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Another Throw Back Thursday is winding down, so at Shift we highlighted a few memories worth keeping in mind. The first was how hard the teachers union worked to defeat State Senator Andy Hill in 2014, even using a local teacher to attack him in mailings – a teacher that now waxes poetic about the … Continued
Brad Owens latest stint as temporary governor has come to an end, with Jay Inslee making it back from the UN’s global warming gabfest today, and reassuming the reigns of “leadership” over Washington State. As Shift reports today, Inslee’s Paris trip was marked by plenty of symbolism, and very little actual work – just the … Continued
You would think that $15 billion would be enough in next taxes – but not for Sound Transit. As Shift reports today, Puget Sound’s less-than-trustworthy transit agency is feeling the pressure to go beyond – far beyond – the $15 billion tax measure approved by the legislature earlier this year. Instead, Sound Transit announced it’s … Continued
Democrats seem to be able to count on the Public Disclosure Commission to make sure that campaign finance violations don’t become a problem for their campaigns – as Shift notes again today – by either delaying any decision for months (or years) after the election, or just turning a blind eye to liberal ethical problems. … Continued
Friends, Last week, Jay Inslee jetted off to Paris in order to participate in the United Nation’s climate change conference. Only, he wasn’t really invited to participate. The State Department decided to leave our green governor out of all negotiations—kind of like lawmakers decided to give Inslee the boot from budget negotiations during the 2015 … Continued
The world for Democrats must seem like it’s turned upside down. As Shift reported today, Jay Inslee is heading to Paris for the UN’s global warming conference, but isn’t being taken seriously by the Obama administration. And, a Democrat State Representative is challenging Seattle Congressman-for-Life Jim McDermott for his DC job – because the Congressman who … Continued
Social engineering is a common liberal strategy, if only to confuse the voters into thinking that Democrats have all the answers to their problems – just give them the chance (and your tax dollars). One such social experiment going very wrong is the tolling scheme the Inslee administration has inflicted on the poor drivers of … Continued
Liberal groups love to attack so-called “dark money”, but in their hypocrisy they never mention that it’s those big and secret donations that are their lifeblood. That’s what Shift shines a spotlight on today, along with (yet another story on) millionaire Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s desperate fundraising tactics and the bizarre attacks by “green” extremists on … Continued
Friends, Last week, we exposed a rather bizarre email from a liberal activist addressed to every member of our state’s Legislature, which demanded lawmakers develop and submit to her a gun control plan for our state. The email lambasted lawmakers for failing to immediately act on I-594, a gun-control measure, even though the initiative garnered … Continued
The old adage, “The dinner table is no place for politics” doesn’t always hold true when the whole family gets together for Thanksgiving dinner. As a public service, we are offering some tips for those times when a low-information liberal says something you just can’t quite let go.