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  • Seattle removes 5.3M pounds of waste, needles from streets to prepare for World Cup

    04/14/2026 6:47:28 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 48 replies
    KOMO News ^ | 4/14/26 | KOMO staff
    Seattle is ramping up cleanup efforts as it prepares to welcome tens of thousands of visitors for the FIFA World Cup this summer, with a new report highlighting millions of pounds of waste removed, hundreds of thousands of sharps collected, and growing community participation across neighborhoods. The Seattle Clean City 2025 Community Impact Report, released April 14, outlines what the city calls a year of major milestones, stronger partnerships, and expanded, data-driven strategies aimed at keeping streets and public spaces cleaner and safer. In 2025, Seattle Clean City and its partners collected and removed 5.3 million pounds of waste from...
  • Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Moscow — And The United States

    02/14/2024 7:48:45 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 122 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 2/14/2024 | David Harsanyi
    At the World Government Summit, Tucker Carlson told a gathering of world leaders that Moscow “was so much nicer than any city” in the United States. “It’s radicalizing for an American to go to Moscow,” Tucker went on. “I didn’t know that. I’ve learned it this week, to Singapore, to Tokyo, to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, because these cities, no matter how we’re told they’re run and on what principles they’re run, are wonderful places to live -snip- If you’re wealthy, I imagine, Moscow is pretty great. This is true of most European cities. When you’re an American tourist, you...