Jim Brunner

Strait Outta Compton

Almost 24 hours after they started, the House is now debating final passage of the high earners income tax.

Judge denies restraining order for conservative media figures who sought press passes A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures.

A federal judge denied a TRO sought by a conservative podcaster, radio host and fellow at a think tank to force the Washington House of Representatives to give them press credentials. The House said they were advocates in the political arena, not journalists.
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16 hours and counting. WA House 'millionaire tax' debate drags on While WA Democrats are mostly sticking to party line votes over the proposed income tax on high earners, Republicans are determined to take as long as possible.

16 hours and counting. 'Millionaires tax' debate in the state House is going well into its second day as members gulp coffee, take power naps, and keep going. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Narrator: they did not get fatigued and relent.

Rep. Darya Farivar of Seattle, at her seat on the House floor, struggling to stay awake.

After more than 14 hours, the WA House is still debating the new state income tax on people earning more than $1 million. Reps have tried to snag power naps in shifts, but the fatigue is real. Hours and hours still to go.

They went all night. And are still going…

I thought there would be even more amendments, TBH.

Photo of a printed schedule for House Democrats during the millionaires tax debate. Schedule runs through 7 a.m. or later Tuesday.

How late could WA ‘millionaires tax’ vote go tonight? House Dems have posted schedule for shifts on who needs to be “on point” when. The latest shifts go from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., and 7 a.m. to whenever it ends….

The WA House is expected to start debating the 'millionaires tax' this afternoon. There are about 80 floor amendments queued up, so this is gonna be a long one. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

Is WA’s ‘millionaires tax’ legal? As Washington state lawmakers consider an income tax on earnings over $1 million, a 1933 state Supreme Court decision still reverberates.

Is WA's proposed 'millionaires tax' legal? I took a look at the 1933 state Supreme Court decision that looms over the tax debate. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

If anyone has wondered why PubliCola hasn't updated our City of Seattle employee directory, which we've maintained ever since ex-mayor Jenny Durkan took it off the city's website 5 years ago), it's because the city hasn't provided the records. I asked in June, and just got another delay notice.

33 charged with trespassing in pro-Palestinian protest at UW Prosecutors charged 33 members of a pro-Palestinian protest group with first-degree criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor, for occupying a building on campus.

33 charged in Pro-Palestinian UW protest that occupied engineering building & trashed equipment www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Filling readers’ feeds with nonsensical slop is not the journalism time-saver that these folks think it is!

Breaking: The House Oversight Committee is requesting transcribed interviews with 7 new individuals as part of the panel's Epstein investigation:

Bill Gates: May 19
Kathryn Ruemmler: April 21
Ted Waitt: April 16
Doug Band: May 5
Leon Black: May 13
Lesley Groff: June 9
Sarah Kellen: June 3

Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

New post!
Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights.
That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living.

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MN’s U.S. Attorney ordered to appear at contempt hearing Tuesday over violations in immigration cases The judge said he called the hearing for the U.S. government to explain why they shouldn’t be held in contempt

A Minnesota federal judge has ordered the state’s top federal prosecutor and ICE officials to appear in his courtroom Tuesday to explain why they should not be held in civil or criminal contempt for what he alleges are repeated court violations.

Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

A lot of law firms should be embarrassed by how quickly they folded last year. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Columbia President with NEW details:

5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.

They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."

A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.

They ignored him & took the student.

WA House majority leader admits to being intoxicated during budget vote Video of a House committee meeting shows Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon leaving his seat repeatedly and at times, slumping in his seat.

WA House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon apologizes after showing up intoxicated to budget vote. Conservative talk show host Jason Rantz first reported. via @ssowersby.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

In the NYT Magazine: Over 4 years, a dozen of my daughter’s current and former teammates (including my child) ruptured a combined 19 ACLs. Knee injuries have become a global crisis for teen girls. Yet we’ve known for 25 years how to reduce ACL tears. What went wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

The Epstein files published by DOJ briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that President Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several key FBI memos related to the woman's account have not been released.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Anthropic drops hallmark safety pledge in race with AI peers The company had a policy to delay AI development that might be dangerous. On Tuesday, it dropped that, citing the need to beat the competition.

Of course they did.
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Hello, RANGE. It’s me, Daniel Vintage Inlander journalist Daniel Walters is returning to local journalism right here at RANGE.

Daniel Walters is back, and in RANGE form! Vintage Inlander reporter Daniel Walters explains why he’s returning to local journalism, and why that has allowed him to experience happiness again:

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

Is this even satire?

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room