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Obama urges Clinton support

His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a candidate who believes in the optimism that drives the nation’s democracy and warning against the “deeply pessimistic vision” of Republican Donald Trump. “America is already great. America is already strong,” he declared […]

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Gun control initiative will be on Washington State Ballot

This should concern everyone: the ability to remove one’s constitutional rights by the court based on hear-say. Voters will get a chance to decide in November whether Washington judges should be able to order people who are considered dangerous to give up their guns. Initiative 1491 would allow family members or law enforcement officials to

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Do you really want either Hillary or Trump to parent America’s children? Time to homeschool, people!

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WikiLeaks releases hacked Democratic National Committee audio files

WikiLeaks released files on Wednesday of what it said were audio recordings pulled from the emails of the Democratic National Committee that were obtained by hacking its servers. The latest release, which came in the middle of the Democratic National Convention where Hillary Clinton was officially named the party’s presidential nominee, is the second batch

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Many of Wash. State’s Sanders Delegates Remain Opposed to TPP

Opposition to the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal remains strong among Washington state’s Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic National Convention, even though Washington is one of the nation’s most trade-dependent states. Sandra Williams, a Sanders delegate from Spokane, noted Tuesday that both Sanders and opponent Hillary Clinton opposed the trade agreement during the

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Idaho’s Gov. Otter stands by his claims in transgender student dispute

Gov. Butch Otter is standing by his numbers, in an ongoing dispute over transgender student policies. Otter maintains that the Obama administration’s transgender student guidelines jeopardize about a third of the state’s education funding. The claim was made in a legal brief filed by the state Friday — and Idaho Education News first reported about

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New study shows in-state grads of Idaho colleges highly likely to stay, work in Idaho

Seventy-seven percent of Idaho residents who graduated from in-state public colleges or universities from 2010 to 2014 were employed in Idaho a year later, according to a new research report from the Idaho Department of Labor and the Office of the State Board of Education; and five years later, 67 percent still were employed in

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Trump asks Russia to Release Hillary’s Hacked Emails

Donald Trump called on Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails at Trump National Doral in South Florida. “Russia, if you are listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said. “I think you will probably be mightily rewarded by our press.” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump openly called

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US Debt Clock

In case you haven’t been following the US Debt recently, here’s a screen shot of the US National Debt Clock Of note: The US total debt is $66 trillion (!) The US national debt is nearly $20 trillion The debt per taxpayer is $162,191 — do you have that kind of money lying around to

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