Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness for 2018, plus NPI's additions. This year, we're banishing "Alternative Facts", "Thoughts and Prayers", "Zero Sum Game", "Hive Mind", "Woke", and "Not/Shouldn't Be a Partisan Issue". |
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Published at: | 11:16 PM on Saturday, December 30th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Holidays |
Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Banished Words for 2018
Stick a fork in it, it’s done: Tim Eyman’s latest initiative to gut Sound Transit fails to qualify
Excerpt: | Tim Eyman's losing streak keeps getting longer.... and that's a very good thing for the people of Washington State. |
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Published at: | 5:25 PM on Friday, December 29th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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De-Escalate Washington submits signatures for Initiative 940 at rainy event in Olympia
Excerpt: | Washington State is slated to have at least one progressive idea on the November 2018 ballot following the submission of signatures for Initiative 940 by De-Escalate Washington, a broad and diverse coalition of organizations that is seeking policing reforms to reduce the use of deadly force in our communities. |
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Published at: | 2:17 PM on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Safe Neighborhoods, WA-Ballot |
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Greed has won: U.S. Senate passes final version of Republicans’ depraved tax scam
Excerpt: | Greedy Republicans have succeeded in overcoming the last of the hurdles that once stood in the way of their plot to plunder America's common wealth. |
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Published at: | 11:24 PM on Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Amtrak Cascades 501 derails onto Interstate 5 at Mounts Road; several passengers killed
Excerpt: | A horrific scene is unfolding in Pierce County, where the first Amtrak Cascades train in revenue service on the new Point Defiance bypass has been wrecked. |
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Published at: | 12:52 PM on Monday, December 18th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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Documentary Review: “Saving Capitalism” highlights an important truth about markets
Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich's new film about what happened to our economy, now available to stream on Netflix. |
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Published at: | 11:46 AM on Saturday, December 16th, 2017 |
Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
Categories: | Economic Security, Media & Culture, Views & Reviews |
Tags: | Film |
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FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules; AG Bob Ferguson promises to sue the FCC
Excerpt: | Donald Trump's men on the FCC (Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr, Michael O'Rielly) have voted to gut net neutrality, but their decision will be challenged in court. |
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Published at: | 11:03 AM on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Technology |
Tags: | Net Neutrality |
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Democratic Senate hopeful Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in Alabama, sending shockwaves through the Republican Party
Excerpt: | Doug Jones and the Democratic Party have prevailed in a bitterly contested special election to pick a successor to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. |
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Published at: | 9:04 PM on Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
Tags: | AL-Sen |
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LIVE from Seattle: Hillary Clinton comes to the Paramount to discuss “What Happened?”
Excerpt: | Hillary Clinton is in the Emerald City for the Seattle stop of her What Happened? book tour. Read NPI's take on her appearance at the Paramount Theatre. |
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Published at: | 6:30 PM on Monday, December 11th, 2017 |
Written by: | David A Johnson |
Categories: | Events, Live Coverage |
Tags: | Books, US-Pres |
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Documentary Review: Everyone should see “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”
Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Al Gore's 2017 documentary, which continues the story of his fight to combat the climate crisis and protect the Earth, our common home. |
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Published at: | 7:12 AM on Monday, December 4th, 2017 |
Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
Categories: | Media & Culture, Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Film |
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Book Review: “The Future of War: A History” could be a bit more forward-looking
Excerpt: | Lawrence Freedman’s "The Future of War: A History" is only about the more martial of the two human endeavors, but there’s a lot to love in it. |
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Published at: | 1:51 PM on Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 |
Written by: | David A Johnson |
Categories: | Media & Culture |
Tags: | Book Reviews, Books |
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Greed wins again: U.S. Senate passes Republican tax scam in the dead of night
Excerpt: | Fifty-one Republicans in the United States Senate just voted to set the United States on a course for economic catastrophe and unfathomable suffering. |
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Published at: | 11:30 PM on Friday, December 1st, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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Senator Manka Dhingra’s legislative website now live; official portrait photo unveiled
Excerpt: | Washington State's newest legislator has been added to the Senate roster and provisioned with an official legislative website ahead of the 2018 session. |
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Published at: | 6:30 PM on Friday, December 1st, 2017 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Transitions and Successions |
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Book Review: Morgan Simon’s “Real Impact” is a guide to socially responsible investing