As the United States today continues its depressing descent into political violence and fascism, perhaps it's time to review some of the best books I read this summer. Each year, I play Seattle Public Library's Summer Book Bingo, trying to fill in spaces in all sorts
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Oregon to oppose Trump invasion as ICE ramps up Oregon Capital Chronicle reports that Oregon's governor and attorney general are preparing to file court challenges in the event Donald Trump acts on a remark he made recently about sending National Guard troops to Portland. The article notes that
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This week, reacting to the meltdown of the CDC under HHS leader and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the governors of three west coast states – Washington, Oregon, and California – announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance that will center their vaccine and other public health policies on
WA could lose 30K jobs due to tariffs KUOW has an article on a new report from Washington governor Bob Ferguson's office that finds if all Trump's proposed tariffs go into effect, the state could lose more than 30,000 jobs by 2029 and see grocery
Seattle police no longer under federal oversight KUOW reports that US district judge James Robart ended the 13-year-long consent decree the Seattle Police Department had been under to address the department's excessive use of force. Seattle was placed under the order after the 2010 fatal shooting of Indigenous
West coast states create vaccine alliance Defending the sovereign right of states to protect the health of their residents, Oregon, Washington and California today announced a pact to work together on science-based vaccine policy the New York Times reports – as the fed-run CDC descends into chaos under Robert F. Kennedy
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This week, federal immigration officials arrested two wildland firefighters working to contain the Bear Gulch fire on Washington's Olympic peninsula. According to reporting from the AP, the two firefighters, who worked for a contractor helping to prevent the human-caused fire from spreading, were living in the US without
Oregon legislature opens special session According to OPB, the Oregon legislature convenes today in a special session to address a $300 transportation budget shortfall that it failed to address earlier this year. The package proposed by governor Tina Kotek includes a 6 cent increase in the current 40 cent per
ICE raids active wildfire operation in WA In an incident that leaves me wondering if the Trump administration actually wants west coast states to leave the union, the Seattle Times reports that two wildland firefighters working on the Bear Gulch fire in Washington's Olympic mountains were arrested by