Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who identifies as a Socialist Alternative Party (SAP) member has managed to scare the rest of the Seattle City Council into creating a taxpayer-provided slush fund … [Read more...]
Sawant Proposes 37 More Taxpayer-Funded Homeless Encampments in Residential Neighborhoods
It appears that Seattle’s rampant drug epidemic and recent distinction of having the highest per capita homeless rate in the nation still are not enough to inspire our elected leaders to fix the … [Read more...]
Kshama Sawant Attacks ‘racist’ Police for Arresting Climate Justice Activist
Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant dispatched an open letter Tuesday, condemning Seattle Police officers for the "shameful" arrest of a Seattle Green New Deal activist who spray painted City Hall … [Read more...]
Kshama Sawant’s Money (Part One)
What do NYC government worker Daniel Kroop, Los Angeles social justice program manager Sarah Chang, and University of Arkansas instructor Chad Kieffer all have in common? They are all trying to … [Read more...]
Jay Inslee will take on Trump, but he’s scared of Sawant?
Jay Inslee loves headlines about how he’s “taking on” President Trump, or “fighting back,” or just generally being a Scrappy-Doo to the Trump White House’s Guy Pretending to Be Ghost. He loves these … [Read more...]
Sawant fighting cops, again
Seattle’s own Socialist City Council member Kshama Sawant has made quite a name for herself in her first couple years on the council – as a revolutionary who wants Boeing to produce buses, as an … [Read more...]
Frank Chopp sings from Sawant’s songbook
State House Speaker Frank Chopp has a unique perspective on Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, since he soundly defeated her at the polls in 2012, before she became a socialist celebrity by … [Read more...]
Sawant takes liberal friends on field trip to police station
The last time that the public saw Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant inside of a police station, she was in handcuffs, as Shift reported almost two years ago. This time she returned with numbers, … [Read more...]
Socialist Sawant attempted to organize “mass exodus” out of DNC
Hillary Clinton officially became the Democrat nominee for president at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Of course, given her low popularity among voters across the political spectrum, … [Read more...]
Socialist Sawant demonstrates she does not understand economics — again
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is at it again, proposing far, far-Left policies that -- in the end -- do nothing to solve the problems they seek to address. This week, Sawant … [Read more...]
Socialist Sawant, your hypocrisy is showing – again
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is concerned over the “lack of transparency” in Seattle city government, this time regarding the city being over budget on a project to update … [Read more...]
Health official dismisses Socialist Sawant’s “plumbing” plan in The Jungle
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has made bizarre statements in the past, so perhaps it’s no surprise that she has proposed something wacky for how to deal with problems in “The … [Read more...]