Many people are asking how they can help by donating their time or money during this difficult time. Below are some notes from King County Emergency Management. [note: kcemergency.com contains materials translated in dozens of languages]

“Further, based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism.” www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...

Trump confirms he is weaponizing hunger

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

Three cheers for the Constitution's right to a jury: a federal jury in Los Angeles "took just over an hour to acquit [Brayan] Ramos-Brito of a misdemeanor assault count" in an ICE-scuffle case hinging heavily on the testimony of border sector chief Gregory Bovino, now doing raids in Chicago.

I join the many leaders condemning the hateful rhetoric of an Arizona elected official against Rep. Pramila Jayapal, @jayapal.house.gov. Calling for the hanging of a member of Congress for advocating for non-violent protest is not only an attack on her but a threat to a core tenet of our democracy.

I was glad to join dozens of elected leaders around the region as a signatory of this letter in support of food service workers at local Meta offices in Bellevue and Redmond.

64% of Medicaid recipients under age 65 work, per KFF. As for the rest, see below. There are not 34m potential agricultural workers on Medicaid just raring to go pick vegetables.

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

Sadly not a new phenomenon. Many veterans have been deported over the years, often because of drug problems they acquired after PTSD from their time in the service.

Wildly unlawful and will immediately cause MORE chaos for refugees and, ironically, force them to use more benefits like SNAP!