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Category Archives: Government
What Wyoming has done to improve the migration pathways
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11-year-old girl tells Biden why she should be nominated to Supreme Court
Thanks to Bob P. by DEBRA CASSENS WEISS in the ABA Journal An 11-year-old girl has written to President Joe Biden asking that he nominate her to the U.S. Supreme Court. The girl is Maddi Morgan, who told Biden that … Continue reading
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O Captain, My Captain
Walt Whitman wrote “O Captain, My Captain!” as a dedication to Abraham Lincoln, a man he greatly admired Although it seems like it is just a poem about a sea captain who dies at the end of a victorious voyage, … Continue reading
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Rights and Responsibilities
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Agenda CEG Meeting – February 18, 2022
4:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom Katherine Graubard, FacilitatorRick Baugh, Minutes Report on CEG being a part of SRA Coming events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Feb. 19, 1:00 p.m. 43rd District Town Hall, Sen Pedersen, Reps Macri and Chopp – Individuals can … Continue reading
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Heather Cox Richardson – 1776 in context
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Housing, homelessness, and funding
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Hoo, Boy! Commentary from Heather Cox Richardson
On Wednesday, January 19, by a vote of 8 to 1, the Supreme Court refused to block the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from releasing documents produced by the Trump White House to the House Select Committee to Investigate … Continue reading
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CEG Meeting January 21, 2022
Agenda CEG Meeting – January 21, 20224:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom -Rick Baugh, Facilitator-Rick Baugh, Minutes Report of Last Month’s Activities – Past events:-David Domke Talks (Peggy Newsom) Coming events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Feb 18, Fri – 4:00 p.m. … Continue reading
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The right to vote, civil rights and Harry S Truman
Notes from Heather Cox Richardson
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Democracy not violence: Americans, please take this pledge
Thanks to Put B. If you would like to see who has signed on already, the list is available at www.democracynotviolence.us by clicking on “Signers.” By Brian Baird Special to The Seattle Times On the anniversary of the worst attack on … Continue reading
Fearing for Our Democracy
January 6th notes from historian Heather Cox Richardson
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