WILD story. A DHS officer shot at a man he thought was fleeing (a judge dismissed all charges). Bullets went into the driver's side window, through his jacket collar, and into the empty passenger seat. An MPD cop on the scene says he was ordered not to put it in the police report.

My studio Boss Fight was hit with an 'event' today, so if you're looking for some supremely smart and talented people to help make your game, let me know, I can hook you up.

#Seahawks (4-2) meet Texans (2-3) tonight in what shapes up as a stern test for both teams -- both of which are better than their records. Also a stern test for Seattle sportsball fans, as the MNF game overlaps #Mariners ALCS game 7 (and as AWS issues leave ticket processing in chaos).

A nugget of wisdom, from the very last thread in which I might have expected to find one. 1/3

Massive Kavanaugh Stop: Idaho horse track, local Hispanic fans, workers, vendors. Feds -- shocked there's gambling going on -- "rounded up ... somewhere between 500 and 1,000 people." Four arrested on gambling charges. www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwe...

The headquarters containing the names of all the top Antifa members can be found at Arlington National Cemetery and here

Great balls o' firewalls!

Run blocking improved in Week 5, but #Seahawks take the field today with the same injury-riddled defense that gave up the game to Tampa Bay. Stern test of coaching, fortitude & dumb luck - as Seattle limps toward a mid-season bye - in a year with no NFL dreadnoughts.

The decisive 15-inning Detroit at Seattle ALCS was grinding on last night as @seattletimes.com put the Saturday print edition to bed. Morning paper headline: "Win or lose, Mariners fans find joy". Well. Helluva game, Tigers. A shame anybody had to lose.

Had to drop by DC and saw this on a quiet corner outside the metro. Approached with my ready script: 1. “Good morning! Mind if I ask where you’re from?” (WV) 2. “May I take your picture?” 3. “I wanted to document this. I’m a lot older than you and grew up in a country where it was unheard of…”\1

#Seahawks v Tampa Bay's tough run D & active stunting/blitzing pass rush. Stern test of O line dev during TNF mini-bye. DB starters out injured for both teams. Tough running, close game, and a battle of blown assignments?

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."

Can we get insurance companies to mail cancelation letters with Trump's signature? Sort of a reverse COVID checks thing?

Call to attention accounts for no audience response after Hegseth's speech. What accounts for the rapid call to attention between SecDEf's remarks and SecDef's exit? Deliberate avoidance of awkward reaction? Presidential time pressure? Bungled stage management? See discussion downthread of:

"I'll be clear, I do not read PubliCola, so I will not respond to that," Shon Barnes, the Police Chief of Seattle, who definitely does not read PubliCola and is not mad at all about our reporting

UPGRADING my rosy preseason #Seahawks assessment. [ bsky.app/profile/cogenteur.bsky.social/post/3lybfay6kys2u ] 1) Darn Old Sam? He's a Darn Good QB. 2) Our "who cares if he can block?" rookie TE? He blocks. 3) Special teams? They look *special*. A couple caveats. 1/2

Endorsed! For reasons both obvious and less-than-obvious, there is vital strategic leverage in moving to impeach Sec. HHS RFK Jr - whether or not the House impeaches him, whether or not the Senate convicts him. For detail, see this musty, dusty old 🧵. bsky.app/profile/coge...

Today I released a snapshot report detailing drastic cost increases for Americans who buy their own health insurance. Time is of the essence if we don’t want to see these double-digit increases. The White House and Congress should address this now. www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Today, I was laid off from Cascade PBS along with my entire team and most of the newsroom. I'll have more to say, but I have loved my time as news editor alongside some of the best journalists I have ever worked with. Every time a newsroom closes, stories go with it. The silence that follows is loud

What should #Seahawks stans wish for today? A win over the Saints, of course. But those Saints are Not A Good Team, so minimal credit in the power rankings. The Steelers we beat last week? Also Not A Good Team. When do we get noticed? I'll root for the Cards to crush the 49ers. 1/2

Agreed. I’ve been thinking a lot of David Rose this past week and about why the Ezra Kleins of this world did not think that it warranted the same kind of attention as the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Maybe Vance just wants to be a pirate after seeing how much eyeliner Johnny Depp wore as Jack Sparrow.

#Seahawks key to the game: Commit to the bit. You're an outside zone team? Run it (left?) til you get it right. Would like to see some short passes & long runs (vice versa).

You folks are doing good work disproving me here, specifically, "It is mine alone." Thank you.

Under Trumpian interpretation, the canopy of lèse-majesté has acquired rather expansive dimensions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

This is ridiculously charming.

Can we save our Republic, our homeworld, even our galactic quadrant from the Orange Menace? I'm not optimistic, tbh. Where the 2025 #Seahawks are concerned, though, I'm *very* optimistic - even as many able observers place them on the NFL trash heap. A 🏈 🧵. 1/26

Oh, ship! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... @davidmt.bsky.social

First they came for the people who could dance. Next they came for the people who thought they could dance. Then they came for me.

Ok - so I'm going to do a real context+write up but for now, here's what some of these things look like. To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.

Expect delays due to ferrymeandering.

The leaders I stood with yesterday are working hard every day to be prepared, protect our state’s resources, and uphold the values of our state. We are not bending the knee to a Trump Administration that, day by day, drags us closer to authoritarianism.

Not news that fear and trauma has taken over many Los Angeles communities—and others across the country— but last night I was at a support group for survivors and family members of ICE raids and the devastation. If watching raid videos is too much for you (I get it), I will share some stories.

@heardislandgov.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/iwan...

1/3 My hot wash of yesterday:

I talked to @felipedlh.bsky.social about it in this excellent rundown awhile back www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The before and after really is amazing MAGAnomics! 🔥

Here’s a GOP strategy memo on how to sell the Big, Beautiful Bill at town hall meetings. It’s full of misleading and blatantly false claims, esp about lost Medicaid coverage, a doubled deficit, and tax cuts for the rich. Not hard for Ds to counter this effectively. politico.com/f/?id=000001...

There was a Condorcet winner in NYC's Dem Mayoral RCV Primary, and it was Zohran Mamdani. (Some - myself included - had speculated it might be Lander.) See FairVote analysis for this and other details of possible interest. fairvote.org/new-york-cit...

Wording matters: U.S. public support for mass deportation in surveys ranged from 33% to 62%, @aedwardslevy.bsky.social found. Results varied greatly, depending on how the question was asked. www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/p...

looking forward to a Teen Vogue dedicated to promoting the free market and classical liberalism an Architectural Digest with an Entarte Kunst section every issue a Wired that is nothing but reviews for products from brands like QLOOFANOY and XBYLAN, all composed by LLMs

Trump's unwitting PR campaign on behalf of America's immigrants has been a roaring success. But "the consultant class" knows a thing or two most pols and their followers don't know - and don't want to hear. Thing #2: What moves opinions ain't necessarily what moves votes. 1/3

If you want to know what Ukrainians are: this Kharkiv coffee shop was half destroyed by Russian attack at 6 am, and was open again at 14:00 . Now Ukrainians in social meida encourage others to come and buy some coffee there to support them

1686. Justices, particularly on the high court, held their seats at the king’s pleasure. So did all other admin officials. Parliament had voted the king perpetual revenue, and he started declaring he could ignore the law. Courts then upheld that dubious right.

My July 4th normally centers on a massive naturalization ceremony & celebration at Seattle Center. Not feeling it this year. Want to feel it, waited to feel it, but can't feel it - and today its trappings raise too many negative associations. Taking a mental health break. 1/2

“Civilization happens because we don’t leave things to other people. What’s right and good doesn’t come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it — as if the cause depends on you, because it does.” talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/bill-mo...

Quite the striking difference. Here is LE in Idaho during an active shooter event that killed two firefighters and wounded one.

Listening to the Senate reading of the Big [*] Bill. Table of Contents, section numbers and section titles. The ToC is depressing in its own right.

I was last there in 2018. I was in the West Bank/Ramallah/Bethlehem, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Eilat. We walked over the border from Jordan and drove from Eilat north. Saw a lot.