| Excerpt: | Michael Li of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program opened Friday afternoon's redistricting panel at Netroots Nation by stating that although there have been historic gains in this redistricting cycle, “There are many maps in the country that are still widely skewed in favor of the party that drew them.” |
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| Published at: | 2:32 PM on Friday, August 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Monthly Archives: August 2022
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day Two — Redistricting: What Happened? What Did We Learn? What’s Next?
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day Two — Featured Panel: Disinformation and the Vote
| Excerpt: | This Friday morning at Netroots Nation, the conversation at the Disinformation in the Vote panel focused on how such efforts disproportionately target non-English-speaking communities. |
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| Published at: | 1:44 PM on Friday, August 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Opening Keynote: All Eyes on Pennsyvania
| Excerpt: | Netroots Nation 2022 kicked off Thursday with a lively keynote speech from a long list of electeds, advocates and activists in Pennsylvania politics. |
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| Published at: | 10:39 AM on Friday, August 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Solving the Climate Crisis Starts with Combating Misinformation
| Excerpt: | Combating disinformation and misinformation starts with tracking where it is being spread and how far it's reaching. That is the goal of Phil Newell and Allison Fisher, two of Thursday afternoon's panelists, at Media Matters. |
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| Published at: | 9:21 AM on Friday, August 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Abortion access is both a disability issue and a queer issue
| Excerpt: | NPI spent some time on Thursday at a panel titled Dobbs and Roe: Queer, Gender-Expansive Visions for Abortion Care, featuring an all LGBTQAI+ panel, where they discussed the broader impacts of abortion access through the lens of queerness and disability. |
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| Published at: | 8:29 AM on Friday, August 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Categories: | Events |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Defenders of Democracy
| Excerpt: | Netroots Nation's “Defenders of Democracy” panel on Thursday morning focused on keeping personal abortion care stories on the forefront of campaigns and advocacy this November. |
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| Published at: | 8:50 PM on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, NPI@NN |
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Representative Adam Smith to speak at NPI’s Nineteenth Anniversary Picnic (08/21)
| Excerpt: | Join us on Sunday, August 21st, 2022 to hear from Congressman Adam Smith, who will deliver the keynote address at our celebration of NPI's nineteenth anniversary. |
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| Published at: | 9:11 PM on Monday, August 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Summer Anniversary Picnic |
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (August 7th-12th)
| Excerpt: | The week's major votes included congressional adoption of the climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act as well as Senate confirmation of Constance J. Milstein to be the U.S. ambassador to Malta. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Sunday, August 14th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Targeted News Service |
| 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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Jim Ferrell falsely labels NPI’s Prosecuting Attorney contest research a “push poll”
| Excerpt: | Asked about our finding during an appearance on Jason Rantz's right wing talk show this week, Ferrell inexplicably went on the attack, falsely denouncing NPI's research as "a push poll" and declaring himself the victim of unfair practices. |
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| Published at: | 4:53 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Counties |
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Inflation Reduction Act passes the U.S. House, heads to President Joe Biden’s desk
| Excerpt: | The historic climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most consequential environmental bills ever enacted by Congress. It now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. |
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| Published at: | 3:35 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Seattle, TreePAC prevail over Master Builders in tree protection ordinance legal skirmish
| Excerpt: | Seattle Hearing Examiner Ryan Vancil rejected a challenge brought by the Master Builders of King and Snohomish counties to the city's determination that an update of its tree protection ordinance would not have would not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment. |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Green Development |
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Joe Kent stays ahead in sixth Top Two Count; Jaime Herrera Beutler concedes defeat
| Excerpt: | “Thank you, Southwest Washington, for entrusting me six times with the privilege of representing you in Congress," said Herrera Beutler. "Ever since I was first elected to this seat, I have done my very best to serve my home region and our country. Though my campaign came up short this time, I'm proud of all we've accomplished together for the place where I was raised and still call home." |
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| Published at: | 6:08 PM on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-03 |
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President Biden signs CHIPS and Science bill crafted by Washington’s own Maria Cantwell
| Excerpt: | Senator Cantwell does the grunt work of governing. She has repeatedly pulled progress out of a balky, divided body. She was able to get a Republican-controlled Senate to permanently authorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Teaming with Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. On Tuesday, August 9th, she was right next to President Joe Biden as he signed into law a key bill she steered across the finish line to keep America technologically competitive. |
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| Published at: | 4:13 PM on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Data Science |
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Tim Eyman’s lawsuit to force more anti-tax propaganda onto 2022 ballots gets quashed