Category Archives: Politics

How we got here: One country, several nations

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Marilyn W.! By David Horsey Seattle Times cartoonist Washington, Oregon and California have banded together to coordinate policies for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, as have states in the Northeast. Meanwhile, several states in the South and the Mountain … Continue reading →

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Trump Blames Plummeting Poll Numbers on People Paying Attention When He Talks

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Jim deMaine

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it a “disgraceful situation,” Donald J. Trump on Monday blamed his sinking poll numbers on people paying attention when he talks. Noting that his approval rating has plummeted since he began holding coronavirus briefings, he … Continue reading →

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It’s time to rethink the revolution

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Put B 🙂

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New Domke lectures

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Hello everyone, I am writing with info on three items: (a) an open-to-all, free public lecture this Wednesday, “Now or Never: How We Protect Voting Rights in 2020”; (b) a two-lecture series April 27 and May 4, “How Joe Biden Can Win”; … Continue reading →

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NPR Station Stops Airing Trump Coronavirus Briefings For ‘False Information’

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. for letting us know what we’re missing 🙂 A National Public Radio station has tuned out President Donald Trump. Seattle’s KUOW said fact-checking the president’s falsehoods and exaggeration became a challenge during the live broadcast. KUOW … Continue reading →

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The crisis of dumping plastics

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C. for send this article to us

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Presidential ‘tweets’ on the free press

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By The Seattle Times editorial board President Donald Trump, easily fending off his remaining challenger for the Republican nomination in Iowa and New Hampshire, continues to lob insults against media organizations covering the campaign. While friction between presidents and the press … Continue reading →

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Paging Michael Bloomberg

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By Thomas L Friedman in the NYT My fellow Americans, we face a national emergency. Never before have we had a president so utterly lacking in personal integrity, so able to lie and abuse his powers with such impunity and … Continue reading →

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Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community – The Villages in Florida

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Ed McGinty is a rare protester in the Trump stronghold of The Villages. “When Trump won, it changed the whole ballgame for me,” McGinty says. “I thought to myself, ‘This was supposed to be a joke. What’s wrong with these … Continue reading →

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Impeachment commentary

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By Heather Cox Richardson, an historian and professor at Boston University. She has authored several books, including American Carnage. Thanks to Mary Jane F. for sending this in. Today the impeachment managers for the House of Representatives released their trial … Continue reading →

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Country divided

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Trump Has Made Us All Stupid

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Jim deMaine

By David Brooks in the NYT: Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest. So you’d think that those of us in the anti-Trump camp would go out of our way to show we’re not like him — that … Continue reading →

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Oh, don’t worry. He’d never start a war!

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Jim deMaine
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Armed insurrection in eastern Washington?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Jim deMaine

SPOKANE, Wash. — Matt Shea was 34 years old when he ran for the State Legislature in eastern Washington, but he had already established credentials that made him a promising Republican candidate. A lawyer trained at Gonzaga University who had … Continue reading →

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I Headed the F.B.I. and C.I.A. There’s a Dire Threat to the Country I Love.

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By William Webster Mr. Webster is a former federal judge and the former director of both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. Letter to the NYT: The privilege of being the only American in our history to serve as the director of … Continue reading →

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Who represents me?

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Here are two great resources the Washington State Legislature and the League of Women Voters: https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/ https://lwvwa.org/who-represents-you

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A divided America needs a one-nation centrist party

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By Chris Vance Special to The Seattle Times I am one of the scores of Americans left politically homeless. For 37 years I worked to build the Republican Party in Washington state. The election of President Donald Trump and the ascendancy … Continue reading →

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The Queen and 11 Presidents: 2020 will tell us if there will be a 12th.

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Jim deMaine

Gordon G. sent this along. I hope you’ve watched The Crown – season 3 is now on Netflix. England’s current queen has been the head of state long enough that many people either don’t remember or haven’t been around long … Continue reading →

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What we’ve been missing! Michele Obama in Carpool Karaoke at the White House

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jim deMaine
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Hard to find

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Jim deMaine
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Former Republican Senator Slade Gorton speaks out

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Jim deMaine

In the NYT: In March of 1974, as a young state attorney general, I reluctantly called for President Richard Nixon’s resignation amid revelations of abuses of power related to Watergate. It wasn’t an easy thing to do. As a Republican, … Continue reading →

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Slade Gorton appeals to his party to acknowledge the facts

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Jim deMaine

By David Horsey Seattle Times cartoonist Slade Gorton has always been a man I have admired, even when we disagreed on philosophy. He was the state’s leading conservative voice in an era before politics became polarized and nasty, long before the … Continue reading →

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