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Sigh... The so-called voters of Seattle and King County have assured that our entire state is now represented in DC by Democrats. Every single Republican candidate was defeated by healthy margins. Our entire state government is now in Far-Left hands, and the suffering will be increasing. Here are a couple of posts I wrote on my personal blog, describing what is happening in the Leftist-most State of the entire country. We even beat California for that dubious distinction. And I have been released from Twitter/X jail. One great benefit of being there is meeting and interacting with a slew of locals who are conservative, so we have someone to commiserate with!
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Sorry for the broken links. They are live now.
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I'm sorry for your broken state. I know the feeling.
The only comfort I can offer is that perhaps as things get really miserable, people will wake up. It only take a single car jacking, mugging or family member being assaulted until a flaming progressive switches right over to the center.
As blue as California is, there have been some red wave tendencies that are surfacing.
For one thing, a great many voters are now immigrants from all over the world, and especially from south of the border nations. They're fully aware that if we continue to let in anyone who can scale a five foot wall, we will not differ from the very third world status that all of them left 30 years ago.
They came here wanting a better life. They watched as kids how their parents worked tirelessly so that when they were adults, they could own a home and have their kids attend decent schools. But massive immigration has meant the inflation of housing prices. The school system has buckled under the weight of so many additional new warm bodies. Teachers now have as priorities ignoring the traditional three R's in favor of endless DEI and 16 gender discussions.
So they are starting to become a political force. Hopefully they will start demanding that single family dwellings with back yards are once again available. (Most newly built construction is for apartments or luxury homes - no normal housing is being constructed.)
Also they have helped the rest of us vote in Prop 36, which will enforce crimes once again being treated like crimes. Steal $ 960 worth of goods, and that will be a felony with a prison sentence once convicted. Drug dealers will be treated like dealers and not as small time users.
It is not everything that is needed but it is a start.
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Hard to believe Washington is more left-wing than California (where I live).
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A little info for those other than RushBabe and a few others who live in Washington State, we have 39 counties. They are ruled by voters in 7 - 9 counties in Western Washington, most of which border Puget Sound. So many things I could say but RB has covered the lot.
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