Frank Chopp is Lifeless: Former Democratic state Rep. Frank Chopp, who served as Home speaker for 20 years, died Saturday on the age of 71. Chopp represented Seattle’s forty third district beginning in 1994 and solely determined to not search one other time period in 2024. In these 30 years of service, Chopp left his mark by creating reasonably priced housing items throughout the area and increasing well being take care of low-income households. Chopp was an incrementalist who usually stood in the best way of extra progressive laws—which at all times floor our gears over at this paper—however he was an efficient legislator with a monitor report to be pleased with (as long as nobody brings up his assist of that $8.6 million Boeing tax break). Relaxation in peace, Frank. Come again later as we speak for extra on his legacy.
Nanny State Stuff in Idaho: Idaho Republicans wish to make it so voters cannot resolve to legalize marijuana or another drug by a poll measure. A brand new regulation Republicans put ahead will put a measure on this yr’s poll asking voters to resolve whether or not solely the legislature has the authority to legalize medicine. If permitted, that call shall be enshrined into the state structure.
The Climate: The climate will suck (moist, chilly) once more on Monday, however on Tuesday… on Tuesday it’s going to be superb (sunny, heat). See you all on the lake on Tuesday?
Tax Stress: The Inside Income Service is anticipating a $500 billion drop in income as a result of taxpayers are skipping submitting their taxes since they assume nobody will discover after the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) layoffs on the company. DOGE plans to chop 20 p.c of the IRS workforce by Might 15, thus the IRS expects 10 p.c of filers to play tax hooky this yr.
Do not Cry for the IRS Simply But: The pencil pushers over on the IRS will seemingly bend the knee to the Trump administration’s calls for to share tax knowledge from undocumented immigrants with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to assist in Trump’s deportation objectives. This data-sharing settlement from hell has apparently been within the works for weeks. If it goes by, the IRS may present ICE with the names and addresses of undocumented immigrants, breaching the longstanding confidentiality of tax info.
Again to Our Repeatedly Scheduled Programming: Israel deserted its ceasefire with Palestine and is now again to killing folks in floor and air assaults. Over the weekend, an Israeli airstrike that hit Nasser Hospital’s surgical procedure division killed 5 folks. A member of Hamas’ political workplace was killed within the strike. Palestine officers estimate the dying toll for all 18 months of battle is greater than 50,000.
Inexperienced Card Holder Held at Tacoma ICE Facility: Lewelyn Dixon, 64, has held a US inexperienced card since she immigrated right here from the Philippines at 14—that was 50 years in the past. ICE detained her at SeaTac airport after she returned from a global journey on March 2. Davis is now detained on the Northwest ICE Detention Facility. Her lawyer mentioned her journey overseas “triggered the problem” since she has a non-violent conviction for embezzlement from 2001 the place she paid a $6,400 positive and served 30 days in a midway home. Because the lawyer instructed Newsweek, earlier than the Trump administration “this was not the kind of factor that you’d sometimes see a 64-year-old lady get detained for.”
In Different Information: Golfer Tiger Woods is relationship Vanessa Trump, who’s Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife.
“Tiger Woods is relationship Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife, who stored Trump as her final identify,” I say. Forty-thousand bees descend on me immediately, killing me in seconds. That was the magic sentence, it seems. The reduction is immense.
— Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) March 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So Lengthy, Mitch: I truly care in regards to the Mariners now, do not inform anybody. In unhappy however unsurprising information, the M’s launched beloved veteran outfielder Mitch Haniger yesterday. We will all say it: Haniger is kinda washed. And injury-prone. Nice man, although! Do not feel too badly for him, the Mariners nonetheless must pay him the $15.5 million left on his $43 million contract. Nursing an injured shoulder, Haniger will seemingly must signal with a minor league crew and work his method up. Minor league ball and cashing a fats Mariners verify? Good work if you will get it.
Protests in Turkey: Protests erupted in Turkey 5 days in the past after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on corruption expenses. Imamoglu is a vocal critic of Turkey’s President Erdogan and can run in opposition to Erdogan within the 2028 election; he says his arrest is politically motivated. Outrage over the arrest and discontent with Erdogan drove lots of protesters into the streets. Thus far, over 1,100 have been arrested.
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition teams, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, finest we share all of the footage we are able to right here!
This was final night time’s large demo in opposition to Erdogan’s authorities, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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— Information Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) March 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
USPS Protests: The US Postal Service Postmaster introduced workforce cuts as DOGE tries to make modifications throughout the company (learn: make it method worse). Round 10,000 postal employees may lose their jobs by mid-April. 9 protests at Washington USPS branches popped up over the weekend. One of many largest noticed about 200 folks outdoors of the Westwood Submit Workplace in West Seattle. Get offended. Present your assist on your mail provider in rain, sleet, or snow.
Get Pregnant in Texas at Your Personal Danger: A Texas man is grieving the lack of his spouse, who died after miscarrying in Texas. A near-total abortion ban means docs didn’t carry out a routine D&C process on the miscarrying lady who was bleeding excessively. She went into cardiac arrest and died. In keeping with CBSNews, between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality charge in Texas elevated to 56 p.c after outlawing abortions.
Not Lifeless But: Name of the conclave! After 5 weeks of battling pneumonia, Pope Francis was launched from the hospital.
Babe get up, it is cherry blossom season. My companion and I do that factor the place if we stroll beneath a cherry tree in bloom we kiss. And now, it is formally cherry tree kisses season. If you happen to would additionally prefer to smooch somebody particular beneath a cascade of blushy blossoms, why not seek the advice of this map of the town’s cherry bushes made by native geographer Nat Henry? There are at the least 17,000 of the flowering selection in Seattle.
One thing for Your Monday: Maintain tabs on these College of Washington blooms with out having to courageous the crowds.
