SICKOFITRADLZ: Keith Edwards, where are you?

Can someone explain to me how we have so many YouTubers and most of them honestly do nothing at all. I don't hate Keith Edwards (nor does C.I. who's called him out of late) but come on, you're gay. You're LGBTQ+ so where the hell are you, Keith?

I'm a lesbian. So when I read an attack on the LGBTQ+ community, it's not abstract to me.

Arin Waller (LGBTQ Nation) reports:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule removing gender-affirming treatment from essential healthcare benefits covered by insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the 2010 federal law requiring healthcare providers to cover a wide range of necessary care. The public has until April 11 to leave a comment opposing the proposed rule change.

On February 20, the Trump administration’s HHS and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the Rescission of “HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy.” The proposal would revoke a guidancem issued on March 2 2022 by the administration of then-President Joe Biden, that applied civil rights protections and patient privacy laws to recipients of gender-affirming care.

The proposed rule change would revoke Section 1557 of the ACA, Section 504 from the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

Section 1557 prohibits discrimination based on sex — including gender identity — in health programs receiving federal aid. Section 504 qualifies gender dysphoria as a disability, meaning a refusal to provide treatment for the condition could constitute unlawful discrimination. HIPPA prohibits health providers from disclosing patient information without patient approval.

Public comments on the proposed revocation are open until April 11. As of Monday afternoon, the proposal has nearly 4,500 public comments. For this ruling to be passed, it must go through the full process of federal rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act, which includes opening it to public comment. This proposal is likely to face challenges from civil rights advocacy groups, medical organizations, and trans-sanctuary states before being voted on.

What Chump is doing is outrageous and needs to be stopped. However, the reality is that it's not even getting covered.

And excuse me, but why the hell be on a gay YouTube personality if you're not going to make sure that members of the community are protected.

Keith needs to pull it together. Wasting our time with garbage like what the Second Lady is doing or how wowwed over you are by Bernie Sanders is wasting our time. Start covering issues that truly matter or just say, "I'm frivolous and fun and I'll be dancing as Chump lines us all up to be killed."

Here's C.I.'s "The Snapshot:"

Monday, March 23, 2025. Blame it on last week's surgery if you want but you can call this The I'm Ticked Off And Not In The Mood Snapshot. We can't afford the stupidity that's being imposed on us and if we want to help someone, let's work on helping her, not pushing our own politics.

Let's start with Noor Abdalla.

She's discussing her husband Mahmoud Khalil who Donald Chump is attempting to deport.

First, praise for listening to needed criticism and changing your wardrobe so that it actually has some color in it. Second, praise for putting on make up before going on camera. Again, as we said on the 14th, you can't go on camera barefaced -- you'll look bad. She put on enough to look normal -- the way we'd see her make up free with our eyes face to face. So she can learn, good. She and her team took two tips. Here's a third: Stop saying "His people."

This isn't about Gaza.

You are making a case to the American people.

This is about you are an American citizen and he is your husband and the two of you are having a baby you plan to raise in this country.

Stop saying "his people."

It puts up a wall between you and the people you need on your side. Not the freaks, we'll get to them. You need the American people to see you as what you are: One of them.

You can talk about your husband being appalled by children being slaughtered in Gaza, for example. Or you can word it as "He knows he's so lucky not to be in Gaza."

But what you're selling right now is this: "Don't deport my husband. We are a family and he wants to become a citizen as well."

You've got to appeal to Americans.

And every time you say "his people," you are saying to them that he's not really American and doesn't want to be. That's lousy advice and you need a new attorney because I'm not going to help you shape your message every day. One, I don't have the time. Two, I want nothing to do with the Gaza Freaks.

You're speaking to people in a sexist country. Your husband is a grown man, not a young college student of 19 or 20.

He's a 30-year-old man. Every time you think you help by listening to the Gaza Freaks and go with "his people"? You're tuning off a large portion of America.

I went off on the ACLU Saturday night and noted that I firmly back the ACLU and have for years but they've gotten seriously f**ked up when it comes to arguing cases. I ended up pulling that but let me be clear, the ACLU is f**king you over. They're not going to save your husband with their losing strategy.

Let's finish the 30-year-old and then we'll get to the f**ked up strategy that your attorneys are presenting to the public.

He's a 30-year-old man and you keep saying "his people." In a sexist country. Where we expect me to defend. So when you say "his people" a lot of people hearing your message are thinking, "He's a grown ass man. If he wants to help his people, go to Gaza and stop hiding over here in the US."

And although it's crude, there's an element of truth in it.

That's not your argument that you need to be making. Your argument is:

My husband came here to study and fell in love with this country which is why he got a green card. He and I fell in love and we're going to have a baby that we want to raise here in the United States.

That's your argument. Don't do politics as part of your agument.

As I've noted before, during the Iraq War (which continues), many Americans self-checked out. A large number of them went to Canada. The ones I helped? They're in Canada. They're citizens. The ones 'helped' by a bunch of people wanting to make a point about the Iraq War have pretty much all been deported and those that stay know they could be tossed out at any moment. (This actually might be the best time for that group remaining in Canada to try another appeal since Chump has so pissed the Canadian government off.)

I'm against the Iraq War. I spoke out before it started. Up until the pandemic I went all over the country speaking on campuses, to labor groups, to groups of any kind about it. I then switched to Zooms. I spent 20 years here, at this site, covering the Iraq War.

So let's not get it twisted. I was opposed to the Iraq War (remain so).

But if someone needed to be in Canada, that was the goal. The goal was not to use them to make a political statement.

When the first War Resister got deported, I explained to two attorneys working with War Resisters publicly that their methods were self-defeating and how we were able to secure Canadian citizenship for the ones we helped. They weren't interested. They'd say, "Oh, I never thought of that." Of course, you didn't your brain doesn't cross reference.

Does their brain even function?

That's what I regret now. That I assumed they -- these supposed 'experts' -- knew what they were talking about. I knew some of them. The idiot Gerry Connely who went on LAW & DISORCE and misrepresented war resister (self-checked out but did not go to Canada) Camilo Meija Stop-lossing Camilo was illegal. He was not an American citizen. And that reality was too much for brain dead

Gerry.

I watched in horror as Iraq Veterans Against The War's Adamo Kokesh was railed roaded not just by the government but by his own idiot fool of an attorney. Adam took part in a street theater anti-war action in DC. I kept saying the case should be dropped and finally just had to outline it here but it was days before Adam faced the court and too late for his idiot attorney to go into action.

The government was saying that Adam's use of combat fatigues made the action illegal.

No.

It didn't.

The court made that decision back in 1970. Hugo Black was the judge. The action was in NYC. And what did he conclude:

Certainly theatrical productions need not always be performed in buildings or even on a defined area such as a conventional stage. Nor need they be performed by professional actors or be heavily financed or elaborately produced. Since time immemorial, outdoor theatrical performances, often performed by amateurs, have played an important part in the entertainment and the education of the people of the world.

That was a Supreme Court decision handed down about veterans doing an anti-war action (during Vietnam) in NYC.

And you're the attorney representing Adam and when I'm contacting you about it, you tell me you don't know about it. When I'm giving you the case name, the verdict, all of it and you say, you'll try to look into it? Look, WIKIPEDIA has an entry on it now -- started in 2009, if you look at this history. Adam was being persecuted in 2007 -- maybe if it had a WIKIPEDI entry then his attorney would have listened to me?

What that said to me was the attorney was more focused on making a presentation about the Iraq War than about saving Adam.

And it happens over and over.

Principles are important. They are not everything. The focus should always be on saving the person unless the person themselves has made a decision to risk everything on a principle.

Noor's trying to keep her husband from being deported. That has to be her focus. If Gaza Freaks can't understand that it goes to the self-involved nature and their stunted growth.

Nicole Kolster, Gustavo Ocando Alex and Bernd Debusmann Jr. (BBC NEWS) report:

In a poor neighbourhood of the Venezuelan city of Maracay, the mother of 24-year-old Francisco José García Casique was waiting for him on Saturday.

It had been 18 months since he had migrated to the US to begin a new life but he had told her that he was now being deported back to Caracas, Venezuela's capital, for being in the US illegally. They had spoken that morning, just before he was due to depart.

"I thought it was a good sign that he was being deported [to Caracas]," Myrelis Casique López recalled. She wanted him home.

But he never arrived. And while watching a television news report on Sunday, Ms Casique was shocked to see her son, not in the US or Venezuela but 1,430 miles (2,300km) away in El Salvador.

The footage showed 238 Venezuelans sent by US authorities to the Terrorism Confinement Centre, or Cecot, a notorious mega-jail. She saw men with shaved heads and shackles on their hands and feet, being forcefully escorted by heavily-armed security forces.

The Trump administration says all of the deportees are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, which has found itself in the White House's crosshairs. The powerful multi-national crime group, which Trump recently declared a foreign terrorist organisation, has been accused of sex trafficking, drug smuggling and murders both at home and in major US cities.

Ms Casique told the BBC she was certain her son was among the detainees, even if no official list of names has been released.

"It's him. It's him," she said, gesturing at a picture in which a man is seated, with his head bowed, on a prison floor alongside a row of others, a tattoo visible on his arm. "I recognize his features."

And there is Ma Yang.

And there are so many others.

Noor's husband is not being helped by the actions Kshama Sawant has the Gaza Freaks doing. Not only do they also make the "his people" cry, they also make it all about him.

He's not the only one being deported. Group actions that pretend he is turn people off. He is no more special than anyone else. To his wife he is. And she needs to make that case. But when the country sees Kshama leading these actions -- fifty-plus Kshama who should worry herself about deportation because she was fully honest on her paperwork -- and they see her leading campuses to rally for this one person, it puts people off.

As for the legal strategy, stop saying this is First Amendment case. It's not. It may become one. Noor should be doing interviews emphasizing the concern she has for her husband, how she misses him, how it's stressful due to her pregnancy.

And that's what her attorneys should be doing plus -- "WHY! Why are they doing this to a young family."

There are no charges filed yet. If Chump had a brain, he'd let this one go while he and his team regroup to figure out how to do it more effectively. But they don't have a brain. Their failure to announce charges so far makes it look as though they don't have any and don't know what to charge him with. Which may indicate that they are combing through every response he filled out in paperwork to find one that is false.

If indeed that is the case and they announce they are deporting him because he lied on his paperwork, the whole defense they tried to mount in the media falls apart.

They've done nothing but waste time.

Which brings us to our young and old idiots on YOUTUBE.

We're not going into their nonsense of platforming an Islamaphobe -- we covered that last night -- but let's deal with their stupidity on Bernie Sanders.

Look, Keith Edwards is platforming Islamaphobia and the nonsense of 'great Bernie!' He did it in a 24 hour period -- apparently on a sugar rush.

Wasn't working with the brains, that's for sure.

He stupidly states of Bernie threatening to walk out on an interview (I believe with ABC), "This is just a continuation of Democrats all around the country finally finding their voice."

You are so damn stupid, so far beyond stupid, in fact. "The news used to be news," Keith lies. He can't be that stupid to think the news is worse today. It's always been this way.

The offensive question? He was asked if he thought AOC belonged in the Senate.

Keith keeps wanting to pretend that horse race nonsense. No, it's not. AOC and Bernie are speaking around the country and people are showing up with buttons as them as running mates in 2028. If you don't know that grasp that Kshama Sawant's followers do because they spent the weekend trashing them both and declaring that they wouldn't vote for them. It's amazing that the cowards like Keith want to pretend they're protecting the righteous but, as Kshama and her followers spent the weekend doing to AOC and Bernie what they did to Kamala, Keith says nothing.

I'm sick of it. This wasn't horse race.

Bernie didn't like the question.

How is this different from the disdain that Chump shows the media?

There's one way. Chump says he's going to walk, he walks.

He doesn't stay after he says he's walking.

He looked like a hot head and an idiot. When MR CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM mocked him in portrayals on SNL, idiots ate it up. Idiots who supported Bernie ate it up.

That thought it was 'good funnin'' but it wasn't. It was portraying him as an out of control crank.

And his hissy fit on ABC yesterday fed into that.

And if you think a politician attacking the press is going to help them, you're in the fright-wing. That's why is so easy for Socialist especially to cross over to the fright-wing. They are just like them. That's why Keith wrote that stupid article two weeks ago about how it was time for Democrats to stop calling out people for -- be honest -- hate speech. And it was not a good look for the White boy. He needs to look at himself and figure out who he is and what he believes in.

We don't have time for s**t.

In the same video where he's praising Bernie, he's also praising another politician and insisting that they won on FOX "NEWS." Maybe they did. If so, it's because the network pulled punches. Maybe they're waiting until closer to the mid-terms to bring that man back on and to ask him about how he's a Socialist and whether most of the voters in his Texas district are aware of that?

(They're not.)

Keith, what did you do Sunday to push back on Kshama Sawant efforts to torpedo Bernie and AOC? The answer is -- and this was true when Kamala was running for president as well: NOT ONE DAMN THING.

Stop pretending you're helping when you're ot.

We'll wind down with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:

Leases Trump and Elon have said they are terminating include office where Yakama Nation members can get in-person assistance from BIA staff; Service centers in Puyallup, Renton, and Dayton where farmers can get in-person assistance on USDA programs; SBA office in Seattle, and much more

Leases Trump and Elon are threatening to offload include Jackson Federal Building in Seattle that houses Social Security and VA offices where people can get in-person help with benefits; Vancouver Federal Building where taxpayers can get IRS assistance; and much more

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following fact sheet on the Trump administration announcing lease terminations of critical federal offices and agencies in Washington state and threatening to potentially offload many others, including the Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle.

Senator Murray also released the following statement:

“Two billionaires with no clue what the federal government does are right now pushing to sell dozens of federal properties in Washington state—with absolutely zero consideration for how it will hurt the people who rely on the services provided from these buildings.

“Thoughtlessly selling off these properties will mean veterans in Seattle won’t have an office to go to for help navigating their benefits and eligibility, taxpayers in Southwest Washington will have fewer options for in-person help on their taxes, members of the Yakama Nation won’t have a local Indian Affairs office they can walk into—to name just a few examples.

“Trump and Elon are rich enough that they’ve never had to rely on any of the services the federal government provides and they have no idea what it’s like for people who do—they’re just trying to break government and enrich themselves, and they don’t give a damn about the consequences for regular people.

“I am demanding answers from the Trump administration on what exactly their plans are—right now it is far from clear—and I am pressing for information on how they will ensure continuity of service for the millions of Washingtonians who rely on the services provided in these federal offices and buildings.”

FACT SHEET: The Trump administration has, without providing advance notice and justification to Congress as is required by law, said they are terminating the following leases of federal agencies’ offices and buildings in Washington state:

KING & PIERCE COUNTIES:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Department of Health and Human Services), Region 10 Office in Seattle (701 5th Ave): The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has 10 Regional Offices, which serve as the agency’s state and local presence. Regional field staff work closely with Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, state governments, CMS contractors, community groups, and others to provide education and address questions—for example, under the last administration, the regional teams conducted a lot of outreach around expanded health care and prescription drug benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act. Region 10 is based in Seattle and serves the entire populations of the states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.

Note: the CMS Region 10 Office is no longer listed on DOGE’s wall of receipts for lease terminations but was listed previously.

Small Business Administration, Main District Office, Seattle (2401 4th Ave):

This office is open to the general public and small businesses and is a place they can go for help including starting a business, applying for an SBA loan, obtaining federal grants, getting disaster assistance, and much else. This office serves nearly all of Washington state—with the exception of Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Skamania counties, which are served by the Portland District Office—as well as 10 counties in Northern Idaho. The SBA also has an office in Spokane. According to SBA federal data, in 2024, the Seattle District Office in 2024 approved $117 million in 504 program loans for small businesses to finance real estate purchase or renovations, and over $965 million in 7(a) program loans, which provide small businesses with working capital. About $1.4 million in microloans were approved in Washington state, and the average microloan size nationwide was about $16,000. In the aftermath of a November bomb cyclone that caused millions of dollars in damage in the Seattle area, the SBA opened federal assistance applications for homeowners and businesses. Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced it would shutter the Seattle regional office because of Seattle’s protections for immigrants.

Government Accountability Office, Seattle (701 Fifth Avenue): GAO, often called the “congressional watchdog,” is an independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congress. GAO examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides Congress and federal agencies with objective, non-partisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently. In its Seattle office, GAO examines federal spending related to Coast Guard, energy programs, aviation, and the Department of Defense, among other issues. Their lease through GSA in the Columbia Tower ends December 2025. They were planning with GSA to move to the Jackson Federal Building to optimize their footprint in a secure federal space at taxpayer savings, but GSA put those plans on hold. GAO’s work yielded $67.5 billion in financial benefits for the federal government in FY 2024—a return of $76 for every dollar invested in it—as well as over 1200 improvements to federal operations and performance.

National Park Service (Department of the Interior), Seattle Unit, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (319 2nd Ave S): The Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park in Seattle’s Pioneer Square Historic District features a museum, visitor center, and ranger activity area to tell the story of the Klondike Gold Rush and the growth of Seattle during that time. Rangers here also staff an info desk at the REI flagship store. There is a sister park about the Klondike Gold Rush in Skagway, Alaska. This lease agreement was extended to 2030, making this lease termination likely illegal. 65,000 visitors come to the museum each year.

Note: the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park is no longer listed on DOGE’s wall of receipts for lease terminations but was listed previously.

Wage and Hour Division, Tacoma (949 Market Street): The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) helps protect workers and enhance the welfare of Washington state’s workers through outreach, education, and enforcement—providing workers and employers information to ensure that workers know their rights, and employers understand their responsibilities regarding federal laws enforced by Wage and Hour. This office is mainly used by Department of Labor investigators who spend time conducting investigations in the field and use the office as a work station.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), Puyallup Service Center (1011 E Main) and Renton Service Center (941 Powell Ave SW): The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to help conserve natural resources, soil, water, and wildlife habitats. These service centers work with landowners, communities, developers, states, local governments, and Tribes to improve natural resources, reduce erosion, degradation, and flood damage, improve water quality, protect and restore watersheds, manage agricultural waste, and provide technical assistance to help producers and communities meet their conservation and business goals. Many NRCS service centers are co-located with Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) staff, so people who come to the service centers can also get in-person assistance from USDA staff with FSA and RD programs as well.

NRCS service enters accept walk-in meetings and provide in-person assistance for farmers, producers, and forest landowners, who can make appointments to get assistance with USDA programs. These service centers are also a working space for staff. The most common USDA programs that people reach for assistance with are the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, an emergency recovery program that helps local communities recover after a natural disaster strikes.

OLYMPIA/OLYMPIC PENINSULA:

NOAA (Department of Commerce), Port Angeles Office (115 E Railroad Ave): The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary’s main office is located at the Port Angeles Wharf in Port Angeles, WA. The office employs 13 NOAA employees who work across various disciplines related to preservation, conservation, and research in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, one of North America’s most productive marine ecosystems.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Department of Transportation), Olympia (724 Columbia Street NW): This is the Washington Division field office for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which regulates and provides safety oversight for commercial motor vehicles like large trucks and buses. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) requires intercity bus providers to register with FMCSA for authorization to interline with other private carriers, similar to federal requirements for interstate transportation services. WSDOT’s coordination with the FMCSA Washington office has been key to securing federal grants, including an FMCSA grant to outfit 11 rest areas and eight stations along I-5, and a grant that funds one employee through FY27 that WSDOT is working with FMCSA to extend. WSDOT also partnered with FMCSA on their Truck Parking Information Management System (PTIMS) project to help address freight parking challenges, including potentially installing PTIMS technology on I-90 where parking challenges have led freight trucks to dangerously park overnight on on/off-ramps and on the shoulders of the Interstate.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), Olympia (720 Oleary St NW): The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) protects American agriculture from pests, disease, and invasive species while promoting trade and animal welfare. Some of their most extensive programs include the National Milk Testing Strategy, which facilitates comprehensive H5N1 surveillance of the nation’s milk supply and dairy herds, and the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, which strengthens U.S. livestock disease preparedness through funding and training.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN WA:

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior), Yakama Agency, Toppenish (401 Fort Rd): Members of the Yakama Nation can get in-person assistance in this office, which helps to helps to ensure the federal government’s trust responsibilities to the Yakama Nation are fulfilled through the provision of direct services through the Department of the Interior. This includes natural resource management (e.g. livestock management, water and forestry resources, environmental protection), social services (e.g. financial management, assistance on Indian Child Welfare Act cases, providing General Assistance funding), recordkeeping, and administrative assistance—including Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, technical assistance, 638 contract administration, records management, local contact for government-to-government consultation, and IT services.

Drug Enforcement Administration, Yakima (2812 Terrace Heights Dr): The Drug Enforcement Administration works with federal, state, local, and Tribal partners to enforce controlled substances laws and regulations to keep our communities safe from public health threats like fentanyl and methamphetamine. There were six positions, including federal law enforcement officers, in this “resident office” as of April 2024.

Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Richland (303 Bradley Blvd): The Hanford Resource Center provides assistance to claimants and potential claimants of benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).

U.S. Geological Survey (Department of the Interior), Washington Water Science Center – Upper Columbia Field Office, Spokane Valley (11103 E Montgomery Dr)

This center helps collect, analyze, and disseminate hydrologic data and information to help manage water resources in the Northwest. This includes groundwater, surface water, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems. Their work helps protect endangered salmon and steelhead, ensure dam operators have the information needed to operate safely, and protects farmers and their crops.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), Dayton Service Center (531 Cameron St): The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to help conserve natural resources, soil, water, and wildlife habitats. These service centers work with landowners, communities, developers, states, local governments, and Tribes to improve natural resources, reduce erosion, degradation, and flood damage, improve water quality, protect and restore watersheds, manage agricultural waste, and provide technical assistance to help producers and communities meet their conservation and business goals. Many NRCS service centers are co-located with Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) staff, so people who come to the service centers can also get in-person assistance from USDA staff with FSA and RD programs as well.

Forest Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), Ranger Station, Pomeroy (71 W Main St): This is a ranger station for the Umatilla National Forest. Rangers play a crucial role in protecting natural resources and managing public lands, encompassing tasks like fire prevention, law enforcement, and public support like trails maintenance, patrol duties, and other safety measures.

In addition, the Trump administration has identified a number of buildings in Washington state as “not core to government operations,” indicating it plans to offload these buildings—before abruptly deleting the list. The website now says an updated list is “Coming soon”; the Trump administration has refused to respond to repeated requests for information about the future of these buildings. The buildings listed as “Non-Core Property List” include:

The Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle (915 2nd Ave) houses many offices and services, including the below (not a comprehensive list). It is the largest federal office building in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Note: According to a GSA fact sheet from 2020, 1,900 people work out of the Jackson Federal Building—more recent numbers were not readily available.

Social Security Administration: This office provides in-person help, by appointment, for people navigating their Social Security benefits, including retirement, disability, survivors, and family benefits.
Veterans Affairs: The VA Seattle Regional Office provides a wide variety of services to help veterans navigate their benefits and eligibility, including for education, health care, pensions, memorials, and job training. VA staff provide outreach to veterans who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and former prisoners of war. The Seattle Regional Office also houses Veterans Service Organizations such as the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and more.
Internal Revenue Service: The Seattle IRS office houses a number of critical services including the Taxpayer Advocate Service, Automated Collection System, and Accounts Management. At their Taxpayers Assistance Center, taxpayers can receive in-person help for a wide range of things including making payments, setting up installment agreements, assisting preparers with returns, obtaining forms, addressing missing refunds, correcting mistakes in paperwork, getting questions answered, and more.
U.S. Coast Guard: The District 13 office is the official Coast Guard headquarters for Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Individuals can file a petition for an election or a charge with the office. The Office in Seattle is the main office for Region 19 of the NLRB, which serves areas in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana and prosecutes labor law violators.
Department of Education: The Office of Civil Rights in Seattle enforces federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination for schools and covers the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, and Nevada.

The Seattle Federal Office Building (909 1st Ave) is across the street from the Jackson Federal Building. Built in 1933, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. GSA recently completed a $25 million exterior restoration project to preserve this historic art deco building, which included replacing the brick façade and more than 700 windows. GSA also recently completed a $13 million dollar project to consolidate and build-out new HUD/Department of Labor office space.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): This office has jurisdiction over charges from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The vast majority of EEOC’s work here is the enforcement unit—investigators, supervisors, and support staff who are responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability or genetic information. Individuals can schedule an appointment with the office and receive assistance with inquiries regarding filing charges. Approximately 40 people work out of this office who help enforce workers’ rights. What is particularly troubling is that to change the jurisdiction of an office, the EEOC must hold a Commission vote—however, Trump fired two of the EEOC Commissioners, so the EEOC is currently without a quorum.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD): The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region 10 office—which supports Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho—is headquartered here and is co-located with its Seattle Field Office. HUD is required by statute to have at least one field office in each state. Approximately 135 staff, work out of this office and serve as the first point of contact for community concerns regarding HUD, including rental assistance programs, community development and homeless assistance, Tribal housing programs, and enforcement of fair housing laws.

The 1202 Building in Seattle (4735 E Marginal Way S) is home to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offices serving the Pacific Northwest. The property underwent a $72 million modernization in 2009.

The Vancouver Federal Building (500 W 12th St) houses the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center, where taxpayers can get in-person assistance and help with questions regarding their taxes. The office serves Skamania, Wahkiakum, Clark, and Cowlitz counties. The building also houses outposts of the federal bankruptcy court and the U.S. Treasury.

The Bonneville Power Administration Headquarters in Portland (905 NE 11th Ave) serves as the headquarters for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which employs hundreds of people in Washington state. Most of BPA’s corporate employees work out of this building including all power and power marketing operations.

FDA’s Pacific Regional Laboratory Northwest in Bothell (22201 23rd Dr SE). The FDA ensures the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines, biological products, medical devices, food, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The success of FDA activities to protect the public’s health often depends on the ability of the Agency’s laboratories to quickly and accurately analyze samples. To prevent the distribution of a product that has been found to be in violation of the law or has foodborne pathogens, FDA uses its nationwide network of laboratories to analyze samples and report results for regulatory action.

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Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Breaking News -- Who's Really Running HHS!" went up Friday night and the following sites updated: