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Goldberg: Trump’s appointments show he’s serious on deportations

Voters who assumed Trump’s promise of mass deportations was bluster, should look at his picks.

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Don’t tolerate slurs by players during Arlington-North Creek football game

I am writing to express my deep concern over the recent playoff football game between Arlington High School…

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Put public spending on AquaSox stadium to the voters

I see the Herald has consumed the Kool-aid.

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Puzzled by choices voters made

I’m 78 years old, and a week after the presidential election, I just can’t wrap my head around…

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Krugman: Count on Trump’s plans bringing back inflation surge

Deportations will create job losses we can’t fill, causing food and housing prices to again soar.

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Comment: How Trump can lie, yet sound believable

All that’s necessary is to pair Americans’ practice of skimming issues with Trump’s air of certainty.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, Nov. 14

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Killer whales not trapped in nets during the 1970 Penn Cove capture stayed near penned kin until the last one was hauled away on a truck. (Wallie Funk/Whidbey News-Times file)

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Editorial: After 50 years, the message in orcas’ Penn Cove return

The return by L pod, following deadly roundups in 1970-71, should serve as a reminder of responsibility.

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Comment: Trump can keep his promises or his popularity; not both

Plans to repeal the ACA and impose tariffs and mass deportation will be felt by those who elected…

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Comment: Trump’s plans may work against economy he inherits

Elon Musk’s budget-cutting zeal could hit employment hard, reversing gains during Biden’s administration.

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, Nov. 13

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Schreiber should resign from Stanwood-Camano school board

Al Schreiber needs to resign from the Stanwood-Camano School District’s Board of Directors; not just from his position…

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Everett baseball: Break with MLB’s extortionists

I own an Everett Giants ball cap and an Olive Garden seat cushion I won at the plate-breaking…

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Where are today’s moderate politicians?

I was just thinking that I miss the way things were years ago.

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Comment: To understand why Democrats lost, look at wages

In the last 50 years, the bottom 60 percent saw their hourly wage increase only $3. Don’t count…

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Comment: It’s climate crisis’ damage we don’t see that costs most

A new study says Oregon loses tens of billions of dollars each year to the routine impacts of…

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Kristof: Democrats must return to their working-class roots

Some Democratic policy is in the interests of workers, but the party’s focus has been misdirected.

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Comment: County exec’s property tax proposal poorly timed

Days after local voters rejected several tax measures, the executive seeks an 8% property tax hike.

FILE — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) on a ride-along with a Skamania County paramedic captain near Carson, Wash. on Feb. 26, 2024. Perez, who is on track to win re-election in her rural Washington district, says her party needs to stop demonizing others and recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds. (M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)

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Editorial: What Washington state’s results say about election

Both parties should consider what state voters had to say on the economy and government investments.

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Nov. 12

A sketchy look at the news of the day.