Things we should know after this upcoming presser:

1) Is the would-be assassin a lone wolf or working with a group? Did he identify with a group?

2) Was he known to law enforcement?

3) Did he post anything only to indicate he would pull something like this? Where did he post? 20-year-old male? I’d bet he spoke about his hate — online — out in the open.

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.

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.

"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:

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."

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."

Under Jay Inslee, WA is such a joke.

L&I just told employees that employees with COVID accommodations can return to the office BUT the accommodations are not being lifted.

According to the memo, which reads like a parody... 🧵 "we plan to allow on an individual review unvaccinated employees with approved accommodations to return to work in L&I facilities, if business needs require it. This will be in coordination with their supervisors and Human Resource Consultants (HRC)"

NEW: Democrats are days away from banning “assault weapons” because they ridiculous claim they’re promoted as “hyper-masculine… in [a] manner that overtly appeals to troubled young men intent on becoming the next mass shooter.” 🧵
mynorthwest.com/3872332/rantz-… These lawmakers don’t know a thing about the guns or features they’re banning; many haven’t even seen pictures of what they’re banning. And local media outlets give them a pass because reporters and editors here are almost all Democrats — and they don’t hide the bias.

BREAKING: Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders was rushed to Harborview Medical Center after a car accidental while on patrol at 3:38pm. Harborview spox confirmed he's a patient in intensive care.

Condition unknown (will be serious or critical). Keep him in your prayers. Earlier today he said he was going on a rare daytime patrol shift where he made at least one arrest for theft and felony impersonation (unrelated to accident).

I'm told a Pierce County Sheriff's office staffer also involved.

As I get more details, I will update this thread.

EXCLUSIVE: Tamer Abouzeid, director of a law enforcement oversight agency, faces complaints for tweets bashing police, calling for the public to dismantle & bring down the entire criminal justice system, & attacking elected officials as fascists & racists. mynorthwest.com/3860014/rantz-… Some examples of his tweets...

https://twitter.com/TamerLikeHammer/status/1618991442839621632

NEW: Seattle progressives are irredeemably anti-police. They are dangerous and will get cops killed.

Two people call 911 to report shots fired by a man in a yellow hoodie and dark jacket. One says he screamed.
"Everybody is going to die." /1 When the @SeattlePD arrive, they spot the suspect in a yellow hoodie and dark jacket. He doesn't cooperate. A crowd of neighbors and his sister arrive to interfere with the cops. She falsely claimed she was with him the whole time. /2

Socialist councilwoman Kshama Sawant won't run for re-election. There's a reason for it and it's not that she doesn't have a fringe base for support -- she does.

She's not running because she's become wholly ineffective on the council. Few like her. She's toxic. /1 When she was first elected, she undoubtedly had legislative accomplishments like #15Now, which then-mayor Ed Murray tried to steal credit for. But that was Sawant.

She used to speak to all media outlets (I did a couple dozen interviews with her) and be more proactive. /2

As of this morning, WA voter engagement is far below where it was in 2018 (39% vs 48%).

It's King County/Seattle showing the most dramatic turnout (37% vs 51%), indicating it's Democrats that are sitting this one out in significant numbers. There's a caveat here: young Seattle voters (Democrats) tend to vote on the day-of the election via dropbox, so their numbers come in late.

But they usually don't show up in big enough numbers that would match 2018 numbers. Is it possible? Of course. But seems unlikely.

BREAKING: School shooting in Seattle with, according to a police source, one victim. CPR was being performed. Location is near Ingraham High School, source says it’s on campus.

SPD has not confirmed specific details yet. Here's what SPD is saying on record.

https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/1590042407894396928

There’s a reason Patty Murray and Kim Schrier are panicking. Tiffany Smiley and Matt Larkin have momentum.

Vote @SmileyForWA for Senate and @MattLarkin4WA for WA-08.

There’s a reason Seattle Times is smearing @JoeKentCampaign. Vote for @joekent16jan19 in WA-03. In Whatcom County? Vote @SimonSefzik and Tawsha Thompson. This is a no brainer.

Group of anti-mandate protesters are gathering in Seattle later this afternoon.

Antifa black bloc say they will show up to counter protest — with weapons, they recommend — under the claim the protesters are white nationalists. In case there’s any violence and they need to disperse, they’ll hear it from this Seattle PD vehicle.

Huge police presence in Seattle as a man reportedly climbed this crane. The man is throwing objects from the crane. He’s a little over halfway up it.

Two teens were put on house arrest following an armed robbery of a pawn shop where they are accused of pistol-whipping the owner before robbing the place.

I found out early on that they were the key suspects in a Tacoma pot shop robbery that left a staffer dead. How could a pistol-whipping armed robbery lead to house arrest? A bad judge's decision.

One outlet cited Judge Nelson Lee as that judge. That was incorrect.

I'm told it was the judge on first appearance who made this decision. Court rules forced Nelson to keep it.

Wantez Tulloss, a prolific offender, is accused of hitting this random woman in the head with a bat. He takes a full swing. She's now suffering skull fractures that require significant surgery. He got a slice of pizza after the attack.

This is what Seattle has become. This happened at 6pm in Belltown -- a busy neighborhood. And this degenerate has a long record -- 2 felony and 9 misdemeanor convictions, according to court docs.

What other outlets won't report? Tulloss' address is part of a homeless housing program.

Yesterday Rep. @tedlieu tweeted, "Remember, under the former admin., we ran out of toilet paper? That didn't happen under the Biden admin." It included video.

I RTed him and noted that we've run out of food and medicine due to #BareShelvesBiden. Lieu *just* deleted his tweet. @tedlieu is a professional Twitter troll who moonlights as a congressman.