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The Redistricting Commission has just posted their Redistricting Plan for Washington State’s 10 Congressional Districts. Dwight Pelz has also just issued a statement commending the Commission and claiming that this plan is a great...
Occupiers from Across the Nation to Converge on Olympia Occupy Olympia (WA) and the Alliance for Global Justice are hosting an Occupy Solidarity Social Forum Feb. 18-19 in the Washington state capital city. The...
http://www.facebook.com/denniskucinich “I will be filing for the 9th Congressional District today, December 28, 2011 at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 1:00pm” http://www.facebook.com/denniskucinich
Data on State Employee Compensation Despite conservative claims to the contrary the number of state workers per 1000 residents is decreasing significantly, and state employee wages are not in general higher than private sector...
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Everyone should know by now that Republicans serve the 1%. But one weekend in Olympia I caught on video Democratic leaders doing something inappropriate with Tim Eyman. (From the left to the right in...
I’ve been thinking a lot about the evolution of Christmas, and I’ve been thinking that there is a lot about the current practice that we can admire. Peace and good will, of course, and...
Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe. The WSJ has article on “Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism.” There should be higher taxes on gasoline!
Click: ‘Roadkill’ Democrats Want Spending Reform With Tax Hike
A couple of quotes and some thoughts. “[The founding fathers] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be left alone — the right most valued by civilized men.” — Justice Louis D. Brandeis...
