Over at FB, I asked a Bernieoid, Jack Smith ,why he was supporting Pramila Jayapal for Cingress in the the 7th Congressional District. My question arose because Jayapal was a Bernie endorser, but she does not live in this District. Stephen Schwartz So why do you support Pramila over Brady? D[...]
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Progressives stumble on Ukraine
The House progressive caucus, led by Rep. Primala Jayapal (D-WA), released a well-meaning but awkward letter urging Biden to pursue a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war on Monday, October 24, 2022. Within 24 hours, they retracted and disavowed it (see story here). As described by The Hill here, [...]
November 11th, 2019 - 10:50 am § in Misc.
Quotes from Me
A political professional who worked here for Pramila Jayapal just posted his triumph on FB. After all, he gloried, Sawant beat Amazon My response: Dan, yep you and I disagreed. I opposed Pramila because she had and has little interest in the issues that directly affect this Congres[...]
July 10th, 2019 - 7:26 am § in Misc.
Are Cherokee People, People of Color?
Claims of membership in a People of Color group are central to a lot of how we now live in America. This is not simply a matter of being disadvantaged. Americans of Hindu, Carribean and Hispanic descent are among the countries most successful immigrant communities. The issue, however, becomes a le[...]
June 1st, 2019 - 10:49 am § in Misc.
The Racist Fallacy of “People of Color”
WHOSE THE WHITE GIRL? Leaving aside my own jokes about spelling, I get very angry at the effort by condescending liberals to replace the real issues of racism with the term “People of Color.” Somehow, as a Jew, somehow I am accused of being “white” while the President of [...]
May 15th, 2019 - 2:38 pm § in The Ave Scene
Fraud and Democracy in Seattle Congressional Race
I got this email today. You need to understand that Jayapal is a master politician. She has built a huge war chest. She will have no serious opposition from the GOP because of her Republican vote in her district is about as bigs as support for the Islamic Democratic Union party or the Kuomintang. [...]
April 23rd, 2019 - 8:56 am § in The Ave Scene
Washington State’s Simple Alternative to Berniecare
The Washington State House of Representatives has passed a simple bill, a public option for health insurance that would be available to all Washington Staten residents. The Program is called “Cascade Care.” “Cascade Care” may be exactly the alternative to the “Medicare [...]
April 22nd, 2019 - 1:04 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
Why MEDICARE FOR ALL is more SLOGAN than POLICY
This Is The Part Of ‘Medicare For All’ That You Never Hear About Bernie Sanders and allies want to squeeze hospitals, which is very necessary – and very difficult. By Jonathan Cohn Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his allies talk a lot about how “Medicare for All” would take[...]
August 30th, 2018 - 11:05 am § in Misc.
Feeding the Jungle
I got this email this AM: From the Jayapal campaign. Pramila is my Congress woman. She is unopposed. The reason for giving her money is to feed her ability to be a political power machine in the fashion of any other machine from Tammany Hall to the Koch brothers. Hey Stephen, I’m Prami[...]
May 23rd, 2018 - 10:41 pm § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
GOP Candidate for Senate Blows Bad Breath at Senator Cantwell
Susan Hutchison’s absurd bashing of Maria Cantwell shows how Trumplike she’s become Nine years ago, when Susan Hutchison was running for King County Executive, she did her best to portray herself as a reasonable Republican capable of governing Washington’s largest jurisdiction. Notably, the fo[...]