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Primary Election? Did we have one?
Tell me about the results that you are tracking. as for me, I was working on the Thomas Bjorgen Court of Appeals campaign and that one has my interest right now. Turnout was low. I think it was first primary in August and maybe competing with the Olympics played a part as well, but anyway…
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Student Debt Noise Brigade Makes Noise For Debt Crisis, this Wed. in Seattle
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…
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Insufficent Outrage, as expressed by John Jonik
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…
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Washington Parents for Public Schools
Washington Parents for Public Schools Every child deserves a REAL school and a QUALIFIED teacher! Charter School Myths Charter Schools promoted by fake grassroots groups Why I1240 is Unconstitutional Videos on Drawbacks of Charter Schools Firing Day at the Charter School Real Education Reform to Help Kids Latest News Welcome to Washington Parents for Public…
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Full Funding for Higher Ed Required by our State Constitution
The claim has been made that the legislature had to cut billions of dollars from higher education funding because our Constitution prohibited them from making cuts from Basic Public School funding. There is a myth that has been promoted for years that our Constitution ONLY protects basic education funding and not higher education funding. However,…
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Justice Party on WA State Ballots
Justice Party of Washington State is official! We heard from the WA Secretary of State’s office Friday morning. They counted our signatures and filed the documents, putting us on the ballot. Now we can place our vote for Rocky in November and build an alternative to the corrupt two party system! Thank you to all…
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TPP harms us all
Trans-Pacific Partnership, the new trade agreement being created in secret, would flood us with unsafe Millions more offshored U.S. jobs. Floods of unsafe food. Corporate attacks on our environmental and health laws. The cliff is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free trade†agreement. Trade negotiators want to sign it this year. But you can help stop…
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Solving Washington State’s Economic Woes: Why We Need A State Bank
Do you know where your tax dollars go? When you go to the drugstore to buy some aspirin for the headache you got watching too many negative campaign ads on TV, the store adds 9.5% of the price to your bill. That money is collected and used by the State of Washington to pay for…
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S.A.F.E. & The Be Fair Pirates Declare Seattle an Eviction Free Zone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release: August 4, 2012 S.A.F.E. & THE BE-FAIR PIRATES DECLARE SEATTLE AN ‘EVICTION FREE ZONE’ Contact: Bill Moyer, Executive Director, Backbone Campaign 206-356-9980 Contact: Joshua Farris, Grassroots Organizer, SAFE 206-913-3423 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Washington-based Backbone Campaign and SAFE, Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction, introduced a swarthy new crew of pirates to Seattle Friday afternoon.…