By Mark Taylor Canfield, Occupy the Media Seattle When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the economic and political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature entitle them, a decent respect for the opinions…
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Ga. Supreme Court Rules State Commission Charter Schools Unconstitutional Washington should be next. See The State Constitution and other reasons to oppose charter schools. In short, according to the Washington State Constitution, ” The legislature shall provide for a general and uniform system of public schools. …the entire revenue derived from the common school fund…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BeFair Pirates Take Action Against Foreclosures & Evictions Time for DeMarco to Walk the Plank, Declare America an Eviction Free Zone and Bail Out America with Universal Principal Reduction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For immediate release August 3, 2012 Seafair BeFair Pirates Take Action Against Foreclosures & Evictions Contact: Joshua Farris, 206-913-3423 info@SAFEinSeattle.org Contact: Bill Moyer,…
With only a few days left in the primary race for the 1st Congressional District, progressive champion Darcy Burner and centrist Democrat Suzan DelBene are neck and neck in the polls. But recent revelations about DelBene’s failure to file important records with the FEC may (should) decide the race. Washington State Progressive Caucus Chair Judith…
State Republicans Fined for Accounting Errors in Funding Steve Litzow, Others in 2010 Election “The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) approved a $6,700 fine against the Washington State Republican Party Aug. 19 for the late disclosure of donations and spending worth hundreds of thousands in the final weeks of the 2010 elections — including…
Looking at the weather map, how can you not be grateful we live in the Northwest? The rest of the country is sweltering and steaming in heat and humidity with no end in sight — meanwhile, we keep the comforter on the bed, the window cracked for fresh air, and enjoy mostly sunny days that…
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Fox News often appears on http://news.google.com, though Fox News continue to publish climate denial propaganda (I saw such an article on it the other day.) Shouldn’t google stop including Fox News articles? Fox News is not a legitimate news source. What I’m suggesting isn’t censorship; it’s maintaining high quality. Google wouldn’t include links Holocaust-denial websites,…
Seattle resident Joe Brewer wrote this groundbreaking article How Will the 99% Deal with the Psychopaths in the 1%?. The economic elite (“the 1%”) seem to lack the normal, altruistic tendencies and emotions of most of us. They lack shame and a sense of community. Â Â Great opportunity for progressive messaging in these memes.