Week in Review: January 9, 2026 - with Robert Cruickshank

About this episode

Crystal Fincher and Robert Cruickshank discuss recent political events in Washington, including immigration data sharing and new elected officials in Seattle.

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Robert Cruickshank discuss: 😡 WA still providing driver data to federal immigration agents 🌱 New Seattle electeds inaugurated 🤨 SPOG misleads on drug policy 🥳 Mike Solan out as SPOG president 🪓 Bob Ferguson proposes an income tax – and huge austerity 💸 Inslee criticizes Ferguson's raid on climate funding As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com . Follow us on Bluesky at @HacksAndWonks . Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Bluesky at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Robert Cruickshank, on Bluesky at @robertcruickshank.com .

People in this episode

Host: Crystal Fincher

Guest: Robert Cruickshank

Topics covered

• driver data
• immigration
• Seattle elections
• drug policy
• income tax
• climate funding
• austerity

Keywords

• Washington
• Seattle
• immigration
• SPOG
• income tax
• climate funding
• drug policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SPOG, Bob Ferguson, Inslee

Places: Washington, Seattle

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