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🚨Federal Agents Secretly Infiltrated Churches, Schools and Private Chats to Surveil Anti-ICE Organizers
Newly disclosed court records reveal the extraordinary scope of a Department of Homeland Security surveillance operation in Minnesota, including undercover agents, secret recordings, license-plate tracking and monitoring of people…
Brandi Kruse Says She Takes “Not a Dime.” The Money Trail Is More Complicated.
A Cup of Culture investigation into Brandi Kruse, Future 42, Project 42, Brian Heywood and the campaign-finance investigation surrounding Let’s Go Washington.
An Anti-ICE Protester Is Serving 50 Years. Now She Says the Government Is Making an Example of Her.
AUGUST 25, 2026 | CUP OF CULTURE
We Have 10 Weeks Until the Midterms. Here’s What We Do Now.
Friends, we are officially in the final stretch. The 2026 midterm elections are November 3. And between now and then, there are basically two options: spend the next 10 weeks…
Canada Hits Back at Trump With Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products
Canada is escalating its response to Donald Trump’s trade war, preparing retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products after negotiations between the two countries collapsed. The trade fight between…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Lifts Block on Trump Mail-In Ballot Restrictions Across 23 States and D.C.
The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a significant victory in its effort to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting, lifting a lower-court order that had blocked…
The Morning Cup: Democrats Have Momentum. So Why Are We Meeting With Jared Kushner?
Monday, August 24, 2026
Let’s Go Washington Under Formal State Investigation Over Alleged Undisclosed Brandi Kruse Political Advertising
Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission has opened a formal investigation into conservative political committee Let’s Go Washington following allegations that the group failed to disclose potentially hundreds of thousands…
Seattle Mural Honors AyĹźenur Ezgi Eygi, UW Graduate Killed by Israeli Forces
Seattle is making sure AyĹźenur Ezgi Eygi is not forgotten.
Hakeem Jeffries Privately Met With Jared Kushner. Democrats Deserve to Know Why
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reportedly met privately with Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and influential outside adviser, in recent weeks, according to reporting from The New…
Who Is Jonathan Choe? The Politics, Homelessness Coverage and Organizations Behind One of Seattle’s Most Combative Reporters
Jonathan Choe says he now needs security while reporting on the streets of Seattle.
The Morning Cup: Progressives Beat Big Money, Trump’s Midterm Problem & ICE’s Accountability Crisis
Saturday, August 22, 2026