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#YesAllWomen


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Understanding The Culture Of Violence Towards Women

In the wake of the mass shooting at UC Santa Barbara, the hashtag #YesAllWomen (a response to the “not all men” meme) became a venue on Twitter and beyond for women to share personal stories and experiences about misogyny, domestic violence, and violence toward women. One quote from Margaret Atwood that reverberated throughout the conversation summed up women’s worst fear: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

Our colleagues at Think Progress put together this infographic that paints a grim picture:

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CREDIT: Adam Peck/ThinkProgress

BOTTOM LINE: More than one in three women will experience rape, violence, and/or stalking at the hands of an intimate partner in their lifetimes. #YesAllWomen has started a serious and vital conversation about misogyny and violence against women, issues that too often are either ignored or treated unseriously in our society.

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the other Washington … in the news July 2014


 

 

 

 

PDF of today's Seattle Times front page

Blacks disproportionately fined for public pot use

Employment Security layoffs

Woman gets life for Northwest crime rampage

Report: Microsoft layoffs Thursday   18K

I-90 closures ahead: Eastside drivers might want to just stay home

Senate GOP blocks Patty Murray’s contraception coverage bill

It’s hot, it’s dry, so keep your butts in your caradd to reading list

Analysts predict Microsoft layoffs by July 22ndadd to reading list      

Casey Kasem’s body still in Wash. morgueadd to reading list

Start time for Huskies’ opener at Hawaii pushed back

Raise for City Light CEO zapped

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National Hot Dog Day …


Celebrate National Hot Dog Day With These Recipes

It only comes once a year, so use this excuse to indulge in a delicious, all-American dog today. From bacon-wrapped to chili-smothered, we have 10 recipes that will leave you counting down to lunch. READ NOW 

By Derrick Riches
Barbecues & Grilling Expert

 
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Seth Fleetwood is running for State Senate in the 42nd District

Click here and say:
 I’m with Seth!

Great news!

This fall, we have a strong chance to oust one of the biggest enemies of environmental progress in our State Senate — Doug Ericksen.

Doug Ericksen is Chair of the State Senate committee focused on the environment.

Ericksen is notorious for cozying up to corporate special interests and lobbyists — more than any other WA legislator according to a 2013 Associated Press investigation. 1

Many of the lobbyists Ericksen got meals and freebies from represented the oil industry. It might come as no surprise that Ericksen has used his position to push Big Oil’s agenda, even giving climate change deniers a platform to spew their anti-science rhetoric.

Seth Fleetwood is challenging Doug Ericksen. Will you sign our petition and show your support for Seth?

It’s time that Whatcom County had a Senator who worked for them, not the corporate lobbyists.

Seth Fleetwood has been representing the people of Whatcom for 12 years on the Bellingham City and Whatcom County Councils, and he’s ready to represent them in the State Senate.

He stands up for the people of Whatcom — supporting personal freedom, protecting the environment by preserving farmland and keeping Lake Whatcom clean, and building infrastructure that the economy needs to grow.

Seth has been endorsed by many different groups, including the Washington Conservation Voters, Washington State Labor Council, Planned Parenthood Votes and more.

Seth Fleetwood will work for the people of Whatcom, not corporate lobbyists. Wouldn’t that be nice for a change?

Join me. Add your name to show your support for Seth Fleetwood and help us take back the State Senate.

In solidarity,

Jaxon

1 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Olympia-lobbyists-pamper-lawmakers-with-free-meals-209375761.html

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The New Populist Movement


“More liberal, populist movement
emerging ahead of 2016 elections.”

Front page, The Washington Post, December 1, 2013:

The past two years have been scarred by a government shutdown, the sequester, the near default of the US government and a Tea Party Congress blocking everything.

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And yet –

In the midst of the wreckage, we’ve helped build a populist movement that the media and the politicians no longer can ignore.

That movement – that you, the Campaign for America’s Future and others are forcing onto the table the changes that the American people want.

Take a look at last year:

  • We blocked politicians from cutting one dollar of Social Security and Medicare benefits — and now our champions in Congress are pushing to expand those programs.
  • We put economic inequality on the national agenda and drove demands for a higher minimum wage.
  • We pushed for investment in jobs and full employment and against job-killing austerity.
  • We demanded prosecution of banks and bankers who tanked the economy – and pushed to break up too-big-to-fail financial institutions.
  • We stopped Larry Summers from becoming Federal Reserve chairman.
  • We challenged job-killing trade agreements and the corporations that wrote them in secret.

In this election year, we need to keep up the fight. We need to support political champions like Senator Elizabeth Warren. We must keep up the fight for the minimum wage and pre-school for every child. We can’t do this without you.   We need your energy and we need your help with a donation.

Can you help with a $10 donation to build this movement?

Thanks for all you do,

Roger Hickey & Robert L. Borosage
Co-Directors, Campaign for America’s Future