Category Archives: Government

“Meritless to the point of demagoguery” – The National Review

by Heather Cox Richardson

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The inside story of Putin’s rise to power

Thanks to Basil F.

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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything

From Skyline resident Basil F. “Living in our community many people are asking me about my opinion about the present situation in Ukraine. I have some difficulty to explain my take about the war, all I remember the most is … Continue reading

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Let’s pray, hope and help

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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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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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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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

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Fearing for Our Democracy

January 6th notes from historian Heather Cox Richardson

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Sirens

Not only are we surrounded by three major hospitals, but the Seattle Fire Department has established a fire station at Harborview for 5 Medic units (Aid units come up under I-5 from the International District station). SFD also dispatches Medic … Continue reading

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Trying to mail that package?

Thanks to Put B. From East Las Vegas Post Office via Facebook. Another irony, I guess.

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Rep. Liz Cheney reads January 6th texts to his Chief of Staff

Conservative Republican Liz Cheney states, “These texts leave no doubt: the White House knew exactly what was happening at the Capitol. Members of Congress, the press, and others wrote to Mark Meadows as the attack was underway.”

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What we know so far about the events of January 6th

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TRUMP’S NEXT COUP HAS ALREADY BEGUN

By Bruce Gellman in The Atlantic

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Cascading climate consequences

In describing climate consequences—the ones more serious than hotter summers—I feel as if I am describing top-down cascading failures. The classic example is the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, which in 2001 had collapsed, floor after floor, down to the … Continue reading

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Heather Cox Richardson’s update for December 2nd

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