Free Speech on trial: Why the Brandi Kruse investigation threatens more than one podcast
[COMMENTARY]—A potential showdown is unfolding: Does independent political speech in the digital age still receive the same constitutional protection long afforded to traditional media? The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) on August 12, has opened a formal investigation into Let’s Go Washington and, by extension, independent commentator Brandi Kruse over a complaint filed by Washingtonians for […]
Democrat House candidate accused of refusing breathalyzer, charged with DUI
OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street] — Authorities charged a Washington state House candidate Thursday with impaired driving that resulted in a five-car crash in Tacoma earlier in the week. Krista Perez, 40, is accused of driving her pickup truck into a parked car, causing a chain reaction that left three other cars damaged in the 3700 block of […]
Democrat lawmaker Tarra Simmons hit with $15K fine in ethics case
OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield] — Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons was fined $15,000 on Friday by a state ethics panel for improperly using her position to steer public funds to a nonprofit where she worked and trying to retaliate against the person who initiated the investigation against her. The Legislative Ethics Board concluded the Bremerton Democrat […]
Let’s Go Washington now under formal PDC investigation over alleged $1.25M in-kind ads to Brandi Kruse
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission opened a formal investigation into Let’s Go Washington after an initial hearing on August 12, 2026, into allegations that the political action committee failed to report between $345,000 and $1.25 million in in-kind political advertising linked to political commentator Brandi Kruse and host of unDivided. The committee […]
