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The crack squad that Jay Inslee has put in charge of counting COVID cases in Washington State seems to be a bit challenged by all those pesky numbers.

The response to the passing of Senator Slade Gorton has featured the kind of accolades and remembrances that you would expect for one of the state’s political lions. But for some of us, losing such a fine example of principled public service is just depressing.

In Memoriam U.S. Senator Slade Gorton 1928 – 2020 “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” -William Shakespeare, Hamlet   The entire Shift team is in mourning today for the loss of a Washington giant, Senator Slade Gorton. He was a true statesman, outstanding … Continued

Seattle’s liberals continue to throw punches at each other as the recall effort against Mayor Durkan is now matched with a recall effort against Councilmember Sawant.

Shift’s Weekly Photograph from former Congressman Rod Chandler (WA-08) 1982 – 1994 RodChandlerPhotgraphy.com

The Inslee Administration is repeatedly failing to provide accurate coronavirus-related data, thus hampering county health officials from making necessary decisions.

Criticism from local and national Black leaders has got to make the Democrats on the Seattle City Council realize the big mistake they made in how they caved into rioters’ demands to defund police and how they treated the city’s first Black woman police chief.

Reports indicate that a “senior official” within the Employment Security Department promoted the changes to the computer system that allowed one of the largest thefts in American history to take place.

Consultants are hearing that Jay Inslee is in trouble, and giving out some big-time contracts in Washington State.

Shift’s Weekly Photograph from former Congressman Rod Chandler (WA-08) 1982 – 1994 RodChandlerPhotgraphy.com

The region’s liberal establishment once again fails to defend free speech.

Will Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal follow his own advice and punish counties that do not vote for him?