Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

Unhinged rant even by Trump standards

This story is guaranteed to trigger an “Oh, THIS is the Bad Place!” moment

Holy shit. The prosecutor who just resigned from the D Minn in revolt against orders to investigate Renee Good after her murder is local counsel for Don Lemon now in Minnesota. Wow.

Reminder to judges that you can order the clerk or parties to send a copy of your ruling about attorneys’ unethical conduct to the disciplinary committees of the bars where they’re admitted. Absolute immunity doesn’t shield prosecutors from professional discipline.

I love learning about new Trump crypto scandals on my dad’s corporate finance blog. 🍿 Thanks for breaking down the news so I can understand it, @carltack.bsky.social! The WLF Affair open.substack.com/pub/carltack...

For Superb Owl day, my eldest told me about the massive Blakiston’s Fish Owl. “The creature seemed almost too big and too comical to be a real bird, as if someone had hastily glued fistfuls of feathers to a small bear, then propped the dazed beast in the tree.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I am convinced that listening to Tracy Chapman’s music as an adolescent had a profound influence on my worldview and politics. She is an incredible storyteller.

“That ‘Fast Car’ can be passed down through generations without requiring explanation is both a songwriting triumph and a grim indictment of America.”

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

Ice out

Framing matters and news outlet word choices shape what people believe Folks increasingly read headlines and nothing else. Implying that a prominent Black journalist was arrested for protesting is irresponsible at best Only AP used "Covered" It's just 1 word, but it completely changes the story

WOW! 👏Philly DA Larry Krasner: “This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis in a country of 350 million. We outnumber them. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will. We will find you. We will achieve justice.” #ICEoffOurStreets

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Nunca creí que los leopardos comerían MI cara

I guess the GOP can retire “states rights” and “we have to accept school shootings because we need guns in case the federal government invades us” as talking points!

As a fan of movies, I consider it my solemn duty to dance whenever I am in the house alone.

Detach from material attachments, says Donald Trump.

Cool environmental job alert for Oregonians 🚨🌲🚨 Bark is dedicated to protecting the Mt. Hood National Forest and they’re looking for their next leader! (Office is in Portland.) In these dark times, it feels good to have a job you feel good telling people about. bark-out.org/jobsandinter...

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

Into the veins, straight into the veins.

Come work with me! Earthjustice is hiring a clean energy attorney to join our Seattle office. It’s good work with good people for good pay. Spread the word! jobs.jobvite.com/earthjustice...

If I look distracted during our meeting, it’s probably because my soul left my body to go play with my dog’s ghost

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

idk if you all know but this whole climate change thing is a pretty big deal come write about it! seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/apstHy...

I love this. Not sure a flag decal on my Nissan Leaf would be quite as effective, sadly.

Good thread about how editing is way easier than writing so the goal of writing a first draft should just be to get placeholders onto paper so you have something to edit.

it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist

I’d like to thank the plumbing company that gave me a wildly absurd estimate to replace the corroded P trap in my bathroom sink for inspiring me to figure out how to do that myself with some light Googling and $30 of supplies

Happy Election Day, Seattle! I found myself subconsciously expecting there to be hard DVD-shaped objects in these ballot envelopes while I walked them to the drop-off box. Guess the early Netflix days hard-wired my brain. #votingselfie @elections.kingcounty.gov

There's a level of rich you can reach where the idea of being told no becomes unfathomable, and it probably shouldn't exist.

Well all the news makes me want to smash my phone, so I guess that’s enough internet for today

If you feel helpless, as I do, you can give money to a group you know will provide direct food aid on the ground whenever possible, often risking their lives. I just gave.

A+ prank if that’s what this is, sure got me

A great many things that are real today were previously unfathomable, but the one making me lose my mind is seeing “PRO SE” under the current President’s name

A few times, I've heard people who knew I had a male partner describe me as straight, and I don’t always correct them because it's exhausting, awkward, and their incorrect assumptions don't affect me much. But be aware that good people often accidentally erase identities other than gay or straight.

If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.

👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers. That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value. It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes of U.S.A.I.D. cuts in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

I have spent my life fighting for justice alongside brilliant lawyers, organizers, activists and artists. And I am not stopping now or ever.

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

The silver lining of all the incidents like this is that the experience of having a panicky, amoral bureaucrat punish you for doing something brave will be the most educational experience these young people get at school.

my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played. CINEMATIC

Imagine you spend $45 million on your birthday party and what you get is that you have to watch this all day with everyone you work with who you made come in on a Saturday, in suits, outdoors in a swamp

Massive crowd moving through Seattle. The front of the march has reached Seattle Center. Meanwhile, people are still pouring out of Cal Anderson

For my sign, I went with a lyric from a local musician (Macklemore) #Seattle #NoKings