Loving sociopaths
At my previous job, there was a coworker who was amicable and technically smart. Though he and his wife combined earned over $300K a year, he complained a lot about taxes. He’s a white Christian....
Washington Liberals Blog
Are Newsweek, Time, and USA Today becoming more progressive?
Recently I’ve been seeing anti-Trump and anti-GOP articles from Time, Newsweek, and USA Toda on my facebook newsfeed. I don’t know if that’s because those publications have become more progressive, or if it’s because...
Listen to the music of Donald Trump’s face
This is what Donald Trump’s photo sounds like when I feed it to my software for converting images to music: Your browser does not support the audio element. Here’s a second rendering of Trump’s...
Billionaire Bill Gates Says He Should Pay ‘Significantly Higher’ Taxes
http://ktla.com/2018/02/18/billionaire-bill-gates-says-he-should-pay-significantly-higher-taxes/ Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates says he should pay more in taxes and that the government should require other superwealthy people like him to contribute “significantly higher†amounts. “I need to pay...
Common sense on guns
From Callista Kline: My brother’s response to my mom’s email about the recent shooting. I want to share, particularly because of the way he explains things. As a veteran and a gun owner, he...
Report on 41st LD Town Hall, Feb 17, 2018
On Saturday, Feb 17 over 100 people turned up to the 41st Legislative District town hall at Somerset Elementary School in Bellevue. Representative Judy Clibborn (House Transportation Committee chair), Senator Lisa Wellman (chair of...
Gun editorial from the Sydney Morning Herald
An editorial from the Sydney Morning Herald: “It is incomprehensible to us, as Australians, that a country so proud and great can allow itself to be savaged again and again by its own citizens....
What’s Missing from What You’re Hearing About Washington’s Budget
Last June, Gov. Jay Inslee made headlines when he signed a state budget totaling $43.4 billion in spending for 2017-19. Which of the following statements about that budget is true? A. State spending will...
Conservatives consume most fake news, according to study
“Low-quality, extremist, sensationalist and conspiratorial news published in the US was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by rightwing social network users, according to a new study from the University of Oxford.” — source: The Guardian
Repulsive Republicans’ Hypocrisy
The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year