Joel Connelly
Reporter and Columnist at Freelance
Retired (but still engaged!) Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist and reporter. Firm believer in the precept that silence gives consent.
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1 week ago |
postalley.org | Joel Connelly
Alberta is a Canadian province where it is possible to witness the causes and consequences of a warming planet, its climate crisis, as well as the political confrontations it has provoked. As a result, secession in Canada is not just a “Quebec Thing” and Trump bluster is not without support. The Great White North is not coming apart, but rumblings are being felt on the Prairies. Canadian voters retained the center-left Liberal Party in power in their country’s federal election on April 28.
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1 week ago |
nwprogressive.org | Joel Connelly
Alberta is a province where one can witness the causes and consequences of a warming planet, its climate crisis as well as the political confrontations it has provoked. As a result, secession in Canada is no longer just a “Quebec thing” and Donald’s Trump bluster and exploitative rhetoric is not without support. The Great White North is not coming apart, but rumblings are being felt on the Prairies.
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2 weeks ago |
postalley.org | Joel Connelly
Bruce Harrell clearly enjoys being mayor of Seattle, but Hizzoner faces a growing challenge to hold onto his challenging job. A new opinion poll, released Thursday, shows Harrell trailing Katie Wilson, who heads the Transit Riders Union. Wilson gets 36 percent in the poll, running stronger among younger voters and millennials. Harrell posts 33 percent, running strong with Baby Boomers.
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2 weeks ago |
postalley.org | Joel Connelly
In a wrenching Indianapolis speech, hours after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sen. Robert F. Kennedy called on listeners to tame the savagery of man and make gentle the life of this world. A similar message is now coming from a man raised in the Chicago South Side neighborhoods where Dr. King was stoned when he led a march for housing.
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2 weeks ago |
nwprogressive.org | Joel Connelly
The Catholic Church’s new Holy Father has only been in the job for a few days. But his past statements and initial pronouncements as pontiff suggests he will be more like his immediate predecessor than either John Paul II or Benedict XVI.
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Our state’s 2 Republicans in Congress, faced with Trump’s crippling cuts in federal services to their districts, should turn to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for a spine transplant.
As Washington State Republicans Meet: A Bit of Advice https://t.co/5EJgeyDS6Z via @alley_post
While unhinged POTUS cracks down on emigrants from Mexico, U.S. tariff-trade policy has come to resemble a Taco Bell— Trump Always Chickens Out!!!