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Volunteer
There are many ways to volunteer with the Walla Walla County Democrats. You can staff our downtown office, write letters to the editor, host a candidate meet-and-greet, put a sign in your yard, and more.
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Become a member
Basic memberships are available to any Democrat who lives in Walla Walla County.
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Platform
This platform represents the issues that Walla Walla County Democrats believe are most important and our ideas for addressing these issues.
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Explore our committees
The daily work of the Walla Walla Democrats is conducted by seven committees staffed by volunteers.
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Central Committee Meetings
Meetings of the Walla Walla County Democrats are held the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Newcomers are always welcome! Both in person and virtual options available.
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Precinct Committee Officers
The PCO is the primary party representative and contact for a neighborhood.
We believe in the values of community, dignity, equality, fairness, respect, and tolerance. We believe that through good government great things are accomplished. We pledge ourselves to a government that serves and protects its people—with liberty and justice for all.
News & Views
The University of Washington and Seattle University presidents are among at least 150 institution leaders around the country to decry what they call “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” from the Trump administration. Leaders from at least nine colleges and universities across Washington state, including Whitman College, signed the statement.
Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hold oral arguments to review a case in which Washington has successfully blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
More than a dozen Head Start classrooms in Central Washington are closing as the national free preschool program comes under fire from the Trump administration.
Learn the ins and outs of a political campaign at the local level whether you plan to become a candidate now or next year, whether you are interested in learning more but have no plans at present to run for office, and/or someone who wants to help a candidate get elected as a key volunteer or manager.
April 17 is another opportunity to share your experiences and opinions with the major changes of the 47th President, DOGE and the captive US House of Representatives, including our representative from the 5th Congressional District, Michael Baumgartner.
Inspired by Michael Moore’s podcast “Our Civic Duty: We Must Attend,” twelve Walla Walla Democrats are now reporting on the actions and decisions of the six key government boards in Walla Walla County. Here’s a roster of these dilegent volunteers.
Other Voices
If you eat, you should understand how your food is grown, processed, transported, and marketed. You may be shocked by the impact the foods you eat have on our environment.
Two films are now available on Amazon Prime that will help you understand this important topic: Kiss the Ground and Common Ground.
Walla Walla County Democrats
The emergency is here. The crisis is now. It is not six months away. It is not another Supreme Court ruling away from happening. It’s happening now. Perhaps not to you, not yet. But to others. Real people. We know their names. We know their stories.
The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. A prison known by its initials — CECOT. A prison built for disappearance.
Ezra Klein, The New York Times
Jo Ellen Grzyb, a member of this Substack community, noted in response to one of my posts that she’s seeing a lot of the phrase “courage is contagious.” She mentioned Bernie, AOC, Cory Booker, Tim Walz, Jasmine Crockett, and Elizabeth Warren. She’s right. And in these darkening times, this contagion is critically important.
Robert Reich, Substack
Last week I posted Part I of a primer on financial crises. Although the post was motivated by the wild market action after Donald Trump unveiled his Rose Garden tariffs, it was getting too long, so I promised to address current events today. To be honest, I was also hoping that the situation would become clearer after a week.
Paul Krugman, Substack
Our Policy Briefing presenter, Nancy Hirsh, knows energy. She heads the NW Energy Coalition. To level the playing field, Nancy will brief us on climate change and Washington’s staged phase out of fossil fuels.
Don Schwerin, Ag & Rural Caucus
America has periodically faced great national tests. The Civil War and Reconstruction. The Great Depression. McCarthyism and the Red Scare. Jim Crow and the civil rights movement. And now we face another great test — of our Constitution, our institutions, our citizens — as President Trump ignores courts and sabotages universities and his officers grab people off the street.
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
Last week was a scary time in U.S. financial markets, and the danger may not be over.
I’m not talking about stocks, whose fluctuations often tell us nothing at all. What had me and others rattled were developments in bond and currency markets. And the dollar went down against other currencies even though interest rates went up.
Paul Krugman, Substack
The Trump regime is on the cusp of a showdown with the Supreme Court. Depending on what the Court does and how the regime responds, it could openly become a dictatorship two ways
Robert Reich, Substack