This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Can we please just call it all what it is: an authoritarian assault on free speech, a free press, and the very founding principles of our nation -- all enabled by the premature capitulation of corporate America.

As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...

(CBS scrambles to remove clip from archives.)

Molly breaks it down brilliantly & this is why I listen to her Fast Politics podcast.

Cross-channel neighbors in Washington's San Juans and B.C.'s Gulf Islands aren't buying the faux outrage between the U.S. and Canada being fomented by the Trump regime, @cascadiadaily.com reports.

Revisiting this piece I wrote in April 2025. "State Terror: A brief guide for Americans" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

FYI: @rcfp.org's First Amendment Handbook provides a basic primer on the laws affecting journalists’ rights to gather and disseminate news.

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

Very cool to see the Seattle Times reference a recent story of mine as an example of local investigative journalism! Link to my investigation: www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jun/26/...

A recently published paper investigates how to counter misinformation about voter and election fraud. Turns out, CDN's mini series last year was on point. So, we're bringing it back.

Since May 2024, a county employee facing domestic violence allegations has continued to receive his annual $102K salary on paid leave while awaiting trial. The county stated this “preserves the integrity of County operations while the matter is fully and fairly considered.”

Voters in NW WA want answers to electoral questions fueled by both hyperlocal and global political trends. Fortunately, a healthy crop of qualified candidates has emerged to field them, writes CDN Executive Editor Ron Judd, outlining results from CDN's annual Citizens Agenda exercise.

Someone needs to tell CBS that at some point you bend the knee so far that you are just kneeling.

This is fantastic.

What are the white helicopters circling over Bellingham WA? CDN's @annietodd.bsky.social has some receipts.

The City of Bellingham was a victim of its own efficiency this week — a swift response to a public records request put the city front/center in a news report about local government's use of generative AI.

Crowds of travelers getting into and out of BLI seems to be among its lesser problems?

To allow the press and public to effectively monitor the government’s enforcement actions, @rcfp.org is urging federal district courts to limit restrictions on remote public access to records filed in immigration cases.

Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.

The Whatcom County Executive makes more than the Washington state governor folks. Read more in @simonelli.bsky.social story

Create civil unrest. Respond with brute force. Lather, rinse repeat:

Rambling lunatic POTUS, pardoner of thousands of thugs who attacked US Capitol, says DC police now free to do "whatever the hell they want"to control city's (declining) crime.

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

"... the faceless, braying herd..." So sadly on point and on target.

Can we finally own up to a centuries-old mistake and just admit that international misfit and struggling border community Point Roberts, Washington should be handed over to British Columbia?

Wow

"My coverage did not adequately prepare Post readers for an outcome that has altered the course of the country." That's Dan Balz of the Washington Post admitting that his journalism failed to meet the moment in 2016. He's retiring after 47 years at the Post. Read his reflections: wapo.st/4leuE5b

Trump's infantile tariffs, a direct assault on the economic well-being of Americans, are particularly damaging to everyone in heavily trade dependent Washington State. Not to mention our friends and neighbors British Columbia. Insanity reigns in America. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“There is no immediate threat to the community, and the situation is under control,” the Lummi Indian Business Council wrote in a statement.

Longer waits and higher rates for healthcare are looming for those seeking services at local providers, some of whom are vowing to weather federal cuts without reducing services or staff.

Oregon's Yamhill County voted for Donald Trump 3 times in a row, in 2024 by 6 percentage points, and many welcomed Trump's crackdown on immigration. Then ICE detained their beloved neighbor of three decades, Moises Sotelo.... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...

@cascadiadaily.com's new health care and public health reporter @owenracer.bsky.social breaks down the @peacehealth.bsky.social community health needs report for us! www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jul/16/...

When "voluntarily" becomes a strictly legal term.

A Portland mother, originally from Honduras, and her four U.S. citizen children have been held at a Ferndale Customs and Border Protection station since June 28. It took nearly two weeks for her attorney to find her, highlighting the struggle immigration attorneys face trying to find their clients.

@peacehealth.bsky.social made a last minute decision to shut the media out of a discussion with @repricklarsen.bsky.social about local impacts of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare tied the megabill signed into law by President Trump on July 4.

Pain in Point Roberts, WA — part of the US, attached by land only to Canada — was on full display during a meeting with the Whatcom County Executive this week. Well described by @cascadiadaily.com Murrow Fellow Sophia Gates as border tensions continue. (A free read.)

Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.

There's only one logical response to the hot take on the CBS/Paramount extortion payment -- that perhaps major entertainment conglomerates shouldn't own and run news organizations, and cannot be counted on to act ethically when they do: Ya think?

Around two years in the making, I'm stoked to put this project out into the world! This is what @cascadiadaily.com is all about. Support local journalism!

More than a year ago, I received a tip about a teacher who was put on administrative leave at the Mount Baker School District. Since then, it's been a string of records requests and waiting. Today, the story is out: www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jun/26/...

Somehow missed the bones spurs section of this unrivaled courage speech.

Even in Idaho, there is quite a turnout for the No Kings protests. Here is a pic via the Idaho Statesman. www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people attended Juneau, Alaska’s #NoKings rally today under clear skies. That’s based on a series of clickers used by organizers. There were 6-10 silent counterprotesters on the bridge above.

‘No Kings’ protest has started in Bellingham. Over 1,000 demonstrators are outside city hall.

I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of the news cycle, but every year these ceremonies offer a front-row view of joy, pride and possibility.

Cascadia Daily News won six awards from the 2024 Society of Professional Journalists’ Northwest Excellence in Journalism for work ranging from November’s comprehensive live election coverage to the full staff’s reporting efforts of the multisport race Ski to Sea.

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.