Cascadia Journal

What kind of monsters would put six schools on a military base? installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-ins...

Why I no longer think of myself as American It's been a gradual process, but I now identify as a resident of Cascadia rather than a resident of the United States. Rethinking one's identity and loyalties can be a difficult but clarifying proces...

Seems relevant.
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The vast majority of people in #Cascadia don't want this.

Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

What a fucking embarrassment. STOP USING AI. And has the director of DOL been fired yet? I'll wait. apnews.com/article/wash...

Rep Scott understands that taxing the wealthy doesn't have to include a laundry list of exceptions. This is great news.

The idea of spending political capital is lost on them.

To be clear, if Donald Trump cancels or significantly impedes the mid-term elections, @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social will start the process of filing a referendum on separation in Oregon and Washington.

Cascadia today: helping immigrants pay legal fees + no timed entry to see Tahoma + an exhibit of Coast Salish weaving Good morning! If you haven't read it yet, I looked at the state of the Cascadia bioregion this week. TLDR: Our economy is strong, transit use is on the rise but we face two serious threats: climate ch...

Cities and counties in #Cascadia move to help immigrants with legal fees, the national park that encompasses Tahoma will end its timed-entry reservation system, and Seattle's Burke museum has an exhibit of Coast Salish wool weaving: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Talking to Valeri Goloborodko tonight, Ukraine’s representative in Seattle, I was expressing what Washingtonians believe - we believe in a free, democratic Ukraine. During these four years, our admiration continues to grow. Slava Ukraine.

Meanwhile, WA democrat are slashing child care funds : /

Cascadia today: OR passes tax disconnect + court rules feds must help salmon + Seattle's women's hockey stars OR passes tax disconnect, saves $291 million Oregon Capital Chronicle reports that the Oregon legislature passed SB 1507, which will disconnect the state's income tax from the federal tax code for a ...

OR passes tax disconnect bill, court orders feds to protect Columbia river salmon, and Seattle's women hockey players are rad. It's your daily roundup of news from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.

Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.

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As for political autonomy or independence, I think the practical thing to focus on is Oregon and Washington. California has its own separatist movement, and we'll see how that goes.

LandBack advances across the West - High Country News In 2025, the state of California helped fund at least four initiatives to return land to tribes, adding up to thousands of acres.

Thanks for the kind words! I do try to occasionally include news from northern California, including this great piece about a landback program for the Yurok Tribe www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...

The state of the Cascadia bioregion The day after the US emperor gave his annual speech full of lies, I thought it might be good time to review the state of the Cascadia bioregion. The Cascadia bioregion is strong, but it is also under...

The state of the #Cascadia bioregion is strong, but it faces two serious threats: climate change and Donald Trump. My latest for Cascadia Journal: www.cascadia-journal.com/the-state-of...

We. the undersigned members of the Washington State House Democratic Caucus. are urging passage of Senate Bill 6346 - a momentous Millionaire's Tax - out of the House Finance Committee without corporate giveaways.

Contained within S.B. 6346 is an early sunset of a business and occupation tax on large corporations grossing $250 million in taxable annual income. This tax break will cost the state $550 million. To put that figure in perspective. the combined devastating cuts to K12 education and childcare in the Senate and Governor's proposed 2026 supplementary budget proposals total $535 million.

The purpose of a revenue bill is to raise revenue. While major corporations can afford to pay state taxes because of the massive tax break they've received from Trump's H.R. 1 budget. Washingtonians cannot afford to hand them a half a billion dollars. We are asking the House Finance Committee to pass S.B. 6346 with strong support - and without an unnecessary corporate giveavay.

Dear House Finance Committee, We, the undersigned members of the Washington State House Democratic Caucus, are urging the passage of Senate Bill 6346 - a momentous "Millionaire's Ta?" - out of the House Finance Committee without corporate giveaways. Should it pass in the 2026 Washington State Legislative Session, S.B. 6346 will be a historic achievement. In the depths of the Great Depression on November 8, 1932, Washingtonians approved Initiative 69, resulting in the establishment of an income tax. Leading the coalition behind that Initiative's passing were teachers who wanted more resources for public schools, farmers who needed property tax relief, and advocates of social safety net support for the unemployed. Unfortunately, the income tax that voters approved was overturned by the Washington State Supreme Court ten months later. Consequently, for the last 93 years, state lawmakers have resorted to patchwork - frequently regressive - ways and means of funding vital state services. S.B. 6346 would be a major step in the direction of economic justice. That progress would be diminished by a big business handout embedded in the bill. Contained within S.B. 6346 is an uncalled-for early sunset of a surtax on corporations grossing $250 million in taxable annual income, which the legislature passed in 2025 via H.B. 2081. This tax break will cost the state $550 million in lost revenue. To put that figure in perspective, the proposed cuts to Washington's K-12 schools in the Senate's supplementary budget draft (a $140M reduction in transition-to-kindergarten spending; a $110M reduction to Local Effort Assistance; a $60M cut stemming from budget depreciation calculations) total only $310 million. Governor Ferguson's supplementary budget proposal of December 2025 contains an additional $225M reduction to childeare in Washington State. These numbers don't lie: the climination of the corporate giveaway in S.B. 6346 could help avoid budget icductions that would harm working famil…

Today I'm joining 12 of my
colleagues in the State House of Representatives to deliver a message to the House Finance Committee: Washington can't afford to hand the world’s largest corporations half a billion dollars. Let's pass an income tax on millionaires without a massive big business giveaway.

Cascadia today: Fake opposition to millionaires' tax + BC could weaken Indigenous consultation + Black arts in Hood River Fake "con" comments flood WA millionaires tax testimony According to KUOW, many of the comments registered online with the Washington legislature in opposition to SB 6346, the tax on incomes over $1 ...

Fraudulent comments submitted in opposition to WA millionaires' tax, BC looks to weaken Indigenous consultation, and a Blacks arts exhibit in Hood River. It's your daily roundup of news & arts from across #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Cascadia today: PNW cities set limits on ICE + feds want to clearcut OR forests + Vancouver art award shortlist announced Good morning! Thanks for reading Cascadia Journal, your guide to the Pacific Northwest's pushback against Trump's fascism. Plus, you'll find other news, environmental reporting and artsy stuff. If you...

Good morning #Cascadia. Cities across the #PNW are passing bans on new ICE facilities, will Vancouver progressives get behind one candidate for mayor?, the feds want to clearcut Oregon, and the shortlist for a Vancouver arts award is announced: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

As ICE looks to expand detention facilities, several Western Washington cities consider bans City councils in Seattle, Burien, Renton, and Tukwila are considering temporary bans on issuing permits for detention facilities.

City councils in Seattle, Burien, Renton, and Tukwila are considering temporary bans on issuing permits for detention facilities.

Washington legislature ACTION alert: sign in PRO for SB 6346, the Millionaires Tax, before 7am on Tuesday, Feb. 24. app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Cascadia looks forward to fielding its own hockey teams -- men's and women's -- in the Olympics some day.

Cascadia today: Say no to Oregon austerity budget + Cascadia prepares for ICE + BC film on climate emergency OR & WA seek to balance budgets OPB looks at the the ongoing battle over the state budget in Salem – which has the usual threats of inadequate funding for education in Oregon. Many school districts a...

How YOU can prevent another Oregon austerity budget, #Cascadia prepares for an ICE surge here, Portland councilor backs off her plan to pack heat during public testimony, and a new documentary on women's response to the climate emergency in BC: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Imagining Cascadia as a postnational nation The idea of Cascadia has always been a bioregional concept rather than a nationalist project. But the current authoritarian and constitutional crisis is the United States has forced those of us who l...

The movement for #Cascadia autonomy isn't an ordinary nationalist movement, and might offer a chance to rethink flawed foundations of our global system including border controls, the rights of immigrants, and creating an international tax on billionaires: www.cascadia-journal.com/imagining-ca...

Cascadia today: OR wins tariff case against Trump + land-back to Yurok Tribe + Bruce Lee immortalized on a stamp Good morning! If you appreciate this roundup of news, environmental reporting and arts & culture from across the Cascadia bioregion, please recommend us to a friend! Copy and send our signup link to ...

Good morning #Cascadia! Oregon defeated Trump in SCOTUS tariff ruling, WA fails to pass law supporting farm worker unionization, and Seattle martial arts superstar Bruce Lee immortalized on a postage stamp: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Thanks!

Imagining Cascadia as a postnational nation The idea of Cascadia has always been a bioregional concept rather than a nationalist project. But the current authoritarian and constitutional crisis is the United States has forced those of us who l...

What if the movement for #Cascadia autonomy was also a challenge to the flawed foundations of the global system of nation-states, including borders, denial of rights to immigrants, and the failure to tax multinational corporations? www.cascadia-journal.com/imagining-ca...

Portland-based architecture firm ZGF agreed to a $100 million contract to design the new ICE & DHS headquarters in Washington DC. Seems like a good reason to avoid doing business with them in future. meltoregon.noblogs.org/zgf-architec...

Cascadia today: Deadlines loom in legislatures + ICE violated due process in WA + Portland bookshop buys building Deadlines loom for bills in WA & OR As the deadlines for bills in the Washington and Oregon legislatures approach, Republicans were up to their typical obstruction tactics, with the Republican caucus...

Deadlines for bills loom in WA & OR legislatures, ICE violated due process in 60% of WA detentions, Indigenous nations tap into booming kelp industry, and a Portland bookshop buys its building. It's your daily roundup of #Cascadia news! www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Cascadia today: BC budget adds to debt + judge blocks ICE tear gas + Trump wants coal plant to pollute Cascadia BC budget adds to debt as WA & OR squabble over taxes The Tyee covers the announcement of the NDP's proposed provincial budget for British Columbia, which would raise the deficit to $13.3 billion, ra...

BC budget adds to debt, judge extends ban on ICE using tear gas in Portland, Trump wants coal plant to pollute #Cascadia skies, and play about Bruce Lee opens at Seattle Children's theater. It's your dose of news and arts from across the bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...