Our monthly Executive Board meeting will be Tuesday, October 28, 7pm at Renton Carpenters Hall (231 Burnett Avenue N, Renton). The agenda will include consideration of Campaign contribution requests (details in email) Proposed Rules for the Dec. 6 KCDCC Reorganization Meeting Proposed Rules for the subsequent Legislative District reorganization meetings As per our endorsement rules,…
The $1,200 machine that lets anyone make a metal gun at home When Cody Wilson revealed the world’s first fully 3-D printed gun last year, he showed that the “maker” movement has enabled anyone to create a working, lethal firearm with a click in the privacy of a garage. Now he’s moved on to a…
“Behind every Tea Party, there’s a billionaire. Or Two.” The 30th District Democrats are hosting a one-time private screening of “Citizen Koch”, a documentary by the directors of “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 9/11” with Michael Moore. Q&A immediately following the film. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7pm-9:30 Century Theater, The Commons, Federal Way $10/ticket (purchase online…
The agenda for our September 23 Executive Board meeting (7pm, Renton Carpenters’ Hall) will include consideration of additional KCDCC endorsements for the November General Election. Please note that received candidate questionnaires are available here and that, as per KCDCC Bylaws 11.3 (passed in February), the only legislature, county, or local candidates who may be voted…
Unions that used to strike: ILWU faces tough choices, none good In early July, 120 mostly poor and immigrant port truckers set up picket lines at three trucking companies in LA-Long Beach Harbor, extending their longstanding campaign to unionize. The next day, workers from the powerful and historically militant International Longshore and Warehouse Union honored the truckers’ picket by…
We cordially invite you to watch the primary results with your King County Democrats! The Berliner Pub in Renton is proud to host our event and candidates and campaigns are welcome to attend! Tuesday, August 5th 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Berliner Pub 221 Main Ave S Renton, WA Suggested donation: $10.00 If you have…
Recess appointments: Obama loses, but the presidency mostly prevails A loss for the president, a win for the presidency. That’s the best way to describe the Supreme Court’s landmark decision Thursday on the “recess appointment” power–the president’s power to fill government posts when the Senate isn’t in session. Technically speaking, the Obama administration lost 9-0, with not…
How Big Money failed to rescue Eric Cantor Big money couldn’t save Eric Cantor. The darling of big Wall Street donors, the K Street business types, and the Republican establishment went down in flames Tuesday, all the while crushing his no-name opponent with a 26-1 cash advantage in the money race. Cantor, the House majority leader, raised…
As of the close of business on Friday May 16, we had a total of 873 PCO candidates filing. There are 51 contests to resolve in August, and we’ll be starting the term in December with 820 elected PCOs. The breakdown by legislative district is as follows: Leg.Dist. Candidates Precincts New People 46 119 112…
New type of poverty: How the iPhone became a placebo for the poor The face of poverty in America has changed dramatically from what Walker Evans and James Agee indelibly captured in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, their book documenting the lives of our nation’s poverty-stricken tenant farmers during the Great Depression. Now, an American family…