Washington Liberals Blog
Robert Mueller’s Coming to Town (song)
 You better watch out, you better not lie. You better bow out, I’m telling you why. Robert Mueller’s coming to town. He’s made indictments, checking them twice. Telling everyone about your criminal vice....
Quickie link: The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes
The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes “An eight-year [Republican-led] campaign to slash the IRS’s budget has left the agency understaffed, hamstrung, and operating with archaic equipment. The result: a hundred-billion-dollar...
David J. Rothkopf on Trump’s Legacy
Great summation by David J. Rothkopf, professor of international relations, political scientist and journalist, from his twitter feed. “So we know this, Russian government representatives reached out to the Trump campaign in 2015 and undertook...
Southern Poverty Law Center: Rep. Matt Shea funding far-right hate groups
“Embattled conspiracy theorist and Washington state Republican Rep. Matt Shea has been skirting Washington state law to funnel campaign contributions to far-right nonprofit groups in Colorado and Arizona, a Hatewatch investigation reveals.” Embattled Washington...
Trump and Republicans Appeal to Men with Fragile Masculinity, Researchers Find
Trump and Republicans Appeal to Men with Fragile Masculinity, Researchers Find
The Nation article on the Pentagon’s massive fraud and waste
See The Nation article Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed: How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit. or download and listen to this audio Inside the Pentagon:...
Can Rep. Adam Smith move the needle on military spending, secrecy, and adventurism?
Starting in January, Rep. Adam Smith (WA, D, 9th CD) will be the Chair of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Adam Smith is called a progressive, and a great hope for pacifists, in...
AG Ferguson’s 15th consecutive legal victory against federal government forces FERC to hand over public records
http://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-s-15th-consecutive-legal-victory-against-federal-government-forces “As a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has provided hundreds of pages of communications not previously made public, including documents that show commissioners privately considered...