The real toxic waste is Donald Trumps attitude! Hope he can handle that zinger.
The real toxic waste is Donald Trump's attitude! Hope he can handle that zinger. avid_creative/Getty Images

Eight "self-professed" neo-Nazis arrested in Snohomish County assault: The group was arrested after they allegedly assaulted a black DJ at a Lynnwood bar on Saturday. They’re currently in custody on suspicion of malicious harassment (jargon for “hate crime”) and awaiting a court appearance set for later today. The eight men and one woman were in town for an annual neo-Nazi gathering called “Martyr’s Day.” Not what you would call a family affair. The FBI is now involved.

UW wins council approval for master plan: The University of Washington is going to expand and conquer. There's going to be 6 million square feet of new construction plus a high-rise "innovation district" whatever that is. If you ask me it sounds tech-y. The plan was approved with some minor caveats—UW will (voluntarily) build 450 units of affordable housing and has to actively work toward reducing car commuters.

No! Do not reclassify nuclear waste! Today on “Donald Trump Is Slowly Killing Us All,” that motherfucker wants to reclassify some nuclear waste. In doing so, he would lower its threat level and make getting rid of it a whole lot easier. You’ve heard of Hanford, right? The most contaminated nuclear site in the United States? The one in Washington? Yeah, so if that waste is “reclassified” it will mean that the Hanford clean up can stop and that waste can just sit in the ground. The site is half the size of Rhode Island.

Winter is here: Someone said something about how we should stop classifying seasons by solstices or something. I don’t know another way. Emotionally, post-Thanksgiving is winter to me. Logically, I assume it’s the 21st of December and it’s a whole conflict internally. You’ll know it’s for sure winter when the forever-darkness descends on us all.


Jay looks to go 100 percent clean: Clean energy! Gov. Jay Inslee wants it! The goal is to wean Washington off coal by 2025 and off of carbon completely by 2045. It can be done! Inslee says there’s no plan for carbon pricing, something Washington voters decided against in the November election. Lester Black has more here.

No kids allowed: Who can afford them anyway?


Trump’s nominee for Attorney General wants to impose Christian rule: Yikes. This guy, William Barr, is one of those nightmare Christians who want moral order to reign true and supreme across the land. He also is a real pro-Trump kinda guy with a lot of thoughts about presidential power and thinks it was cool when Trump fired Comey. That’s me paraphrasing Rich Smith. He cites the only Death Cab for Cutie song I know in his piece. It was very exciting for me.

The east coast has real weather: I’m no weather snob, trust me. If a leaf falls off a tree, I’m set for the year. But, comparing our soggy winters to this actual snowstorm? It’s hard.


Voyager 2 has left the solar system: NASA's probe, which was launched in 1977, has made its way out of our solar system and into The Great Beyond. Voyager 1 reached "the place beyond the stars," as NASA says, six years before its twin. But Voyager 2 has some higher tech that could lead some "first-of-its-kind" type of results. Space is cool.

Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys, and also Vice was kicked off YouTube today: The far-right commentator was supposedly banned from the site because of copyright infringement. He was also removed from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter this year. Not because of copyright infringement.

Coral is still dying but, maybe, some hope: Do not confuse a glimmer of hope with good news. The ocean is still being ravaged by global warming. You can see this at pretty much any coral reef, where corals are dying at rapid rates. Coral reefs house a quarter of ocean life. That's bad! But, the corals that are surviving warmer water temperatures have adapted to be more heat resistant. That's natural selection, bitch.