#Washington state government

[lessoneislessthannow]

"I'll slit your neck with a razorblade"

"I'm leaving, and I'm never coming back"

"What the fuck asshole why did you blow up my phone so many times?" "Cause I was outside your house waiting for you... sorry I'm pretty used to getting blown off" "YEAH well I thought about it..."

"You can't and don't carry me, not physically, mentally, or financially"

"Shut the fuck up bitch"

I know better than to allow anyone to speak to me that way. I have self-esteem, and I'm not the one being an asshole

... next thing you know, you're in the middle of Aberdeen at three in the morning questioning why you're even helping someone who seems to care about you but doesn't have an ounce of respect for you, nor your feelings, nor your time...

But you still care, because you see stuck, somewhere, they're is still a soul inside them...

So you let them in

Feed them

Harbor them

Care for them

... Narcan them.

The cycle repeats OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

THIS OPIOID CRISIS IS SOMETHING I NEVER BEGAN TO COMPREHEND, until day 2 I moved to Washington

... the 49th worst state for substance abuse and addiction treatment

This is why I moved here ; I feel compelled to make a change, but there needs to be a line drawn between my life and the purpose of my work... except it is EVERYWHERE

You can't even begin to imagine, from the rich to the poor... it's literally harder to bum a cigarette in this state than to score some meth or herion

On the plus side

I was questioning ... just how much my addictive personality was going to influence me

So purposely, I moved between safety and absolute poverty; as a way to motivate myself never to go back to the way I used to be

I've been around it so much in "safety"

I don't even want it

I have no craving

I have no fixing.

I'm not 10+6 anymore

I've got a future

I want more

You'll never find me washed up on the muddy banks of the WISHKAH or the ocean shore

But as a population

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WASHINGTON

DO MORE

Do it now

This is some of the worst poverty and addiction I've ever seen and your government has no better solution than to bus the "junkies," veterans, and immigrants to TENT CITIES right below the overpasses surrounded by IMMENSE beauty

[letsgethaunted]

The Oakville Blobs Incident

On the morning of August 7, 1994, it began to rain in the small town of Oakville, Washington. But instead of raining water, a thick clear goo seemed to be falling from the clouds above. Over the next 3 weeks, the goo would fall a total of 6 times and cover an area of 20 square miles. Those who came into contact with the goo would eventually become ill, with some even being hospitalized with complications such as kidney failure. What were the Oakville Blobs? Why does it seem that the Washington state government is trying to cover the incident up? Join us as we try to get to the bottom of “The Oakville Blobs Incident”.

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[anghraine]

Perhaps the most purely surreal aspect of the election, btw, is that it actually went pretty great in my state (Washington). I don't even mean standard West Coast results. Washington is sapphire this year.

Harris/Walz are running about 20 points ahead of Trump statewide—currently, they're further ahead here than in Oregon or California. They're winning in Whitman County in eastern Washington and came within a few of points of winning Spokane County. Clark County, which is adjacent to the border with Oregon and contains the Portland suburb of Vancouver WA, can be a lot "swingier" than Multnomah County just to the south (which contains Portland) and a ballot box was literally blown up there to screw with the election results. Clark County worked to get new ballots to everyone affected and Harris is not only clearly winning in Clark, but further ahead than Biden in 2020—leading Trump by nearly 10 points iirc.

One of the few politicians I truly like, my beloved governor Jay Inslee, is stepping down, and had endorsed his Democratic AG, Bob Ferguson. Ferguson is easily winning the state, though not leading as much as Harris is, which is a kind of nice change from so many Democrats (including pretty mediocre ones) doing better than her, even though I've liked Ferguson as AG.

I will say that Ferguson was running against what goes for a good Republican candidate these days—a "moderate" with ties to King County (Seattle) who was not the first choice of the vile Washington GOP, but beat out some far-right assholes in the Republican primaries. For part of the campaign, it seemed like Reichert (the Republican candidate) might be "normal" enough and local enough to conceivably eke out a win, but in the event, Ferguson is ahead by double digits.

Our Democratic senator easily held her seat and also ran ahead of Ferguson in counties like Whitman.

Inslee's acknowledgment of Trump's win includes zero congratulations or unity blather, but instead remarks that Washington State sued the first Trump administration 97 times and won 95 of those cases while he was still president, and we will do it again if we have to (these suits were of course driven by AG Ferguson, now our governor-elect).

For the first time in generations, Washington Democrats actually won every statewide elected office—there are nine of them and the margins of the victories vary a lot, but the GOP failed to win even one, and the state government remains a Democratic trifecta as well.

There were four deceptively-worded, Republican-funded, corporate bullshit initiatives on the state ballot this year. Three are already dead in the water. As Governor Inslee put it, "Washingtonians sent an unequivocal message that they want action on pollution and climate change. Washingtonians also made clear they want to preserve the equity of our tax system with the capital gains tax on the super wealthy. When they or a loved one need long-term care, they want the WA Cares Act to be there for them." Yup!

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (a current Democrat in the House) is still leading in the Trumpy WA-3 district, which redistricting only made redder than it was before (when her victory was considered one of the biggest House upsets of the year). She's about three points ahead still.

This may sound like bragging about my state and isn't really meant that way. It feels like existing in a weird capsule because we're still very much in the USA and affected by national politics and we have our own right-wing assholes, of course, but so much about the country we live in is decided thousands of miles away from here, in large part by people who don't seem to share even the most basic sense of reality with most people here. It is a very strange experience to feel so estranged from what's happening in so much of the country.

[affairsmastery]

Donald Trump criticized Joe Biden for commuting the death sentences of 37 federal inmates, labeling them "the worst killers in our Country." Biden's decision, announced during his final month in office, converted sentences to life without parole for criminals convicted of heinous acts, including murders during bank robberies and within prisons.

While Biden justified his move as a moral stand to prevent the resumption of executions under Trump, he excluded three high-profile offenders, including the Boston Marathon bomber. Trump, pledging a return to "Law and Order," vowed to reinstate the death penalty for violent criminals to protect American families.

[thosemotivationalquotes]

🚨Important! If you live in one of the following states: Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Maryland, Virginia, or New Jersey. Today (10/15) is the last day you can register to vote online/in general.

Kansas - today is the last chance to register! You can register online, in person, or by mail

Maine - today is the last day to register online and by mail. You do still have the chance to register in person up to 11/5

Minnesota - today is the last day to register online and by mail. You do still have the chance to register in person up to 11/5

Maryland (including D.C.) - today is the last day to register online and by mail. You do still have the chance to register in person up to 11/5

Virginia - today is the last day to register online and by mail. You do still have the chance to register in person up to 11/5

New Jersey - today is the last chance to register! You can register online, in person, or by mail

Register to vote:

https://vote.gov

I also have a huge list of voting resources here.

Even if you aren’t planning on voting, I still recommend registering. You might change your mind and it’s always good to at least have the option to vote!

[olivafans]

The Treasury warns Congress that the debt ceiling could be reached in January. The FDA says that the decongestant in many cold medicines is ineffective

WASHINGTON-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency would need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon.

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"Treasury expects to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23," Yellen wrote in the letter addressed to House and Senate leadership, at which point extraordinary measures would be used to prevent the government from breaching the nation's debt ceiling — which has been suspended until January 1.

The department has deployed the "extraordinary measures" before to keep the government operating. But once those measures run out, the government risks defaulting on its debt unless lawmakers and the president agree to lift the limit on the U.S. government's ability to borrow.

"I respectfully urge Congress to act to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," she said.

The news comes after President Joe Biden signed a bill into law last week that averted a government shutdown but did not include President-elect Donald Trump's core debt demand to raise or suspend the nation's debt limit. Congress approved the bill only after fierce internal debate among Republicans over how to handle Trump's demand. "Anything else is a betrayal of our country," Trump said in a statement.

After a protracted debate in summer 2023 over how to fund the government, policymakers crafted the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which included suspending the nation's $31.4 trillion borrowing authority until January 1, 2025.

Notably however, Yellen said, the debt is projected to temporarily decrease on January 2 because of a scheduled redemption of nonmarketable securities held by a federal trust fund associated with Medicare payments. As a result, "Treasury does not expect that it will be necessary to start taking extraordinary measures on January 2 to prevent the United States from defaulting on its obligations," she said.

The federal debt, which ballooned across both Republican and Democratic administrations, is now roughly $36 trillion. The spike in inflation after the coronavirus pandemic increased government borrowing costs; as a result, debt service next year will exceed spending on national security.

Republicans, who will have full control of the White House, House and Senate in the new year, have plans to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts and other priorities but debate over how to pay for them.

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[nando161mando]

🇵🇸Manifestación masiva en solidaridad con Palestina, en Washington, para recibir al criminal Netanyahu. Mientras el senado de los EE.UU. aplaudían a un genocida, las calles gritaban solidaridad.

Videos extraídos del perfil de @JaimeCaroM en Twitter.

🇵🇸Massive demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, in Washington, to receive the criminal Netanyahu. While the US Senate applauded a genocide, the streets shouted solidarity.

Videos taken from @JaimeCaroM 's profile on Twitter.

[davidson-eric]

The Bank Is A Dangerous Place To Hold Your Money.

The US govt does not have the $18trillion required to protect depositors when the stock market collapses.

In due time, the multipolar order will take steps to replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency with a joint currency that is backed by real assets. Get your money out of the banks, both IRA/ 401Ks, convert them to digital coins XLM, XRP, and back them up in the recommended QFS ledger as soon as possible for safety.

FAA has grounded all American flights due to a computer outage!! It is not too far from happening. Move your funds into QFS ledger and backup.!!!!

[eopederson2]

Tacoma City Hall née Rhodes Medical Arts Tower, Tacoma, 2015 (upper) 1930s (lower).

A place of terror when I was a child, as it was filled with doctor and dentist offices. That terror may remain, but now it is now occupied by city government.

Upper photo, mine.

Lower Photo: Library of Congress:

Source Collection

Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

[thenewdemocratus]

Dan Mitchell: Advice For DOGE: Fiscal Federalism

Source:Dan Mitchell is a Libertarian blogger and egghead. “Donald Trump was a big spender during his first term in office. Even if you don’t count the orgy of pandemic-related spending, he spent more and spent faster than Barack Obama. He even increased domestic spending faster than Obama! But maybe his second term will be different. One positive sign is that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are…

[mossadegh]

When ex-President Harry Truman said he was “disturbed” by the CIA’s illicit covert activities abroad, it set off a firestorm in the agency he founded in 1947...

The Mossadegh Project

[alostwanderernotfound]

On Securing Freedom of the Union

Summary: Jesus then went on to working in the equivalent of consulting roles, charity work, intelligence, national security, & military roles to aid in various nations around the world & fend off apocalyptic prophecies God had showed to him many years ago. Jesus’s teachings seemed unwelcome by many Christians, so he moved on from it.

Serving in the army, navy, national guard, Air Force, marines, multiple Seal Teams, marines, rangers, NATO, military police, many more sports & various military commander posts internationally- he went wherever God & the people asked for their assistance.

During the American Revolution his fellow soldiers hung up a “George Washington is A Coward Sign” on a building after we had won. They also replaced the American flag he hung up after they won with a British one, to imply he was a traitor. They did not know I was spending my time as a spy overseas & actually signed the document in England that won the war & secured our independence & freedom. I held back tears as I saw the sign fall. It was unsafe to speak of in the moment, for all of us. I had served as George Washington the Military Commander & spy, as Thomas Jefferson overnight to let the daytime President rest & do the Louisiana purchase, & rose to be Lincoln & work to win the Civil war when the slavery bell tolled once more. The angels switched back and forth with another to aid anywhere they could. Jesus tended to stay in positions of low spotlight for that is how he so preferred it.

God said his life was to be of suffering and he believed it. Time and time again- he believed it.

“God has done nothing for me” is a common belief. How different all our lives would be if it were so true.

[frasermints]

when the same government that poisoned hundreds of thousands of people in your area via spilled waste from the last nuclear weapons facility is like "lol guess what you're getting!! two nuclear power plants!! RIGHT where we put the last nuclear weapons facility!!! we're totally not going to make the same mistake as last time we PROMISE!!!"

[smbhax]

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1923 – International reaction to Government executions.

The Irish government Representative in Washington, Timothy Smiddy wrote to External Affairs minister Desmond Fitzgerald about US concerns regarding the execution of Anti-Treaty Irregulars, especially the PR fallout if women were to be executed. “A report given last week to the American papers by Mrs Despard from Paris (a cutting of which has already been sent to you), stated that, hence forth,…

[memenewsdotcom]

Cocaine found at White House