| Excerpt: | The U.S. has already agreed to provide Strykers and Bradleys to Ukraine. The Abrams is the final frontier with respect to what the U.S. can offer in terms of armored vehicles. |
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| Published at: | 8:44 PM on Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Alliances, Diplomacy & Conflict |
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Category Archives: National Defense
Biden administration reportedly now willing to send U.S. made Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Washington State Senate unanimously passes much needed school seismic safety grant bill
| Excerpt: | All forty-nine Washington State senators have voted to pass a bill that would establish a grant program to upgrade seismically vulnerable school buildings in Washington State, providing sorely needed funds to ensure our kids have safe facilities to learn in. |
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| Published at: | 8:07 PM on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Education, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Emergency Preparedness, School Funding |
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Big news! Meaningful school seismic safety bills have been introduced in the Legislature
| Excerpt: | The bills (HB 2095 and SB 5933) would create a school seismic safety grant program, backed by general obligation bonds that would need to be voter-approved in a special statewide vote to be held in November of 2022. |
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| Published at: | 11:14 PM on Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Education, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Emergency Preparedness, School Funding |
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Read President Biden’s speech marking the anniversary of the January 6th attack
| Excerpt: | Access the complete transcripts of the speeches delivered by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden at the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2022. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Thursday, January 6th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism, January 6th Attack on the Capitol, Speech Transcripts |
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The two faces of Sean Hannity: Fox host privately advised Trump to go back to Florida while publicly attacking our democracy
| Excerpt: | Unbelievable as it may seem, Hannity briefly offered Trump sensible advice in closing days of his scandal-ridden presidency, according to a treasure trove of emails obtained by the House Selection Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
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| Published at: | 11:30 PM on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism, January 6th Attack on the Capitol, Media Criticism |
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Jaime Herrera Beutler votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress
| Excerpt: | Just nine Republicans were among the two hundred and twenty-nine representatives who voted to hold Bannon in contempt, and one of them was the Pacific Northwest's own Jaime Herrera Beutler. |
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| Published at: | 2:09 PM on Thursday, October 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism, January 6th Attack on the Capitol, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Netroots Nation featured panel delves into the lasting effects of the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol
| Excerpt: | Sarah Groh, Ted Lieu, Sarah Iddrissu, and Matthew Fuller joined Melissa Ryan for a conversation about the aftermath of the attack that Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress incited and directed against the nation's temple of democracy. |
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| Published at: | 1:55 PM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Events, Party Politics, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism, January 6th Attack on the Capitol, Netroots Nation |
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Select committee on January 6th attack gets to work, hears testimony from police officers
| Excerpt: | Over the course of three and a half hours, four officers told their horrifying stories, describing the violence abuse they suffered at the hands of Trump's terrorist mob. |
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| Published at: | 12:12 PM on Tuesday, July 27th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism |
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In seeking to block a commission to probe the attack on the U.S. Capitol, top Republicans in Congress remind us their work is never done
| Excerpt: | The leadership of Republicans in Congress, prompted by Donald Trump, spent Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 hanging out to dry those House Republicans who want a September 11th style commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Ending Terrorism, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Twenty years after the Nisqually earthquake, seismic upgrades still needed across Cascadia
| Excerpt: | There is no question we've made some progress since the Nisqually quake traumatically reminded us that we live in a region that belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire. Yet there is also a lot that remains to be done. |
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| Published at: | 10:54 PM on Sunday, February 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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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 |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness, Energy & Power |
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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: | Open Government, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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Joe Biden heads to Ottawa: He and Canada’s Justin Trudeau have much to talk about