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Mort Kondracke

Morton Kondracke is a retired Washington, DC, journalist (Chicago Sun-Times, The New Republic, McLaughlin Group, FoxNews Special Report, Roll Call, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal) now living on Bainbridge Island. He continues to write regularly for (besides PostAlley) RealClearpolitics.com, mainly to advance the cause of political reform.
Politics

Memo To Biden: Get Generous, Get Specific, Name Your Cabinet

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Numerous reports indicate that Biden has wisely dropped the theme of restoring “normalcy” and has shifted to a New Deal-style expansion of federal programs. But up to a point.
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Working to Save Democracy: Seattle’s David Domke Mobilizes Volunteers

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UW Professor (on leave) David Domke, founder of a 2,000-volunteer, Seattle-based activist group, Common Purpose Now, is working to expand voter participation and elect Democrats all over the country this year.
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Why Hasn’t Washington Adopted Ranked Choice Voting?

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FairVoteWA, the citizens group urging adoption of the system, urged the state Democratic Party to use it in its multi-candidate March 9 primary, but for unexplained reasons it declined, even though its 2018 platform calls for its adoption, presumably statewide.
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2020 Debates

The Debate: Democrats Still Looking for a Unifying Candidate

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All the candidates think that they are the best equipped to beat Trump in November. But pointing out the stakes might concentrate Democratic voters’ (and Independents’ and moderate Republicans’) minds on the imperative of defeating Trump.
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Only 16% Of Us Trust Government. What To Do?

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This book’s signal contribution is its organization around 10 discrete actions to reform the corrupted system, with compelling evidence of why each is necessary.
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Democratic Voters Swing Left, But Moderates Still Have an Edge

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Political analyst William Saletan thinks the moderates are winning the nomination, but the liberals have won the decade. He's partly right.
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At the Grassroots Level, Unlike in DC, Political Reform Is Taking Hold

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Steadily growing and idealistically motivated, the movement has the potential of being as important in reforming politics as the Progressive movement was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Impeachment

Civic Heavyweights, Unite. You Are In Danger Of Losing Our Democracy.

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The threat cries out for intervention by respected figures — acting together to maximize their influence and encouraging concerned citizens to join them in a movement to safeguard democracy.
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2020 Debates

Dem Debate: Warren Debunked; Looking At Amy And Pete

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Warren's failure to answer the medicare cost issue hurts her. Her wealth tax is likewise improbable and likely unconstitutional. Time to look at Amy and Pete.
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An Open Letter to John Kasich: Please Challenge Trump

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History shows that when an incumbent president gets a serious primary challenge, he often loses the general election.
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Godden on West Seattle: Bring Back the Mosquito Fleet? (and other news)

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A new way to get off West Seattle, and a local city's leg-pulling twitter site.
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Take Back the Streets: Remaking Seattle As ‘The Outdoors City’

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Restaurants are reinventing themselves in this way, knowing that eating outdoors is healthier for resisting transmission of the coronavirus. Might Seattle reinvent itself broadly as an outdoors city, despite the mild and rainy winters?
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Coming Up: Live Zoomcast with Mort Kondracke And David Domke on Election 2020

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Mort Kondracke Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, a nonprofit membership library in the Pike Place Market, is launching a...
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Early Handicapping 2020 Washington State Elections

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Until very recently the King County suburbs were the state’s main battleground. Now the swing districts are in Pierce, Mason, Clark, Cowlitz, Skagit, Island, and Whatcom counties. There are ZERO competitive partisan races in King County this year.
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Northeastern Oregon, Where Wearing Masks is a Signal

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The wearing and non-wearing of masks serves as a convenient statement in this rural county. Wearing one in town I definitely felt like I was signaling my tribal identity, which seems crazy, but there it is."
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Godden on West Seattle: Bring Back the Mosquito Fleet? (and other news)

Jean Godden -
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A new way to get off West Seattle, and a local city's leg-pulling twitter site.
Read more
Cities

Take Back the Streets: Remaking Seattle As ‘The Outdoors City’

David Brewster -
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Restaurants are reinventing themselves in this way, knowing that eating outdoors is healthier for resisting transmission of the coronavirus. Might Seattle reinvent itself broadly as an outdoors city, despite the mild and rainy winters?
Read more
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Coming Up: Live Zoomcast with Mort Kondracke And David Domke on Election 2020

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Mort Kondracke Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, a nonprofit membership library in the Pike Place Market, is launching a...
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