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Democrats are coming after your pensions. First, they raid the LEOFF1 pension. Now, an income tax on pensions.

Who should be responsible for uncovering fraud involving taxpayer-funded programs? One lawmaker says state government needs to do more and they shouldn't be "locking out the press."

The NO on I-001 campaign (against parents bill of rights), thinks that a solid, loving parent who is not affirming their child’s pronouns is child abuse and neglect. They also want parents to never know their kids pronoun in school. They are abandoning parents rights to protect fake child abuse for ideological reasons. Adults hiding things from good parents about their kids in schools is stranger danger!

Say no to stranger danger, and pure lies and fear mongering from Bob Ferguson. Vote YES on I-001 to restore parental rights

If Democrats don’t plan to tax your retirement, why did they make sure their new income tax can tax your Social Security, 401(k), IRA, and pension? They won’t even deny it, they’ll say, “Don’t worry, it only hits people making over $1 million.” Okay. Then why did they make our retirement income taxable in the first place? That was a deliberate choice, not a mistake. Republicans tried to amend the bill to save retirement and they refused. 100% chance Democrats lower the threshold to all of us, and tax your retirement into oblivion.

👀 KOMO covering the Washington Learing Centers.

Just checking in on this. It seems like we are at the predictable early stages of step 1. A little credit where it’s due; good job Katie putting forward something that resembles a common sense start/direction.

WA already has some of the most expensive workers comp in the country. Now L&I wants another 4.9% increase and says even THAT won’t cover costs, so they’ll dip into reserves to make up the difference. Thats nearly 10% increase in 2 years. Call it what it is: another hidden tax increase on workers and businesses already struggling with high costs.

The Seattle Times Editorial Board based their entire “No on I-645” argument on the belief that the initiative would “lock in” the tax-relief provisions of the income tax bill for two years. They are incorrect, and should issue a correction to their readers. I-645 repeals the income tax and leaves those other provisions untouched. A 1988 AG opinion says the constitutional two-year restriction applies when later legislation changes an initiative’s “essential purpose and effect.” Lawmakers could still amend or repeal the separate tax relief provisions by simple majority in 2027 or 2028. And even under the Times’ interpretation, the two-year window would expire Dec. 3, 2028 — before the tax relief takes effect Jan. 1, 2029. Any way you look at it, the editorial board is wrong.

It sickens me that I feel the need to even do what I’m about to do, but unfortunately this is the position Democrats have left us to. Pictured below is Robert Lough, a sexually violent predator that Democrats allowed to be unconditionally released from McNeil Island. That’s the literal prison island- like Alcatraz- that Washington places its most violent sex predator pedophiles, baby rapists, and psychopaths… all there because they are deemed to reoffend given the chance. How did he get there? Well, Lough chased a young nurse across the freeway and tackled her, dragged her back to his van, then savagely raped her. He then stabbed her through the vagina multiple times with a tire iron. She received severe injuries. He left her for dead, naked on the freeway. The Democrats have refused to reform this system, instead choosing to dump trash like this extremely dangerous parasite into unsuspecting neighborhoods with little rules or no supervision. They want to normalize the psychos. Only one Democrat, Mari Leavitt, can I say has truly cared about stopping this madness. They don’t care if it’s next to your kids bus stop, or playground, or school. They care more about this rapists “disabilities” than the safety of our communities. Total whack job DSA stuff. And if you don’t think it could happen in your neighborhood, guess again. Now Robert Lough is on Facebook, seeking out friend requests to lord knows which unsuspecting prey. Don’t be one of them, keep an eye out for this, because Bob Ferguson, Nick Brown, and democrats certainly aren’t keeping their eye out for you. How many unknowing young girls accept friend requests on Facebook from this predator until you make this a priority Governor?

Bob Ferguson and Democrats learned well from their mentor Tim Walz on how to protect a fraud ring. This is a disgrace. Every effort republicans made to stop this fraud was rejected by democrats. You need to vote!

EXCLUSIVE: WA elections office walks back denial after Rep. Josh Penner proves voter guide text favored Democrats seattlered.com/politics/wa-v…

Not gonna lie, that’s pretty incredible.

Gov. Ferguson says I-001 “removes parents rights to be immediately notified when their child is a victim of a crime at school.” Only one problem, that’s utter bullshit. I-001 says patents: “To receive IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION if a criminal action is deemed to have been committed against their child or by their child.” The No campaign tries to get around those inconvenient words by arguing that the word “deemed” could somehow mean parents wait days, weeks, or even months. Based on what? They provide no evidence other than irrational fear mongering. I-001 creates no waiting period. “Deemed” does not mean convicted, charged, or even investigated. And I-001 does not repeal WAs separate mandatory reporting and child safety laws. I know this issue well, I wrote the amendment that put the immediate notification language in current law after Democrats fought my effort to require immediate notification and tried to allow up to 48 hours to tell parents if a teacher raped your child. That fight went national for weeks, and only after a huge fight did they begrudgingly accept my amendment. Saying the initiative “removes” immediate notification when it literally says IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION is not an honest description of what voters are being asked to decide. So spare me the newfound concern about immediate parental notification while simultaneously arguing against more parental notification. It’s also crazy to watch the No campaign test that message out while basing their entire campaign on the notion that it’s unsafe to tell parents things about their own kids. These same people leave kids in fentanyl filled tent encampments with their drug abusing parents to be abused and even die. And they have the nerve to talk about protecting kids from abuse? 🤯🤯🤯 That my friends is insane, and their new reach on the immediate notification is not only disingenuous, it’s desperate. Read the initiative, don’t fall for the spin. Take it from the guy who wrote that provision into law, I’m voting yes on I-001 and parents will be notified immediately.

Somali daycare fraud, waste, and abuse is still happening in WA. Trust me, it’s being investigated. I’ll leave it at that.

Washington ‘Learing Centers’? It’s true. Some home daycares in WA are receiving millions in taxpayer funds every year, above what they could even receive based on what they are licensed for. The math doesn’t work. Do you believe a small home daycare with 0-5 kids should be making over $1m per year? Thats nuts! When Republicans pointed at specific cases and asked DCYF explain it on the public record, they declined to respond. A stunning admission that something is very wrong. Later, House Republicans passed some good fraud accountability amendments in another bill. Democrats later killed that bill for no reason to cover up the fraud. I was listening to @nickshirleyy last night, and thought of this house floor debate. It’s critical that we expose and defeat fraud in our state.

GAS LIGHTING?? As you all know, the State Supreme Court struck down the initiative to preserve energy choice and natural gas. WA Democrats should do the honorable thing next session and repeal HB 1589 from 2024 (the natural gas ban) to respect the will of the people. Even if a hand selected majority of the State Supreme Court wouldn’t. Just to refresh your memory on what this bill did… HB 1589 was a gift to PSE. It gave them a series of complicated benefits like accelerated depreciation and the ability to combine their natural gas and electric utilities under the UTC. In plain English: PSE gets to recover its money faster and spread costs across more customers, while ratepayers (that’s you) get stuck with the bill. Some PSE customers are already paying 30% more. Meanwhile, the law puts PSE on a path toward phasing down natural gas, including something literally called “geographically targeted electrification” where PSE must transition portions of its natural gas customers to electricity. And somebody has to pay for all of this! BIAW estimated it could cost the average homeowner around $50,000 to convert from natural gas to electric, while natural gas bills could rise roughly 62% as customers leave the system. For many homeowners, that’s nearly $1,000 more per year! We’re talking about roughly 800,000 PSE households potentially affected by this transition. And it’s not just homeowners. Natural gas serves roughly 200,000 businesses and institutions across Washington, including manufacturers, hospitals, hotels and restaurants. For many commercial facilities, conversion costs can easily reach six figures or more. When businesses pay more for equipment and energy, those costs don’t magically disappear, they eventually show up in the prices the rest of us pay. Then there’s an even bigger problem… where is all this new electricity supposed to come from? If you look at PSE’s own forecasts for available power and future demand, we’re approaching a serious power shortfall. I was frankly shocked when I saw it. So we’re simultaneously facing an electricity shortage while state policy is pushing hundreds of thousands of natural gas customers toward using MORE electricity. Make that make sense. If HB 1589 isn’t repealed, natural gas users are cooked (no pun intended) and I never want to hear another lecture about “affordability” or “no kings.” The initiative did more than stop this bill, it added in future protections for other natural gas users, and put the brakes on a very activist building code council. Those protections are gone now, and you could be next. As for the Supreme Court, the majority said I-2066 violated the Constitution because it “log rolled” multiple subjects together. That’s flimsy as hell in my opinion. I agree with the dissent, if this initiative was unconstitutional log rolling, you could make the same argument about a whole lot of laws passed by the Legislature. It also makes me wonder whether the Court will apply that same precedent when it considers the challenge to the state’s income tax law, which is also accused of log rolling multiple subjects together. I won’t hold my breath. Regardless, voters will have another opportunity to make their voices heard for energy choice in November by voting Republican.

Typical Jay Inslee, cheering against the will of the people.

Meth pipes, needles and fentanyl test strips: a hearing witness says they are included in a King County Public Health party pack. Do you agree?