always nice to talk with like-minded people and updates and new things

Ron Leslie Shoreline, WA

Pia Kanistros RN, BSN retired Dayton, Ohio where legislators at the State level are a mess!

If you don’t know the indigenous land where you reside on, you can look it up here: https://native-land.ca/

I'm on Suquamish/Coast Salish/Port Gamble S'Klallam land

We are on Spokane land.

Mount Vernon - Coast Salish, Stillaguamish, Sauk Suittle, Skagit

Linda Bock from Sammamish, Costal Salish, Duwamish, Stillaguamish

Rich Stevenson, Louisville, KY USAIVA, The Proactive Voter Movement.

Ken is watching from the Tulalip Reservation, North of Everett.

I am up in Snohomish County on lands historically cared for by the Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes of the Salish Sea.

Suquamish, coast salish, chimacum, s'kallam

My newest TV program focuses on how Big Money corrupts elections. I posted it to my blog, so EVERYONE EVERYWHERE can watch it – and/or read the thorough summary I typed up, which includes links to more information. Here is the link: https://parallaxperspectives.org/big-money-in-elections-corrupts-our-government

On NIsqually land in the South Salish Sea AKA Lacey WA in South Puget Sound

Glen Anderson lives in Lacey, next to Olympia. For many years I have helped in various ways to promote better democracy.

Wouldn't any Federal Criminal charges for Jan 6 come through the Justice Department, headed by Mr Transparent Merrick Garland who I understand has links to the same Federalist society who also have links to the 6 Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices?

If they lose the top of the ticket and win all the way down the line otherwise they will make up total nonsense to explain that! 🤪

Whatever the republicans are accusing the Democrats of doing is exactly what the Republicans are doing. Pre-emptive accusation is a clever tactic. It make the legitimate objection that comes later, sound like a school yard retort. Very ingenious.

They simply try to deny out right to vote sue, make it Federal offense and should lose citizenship!or right to vote. Make them prove their lies and charge them if false claims. Sick and tired of the pussyfooting around when all these people are violating without proof their lies. They need to be held responsible and accountable. I'm so sick and tired of it just tell him prove it, prove it, prove it…..😡 they can’t!

Many years ago I heard Bev Harris speak -- and read many things she wrote -- about "black box voting" in which the voting machines are programmed in Republican-biased ways and cannot be audited. The Republicans who owned the companies that made and programmed the voting machines refused to let them be audited and claimed "proprietary" rights to this secrecy. HONEST voting machines are good, with paper as a back-up if necessary.

I believe that Bev advocated paper ballots, even if there were voting machines. Thus if there was a question about whether the voting machines gave the wrong answer, the paper ballots could be counted.

we have a machine where your ballot is blank, you put it into machine and prints out your vote choices, then YOU place it in the voting counting machine and it counts it 3 ways- paper ballot, PDF count and digital counting so it automatically checked 3 ways and not hooked up to internet. Very successful

We DEmocrats should take the issue of election security and use it to our advantage , both ensuring that elections are secure AND that everyone who should be voting actually get to vote.

damn

man, so tantalizing.

I agree with Ken. Republicans try to own the issue of "voting fraud." Actually, Republicans cause much of the fraud. We've seen some notorious examples recently. Democrats should reach out to the public with smart, accurate information about real security for elections, to counter the B.S. that the Republicans are putting out. Let's help voters see who is opposing honest democracy and who is working for elections to be really honest.

From the get go we should have been saying over and over that the 2020 election was the best conducted, most observed, most audited election in our lifetimes. Communications science says clearly that repeating a lie,

Ohio redistridricting can't make up their mind so Supreme Court did not support the Rpebulicans mapping 3 times so the will be going with the Republican version which is not what people wanted

reinforces the lie even when rebutted.

We're being held captive by our legislators in Ohio

The U.S. Supreme Court has become the enforcement arm of the Republican Party. Public opinion polling shows a huge majority of the public now no longer trusts the Supreme Court to be honest and fair.

Today in Dayton Ohio at our largest trauma hospital they had a shooting a patient came in from the jail county jail, and at some point in time to grab the gun of the security guard watching him, shot the secure security guard and then went outdoors and shot himself! Now shooting in Oklahoma Hospital this afternoon 3 dead many injured!

Nurses are furious across the country about safety!

guns already have too many rightgs

Ohio is trying to let anyone get a gun without any checks and background checks

I would be in favor of no guns at all

Require insurance for gun owners

There is significant profit in uncontrolled access to guns

And politicians want it that way

I think gun owners should have t buy insurance as well — that would cover them if their gun was unsecured, used in a crime, etc.

I would think twice about voting for a candidate who displays a firearm in his candidate campaigns ads.

Not all politicians, the one's that have been bought off

Last Sunday I posted to my blog several items about guns. These blog posts include interesting information and very fresh ways to understand the issues. Here is the link: https://parallaxperspectives.org/category/guns

People who allow guns that involved in mass shootings should be allowed to sue their legislators, gun manufacturers and gun shows or businesses allow selling guns.

It has to make a difference at the ballot box!

Nobody should allow Republicans to claim to be "pro-life" when they keep refusing to reduce gun violence. People must loudly and repeatedly say they are "pro-death"!

The NRA helps gun manufacturers hide their donations to the extreme right wing

changing it to 21 doesn't really make a big difference- metal health? Oh please there are not enough metal health people available for the crazies, and the others are hate-mongers, if you have to have an automatic weapon to protect yourself or hunt then you're a terrible shot you shouldn't be allowed to have a gun in the first place

I say ship every coffin to the doorstep of the capital and let them pass them every day as the tower grows and grows. Our country cherishes weapons of children....

All guns should be melted down and used to make useful things.

Bottom line is we need to get rid of all lobbyists they have no business going to Congress and supplying members with money Congress is elected by us to support us with the people not corporations or businesses

Many gun owners are coming out in favor of stronger background checks and banning assault rifles too! The NRA represents gun companies & profiteers not owners, period.

I think they need to drag the supreme court justices to look at the aftermath (victims) of these mass shootings.

Those companies are buying the legislators support and vote not ours

Does anyone have contact information for Jeremy Chase that spoke last week?

And report all political contributions, not just contributions above some high dollar limit, so they can pretend to be transparent.

Good idea Dan. Force them to attend thes childrens open casket funerals!

Amen Dwight!!!!

Glenn Morgan is involved in this effort…

Most of the bad addresses for registered voters are people in the military, which is legal

• EVENTS:o January 6th Commission Hearing Watch Event - Thursday, June 9th @ 5 pm PT - (Time tentative based on Commission schedule) - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tUim-Dh8Q_GjUBQvDlaNkQo Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote – Film Screening & Panel Discussion – June 9th @ 6 pm PT – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t-6eJlOiR6Kdw7TqMzIruQ

• ACTIONS – Voter Registration:o Festival Sundiata – June 18th & 19th – Seattle Center, Armory – Sign up for shifts @ https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b054babaa2baaf85-festivalo Fremont Fair– June 18th & 19th – Fremont Neighborhood in Seattle – Sign up for shifts @ https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b054babaa2baaf85-fremont

Could we go to Fremont in costume?

• WON (Women in Office Now) – https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/wono Fundraising for My Campaign – June 14 @ 6 pm – w/ guest speaker Madalene Mielke, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) - Register @ https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/won-modules/module-08-fundraising-for-my-campaign

• DONATE to Fix Democracy First or Fix Democracy First Education Fund @ https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate

Might forward the campaigning videos to the local legislative districts for them to use, or parrot.

Green Energy, insulating homes, building small houses!

Multi family dwellings

Fairness doctrine wiped out hurt any independent press

Canwe get a transcript of thia meeting?

I believe it's being recorded

I believe she sends out the transcript and all the links the day after this.

But will it be share

Polling by Anat Shenker Osorio shows that the majority of Americans want accountability for those who planned, executed and protected the Jan. 6 attack on our country. The watch parties are crucial for helping the public to see the evidence and mobilize for getting accountability. Getting the politicians involved out of office is crucial for protecting our freedoms.

Earlier in this Zoom Chat I provided the link to my June TV program (which you can watch through my blog). I interviewed a lawyer who works for Common Cause in Washington DC, and she directs their program about big money's corruption in election. See information about Common Cause's work at this link: https://www.commoncause.org/our-work/money-influence/

/That woud begreat!Hunt637@gmail.com

Big Money in Elections Corrupts Our Government - https://parallaxperspectives.org/big-money-in-elections-corrupts-our-government

Big money also owns a lot of media and newspapers of record, so can slant the news.

I have to leave now. Thanks, everyone.

enter your neighbor's address

Is there site for Ohio like this?

And I there one for Phoiladelphia

Thanks CindyI have to run!

Cindy, this was great! Thanks so much.

My TV guest is helping people in Oakland, Calif., to create a democracy voucher program for Oakland, like what Seattle has. She said if Oakland accomplishes this, other cities in Calif. will pass their own. Then this bold reform can spread to many other cities nationwide. Learn more about it in the TV program.

Is there anyone working on Pennsylvania?

Open Secrets - https://www.opensecrets.org/

Follow The Money - https://www.followthemoney.org/

FEC - Campaign finance data - https://www.fec.gov/data/

Washington Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) - https://www.pdc.wa.gov/

Rev. Doug. I lived in Pittsburgh for 17 years. I

I"m writing Vote Forward letters to PA voters.

Can we check whether our Congressman is supporting JR-48

"chip in 3$"

Votesmart.org is a great way to look up info on candidates - positions on issues, donors, etc,

In response to Yvonne's question, I give only to the very best LOCAL candidates. But mostly I give to ORGANIZATIONS that do strategically smart work effectively. Some orgs don't seem to do much actual work, but they focus on fundraising. I pay attention to the orgs that are competent and strategic in organizing to accomplish good goals.

Please put the link in, \Christy

votesmart reports candidate votes, and is nominally independent.

ALSO, in conduct FREE ONLINE WORKSHOPS to equip people with information, skills and resources for organizing grassroots movements for all kinds of issues. My next series of workshops will run on Tuesdays from June 14 through July 19. Here is the link: https://parallaxperspectives.org/sign-up-now-for-free-practical-online-workshops-to-help-you-make-more-progress-on-issues-you-care-about-2

https://washingtonprogress.org/our-investments and https://www.firstmilecircle.org/

Vote Smart: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/officials

While elections are important, ALL OF US can ORGANIZE AT THE GRASSROOTS. This can be more direct and more powerful than hoping politicians will do good things. See my blog post from just a moment ago.

@Julie M -- link above for both Progress Alliance and First Mile. They are in partnership.

https://ballotpedia.org

Yes, Ballotpedia is how I've been doing my candidate research.

put it in spam folder

absolutely Tish!

I do both

24,000 unread emails... and growing

I sometimes can't resist angry replies I know they won't read/count as engagement & send me more emails because of

I had just 1000 on Sunday

Eck!

ballotpedia is excellent

Bob Findlay, thanks. I do that sometimes cause I just can't resist saying someting even though I know they won’t read it.h

And Bob, send me more emails

Move them all to Texas from around the country and give Texas back to Mexico

In gmail you can flag the friends & orgs you WANT to hear from as Important, then mainly use that file.

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect UnionBy Richard Kreitner - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53077885-break-it-up

😂

Thanks once again everyone for a great, informative meeting. Sugar, my dog, is requesting a walk. Must leave now.

Bye Kate, my doggos are getting antsy too

In general, extremely rich people are not on our side. They have a strong financial interest in keeping extremely rich people extremely rich. We MUST get "Big Money" out of politics.

THAT should be illegal!

Patriotic Billionaires is the rare exception to this, advocating that people like them should put much more in taxes.

Progressives unilaterally refusing PAC donations is unilateral disarmament if the right wing extremists do not disarm from PACs

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Civic Bowl in Spokane; Monday June 6 7:00 https://www.ksps.org/schedule/

https://justfacts.votesmart.org/officials

3000+ grassroots organization under Indivisible: https://indivisible.org/ :

What price democracy?

$2

Thanks everyone. I learn so much from your comments.

learn from young people too...

This is my favorite weekly Zoom meeting! Thanks all.

Thoughts and prayers to the five people that died in Oklahoma shooting at the hospital and I don't know how many injured I hope Republicans know that they're on the list to be harassed about their lack of support of gun control partly blood is on their hands