Chuck Taylor | Seattle

FIFA focused on ‘everybody participating’ at World Cup after U.S. attack on Iran Military action has increased tensions between the two countries ahead of this summer's tournament

Iran was to play one of its FIFA World Cup matches in Seattle this summer and two others in Los Angeles. That’s all uncertain now.

I don’t understand the Pentagon AI deal with OpenAI. The terms OpenAI got sound exactly like the terms Anthropic sought but the Pentagon rejected.

Opinion | How Israel Lost Americans

“When you end up using antisemitism as a pretext for kicking kids out of universities and out of the country, and you use it as a pretext for ending cancer research and use it as a pretext for undercutting the First Amendment, you’re going to get some blowback against the people doing that.”

There’s a reason liver tastes terrible: We shouldn’t be eating it.

Until now, I had a neutral opinion of Jasmine Crockett, who seemed smart the few times I saw her interviewed. This makes her sound dumb. Really dumb. At this point, there’s not much she can say to undo this.

Amazon no longer Seattle’s No. 1 employer Amazon hasn’t pursued future development in the city since its public spat with the City Council over a short-lived per-employee tax in 2018.

I guess Seattle is no longer Amazon’s rainforest. A mere 49,000 workers remain in the city itself, though there are thousands more in the burbs.

Americans' sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have shifted dramatically, new poll shows A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis.

This is what happens when you think you have unassailable moral high ground and also fail to read the room.

Donald Trump’s Feel-Good State of the Union By mixing patriotism and partisan trolls, the president tried to reset his presidency by returning to a winning formula. 812 167

Why Hazing Makes Better Men “Young men today are inundated with mixed signals, asked repeatedly to act against their instincts,” writes Catherine Morrissette. Last week, a series of police body-camera videos from a fraternity basement at the University of Iowa went viral. But the internet got it all wrong.

If you want to see where CBS is headed, and what fate might befall CNN, just take a look at the headlines that grace Bari Weiss's original website.

Anthropic Says It Cannot ‘Accede’ to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.

This is fantastic news if Anthropic stands its ground — they hold all the cards.

There you go. An overt technofascist Trump ally will now own CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Discovery, and a big chunk of TikTok

On immigration: "I often am asked to speak as an economist. And what we should never lose sight of is that each of us is a moral being. And you, as I, have to decide how we feel about this form of rhetoric."

Netflix declines to raise its offer to buy Warner, says deal is 'no longer financially attractive' Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over the storied Hollywo...

Might as well write CNN’s obituary. Tragic.

"One recent YouGov poll showed that 64 percent of Harris voters reported having a valid passport compared with 55 percent of Trump voters."

"Married women (who broke for Trump in 2024) whose last name no longer matches their documentation (who lean more conservative on average than women who keep their last name) would need to add proof of name change."

Trump’s Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a strict “election integrity” law that seems almost custom-designed to disenfranchise their own supporters.

"Making voting more difficult would most likely hurt Republicans' chances, yet they're pushing hard to make that happen; meanwhile, Democrats, who insist that Trump and a MAGA Congress are existential threats to American democracy, refuse on principle to help Republicans sabotage themselves."

I wish I could follow the NYT and not hear about chewy potato dumplings and tender spinach and other such things.

Trump surpassed “what even the most self-indulgent presidents would have envisioned. Beset by scandal, facing multiple defeats in America’s courts, and hitting levels of unpopularity that would make Richard Nixon nod with empathy, he turned the State of the Union into a vulgar, populist carnival.”

Trump Says Top General Predicts Easy Victory Over Iran; He Says Otherwise in Private

Trump says the top U.S. general predicts an easy military victory over Iran; the general -- the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- says otherwise in private
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Axios AM Thought Bubble

Axios might be the best of all media in sanewashing Trump. They outdid themselves tonight by saying his speech was “not always accurate.” WTF.

This may be the best SOTU response in...ever? Nailing all the right points: affordability, ICE abuses, corruption, Epstein.

Not sure it matters, but Spanberger is providing Dems a good template for assailing Trump and offering alternative values and policies.

Three news orgs have now verified this.

Next year I’d like the news channels to ad an elapsed-time clock to the chyron so we know exactly how long we have suffered.

What’s wrong with his hair?

The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won gold — and then lost the room (Gift Article) The widespread celebration is over now. And some of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team's goodwill has diminished.

Obviously most of the players are just fine with being honorary MAGAts. Otherwise they wouldn’t show up tonight.

Behind the Curtain: AI's biggest threats Almost everywhere else, the vast majority are indifferent, pessimistic — even downright dystopian.

"It's not just that people worry about AI taking jobs, or their power bills rising because of data centers. They also have real issues with the technology itself: People associate AI with surveillance, fakery and a loss of control. They worry about AI starting wars and tech ruling us."

What a mission-driven press must do in this time of crisis We need the opposite of media capitulation. Here are some concrete ideas.

"Trumpism is just the latest manifestation of white supremacy, anti-intellectualism and anti-science superstitions that have hindered the American dream since its founding."

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: “He’s an idiot. We’ve gotta get rid of him. He’s gonna ruin the country. Everything this country has worked for, represents, he is ruining it. I want my country back. There are more of us...

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What are UW athletes being paid? Inside a 6-month quest to find out The Seattle Times has been trying to get records that would tell us what UW is paying athletes and under what terms. UW has, largely, refused.

The Seattle Times has been trying to get records from the University of Washington "to tell the public what the state’s largest public university is paying its student-athletes and under what terms. UW has, largely, refused."

T.S.A. Says PreCheck Will Remain Operational at Airports

Last time I used Global Entry, there were no humans involved. So why is it suspended due to staffing?

Again I say, half the population is of below-average intelligence.