Eric Nalder

Trump backlash reaches Washington towns as Democrats flip local seats Local Democrats surged in Washington elections, flipping city councils and signaling voter backlash to Trump in towns and cities from Sunnyside to Bellevue.

The Trump backlash showed up in deeply conservative areas of Washington state.

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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Lining his pockets at taxpayer expense, Trump wants 3,500 times what an average American earns yearly. Put another way, it equals all the income taxes paid by the citizens of 2 average size towns.

Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence

Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Of course Trump would pardon Santos, he’s an infamous liar. The President has no empathy for cancer patients, bankrupted farmers , government workers, and he hates people of color, but a fabulist is an ally.

Putin’s Trump Strategy: Lots of Flattery, and Talk of Business Deals

Putin’s Trump Strategy: Lots of Flattery, and Talk of Business Deals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/w...

Putin flatters Trump and dangles emoluments under his nose, thus removing the U.S. as a foe of his invasion and his expansion plans. A cheap date for the Russian bear, these Republicans.

Trump Has Not Ruled Out Invoking Insurrection Act to Deploy National Guard, Vance Says

Trump Has Not Ruled Out Invoking Insurrection Act to Deploy National Guard, Vance Says www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

The only insurrection Trump faces is disgusted voters, rejecting a dysfunctional Republican leadership that cannot govern.

Two years ago, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote this about using troops against protesting U.S. citizens

"Nobody wants the president to have unilateral authority to deploy military troops within America as he pleases. That’s a recipe for tyranny.”

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There's a word for all this: Authoritarianism | Editorial The United States has slipped into authoritarianism, leading to the essential question for those who feel uneasy or opposed: What are you going to do about it?

There's a word for all this: Authoritarianism

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Terrific editorial by The Seattle Times advising readers to resist Trump’s authoritarianism with a sidebar on how to do it. I’d add that, if you can, subscribe to the paper. Kudos to them.

ABC was created in 1943 because of an effort by the FCC to break up a radio monopoly. The new network was a breath of fresh air, and our country was at war with fascists. Anti-fascism was a patriotic cause, and it still is. But ABC has now turned on our country for the sake of a merger. How ironic.

The framers of our Constitution did not want the President to decide who gets to speak freely. For the sake of our future all of us must get loud about this. Not violent. Just loud. If the Red Coats can silence Jimmy Kimmel over a merger, they’ll be in your house soon, gagging you. Get loud.

How the internet mistook a trans woman in Seattle as Charlie Kirk's killer Michaela watched from nearly 900 miles away in disbelief — then terror — as a photo of her went viral, attached to posts accusing her of shooting Charlie Kirk.

Seattle trans woman faces hate after being misidentified as Charlie Kirk's killer

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Regarding hate speech, a completely innocent trans woman had to lock herself in her Seattle apartment to escape threats from right wing idiots who said she killed Charlie Kirk.

Opinion | What You Need to Know About Police Surveillance (Gift Article) New tools allow law enforcement agencies to track us at an unimaginable scale.

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Everyone should read this, written by an expert. Government surveillance, growing exponentially, is now a crisis under the Trump Administration, even for children.

So much losing reflected for America in today’s news. Our health system crumbling, illegal tariffs undermining our economy and our foreign relations, research institutes undermined, life expectancies shortened, China, Russia and India joining hands against us, allies distrusting us. And what for?!?

50 congressional members demand answers after Bear Gulch fire immigration arrests Several Washington Democrats are among those questioning the Department of Homeland Security after two crew members fighting the Bear Gulch fire were arrested.

Members of Congress demand answers after Bear Gulch immigration arrests

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Basically folks, Republicans don’t care if the West burns. Billionaires don’t care if the rest of you succumb to storms. They live in a different world and they take you for fools.

Border Patrol: Firefighters arrested at Bear Gulch fire illegally entered U.S. The statement is the first time the federal government has commented on the arrests that sparked outrage from elected leaders across the Northwest.

New details. Border patrol agents raided an active forest fire scene (9,000 acres burned). They lined up firefighters to check their identification, arresting two. Said U.S. Senator Patty Murray today: “No one should assume this was necessary or appropriate,”

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Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

Federal agents have reportedly arrested men fighting a wildfire in Washington State. “You risked your life out here to save the community,” one firefighter said. “This is how they treat us.” This is a developing story. Border Patrol has yet to comment.

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Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire

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According to this story, federal agents have arrested fire fighters working on an active wildfire in Washington State. Reporters are being referred to border patrol for comment.

Trump, in a Move With Little Precedent, Says He Is Firing a Fed Governor

Trump, in a Move With Little Precedent, Says He Is Firing a Fed Governor www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

This development drips with irony. Trump, who was convicted of loan fraud, goes after a Fed official for minor mortgage infractions. A black woman of course.

How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.

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Excessive wealth is now a cancer in our economy. It is strangling us. When billionaires and other ultras take without remotely paying their fair share it ripples through our system like a financial luekemia.

I predict Trump voters will split along these lines: The transactional types versus the mean ones. One side hoped for lower taxes and prices, and it isn't going well. The others will always be thrilled by Trump's daily bluster. Offer voters beneficial governance and most will reject useless cruelty

Donald Trump revels in meanness. How does his daily malevolence play on main street, with normal people? Most Americans, if provided with evidence, will lean toward goodwill over heartlessness. That is (partly) why American prosecutors prevail ninety percent of the time.

“Give us this day our daily threat…” Uh, no thanks. Polls show mainstream Americans are shying away from this vindictive President, his attack dogs and bulging billionaires. He’s all about threats and firings, not progress. The federal government is getting more dysfunctional, not less.

Ukraine and Europe Project United Front Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit

Ukraine and Europe Project United Front Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...

Donald Trump is meeting Putin on our soil, but as far away from Europe and the bulk of America as possible. The symbolism is inescapable.

In a Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine Fears Losing Say Over Its Future

In a Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine Fears Losing Say Over Its Future www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...

Whose side are they on, Donald Trump and his aides? When dealing with the Russians, the American people don’t trust them. It is a logical response to a long series of events.

Opinion | Brennan and Clapper: Let’s Set the Record Straight on Russia and 2016

Brennan and Clapper: Let’s Set the Record Straight on Russia and 2016 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

These folks know the score. They were there. My weeks long analysis of the Mueller report found gaps that Donald Trump wouldn't want filled. The FBI more than proved that Putin helped Trump,

Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House

So ironic. Hegseth accused generals of lying … on behalf of Donald Trump. Even the White House choked on that one.

Opinion | The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown

The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

I appreciate pieces like this that undo current fads, in this case the notion that today’s teachers don’t help male students. Bottom line, boys have under performed in school compared to girls for more than a century. I can attest.

Trump’s Tariffs Are the Highest in a Century. But After His Threats, They Seem Like a Relief.

Trump’s Tariffs Are the Highest in a Century. But After His Threats, They Seem Like a Relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...

Bottom line in this story: The cost to consumers is coming soon. No one is using the term “national sales tax”, but that is what it is. Won’t dent the deficit.

Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told

The DOD IG’s report will be finished in months and it will be no surprise if this Wapo story is accurate. Hegseth’s real-time Signal chat involved highly classified material. Any military officer knows that’s a huge no-no.

Judge in Florida denies Justice Dept. request to release Epstein transcripts

There are limited circumstances under which grand jury testimony can be released. Reporters should press the administration on whether it will pursue them, and how. Don’t let them just pretend they have good intentions.

Alaska senator’s ‘I feel cheated’ is a motto for our times The Republican lawmaker's lament about how she got played by President Donald Trump is no help for the scrambling wind and solar industries. But it is a phrase for the age.

Alaska senator's 'I feel cheated' is a motto for our times

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Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat is rightfully amazed at how many dupes fall for Trump’s daily lies. This one is Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, but there are millions of easy marks, aren’t there?