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Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Politics

Go West : Biden and the Democrats Pan for Gold

With the once-“Solid South” now solidly Republican, picking up support in Western states has become essential for Democrats to win the White House, and to hold (barely) the Senate, and to fill campaign coffers.
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Sen. Murkowski Doubles Down on Trump

Since the Senate vote, wrote Murkowski, evidence gathered by the House January 6 committee and other sources “only re-enforced that the former President played a key role in instigating the riots resulting in physical violence and desecration of the U.S. Capitol.”
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Notes from Tuesday’s Primary Election: Democratic Surge in Spokane and Whatcom

Lisa Brown has struck a chord with the argument that Spokane is a city of unfulfilled promise, a city “stuck in neutral” while other Northwest cities have boomed in today’s technology-driven economy.
Politics

Don’t Count Him Out: How Ron DeSantis Could Turn it Around

Long downward trajectories are part of our now-endless campaign season. So are comebacks, for a candidate who seizes the moment, picks the proper battlefield, takes risks and deploys resources.
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A Last-Gasp Effort to Resurrect a Mine in Bristol Bay

The state of Alaska has taken its case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court in an 11th hour effort to resurrect a giant, open pit copper and gold mine, proposed for a location in western Alaska that flanks two of Bristol Bay’s renowned salmon spawning watersheds.
Politics

GOP Culture Warriors’ Next Target: Young Voters and Colleges

The Democrats have given us America’s oldest president, but they are far more in sync with younger voters.
Books

Understanding Martin Luther King, Flaws and All

On the national stage for just 13 years, King combined conviction with enormous skill as a tactician. He mastered what biographer Jonathan Eig calls “the politics of respectability,” leading demonstrations characterized by a disarming dignity and restraint.
Politics

Show Pony? Jayapal Backpedals while Workhorses Quietly Get Things Done

It was a second public stumble by Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, quite recently heralded by CNN and MSNBC commentators as a rising power in the House.
Politics

Pramila Jayapal calls Israel a “Racist State”

Jayapal’s remark generated instant blowback. Seven Democratic House members, who are Jewish – and come from competitive districts – drafted a letter with a blunt message: “We will never allow anti-Zionist voices that embolden anti-Semitism to hijack the Democratic Party and country.”
Environment

35 Years Later: The Northwest Is Paying for Climate Change

When I was walking the dog at Cape Lookout, and George H.W. Bush was promising to become “the environmental president,” there was a clear window for pro-active response to the looming climate crisis. The window is closing fast.
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