Cascadia Journal
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Cascadia Journal
Observations on news, politics, and the arts in the Pacific Northwest.
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Washington Trail Association issued a statement condemning ICE's terrifying seizure of five men in the middle of the night on a family camping trip in the central Cascades. Forest Service rangers helped facilitate the kidnapping. www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod... @cascadiajournal.bsky.social
Cascadia today: ICE flies 500 people out of Seattle + 21 candidates run for 3 PDX seats + WA sues feds over endangered species act
ICE has flown more than 500 people out of Seattle KUOW reports that in the past several weeks, ICE has flown more than 500 detainees out of Boeing Field, most of them formerly housed at the Northwest...
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In today's news from across #Cascadia, ICE flew more than 500 detainees out of Seattle, a crowded race for Portland city council seats, and WA & OR sue the feds over weakening the endangered species act: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: ICE flies 500 people out of Seattle + 21 candidates run for 3 PDX seats + WA sues feds over endangered species act
ICE has flown more than 500 people out of Seattle KUOW reports that in the past several weeks, ICE has flown more than 500 detainees out of Boeing Field, most of them formerly housed at the Northwest...
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Washington has joined 20 other states around the country in filing two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s changes to the Endangered Species Act.
WA sues to prevent federal changes that would undercut Endangered Species Act
Washington has joined 20 other states around the country in filing two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s changes to the Endangered Species Act.
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We'll have more on all the WA supreme court seats next week.
Fuse Washington@fusewashington.org · 2d agoBrian Heywood isn't just putting initiatives for child genital inspections & his own massive tax cut on your ballot - he's also funding an attempted right-wing takeover of our state's Supreme Court. His plan? Roll back our freedoms and gut our schools & healthcare via a captured high court.
Amazing news, thanks to decades of unrelenting advocacy by the Yurok, Karuk and Klamath Tribes. It’s heartening to see the collaborative nature of the salmon restoration effort reflected in this paper’s authorship, which includes all three Tribes, state & federal agencies, NGOs & private entities.
Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d agoChinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo
The #Cascadia movement should support existing treaties, adopt UNDRIP, increase funding for tribal health care, social services and cultural programs, turn over a portion federal land to Indigenous control, and remove dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. www.cascadia-journal.com/how-an-indep...
How an independent Cascadia would benefit tribes
Any movement toward autonomy and independence for Cascadia must include in its coalition tribes and Indigenous people.
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“I believe that it is the right thing for me to do to step aside, so there is one unified progressive mayoral candidate next month,” OneCity candidate William Azaroff said Tuesday. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
And Then There Was One Progressive Running for Vancouver Mayor | The Tyee
OneCity’s William Azaroff ends his mayoral campaign, leaving the left lane open for the Greens’ Pete Fry.
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Vancouver progressives did a smart thing rallying behind one mayoral candidate: Pete Fry; Seattle light rail line killed salmon but a car tire chemical has killed thousands more; ICE kidnapped men on a family camping trip and more news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Pete Fry is progressive choice for Vancouver mayor + ICE kidnaps men on family camping trip + Poetry by Minh Nguyễn
Vancouver progressives to rally behind Fry The Tyee reports that Vancouver mayoral candidate William Azaraoff, with the progressive OneCity party, has dropped out of the race for mayor, leaving progr...
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In today's news from across #Cascadia, WA workers are struggling to make ends meet, prescribed burns are good for our forests but face budget cuts at the state and federal level, and OR is failing to rename places with offensive names: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Workers struggle to make ends meet + prescribed burns needed in WA + OR failing to rename places with offensive names
Working Cascadians struggling to make ends meet Hope you had a good Labor Day – I took the afternoon to explore Point Defiance Park, a beautiful (and huge!) public park at the northern tip of Tacoma....
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We need to fix this. #Cascadia can fix this, of this I'm sure.
Noah 🚎@noahsbwilliams.com · 3d agoWith all my heart, I want Sound Transit to succeed, becoming the model system of Cascadian light rail. It punches far above its' weight. But it keeps failing us. And as an engineer who spends his working days making safety-sensitive airline systems more reliable, I'm deeply discouraged right now.
A federal court today paused Trump's attack on vote by mail, but as I wrote today at #Cascadia Journal, the regime isn't finished fucking around with democracy here in the #PNW: www.cascadia-journal.com/the-feds-plo...
The feds' plot to mess with Cascadia elections
Here in Cascadia and across the US, the feds have put in place new rules to solve a problem that doesn't exist: fraud in vote-by-mail.
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Again, our vote by mail system is secure and accurate. And that's precisely the issue the MAGA GOP both here and in the Other Washington have with it: it accurately counts all the votes and shows that the MAGA agenda of raising our costs while cutting billionaires' taxes isn't popular.
‘Zero doubt’: The story of WA’s 100% accurate mail-in election
President Donald Trump and the Republicans keep maligning mail-in voting, saying it’s slipshod and corrupt. But one such local election just got a perfect score, Danny Westneat writes.
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Fuse Washington@fusewashington.org · last wk.The MAGA regime and WA GOP both want to take away our freedoms to vote & have our votes counted so that they can rule over us like dictators. They're attacking our secure vote by mail system not because there's anything wrong with it, but precisely because it works. They can only win if they cheat.
How do you make a movie in Seattle, and who might show up to watch it? The backstory behind Kamyar Mohsenin’s stunning experimental short film, “what does it take to live inside of a pomegranate?” offers a stunning answer. Written by @eclectichutch.bsky.social www.chum.news/kamyar-mohse...
IT TAKES A (VIDEO) VILLAGE — CHUM NEWS
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Á’a:líya Warbus — the seventh BC Conservative MLA to resign under Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership — previously served as house leader under John Rustad and was the Conservatives’ most prominent Indigenous voice in the legislature. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
Why Á’a:líya Warbus Quit the BC Conservatives | The Tyee
The newly independent MLA on the BC Conservatives’ increasingly ‘race-based’ rhetoric, and her future plans. A Tyee Q&A.
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Seattle Times comes out against I-638. It s terrible law, based in bigotry, that hurts all girls who want to compete in school sports, requiring invasive sex testing. If you’re in WA state or know someone who is, please spread the word: Vote NO on I-638. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
Seattle Times recommends 'No' on I-638, ban on trans girls in sports | Editorial
If this were a “Washington problem“ it would be worth studying as a pressing issue to be resolved by the electorate, informed with science. But it is not.
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In today's news from across the #Cascadia bioregion, immigrant may lose health insurance in WA thanks to Trump, the Heiltsuk Nation battles invasive crabs and an interview with Seattle filmmaker Kamyar Mohsenin. www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Immigrants may lose health care in WA + Heiltsuk Nation battles green crabs + an interview with film maker Kamyar Mohsenin
Immigrants to lose health care in WA after fed cuts Through the Static reports that up to 11,000 immigrants in Washington state may lose health insurance after the Trump regime passed massive nationw...
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A great debut for the Subduction spoken word series, progressives take a step toward unity in Vancouver mayor's race, lynx are making a comeback in WA and a music fest is raising money for people affected by Spokane wildfires: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: a fab Cascadia spoken word reading + progressives start uniting in Vancouver mayor's race + lynx makes comeback in WA
Many thanks to Vermillion art gallery and bar in Seattle and all who attended the debut of the Subduction spoken word series last night! It was a lovely, lively evening of poetry rooted in the Cascadi...
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Prison labor should be illegal. Or pay them minimum wage. www.opb.org/article/2026...
Incarcerated people among thousands of firefighters battling Oregon’s aggressive fire season
Oregon is one of seven states that uses prison labor to fight wildfires. Incarcerated firefighters make significantly less money than other firefighters but face the same safety risks. Still, it's amo...
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In today's news from across #Cascadia, teachers' strike averted in Seattle, the spotted owl in extinct in BC but the province keeps up destructive logging, and the last fluent speaker of the diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ dialect on Vancouver Island dies: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: No teacher strike in Seattle + spotted owl extinct in BC + last speaker of diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ dialect dies
Teacher strike averted in Seattle West Seattle Blog reports that the SEA teachers' union and Seattle Public Schools came to an agreement last night on a new contract, averting a strike. Teachers, who...
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Negotiations might avert a strike by Seattle teachers, ICE surge continues in #Cascadia, and why it's important to reclaim the name Tahoma for Washington state's highest peak. Your news roundup from across the bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Progress in avoiding Seattle teacher strike + ICE arrests surge in Cascadia + reclaiming the name Tahoma
"Promising progress" on contract for Seattle teachers West Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Education Association, the union for the city's public school teachers made "promising progress" on a ...
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West Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Education Association sent an email early this morning saying "We feel we made promising progress today and will return to the table this morning (Tuesday)." Teachers are poised to strike if a deal isn't reached. westseattleblog.com/2026/09/teac...
TEACHER TALKS: Union reports 'promising progress' in marathon negotiations
With Seattle Public Schools still scheduled to start Wednesday unless there's a strike, the Seattle Education Association sent this update minutes ago: SEA members want to be back with our students on...
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So, now that the Denny Way bus lane hasn't created gridlock across South Lake Union, are we going to get a mea culpa on any of this stuff or nah.
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 5mo agoSo TV traffic reporters just...do their segments from their car now? Incredible.
With the clock ticking to iron out a new contract with teachers, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner made a public plea on Monday. “It's difficult because we're broke,” Schuldiner said. “If we had money, I would love to give it to everybody, but the problem is, we don't.”
‘We’re broke.’ Seattle schools superintendent pleads with teachers union for school to start on time
With the clock ticking to iron out a new contract with teachers, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner made a public plea on Monday.
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Very strange that former Seattle police chief Shon Barnes says "how dare" he order his wife to drop her job and move to Seattle "without a plan" so he could be chief. As if no married couple in history has ever had an adult conversation and decided whether to move to a new place or not.
Departed Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes breaks silence in first radio interview since leaving SPD - MyNorthwest.com
A month after his resignation was requested, Shon Barnes joined "The Gee and Ursula Show" for his first radio interview since leaving the department.
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So, I finally read Ecotopia, the futurist 1975 novel by Ernest Callenbach about an independent nation in the #PNW that centers sustainability. I'm glad I finally read this inspiration for the #Cascadia movement, but the book is a dated historical curiosity. www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-boo...
Cascadia book bingo: Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
This summer, I've been reading books about Cascadia and by PNW authors, and I've invited folks to join along in Cascadia Democratic Action's summer book bingo challenge. I'll admit I'm not very close ...
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In today's news from across #Cascadia, ICE kidnappings are up in WA, Seattle teachers are ready to strike, will Idaho become home to 1/3 of US nuclear waste? And a mural celebrating the Seattle Black Panther Party is restored: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: ICE kidnappings climb in WA + Seattle teachers set to strike + progressives may split vote in Vancouver mayor race
ICE kidnappings in WA climb The Seattle Times reports that ICE kidnappings reached a new high in Washington state last month and that seizures are increasing in the Puget Sound region and central Was...
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La Resistencia volunteers who observe the deportation flights informed us this morning about the number of people deported from and transferred from Northwest Detention Center
Tacoma ICE prison camp violating human rights, activists speak out against deportation flights breaking rules on fueling, OR economy is getting better, and poetry by Serena Chopra. It's your roundup of news & arts across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Tacoma detention center commits human rights violations + OR economy grows + poetry by Serena Chopra
Rep Randall says NWDC commits "human rights violations" KUOW interviews Congressional representative Emily Randall, whose district includes Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center, and who says condition...
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