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When tragedy strikes, most offer prayers—Jay Inslee offers a climate lecture.
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Jay Inslee Finds New Low: Using Dead Kids to Sell Solar Panels
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In a grotesque display of political opportunism, former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee used the tragic deaths of children in Texas floods as a springboard for—what else?—his tired climate change sermon. As KTTH’s Jason Rantz exposes, while families were grieving, Inslee took to X to somehow blame Donald Trump and a renewable energy bill for torrential rains. No condolences. No empathy. Just a tone-deaf rant about solar and wind subsidies.
Even fellow Washingtonians were disgusted. GOP Rep. Chris Corry called it a “gross use of a tragedy,” while WA GOP Chair Jim Walsh told Inslee he “should be ashamed.” Regular citizens echoed the outrage: “You couldn’t be a decent person, could you?” one woman wrote.
But this isn’t new behavior. Inslee has a track record of weaponizing tragedy—from wildfires to hurricanes—to push his radical agenda. The irony? Under his leadership, Washington’s emissions increased. His only “climate win” came during the COVID lockdowns, when the economy—and emissions—were forced to a halt.
Inslee’s tweet wasn’t just heartless—it was scientifically baseless. But when you’re part of a progressive cult that sees every weather event as a campaign prop, facts and basic human decency go out the window. Read more at KTTH.
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John Burbank’s Fantasyland: Spend Recklessly for Decades, Then Blame Trump When the Cash Runs Out
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In his latest delusional op-ed, longtime progressive activist John Burbank—founder of Seattle’s Economic Opportunity Institute and a master of tax-the-rich pontificating—claims Washington’s budget crisis is all Donald Trump’s fault. He wails about cuts to Apple Health, SNAP benefits, and education funding, while completely ignoring the elephant in the room: Olympia Democrats have spent the last two decades blowing taxpayer dollars on ideological nonsense with nothing to show for it.
Burbank’s idea of fiscal reform? Ram through a buffet of massive new taxes: a 5% payroll penalty on anyone earning over $176K, a wealth tax on intangible assets (unconstitutional, but whatever), a revived income tax scheme, and a crackdown on Microsoft and Amazon because… why not? It’s the same tired script: when in doubt, tax it.
But here’s the truth Burbank conveniently skips: Washington’s Democrats raked in record tax revenues year after year. And what did they do with it? They spent billions on green pipe dreams, bloated bureaucracies, social engineering experiments, and programs with catchy names but zero measurable success. They didn’t prioritize health care or education then—and they’re not interested in real accountability now.
Instead of tightening the belt or reassessing priorities, Burbank wants a special legislative session to soak the state’s remaining productive class so politicians can keep pretending their broken model works. According to him, the more you punish success and confiscate wealth, the closer we get to “true democracy.” Apparently, Venezuela is the goal.
Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem—it has a discipline problem. And no amount of ideological bluster from Burbank will hide the fact that years of reckless, unserious policymaking by his Democratic allies got us here. Read more at the Urbanist.
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Jayapal’s “Housing Not Handcuffs” Bill: Legalizing Squalor, Coast to Coast
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Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal—best known for shouting on MSNBC and doing absolutely nothing of substance in Congress—is back with another unserious stunt: a federal bill to make Seattle-style homeless encampments legal everywhere. The “Housing Not Handcuffs Act of 2025” is a laughably dangerous attempt to turn every sidewalk, bus stop, and school zone into a protected campsite for the drug-addicted and mentally ill.
As KTTH’s Jason Rantz reports, Jayapal’s bill bans enforcement against the homeless on nearly every type of public land, and the loophole to prohibit encampments is intentionally impossible to meet. Cities could only act if they offer free, indefinite shelter that accepts your partners, pets, and piles of trash. In other words, never.
This isn’t about solving homelessness—it’s about institutionalizing it. The same “compassionate” policy that’s turned Seattle into a humanitarian disaster is now being pitched as a national model. Forget addiction treatment, mental health care, or public safety—Jayapal wants the country to embrace tents and trauma as policy.
The people who actually want to get addicts help, enforce laws, and reclaim communities? They get steamrolled by ideology. Jayapal’s bill is what happens when the fringe runs the show: it’s all virtue signaling, no real solutions, and total abandonment of the vulnerable and the public.
In the end, this isn’t housing policy. It’s surrender, dressed up as progress. Read more at KTTH.
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Bellingham to Homeowners: Pay Up or the Pipes Get It
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Bellingham homeowners better brace themselves—City Hall is coming for their wallets. The Public Works Department wants to hike combined utility rates by over 40% in just three years, adding $54 more per month by 2028. The reason? Turns out the city’s water and sewer pipes are roughly the same age as Prohibition. And instead of dealing with it sooner, politicians chose to kick the can down the crumbling pipe.
Councilmember Hannah Stone defended the plan by basically saying, “Well, we ignored it for decades, so now you get to pay more. You’re welcome.” The city’s trying to spin the proposed 12.7%–13.1% annual increases as the “least burdensome” option—because apparently no one told them that letting infrastructure rot for a century might be more burdensome.
Meanwhile, Public Works is padding the rate hike with a little progressive sugar: they’re tripling the size of the city’s utility discount program, jumping from 10% to 25% off for qualifying low-income households. So while everyone’s bills skyrocket, a lucky few will pay less thanks to your forced generosity.
All this while the city has hundreds of millions in capital projects lined up and plenty of “reserves” for other pet priorities, like Lake Whatcom property acquisitions. But sure—go ahead and soak the average homeowner even more.
Final vote on this budget bombshell is set for July 21. If approved, the new rates hit Jan. 1, 2026. Happy New Year! Read more at Center Square.
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