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Hello friends! Hope you're enjoying your week. Due to lack of response, the meetup of Seattle-area subscribers to Cascadia Journal won't be happening this evening, Wed. Nov 12 at Stoup Brewing. I'm hoping to plan other get together in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver
Katie Wilson takes lead Seattle mayor's race by 91 votes After a new count of late-arriving ballots in the race for Seattle mayor yesterday, transit activist and labor organizer Katie Wilson took the lead over incumbent Bruce Harrell by just 91 votes – 133,469 to 133,378.
Hey there, paid supporter! Just a quick reminder Cascadia Journal is tentatively planning to host a meet-up in Seattle at Stoup Brewing on Capitol Hill this Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm. It's my way to say thank you and get to meet some my most dedicated
Dems cave on shutdown, Cascadia senators vote no A record 40-day federal government shutdown will end after a group of right-leaning Democrats broke with their caucus to vote 60-40 to take steps to end the shutdown. Those Democrats did not gain an agreement on renewal of health
Good morning! In case you missed it, I wrote about the SNAP to Action food drive Cascadia Democratic Action organized and how mutual aid has been an essential part of revolutionary movements for change, whether the abolition of slavery, unionization, the Black Panthers, or opposing fascists during the Spanish Civil
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Last week, a group I helped create, Cascadia Democratic Action, organized a food drive in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park. Our goal was to help neighbors hurt by the Trump administration's refusal to fund SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. Food banks are already under enormous strain
Mayor Harrell increases lead in latest ballot drop Incumbent Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell increased his lead to 57 to 43 percent over transit activist Katie Wilson with the latest count of ballots on Wednesday, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reported. Though late ballots generally favor progressive, Wilson now has a deficit
Hello, friends! Here's a report from yesterday's local elections in Washington (and Oregon). You can read more of my reporting from Katie Wilson's election night party in Erica Barnett's article at PubliCola. Support Cascadia Journal Wilson trails in Seattle mayor's
It's election day! If you haven't yet, please fill out your ballot and drop it in a ballot box (not US mail, it's too late for that) by 8 pm this evening. If you're in King County, you can find the closest
Cascadia Democratic Action collects one ton of food! Seattle, I'm proud of you. On Saturday, people came from all over the city to the SNAP to Action food drive, donating what we estimate was 2,000 pounds – one ton! – of non-perishable food to assist our neighbors who