johnstang_8

I'm a newspaper reporter reinventing himself as a digital media journalist.

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#waleg On the eve of beginning to glassify Hanford's worst radioactive wastes, the feds are giving confused signals on whether they will stick to the 35-year-old plan.
https://t.co/AZcWJ6fJzc

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Hanford lab chief is the new federal manager of the site's cleanup.
https://t.co/S239L0cAR7

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Maxwell Lord: "The one thing that liberals and conservatives can finally agree on is that Lex Luthor sucks."

-- Superman (2025)

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Cruella de Vil: "They say there are five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Well, I'd like to add one more. Revenge"

-- Cruella (2021)

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#waleg Ferguson proposes $7 billion in budget cuts. House and Senate Democrats call for $6.5 billion in budget cuts.

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#waleg Ferguson wants $100 million for cities to hire new cops. Senate Ds proposes zero. House Ds propose $50 million across 4 years to hire cops, plus $50 million across 4 years for related services. Wash. has 2nd worst cop-to-resident ratio in nation.

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#waleg Joint Repubican-Democrat Senate transportation budget proposal calls for 6% increase in fuel tax and eventual shifting 0.3 % of state sales tax revenue to transpo budget. Joint proposal also calsl for hiring enough troopers to bring Wash.State patrol up to full strength

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#waleg Both House and Senate Ds call for a wealth tax on 4,300 Washington residents.

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Fate of proposed 1,000-megawatt solar farm at Hanford sin limbo as Trump administration sorts out its feelings on solar power. This proposed solar farm's electricity is equivalent to that produced by a nuclear reactor.
https://t.co/q7Jkl98Ki9

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Mattie Appleyard: "God uses the good ones and the bad ones use God."

-- Fools Parade (1971)

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Diner patron: "You're talking to a 72-year-old man with high cholesterol, eating a bacon and cheddar omelet with extra cheddar. Do I look like I'm afraid of death?"

-- The Last Stand (2013)

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Debbie Ocean: " I want you to remember one thing, you are not doing this for me. You are not doing this for you. Somewhere out there is an eight-year-old girl lying in bed, dreaming of being a criminal. Let's do this for her."

-- Ocean's 8 (2018)

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Cersei Lannister: "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

-- Game of Thrones (2011)

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Converting 2 diesel ferries to electric-diesel as been delayed until late 2026. Contract or contracts to be awarded in June on building 5 new diesel-electric hybrid ferries.
https://t.co/cpJoJEhcx8

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Sir Wilfrid: "Ah, Miss Plimsoll, how alluring you look. Waiting like a hangman on the scaffold..."

-- Witness For The Prosecution (1957)

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Janos Slynt: "I won't have my honor questioned by an imp!"
Tyrion Lannister: "I'm not questioning your honor, Lord Janos. I'm denying its existence."

-- Game of Thrones (2012)

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Rasinoff: (Sgt. Markoff) was expelled from a Siberian penal colony for cruelty. He joined the Foreign Legion and rose through the ranks."

-- Beau Geste (1939)!

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#waleg Trump executive orders on freezing money to state will likely create havoc on Washington's budget-crunching. Story soon in Cascade PBS.

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#waleg Legislation in play on artificial intelligence.
https://t.co/RtCXQtA0Vo

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Frank: Ah, how I loved her, but she had her music. She'd hang out with the Chicago Male Chorus and Symphony. I don't recall her playing an instrument or being able to carry a tune. Yet she was on the road 300 days of the year.

-- The Naked Gun (1988)