Washington Liberals Blog
GOP loses popular vote in House, wins seats via gerrymandering
Analysis from Princeton finds GOP kept control of House but lost popular vote
C.P.D.O.: a new way for banks to gamble with your money
Just when you think you’ve seen the height of Wall Street’s folly and corruption, a new level of reckless plunder emerges from the ooze. In 2006 ABN Amro, a Dutch bank, invented a new...
Socialism and sex
Democrats flirt with Socialism. Progressives neck with Socialism. Only Socialists go all the way. (BTW, I’m not a Socialist, but I wrote that because I thought the metaphor is cool.)
Pat Robertson's Extremist Fantasies
“(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become...
If words have any meaning, charter schools are unconstitutional
The point of charter schools is to provide an alternative to standard public schools. As the text of I-1024 says, public charter schools are “independently managed public schools operated only by qualified nonprofit organizations.”...
Weapons of Mass Distraction – The Post US Election Blues
Now that President Barack Obama has been declared winner of the US presidential election, a sigh of relief has gone out throughout the land among Democrats and many progressives. The media scenario currently being...
Now, how shall we fund education?
We may know who will be governor by the time you read this – and then again, we may not. The same goes for some competitive legislative races, like the state senate race north...
Check whether your vote was counted
*From NARAL pro-choice Washington) Some counties have online ballot trackers so you can check the status of your ballot and confirm that it has been counted. Here are some links to ballot trackers: Ballot...
America's creepy, clarivoyant election system
Perhaps one of the oddest moments of all during last night’s live election coverage was what happened to Karl Rove on Fox Network News. With Florida still too close to call and hundreds of...