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Andrew Engelson

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Seattle-based journalist and resident of Cascadia 🇱🇸 ️‍🌈 He/They Sign up for my daily newsletter! https://cascadia-journal.ghost.io/ @cascadiajournal.bsky.social Have a news tip? Message me on Signal @andyjourno.55

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · May 13

In this authoritarian crisis, it's time for us to start having conversations about what independence for #Cascadia would look like, and how to achieve it peacefully. My latest post for @cascadiajournal.bsky.social cascadia-journal.ghost.io/its-time-for...

It’s time for Washington and Oregon to work for an independent Cascadia

Sign up for the free Cascadia Journal e-newsletter by Andrew Engelson, Drew Alcosser, and Brandon Letsinger Earlier this month, there was a pivotal moment in Donald Trump’s four-month attack on demo...

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 7h

DuckDuckGo seems to have gotten a lot worse as a search engine in the past couple weeks.

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 9h

Dude is still bringing up how he played on the Garfield high football team.

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 9h

Typical of city attorney Ann Davison's "tough on crime" approach, which amounts to using officers paid well over $100,000 per year to put folks in jail for crimes of poverty.
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Ann Davison Promised to Resolve Cases Faster and Punish the Most Serious Violators. Did She Deliver? - PubliCola

By Andrew Engelson A PubliCola analysis of Seattle Municipal Court data reveals that, in the three and half years Ann…

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 9h

Ten--count them-- ten SPD officers managed to break up this "organized" criminal operation, and recovered "three pairs of children’s shoes ($26 a pair), beanies ($7 each), cologne ($10), two sweatshirts (at $30 each, the highest-value items stolen), and a pet toy (price unknown)." 🙄

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 13h

Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise
The operation involved at least 10 officers and suspects were jailed for up to a week for stealing knit caps, sweatshirts, and a pet toy.
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Seattle Spent Thousands on "Organized Retail Theft" Operation at Marshall's, Arresting Five and Recovering $400 in Merchandise - PubliCola

By Erica C. Barnett Last week, the Seattle Police Department announced it had completed a successful “Organized Retail Theft Operation”…

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 15h

The person most responsible for this is Donald J. Trump, who has consistently encouraged his supporters to be hateful, bigoted, vile, and violent. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 15h

Just what I need to accompany my workouts: high lead levels in protein powder.

Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 19h

Our tests of popular dairy, beef, and plant-based protein products found plant-based options had the highest lead levels, 9x as much as dairy and 2x as much as beef. Even dairy powders weren’t risk-free: half were too contaminated for safe daily use.

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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 16h

Good morning to your daily news, #Cascadia! ICE threatened to shoot a Portland ambulance driver, feds still clearcutting Oregon forests in shutdown, the debate over farmworker overtime, and a plan to fund regional arts: cascadia-journal.ghost.io/cascadia-tod...

Cascadia today: ICE out of control in Portland + feds log forests in shutdown + rethinking OR arts funding

Good morning! News media are facing an unprecedented crisis right now. PBS and NPR threatened now that Trump has eliminated of federal funding for public broadcasting. Outlets have laid off staff and ...

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 17h

It's uncanny, the parallels between our moment and 1776. This is one of the primary reasons I've called for the #Cascadia region to talk seriously about autonomy and possibly independence.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17h

"The list of charges against King George III...vividly resemble the tyrannical threats our nation faces from a man who is working aggressively to destroy our system of justice, reject our 249-year-old democratic project and secure himself a gilded throne." www.americaamerica.news/p/what-we-sh...

What We Should Demand, What We Should Oppose

Reflecting on a president's obligations and what history tells us about rejecting tyranny and injustice

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

What's another word for "embellishment"?

Was Bruce Harrell responsible for adding 3,000 housing units?
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says in ads and debates that he added 3,000 emergency housing units. But a deeper look reveals that’s an embellishment.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 1d

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson has said she’ll ban most homeless encampment sweeps if she leads the city. She argues that if Seattle scales up shelter options, it won’t have to rely on sweeps to ensure public spaces are clear.

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 1d

Cascadia's greatest sports franchise...

HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 2d

#OnThisDay in 2004, the Seattle Storm won their first WNBA championship. historylink.org/File/7330

Seattle Storm team members celebrate their WNBA Championship win at Westlake Center, Seattle, October 15, 2004

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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! Portland prepares for an invasion by the feds, WA family leave program faces fiscal cliff, safe supply drug activists go on trial in Vancouver, and #Cascadia arts org are in crisis. Here's today's news from across the bioregion: cascadia-journal.ghost.io/cascadia-tod...

Cascadia today: Portland prepares for feds + WA paid leave in crisis + BC arts orgs struggling

Good morning, and congratulations to the Seattle Mariners for making it to the American League championship after a nail-biting 14-inning game against Detroit on Friday. Good luck to Cascadia's only M...

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 3d

... and not spread germs. It's called Public Health!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 3d

climate arson

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

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Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 3d

As a Mariners fan, it has always boggled my mind to see so many fans coming down from Vancouver to root for the Toronto Blue Jays...

Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 3d

So, Vancouver baseball fans. We have to talk. Are you really gonna root for the team thousands of miles to the east, or the one that has a salmon and a moose for mascots? #Cascadia #goms

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 4d

The last time the Mariners were in the ALCS I was 4 years old

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4d

Always

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Queen.

Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4d

CASCADIA WINS!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

There is: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4d

And...more baseball

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 4d

You’re looking live at the entire population of Washington and Oregon

Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 4d

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4d

This Mariners game has total 1995 vibes m.youtube.com/watch?v=F8SB...

1995 ALDS Gm5: Ken Griffey Jr. scores the game-winning run to sends Mariners to ALCS

YouTube video by MLB

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 4d

I'm in a gay bar on Capitol Hill watching and everyone is in awe

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 4d

Helluva ballgame with the Tigers and Mariners. If you're fucking around on social media without also staring at your television right now, you are doing life poorly.

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