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How the Republican Party found its way to Trump

It really begins with the New Deal and the failure of the Hoover Republicans to roll it back, in fact their inability to even nominate presidential candidates who advocated for repealing it. 

Thought Experiment: Between two Islands

Both islands are ordinary places with ordinary populations, which means both produce cruelty and stupidity in roughly the volumes you would expect from any few hundred thousand human beings. But there’s always material.

Washington State Primary Results Suggest Republican Wipeout

Using combined vote share, if the results in the general election mirror the primary results we have seen so far Republicans will lose Washington state congressional and legislative seats once thought to be safely red.

The Senator Packwood Lesson

Yes, Graham Platner may have been able to beat long-time Republican Senator Susan Collins, but even before...

Taking a Bite out of Seattle

All Seattle seems to have an opinion in the aftermath of the Bite of Seattle tragedy that...

What Seattle Needs in its Next Police Chief

The timing, days after a mass shooting at Seattle Center, was not ideal. Either way, the decision is made. What the mayor does next will define her stewardship of public safety.