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Category Archives: Government
“Meritless to the point of demagoguery” – The National Review
by Heather Cox Richardson
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CEG MEETING MINUTES — 3/18/22
Meeting Minutes Minutes CEG Meeting – March 18, 20224:00 pm Mount Baker & Zoom Rick Baugh, Facilitator Rick Baugh, Minutes Coming events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Mar. 23, Wed, 3:00 p.m. Judge Ceciley Hazelrigg, Division 1, Position 5, Washington State Court of … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Civic Engagement Group, Government, Politics
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CEG Meeting – This Friday, March 18, 2022
Agenda CEG Meeting – March 18, 2022 4:00 pm Skyclub Lounge (24th Floor), Zoom, & Channel 370Rick Baugh, FacilitatorRick Baugh, MinutesComing events: DATE/TIME EVENT Place Mar. 18, Fri – … Continue reading
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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.
Posted in Advocacy, Government, Justice, prayer, War
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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
Posted in Government, History, Remembrances
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Rights and Responsibilities
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
Posted in Education, Government, Health, History
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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
Posted in Government, History, Race
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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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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
Posted in Government, In the Neighborhood, Safety
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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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