On July 17, 2025, the federal government officially shut down the LGBTQI+ Youth Subnetwork, also known as “Press 3”, on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. This was a long-overdue move to end the misuse of federal taxpayer dollars and protect vulnerable children...
By Julie Barrett, Founder of CLA/CLW Part 1 Part 2 When my 14-year-old and a Seattle Children’s Hospital social worker made mental health decisions behind our backs in 2021, I learned the hard way: Washington’s state programs aren’t always what they seem. HearMeWA,...
State Superintendent Chris Reykdal recently issued a statement condemning the school choice tax credit provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill. His language—calling it a “reckless school privatization scheme”—is not an accurate reflection of the policy as passed. In...
In a major win for constitutional rights, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has officially struck down California’s “one-gun-a-month” law. This decision doesn’t won't just impact California, but states across the Ninth Circuit, including Washington State, where...
By Julie Barrett, Founder, Conservative Ladies of America & Conservative Ladies of Washington Read Part 1 HERE Last week, in Part 1 of this series, I exposed HearMeWA for what it is: not a “safe place” for kids, but a taxpayer-funded pipeline to government...
HearMeWA may sound like a youth safety hotline, but it’s quietly enabling state overreach. Learn how Washington is sidelining parents.
The LGBTQ activists are always cooking up something new. On August 8, 2025, they rolled out their new Rainbow Resource Hub — a so-called “lifeline” for 2SLGBTQIA+ Washingtonians, loaded with “trusted resources, tools, and information.” This hub has numerous resources...
Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has launched another costly lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over $9 million in climate resilience funding. On August 8, 2025, Brown filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of...
In our recent article, Washington’s Firearm Sales Plummet After Aggressive Gun Control Push, we exposed how 2023's HB 1240 and other sweeping laws led to a 45.7% drop in firearm sales - the steepest decline of any state. But while gun purchases have slowed, something...
n 2023, the Washington State Legislature made headlines with a string of sweeping gun control laws, most notably House Bill 1240—an unprecedented “assault weapons ban” that prohibits the sale, manufacture, and import of a wide range of semi-automatic firearms. Now,...
