This is why we can't have nice things. Credit: Frank DeBonis/Getty
This is why we cant have nice things.
This is why we can’t have nice things. Frank DeBonis/Getty

Slog PM tonight is brought to you buy a healthy dosage of CBD on the job: Kick back, it’s the weekend! Soothe your joints and melt into your couch. You’ve earned it.

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In Washington, you can take drugs at work!

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Seattle woman might lose her home over $2: A 23-year-old woman failed to pay $2 of her rent last month. She’s facing eviction. She and her three children may be homeless again. She may also lose her Section 8 housing, which pays for a good chunk of her rent, according to the Seattle Times. It’s ridiculous that a landlord would spend the time and moneyโ€”sometimes more than $1,000โ€”to chase $2. That’s cruel.

Regarding that BuzzFeed article: BuzzFeed released an article today saying that Donald Trump made his lawyer, Michael Cohen, lie to Congress. BuzzFeed had cited unnamed law enforcement officials who asserted Mueller obtained emails, text messages and more from the Trump Organization to support the claims. A representative from the Mueller investigation has said otherwise:

Oh no, Golden Boy of the New Yorker Ronan Farrow weighs in:

Another update:

Starbucks Daddy considering presidential run: Sorry, that’s a gross way to refer to Howard Schultz, but is it technically inaccurate? The former Starbucks CEO is letting the thought of being president marinate. Do we really need a high-profile billionaire Democrat to stir the pot? I’ll answer that: No. Also, Schultz says he might not even run as a Democrat, but as an Independent.

Annnnnd some rain:

Our National Parks are dying because of the shutdown: Every idiot who decided to take a joy ride in a protected desert or chop down a Joshua Tree, this is all your fault. National Parks are fragile environments. Parts of them are cordoned off for a reason. When the shutdown started and the Park Rangers left, people went crazy. That disrupted and killed a lot, including a biological soil crust. It’s crucial for the ecosystem and could take anywhere from a decade or a century to grow back.

For the local furloughed federal worker in your life: Learn more about those Seattle Symphony tickets here.

Federal workers met in Seattle today to demand an end to the shutdown: At a press conference in Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s office on Friday morning, a group of federal employees who haven’t received a paycheck since late December gathered to tell their stories and to demand that Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell end the shutdown immediately, writes Rich Smith.

ICYMI: Did you see this Aeromexico ad?

Redmond police are on one this week: They yelled at a jaywalker to stop and then arrested him for obstructing justice. His friends, who witnessed the event, allege that he was held in a prison facility with actual criminals for 24 hours on the night before his birthday. They said he had birthday money with him that the police took, accusing him of drug dealing.

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๐Ÿ‘€ @redmondwapolice, some words from @mudede: โ€œHow in the world, considering the state of the world, can you punish anyone for any kind of walking? Indeed, jaywalking should be encouraged as it would make driving more difficult, more unpleasant, more frustrating. Cars should by law be forced to slow down and stop when a pedestrian decides to cross any street at any time. And if the driver doesnโ€™t, if he/she forces the pedestrian to step back, he/she should be punished with an enormous fee. The ethical understanding must be that the city is for walkers, not for cars.โ€ #Repost @bigbluecarl ใƒปใƒปใƒป Some bullshit yesterday. Bjorn arrested for JAYWALKING… They tried to tell us our reaction to the whole situation influenced what they did with our friend. Fuck that. Just because your childhood was shit and now youโ€™re a power-hungry asshole working in an area with low crime rates doesnโ€™t mean you can bully people around. Look how much Bjorn was โ€œresistingโ€. Only city I know that needs 5 cop cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck to arrest 1 fuckin guy. We love you Bjorn, hope youโ€™re doing alright โค๏ธ FUCK RPD.

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Happy Paul G. Allen Day: How are you celebrating? Friday, Jan. 18 (today, if you’re reading this when I’m writing this) is officially the Microsoft co-founder’s day. Mayor Jenny Durkan proclaimed it Friday morning. She called Paul a “true son of Seattle.” He passed away in October at age 65.

Trump is meeting with North Korea again: Remember last year when he told us North Korea denuclearization was basically all systems go? Yeah. That didn’t happen. So, Trump is going back to meet with Kim Jong-un in February to really seal the denuclearization deal this time around. The potential sites of the meeting are Vietnam, Thailand, or Hawaii.

R. Kelly is out: The rapper, in the wake of the documentary series against him, has been dropped by his label, RCA Records.

And a big fuck you to our friend Todd Herman: This guy hates bus lanes and I hate him. He also has a fuck ton (technical term) of tickets.

Nathalie Graham covers anything she finds fun, weird, or interesting. You can find a lot of that in her column, Play Date. Her work has also appeared around town in The Seattle Times, GeekWire, and the...