Washington Liberals

With a silvery, flowing piano playing in the background, Darcy Burner says, “We should have government of, by and for the people, not government of, bought and paid for by large corporations and the wealthy, to multimillionaires who would buy our elections. I’m Darcy Burner, and I say No.” On the right of the screen…

As a follow-up to Marriage ceremony of Corporate Person and Angela Vogel, here’s  a longer, 31 minute video, including at minute 11:00 the Raging Grannies singing their funny song:  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24060082    “Will she become like him, all arrogance and breed. What will their kids look like when they start to greed?”  

Thank Sen. Whitehouse and Senate Democrats for fighting to pass the DISCLOSE Act. Some progressive say the Dems are as bad as the Repugs. Though Dems sometimes compromise too much, and though there are some bad Dems, the GOP by far are worse, as I expounded in The myth that the Dems are as bad…

Thurston County will get to vote to authorize the Public Utility District to expand into electricity in November. It is on the ballot, friends. We did it. No paid signature gatherers, just volunteers knocking on doors. Let’s talk about Puget Sound Energy for a moment. It is not a Puget Sound based company despite the…

Below are scanned images of one of the anti-Suzan DelBene fliers sent out by Progress Washington, which, according to this article, was a PAC formed by Laura Ruderman’s mom, Mary Rotchschild. (Ruderman and DelBene are running for Congress in the 1st CD.) Ruderman and her mom have come under criticism by some Democrats for engaging…

Washington State is setting up a Facebook voter registration process. Basically this is just an access point provided through the popular Facebook system, leading into the actual Washington State online voter registration system. If you are a fan of online registration, then Facebook is indeed a great way to drive a lot more people, especially…

Washington Post carries story this morning about pressure from both sides to have Romney release more tax returns. I don’t think he is going to do it. I think he is going to try to tough it out and claim principled stand that he has shared enough personal information. That would fly better if his…

Our leaders have undertaken three disastrous, failed wars:  Busy & Cheney’s war in Iraq;  Bush, Cheney & Obama’s war in Afghanistan; and the war on drugs. But there’s one war that regressives (aka conservatives) and so-called “centrist” Democrats are winning: the war on the middle class and the New Deal. The war on women, the…

How else might liberals re-tool their rhetorical game plan and regain control of political playing field? • How about the anemic economy? We keep hearing it referred to as some sort of amorphous “economic downturn.” Far-right talk-show hosts even suggest it’s President Obama’s doing, as though the recession magically materialized the very moment he took…

It’s abundantly clear—loud and clear, in fact—that, when it comes to political debate in this country, conservative corporatists not only own the field of play, they make up the rules to suit their game plan. What used to be known as the “news media” has been bought out and fashioned into primarily a rumor-mongering, ratings-chasing…