The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Joe Biden has declared his candidacy for President of the United States. NPI's Ruairi Vaughan analyzes the former Vice President's entry into the race. |
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| Published at: | 3:34 PM on Thursday, April 25th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | It's primary time! The Washington State Democratic Party's Central Committee has voted overwhelmingly to use a state-run presidential primary for delegate allocation in 2020. |
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| Published at: | 4:41 PM on Sunday, April 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Presidential Primary |
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| Excerpt: | To credibly denounce Trump’s vile and hypocritical history when it comes to sexual harassment, Democrats need to practice what they preach. |
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| Published at: | 3:16 PM on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Support is rising for Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, according to a new poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers. |
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| Published at: | 1:17 PM on Thursday, March 28th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | "It allows people to know you’re working for them and nobody else,” the junior Senator from New York and presidential contender explained to CNN. |
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| Published at: | 9:59 PM on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | A new poll conducted on behalf of CNN shows California Senator Kamala Harris gaining support among Democratic voters, with less than a year to go until the Iowa caucuses. |
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| Published at: | 12:32 PM on Thursday, March 21st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | It's official: the Democratic Party will gather in the Midwest to nominate its next standard bearers for President and Vice President of the United States. |
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| Published at: | 6:34 PM on Monday, March 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Events, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Democratic National Convention |
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| Excerpt: | Our own Governor Jay Inslee has officially joined the 2020 Democratic presidential field. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 AM on Friday, March 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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| Excerpt: | Panelists include David Frum, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush; David Litt, former special assistant and senior presidential speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. |
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| Published at: | 8:55 PM on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Events, Live Coverage |
| Other Tags: | Republican party |
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| Excerpt: | Hillary Clinton is in the Emerald City for the Seattle stop of her What Happened? book tour. Read NPI's take on her appearance at the Paramount Theatre. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Monday, December 11th, 2017 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Events, Live Coverage |
| Other Tags: | Books |
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| Excerpt: | 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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| Published at: | 11:17 PM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Nondiscrimination |
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| Excerpt: | Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other national Democratic figures are showing a lot of deference to Donald Trump in the hours following the projection of his likely victory in the Electoral College — perhaps owing to their belief that deference is required to ensure a peaceful transition of power. Said Clinton: Donald Trump is going […] |
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| Published at: | 1:57 PM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Catastrophe. Devastating. Tragedy. Those are some of the words I’m seeing being used in an attempt to describe the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, which ended last night in a series of dark, disturbing defeats for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. And yet, while voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were handing the […] |
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| Published at: | 4:36 AM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Exec, WA-Gov, WA-Leg |
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