When liberal Seattle Democrat and Speaker of the House Frank Chopp faced his socialist challenger Jess Spear (a protégé of Kshama Sawant) during the 2014 election cycle, he faced criticism over just … [Read more...]
TBT: 3 times Democrats used sketchy campaign tactics and failed anyway
The 2015 election brought about mostly conservative victories—Spokane defeated an unprecedented minimum wage increase meant to benefit special interests and Republican Terri Hickel sailed to victory … [Read more...]
WA Democrats “proud” of big labor – for its big money
The Washington State Democrat Party wants everyone to know how proud it is of labor in our state. Leading up to Labor Day, state Democrats sent an email to supporters informing them of the importance … [Read more...]
Democrats’ perfectly illogical logic
Democrats have a special way of “thinking” about, well, everything. Whether it’s justifying why taxpayers should pay higher taxes when state revenue is going up, or exempting labor unions from … [Read more...]
Top 3 most absurd quotes from the WSLC convention
Last weekend, the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) held its 2015 convention in SeaTac. As you could imagine, quite a lot occurred during the convention—Democrat King County Executive Dow … [Read more...]
Democrats pick special interests over people’s interests… again
Early Wednesday morning, state Senate Democrats chose to betray Senate Republicans, House Democrats and the people of Washington all to please their multi-million dollar campaign donor—the Washington … [Read more...]
Democrats court labor, GOP demands government transparency
The Fourth International, a group which claims to lead the world socialist movement, recently lambasted labor unions for exempting themselves from so-called “workers’ rights” bills, including higher … [Read more...]
TBT: Democrats’ special relationship with special interests
When state House Democrats introduced their so-called budget (it’s really just a $39 billion spending plan, with no financing for it), they followed Jay Inslee’s lead and rewarded their million-dollar … [Read more...]
State launches investigation into taxpayer-funded labor group
It isn’t novel news when a far-left organization unethically dodges campaign finance laws. It is, however, a rather more unusual occasion when the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission … [Read more...]
Democrat uses academic study to destroy his cap-and-tax position
Rep. Ross Hunter, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, attempted to defend Jay Inslee’s pricey cap-and-tax scheme in a recent blog post. In order to back up his claim that consumers will … [Read more...]
Three absurd claims the WSLC made this week
This week, the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) AFL-CIO sent supporters its weekly legislative update. As could be expected, the big labor organization filled its update with praise for … [Read more...]
Workplace choice and transparency: 5 bills GOP lawmakers are pushing
Republicans have made noteworthy attempts to rein in the power of big labor in our state during this legislative session through various bills. They’ve faced fierce opposition from union executives … [Read more...]