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🌐 Digital Strategist & Data Analyst. Following money and influence across political ecosystems. 🏔️ Rainier Valley (15+yr). Former AK fisherman. 🎵 Vinyl & decks. Networks, not narratives. 🏳️‍🌈👨‍❤️‍👨 = 🏳️‍⚧️ Ally #WorkingDems 🇳🇴+🇸🇪=🇺🇸

Screenshot of BBC article headline "Live: Agents involved in shooting of Minnesota man Alex Pretti put on leave" with photo of Alex Pretti, a man with glasses, beard, and olive jacket, smiling at camera
Split-screen illustration showing Washington tax inequality. Left side: three working people holding signs reading “$75K salary,” bent under large red arrows labeled “Higher Taxes.” Right side: relaxed tech founders lounging with laptops and drinks, surrounded by money bags labeled “Zero Income Tax,” a private jet behind them, and a speech bubble saying “9.9% capital gains tax — ‘Catastrophic!’” Bottom shows a bar chart and Washington state outline labeled “#2 Most Regressive.”
Street memorial at Othello light rail station. Large gray metal box with white graffiti reading 'Seattle Police Killed Someone Here' with arrow pointing down. Ground covered with tea lights, red and yellow candles, fresh flowers arranged in tribute.
Illustration in a vintage children's book style: A Viking longship crewed by determined red salmon rowing with oars, led by a larger salmon wearing a horned Viking helmet with a grumpy, resigned expression. The ship has a red and white striped sail. In the background, a gray wooden cannery building sits on stilts over foggy water. Caption reads: "Thankful my ancestors crossed an ocean to settle somewhere even colder and wetter."
Graphic with dark background and white text. Title: "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS DEMOCRATS - 2026 BALLOT" with subtitle "Corporate-aligned 'centrists' up for re-election". Two-column list with blue checkmarks showing 25 House Democrats and their districts: Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Ed Case (HI-01), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jim Costa (CA-21), Angie Craig (MN-02), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Donald Davis (NC-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Josh Harder (CA-09), Steven Horsford (NV-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Darren Soto (FL-09), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).
Graphic with dark background and white text. Title: "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS DEMOCRATS - 2026 BALLOT" with subtitle "Corporate-aligned 'centrists' up for re-election". Two-column list with blue checkmarks showing 25 House Democrats and their districts: Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Ed Case (HI-01), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jim Costa (CA-21), Angie Craig (MN-02), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Donald Davis (NC-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Josh Harder (CA-09), Steven Horsford (NV-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Darren Soto (FL-09), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).
Graphic with dark background and white text. Title: "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS DEMOCRATS - 2026 BALLOT" with subtitle "Corporate-aligned 'centrists' up for re-election". Two-column list with blue checkmarks showing 25 House Democrats and their districts: Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Ed Case (HI-01), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jim Costa (CA-21), Angie Craig (MN-02), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Donald Davis (NC-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Josh Harder (CA-09), Steven Horsford (NV-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Darren Soto (FL-09), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).
Graphic with dark background and white text. Title: "PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS DEMOCRATS - 2026 BALLOT" with subtitle "Corporate-aligned 'centrists' up for re-election". Two-column list with blue checkmarks showing 25 House Democrats and their districts: Tom Suozzi (NY-03), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Ed Case (HI-01), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jim Costa (CA-21), Angie Craig (MN-02), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Donald Davis (NC-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Josh Harder (CA-09), Steven Horsford (NV-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Darren Soto (FL-09), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).
**Alt Text:** An editorial illustration depicting corporate influence in politics. Eight silhouetted political figures stand on a stage, each connected by thin golden threads to floating corporate symbols above them, including Wall Street, pharmaceutical bottles, dollar signs, and an airplane. The golden threads intertwine, showing overlapping influence. On the left, faded healthcare symbols disappear into shadow; on the right, the Pentagon building glows brightly. Below the stage, shadowed citizens raise their hands toward the figures but remain disconnected. The color palette uses deep blues and grays with golden accents, symbolizing money and power flowing from corporations through politicians while bypassing the public.
New Yorker cartoon: Two scientists at a time machine. Caption: "When you travel back in time, remember not to do anything that may alter things in the present—you know what? Never mind. Go for it."
Editorial illustration showing a ballot box at the center where two paths diverge toward the Seattle skyline. The left path glows cold blue with large TV screens displaying “$1.2M,” representing corporate spending. The right path glows warm rose-red, lined with many small candles symbolizing grassroots community support. Most of the scene—marked “77%”—remains in purple twilight shadow, representing uncertainty about the outcome.
Split-screen illustration comparing two public safety models: the left shows an automated speed camera reducing speeding and funding a “Community Safety Fund” in green-blue tones, while the right shows a dim red surveillance control room labeled “Resource Drain” with operators watching multiple screens.
Black and white illustration showing a hand placing a white daisy flower into the barrel of a rifle, recreating the iconic "flower power" image from Vietnam War protests. The drawing symbolizes peaceful resistance against military violence and state oppression.
Editorial illustration of children on a safety net with deliberate gaps, some secure in blue-green areas, others falling through holes in red-orange sections, symbolizing healthcare coverage instability.
Editorial illustration of corporate plaza where a gatekeeper controls sound, amplifying corporate voices while protesters fade in shadows.
An illustration depicting an angry mob of people wearing red caps, carrying torches and pitchforks in a nighttime scene. The crowd shows intense, agitated expressions with wide eyes and open mouths. The dramatic lighting comes from orange flames of the torches against a dark, stormy sky background. The art style resembles classic editorial cartoons or vintage monster movie scenes showing villagers with farming tools. The composition emphasizes crowd psychology and collective emotion through exaggerated facial expressions and body language.
Editorial illustration of a seesaw in a public square. Left side: woman gesturing to icons of housing, plant, book, labeled “UNREALISTIC.” Right side: man in suit beside surveillance camera and fence, labeled “NECESSARY.” A slumped figure sits at the fulcrum, highlighting imbalance.
Sa Screen Cap of the following message "The clebration emoji for someone getting killed can be triggering for some. Either in poor taste - or depending on the how truly secure Discord is - can be a red flag and seriously hamper members of this server entering the states 😨"
Editorial illustration of Seattle City Council: Sara Nelson at center podium, Bob Kettle holding a “Proposed Ordinance,” and Joy Hollingsworth seated. Below, a large diverse crowd protests with bold “NO” signs, separated by barriers and surveillance cameras.
A political editorial illustration is divided into two halves. On the left, business figures in expensive suits stand proudly before rising green profit charts, missile contracts, and flying dollar bills, all in gold and green tones. On the right, a grieving working-class family clutches one another amid a war-torn landscape shaded in somber blues and grays. A scale looms above them, tilted unfairly—one side heavy with missiles, the other with a red flame symbolizing destruction. Arrows and money flow from weapons toward the wealthy side, while dark arrows of sacrifice point away from the suffering community.
A dramatic editorial illustration of a large government document with its pages lifting to reveal hidden mechanical gears, levers, and symbols such as the scales of justice, media towers, and the U.S. Capitol building. The hidden mechanisms are lit with ominous red highlights. In the foreground, four diverse citizens—two men and two women—shine flashlights and examine the document with magnifying glasses. The entire scene is bathed in deep blues and grays, with the document casting a shadow resembling authoritarian architecture in the background.
Square illustration showing AI-driven military tech like drones, tanks, and surveillance in cool blue tones on the left, and four human figures in warm tones on the right discussing ethics, separated by a translucent barrier with symbolic bridges and icons.
Split-screen image showing the human cost of Head Start closures: left side, an empty preschool classroom with a "Program Closed" sign; right side, a worried Hispanic family with two preschool children at a table covered in past-due bills.
A split editorial illustration showing medicine bottles, pills, and graphs on one side, and question marks, caution signs, and the same items on the other, with a central scale balancing a brain and a clipboard, in muted blues and oranges.
A symbolic editorial illustration split in two: one side shows peaceful public lands with park rangers and a justice sign; the other shows military control with soldiers, watchtowers, barbed wire, and a map, highlighting the transfer of authority over borderlands.
An editorial cartoon shows the Social Security Administration office transforming into a large black X logo. Elderly citizens look confused outside as official documents fly toward the X. Inside, a few overwhelmed workers sit among many empty desks.
Illustration depicting Tesla's market challenges. Cracked industrial landscape with a Tesla factory foundation breaking apart, surrounded by competing EV manufacturer tanks, global market pressure indicators, and ominous stock chart lines showing downward trajectory.
Political cartoon: Trump joyfully shouting "TARIFFS! TARIFFS!" on golf course while Saudi investor looks concerned. Background shows market crash with flames and downward market arrows.
Silver scales of justice stand balanced amid a stormy sky. Dark clouds swirl, but golden light breaks through. Diverse hands reach up to support the base, symbolizing unity and hope in defense of judicial independence.