Washington defends gender-affirming care against unconstitutional attacks.
Gender-affirming care remains legal and protected in the state of Washington.
Last year, our team secured a preliminary injunction blocking two executive orders that threaten to end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care.
The #WALeg House still has yet to vote on the Millionaires Tax! Our sources say that phone calls to lawmakers’ offices urging them to vote YES are what’s needed right now to keep the bill moving.
We've made that easy by setting up a simple way to plug in your info and call them with one click:
Hey, that's our board member!
Matt Loschen, a millionaire tech guy who would pay the Millionaires Tax spoke in support of the bill at the @housedemocrats.wa.gov hearing: "I'm from here, I'm proud of my state. I'm not going anywhere and I'm ready to do the right thing to make Washington great."
Senate Republicans blocked an effort to rein in Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran without approval from Congress
It is shameful that Kristi Noem could not accept responsibility for the actions of ICE and CBP today.
But it’s unsurprising from an administration that works so hard to try to turn us against our neighbors.
DHS, ICE, and CBP need to be dismantled.
Know someone who needs a visual explainer of why WA's uber-rich are overdue in paying their share in taxes? Check this out. Note: This doesn't take into account the tax break windfall the richest 1% received from Congress. It's time for a #MillionairesTax! #WaLeg
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Rural working people support the Millionaires Tax because it funds the services they rely on, like the afterschool program Elana's nephew attends. This helps family members working multiple jobs to build a better future, one where the budget isn't balanced on their backs. @housedemocrats.wa.gov
Randall on Mississippi: "One of the perpetrators of that fraud? Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who received $1.1m from the govt for speeches he never made. Congressional Republicans' response was to invite Favre to testify about how we should strengthen oversight of federal welfare programs."
Rep. Brianna Thomas has a clear and succinct answer as to why @housedemocrats.wa.gov should vote to pass the Millionaires Tax this year:
Jayapal to Noem: "I want to introduce you to just four of the US citizens unlawfully detained by ICE ... they're in this room with us."
Joining other local governments across Washington state, King County has issued an emergency moratorium on new detention facilities being built or expanded in unincorporated King County.
Reverend Bob Feeny, a pastor in Spokane, effortlessly dismantled some of the bad faith arguments the wealthy few and their bought-and-paid-for #WALeg GOP lawmakers have been making against the Millionaires Tax:
We've started SB 5855, the bill to ban law enforcement officers from wearing facemasks for the purposes of obscuring their identities. I worked on an earlier version of this bill and I'm excited to vote for it. #waleg
Guadalupe Paredes with @firelandswa.bsky.social testified in support of the Millionaires Tax on Tuesday, where she shared the story of how her rural community has been devastated by cuts to the local library and school systems.
This is why #WALeg House members must pass this bill!
Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.
@wa.atg.gov Washington Attorney General Nick Brown leads the Democratic Attorneys General Association’s election protection working group.
They're working to protect our freedom to vote, including our best-in-the-nation vote by mail system, from the MAGA regime's attempts to take away that freedom.
“I like to think that I’m smart and work hard, but mostly I was in the right place at the right time” — dude with Microsoft money who would pay the (multi) millionaire’s tax saying YES TAX ME
Washington has scored another first in the nation for statewide legislation to boost housing:
Yesterday HB 2228 to legalize scissor stairs passed the Senate 48 - 0, now headed to the Gov's desk.
Thank you Rep. Zahn and Sen. Bateman, and also @markusja.bsky.social who got this conversation started!
‼️MAJOR NEWS‼️ The Millionaires Tax is one step closer to passage. Thank you to the Representatives on the House Finance committee that voted to stand with working people! #WAleg
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Corporate Dem Rep. Amy Walen voted against passing the Millionaires Tax today 😡
Just another reason we're proud to have backed @vandanaslatter.bsky.social over Walen in the race last fall to become Senator for their Legislative District ❤️
Our understanding is that because Finance heard it and not some other policy committee, it's skipping Appropriations and heading straight to Rules.
That's what our sources in #WALeg have been saying as well, though of course that could change if they want it to.
Big news!
You can help us pass this historic bill to rebalance our upside-down tax code and fun education, health care, and cash back in the pockets of working families by sharing your story in our story bank!
We'll use your story to craft a personalized letter to your #WALeg Reps:
Millionaires Tax is reported out of #WALeg House Finance Committee DO PASS on a 9-6 vote!!! 🥳
The bill now heads to the Rules Committee where it can be then pulled to the House floor for final passage.
Thanks to everyone who testified in support on Monday! You can view our thread of that here:
Final vote to advance Millionaires Tax out of committee is underway! #WALeg
Orcutt is doing the classic GOP tactic: ignoring the massive increase in population over the past 2 decades to claim we don't need to do more.
Our friends at @eoionline.bsky.social debunked this talking point wonderfully: bsky.app/profile/eoio...
Great job by everybody who let their state reps know a $550M tax break for the biggest corporations in the world shouldn’t have been part of an historic income tax bill.
This was a fight, and working Washingtonians won.
Rep. Sharon Wylie: "Goal is to make our tax system fair & sustainable. Fair means less regressive to me, where people pay their fair share. We must balance our tax code for the future."
"If we don't fund education, take care of health, we all pay." Says this is as much moral as it is economic
