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June 12, 2020

Washington State GOP chairman: Seattle has devolved into 'complete lawlessness' without police

Contrary to what Democratic Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan told CNN Thursday night, the city's self-declared autonomous zone is not a patriotic "block party," Washington state GOP Chairman Caleb Heimlich stated Friday. 

June 12, 2020

Kerik tells Seattle leaders how to handle CHAZ protesters: 'Tell them to move ... or make them disperse'

Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik ripped Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday after the Democrat appeared to dismiss the seriousness of the left-wing anarchists who have taken over part of a neighborhood in her city and declared it an "autonomous zone" free of professional law enforcement.

June 11, 2020

Dem governor mocked for pleading ignorance on Seattle anarchist takeover

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in a Wednesday press conference said he was not aware a six-block area of Seattle had been taken over by anarchists despite the fact the group had forced police to abandon a precinct on Monday and stormed the Seattle City Hall on Tuesday night. 

June 10, 2020

Washington Gov. Inslee announces new investigation into black man's death in Tacoma police custody

Due to a conflict of interest with the local prosecutor, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced a new independent investigation into the death of Manuel Ellis, a black man who called out “I can’t breathe” before dying in police custody in Tacoma in March.

May 17, 2020

Washington Gov. Inslee retracts order that restaurants keep log of customers when reopening amid coronavirus

Washington state has walked back its requirement that restaurants keep a “daily log” of customers when they reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, less than a week after Gov. Jay Inslee issued the controversial order.

May 15, 2020

Officer suspended over viral anti-lockdown video: These policies 'will cause violence at some point'

Port of Seattle Police Officer Greg Anderson stated Thursday that he made the now-viral video that got him suspended because he was worried about a violent reaction to stringent coronavirus stay-at-home orders at home and nationwide. 

May 14, 2020

Tucker: Georgia's flat coronavirus numbers after reopening suggests 'America can begin to return to normal'

Georgia's success in reopening its economy should serve as an example to leaders across the country who are hesitant to lift their coronavirus-induced lockdown orders, Tucker Carlson said Thursday.

May 14, 2020

Washington Gov. Inslee orders freeze on hiring, contracts as coronavirus expected to impact state revenues

Washington state government agencies will freeze all hiring, personal service contracts and equipment purchases to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday, as the state faces a potential multibillion-dollar drop in revenues.

May 8, 2020

Coronavirus lockdowns: Unrest growing in few remaining states that won't give firm reopening date

Unrest is growing Friday in the American states that have become the last holdouts in terms of announcing dates when their economies will start reopening during the coronavirus outbreak

April 30, 2020

Washington to extend coronavirus stay-at-home order ‘based on data and science,’ Gov. Inslee says

Washington’s coronavirus stay-at-home order will extend past the May 4 expiration date “based on data and science,” Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday, 100 days after the state’s first confirmed case.