The Seattle Times Is Trash: Journalisming Is Hard Warning: TL;DR There is a reason the Seattle Times keeps trying to get its grubby little hands on handouts from the legislature to "save journalism" by forcing taxpayers to cough up money they refuse to pay in subscriptions: The reason, of course, is ideologically driven propaganda like this article. (Where is the PDC when you need them? Oh, that's right, they are busy helping public unions buy up the Supreme Court.) First, the premise (so you don't need to waste your money on the Times) is that this is an anti-trans effort. WRONG. It was very much inspired by girls having to fight the adults all by themselves, with no elected adult or administrator support. Girls were upset they were losing spots on the podium and losing previously safe spaces in their locker rooms, and even more so about being silenced and told not to say anything because boys had every right to take their spot on a team, stand on the girls' podium, and make themselves at home in the girls' locker room. But nuance is hard for journalismers like the adept pair who wrote this article. And even if they understood nuance, they did not even bother to reach out and ask. They next claim, without a shred of evidence, that this is somehow part of a coordinated national strategy to distract from the midterms. Were they curious at all about how this came about? Do they understand this all started way, way back in 2025, and we were quite alone, along with the girls who were being impacted right here in our state, with no one to step up and be their champion? No, they could not know that, because they were too lazy or ideological to reach out and ask. Because they already have their minds made up. Their talking points are straight from the often violent haters from Nothing But Hate in WA State crowd and the horse's mouth hisself, OSPI's Chris Reykdal: To summarize the OSPI’s evolving unverified head count, it has gone something like this : -It's really not happening. -Oh well, it's only 5-10 -OK, Oh, it's only about 10 -OK、OK, it is only 10, 12, maybe 15 boys tops.. But did they talk to Frances? Did they talk to Sadie? Did they talk to Ahnaleigh? Did they talk to Kallie? Did they talk to any of the 12 brave girls who stepped off the XC field at Camas HS? Did they talk to the team captain in Camas who quit the team despite years of training, lost sleep and weekends, sweat and tears? Did they talk to the two brave runners from Skyview? Or their dads? Did they talk to the runner from Battle Ground, left alone to stand up and defend herself with a no-win decision? Or her mom? And they certainly did not reach out to me or talk to anyone on my team. And we put the initiative on the ballot. Did they talk to anyone about solutions that do not involve throwing girls under the bus? Did they ask the WEA why it is funding an effort to force boys onto girls' teams? I would say do better, but I don't think they can. I would say shame on you, Seattle Times, but you can't shame someone who long ago traded standards for narrative. Don't be intimidated. Don't waste money on the ST. (I pay so you don't have to.) Vote Yes on I-638 to Protect Girls Sports seattletimes.com/education-l…