Washington Liberals

The Doo-Occupy, Bail Out America trainings and actions will take place in Washington, DC Friday night March 30 – Tuesday, April 3. The American Spring is nearly upon us. The Doo-Occupy! Bail Out America project, is a collaboration instigated by the Backbone Campaign to bring best practices in community organizing for eviction protection, student debt…

I know there is a lot of talk about how hard it is to start a third political party and there is no doubt that the talk is true. Large political swings that realign the political parties in the US are rare, but the political history of the US is about the swings. Whigs and…

Over the past two and a half  years I have daily been collecting news feeds from about 70 news organizations and blogs, including Fox News, The Nation, NewsBusters, OpEdNews, NewsMax, Washington Post, CNN, Truthout, ThinkProgress, and the Wall Street Journal. All together, there are over 636,000 articles (some consisting of only the abstracts, some having…

See Publicola’s article Superior Court Judge Hears Challenge to Eyman’s Two-Thirds Rule. It’s telling that the AG is defending I-1053.  If the courts rule that I-1053 is unconstitutional, I bet Eyman will try to amend the constitution.

James Stafford with Oilprice.com suggested that their interview with Juan Cole would be of interest. With gas prices surging over $4 per gallon, oil news is probably of interest. I agree, therefore: Oil & Politics – The Real Situation in Iraq A delegation from the International Energy Agency spent two days in Baghdad speaking with…

(except that Republicans wouldn’t admit they broke it — they’d try to blame others) And, yes, some Democrats too helped and are helping break things even now. In Washington State, the budget crisis is a Republican wet dream. Here’s their chance to destroy public education and the social safety net, so they can further enrich…

Please ask your legislators to support SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2762 This bill “Declares an intent to: (1) Periodically expire all nonconstitutionally required tax preferences that are not already subject to expiration; and (2) Require corporations that continue to benefit from tax preferences to disclose the value of the tax preferences claimed and to disclose data…