SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Seattle has 17,170 horrible people (at least)

Oct 16, 2018, 9:58 PM

Sawant, council...

Kshama Sawant. (KIRO Radio/Matt Pitman)

(KIRO Radio/Matt Pitman)

As tributes have poured in from around the world after the death of Paul Allen, Kshama Sawant’s Facebook post ripping the man stands in stark contrast.

RELATED: New low: Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant blasts Paul Allen

And it proves that Seattle has 17,170 horrible people. That’s how many people voted for Sawant in her most recent council election in 2015.

She is your representative. When she speaks, she speaks for you. You knew what she was all about when you elected her. In fact, I bet most of you 17,170 smiled and agreed with her post.

She — and you — are examples of the wild-eyed hateful rage that has gripped much of the left in our region.

I’ll wait patiently for for Inslee and Durkan and all the Democrats who regularly denounce our president’s speech to call out one of their own.

Inslee said Trump isn’t welcome in our state. Mr. Governor, are you going to kick out Sawant?

fireball...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Did you see it? Fireball lights up the sky over WA

A bright fireball lit up the night sky across the Pacific Northwest early Friday morning. Watch the video here.

21 minutes ago

Alex Murdaugh, dressed in street clothing, enters the courtroom for a hearing Friday, Aug. 14, 2026...

Associated Press

Judge moves Alex Murdaugh retrial from small county, but motion to toss out case will wait

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The judge in Alex Murdaugh’s murder retrial decided Friday to move the case out of the rural South Carolina county where it consumed life for six weeks in 2023. But left undecided is a defense request to throw out the whole case because Murdaugh’s lawyers said the chief state investigator lied […]

22 minutes ago

FILE - Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for new member orientation check-in and program regis...

Associated Press

House Democrats PAC adds $6 million to Cleveland spending after Ohio’s Miller opts to stay in race

A super PAC affiliated with U.S. House Democrats plans to increase its campaign advertising reservations in Cleveland, Ohio, by roughly $6 million on Friday, in response to Republican Rep. Max Miller’s decision to proceed with his reelection campaign despite allegations of abuse by his ex-wife Emily Moreno. House Majority PAC’s move is expected to raise […]

27 minutes ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, to the...

Associated Press

With US-Iran talks stalled, diplomatic efforts expand to unlikely European players

WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators have not succeeded so far. While discussions between […]

34 minutes ago

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, ...

Associated Press

Trump says record-setting Navy deployment to support Iran operations ‘not nearly long enough’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll that the record-setting uninterrupted time at sea is having on American sailors deployed to the Middle East stationed on the USS Abraham Lincoln as Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier. In a brief exchange with reporters […]

37 minutes ago

FILE - A drive-thru coffee and donut shop the Donut Hole is seen in Los Angeles in November 1970. (...

Associated Press

Pull up to the window, please, for a glimpse of an American icon: The drive-thru

WASHINGTON (AP) — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two distinctly American icons: fast food and cars? Those two massive sociological forces had already joined up, Voltron-style, early in the 20th century with the development of the drive-in restaurant – […]

39 minutes ago

Seattle has 17,170 horrible people (at least)