Jim Brunner

Instant impressions from Mariners’ Game 4 ALDS loss to Tigers Starter Bryce Miller did his job, but the bullpen faltered and its usage by manager Dan Wilson was questionable in the Mariners' Game 4 ALDS loss in Detroit.

Pulling Bryce Miller after 55 pitches. Most questionable decision of the series. www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.

Among the endless fire hose of news, there was an interesting nugget buried in Mayor Keith Wilson's statement today.

The city of Portland is considering taking over the lease of the ICE facility and the city said it has no intention of being ICE's landlord.

Behind the scenes of Trump's anticipated Antifa roundtable with Cabinet members White House roundtable to address Antifa violence against journalists after President Donald Trump designated the far-left militant group as a domestic terrorist organization.

Fox News reports Seattle-area-based "independent journalists" including Brandi Kruse, Jonathan Choe & Katie Daviscourt will be joining a White House panel discussion about "Antifa violence." www.foxnews.com/politics/beh...

I asked Mike Johnson last year when he campaigned for Joe Kent about warnings by former Trump admin figures that Trump would ignore constitutional limits & slide U.S. toward autocracy. He said: “I do not have any concern about that at all.”

hand to god, he then took this shirt off to reveal a "Dump 62 Here" shirt underneath

These Detroit fans really abandoned the game...

Portland’s premier fine-dining chef of past decade dies at 43 Justin Woodward he ran Portland's premier fine-dining restaurant, Castagna, for nearly a decade.

Liver failure at 43. Alcohol costs us more than we often acknowledge. So sorry for his family. www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

Clear use of ukeler weapons

Photo showing a bust of George Washington toppled at the state Capitol.

Photo of burned flags at state Capitol.

A man broke into the WA Capitol & went on a vandalism spree, including burning flags and a toppling a big bust of George Washington. State just released some photos www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Yankees Suck T Shirt

Remember these shirts? Now merely factual

Hard to win when Cal and Julio are the only productive at-bats. Frustrating loss - and against a bullpen start for Detroit! #Mariners

October baseball. #goms

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

The chief of Seattle’s new police alternative “CARE” says police officers are systemically waving off crisis responders in what staff call a “pattern of subversion”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Republicans’ shutdown strategy: All ‘illegals,’ all the time It’s a plain attempt to fight on friendly turf for the president’s party — where the details are arcane enough to leave Democrats with little response but protest.

A noun, a verb, and "illegals" - the GOP's shutdown strategy. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Tough Tacoma immigration judge named new U.S. attorney in Western WA President Donald Trump has picked a Tacoma immigration judge known for controversially tough rulings to be the top prosecutor in Western Washington.

President Donald Trump is nominating Tacoma immigration judge Charles Neil Floyd as U.S. Attorney for Western WA. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Nobody:

Elon Musk: gizmodo.com/elon-musks-w...

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The U.S. president just ordered all the military generals to an unprecedented gathering in Washington, then told them that they should plan to participate in a war on American cities.

Hah! I wrote the headline too.

Harrell’s campaign consultant got special access to City Hall this year Records show Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's chief political consultant, Christian Sinderman, had special access to City Hall during his reelection year.

NEW: Mayor Bruce Harrell said he ended a three-year city contract with his campaign consultant Christian Sinderman in January to avoid blurring lines in an election year. "We put a big wall up" he said. Turns out the wall was not so high.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Fundraiser for journalists axed by weak sauce suits at Cascade PBS.

Cal Raleigh - #60
No doubt MVP!!

The Curse of the Middle Guy: Ferguson’s first 8 months as governor Expectations were high for Bob Ferguson. For many across the political spectrum, the reality has been baffling and disappointing. What happened?

The last story I edited before Monday's news was @laureldemkovich.bsky.social's excellent examination of Bob Ferguson's first 8 months as governor, a tenure marked by low public approval, decisions baffling to Dems and Republicans, and reduced press availability.
www.cascadepbs.org/politics/202...

Firefighter arrested at Bear Gulch blaze released from ICE detention The firefighter had spent nearly four weeks detained by immigration officials. His attorneys argue that was he wrongfully arrested and his constitutional rights were violated.

NEW from @isabellabreda.bsky.social - Four weeks after ICE arrested him while he worked the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula, immigration officials released firefighter Rigoberto Hernandez from the detention center in Tacoma.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Dallas Morning News shareholders vote to deny the hedge fund Alden Global Capital Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.

"Dallas Morning News shareholders vote to deny the hedge fund Alden Global Capital."

The hedge fund offered more money.

Did you hear what I said?

"Alden Global Capital is well known as the worst possible newspaper owner for anyone who cares about journalism." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dall...

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.

Missouri Republicans adopted a new congressional map that split Kansas City into three GOP districts. And that’s not all: They advanced a measure that’d force any popular initiative to get a majority in the state’s staunchly conservative regions.

I’m so sorry. You and everyone there deserve better.

The arrest of the 'Spokane 9' stained by accusations of political justice Smoke and pepper balls filled the streets of Spokane on June 11.

From me: The former acting U.S. Attorney for Eastern WA resigned in July due to concerns about Justice Dept. leadership inside the Trump Administration, he told me exclusively last week. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...