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.

News

The Asylum Seeker

He Could Be Killed If He’s Sent Back to Russia. So Why Won’t a Portland Judge Let Him Stay?

Katie HerzogJuly 25, 2018 4:00 amAugust 22, 2022 7:47 pm

Newt Gingrich Compared Trump to Abraham Lincoln and He Wasn’t Even Kidding

Katie HerzogJuly 24, 2018 2:56 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:47 pm

Conservatives Delight as Teen Visiting Seattle Has MAGA Hat Ripped Off His Head

Katie HerzogJuly 23, 2018 4:28 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:47 pm

Starbucks Straw Ban Is Good PR but Will Do Less Than Nothing for the Planet

Katie HerzogJuly 16, 2018 11:40 amJuly 12, 2022 9:47 pm

If Dems Want to Win Elections, They Should Talk About Ice, Not ICE

Katie HerzogJuly 6, 2018 12:04 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Trudeau to World: We Welcome Refugees… Unlike Our Shitty Neighbors

Katie HerzogJune 28, 2018 2:50 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Lying Liars

Katie HerzogJune 26, 2018 11:33 amJuly 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Kathy Griffin Is Back and Better Than Ever

A conversation with the comic about her life since the infamous photo.

Katie HerzogJune 11, 2018 9:49 amJuly 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Media

Elon Musk’s Plan to Fix the Media May Be His Worst Idea Yet

Katie HerzogMay 25, 2018 1:07 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Bernie Sanders to Introduce Plan to Guarantee Jobs, Health Care

Katie HerzogApril 23, 2018 3:16 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:45 pm

Tech

Facebook Could Lose Billions in Class Actions

Katie HerzogApril 17, 2018 2:09 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:45 pm

Resistance and Solidarity

Virginia Woman Who Was Fired For Flipping Off Trump Takes Former Employer to Court

Katie HerzogApril 6, 2018 4:38 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:45 pm

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