The MAGAfication of the GOP in WA has the party under pressure | Danny Westneat
In three political developments, we see the old Republican Party disintegrating, as MAGA forces pressure to turn it from the GOP into the Trump Party.
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
‘You are a communist:’ No, I’m not, but the data knows my real identity | Danny Westneat
New databases and artificial intelligence algorithms can peg your political stripes, based solely on who you are. What drives WA politics? Religion, or lack thereof,...
WA gun ruling is another warning we’re headed back in a time warp | Danny Westneat
A local court ruled that only gun laws with an echo back to 1791 are legitimate. Get ready for more of this taking us back...
Why a WA cop group holding a MAGA member to account is a big deal | Danny Westneat
In a “nothing matters” political era, finally something did. A state police group has moved to expel former GOP candidate Loren Culp for “comments unbecoming.”
The Obamacare ‘death spiral’ that didn't happen: A strange trip in WA | Danny Westneat
Obamacare had a troubled childhood, but now, it’s all grown up — without destroying the economy or health care as so many wrong critics had...
The ‘move to the right’ isn’t done yet in West Coast cities | Danny Westneat
It's really a move just a bit back toward the center, as happened this month with public safety and school votes in our sister city...
Bob Ferguson takes a page out of Bill Clinton’s playbook | Danny Westneat
The moves by the leading Democrat for governor are revealing about the politics of the moment. But in a time of polarized purity, does straddling...
Channeling old political spirits, Sen. Murray rains money on WA | Danny Westneat
Republicans said everyone should be embarrassed about the return of pork-barrel spending to Congress. But the woman who wields the gavel isn't.
One big reason our homelessness strategy is struggling | Danny Westneat
The saga of a single low-income apartment project in the suburbs shows there still isn’t much consensus around basic strategies for homelessness relief, writes columnist...
There’s a new ‘Trumpiest’ neighborhood in Seattle | Danny Westneat
In a sign of a class realignment, the Chinatown International District may be displacing country club Broadmoor as Seattle's most conservative spot.