The Washington State House of Representatives has once again overwhelmingly approved a bill that would address pay inequity in the workplace, sending its version over to the Senate, where it is certain to get a better reception than in the past thanks to the chamber’s new Democratic majority.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Anyone who lives inside the U.S. can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds”
Take a few moments today to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther Kingr, Jr.‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail, in which he explains that no American can be considered to be an outsider within the boundaries of their own country.
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Trump loses again: 9th Circuit refuses to reinstate discriminatory travel ban
Donald Trump’s unconstitutional and discriminatory travel ban will remain unenforceable for the time being, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. In a unanimous decision, a three judge panel ruled that Trump’s regime “has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that failure to enter a […]
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State of Washington wins restraining order against Trump regime’s immigration ban
Handing Attorney General Bob Ferguson a preliminary victory in his efforts to stop neofascist Donald Trump from stomping all over the United States Constitution and federal law, U.S. Federal District Court Judge Judge James L. Robart today granted the State of Washington’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of key provisions of Trump’s […]
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson unveils bipartisan legislation to abolish executions
Flanked by former Attorney General Rob McKenna and Governor Jay Inslee, current Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a major new effort to abolish the barbaric practice of state-sponsored executions in Washington, supported by a bipartisan group of legislators from each house. Declaring that it is the responsibility of leaders to lead, Ferguson said the time […]
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Join us tomorrow at the Rally for Student Civil Rights and Amply Funded Schools!
It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex. – Washington State Constitution, Article IX, Section 1 Readers! Do you believe in the Constitution of Washington State? Do you believe that all of […]
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Trump fans, welcome to the backlash against your backlash. It’s only just getting started.
People all across the Disunited States of America, disgusted with Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election, have taken to the streets to protest the foul-mouthed neofascist, with many declaring “He’s Not My President.” In city after city, from Denver to Chicago to Los Angeles to San Francisco and Oakland to New York to […]
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America wakes up to a nightmare: Horrific attack on Orlando nightclub leaves fifty dead
This morning, hundreds of millions of Americans woke up to the news that a man armed with an AR-15 assault rifle who had called 911 to announce that he was about to commit a heinous act in the name of the Islamic state group had brutally slaughtered over fifty people at a gay nightclub in […]
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VICTORY! WA Senate defeats bill to roll back protections for transgender individuals
In a victory for LGBT civil rights, a discriminatory bill that tried to roll back protections for transgender individuals has died on the floor of the Washington State Senate today after being defeated by the narrowest of margins. The militants who control the Senate Republican caucus, including Tim Eyman’s pals Doug Ericksen, Michael Baumgartner, Pam […]
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: We have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and like we do every year in honor of Dr. King’s memory, I’m posting an excerpt from his Letter From Birmingham Jail. In these passages, Dr. King is explaining that not all laws are created equal. Laws are made by humans, and humans unfortunately have a long history […]
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Two out of five Trump backers think rounding up Japanese Americans was a good thing, favor bombing Aladdin’s fictional homeland
As if The Daily Show’s recent focus group with Donald Trump supporters wasn’t scary enough, Public Policy Polling (which periodically does public opinion research for NPI) has now published the results of its latest national poll, which finds that Donald Trump’s popularity among Republican voters continues to grow, and that many of those voters are […]
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Shameful: U.S. House passes bill to effectively stop Syrian refugees from coming to America
The United States House of Representatives today disgraced itself by voting overwhelmingly to approve a Republican-backed bill intended to effectively block America from taking in more Syrian refugees. The vote on the legislation was two hundred and eighty-nine to one hundred and thirty-seven, with forty-seven Democrats shamefully joining nearly all the Republicans in voting aye. H.R. […]
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The disgusting extremism of Republican Jay Rodne, Snoqualmie’s own resident bigot
Over the past few days, we’ve seen a vile escalation of anti-refugee rhetoric from some of the Republican Party’s most bombastic figures, including presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris, France. A number of Republican governors have also gotten into the act, declaring that the […]
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White supremacist guns down nine at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Horrifying and repulsive doesn’t even begin to describe how awful this news is: A white gunman killed nine people during a prayer meeting at one of Charleston’s oldest and best-known black churches Wednesday night in one of the worst mass shootings in South Carolina history. Heavily armed law enforcement officers scoured the area into the […]