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.
Category: Open Government
House Select Committee lays out definitive case that Trump incited January 6th attack
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.”
Over eight in ten Washington State voters support ban on foreign campaign donations
83% percent of 700 likely voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they supported banning foreign campaign donations to all candidates and ballot measures at the state and local level in Washington. Just 11% said they were opposed. 6% said they were not sure.
Right wing media unloads on Liz Cheney for insisting on accountability for January 6th
Liz Cheney is a fierce partisan: Unlike her Republican House colleagues, however, she has no truck or trade with public fabrication of falsehoods.
Despite publicly fantasizing about killing a colleague, Arizona’s Paul Gosar is unlikely to face discipline from House Republicans
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.
Read the guest essay defending City Attorney Pete Holmes that The Seattle Times refused to publish before the August Top Two election
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.
Tim Eyman pleads poverty in latest appeal for cash, says legal fees have “drained me dry”
The failed gubernatorial candidate and dishonest initiative promoter claims to be out of money and wants his friends to bail him out. Again.
Dan Newhouse’s political future was imperiled by his January 2021 impeachment vote. Can he appease the Trump cult?
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.
Andrew Grant Houston talks with NPI about his 2021 candidacy for Mayor of Seattle
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.
Accountability! Oregon Legislature expels extremist, militant Republican Mike Nearman
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.
Understanding Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator imperiling U.S. democracy’s future
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.
Most Washingtonians approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, NPI poll finds
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.
“Consequential” 2021 legislative session is what voters across Washington State wanted
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.
Power-obsessed Mitch McConnell wants to decide what does not get done in America
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.