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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: cascadia-journal.ghost.io

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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 3h
It's your morning #Cascadia news roundup! What really honoring the Day of Truth & Reconciliation would mean for First Nationa in BC, WA senate majority leader faces a progressive challenger, and a waterfall in Oregon is protected: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: What real reconciliation means + popular waterfall in OR protected + fund Seattle arts, not more cops
Good morning! It's definitely feeling like autumn – the air is crisp and cool, the leaves are rusty and golden, and it's time to turn on the heat, make some tea and grab a book. Are you a fan of poetr...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In today's news from across #Cascadia, Mark Carney announces more climate killing LNG exports from BC, candidates in Seattle city council race differ on cops and surveillance, and Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs calls his final game after 41 seasons: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: LNG exports to double from BC terminal + more data centers in OR + Rick Rizzs calls last game for Mariners
Good morning to everyone but ICE! Hey, do you appreciate this newsletter and also have some curiosity in the movement for Cascadia autonomy? Well, you're in luck, because Cascadia Journal and the gras...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cool. You know what #Cascadia could do with the $51 billion Washington and Oregon pay to the feds in taxes EVERY year and never get back? Give our residents universal health care.
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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE is ramping up abductions in Seattle and Washington state.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the way.
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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 26/09/2026
The latest forecast of state tax collections released Friday did nothing to brighten Washington’s budget outlook. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/09/25/w...
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With tax receipts flat, budget hurdles remain for WA leaders • Washington State Standard
A new forecast of state tax collections came out Friday. It did nothing to brighten Washington’s budget outlook.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICE is surging in WA and media are ignoring it, Spokane may get some truly monster data centers, and Portland's first Indigenous-owned bookshop opens. It's your #Cascadia news round up: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: ICE abductions surge in WA + Spokane may get monster data centers + PDX's first Indigenous bookshop
ICE is surging around Seattle but media ignores it ICE is in the middle of what may be its largest surge in Seattle and King county, but local media seems to be ignoring the situation because it's ha...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oooopsie
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Starbucks will close 250 stores, Eugene to vote on creating a clean energy fund, did BC premier David Eby make a huge mistake? + Portland Book Festival lineup announced. This and more news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: Starbucks to close 250 stores + Eugene votes on clean energy fund + get ready for Portland Book Festival
Starbucks to close 250 stores According to the AP, Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks will close 250 "underperforming" stores in North America. According to the article, Starbucks Workers United, w...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Elections for five Washington state supreme court seats are just around the corner, so here are my endorsements: www.cascadia-journal.com/our-guide-to...
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Our guide to the WA supreme court election
Good afternoon! Washington's mid-term elections are just around the corner (ballots will be mailed out mid-October and are due in a ballot box by 8 pm Nov 3). While there are plenty of high-profile ra...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In news from across #Cascadia, a court blocks feds' attempt to get WA voter rolls, coyotes are moving to Seattle, and an Indigenous group that attempts a climb of Tahoma each summer: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: Feds won't get WA voter rolls + coyotes are moving to Seattle + Indigenous climbers on Tahoma
Court rules feds can't demand WA voter rolls KUOW reports that a federal judge in Seattle this week ruled against the Trump regime's demand that Washington state turn over voter information in advanc...
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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: The Grand Illusion Cinema lives! The single-screen movie house that'd been in Seattle’s University District for more than 50 years before closing in January 2025 is coming home. It will be now taking over at the Varsity Theatre 📽️ My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
A photo taken outside the shuttered Varsity Theatre on September 22, 2026 with the marquee reading COMING SOON GRAND ILLUSION.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A whole bunch of #Cascadia news today, including BC calling a snap election, Seattle mayor's $9 billion proposed budget and 50-year-old Seattle cinema gets a new home: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: BC will have snap election + Seattle mayor's budget balancing act + a Seattle cinema finds a new home
Good afternoon to everyone except ICE and their masked goons. I've been doing some observing of ICE lately to help my community and I can tell you they're the most unprofessional, provocative, and chi...
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 23/09/2026
NEW STORY// Wilson Focuses on Fiscal Discipline, No New Taxes in Budget Proposal By Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org
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Wilson Focuses on Fiscal Discipline, No New Taxes in Budget Proposal
Faced with a $175 million deficit, Mayor Katie Wilson chose to balance her 2027 budget primarily through cuts and streamlining City operations, but no new revenue. Police and homelessness response spending continued to grow amid other cuts.
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
David Eby just called a snap election, right on top of local municipal elections. #bcelection2026
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, here we go... provincial elections will happen in BC on Oct 24. Vote @bcgreens.bsky.social and tell the NDP its support for clearcuts, mining and LNG terminals are bad for #Cascadia.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 22/09/2026
None of the reasons cited by Prime Minister Mark Carney for airport privatization hold up. So why is he doing it? DT Cochrane writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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There’s No Good Reason for Carney to Privatize Canada’s Airports | The Tyee
The plan would worsen labour conditions and make flying more expensive.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oregon isn't fixing its roads, western states rethink wildfire funding, and the world's only remaining woolly dog pelt is on display in BC -- woolly dogs were an integral part of Coast Salish culture but went extinct in the late 19th century. #Cascadia www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: OR isn't fixing its roads + west changing wildfire funding + last woolly dog pelt on display in BC
Good morning, friends! Lots of newsworthy things happening this afternoon: Seattle mayor Katie Wilson reveals her proposed city budget, the Seattle city council will vote on whether or not to ban surv...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Things not looking good for the BC Conservatives...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BC Conservatives leader resigns at party implodes, Seattle poised to pass ban on surveillance grocery pricing, a group raises $600,000 to protect a forest on the Elwha river, and a cafe encourages you to make bad art. This and more news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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wCascadia today: BC Conservatives in disarray + Seattle to ban surveillance pricing + group protects WA forest by buying timber rights
Leader of BC Conservatives calls it quits The Tyee reports that Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as leader of the BC Conservatives after more than a dozen MLAs left the party, which has remade itself int...
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Bill @wrdickson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
POWER TO THE VOTERS! SEATTLE NO KINGS “Vote Early” March And Voting Fair March joyfully through Seattle to a Voting Fair at Seattle Center! Celebrate Voting. Vote Early. Vote Every Race. Use a Ballot Box. October 17th. 12:00 - Location to be Announced. (Mobilize link coming). @indivisible.org
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 19/09/2026
OMG this is the most beautiful Jimothy we have ever seen stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anom...
See https://stoningtongallery.com/artwork/anomaly-jimothy/ for description of Anomaly (Jimothy) artwork.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah text me when we're doing human chains around ICE concentration camps.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Why do they keep calling us fascists?"
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Or I dunno, maybe pass on some rate hikes to the AI data centers that currently gobble up 25% of Oregon's power?
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Or you could tear down the dams.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In news from across #Cascadia, First Nations members talk about what they want from next Vancouver mayor, a Portland city councilor once said stuff about cops (get over it), shiny Amtrak Cascades trains debut soon, and a new queer bookshop in Seattle! 📚🏳️‍🌈 www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: What First Nations want from next Vancouver mayor + new Cascades trains! + a new queer bookshop in Seattle
Good morning! Do you appreciate this daily email of news from across the Cascadia bioregion, as well as my feisty, opinionated commentary on the Pacific Northwest's pushback against fascism? Then can ...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ONE QUARTER OF ALL OREGON'S ELECTRICITY
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 17/09/2026
The next provincial election isn’t scheduled until the fall of 2028, but in recent weeks B.C. Premier David Eby has declined to rule out calling the election early. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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David Eby Fuels Early Election Speculation | The Tyee
As the Conservatives shed MLAs, and the NDP’s polling looks comparatively rosy, the timing couldn’t be better for BC’s ruling party.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OR data centers hog 25% of the state's power, Seattle passes polyam civil rights bill, will NDP call an early BC election? And the Portland Book Festival ditches a sponsor that funds genocide. This and more news from #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: OR data centers use one quarter of state power + Seattle passes polyam civil rights bill + Portland Book Festival ditches bank sponsor
OR data centers consume one quarter of state's power OPB writes about a new report from ECOnorthwest that finds that Oregon has 111 data centers, 32 new ones in the pipeline, and that the existing ce...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seattle mayor unveils public safety plan that relies on prevention, will a third party candidate upend the OR governor's race?, and the story behind Sen̓áḵw, Vancouver's Indigenous-owned housing development. This and more news from across #Cascadia www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: Seattle mayor's public safety plan unveiled + will a third party candidate impact OR gov race? + The story behind Sen̓áḵw
Seattle mayor's public safety plan focuses on prevention KUOW reports on Seattle mayor Katie Wilson's new plan to address gun violence and other crime by ramping up the city's Community Assisted Resp...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026
With three of Sen̓áḵw’s 11 towers now complete, the development is already dramatically reshaping Vancouver’s skyline, and provoking plenty of chatter about its scale, density and ambition. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Inside North America's Largest Indigenous-Led Housing Development | The Tyee
The vision underpinning the architecture of Sen̓áḵw.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In today's news from across #Cascadia, US supreme court blocks feds plan of election meddling, a cement plant in Seattle faces pollution limits but still burns 1.5 million used car tires per year, and a scrappy art gallery in Seattle's Pike Place market: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: SCOTUS blocks fed election plot + Seattle cement plant burns car tires + a scrappy Seattle art gallery
US supreme court blocks fed election meddling for now The US supreme court yesterday blocked implementation of the Trump regime's plan to use the US postal service to impose restrictions on vote by m...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The feds still tying to force a climate-killing coal power plant in WA to stay open, Seattle hotel strike ends, sacred carved figure returned to Tsawwassen First Nation and an award winning kids book about coho salmon. It's your #Cascadia news roundup: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: Seattle hotel strike ends + feds still trying to force WA coal plant to pollute + sacred figure returned to Tsawwassen First Nation
Seattle hotel strike ends Washington state's longest hotel worker strike ended over the weekend, the Seattle Times reports, with workers at the Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square gaining an hourly wage...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
OR approves $120 million to address wildfires, WA ACA health insurance rates to climb 22%, Seattle's Egyptian theater to reopen, and more news from across the #Cascadia bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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Cascadia today: OR approves $120 million for wildfires + WA health plans to rise 22% + Seattle's Egyptian theater to reopen
OR legislature approves $120 million to address wildfires Oregon Capital Chronicle reports that the Oregon legislature's join emergency board, which is authorized to portion out funds with the legisl...
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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NoseyNews @noseynews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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
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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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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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...
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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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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 09/09/2026
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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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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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We'll have more on all the WA supreme court seats next week.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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...
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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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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 09/09/2026
What’s next? Renaming Tahoma after some random white guy?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 09/09/2026
“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...
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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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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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...
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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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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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...
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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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Cascadia Democratic Action @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We need to fix this. #Cascadia can fix this, of this I'm sure.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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...
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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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