Washington Liberals

So I disappeared for a full week, right in the middle of what should have been a busy writing schedule, and I have to claim some “personal days” to cover the time we missed...

On Sunday State Rep. Roger Goodman spoke at a meeting of the King County Democrats’ Legislative Action Committee. Goodman has filed for Congress in the first Congressional District, which Jay Inslee is vacating to...

Beginning of Right Wing Authoritarian Thought Process The basic underlying principle I have is that people are responsible for their own actions and choices. Rich or poor you are the only one responsible for...

Based on what you know now, do you anticipate supporting President Obama’s re-election in 2012? Yes. President Obama has done a great job, especially considering what and who he had to deal with. (“Yes,...

We have a big private-sector economy, which is floundering in stagnation. Chief among the victims are middle class Americans, some on the verge of losing their houses, others with their jobs exported out of...

Localize This! August 14-21, 2011 – Register TODAY! Join Activists & Organizers from Across the US for a Training That Will Transform Your Activism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attend all or part, but register TODAY at LocalizeThis.org...

In an earlier post, Questions about Progressive Congress’s Speakout event on July 23 in Seattle, I expressed confusion and perplexity about the purpose of a Speakout (“Congressional Listening Tour”) event in Seattle. But today...

Come Celebrate Medicare’s 46th Birthday — Remarkably Successful! No Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security! Profit-Driven Health Care is the Problem — Improved Medicare for All is the Solution! Give Medicare a Birthday...

Like tens of thousands of other people across the country, I attended an American Dream meeting this weekend.   The meetings were organized by MoveOn.org and supported by dozens of other liberal advocacy groups...

Every day another Republican Party politician or right-wing cable news pundit tells us that the government’s budget deficit is out of control and we have to cut Medicare, cut Social Security, cut health care,...