From The race is on to fill new 1st Congressional District: …. In an apparent effort to trim the field, Gregoire and Larsen endorsed DelBene, as did the state Washington State Labor Council. But King County Democrats struggled with their pick. A subcommittee recommended DelBene and Burner, but then backed away from Burner when a…
Our State has an official unemployment rate of 9% and an actual unemployment rate of 25%. Nearly one million people are unemployed in our State. By comparison, North Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation – in part because North Dakota has their own State Bank which keeps their money in…
12 Noon May 14th – RALLYÂ Â Facebook Event , Seattle City Hall, 4th Ave Plaza, 600 Fourth Ave, Seattle 98104 Â Â Â Â Â Support a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling ! 2PM -Â Seattle City Council votes on the resolution 3PM, or immediately after the Council has voted, -News Conference. We…
At the moment, justice has not reached the Bush Administration officials on our shores. The Obama Administration protects and perpetuates the Bush crimes. The world knows, and we know, that there shall be no peace without justice. Bush & Associates Found Guilty of Torture www.mathaba.net A solid case for the prosecution of Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld,…
The Northwest Progressive Institute and the Seattle P-I report: “BP and ConocoPhillips have each contributed $100,000 to the campaign for Initiative 1185, which would (again) put in place the requirement of a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Washington Legislature to enact new revenue measures or close corporate loopholes. Oil refiners’ checkbooks were open…
The LA Times is reporting Mitt Romney apologized Thursday after a newspaper story described bullying behavior on his part when he was an 18-year-old senior at an elite, all-boys prep school in Michigan. The Washington Post detailed a 1965 incident at Cranbrook School in which a buttoned-down Romney apparently was incensed by the dyed blond…
The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: Last week you visited Afghanistan to sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement. As you stated at Bagram Air Base, “this time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end.†The…
If you lived in a run-down house and all of a sudden your family got a lot of money, what would you do? Most people would think about fixing up the rickety front steps, replacing the leaky shower, and painting the back bedroom, for starters. But what if that new money came in the form…
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