Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

The Ins and the Outs for the year when we (somehow, we hope) begin to get rid of the goons running and ruining everything in DC.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

Charles Burns’ graphic novel ‘Black Hole’ coming to Netflix; feds post, remove ICE promo vid with possible far-right ‘dog whistle;’ dog-daycare closes after ‘cruelty’ charge; big weekend storm’s big damage.

Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon.

Local cartoonists’ public-health comics; WA DOL’s sharing driver’s-license data with ICE, other orgs; ex-Councilmember Juarez likely to get her old job back; violent crime in Seattle’s way down (a problem for some).

Microsoft fetes 50 years by laying off thousands; state, transit orgs. sue against federal spending cuts; Boeing settles with whistleblower’s survivors; ‘mental health crisis center’ plan faces neighborhood opposition.

Tessa Hulls’ graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ wins Pulitzer; state sues feds over massive HHS cuts; Rite Aid/Bartell returns to bankruptcy; pro-Palestinian UW students take over engineering building.

Cartoonist Mark Zingarelli RIP; Bartell’s owner bankrupt (again); more Boeing Field deportation flights; marking 10 years of Seattle’s ‘living’ minimum wage.

More than just manga at MoPOP’s ‘Asian Comics’ exhibit; WA sues against fed education cuts; still no Starbucks union contract after a year; Harrell orders Steinbrueck Park reopened as of today.

E-comic book on how stock buybacks screw workers; locals voice support for Ukraine; Microsoft kills Skype chat app; eight hospitalized after apparent street-racing crash.

Charles Burns’ career-encompassing graphic novel; more storm fixup/cleanup as a new storm looms; City Council OKs JumpStart-diverting budget; Dave Ross leaving KIRO radio after 46 years.

New book collects comics of Japanese American life in Seattle; striking machinists hold big rally; famed local artist Gloria Bornstein dies; is Seattle politics really both too antagonistic AND close-knit?

Web comic ‘The Oatmeal’ turns 15 and has a Netflix show; cop who joked about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death is fired; Boeing machinists authorize a (potential) strike vote; Seattle’s become ‘too expensive for artists.’

We’re still a scary place in video games; ex-SPD chief Diaz accused of ‘dictatorship;’ WA’s first strip club with booze in decades is now open; 50 years of (and three different sets of) Seattle Sounders.