Original article published April 16, 2024:

Ian Golash, the Seattle teacher notorious for his shocking defense of Hamas’ heinous acts against Israelis, is at it again. This time, he’s dragged students out of class — purportedly without parental consent — to be recorded as he spewed his antisemitic bile. Exclusive to The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH, we’ve learned Golash appears to have funneled taxpayer resources into asking students to shun pro-Israel businesses.

Golash, leading the Social Studies department and teaching Ethnic Studies World History to freshmen and sophomores, has drawn flak from parents and students alike for his antisemitic antics. Yet, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and the school’s principal have turned a blind eye.

The plot thickened when The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH first exposed Golash’s troubling syllabus and social media defenses of Hamas. It motivated Adam Guillette of Accuracy in Media (AIM) to confront him. Armed with a camera crew and a mobile billboard denouncing Golash’s antisemitism, AIM recorded the entire showdown. Guillette never anticipated Golash would parade his students into this media melee, especially without the legally required parental permission for filming under SPS supervision.

AIM provided the raw footage to The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.

Did Seattle teacher Ian Golash defend Hamas rape, murder and kidnapping? Yes.

The confrontation was centered around Golash’s previous support of Hamas using sexual violence, murder, and kidnapping as an acceptable form of “resistance.”

In a Jan. 27, 2024 , Golash wrote: “Yes, I believe that resistance against colonialism–and yes I believe Israel is a settler colonial state — and all forms of oppression is justified. People who are being oppressed get to decide what forms of resistance works best for them, not me or anyone else — especially not the oppressors.”

After twice denying there’s evidence of rape by asking “where’s the evidence?” Guillette asked Golash, “Were women murdered at the Music Festival?”

“They were,” Golash admitted.

“Was that justified?” Guillette asked.

After three seconds of pause, Golash said, “yes.”

“The murder of innocent women just attending a music festival, that was justified in your opinion?” Guillette countered.

“No, I think resistance against Israel is justified. Yes,” Golash said.

“Do girls attending a music festival count as Israel?” Guillette asked before Golash dismissed the questions as “a pointless conversation.”

Ian Golash is an antisemitic public school teacher from Seattle who glorifies Hamas and holds extreme views.

As part of ’s Antisemitism Accountability Project, we showed up at his school, at administrative offices, and even in his neighborhood so that people are…

— Adam Guillette (@adamguillette)

Ian Golash is denying rape of Israeli women

When Guillette first asked Golash how he could support the rape of women, the teacher claimed there wasn’t proof of any rape, asking, “Where’s the evidence that there was rape?”

There’s a mountain of evidence that Golash pretends doesn’t exist. His allows him to better justify the so-called “resistance,” even though �ٳ󲹳������پ�������involves the murder of innocent Israelis.

Amit Soussana, a released hostage, detailed her own sexual assault and torture in a on March 26. She explained, in detail, how a Hamas terrorist forced her to perform a sex act on him while he pressed a pistol to her forehead.

Further, a found there were “reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence — including rape and gang-rape — occurred across multiple locations of Israel and the Gaza periphery during the attacks on 7 October 2023.” The March 11, 2023 report relied on “confidential interviews with 34 individuals, including survivors and witnesses of the 7 October 2023 attacks, released hostages, first responders and health and service providers.” It reviewed 50 hours of footage of the attacks, over 5,000 photos and visits to four attack sites and the morgue where victims’ bodies were transferred.

After the recorded interview, Golash took to Facebook to again defend his antisemitism and Hamas cheerleading.

“Yes, I believe that resistance against colonialism and all forms of oppression is justified. And yes, I believe that the people who are being oppressed get to decide what form of resistance works best for them, not me or anyone else, especially not the oppressors,” he wrote on April 5.

Golash’s student wonders why SPS hasn’t fired him yet

Golash brought his classroom off campus to meet with Guillette and to be interviewed. There didn’t appear to be parental consent, which would likely be required. An SPS spokesperson refused to answer questions concerning student involvement.

But one student who spoke to Guillette made it clear that they believe Golash is too extreme for the classroom.

“Honestly, how has he not been fired? I mean … I’ve read his [social media] posts. He’s antisemitic. And he’s a criminal, I think,” a student told Guillette on camera.

The student is making reference to .

🚨BREAKING: Ian Golash, a teacher at Seattle Public Schools, told what happened to Israel on Oct. 7 was 'justified.' When asked if the murder of women by Hamas at a music festival was justified, Golash answered 'yes' before adding 'no, I think resistance against…

— Crisis in the Classroom (@CITClassroom)

Seattle Public Schools won’t provide meaningful comment

An SPS spokesperson, who won’t identify herself to the media, finally released a comment about Golash. The statement came after KTTH Radio, MyNorthwest.com and ����Xվ Newsradio spent weeks inquiring, but being ignored. Once the district realized the latest antisemitism was filmed and would be widely distributed, apparently they didn’t think they could continue to be silent, calling a transcript of the interview “concerning.” But their statement was boilerplate.

“Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is looking into the matter to determine the facts. While our review is in process, we will not comment on personnel matters related to this topic. Creating high-quality and inclusive educational environments for our students is a top priority for SPS. SPS does not tolerate Antisemitic or Islamophobic speech or acts in our schools or offices,” the statement said.

According to emails obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH, Golash coordinated an effort, while apparently using taxpayer funds, to promote the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement.

On November 15, 2023, Golash sent an email from his SPS account with a flyer he created to distribute to students. While the email’s recipients are partially redacted, it appears he was emailing students.

“I [sic] been out of school for a few days, but I finally got to digitally make the flyer … it’s attached tell me what you think. Then I’ll work on getting them printed in color,” he emailed. “Maybe we can start with black and white… I can have those ready tomorrow (Thursday) [sic] It will take me a couple days to do the color cuz I’ll need to go to the copy shop. We don’t have one at school.”

The attached flyer uses the antisemitic slogan, “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” It tells students that, “You don’t have to be Muslim or Arab to support Palestine, you just have to be human,” implying that Israelis and supporters of Israel are not human.

Students told to boycott specific pro-Israel companies

But what’s especially troubling is the blatant political message geared towards students. After telling students that Israel is committing genocide and promoting an antisemitic documentary casting Israel as an oppressor, Golash’s flyer specifically asks students to boycott brands because they are pro-Israel: “Just boycott.”

“To show your support towards Palestine boycott these brands (McDonald’s, Starbucks, KFC, Lays, Pringles, Nike, Puma, Kylie Jenner makeup, etc.) All of these brands support or fund Israel.”

According to the SPS handbook, limits staff political activities on and off campus. It prohibits employees from campaigning for a political issue during school hours on school property. The email was sent during the evening, but the intent appears to be distribution on campus while using campus property to print a black-and-white version of the flyer.

(Photo obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH)

School and district made aware of complaints for months

Golash has been subject to a number of complaints over antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023. They’ve appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.

Chief Sealth High School Principal Ray Garcia-Morales received an email complaint on Nov. 6, 2023 from a concerned parent. The unidentified parent complained that their daughter was exposed to “insensitive, incomplete” materials around Israel’s war with Hamas.

Their daughter said she “does not feel safe to speak up.” Though redacted, the context of the complaint is that the student feels like “she has to hide her” Jewish identity.

“She described a scene where an Arab student approached her and asked in front of a group of people what side is she on?” the parent recounts.

According to emails obtained through a public disclosure request, Golash showed students a documentary by far-left called “The Untold History of Palestine & Israel.” It was not vetted by the school. It forwards conspiracies and falsehoods about Jews and Zionism.

(Photo obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH)

Principal didn’t take the complaint seriously

On Dec. 5, more than a month later, the parent wrote that Garcia-Morales had not yet responded to her concerns. The parent wrote, “I am disappointed and sad that these serious questions have not even been acknowledged, much less looked into.”

Two days later, Garcia-Morales finally responded. He said he spoke to Golash about the parent’s concerns, though didn’t bother to find out the name of the documentary students watched (which was a question the parent had). He actually asked the parent if they found out the name of the documentary yet.

In the email, Garcia-Morales conceded, “from the river to the sea,” which was used in a flyer to promote a Golash after-school event meant to claim Israel stole land, was antisemitic. He said the flyers would come down.

In a separate Dec. 7 email the principal wrote to colleagues, he downplayed concerns over Golash by saying that out of 140 students, only four families have complained.

Golash is making class ‘uncomfortable for students like me’

On Nov. 29, 2023, a Jewish student wrote to Golash to explain their “experience as a student in your class.” The student’s identity has been redacted.

The student complained that “discussion of topics that do not align with your beliefs are not welcome.” They said that the “overbearing presence of your own beliefs makes it uncomfortable for students like me to share their own opinions and experiences.” The students told Golash that he “should leave room for students to form and express their own opinions.”

In the email, the student brought up a troubling lesson on Gaza where “only your perspective was shared.” The student expressed concern with the antisemitism “that I have personally experienced,” and pointed directly to a flyer Golash created where Israel was listed in quotes, “as if you feel it should not be a real place. This made me uncomfortable. Israel is a part of my identity. It is home to family and friends of mine.”

(Photo obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH)

Parents slam Seattle Public Schools

One parent has been complaining about Golash to the school for months. She reached out to The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH after the latest controversy.

“SPS made it incredibly hard to be heard as a concerned parent,” she told The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. “I was forced to spend countless hours raising concerns (that were extremely valid) through every avenue available. SPS is sending a message that their families and students they serve don’t matter and that they’ll only listen and cater to the loudest person in the room, no matter how hateful and divisive they are. It also leads me to believe that they share his beliefs.”

It appears SPS makes it just as difficult on media as they do on parents expressing concerns.

Seattle Public Schools spokespeople defend Golash

SPS spokespeople have been reluctant to comment on Golash’s behavior. They ignored all email requests for comments around the BDS flyer from KTTH Radio, MyNorthwest and ����Xվ Newsradio. They do not even respond to say “no comment.”

In one email, on a related story around a quiz Golash used to fail a student who said men cannot get pregnant, SPS staffer Caleb Perkins hoped to frame their answers in a way that considers the fact that I’m a conservative talk show host.

“Does the Comms team/Bev [Beverly Raymond, chief of staff] have guidance on how SPS staff should respond to a conservative talk show that may be trying to further a political agenda in the questions it is asking?” Perkins wrote while sharing a link to my KTTH.com page.

Mary Cauffman, an operations assistant who drafts media responses, replied that the SPS team “takes into account inquiries that may seek to advance a political agenda in their responses.”

After compiling a draft to my questions, ethnic studies program manager Alekzandr Wray said he “tried to give a matter-of-fact answer that neither threw the teacher under the bus nor explicitly fell into the politically motivated issue that the inquired seemed to be trying to inflame.”

. communications staff doesn't like my questions highlighting staff's blatant political agendas — like promoting BDS to students, pretending men can get pregnant, etc.

I should note, they're now ignoring all my questions. That's a mistake IMO.

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)

SPS doesn’t value Jewish students

SPS claims it’s now looking into the interview Golash gave to AIM. The district further claims that it doesn’t allow for antisemitism. Both claims are .

Golash has never hid his antisemitic views. He actively posts his dangerous and dehumanizing views on social media. He’s been subject to a number of local and national news stories. And the school and district have heard a number of complaints from parents. It appears the �DzԱ�����reason SPS is now responding, is Golash was foolish enough to put himself and his students on camera while defending the rape, murder, and kidnap of Israeli civilians. Had there not been video evidence provided right off campus, with students who didn’t know they would be recorded that day, SPS would have undoubtedly continued to sweep the antisemitism under the rug.

That SPS can’t even singularly condemn antisemitism without bringing up islamophobia (which hasn’t even been alleged) tells us where the district stands. It does not value Jews, be they students, parents, faculty, or community members.

Ian Golash cannot stay in the classroom

Golash is dangerous and cannot remain with SPS. He justifies the use of rape, murder and kidnapping of innocent civilians. Is that someone who should shape students’ worldviews?

Emails obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH, and his , show Golash to be an extremist and propagandist, not a teacher. His goal seems to be to churn out the latest version of Hitler Youth, only they’ll be Hamas Youth. How can SPS justify keeping him in the classroom, unless they agree with his activism? What will they tell Jewish students and their parents about why Golash is still teaching? That they should just switch to a different class? It’s clear what message SPS is sending.

Seattle Public Schools’ hesitance to decisively address Golash’s vile rhetoric exposes a disturbing tolerance for antisemitism under the guise of academic freedom. It’s a dangerous precedent, one that sacrifices the well-being and safety of Jewish students on the altar of political correctness. SPS must act, not with empty words, but with immediate termination of Golash’s employment, to demonstrate a genuine commitment to fighting hatred and bigotry in all forms.

UPDATE April 8 at 7:45 a.m.: StopAntisemitism weighs in

StopAntisemitism, a leading non-partisan organization fighting antisemitism, released a statement following the latest controversy around Golash.

“Allowing Ian Golash, a hate-filled teacher who justifies the murder of innocent men, women and children, to remain in his position not only harms students directly but also undermines the integrity of the educational institution. It is essential for school administrators to terminate Golash,” Liora Rez, Executive Director of StopAntisemitism, told The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.

UPDATE April 8 at 5:45 p.m.: American Jewish Committee, State Senator John Bruan comment

American Jewish Committee (ACJ) is a non-profit that works with leaders to “support Israel and combat surging antisemitism,” .

On Monday, the committee sent a statement to The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.

“It is abhorrent that the chair of social studies at Chief Sealth International High School would make horrific and inflammatory comments about Israel and do so with his class present. Sadly, it is not the first time. Last December, the school and district were made aware of similar allegations, brought to their attention by the media and parents. By justifying acts of barbarism by Hamas, including the slaughter of 1,200 men, women, children and babies, Ian Golash has fostered an environment in school where students and faculty are intimidated into silence. If Seattle Public Schools are truly committed to combating antisemitism and other forms of hate, it must first ensure its classrooms are places for education, not indoctrination, especially from an instructor who celebrates the murder of innocent civilians,” wrote ACJ.

Republican State Senator John Bruan also shared his reaction to comments made by Golash.

“Mr. Golash’s comments are blatantly antisemitic. They are hard enough for me to hear; I can’t imagine how terrible it is for Jewish parents and children to hear them. It’s disturbing that someone entrusted with influencing our youth can speak with appalling approval of the attack by Hamas. His endorsement of the murder and rape of innocent Israeli women and children should be an embarrassment to the Seattle Public School District. It’s even less acceptable if he is making similar statements in class, spreading his racist mindset to young people. The school district should investigate his classroom conduct, and if he has shared antisemitic comments in class, he should be dismissed.

People wonder how an atrocity such as the Jewish Holocaust could have taken place – how so many people became complicit in the horrors suffered by Jews during World War II. Mr. Golash’s comments, and the apparent support for them by many of those around him, demonstrate exactly how minds can be twisted and radicalized to carry out terrible crimes against humanity,” Bruan wrote in a statement.

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The initiative, called the “Compassionate Public Safety Act,” would ban unauthorized public camping across the county and require that individuals be directed to available shelter space. The effort is being spearheaded by Saul Spady, founder of the Quality of Life Coalition and a former KTTH host. And it’s apolitical, taking the concern from King County residents of all backgrounds and turning it into a solution to clean up our streets and get the homeless the help they so desperately need.

“Whether we’re Republicans, Democrats, independents, artists or business owners, we all see the same thing,” Spady explained on “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

Will King County voters take lead on homeless encampment ban?

The ordinance is the epitome of a grassroots movement, backed by community leaders, artists, business owners, and fed-up voters. The coalition isn’t guessing about public support; internal polling shows an overwhelming 77% of King County voters—a majority that crosses all political lines—favor a public camping ban when it’s tied to the availability of shelter.

Spady notes the urgency, with the 2026 FIFA World Cup looming as an international showcase for the region. And while the city of Seattle is dealing with a worsening homelessness crisis courtesy of a disinterested Mayor Bruce Harrell, the rest of the county shouldn’t be subject to inaction.

“The entire world coming to Seattle looking for a great city, a culturally vibrant city, a safe city, and instead, they’re going to find tents,” Spady explained. “They’re going to find the world’s greatest graffiti collection. They’re going to find the ‘fenty bend’ being performed on the street. And what we need to do is we need to get those who are on the street into shelter.”

The proposed ordinance amends the King County Code to prohibit camping on any public property, including parks, sidewalks, and streets. A violation would be a misdemeanor. However, a citation can only be issued if an individual has been offered a space at an available overnight shelter and refuses it.

The measure also makes it immediately unlawful to camp in any way that “poses a substantial danger to any person,” creates an “immediate threat” to public health or safety, or disrupts “vital government services,” regardless of shelter availability. The policy is modeled after similar accountability-based ordinances passed in cities like Burien and San Diego.

Forcing action on homelessness

The initiative is designed to force the King County Council to finally act. If the coalition gathers the necessary 50,000 signatures, the council must either pass the ordinance into law or place it on the ballot for the voters to decide.

The campaign has attracted a broad range of supporters, including Krist Novoselic, founding member of the legendary band Nirvana.

“As an avowed independent and music fan, I know the world is coming to Seattle looking for the soul of our music scene and quite often they find graffiti, addiction and in-action,” said Novoselic via a press release. “I support the Quality of Life Coalition because this is the first step toward making King County safe, livable, and worthy of our incredible cultural legacy I’m proud to be a part of.”

Former Democratic State Representative Jesse Johnson also endorsed the measure. “This initiative gives King County an on-ramp toward real solutions-housing, shelter, and ultimately healing,” Johnson stated. “I support this coalition because they’re willing to act where others stall.”

This isn’t the end

This ordinance is just the first step. The coalition is also preparing for a 2026 push for a “Three Strikes = 6 Months Mandatory Rehab” initiative, which would mandate treatment for those who repeatedly break public safety laws due to addiction.

“This ain’t rocket science. It’s civic science, and our politicians have failed,” Spady said.

To gather the required 50,000 signatures, the coalition is building a volunteer and paid signature-gathering effort. Spady expects to begin signature gathering efforts after Independence Day.

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“ICE is acting like a terrorist force. I never thought I’d see a day where people were being kidnapped and disappeared by masked men,” she said.

ICE agents are not terrorists, and no one is being “disappeared.” They are federal law enforcement officers who swear an oath to protect this country. They are the brave men and women who stand on the front lines, working to stem the tide of illegal immigration, human trafficking, and the flow of deadly narcotics into our communities that Jayapal and other open-border Democrats invited into our country. To compare them to terrorists is not only a grotesque insult to their service and sacrifice, but it is also a slap in the face to every victim of actual terrorism.

The irony, of course, is that Jayapal has been a chief ,�������ٳܲ�����terrorists. Someone should tell Jayapal that ICE is targeting illegal immigrants from Israel. She’d be rocking an ICE hat and volunteering for ride-alongs by the end of the day.

Unserious Pramila Jayapal too busy attacking ICE to do her job

Jayapal’s comments, made during a recent visit to Spokane, are the latest in her political demagoguery.

An unserious lawmaker with no meaningful legislative accomplishments to her name, Jayapal knows that her radical base thrives on this kind of inflammatory language. She knows that by painting ICE agents as villains, she can score cheap political points and further her own extremist agenda. But what she either doesn’t know, or simply doesn’t care about, is the real-world consequences of her words.

When a member of Congress labels federal law enforcement officers as terrorists, it has a dangerous effect. It gives a green light to the radical fringe in her base to harass, intimidate, and even assault those who wear the uniform. It creates an environment where law enforcement officers are forced to look over their shoulders, not just for the criminals they are pursuing, but for the very citizens they are sworn to protect. And Jayapal knows what her rhetoric is capable of.

After telling radicals to “take to the streets” to “fight tooth and nail” to uphold a woman’s access to abortion, Nicholas Roske was arrested for allegedly planning to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The men and women of ICE are dealing with dangerous cartels, human smugglers, and convicted felons. They are on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis, a scourge that is devastating communities across Washington state. For Jayapal to undermine their work, to paint them as the enemy, is not just irresponsible; it is a dereliction of her duty as an elected official. But she revels in this, sending a dozen or more emails a week trying to fundraise off of her lies.

Seattle deserves better than Pramila Jayapal

The truth is that Pramila Jayapal has a long and sordid history of making false and inflammatory statements. This is the same congresswoman who has repeatedly called for the abolishment of ICE, an agency that is essential to our national security. This is the same congresswoman who has consistently voted against measures to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws. She supports open borders.

Her record speaks for itself. She is not interested in finding solutions. She is not interested in having a serious and honest debate about immigration. She is interested in one thing and one thing only: advancing her own radical, anti-American agenda.

The people of Washington’s 7th congressional district deserve better, of course, but they won’t get it. She knows she’s a lock for re-election, so she spends her days emotionally abusing her staff and posting bumper sticker talking points on X that sound like they were written by an Evergreen College dropout. Jayapal knows she’s endangering the lives of law enforcement by spreading lies and inciting hatred.

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Washington consistently ranks among the states with the highest gasoline prices and taxes in the nation, often placing third behind California and Hawaii. Heading into the 4th of July, prices have soared in Washington, though not nationwide.

While national gasoline prices have seen a decline, the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Washington remains significantly higher than the national average. As of June 30, 2025, the was approximately $4.43 per gallon, compared to the national average of about $3.19. A year prior, the average price in Washington was around $4.32 per gallon.

This didn’t need to happen.

Here’s why Washington drivers will pay higher gas taxes on Tuesday

The 6-cent increase comes courtesy of the Washington Democrats’ transportation budget. Some Republicans supported it after Democrats refused to make necessary cuts elsewhere, which made it impossible for the state to complete necessary state highway projects without the new revenue. It’s expected to bring in $1.4 billion from Washington drivers already struggling.

The funding isn’t going to �Ա����projects. Democrats will rely on a pay-by-mile scheme to fund those. Instead, the new tax dollars will go towards megaprojects that are already overdue and overbudget.

And a year from now? Washington drivers will see an automatic 2% increase in gas taxes each year, which provides lawmakers political cover since it won’t be tied to any vote in an election year.

Democrats could run a more efficient state government, but flatly refuse to stop overspending. They’ve seemingly been given carte blanche by Democrat voters who complain about cost-of-living, while endlessly electing the same politicians who are responsible for the high prices to live in Washington.

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The band, celebrated by the radical left for their “politically charged” lyrics, finally crossed a line that even the most ardent progressives couldn’t ignore. During a performance at the Glastonbury Festival, frontman Bobby Vylan led the crowd in a chant of “death, death to the IDF.”  This wasn’t a call for a ceasefire, not a critique of policy, but a bloodthirsty cry for the death of Israeli soldiers.

Video showed the rapper shouting to the crowd, “Alright, but have you heard this one though? Death, death to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).”

Bob Vylan lose visas ahead of U.S. tour

As a consequence of his antisemitism, United Talent Agency . And the Department of State has revoked their visas.

“The (State Department) has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said in a post on X Monday.

Bob Vylan were scheduled to perform at the Knitting Factory in Spokane on October 24 and at the Showbox in Seattle on October 25. The performers weren’t listed on the Showbox’s website as of Monday morning, but were still listed under a Ticketmaster page for the Knitting Factory.

BREAKING: Bob Vylan has been dropped by United Talent Agency after their Glastonbury set, Sky News understands

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Mainstreaming antisemitism

What Bob Vylan and the crowd chanted wasn’t edgy political commentary. It was an antisemitic incitement to violence that has been mainstreamed. Finally, there was a swift and appropriate response.

President Donald Trump’s U.S. State Department, in a display of common sense, revoked the band’s visas, citing their “hateful tirade.” A spokesperson rightly said, “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”

Amen. We have enough violent antisemites in this country. We don’t need to import any additional ones.

Antisemitism has been welcomed in Seattle

For those of us in Seattle and Spokane who were about to be subjected to their brand of “art,” this is a welcome, if not surprising, development. It’s a sad reality that had this band been American, they’d likely be celebrated by our local activist class. Here in Seattle, where antisemitic graffiti is dismissed and pro-Hamas activists block traffic or organize on campuses with impunity, a call for the death of Jews (which, to be clear, was the subtext of “death to the IDF” for these extremists) would barely raise an eyebrow on Capitol Hill.

Bob Vylan and their apologists will no doubt cry censorship. They will claim their freedom of speech is being attacked. Have at it.

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. And it certainly doesn’t grant foreign nationals the right to enter our country to spread their poison. You have the right to be a bigot; you do not have the right to a stage and a paycheck in the United States.

We already have Macklemore. Do we need Bob Vylan?

What’s truly remarkable is watching the institutions that platformed this band scramble to distance themselves.

Glastonbury organizers were “appalled.” The BBC, which broadcast the hate-filled chant, issued a pathetic mea culpa, admitting they “should have pulled the stream.” They were all happy to profit from the band’s “anti-establishment” vibe until the mask slipped and revealed the ugly, antisemitic face beneath. It seems hard to believe this is the first inkling that Glastonbury organizers or the BBC got to Bob Vylan’s hate.

So, while Seattle and Spokane music venues have to deal with a canceled show, we should consider ourselves lucky. We’ve been spared a performance that would have undoubtedly attracted the worst elements of our local activist scene, normalized vile antisemitism, and further coarsened our public discourse. We already have Macklemore. We don’t need Bob Vylan.

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The was held across four days in early to mid-June. It featured several sessions by left-wing consultants, including “Disrupting Perfectionism: A Tool for Liberation” and “DEI in an Age of Backlash.”

What it really showcased was the alarming intellectual laziness and elitist condescension that permeates the modern DEI industry, all on your dime. OFM says 4,254 registered for the optional training.

Disagree with DEI? You’re apparently uneducated

Dr. JP Anderson, aimed at helping DEI “practitioners” navigate the so-called “backlash,” hosted “DEI in an Age of Backlash.”

He spent over an hour dissecting the “anti-DEI message” and offering “strategies” to defend against DEI criticisms. He argued the criticisms were part of a well-funded push by a number of conservative groups, including the Heritage Foundation and the Pacific Legal Foundation.

The core takeaway from the training was that if you disagree with DEI, it’s not because the ideology is flawed or divisive, but because you’re simply uneducated or easily manipulated. This insulting premise is the bedrock of what amounts to little more than a DEI echo chamber designed to gaslight those who dare question the agenda.

A right-wing lie?

Anderson’s seminar began by acknowledging the “backlash against DEI” as “rhetorical, judicial, legislative, social, and political.” Yet, instead of an introspective look at why such a broad backlash exists, he immediately dismisses it as an “organized and well-funded movement” with “no evidence that this is a grassroots movement.” (Unlike, I suppose, the DEI grifters who aren’t making money off of sowing division.)

This is a classic, lazy dodge. When everyday Americans express concerns about being labeled, shamed, or excluded by DEI programs, they are not “grassroots” enough for Anderson. They’re just pawns in a grand conservative conspiracy.

DEI actively promotes disparate treatment based on race, sex, and gender identity, exactly what our civil rights laws were designed to prevent. But that’s merely a right-wing lie, according to Anderson. He diminishes the anti-DEI criticism, saying it boils down to: “DEI, no matter how it’s practiced, is always unfair,” and that “equity always comes at a cost, and that cost is unfair.”

‘Education education education’

The most egregious moment of snobbery came when Anderson pondered why this so-called “strategy” doesn’t “work” on him and his audience of like-minded DEI adherents.

“The reason why it’s not going to land on me is because of my education, and I didn’t entirely choose to become an educated person. I’m a recipient. That’s a privilege that I have, right? You know, I remind myself of that. To not get caught up in contempt and judgment for the people who do resonate with this message, because I don’t think that gets us where we want to go. So I really try and lean into my empathy, recognize, okay, I have the privilege these folks don’t,” Anderson explained.

Anderson then asked the group of Washington state staffers to explain why the conservative criticism doesn’t convince them to ditch DEI.

He then read audience comments, proudly noting, “Education, education, education. Education is coming up a lot… I am the recipient of a higher education. I have a privilege.”

Your taxpayer dollars are funding seminars where “experts” claim that those who don’t agree with their divisive ideology are simply uneducated. It’s a thinly veiled insult to every American who finds these trainings and programs to be a waste of time and an affront to common sense.

‘Perfectionism’ is ‘white supremacy culture’

Inclusion consultant Niké Aurea hosted the training workshop, “Disrupting Perfectionism: A Tool for Liberation.” She tackles “disrupting systems of oppression, unpacking identity, and doing the deep internal work that’s necessary for collective change.”

According to Aurea, the concept of perfectionism is “insidious” and “deeply rooted in white supremacy culture, capitalism, anti-Blackness and colonialism, [and] the legacy of slavery and exploitation.”

“During enslavement, black people were punished for perceived mistakes or imperfections. And then that’s deeply rooted in how black professionals and community members are often scrutinized more heavily even today,” Aurea explained.

The evils of perfectionism

In the context of the workplace, Aurea argues is centered around fear of making mistakes in the workplace. She says it’s often confused with “accountability,” when it’s merely “reinforced by systems that value control, compliance, and performance over humanity.”

She also claimed research links perfectionism to “anxiety, depression, burnout and shame, especially amongst racial minorities who ‘often feel pressure to overperform in predominantly white spaces to prove legitimacy or avoid scrutiny.'”

Not-so-veiled contempt

Anderson’s and Aurea’s worldview, which seems shared by Washington state employees, isn’t empathy; it’s not-so-veiled contempt.

The seminar exposes the heart of the DEI problem: it’s an insular, self-justifying echo chamber that dismisses legitimate criticism as ignorance or malice, and lowers standards over performance because of an unrelated historical sin disconnected from any American’s experience or behavior.

While DEI consultants pat themselves on the back for their “sophistication” and “empathy,” the reality is that they are pushing a divisive agenda that wastes taxpayer money and fosters resentment in our workplaces.

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Jayapal posted an image of a weather map of the U.S. showing temperatures like Seattle at 71 degrees, San Francisco at 66 degrees, Detroit at 81 degrees, and New York at 92 degrees. This is standard summer weather.

But to Jayapal, this is “climate change.”

This is climate change.

— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal)

A balmy 71 degrees in Seattle is climate change?

The Squad grandmother shared her profound insight on X, where she (or the staff ) spends all day in lieu of governing.

One expects a certain level of hyperbole from politicians, but she does this daily on all topics, leaving reasonable people to believe she’s simply lazy and unhinged. A cursory glance at the very map she posted reveals a reality that contradicts her alarmist proclamation. While Boston and New York were bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures slightly above normal, Jayapal’s own backyard was enjoying a perfectly pleasant day.

The forecast high for Seattle? A balmy 71 degrees — one degree below normal for this time of year. Portland was 3 degrees below normal. San Francisco was a chilly 7 degrees below. Both Las Vegas and Phoenix, traditionally scorching, is still hot but 2 and 1 degrees below normal, respectively.

Is unseasonably cool and pleasant summer weather also definitive proof of the “existential threat” of climate change, according to Jayapal? It’s a bold message, you have to give her that. It’s also profoundly silly.

Unserious member of congress reminder us she’s… unserious

Jayapal’s tweet is not a serious contribution to the climate debate. Nothing she does adds value to any issues. It’s another desperate, almost comically inept attempt to score political points by exploiting public anxiety.

She saw a map with scary red colors on the East Coast and immediately used it to virtue signal, without bothering to check the data for her own constituents. To the Radical Left, any weather, anywhere, can be used as a political cudgel, regardless of what the facts say. If it’s hot, it’s climate change. If it’s cold, it’s also climate change. If there’s a flood or a drought, you guessed it, climate change. If it’s nice out? She just won’t say anything.

This isn’t about science; it’s about narrative.

Tuning out Pramila Jayapal and climate extremists

For Jayapal and the activist wing of the Democratic Party, every weather report must be filtered through a pre-approved ideological lens that is aimed at promoting policies that are tailored to dismantle our energy policy and capitalism.

There is no room for nuance, no acknowledgment of complex weather patterns, and certainly no mention of data points that undermine the doomsday narrative. As someone who considers himself a real environmentalist, someone who cares about the environment without needing to lead into hysterics, Jayapal’s kind of lazy, divisive posting is maddening because it’s counterproductive. Jayapal and her ilk treat the public like fools, assuming no one will actually look at the evidence they present.

If Congresswoman Jayapal genuinely believes a 71-degree day in Seattle is a sign of a climate emergency, she’s not fit to legislate on the issue. And, frankly, she might get people to hope for more climate change. If, as it’s more likely, she’s just cynically using a weather map she didn’t understand to push an agenda, it’s a perfect example of why so many people are tuning out the constant, breathless warnings.

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Left-wing activist groups have judge-shopped in various districts around the country, hoping for a partisan judge to issue a nationwide, universal injunction to stop the Trump agenda. In many cases, the activists and judges know the case will be overturned and Trump will come out the victor. But the goal, in these cases, is to stall the Trump agenda as long as humanly possible. It’s lawfare at its most corrupt, and SCOTUS just put an end to it.

Ironically, the decision comes from a birthright citizenship case that Trump will almost certainly lose as it maneuvers its way through the courts. But perhaps that was the point? To force a liberal judge to offer a universal injunction so that the Trump administration could fast-track �ٳ󲹳���issue to SCOTUS.

Here’s what the SCOTUS majority ruled on universal injunctions

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. held that federal courts exceeded their authority by issuing “universal injunctions” blocking President Trump’s Executive Order 14160 nationwide. The Court did not rule on the legality of the Executive Order itself—which denies birthright citizenship in some cases—but instead focused on whether lower courts had the power under the Judiciary Act of 1789 to issue nationwide injunctions.

“The applications do not raise—and thus we do not address—the question whether the Executive Order violates the Citizenship Clause or Nationality Act,” Barrett said in the majority opinion. “The issue before us is one of remedy: whether, under the Judiciary Act of 1789, federal courts have equitable authority to issue universal injunctions.”

Barrett explained that courts at the founding did not issue such broad injunctions, and thus modern federal courts lack that authority under long-established precedent. She further reasoned that injunctions should be tailored to provide “complete relief” only to the plaintiffs in the case—not to everyone who might be affected.

What did the liberal SCOTUS Justices argue?

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent is an over-the-top and theatrical defense of universal injunctions that reads more like a political manifesto than a judicial opinion.

She argues that federal courts must be able to block illegal government action, as they see it, not just for plaintiffs, but for everyone. It’s a scary vision where individual judges act as all-purpose enforcers of constitutional rights. Jackson warns that restricting this power tears a “gash” in the Constitution and could inflict a “mortal wound” on the judiciary’s role. She claims that judges aren’t just referees settling disputes but constitutional guardians who must prevent unlawful executive policies from taking root anywhere.

But Justice Barrett wasn’t having it, offering a blistering takedown in the majority opinion, easily dismantling it.

Barrett notes that universal injunctions are a modern invention. If anything, Barrett argues, Jackson’s vision of judicial power ignores both legal history and separation of powers, embracing the concept of judicial supremacy. Allowing judges to issue universal injunctions at will turns every district judge into a national policymaker. Barrett rightly sees that as dangerous and destabilizing.

In the end, Jackson writes as if the sky is falling, claiming courts will be powerless to protect the public. Barrett calmly replies that courts still protect plaintiffs—they just don’t get to act like emperors, a concept the Radical Left keeps claiming is being embraced by conservatives. Judicial authority, Barrett said, isn’t unlimited.

What does this mean for the lawfare strategy?

This is a major win—not just for Trump, but for both the integrity of the judicial system and the American people.

For years, left-wing activists have used lawfare as a political weapon, finding sympathetic judges in blue districts to issue universal injunctions that block conservative policies nationwide, even before they take effect. It’s been their favorite tactic to override the will of voters by letting unelected judges function as mini-dictators. Conservative groups did the same, just not to this extent. And it was done in bad faith.

Justice Barrett’s opinion just cut the legs out from under that strategy. No longer can a random activist judge in Seattle or San Francisco block federal law coast-to-coast because some activist group doesn’t like a policy. Lawsuits now only protect the actual plaintiffs. Quite the concept, right!? This shuts down the Left’s “sue-and-freeze” playbook that’s been used to paralyze Trump’s agenda and bully Republican administrations into submission.

And let’s not gloss over the fact that Trump is once again vindicated. He signed the Executive Order on birthright citizenship. The activist courts tried to kill it with a universal injunction. But now, the Supreme Court stepped in and affirmed what Trump—and conservatives—had been saying all along: the judiciary is out of control and hyper-partisan.

This decision is a brutal loss for the Radical Left and a massive blow to the tactic of forum-shopping for national wins. The lawfare era is crumbling, and it’s Trump that’s still standing.

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Activists held a Juneteenth event at Jimi Hendrix Park that attracted over 8,500 people, according to organizer Anthony Tibbs. But the celebration, for some, was apparently incomplete without the God-given right to park wherever they pleased. After parking enforcement did what it’s supposed to do—enforce the law—and ticketed illegally parked cars in a residential neighborhood, the predictable screeches of racism began.

Cars were illegally parked in vendor spots, and others were blocking the bus zone and impeding traffic. Another blocked a fire hydrant, and others were generally creating traffic problems for the residents of the neighborhood who, presumably, also have a right to access their own homes.

“The supervisor stated that the impeding of traffic and the bus zone created a safety issue that would have ended up with full blockage as buses tried to stop to load/unload passengers in the lane of travel,” a spokesperson for Seattle Police explained to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

In the end, there were only 12 citations written. Parking enforcement officers mostly offered verbal warnings. But in the woke logic of Seattle activism, holding people accountable for their actions is a “mishap” or an “issue of disparity.”

Parking tickets are now racist? At a Juneteenth event, yes

Tibbs complained to The Seattle Medium that “it is unfortunate that such issues of disparity continue to surround our people.”

What disparity is he talking about? The disparity between those who follow parking laws and those who don’t? The expectation that laws apply equally to everyone, regardless of their race or the event they are attending, is the very definition of equality. To suggest that a specific group should be exempt from those laws because of their race is, ironically, the very definition of racism.

It’s an insult to the spirit of Juneteenth itself—a day celebrating the moment the law was finally and equally applied to all Americans, proclaiming freedom for all. To twist that legacy into a demand for special treatment and exemption from the basic rules that govern a civil society is a perversion of everything the day stands for.

Demanding an apology

Arguably, the most absurd reaction came from former State Representative Dawn Mason. The Seattle Medium claimed she was “speaking on behalf of Seattle’s Black community.” Who knew the entire community had a spokesperson?

She described the event as “8,000-plus peaceful, mostly African American celebrants at Jimi Hendrix Park. A family-friendly environment.” The description is meant to conjure an image of wholesome community, which I have no doubt it was. But it’s also a deliberate rhetorical setup. By emphasizing the race of the attendees, she lays the groundwork to frame any enforcement action as a racial attack.

Mason said she “appealed to Chief Barnes to have all the tickets voided and publicly apologize to [the] African American community for this insult.” It’s Mason who should apologize.

An insult? The true insult is the belief that members of the black community are so fragile that they cannot be expected to follow the same basic rules as everyone else. The real insult is the soft bigotry of low expectations, dressed up as progressive advocacy. The notion that you should get a pass on a parking ticket because of your skin color is one of the most absurd and patronizing arguments.

Social justice shakedown

This is a social justice shakedown. It’s the grievance grift in its purest form. It’s the cynical use of historical injustice to demand modern-day privileges.

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“We understand and are aware of the frustration felt from parking enforcement that occurred during the celebration—especially given the significance of this federal holiday. While enforcement at paid parking spots and certain restricted areas—that note exemptions on holidays—is adjusted on federal holidays, parking rules that address public safety — such as blocking fire hydrants, bus zones, or load and unload zones —remain in effect regardless of the holiday,” a Seattle Police spokesperson explained to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

The complaints are uninspired. Activists again seek to create a system where accountability is optional, but only for certain, politically favored groups. What happens when a resident can’t get out of their driveway for an emergency? What about the worker who has to circle the block for 30 minutes, burning gas they can’t afford, because someone decided the rules didn’t apply to them? Their inconvenience, apparently, doesn’t count, no matter their skin color.

The demand for a public apology from the Chief of Police is the cherry on top of this ridiculous grift. Apologize for what? For treating all citizens equally under the law? This is an attempt to intimidate law enforcement, to bully the city into carving out special exceptions based on identity politics.

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The sidewalk murals align with Harrell’s uninspired . One of the action steps? “Create more murals and other art installations throughout Downtown and activate street corners, parks, and transit stations with buskers and other forms of entertainment to create a more beautiful and welcoming environment, mitigating the impact of graffiti and street disorder.” Harrell, via a spokesperson, said this particular project was sponsored by the Downtown Seattle Association.

The logic, if you can call it that, seems to be that if we make the scenery prettier, the human suffering playing out against it will somehow be less tragic. It’s a continuation of the same tired, ineffective, and lazy approach we’ve seen countless times from our city’s leadership. Harrell is a master of the performative gesture, the symbolic act that accomplishes nothing but allows the mayor to pat himself on the back for a job well done.

This is not a parody. This is the actual strategy of a city in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

Note: This piece originally attributed the mural to the mayor’s office when it was sponsored by the Downtown Seattle Association. A Harrell spokesperson says the “initiative is aligned with one of the goals of the mayor’s Downtown Activation Plan to increase public art opportunities, [but] this specific project was not completed by the City or mayor’s Office.”

Bruce Harrell’s homelessness plans? Sidewalk art and lighting

This sidewalk mural initiative is a perfect companion piece to another of the mayor’s recent beautification-as-solution projects: strings of lights a few blocks away from where the homeless congregate.

Billed as a way to “enhance community safety and vibrancy,” the decorative lights are meant to deter crime and make residents feel more secure. But ask anyone who lives or works in the downtown core and Belltown, and they’ll tell you that the problem isn’t a lack of ambient lighting. The problem is the open-air drug markets, the relentless property crime, and the sense that the city has all but abandoned them to the wolves.

The lights and sidewalk murals are a slap in the face to a community that has been begging for a real plan, for more police, and for a commitment to prosecuting the criminals who are making their lives a living hell.

Seattle residents should be insulted

What these initiatives share is a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps a willful ignorance, of the nature of the problem.

We are not dealing with a crisis of aesthetics. We are dealing with a crisis of addiction, of mental illness, and of a complete and utter breakdown of law and order. Painting a mural on a sidewalk will not get a fentanyl addict into treatment. Installing a light fixture will not stop a prolific offender from breaking into another small business.

These are solutions for a city that is not in crisis, for a city that has the luxury of worrying about its appearance. That is not Seattle.

We actually know what tackles homelessness

The tragic irony is that we know what works. We know that a compassionate, but firm approach, one that combines robust and readily available treatment options with a law enforcement presence that makes it clear that criminal behavior will not be tolerated, is the only way to make a real difference.

Seattle should be investing in long-term treatment facilities, in mental health care, and in a criminal justice system that is allowed to do its job. Instead, we get murals and mood lighting. Soon? Buskers.

It’s a tale of two cities. In the Seattle mayor’s press releases, the city is becoming more vibrant, more beautiful, and more welcoming with each passing day. In the real Seattle, the one that the rest of us have to live in, things are getting worse. The open-air drug use, the homeless encampments, the property crime—these are the realities that a fresh coat of paint and some light bulbs cannot hide.

The people of Seattle are not asking for a more scenic city. Our city is beautiful—when you clean up the mess made by the homeless.

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At Monday’s unsuccessful Club World Cup match against Paris Saint-Germain, the supporters’ section at Lumen Field was once again awash in Palestinian flags. These flags have become a symbol of antisemitism; a rebuke of a country fighting a terrorist group, Hamas. When activists wave Palestinian flags, they’re taking a “Free Palestine!” position, believing Israel is on “stolen” Palestinian land. That they engaged in this behavior right after the United States struck Iran’s nuclear sites is revealing.

This wasn’t about cheering on their team, and the display had nothing to do with professional soccer or the Sounders. It was a typical brazen, defiant, radical political statement by groups who have long operated outside the bounds of reasonable fan conduct, without any meaningful consequence. There won’t be this time, either.

These aren’t your typical passionate fans, either. They’re radical, far-left groups, many of whom as Antifa. They consistently flout stadium rules, using the Sounders’ need for “fan engagement” as leverage. It’s an arrangement that allows them to push a divisive agenda, alienating many potential fans and undermining the very sport they claim to support. This isn’t inclusivity; it’s virtue signaling that only serves to highlight their own narrow, ideological echo chamber.

Too many fans are the absolute worst.

And the club rarely says a thing or offers any meaningful consequences. They wouldn’t want to upset the supporter groups, even if their radical politics reminds people that the club is anything but inclusive.

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)

Sounders FC’s embrace of antisemitism is hardly new

Monday’s display of Palestinian flags, which violates stadium rules, is part of a pattern, not an anomaly.

The club’s updated code of conduct “flags of Israel or Palestine,” yet these groups routinely ignore it. And what does the club do? Virtually nothing. Sometimes they get a “stern talking to,” the bare minimum so that the club can say they did something if they’re ever pressed. Of course, local left-wing media almost never presses them.

In this case, because it’s a FIFA event, the front office can conveniently sidestep this issue. It’s not technically their event, so FIFA can take a stance if it wants. Something tells me that if the supporters group held up messaging the club felt was sufficiently offensive enough, they wouldn’t stay quiet.

The front office clings to that silence, hoping to avoid public scrutiny and sidestep media questions that might force them to confront the radical fringe they’ve emboldened. Why? Because the Sounders, as evidenced by declining attendance figures, feel like they must placate a hardcore base that cares more about political posturing than wins.

And what came of the Sounders’ tepid condemnation of antisemitic team minority owner Macklemore, exactly?

Seattle Sounders fans put on a big show of solidarity with Palestine during their FIFA Club World Cup game against PSG. Photos by Juan Mabromata and Buda Mendes.

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Embracing fringe politics stifles Sounders growth

When I was part of the broadcast team for the Sounders, there was talk of filling Lumen Field as if it were a Seahawks game. But rather than grow the team, the front desk leaned into political positions and placated the most radical fans. They’ve suffered as a consequence.

The Sounders’ attendance has been declining, dropping from peaks in the 40,000s in the to an average of 30,754 . The team is actively trying to “rebuild their fan base,” even launching a “First Match On Us” promotion to bring in new attendees. This isn’t the sign of a thriving, growing franchise; it’s the sign of a team grasping at straws, all while allowing a vocal, radical minority to define its public image.

Want to grow attendance and exploit World Cup interest? It should stop embracing radical political views. As the front office is finding out, there’s not an appetite to attend a political rally filled with antisemites and socialists at Lumen Field.

I can’t watch them anymore. Used to be a big fan too.

— Pilgrims (@pilgramsandnuts)

Sounders at a crossroads

This team isn’t what it once was, both on and off the field. The close-minded, radical shift extends beyond the stands.

Players, too, are expected to tow the line. As I reported previously, players with differing political opinions have found themselves benched and even traded. There’s a chilling uniformity of thought demanded by this radical element that stifles genuine expression. Past players and staff have privately expressed frustration with “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

The Sounders are at a crossroads. Do they continue to capitulate to a radical few, sacrificing their broad appeal and long-term viability, leading to closed-off sections of the stadium to seem less empty on broadcasts? Or do they finally enforce their own rules, prioritize the game, and remember that professional sports are meant to unite, not divide? The Sounders are a victim of their own politically charged priorities and cowardice when faced with their antisemitic extremist supporters.

They are why I stopped attending games. I take my kids to sporting events. Not political rallies disguised as sports ⚽️

— Brian Williams (@blazerbrian1)

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For years, the prevailing left-wing narrative has dismissed the significance of biological sex differences in athletic competition. Any assertion of obvious biological differences is framed as discriminatory or a bigoted attack on identity. The basics of biology was set aside in favor of a more fluid, socially constructed understanding of human physiology.

Oh how times have changed. At least for a few moments.

FIFA studies female-only injury links. Shouldn’t the Left call this controversial?

A FIFA-commissioned study, highlighted by KING 5, confronts an uncomfortable truth: “Women are two to eight times more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than men.” The research further suspects that female hormones like estrogen and relaxin, which fluctuate during the menstrual cycle, can increase risk of injury.

“Female athletes are at increased risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. The influence of hormonal variation on female ACL injury risk remains ill-defined. Recent data suggests that the collagen-degrading menstrual hormone relaxin may cyclically impact female ACL tissue quality. This review aims to identify any correlation between menstrual relaxin peaks and rates of female ACL injury,” the claimed.

This revelation—that inherent biological disparities between the sexes influence athletic performance and susceptibility to injury—is inconvenient for the established progressive narrative. One might anticipate a dismissal of such findings as perpetuating outdated biological determinism. Instead, the response from some of the very athletes who have championed these progressive viewpoints has been one of enthusiastic acceptance.

Woke athletes celebrate study

On their , former professional athletes Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe discussed the study.

Bird mocked the idea that the study is “groundbreaking” because when she suffered an ACL tear in the late 90s, she said the first thing her doctors asked her was whether or not she was on her period. “Where has this research been? We’ve known this!” she noted.

Rapinoe agreed, hoping that they’ll actually study “what we can do about it,” rather than if there’s a link, since they’ve already known about that link. She said she was on her period for all three of her ACL tears.

The are now demanding gendered-studies? Perhaps the researchers can even things out by needlessly studying transgender women?

Woke athletes suddenly recognize gender?

It is interesting that when the discussion pertains to their own physical well-being, the intricate biological realities of being a woman—specifically female hormones and the menstrual cycle—are suddenly deemed “paramount” and critical.

Bird, Rapinoe and all the others celebrating the study stopped to pretend there’s no differences between men and women, even if it was for just a moment. They know there is an underlying recognition of distinct, undeniable biological differences. Yet they pretend otherwise in interviews when they can earn woke social currency.

The profound hypocrisy inherent in this position cannot be overstated.

For years, these very individuals and their ideological allies have vigorously argued against the notion that biological males, who identify as “women” or “trans women,” possess an inherent physiological advantage over biological females in sports. Any mention of male puberty, bone density, muscle mass, or lung capacity has been denounced as “transphobic” and discriminatory. We have been warned to ignore these biological realities as irrelevant in the name of inclusivity.

However, the FIFA study’s focus is explicitly on women’s bodies, female hormones, and physiological factors unique to biological females. One must ask: Are “trans women” included in this research to assess if their (non-existent) menstrual cycles affect their ACLs? The answer, unequivocally, is no. This omission is not arbitrary; it comes from a fundamental understanding that “trans women” are biological men. The study, by its very design, implicitly acknowledges and relies upon the irreducible biological distinctions between the sexes.

Add this to long list of studies proving the Radical Left wrong on gender

If there were genuinely no relevant biological differences between men and women impacting athletic performance, there would be no logical basis for a study exclusively focused on a female-specific injury pattern linked to female-specific biological processes.

This situation reveals an inconsistency.  On one hand, biological reality is denied to advance a specific, woke political agenda. On the other, biological reality is embraced wholeheartedly when it serves personal performance and injury prevention.

The FIFA study, while focused on a specific athletic injury, inadvertently serves as a powerful affirmation of biological reality that the vast majority of Americans have been pointing out throughout the entirety of the Democrats’ war on gender and women. It exposes the intellectual dishonesty of those who choose to selectively acknowledge scientific truths.

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It was Sunday, a day usually reserved for a bit of relaxation before a week of radio and television broadcasts, with a few peaceful, long walks with . But in Seattle, even my dog can’t escape the lunacy that spills out onto our streets. We walked by a gathering of the usual suspects, all geared up to oppose President Donald Trump’s decisive action against Iran’s nuclear weapon ambitions. And that’s when D’Artagnan, usually a well-behaved if high-energy pup, decided to offer his own, rather vocal, opinion.

I’ve been working with D’Artagnan on his anxiety in loud, crowded spaces. He’s a smart dog, but a sudden cacophony of shouting strangers with body odor and clothes that haven’t been washed in weeks will obviously make him a little antsy. Yet, as the chants grew louder and the signs waved, my pup didn’t just get antsy; he got righteously indignant. He bristled, a low growl rumbling in his chest, then erupted into a chorus of sharp barks, snapping at the air in the direction of the earnest, sign-waving crowd and anyone who came up to pet him, thinking he was a K9 comrade. He most certainly was not.

And honestly, can you blame him?

A shrill woman leads the Seattle crowd in unhinged chants.

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)

D’Artagnan has been trained to spot danger

These weren’t your garden-variety protestors. These were the folks railing against America, justifying the very regime that funds global terror, and, in some cases, openly spouting antisemitic rhetoric and promoting socialism.

One male speaker, apparently under the delusion that he was channeling a civil rights icon, blathered, “The Iranian and American people alike do not want another ‘Forever War.’ Trump is spitting in our faces. We are forced to learn this about the US war machine time and time again. As Martin Luther King Jr pointed out decades ago, and I quote, ‘The bombs in Vietnam explode at home.'”

The sheer intellectual dishonesty is breathtaking. These aren’t carpet bombs on a village. This is targeted decapitation of a terrorist apparatus that has destabilized an entire region for decades. It’s not about “destroying the village to save it,” as another speaker melodramatically quoted from the Vietnam War. It’s about taking out the very architects of that destruction.

My two-year-old pup D’Artagnan kept snapping at the pro-Iran activists at the Seattle rally.

I caught some of his barking and growling at a “de-escalation” volunteer (a pregnant on; she was not a threat).

I’m not especially mad. He’s not trained to de-escalate.

Sound on.

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)

Barking at the enemy

D’Artagnan’s barks intensified, particularly when a “De-escalation Volunteer” approached to say hello. The irony was thick.

My dog, a creature of pure instinct whom I adopted as a stray in Mexico (he came here legally, I think), was barking at the “peace” activist, clearly sensing a threat to the natural order of things. Perhaps D’Artagnan understood what these activists couldn’t or wouldn’t: that sometimes you have to bark back at the threat, kind of like what Trump and Israel did with Iran.

If she truly wanted to de-escalate something, she could have started with her own movement supporting Hamas terrorists and their Iranian regime backers.

Another male voice piped up, painting a world where, “Both the Republican and Democratic parties are in lockstep when it comes to war. They both sign off on bombs, sanctions, and interventions.”

This is the kind of moral equivalence that only a privileged few, safe in their Western democracies, can afford. They demonize legitimate defense while ignoring the actual terror committed by regimes they seem determined to defend.

Then came the female speaker, warning of “a global war” and the “recklessness of our ruling class and their unending interest to get the most profits in their pockets, no matter the cost.” The predictable anti-capitalist trope, of course. Because in their world, geopolitical strategy isn’t about protecting national interests or preventing a rogue regime from acquiring nuclear weapons; it’s always about “profits.” It’s a convenient narrative for those who prefer to blame their own country for every ill in the world.

Surrounded by ignorance

One of my favorites of the ignorant speakers came from a woman (apologies, I assumed gender) conflating military action with domestic policy failures.

“Kidnapping and brutalizing our black sisters and brothers all across the country and throwing them in jail, funding wars, funding ICE, funding the police, that takes a higher priority than anything else,” she said. “And that’s why we can’t have affordable health care, that’s why we can’t have quality education, that’s why we don’t have access to healthy food or a robust public transportation system or anything.”

Because obviously, the only reason we don’t have utopian healthcare and robust public transit is because we’re not letting Iran build nukes.

Obviously, the activists hate Israel

But the real heart-wrencher, meant to tug at every bleeding heart, came from a self-identified second-generation Iranian immigrant: “My father currently lives in Yazd, and the first text I received this morning was a text message from a friend that Yazd had been struck by Israeli missiles… I don’t have words to describe how terrifying it can be to know if your loved ones are alive or dead… The West claims that Iran has nuclear weapons, and they say that Iran is a threat. Last night in a nationally televised address, war criminal, Donald Trump, called Iran the number one state sponsor of terror. Despite that, there is only one nation that is bombing country after country. The apartheid state of Israel has been actively terrorizing multiple countries in Southwest Asia, all while engaging in ethnic cleansing as they work to slaughter the Palestinian people.”

There it is. The blatant victim-blaming, the twisted narrative that paints Israel as the aggressor, and ignores Iran’s decades of sponsoring terrorism. Then claim that the “US media does not actually cover what happens in Iran… accurately… authentically.” What do they want us to cover? The glorious parades of anti-Americanism? The public hangings of dissidents?

Bombing Iran’s nuclear sites was necessary

For decades, we’ve tried negotiation with Iran. Each time, they’ve laughed in our faces, continued their clandestine nuclear programs, and funded terrorist proxies like Hamas, Houthis, and Hezbollah.

This isn’t the Iraq War, where we sent hundreds of thousands of troops into a prolonged, costly ground campaign. These are surgical strikes designed to cripple their ability to threaten regional and global security. This is not about regime change in the traditional sense; it’s about denying a rogue regime the tools to fulfill its openly stated desire to wipe out nations and develop weapons of mass destruction.

So, when D’Artagnan, my otherwise sweet and cuddly Malinois mix, starts barking and snapping at a crowd of anti-American, pro-Iran apologists, I can’t exactly scold him. Some things, some threats, are just instinctively understood. And sometimes, a dog’s gut reaction is clearer than any nuanced, politically correct analysis.

Good boy, D’Artagnan. Good boy.

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Walk down Blanchard Street between Second and Third Avenues at any time of day, and you’ll see the decay firsthand: open-air drug deals, addicts smoking fentanyl, and mentally ill homeless people wandering naked or sexually harassing women. Trash lines the sidewalks. The once-popular fenced-in dog park is now virtually unusable. At the nearby bus stop on Third Avenue, commuters cling to their belongings, heads on swivels, waiting for a bus to get them out of there.

But for the people who live and work in Belltown, there is no easy escape. They’re desperate for the city to intervene. Instead, officials have let the neighborhood spiral into the dangerous mess it has become.

A homeless man sets up a base camp in Belltown. (Photo: Jason Rantz, KTTH Radio)

“It can be very stressful… just turned the corner every day and wondering what’s going to be outside your business today, whether it’s going to be safe, whether you’re going to get pepper sprayed, whether you’re going to have to clean up human feces or get piles of garbage, fentanyl leftovers, all kinds of garbage that’s left behind,” the manager of a business on 3rd and Blanchard explained exclusively to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. (Note: I am a customer.)

Homeless addicts knock out, pepper-spray random passers-by

The business manager asked for anonymity out of fear that she would be targeted. She also lives on the block, so she experiences the harassment, drug use, and criminal behavior daily.

“Some of our employees have been physically attacked,” she explained. “One was knocked out, and then picked off the ground and hit repeatedly by somebody who thought they were looking at them the wrong way, and that was someone who was just walking into work. That person was quite a small person, and they were badly injured, concussed. We’ve been pepper-sprayed by people. We’ve had people break windows, which was a great expense, and actually took away a key component of the business.”

She said she’s forced to keep her door locked at all times to keep her staff and clients safe.

The neighborhood has been under siege for over two years and is part of an area of emphasis for Seattle Police and the city’s Unified Care Team. Despite their efforts, the situation isn’t getting any better, and Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office isn’t responding to requests for comment on what can be done.

Homeless people have overrun the Belltown neighborhood between Second and Third Avenue on Blanchard St. (Photo: Jason Rantz, KTTH)

Seattle Police making a dent, but benefits don’t last

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has been more focused on the neighborhood in the last several weeks.

“SPD routinely arrests suspects during narcotics operations throughout the Downtown core, Belltown, and the Chinatown-International District. West Precinct officers also proactively make arrests during their regular patrol shifts every day,” an SPD spokesperson explained to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “SPD also participates in the Downtown Activation Zone with other City departments. Narcotics operations and arrests often occur during these cleanups.”

While the Belltown business manager said the SPD makes a difference—it’s ephemeral. After recent undercover operations that arrested suspected drug dealers, the problem has returned and even worsened.

“We got to know them [the drug dealers who were arrested] and they tend to almost be helpful, the ones that were there in the beginning,” the manager explained. “It’s kind of a funny coexistence, but they know that keeping people off our business front is better for them. The more noise we create, the worse it is for them, so they were actually helpful.”

After the arrests, new drug dealers came into the area, some of them look as if they’re addicts themselves. They’ve not worked to keep homeless addicts from interfering with the business she manages.

CARE Team to the rescue?

Dr. Amy Barden leads the city’s Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) team, which is tasked with managing community crisis responders and behavioral health specialists as they offer services and assistance to the area’s growing homeless population.

In an interview with “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH, she said the area is in an emphasis zone that the city remains hyper-focused on, but acknowledges the region doesn’t have a comprehensive strategy.

“You can connect people to services, but then we need a system to refer to. We need 24/7 detox,” she said, explaining that regional crisis centers will be helpful once fully operational.

“You need a really good place-based strategy that’s more comprehensive,” Barden explained. “I feel like until we get to a place where we consistently have all the helpers, where you have adequate police staffing. We do need CARE responders, and we’ve got the and folks like that. But I’m always saying…I don’t have a system to refer to. So officers can make an arrest, but then if that person doesn’t get booked or if they don’t come into services, it’s not really doing anything. It’s not that I don’t think you should at least signal that this [open drug use] is not lawful. I appreciate that we’re doing that, but I think with drugs like fentanyl, I’m not meeting people in recovery who are saying, ‘Yeah, the arrest alone was a deterrent to break the cycle.'”

Homeless people have overrun the Belltown neighborhood between Second and Third Avenue on Blanchard Street. In this photo, you can see tin foil used to smoke fentanyl. (Photo: Jason Rantz, KTTH)

What about employees and residents?

As understaffed city agencies tiptoe around enforcement, Mayor Bruce Harrell has once again refused to lead.

Rather than focus on the core responsibilities of his office, Harrell delegates the heavy lifting to his deputy mayors while he bounces between dinner parties and public appearances. He continues to downplay the city’s worsening homelessness crisis. His biggest “accomplishment” downtown? Hanging a block away from where a large homeless contingent once stood. The kicker? The city didn’t even cover the electric bill—one struggling business owner was unknowingly stuck paying for the power.

Now, half the homeless population that once filled downtown has simply migrated to Belltown, where they spend their days openly smoking fentanyl. The other half has trickled back into downtown, but are now spread out, avoiding concentrated visibility, giving off the impression that the mayor has been effective on tackling homelessness. He has not been.

The manager in Belltown says she has little hope that things will improve. Just days ago, there was another shooting. Cops pass through but rarely make arrests, even as addicts use drugs in plain sight. And those addicts? They’re not getting help—they’re being abandoned to die in public while city leaders pretend their plan is working.

“It’s kind of terrifying when you see how people are reacting, people with open sores on their bodies, and they’re taking their clothes off when it’s raining or cold outside,” she said. “So it’s kind of terrifying. We’ve seen deaths out front. There have been a couple of people who have died and overdosed. And it breaks your heart when you see a young person out there overdosing. And it’s not once a week, it’s several times a week.”

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The motion for a preliminary injunction, filed in King County Superior Court, seeks an emergency closure of the park until the City produces a plan to stop the illegal behavior and restore safety. The hearing is set for July 11 before Judge Samuel Chung.

“For over 100 years, Denny Blaine Park was a small gem in the Olmsted Park System,” the motion stated. “The park is now a venue for public masturbation, public sex, and illegal drug use that attracts criminals from around the region and makes the park a public nuisance.”

Denny Blaine Park has been derisively labeled “Pervert Park” on the .

New video evidence emerges at ‘Perv Park’ in Seattle

The plaintiffs submitted more than a dozen declarations and exhibits, including new video evidence, incident logs, and photos that depict a daily pattern of lewd and dangerous behavior. One declaration identifies individuals by nickname, tracking their repeated and often graphic appearances in the park. Among the alleged conduct: filming of sex acts, harassment of park visitors, used needles and condoms littering the grounds, and aggressive nudity, even in the presence of children.

Multiple witnesses say the behavior has persisted for years, despite repeated 911 calls and formal complaints. The plaintiffs include LGBTQ residents, parents, and longtime homeowners, many of whom say they no longer feel safe visiting the park.

One of the park’s most high-profile neighbors, philanthropist Stuart Sloan, said he personally met with Mayor Bruce Harrell in 2022 to show him disturbing photos of sexual activity at the park. According to Sloan’s declaration, the mayor appeared shocked and promised to act. But those promises have not resulted in meaningful change, and the situation has worsened.

Even Friends of Denny Blaine, a nudist-friendly advocacy group, has acknowledged the severity of the problem. A recent poll they conducted found that nearly 50% of their followers had witnessed either public masturbation or sex acts in the park, according to one declaration.

Seattle is choosing to keep the park lawless

Seattle has previously shuttered other parks under similar circumstances, including Hoa Mai Park in the Chinatown/International District, which was closed in spring 2025 due to illegal activity. The difference, plaintiffs say, is that Denny Blaine Park’s issues are well-documented, yet the City has done nothing.

“This isn’t about banning nudity,” the plaintiffs argue. “This is about banning criminal behavior.”

But Denny Blaine Park has become politically treacherous for Mayor Harrell, who is in the middle of a re-election campaign. Progressive activists have claimed that criticism of the park is meant to shut down a space that is favored by the Seattle LGBT community as a “safe space.” Advocates for the park have either ignored or downplayed the criminal behavior at the park.

How will the judge respond?

The City of Seattle, which has not yet filed its response to the motion, previously denied the park is a nuisance. Yet internal records submitted with the lawsuit show officials are aware of the activity. One Parks Department webpage even references plans to add a “public masturbation deterrent infrastructure.”

For now, residents are asking the court to step in where the City has failed.

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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers and hormone treatments for kids who identify as transgender. That means states can restrict dangerous, irreversible medical procedures that alter a child’s body in ways they often come to regret. It’s a win for kids, for common sense, and for every parent who’s been bullied by a woke culture that treats gender confusion like a trendy accessory to post about on Instagram.

Washington should respond in kind and reject the push towards forever altering a child’s body. But we shouldn’t hold our collective breath for Democratic lawmakers to do what’s right.

Washington state’s position on trans kids is nonsensical and dangerous

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts made it clear that the Tennessee law doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t target boys or girls. It doesn’t “erase” transgender people. It simply says that if you’re under 18, you don’t get to make permanent medical decisions based on feelings that often change with time. That’s not oppression. That’s called being responsible.

And yet, here in Washington State, our lawmakers continue down a path that’s not just reckless—it’s grotesque.

In Washington, a minor can’t legally get a tattoo, use a tanning booth, or even purchase cold medicine without a parent. You want to smoke or vape? Forget it. But if that same kid wants to take puberty blockers or irreversible hormones? Suddenly, no parent needed. The kid can even cut off their healthy breast tissue. The state not only allows it, but it protects that specious “right.” Under current law, minors can run away from home, show up at a state-funded shelter, and get gender-affirming care without their parents ever being told.

This is what happens when you put gender radicals in charge of policy. They’ve weaponized identity and use vulnerable kids as political pawns to advance a fringe ideology. The Supreme Court isn’t having it.

SCOTUS pushes back against radical trans activists

The majority said Tennessee’s law is perfectly constitutional because it doesn’t discriminate based on sex or transgender status. It bans specific uses of drugs for specific diagnoses—namely, gender dysphoria — while still allowing those same drugs to treat conditions like precocious puberty or congenital defects. In other words, the law isn’t about who you are, but about why you’re seeking treatment.

The Court also rejected the idea that any mention of sex automatically turns a law into discrimination.

“The Court has never suggested that mere reference to sex is sufficient to trigger heightened scrutiny,” Roberts wrote, brushing aside the idea that regulating experimental medical practices constitutes bigotry. “And such an approach would be especially inappropriate in the medical context, where some treatments and procedures are uniquely bound up in sex.”

That’s crucial because it means states don’t have to be held hostage by activists who scream “transphobia!” anytime someone questions whether sterilizing a 13-year-old is a good idea.

Meanwhile, the dissent — authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor — sounded like it came straight out of a TikTok activist thread. She claims the Court “abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.” And yet she’s the one who wants to fundamentally alter a child who was convinced by a liberal parent or teacher that she’s really a boy.

This is about protecting kids from state-sanctioned harm

We’re talking about 15-year-olds who will never experience sexual maturity, and 16-year-olds who need double mastectomies to match an identity they may not even hold by age 20. These are children, not political statements. The risks are enormous, the long-term data is lacking, and regret is very real. The United Kingdom has all but banned puberty blockers. Studies have consistently shown the problems with gender-affirming care, and some left-wing researchers have even hidden data they didn’t like.

But in Washington, the only thing that matters to lawmakers is that you affirm, affirm, affirm.

In this state, lawmakers have argued that teens shouldn’t be sentenced harshly for murder because their brains aren’t fully developed until their mid-20s. The science — when it’s convenient — says minors don’t understand consequences. But apparently that logic doesn’t apply when a 13-year-old says they were “born in the wrong body.” Suddenly, that teen is a reliable decision-maker who doesn’t need parental input and should be fast-tracked to permanent life-altering care.

The Supreme Court’s ruling is more than just a legal win — it’s a cultural reset. It puts the power back in the hands of states to protect kids from radical experimentation disguised as progress. Tennessee did the right thing. So did Florida, Alabama, and more than 20 other states that’ve passed similar laws.

It’s time Washington joined them.

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The Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EIB) is hosting a virtual Pride Month event on June 25th featuring the Lavender Rights Project. The group recently , Washington’s parental bill of rights.

“Together, we’ll explore what it means to move through the world as Black queer and trans people—and how race, gender identity, and mobility are deeply connected,” an email description of the event explained. “This conversation will uplift community voices, examine structural barriers, and spark collective action toward equitable transportation systems, all through the lens of Black liberation.”

King County Metro accused of creating a ‘toxic work environment’

Some King County Metro employees are upset with this event, arguing it’s pushing a political agenda on employees who may feel pressured into attending.

“This leadership has resulted in a toxic work environment where you either assimilate, stay silent, or speak up and fear retaliation,” one King County Metro employee told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

He said these kinds of politically-motivated events are routinely promoted and endorsed by King County Metro.

“King County employees regularly receive official communications from the County, including senior leadership, via official County email, addressing national social and political issues with unambiguous language on how the organization feels about these topics, which ultimately implies the narrative they ‘expect’ you to embrace as an employee,” he explained. “The opinions expressed in these emails are openly one-sided and do not welcome or provide opposing viewpoints for perspective, nor do they share information on County policy regarding these types of discussions at work.”

Why are taxpayer funds going to a radical political group?

The Lavender Rights Project is a far-left black transgender advocacy organization that says it elevates “the power, autonomy, and leadership of the Black intersex & gender diverse community through intersectional legal and social services.”

Staff with the Lavender Rights Project that “Jails are not and can never be a safe space for trans people.” This belief is in direct conflict with King County Metro’s stated claim that they’re working to make buses safer for drivers and passengers. But given there are few to no arrests or jail time for criminal offenders who exploit a lack of policy enforcement on buses, perhaps the agency is more aligned with the radical group than the public realizes.

The Lavender Rights Project also we live in uncertain times where “oligarchy, misogyny, patriarchy, transphobia, anti-Blackness, and white supremacy seek to undermine our very existence.”

Taxpayer dollars directly funded the planning and promotion of this event. Additionally, the Lavender Rights Project is being paid $1,000 to participate in this even, according to King County Metro, plus the group says it from the King County Department of Community and Human Services.

King County Metro defends the selection

Despite the radical agenda of the Lavender Rights Project, King County Metro is defending the event.

“This optional educational opportunity represents neither an endorsement nor a political position. A presenter will describe the experience of Black queer and Black trans people for those who choose to attend,” a King County Metro spokesperson explained to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

The spokesperson notes that the event is voluntary and is meant to align with both Pride Month and Juneteenth.

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Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee (SURSAC) defines “safer supply” as to refer “to the providing of regulated pharmaceutical options for people who have a substance use disorder to people who have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder.” Under the group’s recommendation, drug addicts would be able to “receive prescribed opioids as an alternative to the illicit, unpredictable drug market.”

SURSAC was to provide policy recommendations to the legislature around substance use recovery services. The group provided its recommendations to the public on June 13.

Drug use centers to Washington state?

SURSAC offered four frameworks for a safer supply program.

Under the first model, Washington state would establish a “supervised consumption” location where “drugs are prescribed and administered in a supervised setting under the care of health professionals and/or peer workers.” A second model would prescribe and dispense drugs to users who can administer it “on their own terms outside of a supervised setting, such as their own home.”

The third and fourth models are considerably more extreme.

The third model would create a “Buyers Club” where “Network of people in community [would] pool money and buy from a source and then use that to purchase drugs in bulk, test them, package them and provide them back to the community.” The fourth model would offer drugs “can be made available without prescription in dispensaries and shops (e.g., cannabis).”

Failed harm reduction model informs ‘safer supply’ recommendations

The goal of offering a “safer supply” is intended to be “an immediate response to the drug overdose crisis and offering people are alternative” to the dangerous illicit drug market, according to Erin Russell, a Baltimore, Maryland-based “harm reduction consultant” working on the SURSAC.

She acknowledged that this would not likely lead participants to stop buying street drugs. The goal, instead, is to “reduce that street drug use when they’re in the right treatment program.”

The entire effort is based on a failed harm reduction model, which aims to mitigate the threats of illicit substance abuse by providing clean supplies (from drug paraphernalia to illicit substances) to addicts in order to keep them alive to get into treatment. But the model, as applied, does not focus on treatment at all. Public Health Seattle and King County, for example, hand out free fentanyl smoking kits on demand and do not even mention treatment options during the transaction.

“Harm reduction is a philosophical and political movement,” Russell noted during the meeting.

Here are the official recommendations

SURSAC offered a series of recommendations that will be considered by the state legislature, which is controlled by Democrats who previously legalized drugs statewide. That resulted in a historic number of overdose deaths.

First, SURSAC recommends the state allow a clinical trial to offer a safer supply by a university in Washington. Second, the group wants Washington Democrats to pass legislation establishing a “scalable, safer supply pilot program.”

“The state would have to do that and be prepared for federal intervention or hope that it doesn’t happen, as in the case with marijuana. The second thing is a doctor would have to be willing to put their license on the line and prescribe. And doctors, you know, their controlled substances licenses would be, could be jeopardized, and they could face federal and state consequences for prescribing these [opioid] drugs for their unintended purpose,” Russell explained.

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Both Kruse and Higby were covering violent clashes, started by Antifa, with police in Tukwila and Seattle. But you wouldn’t even really know there was violence by Seattle media coverage. You certainly wouldn’t know Antifa was involved, with all but MyNorthwest and KTTH Radio accurately describing the radicals’ involvement.

The Seattle Times covered the violence in Tukwila, but framed it as instigated by Tukwila Police and federal law enforcement. Some local media covered the arson and vandalism in Seattle, but ignored the assaults. Why is that?

Brandi Kruse details the assault

Kruse was in Tukwila as armed Antifa swarmed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facility.

They assaulted cops with frozen water bottles and journalists, including Brandi Kruse, with bug spray.

“An individual whose face was completely covered took what I thought at the time, based on the smell, was bug repellent… and sprayed it directly into my eyes, and then started chasing us with it, spraying it for a pretty prolonged period of time,” Kruse explained on “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

Not long after the assault, Tukwila Police and an ICE Special Response Team were forced to use tear gas to disperse the violent mob. But The Seattle Times falsely framed the violence as caused by law enforcement.

Kruse slammed left-wing Seattle media outlets for “not even ignoring it, actively lying about it.”

“They’re actively rewriting the facts and history to provide cover for it, which are two very different things, and what they’re doing is far more nefarious than just ignoring it,” Kruse explained on “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.

She points out that if it was Proud Boys doing half of what Antifa did, or even if they were actually peaceful, “just their presence would have been covered by the news.”

“Now imagine if the Proud Boys had assaulted a KING 5 reporter, or a Seattle Times reporter, or had assaulted federal agents. And now think of how that would have been covered. I mean, every media outlet in town would have covered it. The governor would have come out and said something about it, then the mayor. So, totally different. And I think just speaks to this, not only hypocrisy, but complicity,” she explained.

Cam Hugby was concussed by Antifa

Higby was in downtown Seattle when he was jumped by Antifa. They left him bloodied, bruised, and concussed. He was able to identify at least one of the alleged attackers.

“I hadn’t been recording for a while, and three dudes come running at me, ‘Hey, Cam, it’s time for you to leave.’ And then next thing I know, there’s more hands than I can count on the visor of my gas mask. I can’t see anything,” Higby explained on “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “They’re trying to unscrew the filter on my gas mask. At one point, they hold me down. I’m in a headlock. They’re choking me. And this guy comes up and he punches me in the head twice. He then kicks me in the face. I pull out pepper spray, deploy it in his face, and then he cries like a baby for the next 10 minutes.”

A visit to urgent care confirmed he was concussed. Higby said he’s lucky to be alive. He that the attacker was wearing SAP gloves, which can be filled with steel shot to make the punches more damaging.

Like Kruse, Higby was disappointed but not shocked by the lack of media coverage of the attack. He knows the coverage would have been different if the assailants were conservatives.

“You have an obligation as a journalist to cover what’s happening in this city, even if you don’t agree with the people who are being attacked,” Higby said in a message to Seattle media members.

Higby criticized The Seattle Times, in particular, because they completely ignored the downtown Seattle violence.

“It’s just it’s extremely alarming to me that nobody picks this up,” he said.

🚨ANTIFA just JUMPED ME.

While SPD was refusing to intervene with the riot tonight, militant Tyler Hahn and his lackeys JUMPED ME. Dealing several blows to my head.

I was able to deploy pepper spray and repel them, regaining the belongings they knocked out of my pockets.

— Cam Higby | America First 🇺🇸 (@camhigby)

Where is Seattle media outrage or coverage?

When President Donald Trump offers even tepid criticism of media, there’s loud pushback about the threat to journalists. When journalists are physically assaulted, where’s the condemnation from The Seattle Times or KING 5?

Independent media or individual media personalities have spoken up, including ����Xվ Newsradio’s John Curley and KOMO TV’s Jeremy Harris. KTTH Radio, ����Xվ Newsradio, and MyNorthwest have also covered the violence. FOX 13, according to listeners, also offered some honest coverage. But why aren’t all mainstream outlets, television networks, or newspapers covering the violence?

The Seattle media doesn’t just have a bias—it has an agenda. When journalists are attacked by the Radical Left, they look the other way. When conservatives merely exist, they sound the alarm. The silence from Seattle’s mainstream outlets isn’t just cowardly—it’s complicity. And every time they refuse to report the truth, they prove they’re not journalists but activists with bylines.

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During the “No Kings” march, armed Antifa swarmed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facility in Tukwila. They assaulted cops with frozen water bottles and journalists, including Brandi Kruse, with mace. Tukwila Police and an ICE Special Response Team were forced to use tear gas to disperse the violent mob.

In downtown Seattle, so-called “demonstrators” near 5th Avenue and Stewart Street, sending black smoke billowing. Antifa swarmed the area, dressed in black bloc, signs calling to abolish ICE, and chants that sounded more like threats than slogans. Windows were smashed, and people were aggressively confronting police and attacking journalists, including Cam Higby.

This wasn’t an isolated moment of chaos—it was a coordinated weekend of mayhem.

Eleven activists were in Spokane. In Portland, radicals clashed with law enforcement outside an ICE facility. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass downplayed rioting as a “limited” incident in a “small part of the city.” It’s like calling a fire a “minor warmth event.”

Seattle media downplayed or ignored violence

In Seattle, the media coverage was laughably selective.

KING 5 ignored the burning scooter and confrontations with police. Their report was somehow void of any mention of destruction.

The Seattle Times and story about the Tukwila mob suggested that police targeted innocent protesters in Tukwila during an ICE check-in demonstration. Reporter Nick Wagner did not bother to mention ���Բ���violence committed by Antifa. The entirety of the coverage was about a peaceful and lawful gathering.

MyNorthwest was the only local news outlet to accurately describe the radicals as Antifa.

Democrats pretended all was peaceful

Let’s not forget who helped stoke this environment.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson praised the rallies, tweeting, “Tens of thousands of Washingtonians took to the streets yesterday… I am grateful to the Washingtonians who chose to make their voices heard peacefully at events across our state.” So, the arson in Seattle, the violent confrontations in Tukwila, and the clashes in Spokane were peaceful?

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal—who has gone over two weeks pretending there has not been any violence—tweeted: “We have a Constitutional right to protest — regardless of what Donald Trump and his administration say.” Actually, you don’t have a Constitutional right to set property on fire or assault police officers. But her tweet wasn’t about the Constitution. It was about rallying the base and giving tacit approval to whatever chaos comes next, so long as it can be blamed on Trump.

‘No Kings’ was political theater at its most insufferable

These demonstrations aren’t about ICE or democracy. They’re about optics, disruption, and political theater.

Big, blue cities are filled with angry liberals incapable of coping with the loss of the White House. President Donald Trump broke these people and they’re still devastated that the nation wouldn’t give them four more years to tear our country down. They marched in the street to give themselves something to do on a Saturday when they didn’t have a transgender athlete to cheer on as “she” destroys the careers of hardworking young girls.

Meanwhile, Antifa did what they always do: use a peaceful rally as a cover for their violence. Police are held back from doing their jobs until it’s too late, and media outlets like The Seattle Times will pretend Antifa are the victims. It’s win-win for the part-time baristas cosplaying as fascist hunters.

You don’t light scooters on fire to support the Constitution. You do it to provoke a response. You break windows not to protect immigrants, but to force headlines, even if they conveniently leave out your part in the destruction.

Summer of Love 2.0

The Left thrives in this environment.

Democrats get to posture as the noble resistance while quietly tolerating—if not encouraging—intimidation and violence. And their media allies help by reporting just enough to seem credible, while conveniently omitting anything that might tarnish the progressive narrative. It’s the same playbook we saw in 2020. The same slogans. The same black-block agitators. The same denial.

And it’s the same result: chaos in Democrat-run cities while their elected leaders pretend everything is fine.

If you don’t acknowledge what’s happening now, you’re setting the stage for worse. You can’t fix a problem you refuse to name. So let’s name it: Political violence isn’t just being tolerated—it’s being normalized again. And until someone breaks the cycle, weekends like this one will keep repeating.

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