Washington State lawmakers are advancing new tax bills that dramatically expand business and payroll taxes while pushing the limits of the Washington State Constitution. In this episode of Left Coast News, we break down HB 2097, HB 2100, and HB 2115, exposing how county-level B&O taxes and a new payroll tax function as a backdoor income tax in a state where voters have repeatedly rejected one. With Washington already operating one of the highest gross receipts tax systems in the country, these bills raise serious constitutional questions around tax uniformity, property rights, equal protection, and voter consent. This is not about left versus right — it’s about whether the rules still apply to those in power.

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In this episode of Behind the Line Podcast, we cut through the hysteria surrounding the recent federal officer shooting in Minneapolis and the follow-on incident in Portland. While politicians, media outlets, and social-media “experts” rush to judgment, we slow things down and explain what actually matters: use-of-force law, constitutional standards, and real-world law enforcement decision-making.

Drawing on firsthand experience, this episode breaks down the federal use-of-force policy governing ICE and DHS officers, including when deadly force is legally authorized — even when a suspect is unarmed. We explain why investigations must be allowed to run their course, why emotional outrage is being deliberately fueled, and how politicians are exploiting tragedy to inflame division and deflect from deeper failures in public safety, crime, and accountability.

We also examine troubling rhetoric from state and local leaders, the growing pattern of political grandstanding after critical incidents, and how manufactured crises are used to distract the public from corruption, crime, and policy collapse. This isn’t red versus blue — it’s citizens versus career politicians and media narratives that thrive on chaos.

If you’re tired of clickbait outrage, selective facts, and lawless governance disguised as compassion, this episode is for you.

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West Coast Tax War exposes how Washington, California, and Oregon are pushing aggressive new tax and government control policies in 2026. Washington State rolls out a staggering 95% nicotine tax, expands sales and B&O taxes on services, and quietly increases fees that hit working families and small businesses. In California, San Francisco officials approve a reparations framework that raises serious constitutional questions while the city faces massive budget shortfalls. Meanwhile, Oregon voters push back, forcing gas and payroll tax increases onto the 2026 ballot instead of allowing politicians to impose them without consent.

This episode of Left Coast News breaks down what these policies really mean, who pays the price, and why taxpayers across the West Coast are being treated as unlimited revenue sources. From hidden taxes to race-based government programs and ballot fights, this is a warning about the direction of the West Coast — and what happens when the government grows without restraint.

WA Prefiled Bills: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/prefiled

WA Bills Mentioned in this Report:

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2068&Year=2025&Initiative=false

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5814&Year=2025

OR Legislature:

https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/

CA Legislature:

https://www.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/home.xhtml

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As Valero prepares to close its Benicia refinery, California scrambles to prevent fuel shortages, job losses, and rising gas prices driven by regulation.

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Accountability Denied exposes a troubling pattern across the West Coast where government institutions appear more focused on protecting themselves than protecting children or upholding transparency. In Washington State, lawmakers quietly move to expand sanctuary-style policies that limit cooperation with federal authorities, raising serious concerns about oversight and public safety. Meanwhile, explosive court filings in Idaho detail a disturbing pattern of alleged sexual abuse within the Boise School District — and accusations that administrators obstructed investigations. Back in Washington, questions mount over how funds meant for foster children are being handled, as state officials dodge accountability while vulnerable kids are left behind. This episode asks a simple but urgent question: who is the system really protecting?

#LeftCoastNews #AccountabilityDenied #SanctuaryState #GovernmentFailure #SchoolScandals #ProtectTheKids #FosterCareCrisis #PublicTrust #BrokenSystem #WestCoastPolitics #TransparencyMatters #InstitutionalFailure #JusticeForKids #StateOverreach

In this episode, we break down a disturbing trend emerging from West Coast courtrooms: jury verdicts where violent acts are excused not by imminent threat, but by offensive words.

Using the Portland stabbing acquittal as a case study, we examine how racial slurs and emotional outrage are being elevated above long-standing legal standards that clearly state words alone do not justify violence. We explore how juries are increasingly influenced by identity, emotion, and social pressure rather than evidence and law — and why appellate courts have repeatedly warned against exactly this outcome.

This episode asks the hard questions the mainstream media avoids:

When juries start treating insults as provocation for violence, what happens to equal justice under the law?

Is this accountability — or the collapse of legal standards in favor of feelings?

Angry, patriotic, and unapologetically honest — this isn’t justice, and we’re not going to pretend it is.

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In this episode of Left Coast News, we break down three alarming stories that expose a complete collapse of accountability in Washington government. For seven years, the state illegally issued hundreds of commercial driver’s licenses to people who never qualified — putting dangerous drivers on America’s highways. At the same time, Thurston County faces massive budget shortfalls while law enforcement and public safety remain on the chopping block. And in Tumwater, a public school teacher openly refused to teach a 10-year-old child because of his family’s conservative beliefs.

These are not isolated incidents. They are symptoms of a system where ideology has replaced competence, politics has replaced responsibility, and everyday families are paying the price.

This is what happens when government stops serving the people — and starts protecting itself.

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#LawAndOrder #ProtectOurKids #GovernmentIncompetence #WApolitics

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Today we’re breaking down Washington State’s new Domestic Extremism & Mass Violence Task Force report, a 27-page document that claims to fight “extremism” but somehow never mentions Antifa, anarchists, or the years of left-wing violence that tore through Seattle, Portland, and Olympia.

Instead, the report focuses almost entirely on “far-right” extremism, “anti-government beliefs,” “militias,” and anything that smells even remotely conservative or patriotic.

In this episode, we expose:

🇺🇸 The bias in the state’s definitions of extremism

🇺🇸 How the report erases Antifa violence from the PNW

🇺🇸 The agenda behind using a “public health” model

🇺🇸 Why this is more about controlling speech than stopping crime

🇺🇸 What this means for Washington residents who value liberty

The government is defining “acceptable beliefs” — and it’s no accident they left out the left.

🔔 Subscribe and stay vigilant.

This is Left Coast News — we report what the mainstream refuses to touch.

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