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Category Archives: Open Government

United States House of Representatives finally expels fraudster George Santos

Excerpt: Santos is just the sixth person to be forcibly removed from the House in its centuries-long existence.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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The Roberts/Alito Supreme Court’s toothless new code of ethics isn’t good enough

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.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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).
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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. 
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Written by:Caya Berndt
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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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.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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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.”
Written by:Joel Connelly
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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.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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