| Excerpt: | The code asks justices not to play a part in cases where they have a professional connection or personal interest. Compliance is entirely voluntary and based the judgment of the justice. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Friday, November 17th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Money in Politics |
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Category Archives: Open Government
The Roberts/Alito Supreme Court’s toothless new code of ethics isn’t good enough
United States House of Representatives votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker
| Excerpt: | McCarthy's speakership lasted just two hundred and sixty-nine days, ranking as one of the shortest in American history. |
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| Published at: | 2:31 PM on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Resolutions to Vacate, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Cory Booker, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell join calls for Bob Menendez’s resignation
| Excerpt: | Menendez might feel that since he beat previous charges brought by the Department of Justice, he can do so again. But other Democrats aren't betting on him (nor should they). |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, NJ-Sen |
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Memo to Washington State’s right wing: Harassment is not accountability
| Excerpt: | In orchestrating this bombardment of an elected official's personal mobile number with angrily-worded text messages, Tim Eyman and others are seeking to intimidate an elected official so she doesn't cross them in the future. |
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| Published at: | 1:31 PM on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Republican megadonor Brian Heywood opens his wallet to fund six-initiative signature drive
| Excerpt: | A wealthy donor to the Washington State Republican Party has begun funneling serious money into a signature drive that aims to qualify a slew of six right wing initiatives to the 2024 Washington State Legislature, reports filed this week with the Public Disclosure Commission by his political committee show. |
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| Published at: | 2:02 PM on Friday, September 15th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Clean Campaigns, Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward feigns ignorance after accepting Matt Shea’s blessing at a white Christian nationalist rally
| Excerpt: | Woodward was already facing a tough general election campaign to win a second term, as evidenced by her loss to Lisa Brown in the August Top Two election. Now her electoral prospects look even dimmer. |
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| Published at: | 9:05 PM on Monday, September 4th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, WA-Cities |
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New fiscal dashboard proposed by NPI and Senator Kuderer goes live for Washingtonians
| Excerpt: | Prepared by the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) and the Office of Financial Management (OFM), the Budgeting for Washington's Future fiscal dashboard provides useful, truthful, and accurate information about state revenue and expenditures, as required by the legislation we created to get rid of Tim Eyman's push polls. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Permanent Defense |
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Ultra MAGA Republicans give RFK’s wayward son another platform to spew his bile
| Excerpt: | The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, invited Robert F. Kennedy's son to entertain them with conspiracy theories and misinformation on July 20th. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Friday, July 21st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Second Trump indictment lands, this one from federal charges filed by special counsel
| Excerpt: | The indictment charges that Trump unlawfully took and retained classified information that did not belong to him after exiting the White House, and that he lied about his actions and obstructed the federal government's efforts to recover the documents, because he didn't want to give them back. |
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| Published at: | 11:56 AM on Friday, June 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Criminal Justice, Intelligence, Public Records |
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Slimy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets impeached by his fellow Republicans
| Excerpt: | The saga of Paxton, now suspended from office pending a Senate trial, carries national lessons in the lengths to which the political right shows loyalty, and meet out punishment to those who dare to question even conduct that is outrageous. |
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| Published at: | 5:35 PM on Sunday, May 28th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting
| Excerpt: | The hard right has taken a hard drubbing of late. Its election deniers were denied wins from seats in legislatures, to secretary of state races, to contests for the Senate. That's led to unexpected recriminations. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, GA-Sen, January 6th Attack on the Capitol |
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House Select Committee lays out definitive case that Trump incited January 6th attack
| Excerpt: | As summed up by Republican Liz Cheney of Wyoming: “President Trump summoned the mob. President Trump assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.” |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 11th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, January 6th Attack on the Capitol |
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Right wing media unloads on Liz Cheney for insisting on accountability for January 6th
| Excerpt: | Liz Cheney is a fierce partisan: Unlike her Republican House colleagues, however, she has no truck or trade with public fabrication of falsehoods. |
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| Published at: | 11:16 AM on Friday, December 17th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, January 6th Attack on the Capitol |
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United States House of Representatives finally expels fraudster George Santos