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According to the Washington Post, Feb. 15, 2018, the following Washington lawmakers have accepted National Rifle Association donations: Rep. Dan Newhouse, Republican congressman, 4th District $4,000, including 2018. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, Republican congresswoman, 5th District $2,500, 2016. Rep. Dave Reichert, Republican congressman, 8th District $5,000, 2006-2016. And then there is President Trump: at least $9.6 million in NRA funds in pro-Trump ads, and another $12 million attacking Hillary Clinton. Start with them. Vote them out....
Moving the Omak juvenile detention facility to a psychiatric prison outside of Spokane disregards the needs of vulnerable Okanogan children in several ways: • State laws mandate that these marginalized children remain in their communities whenever possible. We have a civic and legal responsibility to take care of our own children. • Already at-risk children deserve a local therapeutic setting, rather than exposure to a maximum-security psychiatric prison system hours away. Reintegration is much more difficult when children are separated fro...