Marc B Brown

One of the biggest things we can do in WA to make life more affordable is to repeal the carbon tax. Energy costs anchor other costs across our economy, and the things those taxes are spent on are wasteful haven’t reduced global carbon emissions one single iota.

The worst governor in state history. Of any state.

“This ‘millionaire tax’ relies on a very small group (about 20-30K households who already pay roughly a third of all state taxes) staying put. That’s the assumption everything hinges on. If roughly 1 in 6 affected households leave, the tax goes underwater. If more than that leave, the state starts losing money, fast.” Great analysis by Adam Wright. Good luck @GovBobFerguson. linkedin.com/posts/wrightad…

BREAKING: Our friends at Let's Go Washington have filed a Referendum against SB 6346 The Income Tax. Follow @letsgowa for more

Governor Ferguson will sign his party's unconstitutional income tax into law tomorrow morning, ending over a century of Washington state tradition. But why did the Governor wait until the last possible moment to sign a law which he supported so enthusiastically? It is a cynical maneuver to undermine Washingtonians who oppose this unconstitutional tax from running a voter initiative against it. Over 300,000 signatures for an initiative need to be collected by July for it to be placed on the ballot, but signatures cannot be collected against a law that doesn't exist. So by waiting to sign his new income tax the Governor is literally trying to undermine the Democratic process, making the window to collect signatures as small as possible. On a weekend when thousands of people were chanting "No Kings" perhaps it would be wiser to look at the King closer to home.

I’m truly glad to see people all over the country freely gathering in protest. I voted to protect your free speech, and mine. So here are the kings I’m protesting today… Gov Bob Ferguson: King Robert ignored the historical will of voters and defied our state constitution by pushing the first ever income tax in WA state. Superintendent Chris Reykdal: King Christopher continues to defy the duly elected President’s Executive Order by demanding that boys must be allowed into girls sports and locker rooms. Attorney General Nick Brown: King Nicholas threatened citizen journalists with charges of hate crimes for exercising our free speech and asking questions about potential fraud in WA. Activist Judges: The judgy-pants kings of WA state repeatedly undermine the will of voters by overturning the initiatives we fight to pass. And last but not least… Gov Jay Inslee: King JayJay abused the people of his state by greedily decreeing emergency powers for 975 days. NO KINGS!

Victor Davis Hansen gives a brutal rundown of Newsom's history and how he has destroyed California - Never had a private job that he got on his own - A creation of the Getty family and his well-connected parents - Been in office for 30 years - Overseen disastrous programs like the high-speed rail project - High-speed rail originally forecasted at $40 billion, now approaching $40 billion with zero track laid - High-speed rail will likely never extend beyond Bakersfield to Merced and will lose money every year - Continued pouring billions into the failing high-speed rail while neglecting critical freeways - Pushed a green agenda, yet the Monterey battery storage plant has blown up twice - Oversaw a $2 billion solar plant in the Mojave Desert that was inefficient, harmful to wildlife, and ultimately dismantled - Fought the federal government to block expansion of California’s oil and gas production (despite California having the 5th highest reserves in the U.S.) - Relies on imported oil mostly from Saudi Arabia and a special gas blend from Japan - Driven out two refineries, leading to expected gas prices of $7–$9 per gallon this summer @VDHanson "That's who wants to be the President of the United States and that's who wants to do for the United States what he did for California. Beware."

Bill O’Reilly just returned from filming a special in San Francisco — and what he’s seeing on the ground is WORSE than anyone realizes. He described a violent third-world, illegal alien–infested drug dystopia…and says the Democrats are FULLY covering it up. O’REILLY: “You know who sells a narcotics down there in San Francisco and in Oakland?” “Honduran drug gangs who are here illegally.” “You know, protects them? The sanctuary laws of San Francisco and California.” “They strut around armed to the teeth, okay, knowing that no one on the federal level can bother them, okay?” “Because the state and the city won’t cooperate as almost every state does with joint task force, California won’t do it.” “So Honduran drug gangs in this country illegally are fueling a MASSIVE fentanyl crisis that has destroyed the city of San Francisco.” “And the mayor knows it.” “And the governor knows it.” “And Pelosi knows it.” “And Kamala Harris knows it, and they NEVER did anything about it.” “How about that for a headline?” CUOMO: “Well, I think it’s a damning headline and that’s why San Francisco has been getting crushed and Newsom has such a big burden to try to make it as the Democratic nominee.” O’REILLY: “It was once the most beautiful city in the country. I used to love to go there.” “Now, little children watch drug addicts inject themselves with needles in their neck as they walked to school.” “Now, Hondurans here illegally cut off people’s hands with machetes if they don’t pay their drug debts.” “This isn’t about narcotics. This is about massive violence.” “Meanwhile, two miles away, Nancy Pelosi is living in an $8 million house guarded by security.” “So she doesn’t have to experience any of it.”

As a medical school professor, I teach about APOE4 -- the gene that makes you 2.5x more likely to develop Alzheimer's. We've told patients there's nothing they can do about it. A new JAMA Network Open study of 2,157 adults just proved us wrong. Higher meat consumption completely abolished the APOE4 dementia risk. The data: -> APOE4 carriers with highest meat intake: 55% lower dementia risk -> Their typical 2.5x excess Alzheimer's risk? Gone entirely -> Cognitive decline reversed: +0.32 standard deviations over 10 years -> Unprocessed meat was protective; processed meat was harmful regardless of genotype Researchers propose APOE4 is an evolutionary adaptation to meat-rich diets. The gene isn't a defect -- we just stopped feeding it correctly. This is personalized metabolic medicine. Your genes load the gun, but your diet pulls the trigger -- or puts the safety back on. Full breakdown coming on the Health Longevity Secrets podcast. Source: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… #APOE4 #Alzheimers #MetabolicHealth #Nutrition #HealthLongevity

If you can show me one, just one post in three years where you criticized the high cost of fuel for your constituents as a result of @JayInslee’s CCA I’ll let this slide.

🚨 Oregon’s Hidden Ballot Nightmare: Your Next Steak or Hunting Trip Could Be a FELONY?! Radical activists are racing to qualify IP28 the “PEACE Act” for the 2026 ballot. This extreme measure wipes out animal cruelty exemptions, making it illegal to slaughter livestock, hunt, fish, trap pests, or even breed animals (artificial insemination = “sexual assault” under the new rules). Oregon farms shut down. No more local meat, dairy, or wild game. Food prices explode. Rural jobs vanish. Is this “compassion”… or the end of Oregon as we know it? Wake up, Oregon before it’s too late. We need to stop IP28!

@GovBobFerguson Boob, how is it reproductive health care terminating a life? Call it what it is, end of life reproductive care. It isn't health care.

It is more important than ever to protect access to reproductive health care. I recently signed a bill to increase access for providers to Washington's stockpiles of mifepristone and misoprostol. Washington state purchased these stockpiles in 2023 and 2025. As Attorney General, I challenged the federal government's restrictions on mifepristone in court. We will make sure that Washingtonians have access to this safe and effective abortion medication in the event of federal interference. Thanks to sponsors Sen. Bateman and Rep. Thomas.

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"Washington has been one of the fastest-growing states for decades. It conspicuously avoided the “blue-state disease” of low economic growth and population declines. The Seattle area is home to great companies from Microsoft and Amazon to Starbucks. Washington has been the Florida or Texas of the West Coast. A secret to the Evergreen State’s success has been that it has no income tax. But Democrats in Olympia are perilously close to enacting a “millionaire tax” of 9.9%. Washington would go from being one of nine states with no income tax to having the fifth-highest rate in the country. The tax has passed both legislative houses and Gov. Bob Ferguson says he’ll sign it. Supporters hope the state supreme court will uphold it, overturning or brushing aside a 1933 precedent under which it is plainly unconstitutional. The decision to enact an income tax bodes ill for Washington’s economic future. Eleven states have done so since 1960: West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois, Maine, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ohio, New Jersey and Connecticut. We found that every one of them significantly underperformed the rest of the nation in every economic measure we looked at, including share of the nationwide population, income, and state and local tax revenue. The 11 states in combination accounted for about one-third of national output in 1970. Today they account for slightly more than one-fifth. Since Ohio adopted its income tax in 1971, its share of nationwide domestic output has fallen by nearly half. Since Michigan adopted its income tax in 1967, its share of total state and local tax revenue nationwide has fallen by 53%. Pennsylvania’s share of national output declined 42% since its income tax of 1971; West Virginia has lagged national population growth by 56% since its income tax of 1961; and Rhode Island’s share of state and local tax revenue nationally has plummeted by a third since its income tax of 1971. In terms of the change in its share of the nation’s population, economic output and population, not one of the new income-tax states registers a positive number since the imposition of this tax. And the negative numbers are often highly negative. In every state that adopted an income tax, supporters promised the added money would be used to improve education. Washington is trying to play this card, saying the tax hike is for education, but the statements from lawmakers make it clear they want a new fund for any of their spending desires. When the Washington House approved the income tax, Rep. April Berg, chairman of the Finance Committee, triumphantly declared this plan “truly historic” because it will “make life more affordable for Washingtonians.” Many of them will not be Washingtonians anymore. Illinois added its income tax in 1969, and since then its share of the national population has sunk by 40%. By following suit, Washington will join the ranks of the incredible shrinking states." -- Wall Street Journal

Kristen Magnuson is a Washington state resident and citizen sleuth who helped uncover a troubling pattern with childcare payments in Washington state to Somali daycares, that mimicked alleged fraud in Minnesota. In return for her findings, the Attorney General threatened her and other journalists with hate crimes. @kristenmag | @BrandiKruse | unDivided 'How to investigate fraud when the media and politicians won't' Article: patreon.com/posts/guest-ho…

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What if the government told your family ranch you owed $3.7 million… for a pond your cattle have been drinking from for decades? That’s exactly what’s happening to a fourth-generation ranch family in Washington State. Wade and Teresa King have been running cattle on their land for generations. Like thousands of ranchers across the West, they built small stock ponds so their cattle have water in dry country. Now the Washington State Department of Ecology says those ponds aren’t ponds. They say they’re illegal wetlands. The state has already issued the ranch a $267,540 fine and claims the family may have to spend over $3.7 million restoring the land. On top of that, the Washington Department of Natural Resources terminated grazing leases the ranch had held for around 60 years, removing nearly 15,000 acres of grazing land their operation depended on. The King family says these are man-made cattle ponds, something ranchers across the West have built and maintained for generations. The state says they damaged rare wetlands. Now the fight isn’t just about ponds. It’s about property rights, agriculture, and whether ranchers have the right to defend themselves in front of a jury instead of a government administrative court. If the state wins, this case could affect thousands of ranches across the western United States that rely on stock ponds to water cattle. This isn’t just one ranch’s fight. It could shape the future of American ranching. If you believe American ranchers deserve truth, trust, and transparency in the food system, help us rebuild a producer-led beef supply chain. Visit GoARABeef.org to learn how ranchers are working together to bring transparency and fair markets back to American agriculture. Because the fight for American land, American ranchers, and American food is just getting started. ⸻ #Ranching #PropertyRights #AmericanRancherAlliance #AgNews #FoodSystem #FarmLife #TruthInFarming #CattleCountry #AgTok #FarmNews

Washington state has so many contradictions. Former Governor Inslee mandated that all resident new car purchases would have to be EVs by ~2030. That got reversed. In its place, the CCA tax was passed in order to change the weather and the climate in Washington state. Because apparently, taxes can change the climate. 🤡🤡🤡 Now gas is once again over $5 a gallon with nearly $1.50 in taxes added to each gallon. Blaming the Iran conflict is lazy. Washington already had the most expensive gas in the country behind California and Hawaii. The goal was to make gas cars too expensive to drive. People would have to get an EV. The bureaucracy grows. Weather doesn’t change. Now, thanks to the CCA tax, Puget Sound Energy wants to increase our utility bills 30%. THIRTY PERCENT. So, the EVs that progressives have tried to force us to buy will be even more expensive to charge. 30% more expensive. Because of CCA. Washington’s record setting taxes since 2025 are doing nothing, ZERO, to make the state more affordable. And CCA does nothing to change the weather, or climate, or make life better in any regard. CO2 will continue to be only 0.04% of the atmosphere with no bearing on climate or weather. Collectivism sucks.

@NickRomans623 @weheartseattle Hey Nick, Eskimos or people in Siberia aren’t living in single or double wall tents in Winter with a few layers of clothing. “Y’all”go give it a try.

@weheartseattle The human body can handle those temps easily with just a few layers as long as they have shelter from the wind. Y'all ever heard of Eskimos, or seen how many people live in Siberia?

By the end of the afternoon the four of us knocked on at least 100 tents or car camper doors and only two accepted rides to a warming shelter. Concerned neighbors in Queen Anne have reported this lady who hasn’t left her van in months. A man comes and goes bringing her food and removes her toilet bags twice a day. We are very very concerned about the service resistance especially on such a cold snow day. @WeHeartDirector goes on to explain the ways people survive. There are mental health care beds, drug detox beds, warming shelters and yet …. people just assume stay in their tent, in co-dependent communities, addicted to drugs, and suffering from mental illness. Is it time to use Ricky’s Law to its fullest potential? Are you for or against involuntary commitment @MayorofSeattle is listening.

After 40 years (born and raised) I left WA. Moment is leaving this month as well. I'm not even a millionaire affected by this tax. But when you add up all the costs to run a business in WA we can't afford it. You can build a remote team and re-open in Wyoming, removing all of these costs. WA is incredibly beautiful (especially the summers) and the people are great. Unfortunately the numbers don't lie and unless you run a super high margin software business, WA is just too expensive. Personally...you'd never pick WA to start a company. - Gas taxes (now some of the highest in the state) - Sales tax (up to 10.5% in Seattle) - Property tax (1% of your home value with a path they can take this to 3%. In total $ this tax they have increased nearly 100% over the last decade) - Capital gains tax (new in the last three years went form 0 -> 9%. it targets business owners and not real-estate). - Estate tax (they recently changed it to a progressive system that is up to 35% just to the state of WA) - Housing prices are some of the highest in the country. - Food costs are unreal, just visit a Seattle restaurant or grocery store. Business... - Very little capital. Great angels but almost no VC or larger funding sources. - Super high salaries for tech talent (this has changed but amazon, microsoft, etc paid very high rates for a very long time). - B&O Tax: paid as a % of your sales. - Sales & Use Tax (this is the real killer) What pushed us out was the recent change to Sales & Use Tax. It used to be you paid this tax on physical things you bought for your business, similar to sales tax. Now you pay it on 100% of the items you buy, think shopify, aws, google, etc. Even if your team is remote you pay 10% sales tax on 100% of these purchases no matter where peole are located. But the real kicker, was they expanced this law to be a tax that applies to all digital advertising. Run FB ads in Germany? You pay WA state a 10% tax. Overnight that is a+$200K a year tax that did not exist last year. Again not even based in where your ads run or where your team is. Incorporated in WA state? You will pay this tax. What makes this sad is all political diversity disappeared years ago. It's that debate that keeps government from taking everything. One political team has run the state for +30 years and Seattle for more than 50 years. This train has been coming for years and is now accelerating. WA government can never have enough $. I hope there is a new generation of company builders who see this is an opportunity and can run into the burning building.