Josh Cohen
@jcohenwrites.bsky.social
Journalist in Seattle covering politics, housing, homelessness and more. www.joshcohenwrites.com
On the job tonight for @washingtonstatestandard.com contributing to their live blog. I’ll be in Bellevue checking out the WA Dems party for Congressional incumbents Adam Smith, Suzan DelBene, and Kim Schrier washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/08/04/l...
Live coverage: Washington's 2026 primary election • Washington State Standard
Washington's primary election has arrived. The top two vote-getters in each race will advance to the November election regardless of party.
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The Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, and Stanwood Camano News are on strike to fight for better wages and AI protections. Here’s their strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...
Donate to Help keep AI out of your newsrooms, organized by Skagit News Workers
We need your help to keep your news local, trustworthy, and accurate – that … Skagit News Workers needs your support for Help keep AI out of your newsrooms
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How a data leak unmasked an Idaho state employee raising thousands of dollars a month in subscriptions by anonymously promoting pro-Russian commentary, white nationalists and Nazi memes. My new story for @investigatewest.bsky.social: www.investigatewest.org/idaho-labor-...
Idaho labor economist ran far-right online accounts
Sam Wolkenhauer ran anonymous accounts that generated thousands of dollars in subscriptions while posting pro-Russian commentary, slurs and Nazi imagery
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The text alert said trains were delayed due to a vehicle on the tracks at Mount Baker Station, but I just assumed it was *near* the station on MLK. Not two stories off the ground!
Noah 🚎@noahsbwilliams.com · 2mo agoI won a @spjwash.bsky.social award for my story on trans Seattleites grappling with changing federal passport rules. It's nice to get recognized for a piece I'm proud of, especially amid the discouragement of post-layoff job hunting in our decimated industry. www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
Don’t cross the picket line today, Tuesday, May 26! Join us by refusing to click any articles or interacting in any way with our five McClatchy newspapers.
Beautiful day to stand in solidarity with the journalists of @pacnwguild.bsky.social at The (Tacoma) News Tribune, The Bellingham Herald, The Olympian, The Tri-City Herald, & the Kdaho Statesman as they fight against AI slop and for living wages. Support their strike fund here: gofund.me/49457c575
I’ve read a lot of city books and Alexis Madrigal’s The Pacific Circuit is among the best. It’s centered on Oakland’s Port and the neighboring Black residents who’ve suffered its polluting impact. But it’s also an engaging history of global shipping, racist land use, tech, city politics & the Bay.
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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Investigate West is doing some of the best accountability reporting in Washington and absolutely deserves your support
@investigatewest.bsky.social · 5mo agoToday's the start of our spring fundraising campaign! In 2026, we’re working as hard as ever to meet the growing needs of underserved communities. How do we do more? Only with your help. Your gift today sets us up strong for another year of telling truth to power. www.investigatewest.org/donate
Another grim example of AI's "utility"
COYOTE@coyotemedia.org · 6mo agoAided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.
The list of things we need to fix in society is long, but eventually we gotta address the celebrities in commercials problem
By passing a ban on income taxes two years ago, Washington state lawmakers actually guaranteed their ability to consider an income tax on millionaires this session. www.axios.com/local/seattl... #waleg
Why Washington's income tax ban won't block a millionaire tax
A new proposal is testing how durable Washington's income tax ban really is.
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6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
Photojournalists across America preparing to apply to one of the only staff photo jobs available
Cengiz Yar@cengizyar.com · 6mo agoThe Seattle Times is hiring a photojournalist for their newsroom; to cover a variety of assignments, from major league sports to spot news to magazine features. seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/GeY4AJ...
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
Federal immigration agents detained a man in Shoreline, leaving his 2-year-old son sitting alone in the back seat for about 40 minutes. Here's what the activists saw: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911! “I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
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The memorial to Alex Pretti has grown here at Harborview. Hospital staff say it's important to speak out against what they say is police violence and injustice in Minneapolis. " It's just to the point where it's intolerable, says Kyla Haggith, a nurse here, "it's too much."
Happening now: nurses and staff at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle are holding a vigil for Alex Pretti. Some are out here in their scrubs. People have brought flowers and are writing notes to add to the candles.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html
