Cascadia Journal
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An opinionated email newsletter about politics, the environment and culture across the #Cascadia bioregion, Written by @andyengelson.bsky.social. Sign up for the free newsletter here: https://cascadia-journal.ghost.io/
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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)." 🙄
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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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Oh look, Trump hates #Cascadia.
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Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.
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OPB @opb.org · 16h
The program has been steadily growing since it launched in 2020, and it already has periodic deficits as it falls behind in paying out claims before receiving premium payments each quarter. But the problem a few years down the road would be a sustained deficit.
Washington’s paid leave program heads toward a fiscal cliff
A more than $350 million deficit looms in 2029 without changes to either raise more tax revenue or lower costs.
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These people need quit their jobs, become mall security officers and do consensual kink at home.
clancyny.bsky.social
c.w. torture

Torture device manufacturers in the U.S. stay innovating.

ICE has chosen the "Wrap" a full-body restraint device, to use for removals of people to 3rd countries. (Not being taken to home countries, other countries.)

@apnews.com: one man says ICE kept him in the Wrap for 16 hours.
[So disturbing. I'll do my best to describe.]

Video still:

This appears to be a video created by the company to demonstate the product, not a real prisoner. The whole lower body of a man is placed in almost a blanket that is strapped around him. There are multiple straps the size of large seatbelts with big buckles. There are straps that go over his shoulders. He is also back-cuffed. This video is a still from the moment when a helmet the size of a motorcycle helmet is being placed on his head and strapped on under his chin. he is also wearing a pale blue lightweight surgical mask.

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1 of 5 |  US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations. That continued despite concerns about safety from a watchdog division of its parent agency, the US Dept. of Homeland Security. (AP Video/Allen G. Breed)
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I've been saying a similar things for months as reasons we should be having conversations about independence for #Cascadia: cascadia-journal.ghost.io/a-long-train...
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The parallels to the American revolution of 1776 are pretty striking: cascadia-journal.ghost.io/a-long-train...
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Turns out the emperor isn't wearing clothes either, but he won't admit it.
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Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride
cascadiajournal.bsky.social
Do you guys adjust your work schedules so you can watch all those games on Eastern Time? Asking for a friend.
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I mean, OK, I guess that's the only MLB team y'all get to watch on TV up there or something.
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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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Don't mess with Cascadia. 🐔
lisa-catara.bsky.social
Rock out with your c*cks out, Portland.
✌🏽🎵
Via womenspf
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This must really be keeping Kristi Noem up all night.
caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes
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Oh. So, #Cascadia will become home to an overseas air force base for Qatar? I'm guessing Idaho will actually not be okay with this.
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Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
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Thanks! Glad to see at least one Mariner fan among all those Blue Jays fans in Vancouver...
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If using the mail, please get your ballot in a mailbox no later the Friday before Election Day.

Drop boxes open on 10/16 and are open 24/7 until they close at 8 p.m. (sharp!) on Election Night. Folks can find a list and map of drop boxes at kce.wiki/DropBox
Ballot drop boxes - King County, Washington
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Trump appointed a prosecutor with no experience to carry out this retaliatory indictment. This lawless president needs to be impeached. And if Congress won't do it, states such as Washington and Oregon have a duty to start the process of peacefully leaving the Union. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign
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Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social
COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'
From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...
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