Free screening of American Winter at Seattle Public Library on Nov 9 at 2PM

You are invited to a FREE screening of the film American Winter on November 9th at Seattle Public Central Library. Produced and directed by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Joe and Harry Gantz, American Winter follows the personal stories of families in the Pacific Northwest struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great…

Democrats Heck, Kilmer, Larsen side with GOP, Wall St. on deregulation bill

The Stand is reporting: Heck, Kilmer, Larsen side with GOP, Wall St. on deregulation bill WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 30, 2013) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved labor-opposed legislation pushed by Wall Street banks that would make it harder for the Department of Labor to approve regulations protecting workers’ interests in how their retirement…

The Norquist anti-tax pledge allows signers to support raising regressive taxes only

Almost all Republican federal lawmakers have signed the Norquist pledge against raising taxes.  In the current, 113th Congress, 229 representatives and 39 senators have signed the pledge (source).    Here’s the pledge: I, ____________, pledge to the taxpayers of the _____district of the state of _________ and to the American people that I will: One,…

Is Deficit Committee co-chair Patty Murray more concerned about Boeing contracts than about seniors?

Social Security hasn’t contributed a penny to the deficit, it’s not going broke, and it’s not an “entitlement.” But Senator Patty Murray, who is co-chair of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, said on Oct 5 that “everything” is on the table as possible cuts as her committee begins searching for an agreement to avert…

Seattle Town Hall Wednesday on the takeover by Catholic hospitals

Legal Voice, which “secures and protects women’s legal rights”, reports: Perhaps you have heard: Washington State is experiencing an unprecedented wave of mergers between religious hospitals and secular, community hospitals. By the end of 2013, nearly half of Washington’s hospital beds could be under Catholic influence or outright control. What do these hospital takeovers and…