#amash

If you want to call your congressional representative asking them to support Rep. Amash's bill ending qualified immunity for law enforcement officers (i.e. making it easier/possible to sue them for violating your constitutional rights), here's the phone numbers for the Washington State congressional representatives.

Note: They might ask for a bill number. Unfortunately I think the bill is in too early a stage to have a bill number. If you call it Rep. Amash's End Qualified Immunity bill, that'll probably do it!

I'm looking forward to making the calls because it feels like a concrete thing I can do to discourage unconstitutional law enforcement actions ranging from arresting the press to killing unarmed/helpless people.

I don't know what the difference is, if any between calling the DC office and a local office.

District 1

Representative Suzan DelBene

Washington, DC Office

(202) 225-6311

Bothell Office

(425) 485-0085

District 2

Representative Rick Larsen

Washington, DC Office

(202) 225-2605

Bellingham Office

360-733-4500

Everett Office

425-252-3188

District 3

Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler

Washington, DC Office

(202) 225-3536

Vancouver Office

(360) 695-6292

District 4

Representative Dan Newhouse

Washington, D.C. Office

(202) 225-5816

Tri-Cities Office

(509) 543-9396

Yakima Office

(509) 452-3243

District 5

Representative Cathy McMorris

Washington, DC Office

202-225-2006

Spokane Office

509-353-2374

Colville Office

509-684-3481

Walla Walla Office

509-529-9358

District 6

Representative Derek Kilmer

Washington, DC Office

202-225-5916

Tacoma District Office

(253) 272-3515

Bremerton District Office

(360) 373-9725

District 7

Representative Pramila Jayapal

Washington, DC Office

(202) 225-3106

Seattle Office

(206) 674-0040

District 8

Representative Kim Schrier

Washington, DC Office

(202) 225-7761

Issaquah Office

(425) 657-1001

District 9

Representative Adam Smith

Washington, DC office

(202) 225-8901

Renton Office

(425)793-5180

District 10

Representative Denny Heck

Washington, DC Office

202-225-9740

Pierce County Office

(253) 208-6172

Thurston and Mason County Office

Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN)Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan faced a packed house on Tuesday in his home district and called for Congress to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his "misconduct."

"Clearly, things that violate the public trust are impeachable," Amash told the crowd, drawing applause.He remains the only sitting Republican   to openly say that Trump engaged in impeachable conduct, though he has not signed on to any existing Democratic impeachment resolutions.But he told the crowd that it is up to Congress to hold Trump accountable for the actions described in special counsel Robert Mueller's report

"I think it's really important that we do our job as Congress. That we would not allow misconduct to go undeterred," he added, earning some more applause."We have a job to do, and I think we owe it to the American people to represent them to ensure that the people we have in office are doing the right thing, are of good character, aren't violating the public trust."Hours before the town hall, his first with constituents since announcing he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, Amash put out a series of 25 tweets expanding on his takeaways from the Mueller report, which explored Russian interference in the 2016 election.

"In truth, Mueller's report describes concerning contacts between members of Trump's campaign and people in or connected to the Russian government," Amash wrote on Tuesday.

The 39-year-oldAmash singled out Attorney General William Barr for his handling of the report, arguing he misrepresented Mueller's findings, including in testimony before Congress."Barr has so far successfully used his position to sell the President's false narrative to the American people. This will continue if those who have read the report do not start pushing back on his misrepresentations and share the truth," Amash tweeted.

Amash is known for his independent streak and has a history of splitting with conventional GOP positions on controversial topics, such as surveillance and foreign policy.His criticism has made him a target for Trump -- the President recently said Amash has "been a loser for a long time" -- and has drawn a primary challenge in his Grand Rapids-area district, which he has represented since 2011.

An actor caught lying, Bill Weld defected (or returned home depending on your views), a national emergency was declared, and an update on a lying officer that ended the lives of two citizens in their home. This is the last week in review.

We had quite the week this week. An actor caught lying, Bill Weld defected (or returned home depending on your views), a national emergency was declared, and an update on a lying officer that ended the lives of two citizens in their home. This is the last week in review.

National Emergency

The biggest news nationally this week was the announcement of a national emergency on the Southern Border by…

Ibn Dāwud reported that Al-A'mash said: “Being silent (ie: not responding) to the idiot is an answer!”

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيًّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابن داود قَالَ سمعت الأعمش يقول السكوت للأحمق جواب

Ibn Ḥibbān, Rawdhah al-'Uqala wa Nuzhatu Al-Fudalâ 1/120 ابن حبان، روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء ١/١٢٠ http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-6944/page-107

MP Justin Amash drops the libertarian president's offer 2020

Michigan MP Justin Amash announced on Saturday that he would not seek libertarian nomination for the White House.

In a series of tweets, Amash recognized the unique challenges of trying to advertise as a third party in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Amash was a prominent critic of President Donald Trump and supported his impeachment and left the Republican Party last year.

During his…