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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 17h

LIVE from Amtrak Cascades: The first southbound train with Airo cars has departed Seattle's King Street Station and is making its way south with NPI staff aboard!

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 26/09/2026

The Washington State Republican Party's devolution into a Trump-worshiping, extremist cult started decades ago. Consider this piece of evidence from the turn of the century, when Republican delegates backed a resolution to terminate tribal governments. Really: web.archive.org/web/20000902...

Screenshot of article from the year 2000

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 18/08/2026

Apparently Brandi Kruse figures that since Donald Trump is doing it, it'll work for her: "I will be tireless in my pursuit of retribution" A truly unhinged rant... Note: Video edited, captions added in case you don't want to turn the volume on, and soundtrack added in case you do, 'cause why not?

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 14/08/2026

Thanks for the correction on ballot ordering, but note that the lot drawing is also for the general: "If no primary is required, the names shall appear on the general election ballot in the order determined by lot." Jessica had been listed first on the Top Two ballot, so the ordering won't change.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 14/08/2026

Jessica Forsythe pulls off one of the latest lead changes we have ever seen in a legislative race! #waleg

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 12/08/2026

Hey followers: Do you have screenshots of tweets of Brandi Kruse saying she's not a journalist? We'll take any you have, because Let's Go Washington's lawyer is telling the PDC: "Kruse has never represented to LGW (or to the public that LGW is aware of) that she is or was anything but a journalist."

Screenshot of a letter from Dan Brady to the PDC

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 05/08/2026

Politico: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary — a major victory for progressives Also Politico: Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted Even when progressives win... they don't win. Politico can't even decide on a narrative anymore, it seems. So tired of this nonsense.

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/07/2026

Washington ❤️ California Thank you, Cali! Thank you @governor.ca.gov! This isn't just Left Coast solidarity. It's real, true aid when it's sorely needed. Our DNR needed help, and @calfire.bsky.social answered. Time to play "California Love"! CC @governorferguson.bsky.social @wadnr.bsky.social

Governor Newsom deploys elite wildfire team to Washington State news release

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 27/07/2026

Exactly. Also, there was an extremely impatient reporter - apparently KIRO 7's Heather Bosch - who interrupted Mayor Wilson right as she was about to start sharing details to demand that she start sharing details, which ironically caused a further tiny delay in sharing details. Totally unnecessary.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 25/07/2026

And so it was that the commissioner "summoned all the editors in his district to meet him at his new viceregal lodge in Dartmouth Library and receive the precious privileged information as to how much President Windrip and his subordinate commissioners admired the gentlemen of the press." (Ch. XVI)

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 19/07/2026

Jim Walsh loves to lie. The 2026 Washington State Democratic Convention wasn't "hijacked." It was a democratic Democratic gathering, with the platform recommended by the Platform Committee largely adopted as drafted. Meanwhile, Republican Chair Walsh chickened out of holding a convention this year.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 17/07/2026

From Slyngstad Cartoons www.etsy.com/shop/Slyngst...

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 07/07/2026

The Trump curse is real. Congratulations, Belgium! And well done, Seattle, throwing an incredible party on a sun soaked summer day. More photos coming to The Cascadia Advocate.

World Cup crowds on the Seattle waterfront

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 03/07/2026

The million dollar earners tax is in fact limited to people who make over a million dollars a year. Not those who *have* a million, but *make* a million... which, in practical terms, means around 20,000 of the richest people in the state. The limitation on who pays is inherent in the design:

Screenshot from https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/6346-S.SL.pdf?q=20260703150039

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/06/2026

Also taking notice of this is @seattletimes.com - we shared the video first :)

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 15/06/2026

Truly a first-rate effort by @wsdot.wa.gov to explain Washington to newcomers. Outstanding use of MS Paint, or whatever equivalent program was used.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 06/06/2026

Recording NPI@NN with @raskin.house.gov! Episode coming to The Cascadia Advocate soon. #NN26

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/05/2026

It’s because they have a double standard and expect to get away with it. There’s no end to their arrogance.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 23/05/2026

There's no such thing as an "on topic" Trump speech. Why, after over ten years of this absurdity, are mass media editors still concocting nonsense like this?

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 19/05/2026

Not interested in following Trump's every utterance? Well, you aren't missing much. Reporters who are on the edge of their seats waiting for Trump to say things have a pretty bad case of whiplash.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 13/05/2026

Brandi Kruse is having a really bad day. This is quite the temper tantrum, with a side of nasty targeted harassment aimed at Washingtonians For Ethical Government's Pam Stuart. www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 09/05/2026

If you're looking at candidate filings on kingcounty.gov and wondering why didn't Hannah Sabio-Howell and Jamie Pedersen file, know that they actually did so on Monday, but for some reason, they're only in the state's system and King County isn't showing them yet. They will be on the ballot! #waleg

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 07/05/2026

At Sound Transit executive committee meeting, where a proposal to formalize austerity measures is under consideration. Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss just delivered a speech saying he is very troubled by what Chair Somers' plan does to the Ballard Link light rail extension. #ST3

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 06/05/2026

@acluwa.bsky.social offered this critique of the bill (which regulates automatic license plate readers) after the House amended it. In case you're interested in what the shortcomings are:

ACLU of WA statement on SB 6002 after House passage

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 06/05/2026

We reported on both of Representative DelBene's FISA votes in the last edition of Last Week In Congress. She wasn't the only Democratic member of Congress from the PNW who voted that way, sadly. The passage of the short term extension is very disappointing.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 02/05/2026

A company spokesperson declined to comment on Friday on ongoing discussions, other than to add Spirit “is operating as usual.” www.politico.com/news/2026/05... A few hours later.... the Spirit website is replaced with a redirect to spiritrestructuring.com. They had to have known this was coming.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/04/2026

Thank you, @repdelbene.bsky.social. This is the thoughtful, principled stance that we should see from *every* member of Congress.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 21/04/2026

"need to do a better job of vetting" Don't be ridiculous, Senator Tillis. You have been voting for unqualified nominees throughout this vengeance presidency. You knew, or should have known, what you were getting. You were the deciding vote to put in Pete Hegseth: web.archive.org/web/20250204...

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 19/04/2026

#waleg news (Cascadia Advocate post coming): Longtime Eastside Democratic State Representative Larry Springer has announced he won't be seeking reelection to the Legislature in 2026, which means Position 2 is officially an open seat for the first time since 2004. Two credible Ds are already running.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 18/04/2026

However, when not targeted, both of them have put up similar numbers. Cantwell did 59.09% in 2024 (2024 wasn't a wave year for Democrats nationally), Murray did 59.01% in 2016. Here's the percentages.

Cantwell and Murray average electoral performance across cycles

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 13/04/2026

Trouble in MAGAland as Trump posts an AI generated image of himself as Jesus

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 07/04/2026

Tommy Vietor unearthed this Maureen Dowd absurdity from 2016 that has aged... extremely poorly. It's always a good day to criticize @nytopinion.nytimes.com. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk Maureen Dowd column headline

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 03/04/2026

Over at the other place, Republican State Party Chair Jim Walsh is drunk on delusions. With every passing day, he gets more and more disconnected from public opinion. He really is convinced that voters are mad at Washington State's governing Democrats and not his party. "Seethe and cope," he says.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/03/2026

NPI staff and board are here in Olympia celebrating the signing of the million dollar earners tax into law... with Tim Eyman! Why does he want to be here? His answer: he said it's historic. (That, and he knew there would be lots and lots of cameras present...)

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 28/03/2026

Returning from a fundraiser in Seattle tonight but the journey out of town on the 550 is painfully slow - it's stuck in Mariners postgame traffic. This is why we built the 2 Line. This is what John Niles refuses to understand. If only cross-lake light rail had opened today instead of tomorrow...

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 28/03/2026

Someone was up to good trouble Post reporters called the White House. Their phones showed ‘Epstein Island.’ Someone messed with Google’s widely cited databases of business listings. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 18/03/2026

He isn't going to "pay his respects." It is so tiring that after all that has happened, reporters and editors continue to put out stuff like this. They *know* Trump is a sociopath and a pathological liar and they do it anyway. They just can't meet the moment and call a spade a spade consistently.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 13/03/2026

#waleg about to adjourn Sine Die with NO meaningful short-term progressive revenue adopted and lots of harmful cuts to public services, including education

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 10/03/2026

Closing in on sixteen hours and still plenty of amendments to go

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 06/03/2026

The Republicans have invoked the Washington State Constitution at least a hundred times tonight. The Constitution explicitly gives the Legislature the power to prescribe duties for sheriffs. Nothing in 5974 is unconstitutional. Have Republicans read our plan of government? It seems they have not.

Excerpt from the Washington State Constitution

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 06/03/2026

We are over four hours into this and there's no end in sight. Why? Because the House Republicans have decided to make this floor debate as painful as possible. They filed over forty amendments and they're forcing verbal roll calls on all of them. One Republican joked there's 12 hours to go. #waleg

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 04/03/2026

Graphic from the website which now seems disturbingly prescient.

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 03/03/2026

The @nytimes.com has been serving up slop like this from its political bureau for eons now. So tiresome and disappointing. How about writing pieces that use a lens of what's good for the country, rather than "Is Trump winning?" You're asking the wrong questions, NYT! CC @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 01/03/2026

The White House just put out a new propaganda piece with the title: "Peace Through Strength." Nobody thought, gosh, we better steer clear of something that sounds totally Orwellian? WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH — The three slogans of the Party in George Orwell's 1984

Beginning of a White House press release

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