Washington Liberals

For Immediate Release by Green Party of San Juan County Contact: Tim White (360) 378-5196; Allan Rosato (360) 376-2158 COURT RULES WASHINGTON STATE MAIL-IN BALLOT TRACKER IS ILLEGAL VOTING SYSTEM LOCAL CITIZENS PREVAIL IN SEVEN-YEAR BATTLE (FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 5 April 2013) – Last week, San Juan County Superior Court Judge Donald E. Eaton ruled that…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday Art Build for iMatter Youth March for CLIMATE & GERNATIONAL JUSTICE Wednesday Join the ACTION BRIGADE SHINE SQUAD 7-10pm We’re ILLUMINATING Corporate Tax Evaders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday Art and Imagery build!– FUN, FUN, FUN, No Experience needed Sunday April 7th 10am – 4pm Meet at the Powerhouse in Fremont (click here for directions) 3940…

SCOOP! Hello Progressive Radio Petition signers: We want you to give a “heads up!” about the article in the Thursday Seattle Times, 4/4/13. Great article! Get the “Scoop” on-line at: Broadcasting a plea for progressive talk radio Other News Steph and the Mooks – KLAY AM 1180 has changed, and is now airing Stephanie Miller…

A few weeks ago, I decided to examine electoral fraud from the other end. What happens if we start with known public corruption cases and work backwards to the intersection with elections? What I found were kickbacks and bid-rigging schemes in New Orleans and Pennsylvania which both connect back to Ciber, the Independent Testing Authority…

The State Senate’s Budget: Cutting the Lifeline The State Senate unveiled its $33.2 billion two-year operating budget today, sweeping $180 million out of the Disability Lifeline cash grant and moving it to Housing and Essential Needs (HEN). There was also the expected shift of $1 billion in new money into basic education, higher ed and…

In Who’s progressive in the Washington State House? — based on combined data from five scorecards and in Who’s progressive in the Washington State Senate? — based on combined data from five scorecards, I presented a score for each Washington State legislator based on component scores assigned by conservation, labor, women’s rights, racial justice, and…

Washington Conservation Voters reports: Governor Inslee announced his 2013-2015 budget. With it, Governor Inslee draws a line in the sand: He has proposed to close the Big Oil tax loophole that gives away $41 million each biennium to out-of-state oil companies! Will you join Governor Inslee in standing up to Big Oil? Add your name…

Are you ready to join us for our Regional Grassroots Democracy Convergence in Portland, Oregon, May 3-5? REGISTER TODAY! This event will bring you together with Move to Amend activists and supporters from throughout the surrounding region, and will be a valuable opportunity to: ★ Receive training in the skills you’ll need to organize more…

Originally Published @ Daily Kos  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/01/1198356/-April-Fool-s-Report-State-of-The-Nation?detail=hide Now that Republicans have gained complete control of both houses of the US Congress and the White House, our esteemed leader and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney can finally get down to the work of rigging the elections and turning the treasury over to big business interests –…

Only about 40 people showed up at Rep. Adam Smith’s Town Hall Meeting in Newcastle on Thursday evening. Smith said that Americans are deeply in denial about the choices we face.  When polled, people say they want the same or more government spending on education, health care, research, etc., and even the military. But nobody…