The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post by Martin Barton. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Saturday, November 11th, 2023 |
| Written by: | David Kobrin |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Books, Media Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | "Not for the first time, a warped understanding of the contours of a national election had come to dominate the views of political operatives, donors, journalists and, in some cases, the candidates themselves," the story penned by the trio of Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger, and Steve Eder acknowledged. |
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| Published at: | 1:15 PM on Saturday, December 31st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | The ending of the 2022 midterms has yet to be written, but NYT editors and reporters are convinced they know what's going to happen. They are churning out stories that have Republican victory is just ahead as the premise, with headlines that endlessly play up Republicans' chances and suggest Democrats are doomed. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, October 31st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Future of Journalism |
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| Excerpt: | Loathing Ferguson -- "the most dangerous politician in our state's history," to quote Monson -- is a shared pastime of both men. |
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| Published at: | 8:19 PM on Friday, August 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Media Criticism |
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| Excerpt: | In what may come as a pleasant surprise to the majority of its readers, The Seattle Times is recommending a Democratic-only slate of candidates in each of the marquee contests that's on the 2022 ballot. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Saturday, July 16th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | WA-08, WA-Exec, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Choe calls himself a journalist -- he even emphasizes that label as part of his Twitter handle -- but he rarely seems to practice what the Society of Professional Journalists defines in their code of ethics as journalism. On March 19th, he pretty much dropped any pretense of being a journalist and instead chose to act as a press agent for the Proud Boys during his afternoon in Olympia. |
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| Published at: | 10:15 PM on Sunday, March 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Extremism Watch |
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| Excerpt: | All told, more money has flowed toward the convoy protest than was given to Canada’s three major political parties in the last quarter of 2021. One percent of donors has accounted for twenty percent of the money donated. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, February 17th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Human Rights, Money in Politics |
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| Excerpt: | In this in-depth post for The Cascadia Advocate, NPI's founder and executive director discusses how Republicans are working successfully to push reporters and pollsters to view the midterms on their terms and critiques Stuart Elway's recent Washington State polling. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Friday, January 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality. |
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| Published at: | 1:58 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Other Tags: | Interoperability |
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| Excerpt: | Unbelievable as it may seem, Hannity briefly offered Trump sensible advice in closing days of his scandal-ridden presidency, according to a treasure trove of emails obtained by the House Selection Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
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| Published at: | 11:30 PM on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Media & Culture, National Defense, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Ending Terrorism, January 6th Attack on the Capitol |
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| Excerpt: | "Blue States, You're the Problem" certainly has excellent production values and slick visuals. The discussion, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. The opinion video by the New York Times' Johnny Harris and Binyamin Appelbaum could have been so much better... deeper, richer, and more informative. |
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| Published at: | 10:14 PM on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | Last week, right wing blogs and media outlets credited the NRA with a big victory when a judge blocked the Alliance for Gun Responsibility's I-1639 from the ballot. Now that the Supreme Court has reversed that judge's decision, though, no mea culpas appear to be forthcoming. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 AM on Saturday, August 25th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Donna Brazile's Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House. The book has been portrayed in the mass media as a juicy tell-all, but a good chunk of it is actually a cybersecurity clinic that's worth reading. |
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| Published at: | 11:42 AM on Sunday, January 21st, 2018 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Book Reviews, Books, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Presidential Debate, Democratic Presidential Debates, Electoral College, Hardening |
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| Excerpt: | Around 9 AM this morning, disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman hit the Send button in MailChimp to send out an email to his followers, the press, and elected officials proclaiming he was launching a new initiative to gut property taxes — an initiative which, if passed, would eviscerate vital public services in every city and […] |
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| Published at: | 5:47 PM on Monday, January 30th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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