Cascadia Journal
An opinionated email newsletter about politics, the environment and culture across the #Cascadia bioregion, Written by @andyengelson.bsky.social.
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- Turns out surging capital gains revenue will give OR legislators $156 million more in the budget than they anticipated. But the state will still need a lot more measures to deal with Trump administration cuts...
- ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
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- A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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- But seriously: you all are on Bluesky. You said NO to that other place. And you switched over and it was fine. And I'm here to tell you: you can say no to Microsoft and you can say no to Apple, and you'll be fine.
- These people are terrorists. Full stop.
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- CNN’s @kaitlancollins.bsky.social : “What would you say to the Epstein survivors?” TRUMP: “You are so bad… You are the worst reporter... I’ve never seen you smile.” A terrible human. Makes so much sense that he and Epstein were tight. (And the other reporters say nothing. Cowards, all.)
- “Imagine if we had to follow the law”
- A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
- happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
- New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:
- If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
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- 💉🌍 The US has frozen all funding to Gavi over demands to phase out thimerosal, a vaccine preservative widely considered safe. The move puts hundreds of millions for global immunisation at risk and raises questions about vaccine access. ✍ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @who.int @gavi.org
- To prevent the state’s budget from hemorrhaging nearly $1 billion in revenue under federal tax changes during the next two years, Oregon Democrats in the state Legislature are proposing a strategy to selectively disconnect parts of the state’s tax code from the federal code. buff.ly/R5sKMun
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- And today the Treasury Department told me it wouldn't expedite processing of a FOIA for the agreement allowing Qatar to hold the money because it couldn't identify an immediate public interest. To help out Treasury: It rhymes with corruption. It's also spelled the same as corruption.
- I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- After adopting housing reforms that included eliminating parking mandates and increased density limits throughout the city, Bothell has seen a major jump in pre-applications for residential projects. Average number of units entering pre-application over the past 5 years: 580 In 2025: 1000+
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- The word "transit" has not been used by Governor Ferguson's Bluesky account, ever.
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- Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album: “Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
- Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year: “As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
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- how many white guys in suits can they fit around a desk?
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- Seattle Area protests: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30 * 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses. * 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social
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- reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
- Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
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- A great place for a Seattle-owned or publicly funded grocery store!
- Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
