Washington Indivisible Podcast

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene joins us to talk about messaging around the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and to discuss her bill, just signed in law, addressing the nationwide baby formula shortage.

Tuesday was Washington’s primary election, and we have some results to discuss, so we have convened our all-star panel to give you the information you need to go out and hit the doors with confidence! With:

- Shasti Conrad, Chair of the King County Democrats

- Kat Pipkin, steering committee for Washington Indivisible Network, executive producer of the Washington Indivisible Podcast

Shukri Olow is a community organizer working with residents of South King County on a variety of issues including housing, education, and human services. She is also an immigrant and refugee of the Somali civil war. Shukri holds a Masters in Public Administration, and a Doctorate in Education from Seattle University. She is running for state representative in the 47th legislative district, which includes Kent and South King County.

Show Notes:

http://www.electshukri.com

8th CD Congresswoman, Dr. Kim Schrier, has been quite busy working on a slate of issues, among them a bill she cosponsored to overhaul federal firefighters’ pay and benefits called Tim’s Act which was just signed by the President; and she voted for both the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. She joins us to talk about all of it.

SHOW NOTES:

bit.ly/ProChoiceOrganizing

Abortion Stigmas and Activism: Smart Messaging, Smart Organizing

Weds., July 27, 7:30pm

https://bit.ly/ProChoiceOrganizing

Alexa Brenner (she/her) is the Planned Parenthood Regional Field Organizer for the Olympia Peninsula & South Sound and she's coming with information on how to have conversations about abortion while reducing the stigma abortion care faces, and how to organize during the election to elect pro-choice representation at the state and federal level.

Join Indivisibles across WA state to meet our Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs, our first Democrat to hold the position in nearly 60 years.

The Secretary of State is responsible for Election & Cyber Security, Open Records, Archives, the State Library, and Corporations & Charities.

But what comes most to mind these days is the focus on cybersecurity. We'll talk about how Secretary Hobbs' background in cyber security and excellent state relationships is increasing the security of our state records, including elections.

Join us to learn all about this critical state office.

We talk this week about the importance of this year’s midterm election, in light of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on abortion, guns, and more.

It is more important than ever to keep our state government in Democratic hands, and there are a number of crucial races that are going to determine the balance of power in the state legislature.

Guests:

- Shasti Conrad, chair of the King County Democrats.

- Kat Pipkin, Washington Indivisible Network steering committee, executive producer of the Washington Indivisible Podcast

SHOW NOTES:

7/12 SOS town hall - https://bit.ly/SOS_Jul22

Meet 5th LD Reps. Bill Ramos and Lisa Callan: https://soundcloud.com/wsip/5th-ld-representatives-bill-ramos-lisa-callan?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Our monthly election update, with plenty of opportunities to get involved!

If you've heard about the recent release of the draft report on the subject commissioned by Gov. Inslee and Sen. Murray, you'll know that the subject of saving the salmon is on everyone's mind.

And with good reason. Salmon are essential to our region–on our economy, our environment, and our cultural heritage--and their populations are threatened.

Their potential loss would have a devastating effect, not least on our struggling Orca population, but especially on tribal nations in the Pacific Northwest whose lives and culture are inextricably linked to these fish populations.

One of the more important efforts to save the salmon is focused on breaching four dams on the Snake River, something that was the subject of the draft report.

Discussing all of this is an exceptional panel:

Emily Washines— is an historian, educator, author and member of the Yakama Nation facilitating equitable history

Dr. Helen Neville— is the senior scientist for Trout Unlimited, performing research, science guidance and public education on salmon and trout recovery

Bryan Jones— is a 4th generation wheat grower, orchardist and salmon recovery advocate

Marc Sullivan— is northwest Washington coordinator for the Save Our wild Salmon Coalition and formerly served as director of strategic and power supply planning for Seattle City Light.

Show Notes:

ACTION: Comment by July 11 on the draft report on breaching the Lower Snake River dams. After watching this panel discussion you'll see that it's a total no brainer.

We've already spent $26 billion trying to mitigate the damage. Instead of pouring more money into repairing and maintaining old structures and strategies that don't work, it's time to invest in solutions that free up the river, save the salmon and orcas, provide better energy solutions, and equally (or more) effective ways of moving grain to shipping ports. It's a win-win all around.

But big corporate farms are opposed, and are spending a lot of money trying to convince people to keep spending money on failed solutions.

SUGGESTED COMMENT LANGUAGE: (provided by Don and the panelists)

Right now the report’s tables only show the costs of breaching the dams with no table summarizing the costs of leaving the dams in place. Please provide a companion data table reflecting the costs of leaving the dams in place — which will provide a more accurate comparison of costs.

Free and fair elections are the bedrock of our democracy. And as they continue to be under threat, keeping our elections secure is a top priority for election officials here in Washington.

Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall is giving a presentation on this subject on Tuesday, June 21st, at 7pm in conjunction with Olympia Indivisible, and it will also be streamed live. She joins us on the show this week to give us a preview.

Show Notes:

Register for the Zoom meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcO-urjsoHNA0d-79pbS9B80LuLFFUXI2

This month, WA Dems Chair Tina Podlodowski, Rep. Tana Senn, and The Stranger's Rich Smith go head to head in this quiz on WA news, people, and events.

Show Notes:

Check out Rich Smith's poetry here (it's outstanding): www.richsmithpoetry.com