Authorities sentenced a Washington man to 40 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in a plot to burn down the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seattle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seattle</a> Police Officers Guild building during the Black Lives Matter riots in September 2020.
Justin Christopher Moore, 35, of Renton, created and carried a box of 12 Molotov cocktails during a protest march of over 1,000 people toward the police building in downtown Seattle on Labor Day 2020, according to court documents.
“Moore’s offense was extremely dangerous and created a substantial risk of injury to numerous bystanders,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg for the Western District of Washington said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-man-sentenced-bringing-box-molotov-cocktails-protest-march-summer-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>.
Police reportedly smelled gasoline and became increasingly concerned about the intentions of the so-called protestors. After reviewing nearby video surveillance footage and recorded video from other protests, police identified Moore as the person seen carrying the box of explosives, according to the Justice Department. Nearly a year later, police executed a search warrant in June 2021 at Moore’s home and confiscated numerous items to produce the explosive devices and the clothing Moore was wearing while carrying the Molotov cocktails.
In the weeks after George Floyd’s death in May 2020, cities nationwide descended into chaos after Black Lives Matter protesters and rioters flooded the streets, looted and vandalized private property and businesses across the city.
The riots sparked months of civil unrest, resulting in 25 additional deaths and billions of dollars of property damage in cities nationwide.
Local media <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/police-several-protesters-arrested-outside-seattle-police-union-building/OOVQU7UJVNHUDMDSULKBIMOIGI/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Seattle police arrested 22 individuals on Labor Day for arson, assault, obstruction, and failure to disperse after a large crowd marched from the International District to the Seattle Police Officers Guild building in SODO.
Police reportedly said they arrested a number of rioters outside the police union building after throwing rocks, bottles, and homemade explosive devices at police and refusing to leave.
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The Seattle Times <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-protest-of-police-budget-and-union-turns-chaotic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> several interactions that day between police and rioters, including one person who deployed a fire extinguisher. Other instances included officers pushing their bikes toward the crowd and using pepper spray and flash-bang grenades.
Last summer, Seattle law enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/low-morale-from-seattle-police-department-harms-public-safety-mayor-announces-2-million-recruitment-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> it lost more than 400 officers while crime surged to its highest level in two decades after city officials voted to defund some police services following the George Floyd riots in 2020.
The department had approximately 1,300 officers patrolling the city right before Black Lives Matter reimagined policing in America. But over the last three years, residents have felt the effects of the BLM narrative, with the number of officers dwindling to just shy of 950.
The staff shortage has limited the number of calls to only life-threatening emergencies, serious crimes in progress, and other circumstances, while limiting their efforts to address “low-priority” calls and conduct follow-up investigations for high-priority calls.

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Seattle police union rank-and-file leaders are under investigation after an officer was heard on his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_wASffmek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">body camera footage</a> laughing and joking about a woman fatally struck by a separate patrol cruiser earlier this year. The officer who was recorded has stated that he was mocking the callousness of those who would litigate &#8220;a tragedy.&#8221;
Officer Daniel Auderer, vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, was responding to an officer-involved collision on January 23, where officer Kevin Dave struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula while driving over 70mph in a 25mph speed zone to a report of an overdose.
Kandula was walking across the intersection, and the impact from the vehicle reportedly threw her over 100 feet. The 23-year-old woman from India died later that night at Harborview Medical Center.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) publicized the footage on Monday in the wake of a fatal collision after learning of the conversation between Auderer and Officer Mike Solan, who is the Seattle police union&#8217;s president. According to the <a href="https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2023/01/23/officer-involved-collision-in-south-lake-union-neighborhood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SPD</a>, authorities identified the footage after a department employee voiced concern about &#8220;the nature of statements heard&#8221; on the video.
In the video, Auderer is only heard in the conversation with Solan.
&#8220;I mean, he was going 50 (MPH). That&#8217;s not out of control. That&#8217;s not reckless for a trained driver,&#8221; Auderer said, adding that he doesn&#8217;t believe &#8220;she was thrown 40 feet either.&#8221;
&#8220;But she is dead,&#8221; he said. He later laughs and says, &#8220;No, it&#8217;s a regular person.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, just write a check,&#8221; he said and laughed again.
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&#8220;Eleven thousand dollars. She was 26 anyway,&#8221; Auderer said, misidentifying Kandula&#8217;s age. &#8220;She had limited value.&#8221;
The King County Medical Examiner later determined Kandula&#8217;s cause of death was due to multiple blunt force injuries.
According to conservative talk radio <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/3926287/rantz-seattle-cop-reports-his-own-conversation-fears-out-context-smears/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">770 KTTH</a>, Auderer reported that Solan &#8220;lamented&#8221; Kandula&#8217;s death in their initial conversation, saying it was unfortunate it would &#8220;turn into lawyers arguing &#8216;the value of human life.'&#8221;
&#8220;I responded with something like: &#8216;She&#8217;s 26 years old. What value is there? Who cares?&#8217; I intended the comment as a mockery of lawyers,&#8221; Auderer said, according to KTTH. &#8220;I laughed at the ridiculousness of how these incidents are litigated and the ridiculousness of how I watched these incidents play out as two parties bargain over a tragedy.&#8221;
Auderer acknowledged, according to KTTH, that anyone listening to the body-camera recording &#8220;would rightfully believe I was being insensitive to the loss of human life,&#8221; adding that the comment &#8220;was not made with malice or a hard heart.&#8221;
Ashok Mandula, Kandula&#8217;s uncle in Texas, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/investigation-launched-into-tape-of-seattle-police-guild-leaders-downplaying-death-of-woman-struck-by-officer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Seattle Times: &#8220;The family has nothing to say.&#8221;
&#8220;Except I wonder if these men&#8217;s daughters or granddaughters have value,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A life is a life.&#8221;
After realizing his body camera captured the conversation, Auderer self-reported his comments to the Office of Police Accountability (OPA) watchdog agency, according to KTTH.
The agency confirmed to The Seattle Times that an investigation was underway after SPD attorney Rebecca Boatright emailed the OPA on August 2.
The Seattle Community Police Commission (CPC) issued a statement Monday following the video&#8217;s release, calling the conversation between Auderer and Solan &#8220;heartbreaking and shockingly insensitive.&#8221;
&#8220;The video was appalling, and it was heartbreaking and incredibly insensitive,&#8221; Joel Merkel, Co-Chair of CPC, <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/CommunityPoliceCommission/Press%20Releases/CPC%20Press%20Statement%20September%2011%2C%202023%20noc.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Just hearing someone who works at SPD say that about a human life moments after she was killed by being struck by a Seattle police vehicle is absolutely heartbreaking.&#8221;
&#8220;Today was the first time anyone at CPC saw this video,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The CPC is really focused on helping ensure that the community can trust its police department. The community deserves a police department that shares its values and that it can trust. Incidents like this are things that break trust. It&#8217;s a really big setback, and it really speaks to some of the issues with culture and elements at SPD and also resistance to some of the accountability measures.&#8221;
Kandula was set to graduate with a master’s degree in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University, according to The Seattle Times. Her family told the outlet that she was working toward supporting her mother in India.

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A huge fire broke out at a Seattle homeless encampment just blocks away from one of Google&#8217;s corporate offices earlier this week.
The blaze started at an encampment at Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue on Monday, near Interstate 5, destroying part of the camp and endangering people living in a nearby apartment complex.
The fire is at least the <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-homelessness-homicide-encampment-strangled-south-lake-union-mercer-street-king-county-washington-seattle-police-department-violent-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ninth</a> at the encampment since last summer. It sits just a few blocks east of Google&#8217;s Fairview corporate office. The Google office does not appear to have been affected by the fire.
A 46-year-old homeless man who lives at the camp was arrested in connection with the fire. He told police the fire was started by accident when he knocked over a candle while cleaning his tent, <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-mercer-street-fairview-avenue-encampment-fire-flames-a-priority-for-cleanup-removal-washington-state-mayor-bruce-harrell-kcrha-homelessness-authority-unhoused-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents obtained by KOMO News.
The man reportedly said he attempted to extinguish the fire, but it spread too quickly. He was spotted fleeing the scene, according to witnesses who spoke with police. Law enforcement caught up with the suspect a few blocks away and arrested him.
Footage from the fire, which could be seen all over the city, shows black clouds of smoke billowing around buildings, bridges, and the Seattle Space Needle.
&#8220;Something is seriously on fire around Eastlake in Seattle right now,&#8221; one social media user posted on X along with a video of the menacing clouds.
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The Seattle Fire Department responded to the fire and prevented it from spreading beyond the homeless encampment. Court documents also showed that there is an exterior gas line nearby.
City officials <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-mercer-street-fairview-avenue-encampment-fire-flames-a-priority-for-cleanup-removal-washington-state-mayor-bruce-harrell-kcrha-homelessness-authority-unhoused-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> cleanup work would occur within two or three weeks. Cleanup crews have already visited the site this week, a spokesman for the mayor said.
The suspect is being held and investigated for felony reckless burning. His bail was set at $50,000, although prosecutors had asked for a $150,000 bail.
One resident who lives in the apartment building near the homeless encampment expressed her frustration to KOMO News.
&#8220;I told the city this was going to happen, they set fires all the time. We called fire department about seven or eight times this year,&#8221; she <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-mercer-street-fairview-avenue-encampment-fire-flames-a-priority-for-cleanup-removal-washington-state-mayor-bruce-harrell-kcrha-homelessness-authority-unhoused-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely insane they are protecting ten people over 2,000 innocent people.&#8221;
Seattle residents have been <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-mercer-street-fairview-avenue-encampment-fire-flames-a-priority-for-cleanup-removal-washington-state-mayor-bruce-harrell-kcrha-homelessness-authority-unhoused-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking</a> the city to get rid of the encampment for months, citing the safety of both the homeless people and other residents.
In March, a woman was <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-homeless-crisis-homelessness-homicide-encampment-strangled-south-lake-union-mercer-street-king-county-washington-seattle-police-department-violent-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strangled</a> to death at the encampment, and her body was not discovered for four days.
Seattle has seen its homeless population spike in recent years.
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In 2022, about 7,620 people were homeless in King County, which includes Seattle, up 38% from 2020, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/heres-why-people-think-seattle-will-reverse-course-on-homelessness/#:~:text=It%27s%20difficult%20to%20say%20whether,a%2038%25%20increase%20from%202020." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the county&#8217;s annual point-in-time count.
Seattle is not the only West Coast city struggling with the trifecta of crime, homelessness, and drug addiction. Harrowing scenes of homeless people engaging in open-air drug use and living in filth on city streets continue to come out of neighborhoods in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and other cities as well.

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A female Seattle cop with 23 years on the force sent a scathing resignation letter blasting the city for allowing &#8220;crime and anarchy&#8221; to take over.
Seattle Police Lieutenant Jessica Taylor, who retired on August 1 after more than two decades on the force, refused to complete the standard exit interview form and instead penned a blistering 15-page letter to the police chief, KTTH’s Jason Rantz Show <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/3918086/rantz-seattle-cop-says-criminals-running-city-brutal-resignation-letter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;Chief Diaz, let me tell you, the state of the Seattle Police Department and this city is a disgrace,&#8221; Taylor began her letter.
&#8220;The toxic mix of the Seattle City Council&#8217;s absurdity, the spinelessness of the Mayor, the leniency of the prosecutor&#8217;s office, and your failed leadership has accelerated this city&#8217;s downhill slide straight to rock bottom,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;The problems were already brewing before you came on the scene, but since your arrival, it&#8217;s been a free fall into anarchy &amp; chaos.&#8221;
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Violent crime remains high in Seattle this year after <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/seattle-residents-had-mail-stopped-because-rising-crime-1800729" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hitting</a> a 15-year high in 2022. So far this year, Seattle has seen 28 homicides, more than 1,500 aggravated assaults, more than 3,700 car thefts, more than 4,000 burglaries, and more than 10,700 larceny thefts, <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/police/information-and-data/data/crime-dashboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data.
&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t noticed, the criminals are running this city,&#8221; Taylor wrote. &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you embarrassed? I am. It&#8217;s mortifying. The city that once prided itself on progressiveness and prosperity has now become a hotbed for crime and anarchy.&#8221;
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Taylor accused Adrian Diaz, the police chief, of having an &#8220;insatiable appetite for control&#8221; that blinds him to the sacrifices of officers facing danger on the street.
She also accused the police chief of &#8220;badging&#8221; his way to the front of a Taylor Swift concert, &#8220;where people paid $1000s to be there.&#8221;
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Taylor also lambasted Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, a Democrat, accusing him of prioritizing &#8220;political correctness&#8221; over safety.
Meanwhile, the Seattle City Council has &#8220;lost touch with reality and is making decisions that defy common sense and basic logic,&#8221; Taylor wrote.
“Their priority is playing politics and pandering to radical ideologies, rather than genuinely serving the city’s and its resident&#8217;s best interests,” she said.
&#8220;So, as I walk away from the Seattle Police Department, I do so with my head held high, knowing that I stood up for what&#8217;s right and refused to be silenced,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;My conscience is clear, and I have no regrets about speaking out against the failed leadership that has brought this department and this city to its knees.&#8221;
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Seattle is not the only West Coast city struggling with the trifecta of crime, homelessness, and drug addiction. Harrowing scenes of homeless people engaging in open-air drug use and living in filth on city streets continue to come out of the neighborhoods most in need of help.
Los Angeles is seeing a drop in overall violent crime, but personal theft is up 15% to more than 19,700 thefts so far this year, <a href="https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/cityprof.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police. Meanwhile, homelessness is up 10% this year, <a href="https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=927-lahsa-releases-results-of-2023-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count#:~:text=LOS%20ANGELES%20%E2%80%93%20The%202023%20Greater,to%20an%20estimated%2046%2C260%20people." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the latest count, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-homelessness-up-10-2023-count-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> last month. Los Angeles County’s homeless population rose to about 75,518 people, up from 69,144 in 2022.
In San Francisco, violent crime is up when compared to August of last year. Homicides are up 20% to 35 homicides, robberies are up 14% to more than 1,600, and car thefts are up 13% to more than 4,100, police data <a href="https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a>. About 38,000 people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rising-crime-homelessness-leave-residents-of-san-francisco-and-oakland-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are homeless</a> on a given night in the Bay Area, up 35% since 2019. Crime and open-air drug use have caused businesses to flee San Francisco’s downtown, where foot traffic has thinned.
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‘Anarchy & Chaos’: Female Seattle Cop With 23 Years On Force Sends Scathing Resignation Letter

'Anarchy, Chaos:' Female Seattle Cop With 23 Years On Force Sends Scathing Resignation Letter

A journalist whose family was targeted by Nazi Germany was fired from his position as an editorial board member for The Seattle Times after he was accused of “defending” Adolf Hitler on Twitter.
David Josef Volodzko began his career as a university lecturer but decided to switch to journalism to report on injustices throughout the world. He has spent the past 15 years covering stories about refugees, prisoners of war, and war itself. In <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/seattle-times-writer-fired-over-hitler-lenin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an essay</a> about his firing posted to Bari Weiss’ Substack “The Free Press,” Volodzko describes himself as a democratic socialist and notes that his wife is a DEI trainer.
None of that prepared him for the current cancel culture movement.
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Volodzko thought that he, his wife, and his baby daughter would fit in perfectly in ultra-progressive Seattle.
His first official column for the Times was about Seattle’s statue of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Volodzko wrote about how the people of the Fremont neighborhood in which it stands dress it up and make it a joke, but also about his own family’s struggles and Lenin’s genocidal killings.
He received positive and negative responses, as any columnist would. The column was never the issue, but the words Volodzko used to post it on Twitter cost him his job.
“In fact, while Hitler has become the great symbol of evil in history books, he too was less evil than Lenin because Hitler only targeted people he personally believed were harmful to society whereas Lenin targeted even those he himself didn’t believe were harmful in any way,” Volodzko wrote in a now-deleted tweet.
He followed up this post by explaining that he was only comparing the two by their intentions, not their actual atrocities.
“Hitler was more evil than Lenin if we’re looking at what they did to people and that’s a pretty important metric for assessing evil!” he wrote.
As Volodzko noted in his essay, this is the kind of topic one could debate in person, but not on Twitter. “And the argument I was making is a fraught one even under the best of circumstances—you don’t need to compare anyone to Hitler to argue that they are evil — and my delivery was poor, to say the least,” he wrote.
He was accused of “defending” Hitler and had his life threatened.
Six days later, Volodzko thought his job was safe after he was told the media outlet stood by him. But he was soon fired for “poor judgment” and “continuing to engage online.” After he was terminated, the paper issued an apology statement that appeared to contradict that reasoning.
“An editorial writer engaged in Twitter recently in a way that is inconsistent with our company values,” the paper wrote. “We apologize for any pain we have caused our readers, our employees and the community.”
Volodzko is now trying to earn income through his Substack, “<a href="https://volodzko.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Radicalist</a>,” in which he covers political extremism from communism to fascism and the cancel culture environment of which he is a recent victim.
On Saturday, Elon Musk announced that his company – which he has renamed X – would fight for anyone punished by an employer for their actions on his platform.
“If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-vows-to-go-to-war-against-companies-that-punish-employees-for-activity-on-x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “No limit. Please let us know.”
Volodzko responded to the tweet with his Substack essay, and Musk eventually responded by saying: “This does sound like a good case.”
It is unclear whether anything will come of Musk’s response, and any action would not be immediate for Volodzko and his family, but it does provide some hope.

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Two student health centers at Seattle public schools offer &#8220;gender affirming care&#8221; for free to middle and high schoolers.
The Nova Wellness Center is <a href="https://novahs.seattleschools.org/resources/school-nurse/nova-wellness-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">located</a> in Nova High School, while the Meany Health Center is <a href="https://meanyms.seattleschools.org/resources/school-nurse/meany-health-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">located</a> in Meany Middle School. Both centers list gender affirming care as an available service.
They are operated by Country Doctor Community Health Centers, a local nonprofit that says it offers cross-sex hormones and gender surgery referrals.
Country Doctor says it offers medications like estrogen, androgen blockers, and testosterone, including hormone therapy for adolescents and &#8220;specialty referrals for younger patients as needed.&#8221;
&#8220;We do not provide puberty blockers at this time,&#8221; Country Doctor says.
The nonprofit also provides surgery referrals for genital and other gender surgeries and helps obtain mental health letters of support for gender procedures and behavioral counseling.
&#8220;Our mission is to promote health in transgender, non-binary and gender diverse communities through ensuring equal access to gender-affirming medications and procedures, and training staff to be trauma-informed and culturally responsive,&#8221; Country Doctor <a href="https://cdchc.org/specialized-care/#gender-affirmingcare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> on its website.
It&#8217;s unclear whether every service listed on Country Doctor Community Health Centers&#8217; website is offered at the nonprofit&#8217;s two in-school health centers in Seattle.
Parents Defending Education <a href="https://defendinged.org/incidents/seattle-public-schools-school-based-health-centers-offer-middle-and-high-school-students-access-to-gender-affirming-care-that-includes-hormone-therapy-and-referrals-for-surgeries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first sounded</a> the alarm about the Seattle public school health centers offering transgender services to students.
&#8220;The Nova Wellness Center offers no cost comprehensive, trauma-informed, and gender affirming care, conveniently at the school,&#8221; the Nova Wellness Center <a href="https://novahs.seattleschools.org/resources/school-nurse/nova-wellness-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> on the school&#8217;s official website. The Meany Health Center also touts offering its &#8220;medical and behavioral health services at no cost, conveniently at the school.&#8221;
Both health centers say they bill services to insurance if students have it, and there are never any co-pays to worry about, but they also offer services to students and families without insurance.
The Meany Middle School health center also says it is partially funded through the Seattle government&#8217;s Family and Education <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/three-months-into-seattles-new-600-million-plus-education-levy-where-has-the-money-been-going/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Levy</a>. The Nova High School health center says it is staffed by a full-time clinic administrator, medical providers, and a behavioral health specialist.
Both school health centers say they also offer &#8220;reproductive&#8221; health care as well.
Seattle Public Schools has a policy stating that staff &#8220;should not disclose&#8221; a student&#8217;s gender identity to others unless legally required to do so or the student has given permission for their gender identity to be revealed.
&#8220;Further, when contacting the parents/guardians of a transgender or gender X student and it is unclear whether the student asserts the same gender identity at home, it is best practice to avoid using gender pronouns,&#8221; the Seattle school policy <a href="https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/I09_20200624_Approval-of-new-BP-No.-3211-Gender-Inclusive-Schools.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states.</a>
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Cross-sex hormones come with serious health risks. They can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-young-people-in-u-s-have-nearly-doubled-recently-report-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cause</a> infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks of the breasts and ovaries, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.
Hundreds of teen girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/101252?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2022-10-17&amp;eun=g394940d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202022-10-17&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have gotten</a> elective, gender-related double mastectomies to remove their healthy breasts over the last few years.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday again denied West Coast cities the ability to remove homeless people from the streets unless they can provide enough shelter for all of them.
The court <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judges-oregon-ruling-homelessness-unconstitutional-1811615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined</a> to rehear a case involving the Oregon city Grant&#8217;s Pass, meaning a lower court&#8217;s ruling in July 2020 against the city will remain in effect.
The lower court&#8217;s decision in the case, Johnson v. Grants Pass, said that Grant&#8217;s Pass cannot have ordinances against homeless people camping or sleeping outside in public areas because this violates the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits excessive punishments. The fines for violating such ordinances also violate the Eighth Amendment, the court ruled.
Judge Roslyn Silver <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judges-oregon-ruling-homelessness-unconstitutional-1811615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in the court&#8217;s opinion declining to hear the case again that the number of homeless people in Grants Pass is higher than the available shelter beds.
Three conservative justices slammed the appeals court&#8217;s decision in dissents.
Justice Daniel Bress, a Trump appointee, argued that by citing the Eighth Amendment, the court has hamstrung local authorities and said the homelessness problem even extends to the Ninth Circuit&#8217;s doorstep.
&#8220;Looking out the windows of the Ninth Circuit&#8217;s courthouse in San Francisco, one sees the most difficult problems plaguing big-city America on display. Homelessness, drug addiction, barely concealed narcotics dealing, severe mental health impairment, the post-COVID hollowing out of our business districts,&#8221; Bress <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judges-oregon-ruling-homelessness-unconstitutional-1811615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in his dissent.
Conservative Ninth Circuit justice Milan Smith Jr., called homelessness the &#8220;defining public health and safety crisis&#8221; in the western states and said &#8220;unelected federal judges&#8221; are acting like &#8220;homelessness policy czars.&#8221;
&#8220;There are stretches of [Los Angeles] where one cannot help but think the government has shirked its most basic responsibilities under the social contract: providing public safety and ensuring that public spaces remain open to all,&#8221; Smith <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/9th-circuit-court-orders-cities-and-towns-cannot-force-homeless-people-off-the-street/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Another Trump appointee, Justice Daniel Collins, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judges-oregon-ruling-homelessness-unconstitutional-1811615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the court&#8217;s rulings in this case and another 2018 homelessness case should be &#8220;overturned or overruled at the earliest opportunity, either by this court sitting en banc or by the U.S. Supreme Court.&#8221;
The other case is Martin v. City of Boise, in which the Ninth Circuit ruled that if a homeless person has no option to sleep inside, a city cannot cite the person for violating an ordinance against sleeping outside in a public area.
Homelessness in major cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as many smaller cities dotting the western coast has only gotten worse since before the pandemic. Harrowing scenes of homeless people engaging in open-air drug use and living in filth on city streets continue to come out of the neighborhoods most in need of help.
In Los Angeles, homelessness is up 10% this year, <a href="https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=927-lahsa-releases-results-of-2023-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count#:~:text=LOS%20ANGELES%20%E2%80%93%20The%202023%20Greater,to%20an%20estimated%2046%2C260%20people." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the latest count, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-homelessness-up-10-2023-count-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> last month. Los Angeles County’s homeless population rose to about 75,518 people, up from 69,144 in 2022.
In the Bay Area, about 38,000 people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rising-crime-homelessness-leave-residents-of-san-francisco-and-oakland-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are homeless</a> on a given night, up 35% since 2019. More than 7,000 people are homeless in San Francisco itself. Crime as well as open-air drug use often comes with the homeless issue, causing businesses to flee San Francisco’s downtown, where foot traffic has thinned.

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A 21-year-old man who was convicted of shooting 19-year-old Horace Lorenzo Anderson inside of Seattle’s 2020 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-hill-autonomous-zone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capitol Hill Organized Protest</a> (CHOP) zone was sentenced to 14 years behind bars on Friday.
Marcel Long <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/man-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison-in-fatal-chop-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was handed</a> down the prison sentence by King County Superior Court Judge Karen Donohue. Long will also have to provide restitution to Anderson’s family, who slammed the judge over the plea deal. 
“I don’t even know why we’re sitting up here because they made a deal that we didn’t even agree on. They wanted this deal. He wanted this deal,” Horace Anderson Sr. <a href="https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1675018065267032064" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the sentencing hearing, pointing to Long. “We didn’t want that deal. I said take it to trial and just let God figure it out. That’s what his mom said. But instead, we were force-fed this deal and we had to take it.” 
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FATHER&#39;S FURY: Horace Anderson closed out the victim impact statements Friday afternoon in King County Superior Court. His lasted more than 30 minutes. This is a cut down version of some key moments. Like the others, Lorenzo&#39;s dad shared the pain and grief of losing his son. But… <a href="https://t.co/A0Xl1mfjRc">pic.twitter.com/A0Xl1mfjRc</a>
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Court documents show that the killing, which occurred during the protests in Seattle after the death of George Floyd, was downgraded from first to second-degree murder. Long was not arrested until one year after the killing. 
Long ran after Anderson and shot him after the two had an argument. Anderson did not immediately receive medical care because city responders were hesitant to enter CHOP. 
Police claimed a hostile crowd prevented them from entering the CHOP zone to clear the way for medics. Anderson reportedly had to be treated by civilians and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in the back of a pickup truck.
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During the sentencing, Anderson’s sister yelled at Long during the family’s turn to address the court. Through tears, she said that she “hated” Long. 
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EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SENTENCING: Friday afternoon, court was temporarily halted during victim impact statements after an outburst by Donnitta Sinclair. She&#39;s the grief stricken mother of Lorenzo Anderson who was murdered by Marcel Long in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seattle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Seattle</a>&#39;s CHAZ/CHOP zone during the… <a href="https://t.co/cWOiTvC501">pic.twitter.com/cWOiTvC501</a>
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At one point during the sentencing, Anderson’s mother started walking toward Long and said that she was not going to let them “disrespect my son.” After police stepped in her way, she walked toward the judge and yelled at her, video shows. Chaos ensued in the courtroom, with parties on both sides yelling and screaming at each other. 
According to the Seattle Times, prosecutors argued that Long had developmental issues, and was at the state of an 11-14-year-old at the time of the shooting. His exposure to violence growing up in his community was also considered. 
“I would like to thank you for trying to understand the mistake of a kid in the streets but most of all I’m thankful for helping me understand the life I don’t want, but one I need, by simply just wanting me to change,” Long wrote in a letter to Anderson’s family.

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LGBT Pride festivities across the U.S. and Canada over the weekend featured rampant nudity, including a Pride parade in Seattle in which men on bikes rode naked in front of children (<a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1673057359911075840">video here</a>; warning full frontal nudity).
The Seattle Pride parade, which declared on its website, “Parade is all about inclusiveness – so all ages gather along the route to watch the festivities,” also featured Boy Scouts marching in the event:
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Happening now: Seattle Pride kicks off being led Boys &amp; Girls Scouts of America.
Video by TPM’s: <a href="https://twitter.com/KatieDaviscourt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KatieDaviscourt</a> <a href="https://t.co/dw693yP37N">pic.twitter.com/dw693yP37N</a>
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell tweeted, “It was great to feel the love, energy, and sunshine at today’s #Pride parade with @CityofSeattle employees! Our diversity makes us stronger, which is why we must send a clear message to our LGBTQIA+ community today and every day: we see you, we support you, and you belong here.”
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It was great to feel the love, energy, and sunshine at today’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pride</a> parade with <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofSeattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CityofSeattle</a> employees! Our diversity makes us stronger, which is why we must send a clear message to our LGBTQIA+ community today and every day: we see you, we support you, and you belong here. <a href="https://t.co/O1Ab3RHi2A">pic.twitter.com/O1Ab3RHi2A</a>
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Producer Dennis Michael Lynch snapped, “If you&#8217;re going to paint yourself, walk around naked, and play in a public fountain, I question your level of sanity. But when you do it in front of kids, without pause, I think you should be placed on a watch list.”
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If you&#39;re going to paint yourself, walk around naked, and play in a public fountain, I question your level of sanity. But when you do it in front of kids, without pause, I think you should be placed on a watch list.
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The nudity in front of children was not confined to the U.S.; in Toronto, naked men stood nonchalantly on the street as children passed them.
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The Toronto Pride festivities, which were partially sponsored by Bud Light, also offered attendees the chance to vote on whether sex education should be taught to kindergartners:
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“Bud Light Canada has been a proud partner of Pride Toronto for the last 10 years. This year, we&#8217;re commemorating this milestone with Pride Toronto by featuring them on our can design, as well as continuing as the official beer sponsor of the festival,” Bud Light states on its website, adding, “In 2023, Bud Light Canada is also providing a total of $100,000 to various organizations supporting the LGBTQIA2S+ community across Canada.”
Bud Light has been battling a public relations nightmare prompted by its endorsement deal with Dylan Mulvaney, a flamboyant trans influencer who claims to be a woman. Customers have abandoned Bud Light in droves; Bud Light&#8217;s sales plummeted 17% and 21% in volume in the week ending April 15 after Mulvaney, a male who identifies as a woman, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqgTftujqZc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=be47ac0a-7017-4d6d-a424-8dcf6d27a837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGDPlG42bU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> to his 1.8 million followers on Instagram promoting his partnership with Bud Light on April 1.
“This month I celebrated my day 365 of womanhood, and Bud Light sent me possibly the best gift ever, a can with my face on it,” Mulvaney said.

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Just when you think you&#8217;ve seen it all, the Democrats pull another trick out of their hat to avoid responsibility for soft-on-crime policies which have sent lawlessness skyrocketing around the nation.
The cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, and Seattle, among other municipalities, announced a lawsuit against two car-makers for allegedly making vehicles that are too easy to steal. (Author&#8217;s note: This is not an article from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/babylon-bee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Babylon Bee</a>).
On Thursday, the cities released a press release stating the lawsuit is &#8220;against Hyundai and Kia for failing to equip their vehicles with industry-standard vehicle immobilization technology. Without this feature, vehicles can be started without a key, a flaw that has been the subject of numerous TikTok videos demonstrating the ease with which these cars can be stolen.&#8221;
According to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, defunding <del datetime="2023-05-12T17:19:38+00:00">the police</del> the creation of certain parts found in Hyundai and Kia vehicles is to blame for the record-breaking car thefts.
&#8220;These cost-cutting measures employed by Hyundai and Kia at the expense of public safety are unacceptable,&#8221; Scott <a href="https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2023-05-11-city-baltimore-files-lawsuit-against-hyundai-kia-over-car-thefts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. &#8220;They have left our residents vulnerable to crime and are significantly burdening our police resources.&#8221;
To the city&#8217;s credit, Kias and Hyundais do appear to constitute a plurality of car thefts in Baltimore in 2023.
&#8220;Year-to-date, auto thefts are up 95%, with Kia and Hyundais representing 41% of all stolen vehicles,&#8221; Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said in a statement.
Yet what can explain the other 59% of car thefts this year?
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Well, perhaps Baltimore&#8217;s <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-police-budget-explainer-20200617-4yjweepbkreknjlef4f45jiblm-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-police track record</a>, its <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/concerns-of-baltimore-city-crime-reaching-surrounding-counties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tendency to dole out lenient punishments</a>, and its <a href="https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/20220825-fatherlessness-in-the-national-capital-region#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Baltimore%20City,about%2041%25%20of%20all%20births." target="_blank" rel="noopener">fatherlessness rate can explain the issue</a>.
Looking at those policies could also <a href="https://www.police1.com/crime-prevention/articles/report-ranks-us-cities-with-increased-homicide-rates-in-2023-BeaNzXzmnnVlAw3b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clarify why Baltimore</a> has the third highest homicide rate per capita in the nation in 2023, followed by St. Louis coming in fourth. Seattle fares better in that category, but even Seattle can&#8217;t say that Kia and Hyundai are to blame for its <a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/violent-crime-car-thefts-reached-15-year-high-in-seattle-in-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15-year-high violent crime rate</a> in 2022.
Admitting that leftist policies and broken homes are more likely to blame for the chaos would require Democrats to accept responsibility for their actions. So instead, they&#8217;ll blame those evil corporations.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Debt Ceiling Bill Passes House
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-mccarthys-plan-to-raise-debt-limit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mustered</a> enough support for the GOP-led House to pass a debt ceiling plan late on Wednesday. The move cranks up pressure on the White House to negotiate a deal before a potential unprecedented default in June. The legislation would suspend the debt limit until it rises by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024 — whichever comes first — in exchange for a host of government spending cuts. Four Republicans opposed the bill, while three other members abstained. During a press conference after the vote, McCarthy dared Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to put an alternative debt ceiling plan to a vote and the speaker challenged President Joe Biden to agree to talks.
DOJ Sues Tennessee
The Department of Justice sued Tennessee on Wednesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-sues-tennessee-to-reverse-ban-on-trans-treatment-for-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over a state law</a> prohibiting transgender hormone treatments and surgeries for minors. 
The DOJ claims Tennessee’s ban on sex-change treatments for minors violates the Equal Protection Clause. In a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-challenges-tennessee-law-bans-critical-medically-necessary-care">statement</a> Wednesday, the Department argued that the law discriminates against “transgender youth” diagnosed with gender dysphoria by blocking sex-change treatments for them “while allowing non-transgender minors access to the same or similar procedures.” Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee called the move “federal overreach at its worst.” 
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Governor Lee said: “Tennessee is committed to protecting children from permanent, life-altering decisions.” Lee <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth-drag-shows/">signed</a> the bill into law in March, but it is not scheduled to take effect until July.
State Department Says It Can&#8217;t Evacuate Americans In Sudan
The U.S. State Department says that it is simply too dangerous to attempt to evacuate the 16,000 Americans left behind in Sudan, as fighting and conflict in the African nation continues. While U.S. diplomatic staff have been rescued from the country, thousands more have been advised to shelter in place or leave on their own accord.
The notice comes as other countries such as France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Holland, and more have been able to facilitate travel for their nationals. At least two U.S. citizens have been killed in Sudan over the past couple of weeks.
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Oil Tanker Seized By Iran
The U.S. Navy confirmed Thursday that Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker flying under the Marshall Islands flag in the Gulf of Oman, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-seizes-ship-gulf-of-oman-us-navy-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The oil tanker Advantage Sweet issued a distress call during the seizure, and the U.S. Navy&#8217;s 5th Fleet also reports that &#8220;Iran&#8217;s actions are contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability.&#8221; The vessel was taken by Iranian forces after leaving Kuwait for its journey to Houston, Texas. Now, the U.S. is demanding that Iran release the tanker immediately.
Southern Border Rally
A Texas rally planned for this weekend seeks to put pressure on officials to take action on the crisis at the southern border. According to organizers of the “How Many More” rally, people will gather at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Saturday to demand that elected officials declare an invasion at our southern border and define Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.
Bacterial Outbreak Kills 4 In Seattle
Four patients at a downtown Seattle hospital are dead <a href="https://www.ajmc.com/view/what-we-re-reading-diabetes-drug-for-weight-loss-8-year-drug-shortage-bacterial-outbreak-claims-4-lives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in connection</a> to an outbreak of a bacteria often found in health care settings. According to a hospital statement Wednesday, there have so far been 31 infections associated with Klebsiella. Hospital officials say the source of transmission remained under investigation.
Jerry Springer Dead
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A new study indicates that fluid that acts like a lubricant on a fault off the northwestern coast of the United is leaking, and the resulting stress on the fault could cause a gigantic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/natural-disaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">megathrust earthquake</a> that could target Seattle and Portland.
A team from the University of Washington aboard the RV Thomas G. Thompson found warm fluid erupting from the seafloor roughly 50 miles out to sea from Newport, Oregon. That fluid apparently lubricates the Cascadia Subduction Zone — the 600-mile long offshore fault stretching from Vancouver Island to Northern California — that could erupt in a massive magnitude-9 earthquake.
“They explored in that direction and what they saw was not just methane bubbles, but water coming out of the seafloor like a firehose. That’s something that I’ve never seen, and to my knowledge has not been observed before,” co-author and UW associate professor of oceanography Evan Solomon <a href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/04/10/warm-liquid-spewing-from-oregon-seafloor-comes-from-cascadia-fault-could-offer-clues-to-earthquake-hazards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
“The seep fluid chemistry is unique for Cascadia and includes extreme enrichment of boron and lithium and depletion of chloride, potassium, and magnesium,” the study <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add6688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.
The leaks of fluid, according to Solomon, are found near vertical faults where the oceanic and continental plates meet. The resultant lack of fluid rachets up the friction between the plates.
“The megathrust fault zone is like an air hockey table,” Solomon said. “If the fluid pressure is high, it’s like the air is turned on, meaning there’s less friction and the two plates can slip. If the fluid pressure is lower, the two plates will lock – that’s when stress can build up.”
The Cascadia Subduction Zone separates the Juan de Fuca and North America plates. The Juan de Fuca plate is pushed under the North American plate. Up to depths of 19 feet, the Cascadia zone is locked while stress builds up until the fault&#8217;s frictional strength is exceeded and a huge earthquake occurs.
A megathrust earthquake of magnitude 9.0 would release 1,000 times more energy than a magnitude 7.0 and 1 million times more energy than a magnitude 5.0.
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The last major magnitude earthquake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone occurred on January 26, 1700.
“The amount of devastation is going to be unbelievable,” Rob Witter, coastal geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, has <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/04/big_earthquake_coming_sooner_t.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of a megathrust earthquake. “People aren&#8217;t going to be ready for this. Even if they are prepared, they are going to be surprised by the level of devastation.”

Monster Earthquake Targeting Portland, Seattle May Come From Fluid Leak In Ocean

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