| Excerpt: | At this incredibly fraught and perilous moment in American history, we don't just need steady, compassionate governance -- we need savvy, capable leadership with a respect and appreciation for history and a willingness to learn from it. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Monday, January 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Partybuilding, Presidential Transitions |
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Incoming Biden-Harris team signals it will avoid repeating many of Obama’s missteps
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent direct action is what makes negotiation possible
| Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, January 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Holidays |
| Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nondiscrimination |
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Republican lawmakers are still harping about building access, even after attack on Capitol
| Excerpt: | So much for "Law and Order!" and respecting law enforcement. Once again, Republicans have proven that they are wholly unwilling to accept the rules and standards that they want to impose on everybody else. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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America’s wrong wing tries bevy of ploys to recover from the trashing of the U.S. Capitol
| Excerpt: | How does the right -- or, more accurately, wrong -- wing plan to regroup with President-elect Joe Biden assuming office? |
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| Published at: | 9:21 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Donald Trump has become the first person holding the presidency to be impeached twice
| Excerpt: | Voting two hundred and thirty-two to one hundred and ninety-seven, the House agreed to transmit a single new article of impeachment to the Senate. Every Democrat who participated in the vote backed the article, along with ten Republicans who crossed over. |
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| Published at: | 1:53 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Jaime Herrera Beutler will be one of the Republicans voting to impeach Donald Trump
| Excerpt: | We still don't know how many Republicans will vote to impeach. But we do know that at least one from our region will be among their number, and that is Jaime Herrera Beutler, who represents the 3rd Congressional District, spanning Southwest Washington. |
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| Published at: | 11:46 PM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Open Government |
| Tags: | Impeachment |
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NPI calls on Pacific Northwest congressional delegation to impeach Donald Trump — again
| Excerpt: | Read a letter from the leadership of the Northwest Progressive Institute to the region's members of Congress urging them to impeach Donald Trump for a second time. |
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| Published at: | 9:36 PM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Progressive champion Representative Pramila Jayapal has tested positive for COVID-19
| Excerpt: | Sad news to share: our own Representative Pramila Jayapal says that she has tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Read her full statement. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Open Government |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Accountable Leaders |
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Trump’s deplatforming accelerates as Twitter finally bans him and several of his associates
| Excerpt: | "In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action," the company said in a statement announcing its action. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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Militant right wing violence and intimidation is sadly as American as cherry pie
| Excerpt: | For more than half a century, the police have treated right wing demonstrators and even terrorists differently than left wing demonstrators, a distinction that was again apparent on January 6th, 2021. |
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| Published at: | 7:27 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Nondiscrimination, Safe Neighborhoods |
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Three out of four members of the Capitol Police Board are gone or on their way out
| Excerpt: | The agency responsible for the protection of Congress' meeting place, the headquarters of the government of the United States, will be getting a major leadership overhaul. |
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| Published at: | 6:08 PM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Joe Biden, Jay Inslee denounce Trump-incited terrorist attack on the United States Capitol
| Excerpt: | Read or watch what America's forty-sixth president and Washington's chief executive had to say about the violent insurrection of January 6th, 2021. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | National Defense, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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Leaked audio offers fresh evidence that Trump is a criminal: Impeach him again
| Excerpt: | New articles of impeachment should be promptly bought against Donald Trump. The leaked tape alone provides ample evidence that Trump is engaged in criminal behavior and is violating the oath of office he took to protect and defend the Constitution. |
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| Published at: | 7:20 PM on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Impeachment |
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Joe Biden and the Salish Sea: Will cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline mean Alberta’s bitumen crude oil is headed to our waters?