Our office has had a new decoration out front for the week, courtesy of Kenneth Walker and the Seahawks' defense. Congrats on the win, @adamsmith.house.gov. And enjoy the 🍺!

New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

This is a major repudiation of Trump's efforts to use the law enforcement system to attack his political opponents. Grand juries only hear the prosecution side and rarely reject indictments. But in this case, the everyday citizens found even the one-sided case unconvincing.

Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.

Tweaks to high-earners income tax include boost in small biz tax breaks, doubling of charitable exemption & a deduction for commercial fishing operations. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"The OPB on your coffee mug, or on your window sticker, might not be the exact place you think it is." This week, we're telling you why we started the @thewesternedge.bsky.social. Today read @ryanjhaas.bsky.social's devastating essay about local media: www.thewesternedge.media/p/i-had-a-dr...

'Millionaires' tax set for vote this a.m. in Senate Ways & Means. Some changes made, in part to appease Gov. Ferguson. Biz tax exemption threshold raised to $300k, with some help for biz up to $600k. Charitable deduction doubled to $100k. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

Bad Bunny had more yards during the halftime show than the Patriots had rushing yards all game

Hawks!!!!!!!! 💚💙💚💙💚💙

SEAHAWKS BABY

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PATRIOTS averaged TWO yards per play in 1st half. www.seattletimes.com/sports/seaha...

I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.

Westneat: "Of late the state (Republican) party’s official statements have sounded more like an anonymous cretin trolling the internet than a serious political outfit trying to win in 2026." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

1 retiring House Republican said that Thursday’s Trump post depicting Obamas as apes validated the choice to leave Capitol Hill. Not long after that, Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei announced retirement Aide: “Another reason to increase the intensity of my job search" www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

“I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

It's Axl Rose's birthday today, so no better way to celebrate than by sharing this classic @johnmoe.bsky.social piece.

Trump posts racist video about the Obamas. Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage." Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House." White House deletes video. @ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

They defended it initially and now offer this BS. I am living in a stupid simulation.

Dave Reichert lost to Bob Ferguson by 433,000+ votes, but WA state GOP apparently believes that margin was due to fraud? Party hasn't won a gubernatorial race since 1980.

WA Attorney General Nick Brown reacts to Trump's latest racist video post.

Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.

Once again, this would be a Defcon 1 level scandal for any other president and spark weeks of intense media coverage and calls for impeachment. For Trump, it is merely a Thursday.

Gov. Ferguson pumped up some speculation when he updated his public calendar to include a "Meeting" with NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Turns out it was a brief introductory phone call. www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonic...

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/do-yo...

ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working. This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose. Let me explain & offer some advice.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Can’t imagine why reporting on the Jan 6 insurrection wouldn’t be valued by multibillionaire in current political climate

The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

NEW: WA Gov. Bob Ferguson says he can't support proposed "millionaire's tax" bill unveiled by legislative Democrats without changes. Wants more $ sent back to residents in tax cuts, not just spent by state govt.

In a new fundraising email, @jayapal.house.gov rips WA Republican Party for its X post suggesting she "self-deport" from the US after she criticized Trump's mass deportation tactics. Jayapal is a U.S. citizen.

Sunday: Todd Blanche goes on the talk shows to deny that Trump had any role in directing the Fulton County FBI raids. Monday: Trump had a role in directing the FBI raids. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson issues late-night statement, telling ICE officers to resign and ‘ask yourselves why you have gassed children.’ www.instagram.com/p/DUNC_tJlm4...

One political reporter who texted me today called this the “most anti-free speech administration in our lifetimes and then some,” adding that after the Washington Post raid earlier this month, it is “just one escalation after another, week to week.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Seattle must pay $30.5 million to family of teen killed in 2020’s “CHOP” zone www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Jury finds the city of Seattle liable for the death of Antonio Mays Jr., who was killed in CHOP in 2020. Awards more than $25 million to his father, Antonio Mays Sr.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

turns out that getting stinking rich running a shopping website does not make you any better than any other out-of-their depths dilettante at running a serious newspaper anywhere but into the ground

In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law. The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia: tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...

Holy smokes! Rick Rizzs is retiring www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Fox News in a nutshell. Accusing others of "gaslighting" whuile gaslighting your viewers. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.

News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports. “The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

SUPERBOWL baby.