Washington Liberals Blog
News and Weather from Climate Progress
Climate Progress does a fine job of keeping up on the science and making presentations on global warming and climate change in a way that most of us can understand. If you click on...
"Could Washington Be the Next Wisconsin?"
Check out this sneak peek into the Anti-Labor Administration of Governor Rob McKenna, at the Stranger. On the campaign trail, McKenna will rail against state workers—their cost-of-living increases, skyrocketing health care costs, and “fat”...
HB 1366: The Limited Service Pregnancy Center Accountability Act
Call Speaker Frank Chopp at (360) 786-7920 TODAY with this message: Please pull the Limited Service Pregnancy Center Accountability Act (HB 1366) out of the Rules Committee for a floor vote. Women facing a...
The Dirt on Coal
Special Series by the Sightline Institute The Dirt on Coal Here in the Northwest, coal feels like someone else’s problem. We know that much of the electricity that powers our homes comes from carbon-free...
Boycott Koch Industries? Are You Down With That?
I am down with that. If you want to get the attention of the Koch brothers and express your disapproval of their attack on unions, the middle class and working folks, all you have...
Some Thoughts on Justice
Arthur Miller has been working for decades now in the Puget Sound area to build public support and pressure to release Leonard Peltier. He has been a steady organizer behind the annual northwest regional...
Are conservatives mean, greedy, and stupid? Or just different? A response to Lakoff
In a recent article The “New Centrism†and Its Discontents, George Lakoff wrote Progressives have to get over the idea that conservatives are either stupid, or mean, or greedy – or all three. Conservatives...
Louis CK for President
Does Rumsfeld have lizard dna? I don’t know, but I sure get a kick out of listening to Louis CK ask the question. Louis says that the lizards can only answer honestly to that...
Cameron Peters charts the path into – and out of – Washington state’s budget morass
(Originally published here. Reprinted by permission of Economic Opportunity Institute) When you’re lost, it’s best to figure out where you are before trying to get to where you want to go. So if you’re...