Governor Bob Ferguson endorses millionaires’ tax on high earners, unveils austerity-centric supplemental operating budget The proposed operating budget, presented ahead of the 2026 legislative session that's slated to begin on January 12th, would make $797 million in cuts, recover $391 million for…

Governor Bob Ferguson is currently rolling out his proposed supplemental operating budget. It mainly relies on austerity: hundreds of millions in cuts. Ferguson is only proposing to rescind two tax exemptions to recover revenue. These two are part of a menu of options we recently sent to his office.

Watch the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see Thanks to Global TV in Canada, you can now watch the segment that a CBS media executive recently decided to yank. It's proliferating across social platforms, including Reddit.

Unacceptable

SNL’s Bowen Yang goes out with a bang in final episode of 2025 Watch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s fifty-first season, hosted by Ariana Grande, with Cher as the musical guest, including the Trump Christmas Address Cold Open.

Know your history

NZ is making progress. We need to be doing the same. The Trump regime's attempt to keep the TransAlta plant burning coal must be challenged and overturned.

Sad but not surprising

Yuck

Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me "I believe in free enterprise, and I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success," the 2012 Republican presidential nominee wrote in The New York Times. "But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic…

Governor Bob Ferguson’s supplemental transportation budget for 2026 offers the back-to-basics approach we’ve long needed The governor is proposing that legislators create a Preserve Washington fund that would be focused on the basics, a cause championed for over a hundred years by the Washington…

It's a game that will rank extremely high in Seahawks lore. No one who watched it is likely to forget it.

Game over: there's no excuse for *any* Democratic legislator or member of Congress to chicken out of supporting progressive revenue when even a former Republican presidential nominee from this century says, "Tax the rich, like me."

Peter takes on Caesar: From the Vatican to small parishes like St. Susanna, the Catholic Church is challenging Donald Trump The millennia old church, in need of renewal, is finding purpose in standing up for the teachings of Jesus at a time when performative white Christian nationalists (who bear…

Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse announces he won’t seek reelection in 2026 "Serving the Fourth District of Washington has been the honor of my life, and this decision comes with no reservations or remorse, only gratitude for the tremendous opportunity to have represented my home state in…

@bsky.app Please add support for YubiKeys and authenticator apps. And passkeys. Emailing one-time codes is not true two-factor authentication. A true second factor is something you have to go with something you know.

A new right wing entity called “Washington Rising” that’s helping Brian Heywood looks like a front for a national wealthy donor The barebones website for Washington Rising contains a boilerplate manifesto that repeatedly references George Washington. Whoever is funding it seems to have serious…

If you have to say "I have not lost control of the House," then, in fact, you have

BREAKING on MS NOW: Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."

These WSDOT photos show why U.S. 2 through the Cascades is closed — yes, even to cyclists and pedestrians Road closed signs mean the road is closed, period. Read this important public service announcement from the Washington State Department of Transportation.

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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

This is consistent with what we're seeing in our state level polling

Live in Tukwila, Kent, or Renton? It may be time to “go now” or “get set” to escape Green River flooding — don’t delay! Those who homes and businesses are near the Green River in west central King County should be aware that the Desimone Levee has been breached and there is a grave risk of…

The internet is full of fake and coordinated activity, and platforms often rely on SMS verification to prevent it. A hidden market selling SMS verifications lets bad actors bypass these protections, and a new website was created to track and study this problem for the first time.

Brian Heywood has informally adopted Jim Walsh’s voter cancellation initiative onto his slate for 2026 Mega-millionaire Brian Heywood confirmed in a Twitter post today that petitions for Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh's mass voter cancellation initiative are being circulated at…

Jay Inslee's 2020 authoritarian opponent Loren Culp appears to be calling for mass executions by hanging. This is a tweet from today. If you're not on Trump's team, you should be killed, basically. Horrific stuff. It's Matt Shea level awful ("If they do not yield... kill all males.")

Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s disastrous decisions are endangering Americans and destroying an essential federal public service As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy has purged scientific expertise, dismantled vaccine policy, and fueled the resurgence of preventable disease while…

Redmond City Councilmember Jessica Forsythe is challenging State Representative Amy Walen for House in Washington’s 48th Forsythe filed for the House on November 28th and has already raised over $14,000. Her candidacy sets up another Democratic intraparty legislative matchup on the Eastside for…

Book Review: “Separation of Church and Hate” is a a fierce, funny reclamation of faith from the grip of white Christian nationalism Each chapter was wise, compassionate, and devastatingly relevant in a country where “Christian values” are too often used as a political weapon rather than a moral…

Hollowing out citizenship: Will the Supreme Court try to sanction Trump’s most dangerous constitutional attack? A Reagan-appointed federal judge called Trump’s bid to revoke birthright citizenship “blatantly unconstitutional." Now the Supreme Court is weighing whether to uphold court rulings…

Get a bird’s eye view of the extreme flooding in the Snoqualmie Valley near Carnation and Duvall, Washington These aerial photos and videos, captured December 11th, 2025, show just how widespread the flooding is in one of Washington's most fertile river valleys.

Another gubernatorial flood briefing now in progress. Senator Cantwell in attendance for this one. #wawx Watch live:

The flooding in the Snoqualmie River Valley is absolutely jaw-dropping. Here's a bird's eye view captured yesterday by NPI's ED, who flew a drone over a section of the valley in between Carnation and Duvall. You can see the floodwaters reach across the valley almost from edge to edge! #wawx

Donald Trump has approved Washington State’s request for emergency federal assistance, Governor Ferguson says The decision means that the Pacific Northwest will get help responding to the river flooding that's impacting homes, farms, and businesses in most of the state's western counties.

What could go wrong...

Entire Washington State congressional delegation signs letter requesting federal assistance for flood relief from Trump regime "It is essential that the federal government steps in to provide the resources necessary to allow our state to respond to this disaster and begin the road to recovery as…

Five good reads about what the TN-07 results portend for 2026 The Democratic Party didn't win Tennessee's 7th yesterday, but Democratic nominee Aftyn Behn's performance showed that lots of Republicans could be vulnerable in 2026. Here are five good reads about what this special election suggests…

Child deaths under five believed to be rising for first time in decades "Donald Trump presided over the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The impact of the cuts have been felt across the world," The Washington Post reports.

Catastrophic flooding prompts “go now” evacuations in multiple Pacific Northwest towns as atmospheric river pounds the region Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency and demanded prompt federal assistance, while authorities in British Columbia asked the public to avoid…

Again with the pencils

Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor’s race, beats Trump’s pick Higgins campaigned with the backing of the Democratic Party and is the first woman to be elected Miami mayor. Republicans have controlled the office for decades, even though it's officially "nonpartisan."

SNL skewers Sleepy Don, Colin Jost returns as Pete Hegseth for December 5th cold open Watch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s fifty-first season, hosted by Melissa McCarthy, with Dijon as the musical guest, including the Pentagon Press Conference Cold Open.

Imagine if Washington leaders announced an initiative to put officially sanctioned "Young Progressive" chapters in high schools and colleges. Jim Walsh and Brian Heywood would go berserk! But IOKIYAR...

Candidates and activists gearing up for an exciting 2026 cycle, as King County’s switchover to even year elections takes effect Next year, for the first time in eons, King County will hold regular elections for Metropolitan King County Council in an even-numbered year, along with elections for…

Seconds ago, an email arrived from the White House saying: "First Lady Melania Trump Calls for Love During the Holiday Season" Nope, not making this up. If "love" is really what the White House wants, then: - Stop separating families - Stop murdering people in boats - Stop executing prisoners

Looks like Trump is operating a revolving door criminal justice system for drug dealers www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... Hegseth says that if he didn't kill people on the boats, and instead brought them in to be tried and convicted, Trump would just pardon them.

Book Review: “Rewiring Democracy” offers a nuanced examination of AI’s impact on our civic and social fabric Readers need not be computer science graduates to understand the critical points being made. The result is a book that speaks to policymakers, civic technologists, and public servants…