Report on the 2013 Legislative Review of the Metroplitan Democratic Club of Seattle
Wednesday four solidly progressive Democratic lawmakers were guests at the Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle: Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (36th LD), Senator Bob Hasegawa (11th LD), Representative Cindy Ryu (32nd LD), and Representative Gael Tarleton (36th LD). Ryu and Kohl-Welles are the two most progressive legislators in the House and Senate, according to the House scorecard…
Demonstrate on Labor Day to protect Social Security and Medicare
Demonstrate & March on Labor Day for: Social Security & Medicare Preserve Them! Strengthen Them! Pass Them On! Labor Day, September 2, 2013 The annual Labor Day Celebration sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. County LaborCouncil is the venue for this demonstration. People arriving later than 10 a.m. can meet us at N 50th…
Join Seattle Fast Food Workers Strike, Thursday in Seattle
Working Washington is reporting: Seattle fast food workers have joined with workers from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles to call for a first-ever nationwide fast food strike. Their goal: $15 an hour and the right to organize without retaliation. There’s never been anything like this before. Join us at 4:00 pm Aug, 29…
Gen Wesley Clark Reveals 2001 US Plan To Invade Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Lybia, Somalia, Sudan, And Iran
Revelations from someone who was there. General Wesley Clark: Because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who…
Tana Senn chosen by 41st Dems to fill the remainder of Marcie Maxwell's term in the State House
The PCOs of the 41st LD Democrats chose Mercer Island City Council member Tana Senn to serve the remainder of the State House term of Marcie Maxwell, who resigned last month to become Gov. Inslee’s senior adviser on education. The final vote was 49 votes for Tana Senn, and 33 voted for runner-up David Ellis….
Move to Amend Speaker Visiting WA, Sept. 22nd-28th
Move to Amend invites you to an evening presentation by Ashley Sanders, a Move to Amend national spokesperson touring the state of Washington this September to build connections, inspire activism, and reveal the origins of corporate power in America. In her presentation “Organizing to End Corporate Rule and Get Money Out of Politics†Ashley will…
Why we need criminal background checks: a resolution
Criminal Background Checks on Gun Sales in Washington State and Support of I-594, Initiative to the Legislature WHEREAS, gun injuries and deaths in Washington State are a significant public health problem with approximately 600 people killed by guns each year over the past decade, and in 2010 more people in Washington State died by guns…