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  • Wash. Attorney General Begins Push for Gun Ban, Licensing

    01/09/2017 4:01:59 PM PST · by PROCON · 32 replies
    libertyparkpress.com ^ | Jan. 9, 2016 | Dave Workman
    Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson apparently wants the Evergreen State to have gun laws similar to those in New York and Connecticut, according to the Yakima Herald, as he released details on bills to ban so-called “assault weapons” and require “enhanced” background checks for the purchase of such guns. The measures may be read here and here. “I believe a ban on the sale of assault weapons is the right policy for Washington, and I will keep fighting for that,” Ferguson said in a prepared statement, “I’ve said from the beginning that it would be an uphill battle. My...
  • Seattle Jewish organization fighting Islamophobia with posters

    01/05/2017 3:33:10 PM PST · by PROCON · 19 replies
    mynorthwest.com ^ | Jan. 5, 2017 | ERIC MANDEL
    When it comes to mass discrimination, history has not been kind to people of Jewish faith. That’s why the local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace has taken to solidarity with persecuted refugees and those of Muslim faith, even if it is as simple as a sign that says “Refugees are Welcome Here.” “As Jewish folks in particular, because we are not right now being targeted by the state, we really want to stand in solidarity with those who are being targeted, including Muslims and all people of color,” said Wendy Elisheva Somerson, a founding member of Seattle’s chapter...
  • Man allegedly posed as porn recruiter, tricked women into sex

    SEATTLE (AP/WSVN) — A Seattle man is accused of posing as a porn recruiter and tricking women into having sex with him. Now he can add a consumer protection complaint to the criminal rape charges he is facing. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday that he sued Michael-Jon Matthew Hickey under the state Consumer Protection Act and the Commercial Electronic Mail Act, seeking restitution and thousands of dollars in penalties. Hickey’s been held on $200,000 bail at the King County Jail on three counts of second-degree rape since his arrest in Las Vegas in October. Authorities say he created...
  • 10 Places With the Highest Rates of Car Theft in the U.S.

    12/29/2016 8:01:37 PM PST · by george76 · 77 replies
    U.S. News ^ | Dec. 29, 2016 | Devon Thorsby
    U.S. News compiled data on car thefts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2014 – the most recent year for complete data from the bureau – to determine which of the 100 largest metro areas in the country had the highest rate of car theft. Albuquerque, New Mexico, takes the top spot for highest rate of car theft, with a total of 6,131 thefts in 2014 and 676.9 thefts per 100,000 people. The City of Albuquerque acknowledges its high rate of auto theft on its website, noting New Mexico’s shared border with Mexico gives car thieves added incentive because...
  • Iran says will only pay half price for new Boeing planes

    12/25/2016 11:11:07 AM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 38 replies
    Associated Press ^ | December 25, 2016 | Staff
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting the deputy transport minister as saying that his county will only pay half of the announced price for 80 new Boeing planes, given the reductions in its purchasing options. According to the Sunday report, Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan says that despite an initial $16.8 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes, "Regarding the style of our order and its options, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of the amount." He did not elaborate. Boeing has made no immediate comment. Iran announced earlier...
  • Killer’s psychiatrist can be sued by victim’s family, Washington Supreme Court says

    12/25/2016 11:18:48 AM PST · by aimhigh · 20 replies
    Seattle Times ^ | 1/24/2016 | Gene Johnson
    The family of a Spokane woman who was murdered along with her son can pursue a lawsuit over whether the killer’s psychiatrist should have done more to protect them, the Washington Supreme Court held in a case with implications for mental-health professionals around the state.
  • Tacoma Cheesecake Factory apologizes for turning away armed law enforcement officers

    12/23/2016 5:44:41 AM PST · by Rebelbase · 76 replies
    News Tribune ^ | 12/21/16 | STACIA GLENN
    (snipped and excerpted)A misunderstanding that barred six state Department of Corrections officers Tuesday from having lunch at the new Cheesecake Factory in Tacoma has been resolved. By Wednesday morning, the Cheesecake Factory’s corporate office reached out to the state Department of Corrections and the six involved officers to apologize and assure them that law enforcement is indeed welcome in the chain’s restaurants. Apparently a shift manager misunderstood or miscommunicated the policy about law enforcement having service weapons on the premises.
  • Cheesecake Factory Kicks Law Enforcement Officers Out Of Their Restaurant

    12/22/2016 8:06:44 PM PST · by BlackFemaleArmyColonel · 117 replies
    Blue Lives Matter ^ | 12/21/2016 | COVER WIFE
    Tacoma Washington officers were asked to leave The Cheesecake Factory at the Tacoma Mall location yesterday, 12-20-2016. According to a post by one the officers to the Corporate social media page, she and five fellow coworkers were asked to leave the location because three of the officers were in uniform. The General Manager, Will, told the officers that no firearms were allowed on the property, whether you are law enforcement or not. Miriam Nichols, one officer present, sent a message to The Cheesecake Factory to address the issue. Nichols stated that the officers, three uniformed with duty weapon and badge...
  • 4 Washington state electors to be fined $1,000 for vote

    12/22/2016 6:27:37 PM PST · by SMGFan · 36 replies
    MSN AP ^ | December 22, 2016
    OLYMPIA, Wash. — Four Washington state electors who cast their vote for someone other than Democrat Hillary Clinton will each be fined $1,000 next week, the secretary of state's office said Thursday. David Ammons, a spokesman for Secretary of State Kim Wyman, told The Associated Press that the electors will have 60 days to pay the fine, and said the office is putting together an appeals process in case of a challenge. Clinton won the state's popular vote last month, earning her 12 electoral votes. Under state law, presidential electors — who are chosen by their party at their state...
  • Judge: Seattle Kids Can Move Ahead with Climate Rights Case

    12/22/2016 9:02:28 AM PST · by ColdOne · 45 replies
    cnsnews.com ^ | 12/22/16 | PHUONG LE
    SEATTLE (AP) — Eight Seattle children should have "their day in court" to argue that Washington state and others aren't protecting them from climate change, a judge ruled. King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill on Monday allowed the young petitioners to move ahead in their case against the state, writing that "it is time for these youth to have the opportunity to address their concerns in a court of law, concerns raised under statute and under the state and federal constitutions." The petitioners, between 12 and 16 years old, had asked the judge last month to find the state...
  • The Faithless Four of Washington State

    12/22/2016 8:06:51 AM PST · by Kaslin · 16 replies
    American Thinker ^ | December 22, 2016 | Susan Stanton
    On December 19th, I felt like the gladiator walking into the lion’s den as we took our seats in the gallery of the Washington State Electoral College in Olympia. Always uber-liberal, the state’s Birkenstock babes and dudes came out in force, to witness the Democratic vote. Protestors rallied and grumbled on the steps to the capitol rotunda in their show of force against Donald Trump. As a former Democrat I find it glaringly obvious that radical identity politics doesn’t serve most mainstream Americans. The crossing over is unacceptably uncomfortable to those of us who grew up with the message of...
  • Barefoot Bandit’s dream ‘crushed’: Feds shut down his flight-school fundraiser

    12/21/2016 12:41:46 PM PST · by steve86 · 10 replies
    The Seattle Times ^ | December 20, 2016 | Evan Bush
    Colton Harris-Moore asked the public for $125,000 to pay for his flight training. The folk-celebrity fugitive, on the lam for more than two years, stole and crashed three planes before being arrested in the Bahamas. The idea was shot down, at least for now, before it could really take flight. “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore, who eluded police for two years while committing a string of break-ins and thefts, started a GoFundMe page to raise more than $125,000 for private and commercial pilot-license training and helicopter certification. As a folk-celebrity fugitive, Harris-Moore stole and crashed three planes during his well-documented exploits....
  • More Boeing job cuts ahead in the new year

    12/20/2016 4:40:45 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 35 replies
    Seattle Times ^ | 12/19/16 | Dominic Gates
    Boeing told employees Monday there will be more job cuts in the new year. The jetmaker says it need to reduce costs further in the face of intense competition and a flagging jet sales market.
  • Four Faithless Electors Recorded in Washington

    12/19/2016 1:27:52 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 78 replies
    270 To Win ^ | 19/12/16
    he Washington Secretary of State is reporting 4 faithless electors in today's ballot, with 8 votes going to Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote there. Three of the faithless electors voted for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, with one voting for Faith Spotted Eagle. ...these are apparently the first ones to be allowed.
  • Four Washington electors break ranks and don’t vote for Clinton

    Elector Bret Chiafalo, who earlier in the day said he planned to vote for Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, said that he ultimately changed his vote to former Secretary of State Colin Powell after conversations with other Washington electors. Including Chiafalo, three electors voted for Powell and one voted for Faith Spotted Eagle.
  • Rogers says Trump never offered her Interior secretary job

    12/17/2016 1:24:09 PM PST · by lonevoice · 20 replies
    The Spokesman-Review ^ | Dec 16, 2016 | Jim Camden
    As news organizations around the country proclaimed Cathy McMorris Rodgers a sure bet to be the next interior secretary and politicians in her Eastern Washington district quickly announced campaigns for her congressional seat, the person most in the dark was McMorris Rodgers herself. In her first extended remarks on the events of the last few weeks, the congresswoman said she never got a call from President-elect Donald Trump or his transition team saying she was going to be offered the Cabinet position before or after reports from unnamed sources said she was the likely pick. She also never got a...
  • Senator Murray Statement on Trump’s Pick to Head U.S. Department of Energy

    12/14/2016 5:17:06 PM PST · by mdittmar · 40 replies
    U.S. Senator Patty Murray ^ | Dec 14 2016 | U.S. Senator Patty Murray
    Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry. “Washington state is home to one of the largest nuclear cleanup efforts in the world, so I cannot stress enough how critical it is to have strong, able leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy to guide the cleanup at Hanford. This requires a leader with a commitment to help our country fulfill its legal and moral obligation, but more importantly, a commitment to the safety of thousands of workers who show up...
  • Should fans be allowed to bring guns into stadiums? (FoxNews hit piece)

    12/14/2016 4:44:15 PM PST · by disclaimer · 85 replies
    Fox News Video ^ | 12/14/2016 | Rob Demetrious of FoxNews
    Should fans be allowed to bring guns into stadiums? Dec. 14, 2016 - 2:34 - Three Republican Washington state representatives introduce bill that would permit licensed firearms inside sports stadiums.See the Rob Demetrious Foxnews Video.
  • 9 things you should know about Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Trump's Interior pick

    12/12/2016 1:31:24 PM PST · by Nextrush · 24 replies
    Inlander ^ | 12/09/2016 | Daniel Walters
    President Elect Donald Trump looks like he's chosen Spokane's own U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers as his Secretary of the Interior. And already, we've seen a lot of dramatic statements casting her as a drill-happy pillager of public lands who spells doom for rivers and forests..... 1) She's pretty much a generic Republican. McMorris Rodgers isn't someone like Raul Labrador, prone to publicly challenge the party's conventional wisdom. Instead, with the possible exception of her caution of military action in Syria, she's been a party-line Republican, more in the Rep. Eric Cantor mode... So, is she an extremist? That depends...
  • Trump & Boeing: It's Not About Air Force One, It's About China

    12/11/2016 4:32:24 PM PST · by Steelfish · 30 replies
    CNN ^ | December 9, 2016 | Jon Ostrower
    Trump & Boeing: It's Not About Air Force One, It's About China by Jon Ostrower December 9, 2016 Boeing executives were blindsided by Donald Trump's Tuesday comments about the cost of Air Force One, but those weren't the tweets that worried America's largest exporter. Many former and current Boeing executives say they're far more worried about Trump's antagonism toward China, the largest and most important growth market for the crown jewel of American manufacturing. "The vulnerability to China is pretty clear," said one former senior Boeing executive. In contrast to the long term stakes over Boeing's future in China, the...