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@WheelerRipWA Rule 1 should be easy to justify based on recent activity in Olympia.

In case you are all wondering if there is a way for the President and Feds to step in to help us here you go! If a state's population feels their government has become a "one-party regime" that ignores the will of the people, the U.S. Constitution actually has a specific "emergency brake" for that exact scenario. Here are the ways the federal government could theoretically "step in" to address a state government that has gone off the rails: 1. The "Guarantee Clause" (Article IV, Section 4) This is the most powerful—and rarest—tool in the Constitution. It states: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." What it means: A "Republican form" means a government where the people are represented and the laws aren't just dictated by a single ruler or a permanent party. How it works: If it can be proven that Washington State has effectively abolished fair elections or bypassed the people’s ability to change their government, the U.S. Congress or the President could argue that the state is no longer a Republic. This would allow the federal government to intervene to "restore" a constitutional government. 2. Federal Civil Rights Enforcement If the state’s election methods (like mail-in voting without ID) are proven to "dilute" or "disenfranchise" the votes of legal citizens, the Department of Justice (DOJ) can step in. The feds can sue the state in federal court, bypass the state’s own judges, and have a federal judge strike down state laws. If the state refuses to comply, the federal government can send in Federal Election Monitors to oversee the counting of ballots to ensure the state isn't "cooking the books." 3. Federal Preemption of State Law Under the Supremacy Clause, federal law beats state law. If Congress passes a National Voter ID Act or a law requiring in-person voting options, Washington’s leaders cannot legally ignore it. If the Governor tried to ignore a federal law, the President could deploy federal resources (like the U.S. Marshals or even the National Guard) to ensure federal laws are being followed, similar to how the federal government forced states to integrate schools in the 1950s. 4. Congressional Refusal to Seat Members Congress has the power to judge the elections of its own members. If the U.S. House or Senate believes Washington’s mail-in system is so fraudulent that the results can't be trusted, they can refuse to seat the representatives or senators sent from Washington. This effectively strips the state of its power in D.C. until it fixes its election system to meet federal standards. The "Catch": The federal government usually hesitates to do this because of "State Sovereignty"—the idea that states should run themselves. However, if a state truly becomes a "mini-communist state" where the people have no path to change their leadership through the ballot box, the Guarantee Clause is the ultimate legal "nuclear option" to force a reset. Keep writing and contacting the DOJ too! LET'S ROLL!!!! Deanna Shoemaker

@LynnwoodTimes @future42org LMAO, Jay providing advice on affordable economies. Cost of living in Washington went up exponentially under this idiot. This has to be a joke right????

Former Governor Jay Inslee has been meeting with Maryland Governor Wes Moore and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill on advancing their state's strategies for affordable economies powered by clean energy. 🟦GOV INSLEE: "States can build a more affordable American economy that’s powered with clean energy."

@AdGloriumDei @Oregonian Oregon is one of 30 states that had issued tens of thousands of non-domiciled CDLs in ways that violated federal rules. All have stopped issuing and are now revoking existing ones. Oregon needs to follow suit or lose funding.

@Oregonian Rescind the ones already issued. Get them off the road and send them back to their countries.

Facing federal pressure, Oregon stops issuing commercial driver’s licenses to non-permanent residents oregonlive.com/politics/2026/…

The Greatest Betrayal In English History - My Easter Message To Our MUSLIM King

@WellsJorda89710 Will the last business to leave NYC please turn the lights off.

🚨 BREAKING: New York City Eyes $30/Hour Minimum Wage Bombshell 🚨 Mayor Mamdani is backing a radical plan to jack the minimum wage to **$30 per hour** — the highest in the nation — claiming it will finally tackle NYC’s brutal cost of living. Proponents cheer it as a game-changer for working families. But critics are sounding the alarm: This could **completely obliterate** the healthcare and fast-food industries, trigger massive price spikes across the board, and slam the door shut on entry-level jobs for young and low-income workers. Economists warn: Good intentions, devastating consequences. This is what happens when you make someone mayor who’s never run anything but his mouth. What do you think — bold fix or economic suicide? Drop your take below 👇 #NYC #MinimumWage #Mamdani #EconomicReality

@Osint613 Thanks to citizens like this and Starlink, the incident is not already on CNN as a 'US Bombs Residential Center'. With the Iran Health Minister confirming 100 women and children were kill in the US bombing.

An IRGC missile malfunctioned and struck a residential area in west Tehran.

@aakashgupta My money is on the router being purchased on Temu along with the cameras.

NASA pays $100M for Microsoft 365 licensing across the agency. They standardized every system on Microsoft. They put Microsoft Surfaces on the Orion spacecraft as the crew's personal computing devices. And the first technical crisis of humanity's return to the Moon was Reid Wiseman radioing Houston to say he has two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one works. Mission Control's response? "With your go, we can remote in and take a look." The same exact workflow your company's IT helpdesk uses when you submit a ticket on a Monday morning. Except the user is traveling at 4,275 mph, 30,000 miles from Earth, and the Wi-Fi situation is considerably worse. This spacecraft survived hydrogen leaks, helium leaks, a faulty heat shield, and a broken toilet. Outlook broke anyway. The toilet actually got fixed faster. The real story here is that Microsoft has achieved something no other software company in history can claim: a support ticket from lunar transit. Their enterprise sales team should frame this. "Battle-tested in space" is a positioning statement most B2B companies would mass murder for, and Microsoft accidentally earned it because Outlook crashes everywhere, including orbit. Outlook remains the only software in human history that performs identically whether you're in a cubicle in Redmond or aboard a spacecraft bound for the Moon. Universally, reliably broken. And we keep buying it anyway.

@J_L_Fairchild Yep the original boast was about global dominance of their vast empire. The new reality is more global surrender at teatime.

@CMacleod1518 What a fall from "the sun never sets on the British empire" to whatever it is now.

UK, the former Christian country, now Islamic Republic, will not issue any Easter message this year.

@PNWConservative I find it incomprehensible that an unemployable adult child living off her parents is somehow put in a position to set policy and affect police procedures in a major US city. How did Seattle fall to this level dysfunctionality.

Seattle gets what it votes for. Kommissar Katie Wilson will fire police who cooperate with ICE. Always putting criminals first. She’s just as disgusting as her predecessor.

@GSGB01 England is infected from the top down. You guys need a full purge of the invaders, your politicians and a change of Monarch. William needs to backhand is old man and take the throne.

🚨BREAKING: British citizens are calling upon King Charles to ABDICATE amid huge backlash following the announcement that he will not be giving an Easter message this year. Should Charles hand over the throne?

So our tax dollars are spent on individuals who entered the U.S. illegally (or overstayed visas) then turn around and invoke the American legal system, including federal courts, to challenge their detention/removal. Should be ICE at every location to snatch them up before they waist our tax dollars.

In Washington and across the country, the number of detention appeals in federal court has far outpaced previous presidential administrations, including Trump's first term. ebx.sh/Da17gG

It’s amazing we all know who this is just by the rot.

@EricLDaugh Great, Libs are now going to stop taking their meds cause Trump is working to bring prices down.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump will potentially slap 100% TARIFFS on Big Pharma companies who refused to offer Americans the lowest prices under Most Favored Nations The draft order reportedly leaves a pathway for Pharma to cave and lower prices Trump DOESN'T PLAY 🔥

@KING5Seattle If that increase goes up another $1.50 a gallon it will match the Wa Gas Tax rates. Thanks Olympia.

The average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. shot up nearly 15 cents overnight after Trump threatened Iran's oil infrastructure Wednesday. king5.com/article/news/n…

@MarcusHouse Figures the agency that is using cameras from the 70s, is using Outlook over Teams...... Not surprising.

Yes... In case anyone was wondering, Microsoft still sucks in space.

@iconoclastllc @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX LOL, When NASA went to the budget office to procure funding for modern cameras. 'I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. '

@CMacleod1518 @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Where's Stanley Kubrick when you need him?!

NASA’s Artemis II livestream really makes you appreciate @SpaceX’s launch broadcasts. Bad camera tracking, no onboard cameras, countdown timer disappeared, NASA even showed people in the crowd instead of stage separation lol. The screen also blacked out twice during the first 10 seconds of the launch.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in honor of @RepSwalwell, here is the world premiere of “Don’t Bang Bang Fang Fang.”

@seattletimes Bet he retires out of state.

Spokane state Rep. Timm Ormsby, the lead budget writer for Washington House Democrats who has served in the Legislature more than two decades, won’t seek reelection this year. ebx.sh/LV7KzV

Saluting the brave heroes who paved the way for the Artemis mission, one glorified six flags ride at a time: