Friends,

We here at Shift WA are already looking forward to covering the 2024 Elections as your trusted, rational conservative perspective. But we’re even more looking forward to spending time with friends and family this Thanksgiving!

So excuse us as we rush to pull a few things together before we start thawing out that turkey, as we try to have you covered with this week’s top stories and insights into what is going on in your own backyard! Read on…

This week’s Newsmaker Interview…
Carmen Goers, a GOP candidate in the 8th Congressional District, joined us for this week’s Newsmaker Interview. Goers has been actively engaging with grassroots activists in the wide-ranging district over the last 10 months and in her Newsmaker Interview, Goers outlined her reasons for running, emphasizing strong support for Israel, advocating for tax and regulation reductions to address the impacts of "Bidenomics," and calling for a renewed focus on core subjects like reading, writing, and arithmetic in the U.S. Department of Education. Read more.

This week’s top story…
Governor Jay Inslee and the Department of Ecology are orchestrating a diversion from the exorbitant costs of their carbon tax and the glaring absence of a viable plan to lower gas prices. According to a recent investigation, the touted "linkage" strategy, a complex alteration in cap-and-trade/carbon tax law, is unlikely to materialize anytime soon, if ever. The proposed merger of Washington's carbon market with California and Québec faces criticism even from a statewide panel of the governor's own appointees, who express doubts about Ecology's ability to effectively implement mitigation measures and concerns about potential harm to communities. Read this story and more.

In case you missed it…
A recent KING 5 investigative report uncovered Washington state's failure to achieve most of its green energy goals under Governor Jay Inslee’s “leadership”. The report, buried over a weekend, featured Governor Inslee avoiding questions from a reporter and agreeing to an interview he will not conduct, prompting his staff to claim that the reporter’s focus was too narrow and not aligned with the governor's far-Left agenda. The incident sheds light on Governor Inslee's approach to media interactions and raises questions about transparency/efficiency in his environmental policies. Read this story and more.

Your bit of inspiration for the week…
Former U.S. Rep. Rod Chandler has captured the Pacific Northwest in autumn – enjoy the photo and your Thanksgiving!