Earlier this month, I visited King County to see climate progress in action. Local leaders came together to install a solar power array to help provide clean power in an area that’s been severely harmed by air pollution.
That’s just one of 71 projects this year. These projects are only possible thanks to our landmark climate law that a right-wing multimillionaire is trying to completely overturn.
This is climate action at its best. We’re putting people to work on projects in communities most harmed by climate change. Ultimately, these projects will provide cleaner air to all our children.
I-2117 would end all that. It would take millions away from projects that communities want. Better roads, more efficient heating and cooling systems to lower energy bills, better air filters in schools – all gone.
17. June 2024 · Comments Off on Manka Dhingra for Attorney General – June 17, 2024 · Categories: Elections
A little background on Sen. Manka Dhingra — she began her legal career as a clerk for Justice Barbara Madsen at the WA State Supreme Court while in law school and then at the State Attorney General’s Office assisting with Sexually Violent Predator cases. Upon graduation, she went on to a two decade career as a King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor.
In 2017, her successful campaign flipped the State Senate to a Democratic majority that broke gridlock and has led to historically productive sessions. Senator Dhingra has led on behavioral health investments, public safety, and gun and domestic violence prevention. Her contributions to health, education, opportunity for all, and inclusion have been nationally-recognized.
13. May 2024 · Comments Off on Nick Brown for Attorney General – May 13, 2024 · Categories: Elections
Over the past few months, you’ve seen our team ask for support because of an upcoming deadline or fundraising goal.
Before we ask you to make another donation, we want to take a moment to explain why our goals are actually important, and how meeting — or missing — them has a big impact.
When you chip in $5 here or $10 there, it adds up. Every single contribution fuels a crucial part of our campaign’s budget, from supplying snacks and water for our hard-working volunteers to running ads and meeting with community leaders across Washington’s 39 counties.
Uncertain? The numbers tell the story: our average donation last quarter was less than $50, which means whether you chip in $1 or $100, you are the backbone of this campaign.
This is a people-powered, grassroots campaign — and without those crucial small-dollar donations, we’d fall behind. Missing a goal means we need to adjust our projections for the month and the quarter, and that changes how many voters we can reach with Nick’s vision of a safer and healthier Washington for everyone.
That’s the question our opposition desperately wants to answer. So let’s show them just how many Washingtonians are already strongly united against their right-wing scheme to upend our climate laws and gut our clean air and clean water protections:
I-2117 would allow more pollution and hurt our economy. It would defund transportation projects, and it would slow down our climate progress at a moment when we can’t afford any more delays.
13. May 2024 · Comments Off on Bob Ferguson for Governor – May 13, 2024 · Categories: Elections
ICYMI: A conservative activist just orchestrated an outrageous attack that could cost Bob the election.
Last Friday, just before the close of the filing period, two other individuals named “Bob Ferguson” submitted paperwork to run for Governor. Their candidacies are 100% orchestrated. The right-wing activist admits to finding and recruiting them to run and even paid their filing fees. To add to the deception and confusion, both Bob Fergusons are running as Democrats.
Let’s be clear: They know that many Washington voters will be misled into voting for the wrong “Bob Ferguson” and unintentionally lower the percentage of the vote that our Bob receives.
If we don’t raise enough resources in the next two months to explain to voters where to find the right Bob Ferguson on their ballot — Bob could lose.
Disclaimer: While it is good fun to highlight the absurdity of a bought and sold Supreme Court Justice complaining about people discussing his well-documented corruption, there is nothing funny about the way that MAGA justices are disgracing the institution and eroding democracy. Click here if you think that the highest court in the land should crawl out of the gutter.
Disclaimer: While it is good fun to highlight the absurdity of a bought and sold Supreme Court Justice complaining about people discussing his well-documented corruption, there is nothing funny about the way that MAGA justices are disgracing the institution and eroding democracy. Click here if you think that the highest court in the land should crawl out of the gutter.
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13. May 2024 · Comments Off on Manka Dhingra for Attorney General – May 13, 2024 · Categories: Elections
Dear Democrats in Tri-cities area
I’m reaching out to let you know for an event for Sen. Manka Dhingra and her campaign for Attorney General. Mark your calendar for Thursday, June 27th to learn about Manka, her vision to be Washington’s next Attorney General, and commitment to strengthening communities across Washington state.
I hope you’ll join to hear from Manka about taking this next step in her legal and advocacy career, as we confront the threat of Donald Trump to our Democracy, voting rights and access to reproductive healthcare. If elected, she will have the opportunity to lead on laws that safeguard worker rights, hold polluters accountable, and address the epidemic of gun violence.
WHAT: Event to meet and support Manka Dhingra for Attorney General
HOSTED BY: Former Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller & Adele Connors, John Kennedy & Diane McDaniel
If you can’t attend, but still want to support Manka, you can do so HERE.
A little background on Sen. Manka Dhingra — she began her legal career as a clerk for Justice Barbara Madsen at the WA State Supreme Court while in law school and then at the State Attorney General’s Office assisting with Sexually Violent Predator cases. Upon graduation, she went on to a two decade career as a King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor.
In 2017, her successful campaign flipped the State Senate to a Democratic majority that broke gridlock and has led to historically productive sessions. Senator Dhingra has led on behavioral health investments, public safety, and gun and domestic violence prevention. Her contributions to health, education, opportunity for all, and inclusion have been nationally-recognized.
ACLU Supporter, as campus protests are still under threat at colleges and universities, we’re on the ground across the country, prepared to act swiftly wherever our rights are violated.
At the top of the week, here are three major fights that we’re taking on:
The ACLU of Indiana has sued Indiana University on behalf of protesters who were banned from campus after protesting in Dunn Meadow. Since 1969, this green space on campus has been a public forum where people go to express themselves. But the night before a protest in support of the Palestinian people, IU officials changed their policies, and then had police arrest protesters the next day for trespassing. The school then banned them from setting foot on campus for a year – effectively keeping them from joining both ongoing and future protests.
Some in Congress are trying to take advantage of tensions over campus protests to push a dangerous bill stifling speech. The House already passed a bill that gives the government virtually unfettered power to revoke the nonprofit status of any organization it accuses of supporting terrorists. It would allow the government to use secret evidence and an unfair process that makes it nearly impossible for a nonprofit to clear its name before it is effectively shut down. It could even be used to pressure publicly funded universities to silence student activism. These are the kinds of tactics authoritarian regimes use to target political opponents and stifle dissent. No presidential administration should have power like this.
The ACLU is fighting on every front – urging universities to protect students and faculty speaking out on issues that matter to them. Our podcast, At Liberty, spoke with lawyers at ACLU affiliates across the country to talk about ongoing legal action, the dangers of inviting police to respond to campus protests, and what to know about our protest rights at private and public colleges.
Exciting news: MoveOn is organizing a drag lobby day! That’s right—MoveOn is sending drag queens to the halls of Congress to directly confront Republican politicians who are attacking LGBTQ+ rights and equality. (And, yes, we will have security and ensure they are safe.)
In June—Pride Month—MoveOn will organize drag queens from across the country to fly into Washington, D.C., and meet and confront the Republican politicians who are enabling vicious transphobic and homophobic attacks.
The drag queens will specifically confront vulnerable Republicans, including members of the “Complicit Caucus”—the 17 swing-district House Republicans who masquerade as moderates to win in districts that President Biden won in 2020—all while gleefully supporting the MAGA agenda behind closed doors.
But we need your help to make it happen. We need the funds to pay the drag queens what they deserve for their time and investment, for their outfits and makeup, and to book their travel and any hotel stays.
MAGA politicians across the country are waging war against the LGBTQ+ community. These far-right lawmakers are:
Passing laws outlawing drag performances.1
Banning books written by and for the LGBTQ+ community.2
Prohibiting trans people from accessing vital health care.3
And more.
The ACLU has been tracking more than 500 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the nation, and that number only continues to rise.4
Now, as Pride Month approaches, it’s time to fight back.
And we’re doing it in a way that catches headlines and is authentic to the LGBTQ+ community, because all of us—no matter our gender identity or sexual orientation—deserve to take up space in our nation’s Capitol as constituents and demand equal treatment under the law.
Republican officials are trying to get and hold on to power and want to block us from joining together to demand what we all deserve. But we won’t let them.
Want to support MoveOn’s work? The MAGA movement’s book bans have forced teachers and librarians across the country to remove books from their shelves and censor what young people can learn. MoveOn is fighting back, including by filling a “Banned Bookmobile” with books that the far right has banned and driving it to key cities and towns to raise the visibility of book bans, hand out banned books for free, and bring people together to stop censorship. To keep up the fight against book bans and the MAGA politicians who support them, we need your help.
Will you make a gift to power MoveOn’s critical work?
MOVEON POLITICAL ACTION, https://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. MoveOn Political Action – PO Box 96142, Washington, D.C. 20090-6142.
12. May 2024 · Comments Off on Nick Brown for Attorney General – May 12, 2024 · Categories: Elections
Today is Mother’s Day, so I wanted to take a moment to tell you a little bit about my extraordinary mom, Pat.
Here’s a cute throwback pic of us.
My mom helped teach me the importance of public service. She grew up in a blue-collar family in Missouri, was the first in her family to go to college, and spent her career serving the public.
My mom served our country as an Army nurse, including at Walter Reed Medical Center, where she and my dad met. They got married one year after the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage, and still faced serious challenges and discrimination. Despite this, she always filled our home with love and support. And she raised me to never judge a book by its cover and to always give a damn about your family, your community, and those who need help.
My mom also never missed a soccer or football game that I played in, and took me camping every summer. She had my back no matter what. I am incredibly grateful for her and all the sacrifices she and my dad made to ensure I could achieve my dreams. I’m lucky to have a mom like her.
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we must also advocate for change to help moms thrive, like prioritizing maternal health and implementing policies to better the lives of working families. Every mom deserves to have more rights and resources than their own mothers and grandmothers, not fewer.
Thanks for taking the time to read about my incredible mom.
