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Mariners do some new things, score season-high 12 runs in victory over White Sox

Luke Raley’s done a lot of things in his career. He’s the rare Mariner who can both get to the third deck in right field and also routinely bunt for a base hit. He burst into fans’ hearts in 2024 by doing exactly that. But something he’s never done is hit a grand slam. At […]

Luke Raley’s monster game carries Mariners past White Sox

Luke Raley smashed a pair of homers, including his first career grand slam, and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Mariners to a 12-8 win Friday.

Let’s Go Washington apes Tim Eyman by pretending to make a big announcement about its next moves to garner media coverage

The political committee that currently serves as the Evergreen State's right wing initiative factory used a press release with an all caps subject line to imply that its rich chairman had decided on a timeframe and a vehicle for challenging, Washington’s new tax on million-dollar incomes, even though they haven't. Their duplicity even prompted a respected political news outlet to issue a correction. Let’s Go Washington apes Tim Eyman by pretending to make a big announcement about its next moves to garner media coverage is a post from NPI's Cascadia Advocate, the journal of the Northwest Progressive Institute. Published continuously since March of 2004, NPI's Cascadia Advocate provides thoughtful commentary and analysis on regional, national, and world politics. Keep The Cascadia Advocate going by making a contribution to sustain NPI's research and advocacy here.

West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2026: Donation options

We hope sellers’ tables will be bare when their West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day sales are over. But if you have leftovers, there are community organizations interested in donations. The list is short now but we expect it’ll grow. So far: WEST SEATTLE FOOD BANK’S CLOTHESLINE West Seattle Clothesline (a program of the West […]

19-20: Chart

Mariners 12, White Sox 8 The gusto with which Aaron Goldsmith introduces an in-game ad from Washington’s beef farmers and ranchers: Luke Raley, +0.43 WPAThe gusto with which Rick Griffin would recommend proton therapy: Brendan Donovan, -0.14 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day

Yeimar won’t return until after World Cup break

Sounders suddenly looking very deep at centerback.

It’s no surprise coaches support a 24-team College Football Playoff | Mailbag

What should we make of college football coaches backing the 24-team playoff? Jon Wilner tackles that question and much more in this week's mailbag.

Mariners Game #39: Game Thread II

More game thread!

Photos: Seattle Mariners take on Chicago White Sox

WA filing closes, U.S. House battleground and GOP test emerge

The candidate filing period closed Friday, launching the 2026 midterm cycle with a House battleground and a GOP open-seat test in Central Washington.

We are ancestors in this timeline: ‘urban ashram’ Studio 7117 cultivates global creatives with NWFF fiscal sponsorship

A lineup of shiny lowriders parked just north of Pioneer Square—silver, purple, forest green—is the first sign I’ve arrived at Studio 7117’s Khmer New Year Celebration. The artists: members of White Center-based Eazy Duz It Car Club.  A copy of Aaliyah Uy’s oil painting “tendril, leaf, fruit, & flowers” hangs inside: adorned mudra hands in […] The post We are ancestors in this timeline: ‘urban ashram’ Studio 7117 cultivates global creatives with NWFF fiscal sponsorship appeared first on International Examiner.

One voicemail, everyone’s calling: Racist message directed at public artist, community call for action

“Stop repeating history” is a common and powerful phrase, especially within the Japanese American community who were forcefully removed during WWII from the West Coast and incarcerated in concentration camps.   Erin Shigaki, a Japanese American public artist and community activist, recently received a hateful voicemail after a press conference at Bellevue College. This is only […] The post One voicemail, everyone’s calling: Racist message directed at public artist, community call for action appeared first on International Examiner.