Washington Liberals

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…

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…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.…

In the aftermath of the recent tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, it became abundantly clear that the right-wing culture of fear and anger received its talking-point ammo and lockstep marching orders from the National Rifle Association and draft-dodging, flag-waving Republican chicken-hawks. Now Chick-fil-A has joined the ranks of fearmongers and demonizers, with President Dan Cathy (which…

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…