Charles Mudede

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Charles Mudede

There is a scene in Downtown 81 that our current situation (the early days of Trump's second term) can learn from. The year is 1981. Reaganomics is bringing to an end the pre- and post-war policies and programs that vastly expanded the US's middle-class. Interest rates are rising to 20%. Labor is under attack. Cities are rotting.

2 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Charles Mudede

Let's ignore today's weather, which will experience a high of 74 and no clouds, no "merveilleux nuages." Let's instead look toward Saturday, which will be cool and cloudy. That said, here is the traffic report. Today, like yesterday, and the day before, there will be lots and lots of it. Expect misery especially on Denny Way, as every car a nightmare could ever produce tries to squeeze into I-5 all at once. As a consequence, expect the Metro's 8 bus to run way behind time.

2 weeks ago | portlandmercury.com | Charles Mudede

If you believe we are somehow still living in the same US that conducted elections in November 2024, you are living in a dream. That America is gone. The one we are in now is not run by someone acting like a dictator—or, as Rachel Maddow claimed, “too incompetent” to be a dictator—but is, without a doubt, the real deal. This fact alone explains why the recent “very strong letter” Senator Chuck Schumer sent to Trump was such a howler.

2 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Charles Mudede

If you believe we are somehow still living in the same US that conducted elections in November 2024, you are living in a dream. That America is gone. The one we are in now is not run by someone acting like a dictator—or, as Rachel Maddow claimed, “too incompetent” to be a dictator—but is, without a doubt, the real deal. This fact alone explains why the recent “very strong letter” Senator Chuck Schumer sent to Trump was such a howler.

3 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Charles Mudede

KOMO, rolling its eyes: "Be ready to get turned away from driving into Pike Place Market." Have pedestrians finally won this long and stupid war? Have those in power at last seen the light? Hardly. The Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) bills this ban as nothing bigger than a pilot program. Meaning, it may or may not last. And, by the way, the program doesn't run the full length of the street. Only half of it.