The Metropolitan District Club is holding a forum A State Bank for WA?, on Wednesday, August 22, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. (600 Stewart Street, Suite 205), with speakers WA State Treasurer Jim McIntire (against) and banking and commercial real estate consultant Darel Grothaus (for), moderated by Seattle City Councilmember Gael Tarleton. Free and…
Whether it’s about lowering taxes on the middle class, passing a jobs bill, regulating Wall Street, stopping outsourcing of jobs, or providing health care for Americans, the Republican base is adamant that Republicans do nothing to help the middle class.  Hence Mitt Romney is getting hammered for RomneyCare in MA, as reported by Daily Kos.
Conservatives and Climate Change: The Devastating Irony
Former DHS Analyst Daryl Johnson on How He Was Silenced for Warning of Far-Right Militants in U.S
The HuffPost is reporting here what Thom Hartmann touched upon during his visit to the Seattle area a few weeks ago for the AM 1090 forum, as I reported here. “The death squads committed atrocities on such a mass scale for so small a country that their killing spree sparked international condemnation”
Republicans Congress man Dave Reichert (8thCD) “already has nearly $600,000 in his campaign account, compared to $31,000 for Democratic challenger Karen Porterfield.” From Karl Rove in Bellevue to raise cash for Reichert, NRCC This for the guy (Republican Reichert) who didn’t know what Glass-Steagall was when asked, at a 2010 candidates’ forum in Newcastle whether…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: #MicCheckWallSt Organizer, Press Relations, www.MicCheckWallSt.org. Seattle, Washington – August 8th, 2012  - A cacophonous uproar reverberating from dozens of clanging pots and pans will fill the streets of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, to herald  the march of The Student Debt Noise Brigade. This Wednesday evening, students and supporters armed with…
Americans should be more outraged about many things: global warming denial, economic injustice, militarism, corruption, and lack of accountability, for starters. It’s sad that the public is letting the leaders pick their pockets and destroy so much of what makes the country great. John Jonik is a prolific and spot-on political cartoonist who grants permission…