| Excerpt: | The ex-club president proved, repeatedly, that he doesn't have the qualities needed in a leader. It was absolutely necessary that the Mariners sever ties with him. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Unscheduled Programming |
| Tags: | Baseball |
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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Kevin Mather’s departure from the Seattle Mariners was absolutely necessary
The Texas-sized politics of calamity: Disasters put a spotlight on elected officials’ negligence
| Excerpt: | Will the country wake up to the need for infrastructure modernization following the horrors in Texas, or will we see right-wing politicians escape responsibility and go on demonizing clean renewable energy? |
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| Published at: | 5:10 PM on Sunday, February 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness, Energy & Power |
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The airbrushing of the late Rush Limbaugh: A mocking, racist demagogue is depicted as shy, private, and “enormously generous”
| Excerpt: | For decades, Rush Limbaugh heaped abuse on people as a syndicated practitioner of hate speech. Now he's gone. His contemporaries in right wing media are now trying to memorialize a Rush who never existed. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Obituaries, Radio |
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Proposal to fund childcare with a capital gains tax advances in the Washington State Senate
| Excerpt: | In a historic vote, the Washington State Senate's Ways & Means Committee approved a progressive tax reform idea NPI has been championing for years. |
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| Published at: | 10:09 PM on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Tim Eyman concedes that judge’s sentence won’t keep him out of Washington politics
| Excerpt: | Eyman's convenient pivot away from **Help me -- Attorney General Bob Ferguson is trying to ban me from politics for life!** to **Full steam ahead -- nothing's gonna stop me** was entirely predictable. |
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| Published at: | 4:11 PM on Monday, February 15th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Money in Politics, Permanent Defense, Public Records |
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Murray and Cantwell take up gavels in the Senate as heirs to Scoop and Maggie’s legacy
| Excerpt: | With Democrats now running Congress’ upper chamber again after over a half-decade of Republican control, each veteran senator chairs an influential Senate committee. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Sunday, February 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Legislative Transitions |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (February 8th-13th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included the Senate's failure to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection against the United States and confirmation of Denis McDonough to head the VA. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Despite Republicans’ depravity, Donald Trump is and shall always remain guilty of treason
| Excerpt: | Donald Trump is guilty. He may not have been convicted of his treachery by the requisite two-thirds of the Senate as the Constitution requires. But he did the crime and he will rightly be remembered by history as a criminal and a traitor. |
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| Published at: | 2:15 PM on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Bob Ferguson has done it again! Judge blocks plot to sell National Archives’ Seattle campus
| Excerpt: | “Today’s legal victory blocks the federal government’s unlawful plan to sell the Archives and scatter the DNA of our region thousands of miles away,” Washington's Attorney General said. |
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| Published at: | 5:45 PM on Friday, February 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Public Records |
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Inside Tim Eyman’s profit machine: A cartoon guide to his many moneymaking schemes
| Excerpt: | To help people who are interested in Eyman's history understand it better, we've created a cartoon guide that explains the many different schemes Eyman has cooked up to rake in the Benjamins. |
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| Published at: | 12:44 PM on Friday, February 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Campaign Disclosure, Money in Politics, Permanent Defense, Public Records |
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Judge punishes Tim Eyman for egregiously violating Washington’s public disclosure laws
| Excerpt: | Eyman must pay a $2.6 million fine and is now prohibited from flying solo as an officer of a political committee, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Dixon decreed. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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As Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins, Republican senators seek to bail — despite being witnesses to the crime
| Excerpt: | A terrorist mob was sent by Donald Trump to attack the United States Capitol on January 6th. Republican senators are preparing to vote to acquit him anyway. |
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| Published at: | 7:23 PM on Monday, February 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (February 1st-5th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included House passage of apprenticeships legislation, Senate confirmation of several Biden Cabinet nominees, and disciplinary action in the House against Marjorie Taylor Greene. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, February 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Voterama in Congress |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Last Week In Congress, U.S. House Roll Call Votes, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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Ailing Fry’s Electronics is no more: Chain goes out of business after thirty-six years