“Congress just passed one of the worst bills of my lifetime. A grotesque betrayal of the American people. Appalling,” Ferguson posted on X.
The bill codifies President Donald Trump’s tax cuts on all Americans, ends taxes on tips, and implements work requirements for Medicaid, while removing illegal immigrants from the entitlement, among many other things.
Ironically, Ferguson himself signed into law the largest tax聽颈苍肠谤别补蝉别听in Washington state history. Concurrently, he gutted funding for important programs, like the Pediatric Interim Care Center (PICC) in Kent. It was a facility that treated more than 3,500 babies born with drug dependencies because of their addict mothers who were enabled by Washington Democrats’ decision to decriminalize drugs. That, apparently, wasn’t a “grotesque betrayal” of Washingtonians.
Baumgartner, a Republican congressman from Spokane, called Ferguson out.
鈥淏ob, I disagree,鈥� Baumgartner wrote directly to Ferguson on social media. 鈥淗ow about you and I do a TV debate in Seattle? You can defend your largest tax increase in WA history, and I鈥檒l defend the largest tax reduction in American history. We can each do our part to inform the citizenry in a good old-timey civil debate about who has a better future vision for governance 鈥� Republicans or Democrats? Consider this a debate challenge between our state鈥檚 most prominent Republican and Democrat politicians, respectively. I鈥檒l even let you choose the TV journalists to moderate. Sound good?鈥�
Ferguson, predictably, ducked.
Instead of accepting the challenge, Ferguson was silent. He was content to stick to the script handed down from Democratic party headquarters, dramatically denouncing the bill as a “grotesque betrayal of the American people.鈥� Notice something? That language 鈥� “betrayal” 鈥� wasn’t an original Ferguson flourish. It’s identical to talking points circulating nationally among Democrats.
You know who else called the bill a “betrayal” in statements? Every other Democrat lawmaker nationwide. In Washington, it was the go-to descriptor for Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Suzan DelBene, along with Sen. Patty Murray. California Governor and wannabe-president Gavin Newson the Big Beautiful Bill a betrayal, too, as did New York Governor .
Why the coordinated talking points? Because Democrats understand they have no substantive argument against the Big Beautiful Bill. Rather than debate the actual content, they’re fearmongering about a phantom crisis: Medicaid cuts.
Republicans just passed the Big Beautiful Bill and now I鈥檝e lost my health coverage, my grandmother was booted from a senior center, I was deported back to Los Angeles, and I even lost my right to vote!
Democrats warned me! I should have listened.
鈥� Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)
According to left-wing talking points, millions will supposedly be “kicked off” Medicaid because of this legislation. But let’s do something Ferguson won’t: stick to facts.
What Democrats, including Ferguson, conveniently omit is that the bill doesn’t remove the needy or vulnerable from Medicaid. Instead, it corrects abuses that threaten Medicaid鈥檚 solvency, ending eligibility for illegal immigrants and able-bodied adults who simply choose not to work. Medicaid was never designed as a permanent entitlement for healthy adults opting out of employment. It was intended as a safety net, not a hammock. These sensible reforms ensure Medicaid remains viable for those who genuinely need it 鈥� children, seniors, and disabled Americans.
That distinction, however, is politically inconvenient for Ferguson, whose political brand is built on scripted outrage and manufactured victimhood narratives. This is precisely why he won’t debate Baumgartner face-to-face. Ferguson knows his understanding doesn’t extend beyond his party鈥檚 talking points memo. Baumgartner, in contrast, offered transparency and even conceded moderation to Ferguson鈥檚 choice of journalists鈥攁bout as fair a proposition as imaginable.
But Ferguson isn’t interested in fairness. He鈥檚 committed only to the optics of perpetual grievance. It鈥檚 easy to lob scripted grenades from behind a keyboard (especially when the line is scripted from a talking points memo). Facing genuine debate, confronting factual rebuttal requires courage Ferguson lacks. It鈥檚 embarrassing.
Baumgartner’s invitation stands as a litmus test. If Ferguson genuinely believes the bill is “appalling,” surely he can defend that claim before Washingtonians with Ferguson today as the moderator. But he won’t because he can’t.
The Democrats’ coordinated melodrama isn鈥檛 aimed at informing; it鈥檚 aimed at scaring voters into political submission. This is all they have. It’s all they ever have.
Washingtonians deserve better than Ferguson’s cowardly dodge. Baumgartner’s offer represents what politics could 鈥� and should 鈥� be: clear, factual, and transparent debate. The triumph of the Big Beautiful Bill is exactly that 鈥� a triumph, restoring fiscal sanity and accountability to programs intended to support the truly needy, not subsidize inactivity or illegal immigration.
Governor Ferguson had his chance to make his case. He ignored it. Perhaps he鈥檚 more comfortable parroting party scripts than engaging in the intellectual rigor required by actual leadership. Baumgartner, meanwhile, demonstrated what responsible leadership looks like 鈥� offering a reasoned discussion.
Maybe that’s why Ferguson is hiding. He knows, deep down, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
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]]>For the last several years, we鈥檝e watched the Radical Left try to shred this country apart鈥攖hrough riots, open borders, censorship, and lawfare.聽They weren鈥檛 just coming after Donald Trump. They were coming after all of us. Our values, our rights, our sanity. Yet,听here we are.
Trump didn鈥檛 just survive the political persecution鈥攈e beat it. And he became president because of it.聽Last week鈥檚 Supreme Court decision smacked down the activist judges who thought they could run the country with coast-to-coast injunctions every time they didn鈥檛 like the President鈥檚 policy. Guess what? Elections have consequences again. The days of one liberal judge in Seattle stopping national border enforcement are over.
And speaking of borders, ICE is finally doing what it was created to do. They鈥檙e shutting down illegal crossings, rounding up criminal aliens, and reminding the country that laws still matter.
It turns out that when you enforce immigration law, Americans feel safer, and actual immigrants who come here legally get the respect they deserve.
But don鈥檛 think the Radical Left has given up. They鈥檙e just getting sneakier.
In New York City, wants to turn your neighborhood into a taxpayer-funded Marxist playground. He’s not hiding it鈥攈e鈥檚 cheerleading for communism. He’s the new face of the Left. Spoiled. Radical. Dangerous.
So on this Independence Day, we鈥檙e not just celebrating fireworks and hot dogs. We鈥檙e celebrating resilience. The resilience of a country that refuses to bow to the mob, refuses to be silenced, and refuses to forget what made us great in the first place.聽And we refuse to give up, politically fighting back at the Radical Left voices still trying to tear us down.
Happy Fourth of July. And God bless the United States of America.
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]]>“We were in family, just arrived in a hotel downtown, Decided to hang around and find a place to eat, First people we met, was a dude on the phone, not walking straight with a huge hunting knife on his right hand,” the Reddit user . It’s unclear where in Europe the user is from. “The number of junkies in the street is insane, they are screaming and catcalling you.聽There are more homeless than tourists.聽For the perspective, i went to many us cities on the East coast and this is the first time i have ever felt so unsafe.”
The post earned over 750 upvotes and nearly 500 comments.
This is what a city looks like when it鈥檚 run by a lazy politician who enjoys giving speeches and attending cocktail parties.
Seattle is rudderless under Bruce Harrell. wants another four years.
Can we afford that? He says this below isn鈥檛 a problem.
鈥� Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)
A number of people responded to the tourist’s concerns. Some attacked him for being too sensitive, while others offered a sobering review of the state of downtown Seattle.
“It鈥檚 not a coincidence, it鈥檚 because the transit centers are major drug trafficking hubs. I mean, the government must be complicit or deeply corrupted to allow this issue to go on for so long and not even pretend to try and fix it. There鈥檚 no other explanation,” one user responded.
Another user noted the issue is driven by a lack of police staff and misplaced priorities.
“I can’t say for sure there’s no government complicity, but the reality is a bit more pedestrian: it’s police constantly challenged by understaffing, and a general city culture of permissiveness, often expressed as ‘weaponized’ compassion. Instead of seeing the worst of addicts and homeless as issues needing correction, they’re first seen as people in crisis (which they are), and instead of treating them as blights on the city (which they also are), the local culture uses social pressure to permit them to continue until they get violent because the optics are otherwise bad,” another user said.
Another Reddit user from Portland assured the thread that it’s not just a Seattle crisis.
“Oregonian here. It鈥檚 the same in Portland. All of the best restaurants, nicest hotels, swankiest bars in the most expensive area. Walk half a block in the wrong direction and you鈥檙e in a homeless encampment where the sidewalks are all blocked by tents and people using drugs openly. A strange incongruence indeed,” the user claimed.
Despite the growing homelessness crisis, Mayor Bruce Harrell acts like everything is just fine 鈥� like the only thing truly in crisis is our perception.
Seattle isn鈥檛 suffering from bad luck. It鈥檚 suffering from lazy, passive leadership. Harrell inherited a city on life support, then refused to call a code blue. Instead of empowering Seattle Police to clean up the streets, he鈥檚 tying their hands behind their backs while handing out glow-up press releases about 鈥渓ight installations鈥� to make downtown more walkable. It鈥檚 exactly why downtown has become a hellscape of fentanyl zombies, erratic behavior, and public defecation.
The only chance of a clean-up will be when Harrell’s team does a rush job to clean the area for the World Cup in 2026. Like with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week, Harrell only acts when we’re on the national stage. He’s happy to impress visitors he deems important, while ignoring the taxpayers.
Tourists are supposed to want to visit your city, not escape it. But who can blame this European tourist? He didn鈥檛 sign up for a walking tour of Mad Max: Emerald City. Families should be safe walking from their hotel to dinner, not dodging twitchy drug addicts holding knives. Yet Harrell has no urgency. He鈥檒l take the stage at community events or pose for ribbon cuttings, but when it comes to actually managing the city? Crickets. Or worse, deflection.
Seattle鈥檚 descent didn鈥檛 just 鈥渉appen.鈥� It was engineered by politicians who mistake enabling for compassion and governance for virtue signaling. Harrell鈥檚 refusal to back the police and restore order isn鈥檛 just weak鈥攊t鈥檚 dangerous. And every time he ignores reality to preserve the illusion of progressivism, more families鈥攍ocal and visiting鈥攁re put at risk.
Maybe this tourist should thank Harrell for the unforgettable Seattle experience. But don鈥檛 expect him to come back.
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]]>For years, the radical Left pushed riots, open borders, censorship, and lawfare. It wasn鈥檛 just an attack on Trump鈥攊t was an attack on all of us. But guess what? Trump survived. He was re-elected. Elections still matter.
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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 鈥� purportedly without parental consent 鈥� 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.
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鈥揳nd 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 鈥� 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聽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 鈥檚 Antisemitism Accountability Project, we showed up at his school, at administrative offices, and even in his neighborhood so that people are鈥�
鈥� Adam Guillette (@adamguillette)
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 迟丑补迟听蝉迟颈濒濒听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 鈥� including rape and gang-rape 鈥� 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 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 .
馃毃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鈥�
— Crisis in the Classroom (@CITClassroom)
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 成人X站 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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 成人X站 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 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 辞苍濒测听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.
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.
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.
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鈥檛 imagine how terrible it is for Jewish parents and children to hear them. It鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 鈥� 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.
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鈥攁 majority that crosses all political lines鈥攆avor a public camping ban when it鈥檚 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.
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 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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]]>鈥淚CE is acting like a terrorist force. I never thought I鈥檇 see a day where people were being kidnapped and disappeared by masked men,鈥� 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 ,听补肠迟耻补濒听terrorists. Someone should tell Jayapal that ICE is targeting illegal immigrants from Israel. She鈥檇 be rocking an ICE hat and volunteering for ride-alongs by the end of the day.
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 鈥渢ake to the streets鈥� to 鈥渇ight tooth and nail鈥� to uphold a woman鈥檚 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.
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.
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聽苍别飞听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.”聽 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, 鈥淎lright, but have you heard this one though? Death, death to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).鈥�
As a consequence of his antisemitism, United Talent Agency . And the Department of State has revoked their visas.
鈥淭he (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,鈥� 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.
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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鈥檚 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.
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鈥檚 a sad reality that had this band been American, they鈥檇 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.
What鈥檚 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.
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鈥檚 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.
Anderson鈥檚 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.”
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.
Inclusion consultant Nik茅 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.
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.'”
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 鈥渃limate change.鈥�
This is climate change.
鈥� Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal)
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鈥檚 own backyard was enjoying a perfectly pleasant day.
The forecast high for Seattle? A balmy 71 degrees 鈥� 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鈥檚 a bold message, you have to give her that. It鈥檚 also profoundly silly.
Jayapal鈥檚 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鈥檚 a flood or a drought, you guessed it, climate change. If it’s nice out? She just won’t say anything.
This isn鈥檛 about science; it鈥檚 about narrative.
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鈥檚 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鈥檚 just cynically using a weather map she didn鈥檛 understand to push an agenda, it鈥檚 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 迟丑补迟听issue to SCOTUS.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett鈥檚 majority opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. held that federal courts exceeded their authority by issuing 鈥渦niversal injunctions鈥� blocking President Trump鈥檚 Executive Order 14160 nationwide. The Court did not rule on the legality of the Executive Order itself鈥攚hich denies birthright citizenship in some cases鈥攂ut instead focused on whether lower courts had the power under the Judiciary Act of 1789 to issue nationwide injunctions.
“The applications do not raise鈥攁nd thus we do not address鈥攖he 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 鈥渃omplete relief鈥� only to the plaintiffs in the case鈥攏ot to everyone who might be affected.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson鈥檚 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 鈥済ash鈥� in the Constitution and could inflict a 鈥渕ortal wound鈥� on the judiciary鈥檚 role. She claims that judges aren鈥檛 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鈥檚 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鈥攖hey just don鈥檛 get to act like emperors, a concept the Radical Left keeps claiming is being embraced by conservatives. Judicial authority, Barrett said, isn鈥檛 unlimited.
This is a major win鈥攏ot 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鈥檚 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鈥檛 like a policy. Lawsuits now only protect the actual plaintiffs. Quite the concept, right!? This shuts down the Left鈥檚 鈥渟ue-and-freeze鈥� playbook that鈥檚 been used to paralyze Trump鈥檚 agenda and bully Republican administrations into submission.
And let鈥檚 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鈥攁nd conservatives鈥攈ad 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鈥檚 supposed to do鈥攅nforce the law鈥攁nd 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.聽But in the woke logic of Seattle activism, holding people accountable for their actions is a 鈥渕ishap鈥� or an 鈥渋ssue of disparity.鈥�
Tibbs complained to聽The Seattle Medium聽that 鈥渋t is unfortunate that such issues of disparity continue to surround our people.鈥�
What disparity is he talking about? The disparity between those who follow parking laws and those who don鈥檛? 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鈥檚 an insult to the spirit of Juneteenth itself鈥攁 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.
Arguably, the most absurd reaction came from former State Representative Dawn Mason. The Seattle Medium聽claimed she was “speaking on behalf of Seattle鈥檚 Black community.” Who knew the entire community had a spokesperson?
She described the event as 鈥�8,000-plus peaceful, mostly African American celebrants at Jimi Hendrix Park. A family-friendly environment.鈥� The description is meant to conjure an image of wholesome community, which I have no doubt it was. But it鈥檚 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 鈥渁ppealed to Chief Barnes to have all the tickets voided and publicly apologize to [the] African American community for this insult.鈥� 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.
This is a social justice shakedown. It鈥檚 the grievance grift in its purest form. It鈥檚 the cynical use of historical injustice to demand modern-day privileges.
It’s one thing to argue that drivers were caught off guard because parking is聽驳别苍别谤补濒濒测听free on holidays, including Juneteenth. But in this case, the cars were parked in areas that are聽补濒飞补测蝉听illegal to park in, and no one could reasonably think they can block a bus line or fire hydrant because it’s a holiday.
“We understand and are aware of the frustration felt from parking enforcement that occurred during the celebration鈥攅specially given the significance of this federal holiday. While enforcement at paid parking spots and certain restricted areas鈥攖hat note exemptions on holidays鈥攊s adjusted on federal holidays, parking rules that address public safety 鈥� such as blocking fire hydrants, bus zones, or load and unload zones 鈥攔emain 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鈥檛 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鈥檛 afford, because someone decided the rules didn鈥檛 apply to them? Their inconvenience, apparently, doesn鈥檛 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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]]>So naturally, progressives who can鈥檛 define what a woman is are now applauding the science. Yes, even Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, who have long advocated for men competing in women鈥檚 sports, are suddenly real big fans of gender-based research.
]]>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鈥檚 a continuation of the same tired, ineffective, and lazy approach we鈥檝e seen countless times from our city鈥檚 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鈥檚 Downtown Activation Plan to increase public art opportunities, [but] this specific project was not completed by the City or mayor鈥檚 Office.”
This sidewalk mural initiative is a perfect companion piece to another of the mayor鈥檚 recent beautification-as-solution projects: strings of lights a few blocks away from where the homeless congregate.
Billed as a way to 鈥渆nhance community safety and vibrancy,鈥� 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鈥檒l tell you that the problem isn鈥檛 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.
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.
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鈥檚 a tale of two cities. In the Seattle mayor鈥檚 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鈥攖hese 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鈥攚hen 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鈥� need for “fan engagement” as leverage. It鈥檚 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鈥檛 want to upset the supporter groups, even if their radical politics reminds people that the club is anything but inclusive.
鈥� Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz)
Monday’s display of Palestinian flags, which violates stadium rules, is part of a pattern, not an anomaly.
The club鈥檚 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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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鈥檛 watch them anymore. Used to be a big fan too.
鈥� Pilgrims (@pilgramsandnuts)
This team isn鈥檛 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鈥檚 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 鈿斤笍
鈥� Brian Williams (@blazerbrian1)
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