Matthew Roberson

@stevemur @WAGOP Until center-right and moderate Republicans compete for PCO spots at the county level, many of them going unfilled, WAGOP's state committee will remain locked in with MAGA (county pcos elect chairs and state committee members).

For things to turn around in WA: 1) The @WAGOP would have to focus their messaging on reversing the income tax and fixing the fraud, and NOT nominate any crazy candidates. They’d need to focus messaging on the STATE LEVEL INSANITY nearly exclusively, and ignore federal politics and politicians. They will need to convince Trump/MAGA haters to support local R candidates. That alone is a very hard reach. 2) Election integrity has to be restored. 3) Independents, centrist liberals, and Republicans need to get off their butts and show up, and vote. In off years. In primaries. In EVERY election reliably. All three of these things are necessary, yet the odds of each of them are below 30%. So a pretty low chance of it happening.

The state needs 1.1 million new homes in next 20 years SO We regulated the crap out of building a new home THEN We taxed the crap out of the building industry THEN We repeatedly raised property taxes to tax the crap out of homeowners THEN We threw on 100’s of 1000’s of dollars of environment regulations and requirements for new homes THEN We tried to ban effective gas heating in homes. THEN Cities and counties aggressively zoned to prevent landowners from making decisions about their own property THEN We made the permit process a long soviet nightmare of hoops and illogic AND For good measure we threw in rent control to discourage construction of new rental properties BUT For some unfathomable reason, new home construction seems to keep falling SO We taxed, regulated, and interfered in the market some more BUT That didn’t seem to work SO Now we have a plan we know will work AFTER Taxing the whole state into oblivion WHILE Spending like it is someone else’s money AND Having almost no record of success for any taxpayer funded programs NOW We know what to do JUST 1) Spend $244 million more of tax payer money AND 2)create a new tax payer funded housing bureaucracy This will totally solve all the problems “I don’t have much to say, but I think it would be good to have some Holy Santos brought to the high school, to guard the hallway and to bring us good luck. ….I’d like to see more of that. If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true. Thank you.” Pedro Sanchez thecentersquare.com/washington/art…

@TravisSCouture @dospueblos @WASenDemocrats @GovBobFerguson My bet is WA Supremes will overturn the precedent.

WA state constitution (Article VII, Section 1) requires that all property taxes be uniform and limited to 1% of true and fair value. In 1933, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in Culliton v. Chase that income is property under that definition. Like others before it, this proposal is blatantly unconstitutional.

New: WA doesn't have an income tax. @WASenDemocrats are talking about pursuing one that would affect those making more than $1M. This dea has emerged ahead of the 2026 session. Whether it becomes a bill is another story. #waleg #waelex @GovBobFerguson washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/30/was…

@thehoffather Dude also got in trouble in prison for intimidating other inmates and distributing drugs as recently as the 2020s.

NEW: WA Democrats signed a letter urging Gov Bob Ferguson to grant clemency to Tuan Thanh Phan, an illegal alien from Vietnam who just finished serving 25 years for murder & assault & is in federal custody pending ICE deportation. In 1999 he was also charged with possession of a dangerous weapon at a school & was issued a final order of removal in 2009.

Not surprise that WA Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-24th) is asking for a pardon for a guy who murdered a teen & injured another after shooting into a crowded area.

@SerranoForWA Congrats @SerranoForWA . Proud of you and know you'll serve the Eastern District well.

What an incredible day! Yesterday, I was sworn in as the United States Attorney for Eastern Washington with an interim status 120 appointment. I'm honored and humbled at this opportunity to expand my footprint of service to the 20 counties of Eastern Washington. I look forward to serving the District. I now many of you already know this as you were integral in helping me get to this point. I'd especially like to thank my wife and my kids for their love and support! And, to the team at @smfjb_org, I know you will do great things; I look forward to watching Gator's Guns case at the US Supreme Court. justice.gov/usao-edwa/meet…

@radmunkie @AnthonyMixerWA I think he is also counting the fact that GOP controlled the state senate in 2017-2019 - so they had some leverage

Never thought I’d say it, but moving out of state seems to have taken up more of my research time than I expected. Washington is so screwed. The recent tax increases makes it harder to afford to live here. And only Democrats have been in power the last few years. Can’t blame this on Trump. 😡

The Republican Women of Clallam County are hosting Glen Morgan for a DOGE training in Sequim tomorrow. Glen hosts a podcast on YouTube and his website is "We The Governed" wethegoverned.com . WHERE: Sequim Elks Lodge #2642. 143 Port Williams Rd, Sequim, WA 98382-3146 WHEN: Thursday, July 17th TIME: Registration Starts at 5:15 pm Event Start: 6:00 pm Ends: 8:30 -9:00 pm COST: $15.00 The Elks club bar will be open where you can purchase alcoholic drinks & sodas and coffee & tea will be available. The Republican Women will have treats for you to enjoy for a small donation.

Washington state defunded a specialized medical facility for drug addicted babies ... but kept funding that gives concierge medical care to transgender prison inmates, including paying for things like breast implants and laser hair removal.

“You are literally the only state that is above where it was one year ago,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said of fuel prices in Washington. Ouch Brett Davis thecentersquare.com/washington/art…

Lincoln Day Luncheon and Auction LAST DAY for early bird tickets. Tell a friend! event.auctria.com/93568ce5-aa34-… Take a look at our silent auction items. There’s something for everyone! tinyurl.com/453sc4r3

BREAKING Washington State Trooper Gaad's killer found GUILTY of Vehicular Manslaughter and Vehicular Assault! We'd like to thank @komonews and @JeremyHarrisTV for staying on this rollercoaster of a story. Story: komonews.com/news/local/ver…

@1BethDutton I've been a prosecutor involved with drug court. If there is relapse or violation, court can choose to sanction him with days in jail, send back to treatment, or even CSW. Or if the drug court has had enough, proceed with revocation.

I'm curious if anyone has any experience with drug court? My ex signed a deal that if he didn't graduate drug court, he'd go to prison for 8 years. I find it highly improbable he will graduate.

I'm with Reagan on this

Good speech re tariff proposals from the Administration

"Our budget situation is grim, but it soon may become dire." These are not my words, but the words of our governor from a foreboding press conference he gave today (watch the entire thing, if you can stomach it). We learned that the budget hole created by the Democrats was not 12 billion dollars, as we feared, but a shocking *16* billion dollars. Just for context, California, which many consider the worst run state in the Union, has a budget deficit of 30 billion dollars. But California has a much larger population than Washington. If we adjust for population, our deficit is the equivalent of almost 80 (EIGHTY) billion dollars 😳 Before you let that bleak fact sink in, consider also our state's rainy day fund is less than 10% of our state's budget, a fact the governor bemoaned, stating that "we're one of just four states in the entire country with Reserves at 10% or less of our annual budget" So what happened? Was there a massive emergency that required us to spend the rainy day fund? Have we gone through a deep recession in the last few years that reduced revenues significantly? How is that Florida has no income tax but is able to RETURN 1billion dollars back to the Federal government, yet Washington seems on the edge of collapse if a single federal dollar does not come our way? The answer is simple my friends. Tax revenues have grown consistently in Washington for over a decade. Last budget cycle the state had a budget surplus of 12 billion, and despite piling on more taxes on the residents of Washington, including a business-destroying capital gains tax, the legislature has managed to swing that surplus to one of the largest deficits in the country. "So if revenues continued to increase how on earth do we have such a huge hole?" you are wondering. It's because our Democratic controlled legislature and past governor, spent money like drunken sailors. Any responsible family or business would quickly recognize the recklessness of such spending and cut back to live, or do business, within their means. Instead of doing this, the Washington legislature proposed a series of harebrained new taxes, including an unprecedented wealth tax. Such taxes have been tried many times around the world and have always failed to raise revenue, because the people the tax is intended to loot simply leave. Our governor flatly rejected the budget proposals from both the Democratic House and Democratic Senate and this has already received much attention, with some suggesting that Bob Ferguson is being true to his inaugural speech: he's going to govern from the center as a unifying moderate. The truth is much darker, however. Ferguson only rejected the wealth tax proposals because he did not believe they would survive a legal test. “We cannot rely on a revenue source with a real possibility of being overturned by the courts,” Ferguson said. He did leave open the possibility of a smaller wealth tax that raises no more than $100 million, just to test the legality of the proposal. A trial balloon to see how far Washington Democrats can take their extremist tax policies. What we are witnessing is the complete implosion of good governance in Washington state. The situation may get even worse as Federal funds may be cutoff with our governor deciding an ideological war with the federal government is a more important priority than solving our own state's urgent problems (like 70% of our 8th graders not being proficient in math.) The Democratic party controls the governorship, has a super majority in both houses, and controls the state supreme court, which is packed with far-left judges. The slow-motion catastrophe we are witnessing is entirely on them, and unless the people of Washington wake up and decide they've had enough of extremist policies, we are, as our governor observed, in a very dire situation.

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@elonmusk I thought we lived in a constitutional republic, not a democracy . . .

If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE, we do NOT have democracy, we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY.

@WAHouseDems have been in charge for decades. They've built the financial house of cards in WA that is now tipping over.

@1BethDutton Pro folks are the normal alphabet lobbying groups, county and city governments, and public unions.

Who are the 1.4% for this?