Matt “Spek” WatsonA Month Of Escalating Police Violence In SeatThere has been a noticeable change in tactics by the Seattle Police Department in the past month, beginning shortly after the city council…Sep 10, 20201Sep 10, 20201
Matt “Spek” WatsonAri Hoffman Hires Progressive Campaign Consultant To Gloss Over Rightwing AgendaThe most surreal thing happened yesterday. A consultant for Ari Hoffman’s campaign (Safe Seattle’s conservative candidate for the District…May 1, 20191May 1, 20191
Matt “Spek” WatsonConservative City Council Candidates Exploit Ignorance To Spread Fear Of Safe-Consumption SitesAs city council races heat up, so have the debates around safe-consumption sites here in Seattle, with conservative candidates like Ari…Apr 18, 2019Apr 18, 2019
Matt “Spek” WatsonWhy is PBS Set To Broadcast A Documentary on Poverty Produced By Neoconservatives And Local…Conservative candidate, Christopher Rufo, dropped out of Seattle’s city council race last year after someone made fun of him on the…Apr 5, 20193Apr 5, 20193
Matt “Spek” WatsonStop Sharing That Ridiculous City Council VideoYou probably saw the viral video making the rounds this past week, the one that purported to show members of the Seattle City Council…Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019
Matt “Spek” WatsonSpeak Out Seattle Uses Its First Forum To Push Anti-Homeless LiesAfter spending the week denying mounting evidence that their group is little more than a cynical rebranding of existing anti-homeless…Mar 22, 2019Mar 22, 2019
Matt “Spek” WatsonHow Conservative Anti-Homeless Groups Are Rebranding To Recruit New MembersGroups like Speak Out Seattle and Unified Seattle repackage the same conservative rhetoric, hoping to reach a more moderate audience.Mar 20, 20191Mar 20, 20191
Matt “Spek” WatsonOur Local Media Is Broken And Homeless People Are Paying The PriceThis past week felt like a tipping point for Seattle, the moment when the collapsing economics of local journalism and the relentless…Mar 18, 20195Mar 18, 20195
Matt “Spek” WatsonHow Right-Wing Neighborhood Groups Use Facebook To Spread Dangerous Hoaxes & How We Might Be…This past Saturday, a local, right-wing neighborhood group posted a gruesome story to their facebook page. The story was a fabrication…Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019