Obama overtime plan already stirring controversy President Barack Obama’s move to make more workers eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay is being hailed by Democrats who see it as a potent midterm election issue and condemned by Republicans and business leaders as presidential overreach. Supporters say it will help the still fragile economy, critics say it…
Compromising won’t help get to $15 Now It’s the dog days of a Seattle winter, and tempers are growing short. The initial enthusiasm for a $15 an hour minimum wage remains strong, but it has been joined by a more contentious hashing out of the details of how we get there—and who is included. 68%…
The March KCDCC Legislative Action Committee Meeting will take place Sunday 3/16 2:00-4:00 at Redmond Library 15990 NE 85th St Redmond Special guest is Joan McBride, candidate for 48th District State Senate vs Rodney Tom.
The Senate-CIA blowup threatens a Constitutional crisis Tuesday morning, on C-SPAN, the foundation of the national security state exploded. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the chair of the Senate intelligence committee, took to the Senate floor and accused the CIA of spying on committee investigators tasked with probing the agency’s past use of harsh interrogation techniques (a.k.a. torture) and…
Conservative group ALEC targets city, local governments The right-wing group ALEC is preparing to launch a new nationwide network that will seek to replicate its current influence within state legislatures in city councils and municipalities. The American Legislative Exchange Council, founded in 1973, has become one of the most pervasive advocacy operations in the nation. It brings elected…
Public schools are under siege, and who’s the worst offender? A feature of the Obama presidency has been his campaign against the American public school system, eating way at the foundations of elementary education. That means the erosion of an institution that has been one of the keystones of the Republic. The project to remake…
Bernie Sanders: ‘I am prepared to run for president of the United States’ Bernie Sanders says he is “prepared to run for president of the United States.” That’s not a formal announcement. A lot can change between now and 2016, and the populist senator from Vermont bristles at the whole notion of a permanent campaign….
Harry Reid continues showdown with Kochs Harry Reid is leading a concerted election-year strategy by Democrats to demonize the Koch brothers, starting on the Senate floor. The Senate majority (D-NV) leader again lit into Charles and David Koch Tuesday, showing little regard for GOP criticisms of his previous attacks on the billionaire brothers. Reid refused to…
Challenging Democrats from the left Since 2010 the tea party has made considerable strides in completing an ideological purification of the Republican Party. By running challengers in party primaries against candidates they perceive as too moderate, far-right activists have helped shape the Republicans into a relatively coherent force. The Democratic Party, on the other hand,…
Behind the ‘religious freedom’ attacks on gay rights lurks a broad attack on civil rights The most problematic aspect of the “religious freedom” legislation that has been proposed so far is how vague its language is and how broadly it can be applied. Indeed, each of the bills so far applies “religious freedom” not just…