Rye Development is proposing a massive pumped storage power plant uphill from the site of the closed Goldendale smelter, next to the Columbia River. This facility will take over a closed pumped storage plant. Native American tribes, including tribes from Asia, originally migrated to this vicinity as a group with common languages and...
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If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze — Joe Biden Vice President Joe Biden’s climate plan has received rave reviews across the planet. Many have hope that the United States carrot and...
Fuck him: Loren Culp, the Republican nominee running to unseat Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), is pushing a conspiracy theory that many of the wildfires raging in the Pacific Northwest are the result of a coordinated arson campaign. In a 13-minute campaign video posted to Culp’s YouTube late Wednesday, the...
I have a few thoughts. Perhaps they may seem random, perhaps not. I watched all of each night, and some commentary both on cable and what I saw online. These thoughts, however, are only mine, They will not be in any particular order. Make of them what you will. Let...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT), in support of these down ballot Democrats campaigns: You know as well as I do that our campaign for president was never simply about winning an election. It was about building a movement that is prepared...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Gov. Jay Inslee (D. WA), on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support former Vice President and Democratic Nominee, Joe Biden’s climate plan: Joe Biden Every day under Donald Trump feels like the world is falling apart. Sadly, when it...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D. WA) in support of Governor Jay Inslee’s (D. WA) re-election campaign: Gov. Jay Inslee (D. WA) These last few months have driven home the importance of governors. Across the country, state leaders have stepped up to lead the fight against...
Received this e-mail today from Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D. WA-07), in support of Gov. Jay Inslee’s (D. WA) re-election campaign: This year, just three Democratic governors are up for re-election — and my friend Jay Inslee is one of them. This pandemic has shown the power...
Trump claims that domestic terrorists run by “radical left Democrats” have taken over Seattle. #CHAZ is not exactly Paris 1968 or even 1871. Imagine Occupy as a street fair. Trump is relying on his alternate reality to keep him appearing like IMPOTUS*. Darn it, the oxymorons have liberated Seattle and nationalized Microsoft...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D. WA) in support of Governor Jay Inslee’s (D. WA) re-election campaign: Gov. Jay Inslee (D. WA) Washington Governor Jay Inslee is up for re-election this year and I’m asking you to join me in supporting his campaign. Here’s why: In...
New York Magazine has a must-read piece out right now: When fourth-term senator Joe Biden built his Wilmington, Delaware, home in 1996, he had no plans to turn it into a backup office, let alone a presidential-campaign isolation bunker from which to plan a crisis presidency an order of magnitude more expansive than anything...
Classic Trumpian economic policy, preying on chaos. Trump pimps a “V-shaped” recovery in time to re-elect him. Nope, probably not happening. DC is barely keeping the US economy together because the GOP intends to rebuild it on the victims of the pandemic. Bill Blain does a rant on this. … The...
< p class=”is-empty-p”> Trump is using Twitter to encourage those right-wing idiots who want Michigan and Minnesota (and also Ohio and Virginia) to drop their stay-at-home orders. In response, Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA), whose state was the first to be hit by the coronavirus, issued an official statement today: “The...
I spoke to my brother this morning by phone because he is currently recovering from COVID-19 related pneumonia and I cannot visit him. My nephew is in the last four days of his quarantine in Georgia where he serves as a member of the U.S. Army. My sister works as...
I like the sounds of this: Joe Biden’s campaign is mounting an aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to address the biggest weakness of his candidacy: A lack of enthusiasm among the liberal base, particularly young voters. Since his landslide victories earlier this month, Biden’s advisers have engaged in talks with a range...
Remember when Donald Trump, instead of taking the bull by the horns and helping our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, decided to throw paper towels at them, blame them for their troubles, whine about the expense their predicament was incurring, lie about the expense itself, and excoriate their...
Mr. President, crooked Covid, little-19, low energy corona, and fake-virus will not solve the problem. Donald Trump has met a problem he cannot solve with a convenient lie or a disparaging tweet. In desperation, he waived his tweeting obsession long enough to publicly call Washington state Governor Jay Inslee a...
This anticipated move of Meadows to replace Mulvaney could distract from the current Trump messaging. Mulvaney gets to work on his golf game for the remainder of the Trump term. He can still be subpoenaed, but he’s at least out of the WH. A four-term lawmaker, Meadows announced in December that...
Well, over the weekend, the President of the United States did what he does best, confused us, lied to us and denied the science. On Friday night in South Carolina, he continued his counterprogramming tour, appearing in a Democratic primary town, the night of, or a day before the primary...
This is why I fully support U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in this primary: Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrapped up a three-day swing through southeast Iowa Monday, focusing on rural parts of the state fewer than two months shy of the caucuses. Warren traversed the southeast corner of Iowa, holding...
A little while ago, I wrote about how the former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), gave the 2020 Democratic candidates a new litmus test when it gets to getting shit done once elected: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this week that should Democrats take control of...
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: This past week, two presidential candidates left the race and are running for other offices. But make no mistake. They are not the same. GOOD: Jay Inslee is a climate change hero. As Elizabeth Warren said, “Thank you Jay Inslee for...
Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), sat down with NPR yesterday in an interview and continued to push an issue that needs to be emphasized in this primary: abolishing the filibuster. It’s the only way to get progressive policy pushed through. You want to get...
ABC News on Wednesday unveiled the four moderators who will host the third Democratic presidential primary debate next month in Houston. The debate will be moderated by ABC chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir, ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, the network announced. The...
He’s so fucking stupid: In recent years, the Democrats have become the party of combating climate change, while some Republicans willingly deny the effect. This includes Donald Trump. When the Midwest experienced a 60 degree day in January, the President tweeted, “What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please...
It’s gaining momentum. First, Teresa Tomlinson (D. GA): x One of the reasons I am running for US Senate is that my professional skill set is in restructuring dysfunctional systems. We will have to scrap the current Senate rules and come up with new rules that encourage deliberative, effective action...
I love this man: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this week that should Democrats take control of the upper chamber during the 2020 election, there’s one thing they could do to further efforts to tackle climate change: Kill the filibuster. “The No. 1 priority is climate change,”...
The debate was still going on when the Trumps sprang into action: During Thursday's Democratic presidential debate, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted to his millions of followers a Harris critic who took issue with her identity. “Kamala Harris is *not* an American Black. She is half Indian and half Jamaican,” the...
I am not going to make the declarative statement that you may be expecting. The winner in last night’s debate was the American people. First debates are usually feeling out exercises with onlookers breathlessly waiting for the zinger of the night. Fortunately, the Democratic party did something unusual, they did...
There’s nothing worse than a blockbuster upcoming movie that spends three months showing nonstop “teaser” ads touting the flick, and then you plunk down $12 only to realize that all of the exciting parts in the teaser ads were the best parts of the whole damn movie itself. Last night...
Nationwide First Choice Second Choice Elizabeth Warren 37.8% Bernie Sanders 16.5% Joe Biden 14.9% Pete Buttigieg 11.7% Kamala Harris 6.8% Undecided 2.2% Beto O’Rourke 1.8% Andrew Yang 1.1% Jay Inslee 1.1% Cory Booker 1.0% Amy Klobuchar 1.0% Tulsi Gabbard 0.8% Marianne Williamson 0.8% Someone Else 0.4% Michael Bennett 0.3% Julián...
Like any other voters, I have always wanted to know a Democratic candidates policy positions and their vision. Obviously, this is especially true of Democrats running for president. Because I have been around long enough, I’ve seen some elections where Democratic primary voters had little to no choices — the 2000...
There were two things that I saw in the news this week that I felt were worth mentioning and commenting upon. One was a poll that had nothing to do with specific individual candidate popularity in the Democratic primaries, and the other was reporting on both MSNBC and CNN regarding...
in which I am making no commitment to any candidate, but am laying down several markers, at least as I consider my support. And I will preface this by noting my spouse is quite impressed by Buttigieg and has contributed to him (2x) and to Inslee (b/c of Jay’s commitment...
By Alan Minsky, Executive Director and Mike Hersh, Communications Director, Progressive Democrats of America | Press Release Senator Sanders Wins PDA’s Endorsement Poll in a Landslide PDA has officially endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in 2020, following his landslide victory in their endorsement poll of supporters across the country. In order...
In solidarity, Alan Minsky for Mike H., Shayna, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Dan, and Dr. Bill—your PDA National Team Bernie Sanders wins the official endorsementof the Progressive Democrats of America witha resounding 66% victory on the first ballot On Sunday March 3rd, PDA sent an e-mail to all...
This week, two of my favorite progressive U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley (D. OR) and Sherrod Brown (D. OH) passed on running for the Democratic nominee for President. While the field is already crowded, I was hoping both men would enter to bring their ideas and platforms to the primary. But...
I don’t know yet if he is going to run for President or for a third term, but I like where his head is on this: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), a climate hawk and likely 2020 presidential candidate, on Monday came out forcefully for eliminating the filibuster. “I do...
The results of MoveOn’s first membership-wide straw poll and survey for the 2020 presidential elections are in: Support from members is up for grabs among a wide and diverse field of potential candidates. What’s not up for grabs is what MoveOn members hope for in the next president: The top...
Someone Else / Don’t Know 17.89% Beto O’Rourke 15.60% Joe Biden 14.95% Bernie Sanders 13.15% Kamala Harris 10.02% Elizabeth Warren 6.42% Sherrod Brown 2.92% Amy Klobuchar 2.75% Michael Bloomberg 2.71% Cory Booker 2.63% Joseph Kennedy III 1.90% Stacey Abrams 1.16% Kirsten Gillibrand 1.09% Tulsi Gabbard 0.78% John Hickenlooper 0.71% Eric...
I have documented crimes committed against Florida by our right wing regime for nearly a decade now. Every day I wake up to see what atrocities are up to bat next. Just one example: Rick Scott’s ever new and creative ways to suppress the vote. As one teacher learned the hard way,...