@russellbjohnson and disgraced former @RepMattShea said Cal Anderson Park “belonged to Jesus” and “Jesus is King” of Seattle but the 500+ counter protestors who showed up disagreed - and they shut the event down early Saturday. I was there and made this: https://t.co/XmGJsAijke
Leaders of The Collective announced recently that they're going to be opening their own private school because public schools kidnap children and God told their "prophetess" Folake Kellogg that followers need to give above and beyond their normal tithes. https://t.co/qOQjYh5Bn1
After six months of research and interviews with more than a dozen current and former Chelan County employees, part I one a two-part in-depth series about the culture of a county dominated by the Republican Party is out today. https://t.co/QlZfw7e0Mg
Spatchcocked a chicken, rubbed it down with Herbes de Provence, basted it in butter and herbs and then served it over risotto with a lemon pan sauce tonight. Not bad.
This Sunday I'm publishing a guest editorial by victim advocate, retired police officer and devout Christian Mike Magnotti pushing back against the sudden anti-empathy fad in Christian nationalist and far-right circles. https://t.co/iJCX8DwE9f
In most counties a prosecutor being under investigation by the Washington State Patrol would make the news – but not in Chelan County! I'm the only reporter who covered this story from the beginning so it's only fitting I report on its conclusion. https://t.co/O3Z9thpMaj
Evidence gathered after underage sex sting arrests that netted 12 in Chelan and Douglas counties lead to an additional arrest in King County. https://t.co/zDOp2OOpjH
“Saying something obviously untrue,” said Hannah Arendt, “and making your subordinates repeat it with a straight face in their own voice, is a particularly startling display of power over them. It’s something that was endemic to totalitarianism.”
After months of community pushback, the plan to build a 70-ft-tall illuminated cross above Leavenworth, Wa. has been scrapped. But some say that Chelan County officials put the desires of a wealthy landowner above the rest of the community. https://t.co/Yr7oQJKljW
An ICE official today reported that the men they arrested yesterday in Spokane were suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang the US considers a terrorist organization. I got more info about that and then wrote this: https://t.co/L92RIQqs7T
Grace City Church Pastor Josh McPherson has been getting a lot of pushback for his parroting of Joe Rigney’s take on empathy as “toxic” and sinful, and this examination of the word “compassion” in the gospels is worthwhile. https://t.co/9E1apL99Qx
After an ICE arrest at La Tienda Mexicana in #Wenatchee made the rounds on social media Saturday, local law enforcement officials and immigrant advocates are expressing their concerns. https://t.co/4ZqNaZ4HDZ