On CNN, @dansimoncnn called it "more festival than protest." Daily Beast's @KELLYWEILL pretended businesses in CHOP "love" what was going on. She claimed to "debunk" stories of chaos within CHOP. /1
There has been a murder, attempted rape, rampant gun violence & lots of fights. Businesses just filed a class action lawsuit.
Some national reporters spent little time outside of their hotel rooms, pretending to cover CHOP. Some didn't visit at all. But they had takes! /2
Some saw @realDonaldTrump slam CHOP, so naturally, the reporters had to take the opposite position, serving as cheerleader for the movement, rather than objectively reporting.
Still others chose to report on what they *wanted* CHOP to be, instead of detail what it was. /3
Imagine what could have happened if these outlets were honest about CHOP.
If they called out the violence, maybe it could have prevented some of it?
If they critiqued the lack of leadership and organizing, some could have developed. /4
Instead, they sloppily reported half-truths and utter nonsense. What exactly did that serve beyond a reminder of how dishonest the national media can be? /5 end
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal is an absolute monster who loathes Israel & Jews.
She repeatedly & falsely accuses Israel of "indiscriminately" targeting civilians & hospitals.
Dana Bash asked about Israeli women being raped & Jayapal pivots to attacking Israel. Bash calls her out.
Keep in mind, Jayapal won't admit that Hamas broke the ceasefire, claims Israel should commit to an indefinite ceasefire despite being attacked, falsely claims Israel is targeting civilians, and immediately pivots to attacking Israel when Hamas rape charges are brought up.
On a side note: she claims she's condemned Hamas raping women before. I've not been able to find a single instance. I've reached out to her office -- if she's done that, I'll include it in a piece I'm writing.
Pro-Israel rally underway in Bellevue, put on by @SWU_NW.
Unlike the pro-Hamas rallies, there won’t be calls for violence or genocide. And there will be a celebration of Israel and USA.
Randy Kessler with Stand With Us is speaking about the unity they’re seeing around Israel and Jews — despite all the hate mongers rallying around the country. Not everyone supports Hamas.
“Bellevue is with you.” -Bellevue deputy mayor Jared Nieuwenhuis.
"We don't want Israel to exist. We don't want these Zionist counter protesters to exist." -one of the so-called "peace keepers" at the UW-Seattle pro-Hamas, anti-Semite rally. 📸@kattressa
The Jew-hater from the video is seen here:
Just cc'ing @KING5Seattle @KIRO7Seattle @komonews @fox13seattle and @seattletimes so they're aware of this before they dare pretend this event was anything more than a hate rally as part of their coverage. Stop sanitizing this.
NEW: Gov. Jay Inslee just vetoed a budget proviso requiring community notice and consultation for placing sexually violent predator housing. He claims it's too burdensome.
The new Progressive 'equity' cause is to favor sex offenders at your expense. This is the Democrat party.
Republican leadership responds. Democrats should be condemning this — but will they?
Activists pushed the San Francisco Democratic Party to not recognize the Westside Family Democratic Club.
A vulgar activist said the word "family" is a "common dog whistle on the right" & one claimed it's a racist & fascist organization that's secretly a Republican group.🧵
Board members seemed to agree with the activists.
Secretary Anabel Ibanez asked a group representative what percentage of its members are racial and gender minorities, if they supported BLM and last year's School Board recall, and if he can define "family."
To be clear: Ibanez asked for the members' income info, racial backgrounds, gender identities and sexual orientations. She even appears to want them to pass some kind of political litmus test.
This is, of course, ludicrous. But in S.F., it's par for the course.
Washington Democrats just passed the most extremist bill in the country. If a minor runs away from home, they can receive "gender affirming care" (including surgeries) without parental consent and without the state being compelled to tell the parents where their child is. 🧵
Though Democrats will tell you this is to protect trans kids in abusive households, there is NO requirement that abuse even be alleged.
They define a compelling reason to keep this from a parent as: a youth is "seeking or receiving protected health care services."
"Protected health care services" means gender affirming treatment as defined in RCW 74.09.675.
That includes: facial feminization surgeries such as tracheal shaves, mastectomies, breast reductions, or breast implants. app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.as…