Good afternoon! If you appreciate this feisty, opinionated roundup of news from across the Pacific NW, please consider purchaing a paid subscription, thanks! Support Cascadia Journal for $5 per month WA legislature begins, bill would ban police masking The 60-day Washington legislative session began yesterday, and it will likely
Protests across Cascadia as region reacts to ICE Thousands of people across Cascadia turned out for protests against ICE, the killing of Renee Good and others killed by immigration officers, as well as the Trump administration's illegal war in Venenzuela over the weekend. A large crowd filled Seattle&
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Good afternoon. Cascadia responded to ICE agent Jonathan Ross killing 37-year-old single mom Renee Good in Minneapolis by holding protests in Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma. I wrote about the Seattle rally here. Seattle Indivisible announced there will be a memorial vigil this evening, 6:30 pm, Thursday January
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Cascadia responded quickly to the news that an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old single mother, in Minneapolis yesterday. A noisy protest of several hundred people in Seattle gathered outside the federal building downtown last night and called for an end to ICE's
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January 6 insurrection continues to affect Cascadia It's been five years since Donald J. Trump encouraged right wing supporters to stage a violent insurrection in the US capitol in an attempt to prevent certification of the 2020 election. Trump should have been prosecuted and prevented from running for
Trump launches war in Venezuela, Cascadia resists Happy 2026, friends! Well, we're not even a week into the new year and Trump has launched a war against Venezuela to seize its oil – and he's not even hiding this fact: "We're going to have
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Hope you have a happy new year! I'll be taking the next few days off, but before I go here's a selection five albums from Cascadia-based musical artists I enjoyed this year... Support Cascadia Journal Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart The Seattle indie rock group
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Support Cascadia Journal for $5 per month Feds detained 1,100 immigrants in OR ICE and other federal agencies arrested at least 1,100 immigrants in Oregon this year, up substantially from 113 in 2024, Oregon Capital Chronicle reports. Oregon has been at the center of federal efforts at mass
Windstorm arrives today Though the National Weather Service downgraded its extreme wind advisory, high winds are still expected in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia today. Cancellations of some BC Ferries routes because of wind has caused serious disruption for holiday travelers to Vancouver Island. Be careful out there! In related