We the Governed
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DOGE Washington Classes continue – no shortage of fraud and waste to uncover…
If you were not in one of our dozen classes we put on earlier this year, never fear, there are more opportunities to learn how to DOGE Washington State. As we’ve discussed for some time on our Video Channel (see below), we are focused on helping train activists on how to become more effective at […] The post DOGE Washington Classes continue – no shortage of fraud and waste to uncover… first appeared on We the Governed. -
DOGE Washington Training Now…
As we’ve discussed for some time on our Video Channel (see below), we are focused on helping train activists on how to become more effective at uncovering and exposing fraud, waste, abuse, incompetence, and other ways our state and local governments squander our tax dollars every day. These initial classes help interested people learn how […] The post DOGE Washington Training Now… first appeared on We the Governed. -
Panic at the Department of Licensing – Ferguson knows
The Washington State Department of Licensing has been on our radar for over a decade now. They are just another one of these poorly run agencies that always seems to be buried under attempts to pretend they are not as scandal plagued as they are. Normally, the cynic in me doesn’t really expect much to […] The post Panic at the Department of Licensing – Ferguson knows first appeared on We the Governed. -
The Left’s Next Gambit – Using Article V Convention of States to End Constitution and Trump
(Disclaimer: I realize this article is long. It is longer than any other article I’ve posted in the last decade. This subject has been on my mind since I worked at the Freedom Foundation over 10 years ago, and first met some of the original Convention of States activists – good people, trying to do […] The post The Left’s Next Gambit – Using Article V Convention of States to End Constitution and Trump first appeared on We the Governed.
Let’s Go Washington
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WA judge rejects bid to ditch description of income tax initiative’s budget effects
A Thurston County judge on Friday upheld a one-sentence statement that will appear on ballots describing the budgetary consequences of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax on high earners. The post WA judge rejects bid to ditch description of income tax initiative’s budget effects first appeared on Let's Go Washington. -
‘We do not verify arguments for truth or fact’: Washington SOS punts on income tax pamphlet lies
Washington’s Secretary of State will print whatever the income tax campaign wants to tell voters, accurate or not, and the office is not shy about admitting it. This is not new and is equally applied regardless of the issue or candidate. But it’s come under another spotlight as Let’s Go Washington and state Sen. Chris Gildon (R-Puyallup) say the no campaign against Initiative 645 used that freedom to put a false claim in the official voters’ pamphlet. The post ‘We do not verify arguments for truth or fact’: Washington SOS punts on income tax pamphlet lies first appeared on Let's Go Washington. -
Podcaster Brandi Kruse: ‘Never taken a dime’ in response to campaign investigation
Three months after a Sammamish City councilmember filed a complaint with the Public Disclosure Commission directed at Let’s Go Washington and unDivided podcaster Brandi Kruse, PDC staff have advanced the complaint into the next phase, opening a formal investigation. The post Podcaster Brandi Kruse: ‘Never taken a dime’ in response to campaign investigation first appeared on Let's Go Washington.
Southwest Washington Education (K-12)
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Opinion: ‘It may be time for McCleary 2.0’
Dick Rylander provides an analysis of the Battle Ground School District’s November 2026 EP&O Levy Dick Rylander for Clark County Today This article is my analysis based on my research and interpretations. It contains a significant amount of detail and numbers. As such, if you need clarifications please reach out to someone whose opinion you trust […] -
‘A painful reality’: School closures follow shrinking enrollment across the country
This article comes from https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/a-painful-reality-school-closures-follow-shrinking-enrollment-across-the-country/?brid=YWdncwE40l_v_VDBnKWzuqunWOFp BALTIMORE – School districts around the country are facing a painful reality as enrollments decline. For many districts, there are too many schools for the number of kids they’ll serve in a few years, according to Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. It’s not a matter […] -
Screen time
From the Facts They Don’t Teach You The world spent years pushing screens into classrooms. Tablets replaced textbooks. Digital assignments replaced handwritten notes. Schools were told that the future of education was sitting behind a screen. Now some European countries are starting to reverse course. Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Italy, and Denmark are all moving […] -
Students can’t read
The crisis of students being unable to read is a measurable, generational collapse in literacy that extends from elementary students lacking phonics to high schoolers who cannot comprehend complex texts. 40% of fourth graders cannot read proficiently, and 32% of twelfth graders scored below Basic on the 2024 NAEP reading assessment, the lowest level since the test began in 1992. […]
Clark County Republican Women
