It’s always surprising learning how much of an outlier American local government is. In most other countries, the safety net and services Seattle provides would be done by the state or region

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Which is to say: just asking "why not hire more cops in the US" ignores the inescapable crowding out our decentralized approach creates that the state-level German system does not. Which is NOT necessarily an argument for state-level consolidation here! Localism has its perks. But also its limits.

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Also relevant to Seattle's political discussions right now.

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These guys held a rally together yesterday in Michigan. Photos from Minneapolis by me.

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Yesterday in Detroit, someone asked Bovino if he would ever run for president. “I like the Border Patrol, I wanna be back with my team,” Bovino said, explaining he views politicians as below agents. But if politicians “don’t start doing their job,” he’d consider it.

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