Washington Liberals

Petition to be delivered to: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, and Governor Jay Inslee Petition Statement In order to increase accountability and close tax loopholes, the Washington State Legislature should adopt a Tax Expenditure Budget as part of its biennial budget process. Petition Background Tuition doubled for my son and daughter between…

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…

REMINDER: HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US: Progressive Radio Northwest (PRNW) invites you to join American blogger and former Seattle talk radio host David Goldstein on Tuesday, October 29, for the second in our series of monthly get-togethers to meet, mingle and discuss issues central to our mission of bringing progressive radio back to the region.…

On my way to a conference in Philadelphia last week, I took the subway from the train station. It was in disrepair, with no signage and blocked exits and entrances. And the people I saw on the subway reflected the cards they had been dealt — somewhat forlorn, not much hope and a lot of…

Ted Cruz’s Father Suggested His Son Is ‘Anointed’ to Bring About ‘End Time Transfer of Wealth’  Dominionist fantasies of taking over society

Do you care about the future of our planet? Join the Resistance! Say ‘No’ to the Keystone XL pipeline!                                The KXL pipeline is a looming environmental disaster, but with your help, we can turn it into just another corporate pipe…

Wednesday evening over 400 people attended the hearings in Seattle organized by the Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup. It seems that most of attendees wanted to testify.  People were chosen at random, by number, and the numbers chosen ranged has high as the low 400s. My number did not come up. Here is the testimony I…

Mirror images: carbon taxes and cap-and-trade. Eric de Place and Yoram Bauman on October 23, 2013 at 8:00 am These are exciting times for carbon pricing in the Pacific Northwest. Under the auspices of the Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup (CLEW), state leaders are, right now, engaged in the first serious look at the subject…

Trick-or-treat aboard the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior! When: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 11:00am until 3:00pm. Where: Vancouver Landing, West of 100 Columbia St., Vancouver, WA 98660 Click for the Facebook page of the event. Open Boat Tour of the Rainbow Warrior When : Saturday, November 2, 2013: 10am-5pm  and Sunday, November 3, 2013: 10am-5pm Where:  Vancouver…