The US is ruled by a racist, white Christian nationalist regime.

This week at @cascadiajournal.bsky.social I wrote about how the Trump regime killed the US Forest Service and why #Cascadia should take local control of federal lands in the #PNW

In today's news from across #Cascadia, US Forest Service cuts will hammer #PNW trails, Spokane protesters seek dismissal of charges, and WA rule change puts co-op preschools at risk: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

The right wing won't be happy until the only thing the federal government funds are cruise missiles and concentration camps.

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Well, here's some news. Going forward, the Seattle City Attorney's Office will have a full-time attorney devoted to working on wage theft and worker rights violations. On the one hand, I can't believe we didn't have this before. But otoh, it's a positive change.

Last week, the Trump regime quietly killed the US Forest Service. In response, #Cascadia should attempt to gain local control over federal lands in Oregon and Washington in order to keep them away from the logging industry. My latest for Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/as-trump-bur...

In today's news from across #Cascadia, lawsuits challenge ICE tear gas use in Portland, a company wants to expand fossil gas pipelines to fuel more data centers in eastern WA, and people in south Seattle come together for community and free haircuts: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

I'm at federal building in Seattle at a protest against Trump's threat to kill Iran's civilization. Even though he delayed Armageddon for two weeks, he needs to be removed.

The people of Washington and Oregon are deeply disturbed as well. #Cascadia

Meanwhile in other Armageddon-related news...

Washington's new so-called "millionaires tax" includes a clause that prevents it from being repealed by voters through a method called a referendum, something that conservative group Let’s Go Washington has alleged is unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court will decide.

It's a busy news morning in #Cascadia as the region confronts Trump's unhinged war threats, the WA supreme court will hear arguments against the millionaires tax, OR foreign tourism plummets, and finding peace in Seattle's liminal spaces: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

I'm almost enough of a hater to look up the home values of all the people who've stood up and argued vehemently that apartments should be banned in the house-only districts where they live almost

It's going to be a very dry summer in #Cascadia...

A growing number of people are refusing to pay federal income taxes to protest the Trump administration's descent into fascism. Should those of us in #Cascadia join them? My latest for @cascadiajournal.bsky.social www.cascadia-journal.com/should-casca...

On three Saturdays later this spring, a central block along The Ave will close to vehicle traffic all day, a test of permanently pedestrianizing the U District's busiest pedestrian corridor. The idea has been envisioned since the 1950s. www.theurbanist.org/u-districts-...

After record low snowpack, #Cascadia prepares for drought, first natural-hatching chinook salmon in Klamath river after dam removal, and what's next for Seattle's historic Egyptian theater? This and more news from across the #PNW: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

ICYMI, just in time for April 15, I wrote about the National Tax Strike www.cascadia-journal.com/should-casca...

Why the fuck are we paying taxes right now? Seriously.

Fascists love other fascists.

Worth thinking about.

Sad trombone music for SPD officers who just got a massive raise and now... have to do some actual police work?

This is a big deal. The BC government is walking back plans to amend DRIPA, the law that requires First Nations to be consulted and give consent to any legislation that impacts them: thenarwhal.ca/bc-declarati...

This whole thread. And it holds for all forms of passenger rail in the USA. Transit advocates need to internalize the fact that their main obstacle is political. All the better processes and routing and service only becomes possible by changing the politics.

The evidence is clear: Seattle's cruise ship fleet is bad for the environment in many ways. Tell the Port of Seattle to place strict limits on these behemoths by attending a protest on the Seattle waterfront at 11 am Wed. April 15 with @seattlecruisecntrl.bsky.social #Seattle #cruiseships

You'll find a link to comment on Oregon's wind energy plans inside today's newsletter:

I wrote something about a growing #TaxStrike movement across the US in opposition to Trump's fascism, and whether residents of #Cascadia should join in: www.cascadia-journal.com/should-casca...

Wilson Says She'll Accelerate Comprehensive Plan and "Go Bigger" on Density The mayor told PubliCola her plan would move the timeline up a year and add more housing in neighborhoods—not just on "busy, noisy, dirty" roads. publicola.com/2026/04/02/m...

Finally. That fight felt like the Hundred Years War.

#Cascadia pushes back on Trump's war on voting, BC premier on the wrong track with First Nations consultation, Alaska cruise ships are an environmental disaster, and profile of OR children's author Renee Watson: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

My eyes and nose confirm: climate change is making spring suck even more.

Today in #Cascadia, Idaho has a cruel new anti-trans law, Portland mayor Keith Wilson doesn't believe data on homelessness, and Vancouver Island marmots are on the rebound. It's your daily dose of news from across the #bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Good news

Portland Community College faculty end their strike, WA farmers are hit hard by the Iran war, and a new, dystopian novel by Oregon writer Ling Ling Huang. It's your daily roundup of news & arts from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Thousands protested Trump across the bioregion, tribes skeptical of a plan to dam Washington's Chehalis River, and a Portland curler was forced to sit out the 2026 Winter Olympics because she's trans. This and more news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Yes, #NoKings Seattle was a fun demonstration against the regime. Now take that energy and help us build an independent #Cascadia.

Sister Wife Sex Strike at the Black Lodge, Seattle

Loving those headways

Repping #Cascadia at #NoKings Seattle.

Today would be a fantastic day to become a subscriber to @theurbanist.org or at least make a one time donation.

They're lining up for the 2 Line!

I'll probably see some of you there, Bluesky friends

Sheer brilliance.

Meanwhile, I had my first encounter with an all-genders public restroom in Seattle (all stalls, no urinals), and was surprised by how thoroughly mundane and unremarkable a co-ed restroom actually is in practice when the people involved are normal and not, yknow, paranoid gender-policing creeps.

Meanwhile in Seattle, mayor Katie Wilson is making the case we need to give cops more surveillance cameras

This week at @cascadiajournal.bsky.social I wrote about how the Trump administration's attack on vote by mail is another reason for #Cascadia to consider leaving the United States

Make it so.

Hey Bluesky friends! I'm near the end of my subscription drive for @cascadiajournal.bsky.social. Will you help me reach 100 paid subscribers by April 1? Here's what you'll help support: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Good morning from Mercer Island station. Every reporter from the entire Seattle metropolitan region is about to cross a floating bridge on a light rail train for the first time ever.