Gov. Jay Inslee Announces He's Running On Climate Change, And Other News

By Susie Madrak — March 1, 2019

Thank God, it's a relatively calm news day. Only one scandal so far!

And Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination on climate change. He's got his priorities straight:

BREAKING: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launches 2020 presidential bid. https://t.co/RdB9CRhGhz pic.twitter.com/22pYAA932h

— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2019

Jay Inslee, who is now running for president, was washed up in the 90s after losing his House seat and then a gov race.

But in 1998, he staged a comeback by taking out GOP Rep. Rick White. Inslee opposed the Clinton impeachment push & campaigned with a cutout of Hillary Clinton: pic.twitter.com/MgxItda1Sx

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) March 1, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: The White House chief of staff at the time, John Kelly, wrote a contemporaneous internal memo about how he had been “ordered” by the president to give Jared Kushner the top-secret clearance. w/@maggieNYT @adamgoldmanNYT @anniekarni https://t.co/cDkJjvVzgh

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) February 28, 2019

The clerk of the Virginia Senate, who oversees the page program, says flatly that Pam Northam did not single out black students during the cotton demo.
https://t.co/b4EhyU0VzJ

— Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) March 1, 2019

Love this piece on potential “first men” and what they’d do in the White House https://t.co/qnfyYM71d2

— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) March 1, 2019

North Carolina legislators considering whether to expand excused absences from school to let students watch legislators be sworn in. Way to focus on the important stuff, folks https://t.co/8Bj5pszpp9

— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) March 1, 2019

sounds like a sensible plan https://t.co/DoK5v6r2BZ

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 1, 2019

This is excellent: The backstory for the team effort behind @AOC’s sharp questioning of Michael Cohen. From @danielmarans and @PaulBlu.

One takeaway: Her time is not consumed calling donors, so she has more time to prepare and do the people’s work. https://t.co/bqdC90XixJ

— Cristian Farias (@cristianafarias) March 1, 2019

The U.S. State Department on Thursday announced that it would pay as much as $1 million for information leading to the whereabouts of Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden. https://t.co/qTf7frOiXp

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) March 1, 2019

Republican,Paul Singer w the Free Beacon initiated the investigation on Trump. Once he became the Republican candidate, Singer stopped the investigation and then gave$1M to the Pay for Play Inaugural Committee 🤔https://t.co/6bHkRhvbwh

— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) March 1, 2019

Turkey decides not to buy the US Patriot missile defense system because it would require dropping the deal to buy Russian S-400s. Right after Kushner’s visit. More trouble ahead for US-Turkish relations. https://t.co/9ixkVap2k5

— Liz Sly (@LizSly) March 1, 2019

The English city of Salisbury has been declared free of the nerve agent Novichok, nearly a year after the poisoning of the Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia https://t.co/6mIWuDykjg pic.twitter.com/4I0I45rx55

— CNN International (@cnni) March 1, 2019

BREAKING: Exclusive video of Kim Jong-un saving the world. pic.twitter.com/3iUNUem877

— Paul Lee Ticks (@PaulLeeTicks) March 1, 2019

Justice Thomas working behind the scenes to boost Trump’s court nominee https://t.co/bAGuCu8Rnn

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) March 1, 2019

“Pakistani citizens joined the chorus asking their government to return Varthaman as a gesture of peace.” https://t.co/OM3Oi29nUd

— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) March 1, 2019

In Scotland, Donald #Trump is a loser — at least in court. https://t.co/LuxENzu9TP

— David Beard (@dabeard) March 1, 2019

After more than a week of backlash, Walmart is pledging to make "every effort" to find other roles for disabled workers who'd accused the retailer of targeting them as it prepares to eliminate the "people greeter" job at 1,000 stores. https://t.co/B106slndAU

— abc27 News (@abc27News) March 1, 2019

White nationalism remains a problem for the military, poll suggests https://t.co/wg6sxKwuPo

— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) March 1, 2019

Who are the people who take your cans and recycle them for 5c each? How much money can they make out of it? How does it work? @ffra_berardi also reports in our 2 part series https://t.co/vFxQnIR8WR

— Jessica Reed (@GuardianJessica) March 1, 2019

Not to rub it in, but...

1/ Happy #BryceHarper Day, Philly. Here’s what you need to know this Friday from the Philadelphia Inquirer Morning Newsletter: https://t.co/xGDMl8kmp9

— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) March 1, 2019