Washington state seems to be in on every single corruption and fraud scheme from Day Care fraud to voter fraud...

Several DOJ investigations ongoing for serious crimes regarding state and local government fraud...

Voter Fraud
Child Care Fraud
unemployment fraud
every kind of fraud

The DOJ and Trump seem to be saving Washington State for something as the investigations mount...

Wonder what kind of fraud there is in the Department of Fish and Wildlife... I would look no further than this "Fish Passage" Culvert thing?

Certainly is one of the more corrupt states. Coincidence that it’s always blue state?


Streamer

There is corruption in WA. The Legislature is too blue. Just heard a report the other day that, I think it's the chair of Ways & Means, but not sure, has a consulting company that just happens to provide guidance on what contracts go to which contractors. Apparently his consulting company and the contractors - some no bid - getting preference and in direct conflict of interest no matter how qualified they might be for the projects. Gonna' take lawsuits to get this sorted out.

Now if the Rs would just run some candidates who aren't anti abortion, anti gay, 2020 election deniers, and Trump ball washers, WA could have a more balanced government. Nah, the Rs would never do it.

Regression.

This is bad take. Front runner Republican candidates haven’t been any more anti-abortion than what is currently within the law. There was a thread on this previously where FP clearly pointed this out to you, but as I stated in another thread yesterday, you are unable to learn and retain new information. You forget.

Maybe Democrats shouldn’t self-mutilate themselves and harm life for the sake of their own convenience? Maybe they can learn to see through their biases and become responsible to act within their own best interests? Nobody is really “anti-gay” or “election deniers” or “Trump ball washers”… most of the candidates have been more moderate conservatives.

So yeah. Really bad take bro.


Streamer

And that's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Name a recent R candidate who isn't a Trump ball washer, if there is one.

The mistake you frequently make is assuming everyone who voted for Trump is a “Trump ball washer” instead of recognizing that some people reluctantly voted for Trump, or are split on him, and everything in between. I for example, only reluctantly voted for Trump because there is plenty I disagree with. That is pretty far from being a “ball washer” and there are plenty of conservative candidates with similar views. You just can’t bring yourself past recognizing this. It’s a clear cognitive distortion you have.



Streamer

It's no mistake. There was more than enough warning about what Trump V 2.0 would bring, unless you were living under a rock while voting for him. So yes, every Trump voter is a Trump ball washer. Or worse. Congratulations?

I would extend it, though, to those who voted for Obama and Biden but sat out Clinton and Harris. Kn owing the rust would Trump 2.0 you chose that anyway. We are in the situation because of our, all of us, collective decisions over the last few decades. Pogo was right.

08/16/2026

If you don't like the how this State is run......pack up and pick 1 of the other 49 States. We have to many negative thinking people anyway!!!!!!!

What we need to keep is people who want to work together to improve things.

Correct. DOGE was a strategy to improve waste/fraud. Building the wall was a strategy to improve illegal immigration. Voter ID was a strategy to improve broken elections. Trump demonstratively wants to improve things. Democrats are demonstratively against improving many things.

Do Democrats want to improve anything? Seems like no. Maybe we don't keep them?



Streamer

Hmmm, who was it, GAO that concluded DOGE has cost more money than it saved. It may have been an idea to reduce waste and fraud, but as an executed strategy is was a cluster fvck. Building a wall makes sense as a figurative concept, but as an actual physical structure it wastes a lot of money. Remote sensing technology does the job cheaper and just as reliably. Voter ID already exists most places. I showed my ID when I first registered to vote. But "broken elections?" Where are these broken elections of which you speak? The only people who have asserted "broken elections" are a few Republicans who lost legitimate elections.

Trump demonstrably wants to improve his own financial well being, and the spineless GOP Congress is enabling him to do it. Let's see, Trump has "improved" gas prices by getting the Strait of Hormuz closed. Trump has "improved" grocery and commodity prices by ramping up inflation through tarrifs. Trump has "improved" the safety of the U.S. and the world by cozying up to dictators and alienating democratic allied nations. Trump, like most folks, doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon, and by the most reliable accounts, Iran wasn't pursuing a nuclear weapon, so he tore up the international agreement that was most likely to assure that outcome, then bombed Iran's nuclear research facilities to "obliteration," yet concluded that wasn't enough, so he bombed Iran again, starting a war that he has no idea how to end.

Trump has so demonstratively "improved" things that Iran is rethinking about whether it should develop a nuclear weapon for deterrence, has given Iran control over the Strait of Hormuz, thereby hiking the price of oil and fertilizer world wide. Yeah, that Trump guy, he sure has an odd way of improving things for America. Yet the MAGA morons continue to support this maniac.

Now, do Democrats want to improve anything? Yes, they say that they do. Unfortunately, although they do a few good things, what they are best at is shooting themselves in the foot.

Trump is on a roll at the GOP mid-term convention in Dallas. Speaking for an hour and forty minutes, he asked attendees to raise their right hands and pledge with him - the greatest president the US has ever had - to, registered or not, and cheat like crazy, cuz the Dems are cheaters (he knows) - and vote on November 3rd. Interesting pledge for those Texans, since voting if not legally registered is a Class 2 felony (right up there with manslaughter) punishable by 20 years in prison. Sure hope those Texas voters are all legally registered when they go to cheat like crazy and vote.

MAGAts aren't just low information voters. MAGAts are full on ball washing, cork sucking, azz kissing syncophants.

Too bad the site crashing syndrome didn’t recognize our local TDS pole bearer trying to post, and crashed it before itz first big grunt of the morning. But then again there is that first amendment thingee to consider.

BTW Omlas, the coho are biting.

Fish on...

Wonder if the coHo are thick around Marestone island?