Senator Murkowski should do the right thing. Promoting your book while selling your state downstream is NOT OK!

Only in the wrong hands. I am counting on there still being enough “right” hands.

You’re being kind

Of all those things I’ve heard and read about the rapture (ecstasy, whatever), I never imagined it as being quite so collaborative. While I hope this isn’t it, I’m kind of surprised about the apparent level of buy-in. What the heck?

Yes, I’m afraid this will be one of those leeches. Unfortunately, it’s a big sucky one.

He sounded awkward: Like he knew he was doing the opposite of calling on God, which may well have been the case.

Peninsula School District shuffles some principals; many parents and staff are not happy - Gig Harbor Now The district says the principal changes will bring fresh perspectives into schools and will help leaders grow. Many parents and staff say they felt "blindsided."

Peninsula School District announced a shuffling of some of its principals and assistant principals, which it called a standard approach elsewhere. Many parents and school staff said they felt "blindsided."

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Crowd at Randall's town hall asks why Democrats aren't doing more - Gig Harbor Now The crowd at the first-term representative's town hall urged Randall and her Democratic colleagues to stand up to Trump.

About 400 people turned out for Rep. Emily Randall's town hall at a Tacoma middle school on Friday. Most of them wanted to know why Democrats aren't doing more to restrain Trump and the Republicans.

www.gigharbornow.org/news/governm...

Lee Greenwood is now asking people to give $60 to donate a "God Bless the USA Bible" to schools in Oklahoma (& clearly wants to expand to other states). The #ChristianNationalistic grift continues.
biblesforusa.com/pages/oklahoma

An amazing performance. Hurrah!!!

This changes nothing

Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.

Peninsula School District delays report on harassment, intimidation and bullying - Gig Harbor Now A district official says "additional discovery and clarity is needed" before it finishes the report, now expected in late April.

A report on harassment, intimidation and bullying in Peninsula schools was to be completed in December or January. Then the district pushed it back until February. Now the district says the report won't be finished until April.

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"Transparency."

Can't wait to see Christian nationalists wearing chainsaws around their necks instead of crosses. Because this is their God now.

(In other words, if you don't immediately recognize MAGA as blasphemy, you are so far down the theological rabbit hole that I don't even know if Jesus can help.)

Gig Harbor fire station, firefighters get a cameo in this movie with a message - Gig Harbor Now "Sense of Emergency," filmed partly at GHFMO's Station 51, focuses on how CPR can save a life -- and on the trauma paramedics and other responders face.

A movie filmed partially at a Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One station examines the lifesaving power of CPR — and the trauma that paramedics experience:
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Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD - Gig Harbor Now Corrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.

The bill would give correctional officers presumptive coverage for PTSD, meaning they would no longer need to prove that their condition was work related for reimbursement:

www.gigharbornow.org/news/police-...

Gig Harbor astrophotography students capture stunning images of deep-space nebula  - Gig Harbor Now The students used astrophotography to capture images of different elements that make up a nebula, then layered those images to create the final product.

Students at Gig Harbor High School took these remarkable photos of celestial objects thousands of light years from Earth. Here's how:
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Volunteers gather to count the peninsula's hard-to-find homeless population - Gig Harbor Now Getting a reliable count of people experiencing homelessness is difficult anywhere. On the Gig Harbor-Key Peninsula, it is even more arduous.

Last month's Point-In-Time Count illustrates the difficulties in providing services to the homeless in an area like Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula:
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PenMet expanding Fox Island sandspit park - Gig Harbor Now Two purchased parcels will add 3.6 acres and 265 feet of shoreline. The board also approved final design for a shoreline restoration.

PenMet Parks commissioners approved the purchase of two parcels abutting Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve and gave the go-ahead on work to reclaim the shoreline.

www.gigharbornow.org/news/environ...

The SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity - Ms. Magazine The SAVE Act Is Voter Suppression Disguised as Election Integrity. It Will Hurt Women, Black and Low-Income Voters the Most.

Under the guise of “election integrity,” new legislation threatens to create unnecessary barriers to voting.

Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.

WashPost on Trump's attacks on Catholics & Lutherans includes 7 references to evangelicals but none to mainline Protestantism: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Seems important to note Trumpian targeting of mainliners like Lutherans & Episcopalians: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/lutherans-...

Government Websites Undergo Content Purge

Trump officials today quietly scrubbed federal government websites of content that promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, taking them offline at 5 p.m. ET.

Fact Sheet: President Trump ends DEI madness and restores excellence and safety within the Federal Aviation Administration.

I wonder how much longer this will stay up on the White House website? But I'm sure the air traffic controllers at the Ronald Reagan DC Airport were not distracted in the slightest by worries about losing their jobs in a "DEI" purge.

Catherine Cortez Masto just casually exposing that RFK Jr. has no idea what HHS does or how it works.

Sean Duffy statements

Now seems like as good a time as any to remind people that Donald Trump picked, as Secretary of Transportation, a former contestant on MTV's The Real World.

Fire devastating for owner of boat lost in Bujacich Dock blaze - Gig Harbor Now For Kristina LaVair, losing her boat — the Salty Bitch — was like a death in the family.

Kristina LaVair says her boat, which burned in a fire at a downtown dock last weekend, wasn't just a possession or a means of conveyance. Its destruction in the fire was like losing a family member:

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John Danforth, Former GOP Senator & Episcopal Priest, Calls Bishop Budde ‘Prophetic’ Few people have thought as much about faith and politics as John Danforth.

I spoke with John Danforth, a former GOP US Senator & Episcopal priest, about Bishop Budde's sermon last week at an inauguration service. He has some thoughts about prophetic preaching:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/john-danfo...

How many of Donald Trump’s nominees has your Democratic U.S. senator voted for? Find out with our confirmation vote tracker NPI has created a new interactive tool that you can use to see how often every sitting United States Senator is voting with would-be dictator Donald Trump and how often they're voting against him.

How many of Donald Trump’s nominees has your Democratic U.S. senator voted for? Find out with our confirmation vote tracker

NPI has created a new interactive tool that you can use to see how often every sitting United States Senator is voting with would-be dictator Donald Trump and how often…

RFK Jr. Appears Unfamiliar With Key Elements of Medicare and Medicaid In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.

In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. displayed a lack of familiarity with Medicare and Medicaid, the government programs responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans.