Washington Liberals

The VW worker unionization vote was the dirtiest union election of the 21st Century and all the dirty tactics were coming from outside anti-union political forces. Without the intimidation and lies of elected Tennessee Republicans along with billionaire financed national Right Wing groups, the union would have won the union representation vote. Outside groups financed…

In the Salon article The matter with Kansas now: The Tea Party, the 1 percent and delusional Democrats,  Thomas Frank writes: It wasn’t until several years later that I began to understand what a fascinating, upside-down extravaganza it was to see the right eat its way through the good sense of the nation. While the above…

This post is 17 in the series: The Northwest’s Pipeline on Rails Why should the Northwest worry about the oil-by-rail projects that are cropping up around the Northwest? In three-and-a-half minutes, here’s your answer: This is a beautiful piece of work (and I’m not just saying that because I’m featured in it). Big thanks to…

Sixth CD Representative Derek Kilmer is holding two town halls over the next week. (See dates and locations below.)   If you live in his area, please attend and ask him to oppose TPP, to oppose domestic spying by the NSA, and to oppose tightening sanctions against Iran. According to  in A List of the…

I often visit news.google.com to see top stories, and I often notice the bias in headlines. Today, there are grossly conflicting headlines about Mitt Romney’s interview with NBC’s David Gregory. The Daily Caller’s headline reads: Romney: Bill Clinton ’embarrassed the nation, breached his responsibilities as … ‎Gregory asked Romney to respond to Rand Paul’s description…

The Freedom Foundation is bad news. It’s a libertarian think tank based in Olympia whose mission is “to advance individual liberty, free enterprise, and limited, accountable government.” Recently, they’ve been mounting a sustained attack on unions, especially public sector unions, with attack lines like “Union bosses buying our politicians” and “union political machine.” They also…

  Join progressive artists and activists from the greater Seattle area. This Sunday February 16th is Seattle’s Monthly Community Art & Imagery Build Party at the Fremont Abbey! Where: Fremont Abbey located at 4272 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103 Who: You, your friends, and other artists, progressive minded activists, organizers and those who like…

I work as a software developer, and I’m thinking that there should be an organization of developers who advocate for income equality. We’re paid well, and some developers earn absurd incomes. The medical field is similar. High finance is even worse. John Oliver reams wealthy, entitled ‘dweebs’ at tech awards show: ‘F*ck you, straight away’.…

According to  in A List of the Republican “Democrats” Who Fight For Obama’s Secret Trade Deals, And For Wall Street, Washington State Democratic congressmen Rick Larsen, Derek Kilmer, and Denny Heck are among the “Democrats in the House who are not just Members of the NDC  — the New Democrat Coalition — and are “owned…

This week, lawmakers in the state House stood with Washington’s working families and passed the legislature’s first paid sick days bill. The bill’s prime sponsor, Representative Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma), along with her colleagues shared rousing testimony in support of paid sick and safe days. Check out video of their floor speeches below. Representative Laurie Jinkins…