It is rare when a sitting U.S. President has the time to spend doing campaign ads for state legislative candidates, as Shift reported earlier this month. Especially ones he doesn’t know, like rookie … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals – Represent.us
Shift has been off the grid a couple days, but that has not stopped big liberal money from pouring into Washington State races. So, upon returning, we decided to highlight the biggest single donor … [Read more...]
The Pronto lobby lives – telling Seattle City Council to throw away $200k more on failed bike-share program
You have to give the bike-share zealots who love Pronto this much – they refuse to take no for an answer. Sort of like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Especially when they aren’t spending their … [Read more...]
The case of the whining Wiggins
Democrats have enjoyed a near lock on state Supreme Court seats in recent years, adding liberal justices through Democrat gubernatorial appointments (Debra Stephens, Mary Yu, Steven Gonzalez) as well … [Read more...]
Clinton campaign mad that her unethical email server is still an issue
Shift tries to focus on shining a spotlight on state and local issues, assuming that that everybody has enough sources for national news. Especially when we have a presidential election less than two … [Read more...]
Democrat way of doing business: ‘Make Soros happy’
Shift has reported over the past few years about the shadowy Progress Alliance of Washington and the millions of dollars it has pumped into electing liberal Democrats in Washington State. Jay Inslee’s … [Read more...]
Lands Commissioner race heats up – Franz tries to cover up her litigation-happy past
Normally the race for Commissioner for Public Lands is a low-key one, not really worthy of the office that controls hundreds of millions of dollars of money for public schools. This year has not … [Read more...]
Battle for jobs continues in Longview
The Millennium Bulk Terminal project in Longview appears to be the last new mega-project standing that has the potential to create jobs for exporting coal and other commodities from Washington State. … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals: New Direction PAC
Just four years ago, the biggest spending “independent expenditure” political committee belonged to Jay Inslee. The “Our Washington” SuperPAC spent over $9 million dollars to elect our “green” … [Read more...]
(McDermott) Hunger Games – Part XXI
The race to succeed Jim McDermott in Congress has been much more of a snoozer than people likely would have thought when the Congressman-for-Life announced his retirement last year. Most observers … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals: Our Washington
Two weeks remain until election day, so votes are flowing in to county auditor offices around the state. To help you see who is trying to influence those votes, Shift has been reporting on where the … [Read more...]
The Left stays on the attack – against the carbon tax
National pundits just can’t get enough about the intramural fight between the Left and far-Left over Initiative 732, the carbon tax on the ballot next month. The latest to weigh in is Vox, which … [Read more...]