Brandon Vasquez

Seattle sports are blessed to have a photographer like Steph Chambers. Favorite sports photographer right now

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

I’m playing drums in a library tonight.
End of an era for Lilac City Live

Photos from my session with Water Monster last year #spokane

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Incredible visuals with this scrolling infographic. Heartbreaking.

Car washes are the new mattress store - they’re popping up everywhere

NEED

Quote from Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot. When the federal government shuts down, uncertainty begins immediately. Families, federal workers—including active-duty military—people who work for federal contractors and seniors suddenly face impossible choices not knowing if paychecks or food benefits will arrive on time.

Many people in America are a single missed paycheck away from needing support from their local food banks. A prolonged shutdown will deepen the strain.

📰 Read our full statement: bit.ly/4gMi1hb

Hey I’m playing drums tonight at baby bar. Landline is 1st at 8
#spokane

Big Dumper is objectively the best nickname because it sounds cool while also asserting dominance

How an immigration raid reshaped meatpacking — and America  - High Country News In 2006, large-scale ICE raids in Greeley, Colorado, and elsewhere, triggered massive changes to the meatpacking workplace that continue reshaping the center of the country.

Now, Trump is resuming workplace raids, raising the question of what will happen to our food supply if ICE goes after JBS’s workforce again. A collaboration with @thefern.org.

Our garage is full of moths for some reason which seems like the beginning to a horror film

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#last.fm #listening

See no evil When journalists and public intellectuals ignore reality.

"Legacy news orgs have caved to a power consensus at an institutional level. They might be able to write a 76-page report addressing what’s happening, and even include some trenchant facts. But in the end, in the aggregate, they will manage to say little to nothing." - @andreapitzer.bsky.social

This week 🎧
#last.fm #listening

This week 🎧
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New weird thing at the gym: encountered my first gym influencer, giant tripod and all

Billy Strings is Silverwoodcore
#Silverwood

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Colville
#payphoneography
#leicam10

Late-season overripe raspberries >

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“The world is watching as people who’ve already been stripped of nearly everything they have are being forced to hand over the one thing they have left: the very fat on their bodies.”

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#last.fm #listening

Gigs:
Sandpoint tonight at Pour Authority
Seattle Sunday at the Sunset

Loratadine would make a great baby name

60s Mercury Cougar

Cougar town

Did something I told myself I’d never do: signed up for a half marathon

Are any of our national followers aware of recent cases where protestors have been hit with federal "conspiracy to impede or assault law enforcement officers" charges?