He could be killed if he is sent back to Russia. So why won’t the judge let him stay?
Katie Herzog
Katie Herzog is a staff writer at The Stranger, where she covers and comments on media, politics, pop culture, social movements, weed, climate change, free speech, French bulldogs, gender, sex, emotional support animals, airlines, Amazon, Donald Trump, Twitter mobs, internet hoaxes, wildfires, orcas, bike shares, Alex Jones, lesbians, the cost of living, conspiracy theories, moral panics, natural disasters, cults, the left, the right, the middle, podcasts, Jordan Peterson, Fox News, and, occasionally, Seattle.
Newt Gingrich Compared Trump to Abraham Lincoln and He Wasn’t Even Kidding
Just another day for the GOP!
Conservatives Delight as Teen Visiting Seattle Has MAGA Hat Ripped Off His Head
Attacking Trump supporters might feel good, but it’s not exactly an effective message.
Starbucks Straw Ban Is Good PR but Will Do Less Than Nothing for the Planet
Starbucks new lids require more plastic than straws.
If Dems Want to Win Elections, They Should Talk About Ice, Not ICE
What’s more terrifying than extreme, uncontrollable weather?
Trudeau to World: We Welcome Refugees… Unlike Our Shitty Neighbors
Oh, Canada.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Lying Liars
SCOTUS ruled Monday in favor of so-called “pregnancy crisis centers.”
Kathy Griffin Is Back and Better Than Ever
Kathy Griffin talks to Katie Herzog about being hated.
Elon Musk’s Plan to Fix the Media May Be His Worst Idea Yet
Elon Musk and girlfriend Grimes, the oddest romantic pairing since Serena Williams and the Reddit guy. Theo Wargo/Getty Elon Musk may be an expert at many things (technology, innovation, shooting cars up into space), but journalism, clearly, is not one of them. This week, Musk used his immense brain power to engage in a Twitter […]
Bernie Sanders to Introduce Plan to Guarantee Jobs, Health Care
Bernie Sanders, American Socialist Joe Raedle/Getty Images The dream of socialism is alive in Bernie Land. The Washington Post reported Monday that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is soon to roll out a plan that would guarantee every American a jobโwith benefitsโstarting at $15 an hour. From the Post‘s Jeff Stein: Sanders joins two other rumored […]
Facebook Could Lose Billions in Class Actions
Is Zuck fucked? David Ramos/Getty Mark Zuckerberg is having quite the month. Less than a week after the tech world’s aging Doogie Howser testified before Congress about Facebook’s role in the Cambridge Analytica fuck up, a federal judge in California ruled Monday that the company will have to face a class action lawsuit for allegedly […]
Virginia Woman Who Was Fired For Flipping Off Trump Takes Former Employer to Court
Today in First Amendment news, a Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for the right to flip off President Trump. Last November, Juli Briskman, at the time a marketing executive at Akima, a government contractor, went for a bike ride on Saturday afternoon near her home. She ran into the presidential […]
