cuts. Don’t count on the new millionaires tax to cover anything. mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion…