Systemic injustice threatens democracy
One hundred fifty one years ago today the pivotal battle of the Civil War was fought, as Union soldiers succeeded in holding off Confederate charges on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. If the 20th...
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Join the Localize This! Action Camp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The NW Action Camp Localize This! returns for it’s 6th year August 5th-11th. Secure Your Spot – Sponsor an Organizer – Send a Delegation – Spread The Word! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After 6 years Localize...
Moderate Republican Senators Collins and Murkowski voted more similary to Dems than to Repugs
An analysis of voting records of US Senators shows that moderate Republican Senators Collins and Murkowski voted more similarly to Democrats than to Republicans. This continues the analysis of Congressional voting records begun in...
The Dems can do better than this
Who defends the middle class and our civil rights? The Dems or the Republicans? Last week Dave Brat beat Eric Cantor partly by accusing Cantor of supporting crony capitalism. Undeniably, Obama supported crony capitalism:...
Join the Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy
Rebellion Is a Muscle that Must Be Exercised! Join the Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IF you treasure the self-evident, endowed by creator, unalienable rights which the Declaration of Independence celebrated and promised...
Visualized grouping of US Congress members by similarities in their voting records
The following images show US Senators and Representatives arranged according to the similarity of their voting records in 2013 and 2014. What’s most notable is how different the Dems are from the Republicans. Another...
 New ballot language for the Carbon Tax initiative
We just got the ballot language back from a test-run initiative we filed last month. The full text of the initiative is here, or you can track it all down from the Secretary of...
Time for the Washington State Treasurer to Stop Gambling on Wall Street…and Start Supporting the Safety of Public Banking
According to the Washington State Treasurer, Jim McIntire, economic recovery is just around the corner. Herbert Hoover said exactly the same thing in 1932 – just months before nearly every private bank in America...
Bloomberg is intolerant of reasonable protests
In a speech at Harvard University’s commencement, Michael Bloomberg criticized cases in which liberal students prevented speakers, including Condoleezza Rice, from speaking at universities. “In each case, liberals silenced a voice — and denied...