AS I TELL PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO TEXAS, KEEP YOUR A/C REPAIRMAN ON SPEED DIAL:

HOW IT STARTED:

Washington becomes sanctuary state, joining Oregon, California.

—The Oregonian, May 23, 2019.

Why ‘defund the police’ has become the rallying cry at Seattle protests.

—Seattle NPR affiliate KUOW, June 5th, 2020.

How It’s Going:

A wall, huh? How about a really nice big one at the border, as well?

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Aurora Avenue neighbors revolt, blocking off street access after yet another shooting.

One week ago, bullets blasted through the wall of a Greenwood neighborhood home and passed within inches of a window where a six-week-old baby boy was sleeping in his bassinet.

Saturday morning, roughly 40 shell casings were on the pavement near Aurora Avenue N. and N. 98th Street in Seattle after another shootout near the Burgermaster.

By daylight, the neighbors had had enough.

Residents along Seattle’s North Aurora corridor stopped waiting on City Hall. They hauled in large industrial steel planters and blocked off three residential side streets at N. 97th, 98th, and 102nd Streets near where they meet Aurora Avenue N. Neighbors said a representative from the mayor’s office and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) came out to push back. They were waved off.

“We’re honestly not thinking long term right now,” one neighbor said, asking not to be identified out of fear of retribution from pimps and dealers operating along the Aurora Avenue corridor.

“We’re sick of this,” he added, citing a lack of action from city leaders. “We’re going to close the streets.”

Hard to think longterm when the bullets are flying.

BREAKING: Plant food good for plant life.

Exit quote: “This oft-neglected climate resurgence reveals that the biosphere is its own self-regulating flywheel. A massive global expansion of leaf cover is already visible from space. Official computer models consistently fail to mention it.”

Now why would they not do that?

NEVER BEND THE KNEE:

DON’T GET WORKED UP ABOUT “LEAKED” DETAILS FROM ANY TRUMP NEGOTIATION:

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China launches 3 astronauts, including 1st ever from Hong Kong, to Tiangong space station. “The launch also marked the start of a historic human spaceflight for China: One of the three astronauts is starting a one-year stay in orbit, a first for the country. This is because Shenzhou 24, due to launch late this year, will be used to send a Pakistani astronaut to Tiangong for a short-duration visit.”

IF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN’T STOP THIS SORT OF THING, OTHERS WILL:

IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Does Campaign Stop in Rough Part of LA – Gets Violent Threats, Man Pulls Knife on Staffer.

This is also evidence that he’s not running a real campaign. In a real campaign, a fixer would have squared this with local “community (gang) leaders” to ensure nothing untoward happened.

Or you could have a message that resonates with people, like get the poop and junkies off the sidewalks.

To be fair, maybe the Democrats’ message of “kill the billionaires” resonated with Steyer’s crowd …

OF COURSE HE IS: