The second mayor for life is leaving?!

Lets hope. I expect the usual from the Seattle left, easily evadable taxes on the "rich" (actually businesses, not the rich), lower standard of living for the middle as the encampments metastasize again with only guilt hectoring of the middle for complaining as a response. No actual solutions.

True, Trump is a real overstuffed turkey, for sure.

Unfortunately, that would involve things that would cause the Seattle left to go rabid as well. Such as limits on Union control to things, less protections on community impacts to construction, etc... Same way we forget here that social housing in Europe has strong "boot out problems" rules.

Astounding this is even an argument. There is a place and time for everything...being overdressed can be utterly stupid at times. Check out Smith Point in Georgetown for that bit of tacky on a Saturday. Ugh. Just dress to the situation, that simple.

Uh, excuse my vapid press heather, but they are actually two Govt officials who were doing their jobs as designed and intended. "Political foes" is a loaded, normative term that has no business in "objective journalism" here.

He's not a "Trump Foe" you useless, vapid press heathers. He's a former Govt official who ran a legitimate investigation that made Trump mad.

Try reporting facts, Heather.

However, they were more open and honest in their imperialism and use of the military. After Vietnam everyone got sneaky and used more unconventional methods, unless it was a one sided run like Bush hitting Iraq. Less internal political blowback, and having no draft helped on that.

That being said, older school Democrats like FDR and LBJ were far to the left of modern Dems economically. But farther to the right in what we now would call "social issues" and use of the military.

Actually, “tax evaded” to be accurate.

Stop clowning. You know you will get nothing. Chuck “Book Tour” and gutless Durbin will do nothing other than dither and cower.

What a Putin loving douchebag.

Weakling

I think it had more to do with the national pressure, along with the local audience. Sorry.

Isn't this the same Agnes Calamard who ignored Russia's human rights atrocities in Ukraine?

Sure, but with Hakeem and Chuck "Book Deal" Schumer cowering in the corner, it sure seems like everyone is leading from way in the rear.

elite liberals more than even right-wingers seem to believe that liberalism has no popular support or organic base and is primarily an elite imposition