Progressive voter, climate advocate; rail as a climate solution; healthcare as a human right, fair taxation. Gardener, grandma, Orthopedic Massage Therapist
When I started talking about Oligarchy, many people didn't understand what I meant.
Well, that's changed.
When the 3 wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government.
We must fight back.
@USDOTFRA Idk but evidently FRA didn't get much or any of the "prior work" WA taxpayers paid for to improve the Amtrak Cascades. WSDOT's draft service plans are unambitious.
WA Lands Commissioner results:
1. Our elections work, withstanding the hardest stress test in decades.
2. Reflection on primaries: would ranked choice voting better reflect voterโs true wishes? Sure seems so.
3 Thankfully we ended w/a great candidate in @DaveUpthegrove!
The pundits will draw their conclusions about the NY-16 race. Hereโs mine:
$23m was spent to defeat @JamaalBowmanNY.
It is an outrage and an insult to democracy that we maintain a corrupt campaign finance system which allows billionaire-funded super PACs to buy elections.
With the help of our federal partners, weโre making yet another stride in creating a region-wide, climate-friendly transportation network. Deepest thanks to the US Department of Transportation for seeing how valuable #Eastrail is to our region and to @EastrailP for their help.