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Dave Ross

Donald Trump Jr.speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convent...
Dave Ross

Ross: Donald Trump Jr. aligns with China on education policy

The latest critic of student loan forgiveness is Donald Trump Jr.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Hillary testified under oath, why not Trump?

I’m trying to figure out how seriously to take these stories about how Trump supporters might react if Trump gets indicted.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: No words for the West Seattle Bridge’s re-opening, only lyrics

I can’t tell you how happy I will be when the West Seattle Bridge is finally reopened. So, the heck with today’s commentary – let’s just break out the big hair and the bell bottoms.
3 years ago
U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, speaks on student loan debt...
Dave Ross

Ross: Biden’s loan forgiveness plan surfaces an overlooked problem with universities

President Biden has announced his plan to cancel certain student loan debt, and even though it’s a very limited program, it has ignited yet another debate about personal responsibility.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Failing to rehire unvaccinated WSF workers more about saving face than lives

Every time I hear about a ferry trip being canceled due to a crew shortage, I feel sad. Because I know there are crew members who could still be working if only they’d gotten vaccinated two years ago.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: How to get people back to the office? Get rid of the jerks

There is a struggle going on between companies who want their office workers back in the office, and workers who would rather quit than return.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: The myth of Seattle’s blue bubble and the reality of its electorate

We have this stereotype about Seattle voters as knee-jerk liberals, so I’d like to present a guest commentary from one of them.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Federal COVID economic relief programs reveal ‘we are a nation full of liars’

WA's COVID aid program ended up targeted by a Nigerian fraud ring that managed to make off with hundreds of millions of dollars.
3 years ago
Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speaks after polls close during the Republican primary election, at the Mead Ra...
Dave Ross

Ross: Winning a Wyoming primary is as easy as kissing the ring

Liz Cheney’s race is interesting to me because in her concession speech last night she suggested that – in Wyoming -- Republican voters prefer liars.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: What can Sound Transit do to make their light rail platforms safer?

Sunday, a woman fell as a train approached the Mount Baker station in Seattle and was killed.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Mar-a-Lago raid asks important questions about Trump’s handling of national secrets

When I started covering news in college in the 70s, you would never see a Republican question the legitimacy of the FBI.
3 years ago
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Travis Mayfield

Why monkeypox should alarm the straight community: Op-Ed

A majority of you reading this are likely neither a queer man nor are you worried about this virus. Give me the next two minutes, and I’m going to try to convince you why you should be.
3 years ago
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Frank Sumrall

Former Washington AG has ‘legitimate questions’ over controversial raid on Mar-a-Lago

A copy of the search warrant indicated agents are investigating possible violations of laws related to the Presidential Records Act after Mar-a-Lago raid.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Will an influx of new IRS agents audit the middle class, or the billionaires?

Biden hires 87,000 additional IRS employees. Whom will they audit?
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Stick shifts are disappearing, so enjoy car thieves not knowing how to drive them while you can

I love the ways cars have improved in my lifetime, the safety features, the remarkable mileage, the built-in navigation, but as I become more curmudgeonly, I also have to say that it’s become almost too simple to drive.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: The Mar-a-Lago raid just inflamed 2024’s expected MAGA campaign

If you want a spellbinding read that will keep your mind off the heat, it’s the New Yorker article about Trump and his generals.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Peace and quiet as Seafair show noise ends

Seafair is over, the noise has stopped, and the noise discussion can be mothballed until next year.
3 years ago
Seattle homebuyers...
MyNorthwest Staff

Housing inventory on the rise in the Pacific Northwest, most available units since 2019

Alongside increased inflation, mortgage rates have spiked nationally, with July's 5.41% mark the highest since June 2009 (5.42%).
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Alex Jones concedes he is 100% a career liar in Sandy Hook defamation case

Do you celebrate because now, even Alex Jones who made a career out of claiming that everything from the Oklahoma City Bombing to Sandy Hook was staged by the government – that even he at last believes?
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: We need our ferries fully staffed to stay afloat, even if it means dropping vaccine mandates

Yesterday it happened again – the already-crippled ferries running from West Seattle had to be cut down to one boat because of mechanical problems.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Organ donor families finally get a chance to reconnect with the lives their loved ones saved

It was three years ago on this show that we ran an interview with a friend of mine, Jeff Siddqui, about his heart transplant;
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: If the gun lobby wants good guys with guns, why keep letting dealers arm the bad guys

Yesterday, a congressional committee held a hearing on an assault weapons ban, and we heard all the familiar arguments about how that would punish a lot of innocent gun owners.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Pence ‘turns the other cheek’ when asked about Trump and the future of the GOP

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke yesterday at a conference of conservative college students in Washington, DC, two blocks from the White House.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: The long time refusal to recognize right wing extremism led to Jan. 6

Republicans have complained that the January 6 committee isn't investigating the real reason Jan. 6 happened, that being a complete lack of preparation by the Capitol Police.
3 years ago

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