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US Lawmakers threaten nationwide ban of TikTok unless ties to CCP are cut

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Washington, D.C., April 6, 2023—TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, 40, defended his popular social media app for over five hours, March 23, while testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee led by Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05). Chew’s app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has been under fire by lawmakers recently who […]

The Twitter Files: The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 4, 2022—Matt Taibbi, under the blessing of Twitter CEO Elon Musk, released a plethora of emails involving Twitter employees suppressing the October 2020 article by the New York Post regarding then-Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s, Hunter Biden, abandoned laptop containing tens of thousands of emails alleging corrupt business dealings between the […]

Local Iranians call upon Biden Admin to support regime change

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BOTHELL, Wash., November 23, 2022—Shortly after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini – who was killed in Iran for not wearing her hijab in a required manner two months ago – Homeira Bakhtiari, Bothell resident, activist, and Iranian-American, decided to devote her life to raising awareness for regime change within her native country. She quit […]

Nancy Pelosi steps down as Speaker of the House

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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2022—Today, Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA-12), 82, announces that she is stepping down as Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 2007, Pelosi become the first most powerful woman elected to office after being selected by her colleagues as Speaker of the House, a position second in line to the presidency. Both […]

Twitter, Meta, and the multi trillion-dollar tech industry

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Elon Musk has owned Twitter for a few weeks now, but it isn’t hyperbole to call his tenure there “interesting.” Unable to back out of the $44 billion purchase, Musk quickly made the company private, fired top executives, and laid off roughly half of Twitter’s employees. However, that decisiveness has yet to show dividends, leaving […]

Puget Brass is coming to Lynnwood to raise awareness for the homeless

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LYNNWOOD, November 13, 2022—Next month on December 3, Puget Brass will be holding a holiday concert, Music for Neighbors in Need, featuring festive-themed music for a good cause: to support Snohomish County’s cold weather shelters and homeless. At Trinity Lutheran Church, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. on December 3, the Seattle-based British-style brass band will […]

2022 Midterm Election results mixed across the country

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., November 9, 2022 – With 68 percent of Americans saying the country is in the wrong direction according to aggregate RealClearPolitics polling, a 38 percent job approval rating for President Joe Biden, a 40-year record inflation, rising crime and increasing geopolitical tensions, initial midterm election results show little change in the balance of […]

Appeals court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness

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MISSOURI, MO., October 21, 2022—A day after US District Judge Henry Autrey, rejected the lawsuit from six GOP-led states, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit granted an administrative stay while it considers the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction to put billions of dollars in federal student loan forgiveness on hold until the […]

Op-Ed: Will District 3 PCOs break the cycle of institutional racism?

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., September 9, 2022—A county council seat vacated by Stephanie Wright two weeks ago who accepted an Executive Policy Officer position within Executive Dave Somers’ staff, has seven hopefuls vying for the position. However, after Wednesday’s unorthodox endorsement vote by 32nd Legislative District Democratic Precinct Committee Officers (PCOs) of three white candidates over […]

Republican candidate Tiffany Smiley up 17 points in latest polling

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SEATTLE, Wash., September 3, 2022—According to a Trafalgar Group poll, Republican candidate Tiffany Smiley has made a tremendous polling gain to be within striking distance of her Democratic challenger Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). Republican polling firm, Trafalgar Group, released results from a survey of 1,087 likely General Election voters it conducted from between August 30th […]

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