Happy Eugene Goodman Day! pic.twitter.com/Wyk0KZT1vx— James III (@James3rdComedy) January 6, 2022 Was last year just a dress rehearsal? Today's anniversary of the Capitol Insurrection was marked by testimony, warnings, and candlelight vigils from Washington to Washington. In our Washington, progressives to the east of the mountains held small January 6 vigils in spite of their insurrection-attending neighbors. Just as there are Kshama Sawant supporters in Broadmoor, there are hippies in Stevens County. The reverse is.
Kent's mayor, Dana Ralph, doesn't want any of this "slap on the wrist" business when it comes to the assistant police chief, Derek Kammerzell, who put a Nazi insignia on his office door and reportedly "made jokes about the Holocaust." The two-week suspension is not nearly enough. She wants his resignation for chrissakes. And who fucking cares if he is a "27-year veteran of the department?" In fact, it's rather shocking that he has been.
Biden will announce a new COVID plan today. On the agenda: “Hundreds” of vaccination sites, reimbursing people for at-home tests, negative test requirements for travelers to the US. He will also “call on” employers to provide paid time off for booster shots. That ought to do it. Seattle students want more action on sexual assault. Over a hundred Seattle students protested outside a school board meeting last night, demanding better policies to deal with sexual.