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Carlson: Fading away (Ridenbaugh Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:15 PM - Chris CarlsonCarlson Chronicles The late former Idaho Senator, Frank Forrester Church III, is rapidly fading from public memory not only in Idaho, but nationally. Church serve..
Kucinich decided not to run for Congress.. (Washington Liberals)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:47 PM - Supporters of Dennis Kucinich, who was considering running for Congress her, received the following email. The deadline to file is 5/18. I would like to thank you for your s..
George Bush Penns Economic Coloring Book (A Blaze of Bright Blue)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:13 PM - George Bush's new economic coloring book This summer, you'll be able to purchase a new coloring book on economic strategies by ex president George Bush. Think Progress..
Who's Your Daddy? (The Rambling Taoists)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:00 PM - Trey Smith On Monday , Glenn Greenwald took Andrew Sullivan to task for calling the President of the United States a "father figure." Sullivan was effusive in his praise from..
“Dreams From My Real Father” versus the .. (Who Hijacked Our Country)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:36 AM - It’s the Clash of the Loony Titans. What happens when the Bedbug-Crazies square off against the Tinfoil Hat brigade? Who wins? Dreams From My Real Father is a rig..
Line by Line - Verse 68, Line 2 (The Rambling Taoists)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 10:11 AM - He who fights with most good will To rage makes no resort. ~ James Legge translation , from The Sacred Books of the East , 1891 ~ A good fighter is not angry. ~ Gia-fu Feng a..
House Continues Assault on Cities by Def.. (Seattle Transit Blog)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 9:32 AM - Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232-190 to defund the American Community Survey (ACS), one of the Census Bureau's most significant demographic data-collect..
Infrastructure Turnaround Times (Donkeylicious)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 9:11 AM - It's tough to get voters to approve rail service when they may not be living in the same city, or at all, when the trains start running. My wife and I are thinking of buying ..
Improving Your Vocabulary (Progressive Northwest)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 9:03 AM - Here is my latest addition.
How Did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Ric.. (Progressive Northwest)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:56 AM - How do the firms like Bain Capital rip all of us off? Robert Reich explains. http://youtu.be/rodifJlis2c
Complacency: The Great American "Virtue" (The Rambling Taoists)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:45 AM - Trey Smith The giant austerity measures that are driving Europe to the edge of revolution have been delayed on the federal level in the U.S. until after the November election..
Does “BC” Mean “Bans Clotheslines”?.. (Sightline Daily » Blo..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:40 AM - Xiaozhuli, Flickr British Columbia prides itself on a commitment to renewable energy. Yet many British Columbians are forbidden from stringing up the simplest of solar device..
Nebraska Senate nomination, Oregon 3rd C.. (Skull / Bones)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:34 AM - Some interesting primary results. I guess the big item nationwide is the next Senator from Nebraska is probably the Sarah Palin endorsed and Cubs Owner financed candidate, D..
What to do About JPMorgan Chase? (HorsesAss.Org: the straight po..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:21 AM - In most business, when a company loses $2 Billion as part of its core business model , we usually let the market take care of things. Maybe have regulators look into it if th..
The motherhood penalty: Balancing work a.. (Washington Policy Watch)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:04 AM - Evaluating Family and Medical Leave Insurance for Washington State As women’s participation in the workforce has increased, families have become more dependent on women’s ear..
T-Mobile layoffs, ‘diversified' Bo.. (The Stand)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:01 AM - LOCAL ► In today's Seattle Times — Broad new layoffs at T-Mobile USA; 900 jobs cut – The company informed employees Tuesday of a net loss of about 900 jobs..
Frankel: The Death of Inflation Targetin.. (Economist's View)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 7:01 AM - Jeffrey Frankel says inflation targeting is falling out of favor, but it's not clear what will replace it: The Death of Inflation Targeting, by Jeffrey Frankel, Commentary, P..
Chapter 19, Part 24 - Confucius (The Rambling Taoists)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 AM - Shu-sun Wu-shu having spoken revilingly of Chung-ni, Tsze-kung said, "It is of no use doing so. Chung-ni cannot be reviled. The talents and virtue of other men are hillocks a..
House Republicans threaten nuclear worke.. (The Stand)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 5:52 AM - The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now. The pretreatment facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland. (DOE photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some of the most..
A Future Without the RFA (Seattle Transit Blog)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 5:49 AM - Oran/Flickr On Friday Transportation Choices Coalition is putting on a forum about the end of the Ride Free Area (RFA). The panel is gangbusters: Tim Harris- Real Change New..
Dennis Kucinich won't relocate and.. (Strange Bedfellows -- Politi..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:42 PM - Ohio's Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Washington's most frequent drop-in political visitor, e-mailed supporters on Wednesday to say that he will not run for Congress fr..
Dennis Kucinich says he won't run .. (Politics Northwest)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:39 PM - Ending more than a year of on and off speculation, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has announced he will not run for Congress in Washington state. In an email announcem..
Can a Democrat support charter sch.. (Politics Northwest)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:37 PM - What is a Democrat? No, really. Can one be a Democrat and favor charter schools? No, says, Nicholas Carlson, chairman of the 1st Legislative District Democrats, in a poi..
Another Republican to challenge to.. (Politics blog)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:23 PM - From Paben Another Republican has joined the 2nd Congressional District race against Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett. Eli Olson, 29, of Marsyville filed this morning to run ..
Overstreet has saved $17,700 out o.. (Politics blog)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:05 PM - From Paben State Rep. Jason Overstreet, R-Blaine, has saved taxpayers $17,700 (as of May 15) by returning a large portion of his communications budget, he said. Rep. Ove..
Spending on nuclear weapons contin.. (Politics Northwest)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:32 AM - Updated at 12:30 p.m. with comments from Norm Dicks's spokesman: WASHINGTON -- The United States is mulling a drastic reduction of its nuclear arsenal -- but Congress co..
Great Wolf Lodge And Overseas Secu.. (The Washington Ledge)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 10:32 AM - Here are teaser blurbs and links to a couple of recent stories that I've done for the radio: The Tacoma News Tribune and The Olympian picked up my investigation into the..
8th District challenger says he's .. (The Today File » Go..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 10:21 AM - U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, a former King County sheriff, has a challenger for the new 8th Congressional District which has been expanded to include territory in Chelan and..
Big bucks spent by anti-Obama R.. (Strange Bedfellows -- Politi..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 10:18 AM - They moved in on Washington's 2010 U.S. Senate race, and now Republican “SuperPACS” are mounting a large-scale early blitz of TV attack ads against President ..
Public arena investment capped at .. (The Today File » Go..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 9:41 AM - Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, King County Executive Dow Constantine and hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen this morning announced to media and cheering Sonics fans details of ..
Strong Seattle support for U.S. n.. (seattlepi.com: Joel Connelly)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 8:49 AM - Strong Seattle support for U.S. nuns facing Vatican-ordered crackdown A crowd of 125 Seattle-area Catholics staged a vigil Tuesday night on the steps of St. James Cathed..
Walla Walla Republican has a GOP c.. (
Tri-City Herald: Election N..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 7:11 AM - One of the few Republicans to vote in favor of same-sex marriage in the Legislature now has a fellow Republican opponent in her bid for re-election. Click to Continue &r..
Washington state advising 25 citie.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 6:38 AM - ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) -- A study of dwindling water supplies in 25 Eastern Washington communities shows ...
With large PNW fruit crops forecas.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 6:10 AM - Large crops and labor are on the minds of many in the Washington tree fruit industry. Good bud set, a warm s ...
Growers prepare for possible recor.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 6:08 AM - RICHLAND, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest is staring at a possible 20.3-million-box cherry crop. The last ...
Access and education are key to yo.. (UW Election Eye 2012)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 5:30 AM - How do you capture that elusive “youth vote”? In the first presidential election since Barack Obama's campaign showed it was possible to effectively leverage..
Hastings skeptical of proposed pla.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 3:10 AM - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list as threatened under the Endangered Species Act two ...
EPA urges common sense for spill p.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:56 AM - RITZVILLE, Wash. -- The Environmental Protection Agency is advising farmers to use common sense when conside ...
PNW hay stocks high as first cutti.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:52 AM - The amount of hay, sold and unsold, stored on farms is down 34 percent from a year ago in Washington, up 15 ...
New ARS research position in tug-o.. (Capital Press)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:31 AM - SALEM -- President Obama has proposed adding a scientist to the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, ...
Trent Franks Blocks D.C. Represent.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:15 PM — Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) wants to restrict abortions in the District of Columbia, but he refuses to allow D.C.'s delegate from testifying on behalf of the city's residen..
A Tentacle Rape Game – Why A.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:01 PM — I almost didn’t want to write about this because the whole situation has given me a near migraine with the number of times my head has hit my desk since first hearing ab..
Even Our Nuclear Commanders Don’t .. (The Progressive Magazine Fee..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:38 PM — By Matthew Rothschild, May 16, 2012 The result of keeping nukes on hair-trigger alert “could be catastrophic.” read more
Facebook stock goes on sale Friday.. (The Young Turks with Cenk Uy..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:35 PM — Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin may be able to skip town and immediately reap the rewards of his stock, but the rest of us will have to buy in when the social networ..
House Passes Watered-Down Version .. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:31 PM — The House has just passed a watered-down version of the Violence Against Women Act, by a vote of 222 to 205. The GOP-backed iteration of the bill strips out the provisio..
Wednesday's Mini-Report (The Rachel Maddow Show - The..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:30 PM — Today's edition of quick hits: * The FBI confirmed on the record today that it has opened a " preliminary investigation " into JPMorgan's massive trading loss. * Greece ..
Top Scott Walker Donor's Business .. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:30 PM — Top Walker Donor Diane Hendricks The donor doing the most to finance Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) campaign against a recall hasn't put the same effort into financin..
TRMS Headline Writing Challenge: I.. (The Rachel Maddow Show - The..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:24 PM — As both Rachel and Steve Benen pointed out recently , the Fox Nation web site has a singular way with words. For instance, the headline above? Obama Regime: Working Outd..
Alabama Senate Doubles Down On Law.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:20 PM — (Source: al.com) The Alabama State Senate voted 20-7 today on changes to HB 56, the nation's harshest immigration law . Unlike the replacement bill passed by the House, ..
Army To Review PTSD Diagnoses At A.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:17 PM — The Army announced a review of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other behavioral issue diagnoses since 2001 at all its medical facilities nationwide. The probe ..
POLL: Voters Favor Obama For Marri.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:03 PM — A new Ipsos poll ( PDF ) compares how voters reacted to President Obama's support of marriage equality versus how they responded to reports that Mitt Romney bullied gay ..
Americans Could Have Saved Hundred.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:53 PM — If the individual insurance benefits in the Affordable Care Act had been in place during 2001-2008, the annual out-of-pocket medical spending might have been $280 less o..
Heartland CEO Joe Bast Calls Bill .. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:51 PM — The Heartland Institute is doubling down on its widely-condemned effort to label leading proponents of climate science as “murderers, tyrants, and madmen.” C..
Asymmetrical debt-reduction warfar.. (The Rachel Maddow Show - The..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:51 PM — The Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2012 Fiscal Summit was yesterday in D.C. By now, everyone knows the score when it comes to bipartisan work on debt reduction: if there..
Pete Seeger: Forever Young (Most Recent Articles and Blo..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:37 PM — You're never too old to change the world.
How Small Groups Can Power Big Cha.. (Most Recent Articles and Blo..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:33 PM — Progressive social movements don’t often take inspiration from conservative megachurches. But their lessons about organizational structure may be worth a second look.
Conservative Bob Marshall goes cra.. (The Young Turks with Cenk Uy..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:31 PM — Virginia state delegate Bob Marshall, the mastermind behind the fetal personhood law and the decried abortion vaginal ultrasound requirement , now has helped Virginia pr..
Romney Flips Back To Claim That Ba.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:30 PM — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is back to claiming that his former private equity firm, Bain Capital, helped create at least 100,000 jobs, telli..
Wasserman Schultz Says Politicizat.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:25 PM — The House is set to vote today on a watered-down version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that the President has threatened to veto for its lack of coverage, par..
Local Nevada News Station Calls Ga.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:15 PM — On May 14, KOLO News — a local ABC affiliate in Reno, Nevada — previewed a story about how marriage equality can benefit the local economy by comparing same-..
New Issue; Police and Occupy; etc. (Dollars & Sense Blog)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:52 AM — Get Shafted and Carry On (1) May/June Issue: I finally sent our May/June issue to the printers on Friday. It will take a while for print subscribers to get it, but e-su..
'Morally repugnant political whore.. (The Rachel Maddow Show - The..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:51 AM — Getty Images When it comes far-right personalities, Mike Huckabee doesn't necessarily come across as a bad guy. He tells charming stories; he frequently jokes around wit..
Easily Debunking NARTH's Objection.. (Think Progress)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:42 AM — Cartoon via SlapUpsideTheHead.com. The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is rabidly fundraising in an attempt to block a Califor..
Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badin.. (The Nation: All Articles)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:41 AM — Jennifer Szalai In The Conflict , the French intellectual takes American mothering to task.
Love, Sam: On the Letters of Samue.. (The Nation: All Articles)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:41 AM — Aaron Thier Samuel Beckett wants you to have a less bad day.
New law allows Tracy, Calif., to b.. ( Politics )
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:31 PM — Capping a rare show of congressional bipartisanship, and several years of work, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a bill that frees up 150 acres for pu..
Senate Republicans Engineer Rebuke.. (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytim..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 2:15 PM — Republicans set out to embarrass the Democratic majority for not producing a budget blueprint for the last three years.
Through the Drinking Glass (All News RSS Feed)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:59 PM — Alcohol has been called a social lubricant. Maker’s Mark views its high-octane elixir as more of a comity builder.
Survivors recall horror of night A.. ( Latest headlines )
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:39 PM — The story that Rafiullah and Haji Mohammad Naim told McClatchy is the first public account by survivors in their village of the March night when a man shot and killed 17..
Obama's Sandwich Outing Almos.. (All News RSS Feed)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:38 PM — One reporter’s schedule was thrown offtrack this morning due to the presidential motorcade’s unusual stop.
Washington: Dennis Kucinich Won�.. (All News RSS Feed)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:31 PM — Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) will not seek a House seat in Washington state this year after losing a primary to a fellow Democratic Member in March.
Lugar's Last Race: Indiana Senator.. (NPR Topics: Politics)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:11 PM — Sen. Dick Lugar has been running in the annual Capital Challenge charity race for three decades. After Lugar's defeat in the Indiana primary, Wednesday's race was the la..
At White House, Hoagies Win Praise.. (All News RSS Feed)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:08 PM — President Barack Obama's decision to bring hoagies to lunch with Congressional leaders today was a bipartisan hit, but it did nothing to stop a looming crisis over raisin..
Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren Re.. (All News RSS Feed)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 1:04 PM — Elizabeth Warren, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Massachusetts, released a new ad today that continues to introduce the Harvard Law School professor and..
Grassley Questions Google's Use of.. (Tech Daily Dose)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:54 PM — Known for his aggressive efforts to combat government waste, Sen. Chuck Grassley , R-Iowa, has set his sights on Google, questioning the Internet firm's use of a federal..
Schumer Looks To Increase Penaltie.. (Tech Daily Dose)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:54 PM — Sen. Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., has found a way to make a federal case out of the rampant problem of mobile device theft. The Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2012, in..
Commerce Committee Tangles Over Ne.. (Tech Daily Dose)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:40 PM — The debate over how far the Federal Communications Commission should go to advance its goals divided members of the Senate Commerce Committee, who pressed FCC Chairman J..
Dem super-PAC picks up former Kerr.. (Top News)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:39 PM — A Democratic super-PAC has hired Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) 2004 presidential campaign director to be a consultant on strategy and spending. Mary Beth Read more...
House Democrats Urge Senate Versio.. (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytim..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:24 PM — Several female House Democrats said Wednesday that their Republican counterparts should adopt the Senate version of a bill to renew the 1994 domestic violence law.
Small Wireless Broadband Providers.. (Tech Daily Dose)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:14 PM — Representatives from a group representing more than 700 small wireless broadband providers are making their first pilgrimage to Washington this week to lobby policy make..
Scott Walker Opens Up Lead in Reca.. (Hotline On Call)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:08 PM — Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker has opened up a lead in his upcoming recall election, according to a poll released Wednesday by Marquette University Law School. The resu..
Kucinich won't run in Washington s.. (Top News)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:08 PM — Rep. Dennis Kucinich will leave Congress instead of moving to Washington state to run for another seat. Read more...
G.O.P. Congressional Committee Cha.. (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytim..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 12:03 PM — The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee makes the case that Representative Vern Buchanan of Florida, a committee fund-raiser being investigated by..
Cain settles on Romney presidentia.. (Top News)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:51 AM — Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain formally endorsed presumptive nominee Mitt Romney during a press conference near the Capitol building Wednesday. The..
Kerry's 2004 Campaign Manager Join.. (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytim..)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:41 AM — Mary Beth Cahill, who has spent the last year as director of the Washington office of the United Auto Workers, will become a top adviser to Priorities USA Action, the lea..
Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked .. ( Latest headlines )
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:31 AM — The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table next to a tobacco field and a barn filled with hanging rows of aging tobacco and meticulously selects the brown leaves, ro..
Today's e-Reads, Updated: Bigger i.. (Tech Daily Dose)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:23 AM — Apple is planning a larger screen for its next iPhone, Reuters reports. Some of Facebook's largest stakeholders are cashing out ahead of the company's IPO, The Wall Stre..
Romney: Attacks on Bain 'misguided.. (Top News)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:22 AM — Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the Obama campaign's criticism of his tenure at Bain Capital was "really off target" during an interview Read more...
Tensions Rising Between DeMint, GO.. (Hotline On Call)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:03 AM — Republican Sen. Mike Johanns has a message for his GOP colleague Jim DeMint , R-S.C., and an outside group that spent big in Tuesday's Republican Senate primary in Johan..
Obama, Romney Wade Into Wis. Recal.. (NPR Topics: Politics)
Filed Wednesday, May 16 at 11:00 AM — Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, will face Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett next month in a recall election. President Obama has expressed support for Barrett, ..
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