Money isn't the main factor pushing them out of the department; instead, it's a lack of support. #Textgate continues: The Seattle Times reports that a federal judge has issued "crippling sanctions" against the City of Seattle in ongoing litigation over damages resulting from the 2020 protests in Capitol Hill. The judge found that Mayor Jenny Durkan's explanations for how her text messages with Seattle Police Department Chief Carmen Best and Seattle Fire Department Chief Harold Scoggins "strain credulity." That oversight, according to one law professor and former Supreme Court clerk, made it "hard to take this investigation seriously." Some schadenfreude for your weekend: CBS News reports that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is running to be chair of the Republican party next week.

Source: Washington Post January 21, 2023 01:19 UTC