Last month, SHIFT reported that the Thurston County Democratic Central Committee accepted a donation of $65,000 from JZ Knight—a known racist and cult leader based out of Yelm, WA—early this year. Of … [Read more...]
Top 10 Best Inslee Presidential Campaign Moments
Now that Jay Inslee’s presidential campaign has come and gone, those of us at Shift admit we were often entertained by the Governor’s lackluster effort on the national stage. We will miss his antics, … [Read more...]
It’s campaign season – beware candidates’ meaningless “stands” on donations
As sure as the tides, you can count on political candidates trying to make hay out of their opponents’ fundraising. The message is always the same: The other guy’s money is evil and mine is … [Read more...]
The Daily Shift– October 11, 2016
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 … [Read more...]
Whacky Dems don’t support free trade – or Dems who do
The Obama administration has been pushing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) all year, in hopes of securing a free trade legacy for the outgoing president. Unfortunately for him – and those who … [Read more...]
The Daily Shift – October 07, 2016
Happy Friday, and we have a series of funnies today for your reading pleasure. Our feature is on Jay Inslee’s calendar from last week, where we can see that, once again, he barely put in a day’s worth … [Read more...]
Will County Commissioner candidates return racist Ramtha $$?
It has been a couple of years since the racist Ramtha – i.e., “spiritualist” JZ Knight’s alter-ego – has been in the news for contributing to Democrats in Thurston County. You might recall that, in … [Read more...]
Racist cult leader and big labor join forces
Racist cult leader JZ Knight—who claims to channel a 35,000-year-old Lemurian warrior named Ramtha—and public sector unions have joined forces to attack the Freedom Foundation with a lawsuit. The new … [Read more...]
Will media and voters notice racist $$ flowing into Democrat campaign?
The Seattle blog Crosscut devotes five stories in today’s edition to the State Senate primary race in the 35th Legislative District, where maverick Democrat Tim Sheldon is facing challenges from both … [Read more...]
WA Dems: known racist is “good Democrat”
Considering the recent fall-out involving LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Washington Democrats have not picked the best time to accept $65,000 from known racist and cult leader JZ … [Read more...]
WA Dems: racist is a “good Democrat,” “comfortable” with keeping contributions
WA Democrats shoot down call to return known cult bigot JZ Knight’s $65,000 contribution to their party. The Olympian, “Party chairman Roger Erskine said he welcomes the money that will be used to … [Read more...]
Possessed racist attacks freedom group for publicizing racism
We’re not sure what was the worse idea – the Tacoma News Tribune actually printing a opinion-editorial submitted by J.Z. Knight— who runs a cult in Yelm, claims to be possessed by … [Read more...]