The other kind of presidential Easter message

this has to be the greatest single-game defensive performance in baseball history. especially considering they won 1-0

Tina Peters should have been hanged.

It's time to give up on Maine. Every new Platner story makes things that much worse, and Mills won't win. National Dems should focus on North Carolina. #Politics

I love you, Rep. Ormsby, but school trusted you to protect levy equalization, to protect TK, to protect Running Start. We didn't get it done, and Millionaires Tax aside I'm not going to look back fondly on the 2026 legislature. #waleg

It looks like the House will be taking a run at passing SB 6260, which makes cuts to Running Start, ALE, and Transitional Kindergarten, which is a really bitter pill to swallow after the Millionaires Tax yesterday. #waleg

The billionaire owners of the NBA debating whether to make more billions by putting a team in Seattle, but then hearing about a Millionaire's Tax on the athletes who play there. #waleg

It might be time to go at east for 3 hours so everyone can take a power nap and we wrap this up after dinner. #waleg

If you're playing the "An income tax on anyone will become and income tax on everyone!" drinking game....you're way too blitzed to even read this skeet. #waleg

If I was the Senate I'd get all my appointments done today, just for the satisfaction of having that calendar emptied out. #waleg

I have a lot of respect for Rep. Eslick--she was a great help on the school library bills that the WLA tried the last few years. #waleg

"A Roll Tide has been requested." "Roll Tide." #waleg #notreallybutthatwouldbefunifitwas

It is Day 17 of the Millionaire's Tax debate in the #waleg. Amendment Ficus 86479, to exclude any millionaires in Squalicum County from paying the tax, fails when someone realizes that's not actually a county in Washington. Rep. Dufault is talking to himself, but he did that on day 1, too.

One of the many things I appreciate about @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social is that she posts Cliff’s Notes (Julia’s Notes?) of #waleg floor debates, from the floor, in real time, that condense hours of eye-rolling, sanity-destroying GOP gibberish into a convenient, informative, and entertaining format

There are roughly 80 amendments filed to the Millionaire's Tax so far; if they start on it today, they'll probably finish it around the time folks wake up tomorrow. #waleg #SB6346

Starting the morning on #TVW by watching the House Appropriations Committee; they're getting set to exec SB6260, which has cuts to school transportation, transitional kindergarten, and Running Start built into it. #waleg

Relatable. (The New Yorker, February 16/23, cartoon by Millsap).

A good bill, SB5901, died in the House yesterday because Senator Leonard Christian is a jackass. Maybe the most frustrated I've ever been with a politician right now.

I'm kind of with Rep. Kloba on this one--any expansion of sports gambling, in any capacity, isn't a good idea, and the older I get the more I see that we probably never should have gone down this road as a society. #waleg

I'm not quite sure how to explain to Rep. Walsh that someone who gets off on a technicality is still innocent in the eyes of the law. #waleg

Jim Walsh is talking about emissions, and I have jokes, and I'm not going to tell them because it's Friday during Lent and I'm trying to be better. #waleg

Argument now on the House Floor about pulling the Millionaires Tax straight to the floor and bypassing the Appropriations Committee. Interesting. #waleg #SB6346

It's Opposite House Cutoff Day, and the House is still in caucus with 4 hours 30 minutes to go. #waleg

Getting a sinking sense of dread that SB 5901, which is vital for my school district, is likely to die today. I hope I'm wrong, but the clock is ticking. #waleg

The Republicans are trying to attack James Talarico with the Bible, and they kind of suck at it.

This game that the #wagop plays where Keith Swank is just an innocent waif who said things and the damned Democrats are being mean too him is one of the worst bits of Kabuki theater I've seen in Olympia in a while. #waleg #SB5974

As a bearded man I can tell you that Matt Marshall clearly dyes his beard to match his hair, and while that's his choice I'm going to judge him for it anyhow. #waleg

I fully endorse the Get Rid of Keith Swank bill. Dude's a jackass, and Rep. Penner making this about him only highlight why SB5974 matters. #waleg

One nice thing about the roll call votes in the House is that Rep. Janice Zahn gets her moment to shine by being last in ABC order. #waleg

Another fun post from the #wagop where they sneer at baristas, then have to backpedal in the comments section. #waleg www.facebook.com/watch/?v=438...

Today's Senate Floor action is starting with an apology regarding Senator Leonard Christian's use of the r-slur yesterday, notably coming from Senator Braun, not Senator Christian. #waleg

SB6260, the Wellman bill which would make cuts to Running Start, Transitional Kindergarten, and other programs for our schools, is next up for a hearing in House Appropriations. 42 people are signed in to testify (41 con, one other), and the sign-ins are 26 pro, 2 other, 1,853 con. #waleg #waedu

It feels a little ominous that House Appropriations is hearing SB 6260 tomorrow--it makes a ton of cuts to school districts. Wellman said it was surgical, OK, but given the number of districts on the edge right now even surgical could be deadly. #waleg app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

Decision Desk has Talarico up almost 10 points now. votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/242466

The number of people On Here saying that they can't support Talarico because he's got strong faith is way, way more than I thought I'd see. Progressives can be people of faith too, folks. #Talarico

Tom Dent is one of those in the #waleg who even if we disagree politically 99% of the time, he seems like someone who genuinely cares and wants to rep his district well. Reminds me of Kretz.

If someone from the #wagop invokes Powder in regards to this amendment, I'll vote for one (1) Republican this November. #waleg

When Jim Walsh talks about how the anarchists are organized. #waleg

I don't want to accuse the members of the #wagop of not reading the damned bill, but the stuff about the undercover officers is literally at the bottom of page 1. #waleg

Whoever Point of Ordered Julia Reed just now. #waleg

Was Rep. Shavers an auctioneer in private life? Dude reminds me of the Micro-Machines guy as fast as he can talk. #waleg

SB 5855, regarding Law Enforcement Face Coverings, is on the House floor right now, and it's one of those where I really can't understand why the #WAGOP is against it. If you're acting under the color of law, you can show your face while you do it. #waleg

I thought that Punch the Baby Monkey was some new mobile game.

OK, the first friendly fire is an oops, the second one is "Damn, we're really not good at this!", but the third seems a little over the top for anything short of a remake of Hot Shots! with Charlie Sheen playing Lloyd Benson's part.

Dude, don't threaten me with a good time. And also, do I also get the communist smut for free when I'm doing all of that just sitting around?

There's plenty of jokes to be had about the Fitzgibbon situation, but as someone who has lived the struggle I know it when I see it, and for him to let the mask slip that badly is troubling. I pray this is the wake up call for him. #waleg

Nate Silver is on his bullshit again. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/o...?

The Democrats making cuts to Running Start, even if it's "just" Summer Running Start, is a really dumb idea and the kid of thing that offends voters. Not just dumb politics, but dumb policy. #waleg #KeithWagoner #WADems

No sir, Old Scratch, I've gotten this far in my life without knowing who the hell Clavicular is or what it means when he mogs. Get thee behind me, Satan. Not during Lent, not ever.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS. #waleg #waedu www.goskagit.com/apgstate/kit...