| 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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Category Archives: Open Government
House Select Committee lays out definitive case that Trump incited January 6th attack
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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Despite publicly fantasizing about killing a colleague, Arizona’s Paul Gosar is unlikely to face discipline from House Republicans
| Excerpt: | The House Republican Caucus in Washington, D.C., which once enforced behavioral standards, is increasingly a place where shows of violent fantasy and the fomenting of real-life violence are condoned, excused and even endorsed. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Ending Terrorism |
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Read the guest essay defending City Attorney Pete Holmes that The Seattle Times refused to publish before the August Top Two election
| Excerpt: | With self-absorption and self-praise, The Seattle Times has made a big deal of its dogged pursuit of public records and commitment to open government. The newspaper should display an equal commitment to public comment. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism, Public Records |
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Tim Eyman pleads poverty in latest appeal for cash, says legal fees have “drained me dry”
| Excerpt: | The failed gubernatorial candidate and dishonest initiative promoter claims to be out of money and wants his friends to bail him out. Again. |
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| Published at: | 9:05 PM on Friday, July 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Litigation, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Campaign Disclosure, Permanent Defense |
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Dan Newhouse’s political future was imperiled by his January 2021 impeachment vote. Can he appease the Trump cult?
| Excerpt: | He may not like grizzly bears, but Dan has become a serious pander bear, trying to get back into the good graces of the Republican base after breaking with Trump. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Party Politics, Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, WA-04 |
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Andrew Grant Houston talks with NPI about his 2021 candidacy for Mayor of Seattle
| Excerpt: | Read a transcript of the conversation between NPI's Ruairi Vaughan and mayoral candidate Andrew Grant Houston, one of fifteen candidates vying to become Seattle's next elected executive in the 2021 cycle. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Wednesday, June 30th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Accountability! Oregon Legislature expels extremist, militant Republican Mike Nearman
| Excerpt: | Video footage from December 21st depicts Nearman opening the door to the closed, locked Capitol to allow an armed band of militant right wing extremists into the building. It was something that Nearman had planned on doing in advance. |
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| Published at: | 10:51 AM on Friday, June 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Understanding Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator imperiling U.S. democracy’s future
| Excerpt: | Manchin clearly doesn't like what is happening to the country, but bewilderingly, it appears he only wants to take corrective action if the very people who are busy enabling the destruction of America's political norms are on board. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, June 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Fair Elections, Universal Suffrage |
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Most Washingtonians approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, NPI poll finds
| Excerpt: | 54% of respondents surveyed in May of 2021 told NPI's pollster that they approved of Biden's job performance, while 41% disapproved. 5% said they were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Thursday, May 27th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Research Poll Findings |
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“Consequential” 2021 legislative session is what voters across Washington State wanted
| Excerpt: | Recent elections have produced a responsive state government attuned to the needs and wishes of the people: a state government that is more policy-oriented than politics-oriented. We're getting action instead of theater. |
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| Published at: | 3:41 PM on Friday, May 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Party Politics, Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Research Poll Findings, WA-Leg |
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Power-obsessed Mitch McConnell wants to decide what does not get done in America
| Excerpt: | The Kentucky Republican cares not for governing. He evinces no interest in taking the hand dealt by America’s voters and trying to solve or get a jump on the nation’s problems. He is instead about power, hanging onto his position as a top Republican. |
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| Published at: | 1:47 PM on Thursday, May 6th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Party Politics, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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The Biden-Harris administration is showing us that it gets the importance of reframing
| Excerpt: | Framing and reframing really matters to this administration. Consider the naming of Biden's three key proposals. The American Rescue Plan, the American Jobs Plan, and the American Families Plan are all simply and beautifully named. Accurate, memorable, and punchy. |
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| Published at: | 3:02 PM on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Reframing 101 |
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2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting