Fran Korten

Contributing Editor, YES! Magazine.

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

Donald's sinking ships. Portent for the future.
https://t.co/XDgnmQ1UnO . #2020Elections #Texas #BidenHarris2020Landslide

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

City Council will choose a new City Manager in months ahead. You can tell them the qualities to look for. Write to [email protected] with subject line "City Manager Search". Deadline is Wed. Aug 26 -- so hurry!

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

Yes, be ready for this. Note: the longer mail-in votes take to count, the more the vote shifts to Dems because large cities get their counts in last. #democracy #Election2020 #MailInVoting #blueshift

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@gideonro Yep - that's the plan. So awful! And do you know about the "blue shift"? The longer the count of mail-in ballots go on, the more the shift to the Democratic candidates. We've seen this in Washington State and it is apparently a phenomenon nationwide.

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

I don't think #BarackObama ever wanted to give a speech like the one he had to give last night.

The fact he felt like he NEEDED to deliver that speech speaks VOLUMES. It really exposes where his heart is at this moment.

#DemConvention #BidenHarris2020

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

Hooray for @AGOWA Bob Ferguson for bringing a law suit against the #PostmasterGeneralDeJoy for slowing US Mail. 12 states have joined the suit. Smart strategy. #PostalService #VoteByMail2020

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

My friend Danny Glover is spot on.

[Danny Glover @mrdannyglover]

It’s hard to think of an institution more central to American life than the U.S. Postal Service, maybe that’s why it’s so easy to take it for granted. https://t.co/meER5ZYPzL #SaveTheUSPS

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@bi_greenways @cityofbi And when you post a big idea, be sure to use the hashtag #COBIbigidea. That's one way the city will keep track of these ideas.

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

For Bainbridge Islanders, be sure to fill out your postcard from #COBI on your Big Idea for #SustainableTransportation. Mine is that we have the infrastructure so all kids can safely walk, bike, or roll to school every day. #COBIbigidea @bi_greenways

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

The struggle continues for all. Blacks, ex-cons, people of color, people who vote by mail; people who want to know the machines count correctly, people mysteriously eliminated from the voter rolls. So many ways to suppress the vote. #19Amendment #RightToVote #democracy

[Jay Inslee @JayInslee]

100 years ago, the #19thAmendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Our fight for voting rights continues to this day.

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

.@JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris blew me away with their speeches today. Both are stronger than I've ever seen them. It's incredible to watch as they invent a completely new way to campaign. It's medicine. And it's beautiful. #BidenHarris2020

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@JayInslee Yes, @JayInslee and we need to die with dignity. Stop the merger of Virginia Mason and CHI-Franciscan. It will force VM to eliminate critical #reproductive and #endoflife services. #eol

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

The Trump administration undermines the viability of the Post Office. The #USPS has over 600,000 employees. I think they know how to vote and where to drop their ballot.

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@gideonro I was born & raised in California, so for years I saw myself as a Californian. Now, after 23 years in Washington, I see myself as a Washingtonian. The erratic and horrible national leadership and the steady, sensible leadership at the state level, has reinforced my state identiy.

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

The @AGOWA must scrutinize the merger of Virginia Mason with CHI-Franciscan. VM agreed to abide by CHI's restrictions on #reproductiverights and #endoflife services. This merger will deprive Washingtonians of vital services. Stop or modify this merger. #eol

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@AGOWA Need to scruitinze the planned merger of Virginia Mason and CHI-Franciscan. VM promised to abide by CHI's Catholic restrictions on reproductive and end-of-life services. This merger deprives Washingtonian of vital services. Please stop or modify this agreement.

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@Mynorthwest @AGOWA And can you sue the Trump Administration for curtailing the census count period?

[Fran Korten @fkorten]

@AGOWA Thank you Bob Ferguson for standing up for vote-by-mail. No voting system is perfect, but vote-by-mail wins hands-down for ease for the voter; fairness to everyone; and providing a paper trail for recounts. And during a pandemic, it is clearly the safest.