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Do Ask, Do Tell

The story behind last week's gay-kiss cover.

Do Ask, Do Tell: How the Gay Kiss On Seattle Weekly's Cover Trumped Tron

​Exactly a week ago, we at Seattle Weekly were all set to put Tron Guy on our cover in order to promote our holiday film guide. And we were excited about it, mainly because seeing the rotund Tron Guy's package stuffed in a unitard is nature's Viagra. But then, on Saturday, the U.S. Senate vote ... More >>

Gay Soldiers, Free at Last

The military comes out of the closet.

Free At Last: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Struck Down By Senate

​Following a House vote earlier this week to do away with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,", the U.S. Senate virtually ensured that the controversial policy concerning gay servicemen and women would be done away with this morning, voting 63-33 to cut off debate and repeal the bigoted Clinton-era compro ... More >>

U.S. Senate Control Could Come Down to King County Vote

​If the New York Times is right and "Washington is the new Florida" in terms of importance to U.S. Senate control, then King County may be the new Miami-Dade, says a new post on Publicola. Republicans are expected to pick up seats in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arkansas, I ... More >>

Rossi Soft on Abortion? Not by the Record

He's keeping mum on the subject now. But in the state Senate, he promoted what would have been a ban.

The 2010 Primary's Best Campaign Lowlights

He's keeping mum on the subject now. But in the state Senate, he promoted what would have been a ban.

Primary 2010: Lowlights of a Middlin' Election

Goodspaceguy​Primary 2010 will be remembered as the election in which two candidates teamed up to run against each other - Republicans Clint Didier and Paul Akers in the race for the U.S. Senate - and, surprise, neither won. Or so Dino Rossi predicts. Meanwhile state Sen. Pam Roach ("crazy," " ... More >>

Sarah Palin's Clint Didier Robo Call

​Lower 48 queenmaker Sarah Palin never did get a chance to stump for Republican Senatorial candidate Clint Didier in the flesh. But she was kind enough to provide her audio likeness to his campaign, recording a robocall that was then blasted to 500,000 (lucky? unlucky?) people across the state ... More >>

Schalk Leonard Does Not Want Your Money; Candidate Bob Burr Says Same Goes for Him

​Update: Another senate-race underdog Bob Burr says he, too, is running a no-donations-accepted campaign. More below. In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, former Navy Judge Advocate (JAG) officer Schalk Leonard appears to have a challenge even larger than trying to defeat the powerful and hea ... More >>

Rossi's Way With the Jobless

If you're out of work, Dino might not be your best friend.

Dino Rossi Voted to Cut State Unemployment and Welfare Eligibility

​For more than a month now the U.S. Senate has been unable to pass a bill that would allow people who lost their jobs in the recession to continue collecting unemployment for up to 99 weeks rather than the standard 46 weeks. According to Huffington Post, 1.2 million unemployed Americans have s ... More >>

How Rossi Tried to Brown Up the State

A look back at his environmental votes.

Republican Dino Rossi, an Electrifying Candidate, Tosses His Link in the Ring

What does it say about Dino Rossi's campaign for U.S. Senate that he launched it today in cyberspace, one visitor at a time? No rousing audience and stirring music in a crowded ballroom of well-wishers. Just Dino on the monitor, the cyberian candidate in a blue button-down shirt, saying it's time ... More >>

Classmates.com Rakes It In With "Un-American" Internet Marketing Tactic, Charges Senate Committee

And make sure to check your credit card after you do.​Bellevue-based Intelius isn't the only company raking it in from the dubious tactic known as "post-transaction marketing." A U.S. Senate committee report released in advance of a hearing held yesterday on "aggressive" Internet practices sin ... More >>

What Will Susan Hutchison Run for Next?

WikipediaJohn Glenn sez: Susan Hutchison's got the right stuff.​Susan Hutchison's "thank you" letter to supporters this morning is anything but defeatist. She acknowledges that this one didn't work out (Dow Constantine is up 58 percent to 42 percent of the votes counted so far). But she's not ... More >>

If Al Franken Can Be a U.S. Senator, How 'Bout J.P. Patches?

The NYT and everyone else is reporting the Minnesota Supreme Court decision finally granting former SNL funnyman Al Franken the critical 60th seat for Democrats in the U.S. Senate. There, he'll join our state delegation of Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, neither of whom is particularly witty or quo ... More >>

Sims to Council: Don't Pick Phillips

Ron Sims sent out a much longer explanation of his new role than the one we posted earlier today. In it, he notes that in DC, he'll be responsible for, in his words, managing the "day to day operations of HUD's 8,500 employees and 39 billion dollar budget." As Aimee Curl discovered last November, a ... More >>

Patty Murray’s Unlikely Hill Climb

The rise of the Senate’s original soccer mom.

Made it Ma! Blagojevich Still On Top of The World

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

Stevens Guilty! Palin to be Senator in DC?

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

$700 billion $150 billion = $700 billion

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

McDermott's Unemployment Bill Passes House

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

The End is Nigh

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

It's Time for Direct Election of Our President

Just when you thought the holidays were over. Turns out there was still one more present hidden behind an ornament on the political Christmas tree. "Blagojevich Names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate Seat" Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. As the sitting governor of Illino ... More >>

All the President's Men

Like the disgraced lobbyist himself, the latest Bush administration official to be fingered in the Abramoff scandal has strong Northwest ties.

All the President's Men

Like the disgraced lobbyist himself, the latest Bush administration official to be fingered in the Abramoff scandal has strong Northwest ties.

Memo: On Courting and Gay Marriage

Some advice for the Washington Supreme Court as it weighs the Defense of Marriage Act and balances political expediency with legal principles.

Aaron Dixon's Voting Record

"Maybe it's true that nobody in Congress has ever driven without insurance or gotten behind on child-support payments, but it would surprise me...."

Strongman of the North

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

98.8 Percent Overhead

The North Seattle Community College Foundation is one of the nation's biggest credit-counseling agencies, but hardly any of the millions of dollars in revenue goes to helping students. Most of it goes to for-profit corporations.

Right Result, Wrong Reasons

The North Seattle Community College Foundation is one of the nation's biggest credit-counseling agencies, but hardly any of the millions of dollars in revenue goes to helping students. Most of it goes to for-profit corporations.

The Immoderate GOP

The North Seattle Community College Foundation is one of the nation's biggest credit-counseling agencies, but hardly any of the millions of dollars in revenue goes to helping students. Most of it goes to for-profit corporations.

Homeland Security, Monorail

The North Seattle Community College Foundation is one of the nation's biggest credit-counseling agencies, but hardly any of the millions of dollars in revenue goes to helping students. Most of it goes to for-profit corporations.

Swingtown, WA

The Eastside suburb of Issaquah has proven to be a bellwether for presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial races. And this year, Democrats seem to have the advantage.

Burn the Forest for the Trees

It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods. But Forest Service momentum and Bush timber policy stand in the way.

The GOPs Lean Slate

Republicans plan to field just one strong candidate each for governor and Senate.

Bad energy

Washington's senators are in the thick of the battle over a national energy bill.

Vote early

Washington's senators are in the thick of the battle over a national energy bill.

News Clips— Dunces/Geniuses

Washington's senators are in the thick of the battle over a national energy bill.

Let the games begin!

Seattle Weekly's Guide to the Rules of the 2001 State Legislature.

Spend, but don't tax

Seattle Weekly's Guide to the Rules of the 2001 State Legislature.

Last stand for Cyanide Slade?

An ambivalence about power may be Cantwell's electoral ally.

The tankers

These candidates are going down fighting.

Target: Slade

Democrats say Gorton's vulnerable, but talk is cheap.

Misspeakings

Every campaign has its mal mots.

Filling Patty's Shoes

With the consummate timing of a successful politician, Patty Murray has missed the rain.

Primary, colorless

With the consummate timing of a successful politician, Patty Murray has missed the rain.

Media Culpa

With the consummate timing of a successful politician, Patty Murray has missed the rain.