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This is Seattle Now.

I'm Ruby Deluna with a roundup of today's top stories.

It's Wednesday, February 26th.

Democratic Senator Patty Murray is continuing to warn that mass firings spearheaded by President Trump and Elon Musk will jeopardize essential services that help families.

Yesterday, she called on voters to speak out.

To the American people, now is the time to tune in to C-SPAN.

Now is the time to give your Republican congressman an earful.

Murray also criticized Republicans for passing a budget blueprint last night that calls

for $880 billion in cuts to services like Medicaid.

It also creates more than $4 trillion in tax breaks.

Both of Washington's Republican representatives, Michael Baumgartner,

and Dan Newhouse voted in favor of the measure.

In Western Washington last night,

more than 16,000 people called into a telephone town hall

hosted by Democratic Congresswoman Emily Randall. Most had concerns and anger over federal cuts,

especially the influence of Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

They're just loitering around, looting, and vandalizing.

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