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Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Politics

Ron DeSantis is Sinking Fast in the Polls. Lesson? Don’t Mess with the Mouse

DeSantis is learning that Mickey Mouse is Mighty Mouse. He has sought to punish Disney World, a massive presence in the Orlando area, and learned a basic truism: He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind.
Politics

The Great Re-Sorting: Americans Are Moving to Align Geography with their Politics

The national brokerage firm, Redfin, forecast last year: “A recent Redfin survey confirms that a substantial number of homebuyers won’t move to a place where laws conflict with their political views.
Environment

Retreat of the Glaciers: Be Afraid

Scientists predict that all the namesake glaciers of Glacier National Park will be gone within 30 years or less.
Journalism

We Have Lost Our Journalistic Presence in D.C.

The Northwest has lost a journalistic presence in the capital, with media outlets starved or now owned by out-of-state conglomerates.
Politics

The Art of Misfitting: Kyrsten Sinema

Sinema proudly asserts: "I’ve never really wanted to fit in. Not in Washington and not anywhere else.”
Politics

Montana’s New (Temporary) Election Law: Throwing Jon Tester into the Jungle

The ploys' objective is to keep the Libertarian Party off the ballot, a party that has been blamed for draining votes from Tester challengers. Two of Tester’s three election wins have come with fewer than 50 percent of statewide votes, and they featured a Libertarian on the ballot.
Politics

No Pretense to Govern: The GOP’s Circular Firing Squad

The GOP caucus today has a higher quotient of crazies who live in fear of being “primaried” by a challenger.  The result, as seen in McCarthy’s behavior, is a timid deference to extremism, fearmongering, firearm fetishizing, and Donald Trump.
Politics

A Building Blue Wave

Youth turnout in Washington was about 10 points higher than the national average.  Voting here is encouraged by drop boxes on campuses and same-day registration. The results: Eight Republican legislative challengers in swing districts went down to defeat. 
Books

The Rooms Where It Happened: Washington’s Road to Marriage Equality

The book is timely.  The political and religious right, led by the Republican Party and Fox News, has demonized transgender athletes and drag shows as part of a new campaign to discredit LGBTQ civil rights. 
Elsewhere

Running to be Spokane Mayor: Lisa Brown

“This election will shape the future of Spokane for decades," declares the incumbent mayor, Nadine Woodward.
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