Washington Liberals

For the past three decades, America has steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots, with the top 1% collecting some 21 percent of the nation’s income. Tim Noah, author of The Great Divergence (based on his award-winning series of articles in Slate), calls this potentially the country’s most important change during our lifetimes; he…

Welcome to the DIY generation Obama seems to have transformed the cohort of 18- to 29-year-olds, a whopping 66% of whom preferred him over John McCain, from passionate voters who thought Obama really did offer change they could believe in, into people feeling, in the words of veteran political analyst Charlie Cook, “disappointment and disillusionment.”…

Saturday afternoon I attended a meeting on “Progressive Coalition Building – 2012 and Beyond” at Green Lake library in Seattle. The meeting was organized by supporters of Rocky Anderson, who is running for President under the auspices of the Justice Party. Anderson spoke by Skype for the first 45 minutes. (Impressively clear audio and video!)…

Help PDA member Normon Solomon in his bid for Congress.  Contact Mike Fox, PDA National Phone Bank Coordinator mikefox@pdamerica.org, 727-320-4502

(Three years ago I worked on this project. I want to revive it. What do you think?) Summary:  Injustice, corruption and mismanagement are rampant in America, both inside and outside government. Congress and the Executive Branch generally don’t police themselves or each other, because both too often serve corrupt special interests. Nor have the Courts…

McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse working together to rein in Citizen’s United — who knew? Go Montana! It’s not over until only people have the rights of people, and we get the money out of electoral politics. http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/05/mccain-and-whitehouse-take-on-citizens-united-123886.html

FreePress.net agrees with Sen. Cantwell and says: Invite FCC Chairman Genachowski to Seattle “Sen. Maria Cantwell wants FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to visit Seattle and collect public input on the FCC’s new media ownership rules. … The FCC is considering relaxing the rules that regulate who owns the media. If the agency passes its current…

PoetsWest Poets for Justice in association with JPWA (Justice Party of Washington State) is hosting a meeting on “Progressive Coalition Building – 2012 and Beyond” this Saturday May 19, 2012 at 4pm at the Green Lake Library, 7364 E Greenlake Drive North, Seattle. There will be a statewide conference call via Skype with Rocky Anderson,…

An Open Letter from Former Stand for Children Activists about Ballot Measure