The Reichert-aligned KTTH personality devoted a segment of his Friday, June 14th show to criticizing how NPI has been analyzing the 2024 gubernatorial contest, which is expected to pit Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson against former Congressman Dave Reichert.
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The RNC and right wing media are maliciously editing videos to make President Biden look bad
Disinformation has become a top element of the Republican National Committee’s content creation playbook.
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Cook downgrades WA-Gov to “Lean Democratic” despite evidence suggesting Republicans’ prospects are worsening
The staff of the Cook Political Report can see that Republicans are facing increasingly difficult odds in their effort to win the Evergreen State’s top post, but they’ve curiously chosen to change their rating of the race in Republicans’ favor.
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Judge Chris Lanese dismisses Tim Eyman’s groundless legal challenge to initiative filing fee increase
Secretary of State Steve Hobbs followed the law and properly exercised his authority when he adopted new rules for filing statewide initiatives and referenda, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled.
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FAA reauthorization bill now law thanks to the legislative stewardship of Senator Maria Cantwell
Despite Congress’s delay on reauthorization, the votes on the bill’s final passage were overwhelmingly bipartisan. In the Senate, it passed 88–4, while in the House it passed 387–26.
Posted inOur Environment
Big banks continue to facilitate climate damage, even though it’s an increasing risk to the financial sector
The report is a reminder that financial behemoths must change their lending practices or have their assets transferred to an institution that can adequately represent the common good if we’re to make real progress in combating the climate crisis.
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Sound Transit begins pre-revenue testing on Lynnwood Link extension
“We’re less than three months away from the opening of the Lynnwood extension,” said Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, also a Sound Transit Board Vice Chair. “Each milestone brings us that much closer to fast, reliable light rail service that Snohomish County residents have been wanting and needing for years.”
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Judge Allyson Zipp incinerates Jim Walsh’s shameful lawsuit to hide fiscal impact information from Washington voters
The ruling upheld the applicability of a 2022 law sponsored by State Representative Mia Gregerson (D‑33rd District: South King County) and championed by our team at NPI that is wildly popular with Washington voters of all political stripes.
Posted inCivil Liberties
Democrats in Congress divided on President Biden’s executive action on the border
The order, which took effect Wednesday morning, stops asylum processing in the country once crossings rise over a 2,500 daily average and only resumes once daily arrests are below 1,500 for a week. It drew both praise and condemnation from Democrats in Congress.
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For Washington and Oregon Republicans, there’ll be no escape from the “twin cudgels” of Trump and abortion in 2024
It may not seem fair to some Republicans that we’re about to have another election that could turn on Biden’s predecessor and reproductive rights. But those are the dynamics their party created.
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Unsurprisingly, Jim Walsh wants to evade an NPI-championed law that requires fiscal transparency in initiative descriptions
The Chair of the Washington State Republican Party, joined by the Chair of the Mainstream Republicans, is asking a judge to order statewide executive officials to conceal information about the fiscal impacts of Initiatives 2109, 2117, and 2124 from voters, who are legally entitled to that information under a 2022 law NPI helped pass.
Posted inMedia & Culture
Book Review: “Big River” celebrates the mighty Columbia
Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly’s review of Big River: Resilience and Renewal in the Columbia Basin, by David Moscowitz and Eileen Delehanty Pearkes.
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Vice President Kamala Harris headlines two Seattle fundraising events for Biden Victory Fund
Read a recap of Vice President Harris’ two appearances at Biden Victory Fund events in the City of Seattle on June 1st, 2024.
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Seattle for three and a half hour fundraising trip
The VP has touched down in the Emerald City and is now on her way to the first of two fundraising events.