Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Julie Barrett, the founder of the new grassroots organization Conservative Ladies of Washington (CLW). With the end of the 2022 legislative session, Shift will … [Read more...]
Democrats Don’t Want to Hear from the Public on Public Policy
This past weekend the Seattle Times ran an editorial and cartoon from Pulitzer Prize-recipient David Horsey belatedly praising the efforts of the Washington Coalition for Open Government (WCOG) and … [Read more...]
Power hungry Democrats are worried about losing control and can’t help talking about it
Longtime state income tax advocate and Democrat senate poohbah Jamie Pederson has finally realized that the Democrats are in big trouble in this fall’s election thanks to his party’s unpopular … [Read more...]
GOP Senate Leader Braun on ’22 legislative session: “Misplaced priorities and missed opportunities reached a level no one could have predicted”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Senate Republican Leader John Braun (Centralia) as we wrap up our coverage of the 2022 legislative session. In our extensive interview with the third-term senator, … [Read more...]
Wrapping Up the 2022 Irresponsible, Divisive, & Expensive 2022 Legislative Session
The irresponsible, divisive, and expensive 2022 Washington State legislative session mercifully came to an end last Thursday, with Governor Jay Inslee and the majority Democrats demonstrating again … [Read more...]
Governor Jay Inslee would make an Old West snake oil salesman blush
If you lived in the 19th century Old West, you would recognize the damage which snake oil and miracle cure salesmen inflicted on anyone that they could find to listen. Over a century later and the … [Read more...]
Representative Drew MacEwen: Democrats “single handedly destroyed the ability of police to enforce the law.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Washington State Representative Drew MacEwen (R – Union), the five-term legislator who yesterday after Sine Die announced he will be running to replace the retiring … [Read more...]
Democrats provide fake excuses for why they failed to pass emergency powers reform
Democrat legislators, who have lorded over the current legislative session without consulting their Republican counterparts and have ignored constant bipartisan overtures for meaningful reform of the … [Read more...]
Why does local media report on only one of the two career politicians facing accusations of mistreating staff?
Six-term Democrat Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is facing multiple accusations of mistreating staff, displaying erratic behavior, and running a dysfunctional office with an … [Read more...]
Representative Kretz : Governor Inslee has “disdain for those of us who get dirt under our fingernails when we work.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with the outspoken Representative Joel Kretz (R – Wauconda) who has served the 7th Legislative District in Northeast Washington since 2005. The Deputy Republican Leader … [Read more...]
Inslee celebrates his two years of one-man rule by doing what he does best – making false divisive statements.
Tuesday marked the beginning of Year Three of Governor Jay Inslee’s undemocratic abuse of emergency powers and of legislative Democrats abdicating their constitutional responsibility to be the branch … [Read more...]
Rep: Skyler Rude; “We can afford tax relief for working families.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Representative Skyler Rude (R – Walla Walla) who is a second term legislator after serving four years as the legislative assistant for the highly respected Senator … [Read more...]