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Report on the 41st LD Town Hall, and a challenge for Steve Litzow
Turnout was huge at Saturday’s 41st LD Town Hall at Somerset Elementary School in Bellevue. Scores of people were standing around the perimeter of the gymnasium. The largest component of the crowd was school...
On the new atheists and liberal values
In What scares the new atheists John Gray argues that militant atheists, such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Danniel Dennet, are mistaken in their belief that secularism can cure the world’s...
How libertarian talk of "freedom" is a big scam
Robert Kuttner, of the American Prospect, has written a clear and convincing repudiation of right wing worship of the free market — the kind of worship you hear from the Freedom Foundation. Kuttner writes...
Republicans are raising YOUR taxes, but not the taxes of rich people
Republicans in Washington State are planning to raise your taxes. On Monday, March 2, the State Senate, under control of the Republicans, voted to raise gas taxes by 11.7 cents over three years. Now,...
WA GOP: Fund filthy roads first
For background, see Democrats Challenge Republican Two Thirds Rule, Shut Down Senate Transportation Vote The Democratic amendment, which lost on a party line vote, would have also blocked a controversial GOP amendment that takes...
Microsoft and Boeing convinced Gregoire to back a costly tunnel, but they avoid paying state taxes
In Road Kill: How Bertha Left the Surface-Street Option In the Dust, Ellis E. Conklin reports that “Powerful interests rallied around the tunnel and diverted then-Governor Gregoire from a less costly route.” Specifically, “The...
Corporate welfare for Microsoft
For more info see, Microsoft’s tax avoidance schemes: national and in Washington State.
Alan Grayson on bipartisan sellouts, progressive champions, and climate change
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2015/02/06/gaius-publius-and-alan-grayson