With the 2016 legislative session winding down (hopefully as scheduled tomorrow), the state’s campaign season will kick-off in earnest. Republicans will be doing everything in their power to fight off … [Read more...]
Our green governor’s “work” habits (part one)
It was said that James Brown was “the hardest working man in show business.” If so, he might have met his opposite match... if he ever met Jay Inslee. You see, our green governor isn’t exactly a … [Read more...]
Four less-than-productive ways Inslee spends his time
To say Jay Inslee has been in the news this week would be an understatement. What with the implosion of his cabinet with the departure of some chosen department directors, to his temper tantrum press … [Read more...]
Inslee reveals extreme partisan nature, cancels meetings with GOP leader
Jay Inslee has always had a unique (read: weak) leadership style. In his latest failed “leadership” move, our green governor decided that it wasn’t enough to just hold an unhinged press … [Read more...]
The Daily Shift – 02/05/16
Jay Inslee is pushing ahead with his new carbon reduction regulatory rules—rules he thinks he can impose on the state using executive authority. So, in honor of our green governor, we’re asking the … [Read more...]
Where is the outrage: Democrat Senator insults students advocating for their schools
Democrats’ dislike of public charter schools appears to know no boundaries. Following the passage of the state Senate’s charter school “fix” bill by a 27-20 vote, Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Seattle) decided … [Read more...]
No tolerance here: When liberals turn…on each other
Nick Hanauer is a darling of Seattle’s far-left, a champion (and funder) of the job-killing $15 minimum wage movement. As was displayed with all his arrogance in a recent puff piece in The … [Read more...]
Unions, liberal millionaires launching voter turnout initiatives for Jay Inslee
The clock hasn’t turned yet on 2015, but already mega-rich liberals and the special interests that love their support of Democrats are plotting ways to try and attract voters to the polls for Jay … [Read more...]
Federal appeals court to hear $15 minimum wage lawsuit
Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled against small business owners seeking to temporarily halt part of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law. As Shift reported, the International Franchise Association … [Read more...]
Seattle’s next [potential] leaders
We always knew the campaigns for Seattle City Council would be interesting to watch this year. After all, how can a field of far-Left—and, simply put, sometimes off-the-spectrum-Left—candidates not be … [Read more...]
Far-left group desperately attacks GOP senators, pathetically fails
The far-left group Fuse Washington – the first group funded back in 2006 by the rich and secretive liberal donors at the Progress Alliance of Washington – is notorious for its ridiculous … [Read more...]
GOP lawmaker kills $12 min. wage bill, queue hypocritical Democrat outrage
GOP lawmaker kills $12 min. wage bill to protect jobs… queue hypocritical Democrat outrage Republican State Senator Michael Baumgartner—chair of the Senate’s Commerce and Labor Committee—last week … [Read more...]