| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Category Archives: Open Government
Republican lawmakers are still harping about building access, even after attack on Capitol
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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Accountable Leaders |
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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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense |
| 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: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Impeachment |
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Republican plot to dissolve joint Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department collapses
| Excerpt: | At the last minute, erratic Republican Councilmember Pam Roach thwarted a scheme by Executive Bruce Dammeier's operation to displace TPCHD with a standalone public health department. |
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| Published at: | 10:32 PM on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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As Biden’s Cabinet takes shape, progressive groups plan for a post-Trump future
| Excerpt: | President-elect Joe Biden has spent the weeks since the election assembling the team that he hopes to bring with him to Washington, D.C. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Healthcare, National Defense, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Presidential Transitions |
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House Public Safety Committee reviews ideas for police reform ahead of 2021 session
| Excerpt: | In a November 30th virtual work session, the Washington State House of Representatives heard from reform advocates as well as representatives of law enforcement. |
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| Published at: | 9:45 PM on Monday, November 30th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Emma Goolsby |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Criminal Justice |
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Formal transition to Biden-Harris begins as GSA finally recognizes Democratic victory
| Excerpt: | Administrator Emily Murphy has notified the Biden-Harris team that they will be able to access resources made available by the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. |
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| Published at: | 7:32 PM on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Transitions and Successions |
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Incoming Biden-Harris team signals it will avoid repeating many of Obama’s missteps