The idea that bad behavior is okay when the "good people" do it is sadly universal. Back in DC one of the council members went down for openly taking bribes, and some of us on the left of center started whining about "how good they were on issues". Like that made bribery excusable.

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I'm a reporter who asked a really basic question—who's behind this thing? I genuinely don't know, although the contributors to Davis' "honest endorsements" PAC provide some clues—and people are straight-up accusing me of trying to DOX people and saying transparency is bad, actually

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OK, we've had our fun, but I'm blocking folks who deliberately erase the history of the lefty cheat sheet (which emerged directly and explicitly from the Stranger not endorsing Ron Davis and Hannah Sabio-Howell to call it a neutral "aggregation site" as well as people who are assholes for no reason

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like one COULD argue that I'm being more bluesky than bluesky in arguing that someone on the left failed to be inclusive but Seattle's left has lined up behind an incorrect theory about Stranger endorsements so this is The Biggest Deal Ever (this week)

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They disparage organizations run by PAC boards, but at least the public knows who to contact about their endorsements. Why should voters trust this completely anonymous organization as the ultimate arbiter of all things “lefty”?

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