Washington Liberals

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.    Great opportunity for progressive messaging in these memes.

A coalition between Backbone Campaign, SAFE (Standing Against Foreclosure Eviction), and City Life/Vida Urbana from Boston held a training session on Beacon Hill in Seattle Tuesday evening.  The training was followed by an action at PacMed Building involving projecting “Eviction Free Zone” onto the side of the building. Activists from around the country attending Backbone’s…

Are we Keynesians or would we prefer to be serfs? It’s an election year, so we get to weigh on this and other questions. I really think we need to be thinking about creative economics. Market-based economics that are sustainable, that create useful commons instead of quarterly profits, dividends and obscene bonuses. We all get…

Climate Study Forces Koch-Funded Skeptic to Admit Humans Driving Warming Climate change skeptic and physicist Richard Muller co-founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project three years ago to debunk global warming fears, even getting a $150,000 grant from the conservative Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation for his work.  Today, however, he writes in the New…

Bob Hasegawa for State Senate 2012- 11th Dist. (D)  Dear Friends, We invite you to help us get Bob Hasegawa elected to the State Senate by sharing a piece of Seattle’s Japanese-American history. Join us for a meet-&-greet fundraiser: PANAMA HOTEL TEA & COFFEE 605 S Main Street Seattle, WA 98104 Thursday, August 2, from 6:30 –…

Did Suzan DelBene Break Federal Election-Ethics Laws? Sure Looks Like It DelBene facing renewed allegations of non-disclosure violation

[This was in my email inbox this morning.] There’s one critical primary in Washington State this year—and with just 8 days left, it’s crunch time.   The ballots are in voters’ hands, and candidates and the Super PACs supporting them are spending millions in Washington’s 1st District. But of the seven candidates, there’s only one…

Scalia Suggests ‘Hand-Held Rocket Launchers’ Are Protected Under Second Amendment The Onion can’t beat that for absurdity.

“Senator Orin Hatch and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed raising taxes on working families by $11 billion to make room for tax cuts for the wealthy.” GOP Poverty Creators Plan to Increase Taxes on 22.9 Million Poor and Middle Class Families

Democrats Suzan DelBene, Laura Ruderman, and Suzan DelBene are battling it out for the chance to run against Republican John Koster for the 1st CD seat. Burner took an early lead, with strong support from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party (see this article) and from out-of-state netroots supporters. But when Burner tweeted comments…