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General election ballots have been mailed, and people are voting. The issues and candidates that Shift has been shining a light on for months (or years, as is the case with “green” governor Jay Inslee) are having their fate decided – every day until November 8. So last week , we put a few of … Continued

Another week is wrapping up – and as we highlighted today, that probably means (based on last week) that Jay Inslee has completed at least 8 hours of official work this week (we’ll let you know next Friday if that prediction proves accurate). Our “green” governor truly is the anti-James Brown – certainly not the … Continued

The presidential debates are over, and the ballots are in the mail, so perhaps now voters can get down to looking at state races. To help with that, Shift takes a look again today at one of the big-money liberal special interests, and this time we put a spotlight on that alleged environmental organization, the … Continued

Our national nightmare is almost over, as the final presidential debate is tonight and general election ballots are going in the mail today across Washington State. We’ll soon be rid of political yard signs for another year! So Shift, placed a focus on the races today, with a feature highlighting the most competitive state legislative … Continued

The election calendar keeps ticking down – and now we’re at three weeks to go, And with ballots going in the mail this week. And that focuses more attention on the candidates and causes we’ll be voting on – and, as we publicize today, even allows Shift to acquire a regular gig on the radio … Continued

Well, Windmageddon 2016 has come and gone, so we can return our focus to trying to survive the hot air storm that is our campaign season. Just 21 days remain until the ballots begin to be counted. At Shift today we highlighted the liberal money behind many of the sleazy ads we’ll be seeing in … Continued

The folks at Shift survived Windmageddon 2016 with only one brief power outage – in well-managed Seattle, of course – and are prepared for another week. Fortunately the storm ended up like the media’s approach to Hillary Clinton’s ever-growing WikiGate scandal – just much ado about nothing. Despite far less interest from mainstream media in … Continued

Just in time for the Big Windmageddon 2016, Shift is taking on three windbags before the weekend – Jay Inslee, Sound Transit, and Alan Durning of Initiative 1464 fame.  In the case of Inslee, our weekly look at his calendar reveals a governor enjoying some road trips, as he tries to stay out of the … Continued

National events pushed Seattle’s City Council clown show off the Shift pages today, as the continued drip-drip-drip of internal Hillary Clinton campaign emails provide daily amusement – if not enlightenment – for those that aren’t so disgusted by the latest Trump revelations that they have turned off the all electronic communication devices. Likewise disgusting, for … Continued

Shift focuses on Seattle today because, well, that’s where the craziness runs amok these days. We start with Sound Transit, and its Seattle-centric $54 billion tax plan – and how the Proposition 1 campaign is getting a nice boost from the bureaucrats at the public agency thanks to an 8-page propaganda piece they just sent … Continued

Four weeks from today, the advertising (for politics) will end (for awhile), and we’ll have a better idea whether the voters have left much money in our wallets for holiday presents (and maybe even a Thanksgiving turkey). In Shift today we focus on a few issues that will impact how much money government will be … Continued

Like the rest of the country, folks here at Shift are still recovering from the must-see TV that was the second presidential debate last night. It’s amazing what people will find to fill the time when the Seahawks take a week off from playing. In honor of the debate, we feature today yet another embarrassing … Continued