Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes | PBS News

The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ballots-discounted-for-late-postmarks-surged-in-washington-and-oregon-after-postal-service-changes

 

Washington state lawmakers pass ‘millionaire’s tax’ - POLITICO

Lawmakers in Washington state this week approved a new income tax on residents making more than $1 million and could spur other states considering similar bills to approve their proposals...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/12/washington-state-millionaires-tax-00826182 

 

Northwest Detention Center DENIED my right to conduct oversight

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P59KkPHJxcM

 

Washington state lawmakers join other states in proposing a millionaire's tax - POLITICO

Legislators have tried to pass a tax on high earners in the past, but polling this year shows the public is behind it...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/washington-state-millionaire-tax-00762278 

 

Powerful storms dump heavy rain and swell rivers across US Pacific north-west

Crews conduct high-water rescues in Washington, and flood watches put in effect along coast down to Oregon…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/pacific-north-west-washington-oregon-storms 

 

Press Conference Response to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi CREDIT: KOMO News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYBrESQnsNA

 

Trump-backed clergy nets win over Washington state child abuse law — for now

Members of the Roman Catholic clergy in Washington, backed by the Trump administration, won a victory in court last Friday as they seek to dismantle a controversial aspect of a state law meant to curb child sex abuse...

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/washington-child-abuse-law-clergy-catholics-trump-rcna220040 

 

Catholic bishops file lawsuit to protect the secrets of criminals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXL68F8zlk

 

Trump's Justice Department and the Catholic Church are fighting a law that will protect children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw6FElKqJEE

 

Mike Johnson’s False Jefferson Prayer: The Rest of the Story (Warren Throckmorton; Telling Jefferson Lies podcast)

On January 3, 2025, Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson was re-elected to be Speaker of the House. In his acceptance speech, he quoted a prayer that he said Thomas Jefferson said every day during his presidency and every day of his life thereafter.

There is a problem with this story. The prayer was written 56 years after Jefferson died. Jefferson never said the prayer even one day of his life. Later, Johnson and the House chaplain refused to acknowledge they spread false witness to the whole country.

Before the prayer was associated with Jefferson, it was falsely tied to George Washington.

For many years, people who believe America was founded as a Christian nation have desperately wanted George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to be on their team. In this episode, we will hear from Word and Way editor Brian Kaylor and Willamette University history professor Seth Cotlar as they describe how a common prayer became an American myth.

To read the prayer, titled "For Our Country," go to the 1928 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, page 36. An online version is here: http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1928Standard/bcp1928std.pdf

Telling Jefferson Lies is a product of Warren Throckmorton and today brought to you by the 3rd edition of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson. For more information about the book or Warren Throckmorton's substack, go to gettingjeffersonright.com.

The next episode will be out within two weeks and I will announce the schedule for the season at that point.

Music for the segment was provided by Roman Candle, Earl's Taco Shack, Jonathan Swaim, Jonus Fair, Robo Surgeon Fish, and Dustin Blatnik.

If you like what's going on here, please subscribe, tell your friends, and leave a lovely review.

Thanks for listening. 

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-8ccm6-24e2bb66

Angry voters confront GOP lawmaker at town hall in Washington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPWdj0qOr8A

 

Judge blocks Trump refugee ban for now - The Washington Post

U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle called the presidential executive order an improper nullification of congressional authority...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/25/trump-refugee-ban-blocked/

Washington lawmaker defends no-compromise bill making priests mandated reporters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vir2SFBBkuc

 

Mail-in ballots set on fire in Washington, Oregon and Arizona : NPR

Federal officials have been warning that in recent months, some social media users have been encouraging sabotage of ballot drop boxes. "It's a direct attack on democracy," said one local official...

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168404/oregon-washington-arizona-ballots-drop-boxes-fires

No, Kenneth Copeland , George Washington And Congress Never Made A Covenant with God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zD5yleMHco

Maddow on Washington State Republicans taking a stand against democracy

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hrd4NHagmEo

Weirdo Kenneth Copeland TELLS INSANE LIES to Justify His White Christian Nationalist worldview

Jesse talks about a bizarre and ahistorical set of lies that Kenneth Copeland told on a Daystar TV program to a group of women on a panel that served to rely on false information to back up the White Christian nationalist worldview of the grifter near-billionaire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EO1GkzGVnY

Two students may have stopped a school board from saying Christian prayers at meetings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtFUZd9iAE

What Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people

According to economist William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. and folklorist A. Kirsten Mullen, the lost wages cost generations of African Americans the modern equivalent of $14 trillion in stolen income...

https://theconversation.com/what-florida-gets-wrong-about-george-washington-and-the-benefits-he-received-from-enslaving-black-people-210863

PSE substations among six attacked in Pacific Northwest in November | The Seattle Times

At least six attacks at electricity substations in Washington and Oregon, including two at Puget Sound Energy substations, have been reported to the FBI in recent weeks...
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/pse-substations-among-five-attacked-in-pacific-northwest-in-november/