An ex-Army Sergeant faces up to ten years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempting to give American military secrets to China. 
Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, last stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, pled guilty on Wednesday to charges of attempting to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information. He will be sentenced in September by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour. In addition to prison, Schmidt could be hit with a $250,000 fine.  
Schmidt was an active duty soldier from January 2015 to January 2020 and mainly worked with the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. During his military service, he had access to information designated as secret and top secret, according to the Justice Department. 
After leaving the military in January 2020, Schmidt emailed the Chinese Consulate in Turkey and the Chinese security service, offering to provide them with national defense information. 
In March 2020, Schmidt flew to Hong Kong, where he attempted to give Chinese security officials intelligence he had kept from his time in the military. According to the Justice Department, he produced multiple documents detailing the “high level secrets” he had in his possession and offered to give a device that allows access to secure military computers to the Chinese. 
He flew back to the United States in October 2023 when he was arrested in San Francisco. 
“Joseph Daniel Schmidt was once a trusted guardian of our nation’s secrets and swore an oath to defend and protect U.S. national security,” Assistant Director Suzanne Turner of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division said in October 2023 when Schmidt was indicted. “As alleged by the government, Schmidt betrayed his promise and potentially placed our nation at risk in his attempts to pass national defense information to Chinese security services.”
In recent years, the FBI has made a number of arrests involving former American soldiers accused of attempting to give sensitive military information to China. 
Earlier this year, former Army intelligence officer Korbein Schultz was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-army-intel-officer-sentenced-after-selling-u-s-military-secrets-to-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to seven years in prison for selling critical military documents to an individual believed to be tied to the Chinese government. Schultz was paid $42,000 for information on American military exercises and technical equipment manuals.
Just last month, the Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/active-duty-and-former-us-army-soldiers-arrested-theft-government-property-and-bribery">announced</a> that Jian Zhao and Li Tian, both active duty Army soldiers also stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and former soldier Ruoyu Duan had been charged with stealing U.S. military secrets. They were accused of taking top-secret hard drives, information on weapon systems, and documents on missile defenses to sell to individuals based in China.

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Ex-U.S. Army Soldier Admits To Plot To Provide China With Sensitive Military Intel

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Macklemore, a rapper best known for the 2012 song “Thrift Shop,” was the victim of a home invasion at his Seattle residence over the weekend while his children and nanny were there. 
According to the police report, two men allegedly entered the residence just after midnight on Saturday morning. A woman later identified as the family nanny was able to escape and call 911 after she was hit with a blast of bear spray. 
“She escaped, but three children were still inside the house,” the report said, per <a href="https://people.com/macklemore-seattle-home-reportedly-robbed-3-children-inside-cops-11751678">People</a>. “[The caller] also added that the house belonged to a high-profile individual.”
The woman claims the intruders yelled at her, asking, “Where are the jewels, b*tch?” She then said she brought them to a bedroom and observed as the thieves “went through drawers, cabinets and raided the closet full of clothing, jewelry, and shoes.”
Social media users are pointing out the hypocrisy of police being dispatched to his home during a crisis after the rapper released the song “Hind’s Hall” last year, which was critical of law enforcement and referred to police officers as “actors with badges.”
The report also noted that the nanny believed the attack was “politically motivated for some reason.”
The 41-year-old recording artist, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, shares three children with his wife. The family lives in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. 
Macklemore was in Ireland at the time of the alleged break-in, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/10/macklemore-seattle-home-burglary-nanny-bear-maced/">TMZ</a>.
Macklemore&#8217;s anti-police single is also explicitly anti-Israel.
“Block the barricade until Palestine is free/When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E,” the lyrics say. “What was it again? Oh yeah, f** the police/Actors in badges protecting property/And a system that was designed by white supremacy.”
The song was also critical of former President Joe Biden. &#8220;The blood is on your hands Biden, we can see it all,&#8221; the lyrics said. &#8220;And f*** no, I’m not voting for you in the fall.&#8221;
In 2023, at an anti-Israel rally in Washington, D.C., Macklemore took the stage and told the crowd, “I don’t know enough, but I know enough that this is a genocide,” as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapper-slammed-after-encouraging-crowd-to-chant-fk-america">reported</a>.  Macklemore made headlines in 2024 for encouraging a crowd at a Seattle concert to chant, &#8220;F*** America.&#8221;

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Rapper Who Called Cops ‘Actors With Badges’ Mocked After Police Respond To Home Invasion

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The same trans-identifying male high schooler who dominated last year&#8217;s girls’ Washington state track high school championship did it again over the weekend.
Verónica Garcia, 17, snagged his second state title in two years when he won the girls&#8217; 2A 400-meter race on Saturday.
In video of the race, Garcia can be seen crossing the finish line with a healthy lead over the second place runner.
Garcia, who runs on the girls&#8217; team at East Valley High School, won the same race last year with a record-smashing time of 55.59, close to his time this year, 55.75.
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Update from Lauren Matthew, the real state champ!🏆
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Garcia was heckled and booed by the crowd both before and after the race.
One man wearing a shirt that read &#8220;Save women&#8217;s sports&#8221; <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/wa-transgender-athlete-veronica-garcia-repeats-as-state-track-champion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> shouted “Let’s go girls!” and “girls’ race!”
The crowd also reportedly cheered for every female runner during the medal ceremony, but booed when Garcia was announced as the winner.
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After the race, Garcia lashed out at his critics, saying said the heckling made him &#8220;angry&#8221; and want to win even more.
“I’ll be honest, I kind of expect it,” Garcia <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/wa-transgender-athlete-veronica-garcia-repeats-as-state-track-champion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Seattle Times. “But it maybe didn’t have their intended effect. It made me angry, but not angry as in, I wanted to give up, but angry as in, I’m going to push.&#8221;
“I’m going to put this in the most PG-13 way, I’m just going to say it’s a damn shame they don’t have anything else better to do. I hope they get a life. But oh well. It just shows who they are as people.”
He previously placed near the bottom when he ran for the boys&#8217; team several years ago. In October 2022, Garcia ran in the boys’ 5,000-meter junior varsity race and <a href="https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/209254/results/874400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">placed</a> 164th out of 172.
Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky swimmer whose 2022 loss to trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas helped ignite the battle to keep men out of women’s sports, praised the girl who placed second behind Garcia on Saturday.
&#8220;Congratulations to Lauren Matthew, the real Washington State Champion in the girls&#8217; 400m,&#8221; Gaines posted on X.
In another post, Matthew appeared holding a sign that read “Washington State Track and Field Real Girls 2A 400m Champion.”
In 2007, Washington state became the first state to pass legislation allowing trans-identifying males to participate in women&#8217;s sports. However, state law now conflicts with President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order banning federal funds for schools that allow males in girls&#8217; sports.
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, which governs high school sports in the state, still allows trans-identifying students to compete on the team of the opposite sex.
In December, a group of 14 school districts proposed changing the policy to keep males off female teams, but ultimately, no action was taken.

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Trans-Identifying Male Runner Wins Girls’ Washington State Championship Race… Again

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After leftist radicals — some clothed in black and wearing masks — attacked a Christian rally in Seattle on Saturday, Mayor Bruce Harrell issued a statement in which he condemned the Christian organizers of the event.
The rally in Cal Anderson Park, described by Harrell as &#8220;Seattle&#8217;s most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood,&#8221; prompted the arrest of at least 22 people, Fox 13 <a href="https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/mayor-harrell-far-right-rally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, which added, “Mayor Harrell is now directing the Parks Department to review the circumstances of the rally organizer&#8217;s application.” Mayday USA, the rally&#8217;s organizer, is <a href="https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/protests-bruce-harrell">reportedly</a> described as &#8220;a faith-based activist group that calls on Christians to speak out against abortion, child trafficking and the perceived moral decline of society.&#8221;
In the wake of Saturday&#8217;s altercation, Harrell released the following <a href="https://harrell.seattle.gov/2025/05/24/mayor-harrell-statement-on-extreme-right-wing-rally-at-cal-anderson-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, in which he called the service a “far-right rally” and declared there was an “extreme right-wing national effort to attack our trans and LGBTQ+ communities”:
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Seattle is proud of our reputation as a welcoming, inclusive city for LGBTQ+ communities, and we stand with our trans neighbors when they face bigotry and injustice. Today’s far-right rally was held here for this very reason – to provoke a reaction by promoting beliefs that are inherently opposed to our city’s values, in the heart of Seattle’s most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
When the humanity of trans people and those who have been historically marginalized is questioned, we triumph by demonstrating our values through our words and peaceful protest – we lose our voice when this is disrupted by violence, chaos, and confusion.
Anarchists infiltrated the counter-protestors group and inspired violence, prompting SPD to make arrests and ask organizers to shut down the event early, which they did.
While there are broad First Amendment requirements around permitting events under free speech protections, I am directing the Parks Department to review all of the circumstances of this application to understand whether there were legal location alternatives or other adjustments that could have been pursued. The Police Department will complete an after-action report of this event, including understanding preparation, crowd management tactics, and review of arrests and citations.
I am grateful for those who make their voices heard in support of our neighbors without resorting to violence. In the face of an extreme right-wing national effort to attack our trans and LGBTQ+ communities, Seattle will continue to stand unwavering in our embrace of diversity, love for our neighbors, and commitment to justice and fairness.
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One of the participants in the rally, Russell Johnson, the lead pastor at Pursuit NW, wrote on X that Harrell had claimed he was targeted because he was biracial, noting:
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The @MayorofSeattle tries to reach out to me via back channels. I told his folks… i’m happy to talk after he apologizes and retracts his bigoted statements about people of faith. **crickets** Now he releases a statement saying he is being “intimidated” because he is biracial. That’s how you know we are winning. That’s how you know his resignation is impending.  News Flash  @MayorofSeattle: you attacked us in public and you will be held to account in public.  If you want to talk, me and 1000 others will be on your doorstep Tuesday at 5PM.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofSeattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorofSeattle</a> tries to reach out to me via back channels. I told his folks… i’m happy to talk after he apologizes and retracts his bigoted statements about people of faith.
**crickets**
Now he releases a statement saying he is being “intimidated” because he is biracial.… <a href="https://t.co/A9Vyqzun5y">pic.twitter.com/A9Vyqzun5y</a>
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The legal group Alliance Defending Freedom is considering getting involved:
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Alliance Defending Freedom is evaluating legal action against <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofSeattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorofSeattle</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofSeattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CityofSeattle</a> officials following the violent disruption of the MayDay USA worship event. 
Federal and state laws protect free speech and religious freedom for all, regardless of their views.…
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Johnson also released an announcement of the planned Tuesday rally:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <a href="https://t.co/K8ThKOCxMy">pic.twitter.com/K8ThKOCxMy</a>
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump made it clear last week that he wanted Ed Martin to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. And Martin believes he would have been confirmed to the position, despite Democratic opposition and media outrage, if Senator Thom Tillis had not intervened. 
“I was surprised, and I think the president was too, that Thom Tillis took the position he took,” Martin shared in a Monday interview with The Daily Wire. “I believe we had the votes if we could get to the floor, I really do…I was confident we could make an argument, but ultimately, Thom Tillis decided it was the stand he wanted to make, for reasons that defy good sense to me.”
Tillis, who&#8217;s up for re-election in North Carolina, a swing state, had reservations about Martin&#8217;s defense of people imprisoned for their role in the January 6 Capitol Riot. Tillis intimated that he represented a group of senators who also would not back Martin, and the White House decided there was nothing to do but move on. Up to the last minute, right-wing commentators and prominent Trump supporters, including Charlie Kirk and Vince Coglianese, held out hope that Martin would still be confirmed. 
But on May 8, Trump announced that he had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-former-da-and-fox-news-host-for-acting-d-c-u-s-attorney-in-a-class-by-herself">chosen</a> Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro to serve as interim D.C. attorney general.
Still, White House officials were annoyed with Tillis and frustrated by the failure of the nomination. Martin had practiced law for the past two decades and held senior positions at the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund, as well as chaired the Missouri Republican Party and served as a member of the Republican National Committee.  
They also thought Martin was well-suited to tackle one of Trump&#8217;s top priorities: cleaning up Washington, D.C. After all, Martin had served as acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. since early spring, and under his watch, D.C. saw a 25% drop in violent crime, including significant decreases in robberies, assaults, and homicides.
Martin isn&#8217;t too beat up about the role change.
“President Trump always turns these kinds of moments into opportunities,” Martin said on Monday, eager and excited as he spoke with The Daily Wire, sharing that Pirro has repeatedly told him that Trump encouraged her to talk to Martin on various projects. &#8220;Talk to Ed, work with Ed on this, he’s got things lined up.” 
Martin has been given an arguably more prestigious placement: he’ll now serve as the director of the Justice Department&#8217;s &#8220;Weaponization Working Group,&#8221; as well as associate deputy attorney general and pardon attorney at the Justice Department. 
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“I never expected six months ago that Donald J. Trump would be talking about Ed Martin with such familiarity,” he added. “I had met him a few times, but now you know, ‘He’s a good guy, Ed’s a good guy.’ That&#8217;s kind of shake-your-head, surreal, but awfully kind of him.” 
Tillis hasn’t responded to a number of requests for comment from The Daily Wire. But the senator, who hails from the &#8220;the heart of the deep state,&#8221; as Martin supporter Mike Benz<a href="https://x.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/1919876482601529714"> argued on Bannon&#8217;s War Room</a>, has drawn the wrath of top conservative podcasters and commentators like Kirk and Coglianese. 
During a fiery episode of the Charlie Kirk Show on Wednesday, Kirk tore into the senator, reminding him that he is up for re-election and castigating him for voting for former President Joe Biden’s nominations. 
&#8220;We saw this in the Hegseth fight, in the Tulsi fight, in the Bobby Kennedy fight,&#8221; said Kirk of the Republican defectors. &#8220;Did they learn nothing? And the answer is yes&#8230;There is no excuse where you go and vote for Biden&#8217;s D.C. U.S. attorney and Biden&#8217;s United States Attorney General, and you will not vote for Trump&#8217;s U.S. attorney.&#8221;
Kirk has<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlie-kirk-has-thoughts-on-which-republicans-need-a-primary-challenge"> repeatedly threatened</a> Republican senators with primary challenges if they buck Trump&#8217;s agenda, but specifically told The Daily Wire in December that he did not want to go after Tillis&#8217;s seat. On Wednesday, he reiterated his desire to protect Tillis&#8217;s seat, arguing: &#8220;I wanna hold on to the North Carolina Senate seat. I&#8217;ve been pulling for Thom Tillis to find his inner MAGA. But when someone violates this, you gotta call him out.&#8221;
&#8220;Man, Thom Tillis, I&#8217;m begging for you to give Trump voters an excuse to vote for you, but you are actively hostile against us,&#8221; Kirk warned. &#8220;You&#8217;ve declared war on us. And because of that, the chance of you getting elected in a general election is going down tremendously…You might think you&#8217;re being all sanctimonious and uppity and a good person, but you are now jeopardizing this hard won Senate seat in North Carolina for being principled.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Coglianese was eviscerating Tillis on his show &#8220;VINCE,&#8221; where he directed his formidable audience to flood Tillis&#8217;s office with demands to back Martin — &#8220;especially if you are from North Carolina.&#8221;
&#8220;Be honest about what you want here,&#8221; he urged his following. &#8220;You want Ed Martin confirmed.&#8221;
&#8220;As of this hour, Thom Tillis&#8217;s office is hiding from you,&#8221; Coglianese told his audience. &#8220;Senator Tillis has not agreed to an interview on this show or on our nationwide radio broadcast. They&#8217;re laying low. They&#8217;re trying to hide from that accountability.” 
Since Trump’s Thursday announcement that Pirro would replace Martin, Tillis has repeatedly posted praise of Trump on social media, touting the president’s border wins and arguing, “The Golden Age is just beginning.” 
“He’s definitely spent the last week sucking up to Trump all over X,” Coglianese said in a text message to The Daily Wire. “He’s trying to tweet his way through this.”
Why did Tillis object to Martin’s confirmation? According to Martin, and friends of the acting U.S. Attorney for D.C., Tillis is passionate about the January 6 Capitol Riot. Martin says he spent 90 minutes talking with the senator in preparation for the judiciary committee. During that meeting, Martin said, Tillis made it very clear that he was frustrated with Trump’s pardons of the January 6 prisoners, as well as frustrated with Martin and others who defended “J6 folks.” 
“I have no tolerance for anybody that entered the building on Jan. 6, and that’s probably where most of the friction was,&#8221; Tillis shared with reporters on Tuesday evening last week. 
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“He seemed to me to be someone who has completely accepted what I would call the mainstream hoax of J6,” Martin said, reflecting on his conversations with Tillis. “Obviously, when there&#8217;s a policeman hit by a protester, that&#8217;s not acceptable, ever. But most people agree that January 6 had a lot of things going on that really don&#8217;t make a lot of sense and especially the prosecution of hundreds of people with a fake charge, the 1512 charge that the bipartisan Supreme Court threw out.” 
According to Martin supporter Tom Fitton, the head of Judicial Watch, Tillis &#8220;mocked the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt&#8221; in discussions about Martin’s confirmation. Those present were surprised at how &#8220;heated and overwrought&#8221; Tillis became, Fitton shared with The Daily Wire. 
&#8220;If I were Senator Tillis I would apologize to Ashli family for mocking the circumstances of her death,&#8221; Fitton said, adding that, &#8220;the charitable interpretation is that he doesn’t have all the information about what happened.&#8221;
Martin was bothered by Tillis’s analysis of what happened at the United States Capitol that day, sharing that Tillis went “on and on and on” about how anyone who went into the Capitol at any time, for any reason that day, was “morally, legally, and ethically wrong,” and characterized Ashli Babbitt as wrong, “dramatically.” 
“This is a guy that isn&#8217;t really catching onto reality,” Martin said he thought at the time. “He&#8217;s locked in a hoax and once you meet somebody in that space it&#8217;s sometimes very difficult to get them to break out of it.” 
During that meeting, Tillis allegedly told Martin that he would support the next steps toward a vote, but not necessarily that he would vote for Martin.
“He had told me, and I think the president, and others, that he would give us a chance to get forward and then suddenly he decided not to,” Martin said, adding that he does not know “whether someone got to him,” or “whether he decided something that he didn&#8217;t tell us.” 
Tillis also told press that he would vote for Martin in any other district, a remark that particularly bothered the acting U.S. attorney for D.C.
“That means he doesn&#8217;t think I have a character problem to serve as U.S. attorney [and] doesn&#8217;t think I have a skill problem to serve as U.S. attorney,” Martin pointed out. “Remember, there&#8217;s a lot of people and a lot of interests that are overlapping in my office. Our office is the office that is investigating the massive transfers of wealth to organizations and entities, whether it&#8217;s USAID or others, that&#8217;s all in our jurisdiction.” 
“I&#8217;m excited to go over to lead the weaponization working group, but we’ve already been working on that in our office,” he noted. He’s had experience with pardons, since President Trump pardoned almost 1,600 J6-ers and over 30 pro-life activists targeted by the previous administration, as well as some police officers. 
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And he’s excited to follow through on the president’s promise to end the weaponization of government. Martin noted that the American people greatly distrust what’s going on in Washington, given many of the events of the last four years, and he argued that the first thing “we have to do is to let the sunshine in and let people see what went on.” 
“One of the ways is just to name them, name and shame them, but also to prosecute as much as we can,” he explained. “And the last thing we have to do is heal people.” 
He just finished hanging up the pictures in his D.C. office, he joked, so now he’ll have to take them all down. But he’s looking forward to being freed up to be in the fight against weaponization.
“I’ve been promoted to being a general instead of being kind of a commander of a unit in the battle, so I kind of feel freed in that way,” he joked.
&#8220;It’s all good. Life is good, God is good, and you just gotta keep going forward and try to do good things,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This president has given us lots of opportunities.”

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The Democrat governor of Washington state signed a bill this week that gave preference to “black, indigenous, and people of color” for forgivable loans, a proposal called “lawlessness” by a United States senator.
The <a href="https://legiscan.com/WA/text/HB1696/id/3086864" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, HB 1696, states:
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As part of the covenant homeownership program, the department shall contract with the commission to design, develop, implement and evaluate one or more special purpose credit programs to reduce racial disparities in ownership in the state by providing down payment and closing cost assistance&#8230; The contract must authorize the commission to use up to one percent of the contract to provide targeted education, homeownership counseling, and outreach about special purpose credit programs created under this section to black, indigenous, and people of color and other historically marginalized communities in Washington state. 
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In 2023, Democrats in the state passed the Covenant Homeownership Program, which they said was a response to &#8220;historically marginalized communities&#8221; and the effects of racism in the real estate market and industry, creating a credit program for black, indigenous, and people of color communities that were impacted before the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Julie Barrett of Conservative Ladies of America <a href="https://conservativeladiesofamerica.substack.com/p/was-hb-1696-signed-into-law-taxpayer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. “The state contracted with a commission to administer the program to determine how the funds were going to be used and how they were going to be disbursed,” she added.
House Bill 1696<a href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/35-bills-signed-into-washington-law-olympia-bob-ferguson/281-55494909-ddd0-4725-ad51-a74bc6c18379" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> amended</a> the bill by expanding eligibility by raising the area median income threshold (AMI) for eligibility to 120%. If a borrower’s income is 80% or less of the AMI, their loans can be completely forgiven after five years. Anyone who is a descendant of a resident of the state before 1968 and was adversely affected before the Fair Housing Act of 1968 is eligible.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Jamila Taylor, who said, “Homeownership is a gateway to building generational wealth, and it was largely closed to Black Americans and people of color for most of our country’s history. Buying a home is tough right now. Bringing more diversity into the pool of homeownership builds stronger communities and is another solution in solving the current housing crisis in our state.&#8221;
When <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_9e074162-e8eb-11ef-8315-531e743c69af.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked,</a> “Is one of the elements that a person qualifying for this program would need to show that they were affected by a racially restrictive covenant, personally?” Taylor answered, “What do you mean affected? If the person was a resident in the state prior to 1968 they were affected because they were part of a racial class.”
“Washington state’s covenant homeownership program provides down payment and closing cost assistance for low income, first-time home buyers,” Democrat Gov. Bob Ferguson stated as he signed the bill into law. “Lawmakers create a program to address the disproportionate impacts of racial redlining in Washington state. House Bill 1696 modifies the program by adjusting the area median income threshold for program eligibility, introducing loan forgiveness and modifying the oversight committee membership. This modification will create more opportunities to close the racial home ownership gap, which is a very important goal for all of us here in Washington state. We so appreciate everybody who made this legislation possible. Like every legislation it’s challenging; this one has its share of challenges, as we know &#8230; I’m pleased to sign this legislation into law.”
Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee, a constitutional scholar, wrote on X, “The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits this. It’s not even a close question. This is lawlessness.”
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The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits this
It’s not even a close question 
This is lawlessness <a href="https://t.co/ykeX0RPICm">https://t.co/ykeX0RPICm</a>
&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1915552772193419587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Notably, Lee’s post was reposted by Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

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‘Lawlessness’: Washington Dem Gov Signs Bill Giving Racial Preference In Forgivable Housing Loans

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The state of Washington, which does not officially recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays, became the first state in the nation to recognize the two Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as unpaid state-recognized holidays when Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson <a href="https://tvw.org/video/governor-bob-ferguson-bill-signing-2025041217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed the legislation into law</a> this month.
“<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5106&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Bill 5106</a>, sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), adds both Eid holidays to a list of 20 other state holidays. Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) sponsored the companion bill,” Ferguson’s <a href="https://governor.wa.gov/news/2025/governor-bob-ferguson-signs-historic-bill-officially-recognizing-eid-holidays" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> stated. “The new law does not establish Eid holidays as paid holidays, but rather adds them to the state’s list of recognized observances, similar to Lunar New Year or Billy Frank Jr. Day.”
“This bill is historic. Washington is now the first state to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays,” Ferguson boasted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov/posts/this-bill-is-historic-washington-is-now-the-first-state-to-recognize-eid-al-fitr/1249708376510712/?locale=en_GB">Facebook</a>.
According to the Washington state legislature’s <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, other unpaid holidays officially recognized by the state include:
The thirteenth day of January, recognized as Korean-American Day;
The twelfth day of October, recognized as Columbus Day;
The ninth day of April, recognized as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day;
The twenty-sixth day of January, recognized as Washington Army and Air National Guard Day;
The seventh day of August, recognized as Purple Heart Recipient Recognition Day;
The second Sunday in October, recognized as Washington State Children&#8217;s Day;
The sixteenth day of April, recognized as Mother Joseph Day;
The fourth day of September, recognized as Marcus Whitman Day;
The seventh day of December, recognized as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day;
The twenty-seventh day of July, recognized as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day;
The nineteenth day of February, recognized as Civil Liberties Day of Remembrance;
The thirtieth day of March, recognized as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day;
The eleventh day of January, recognized as Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
The thirty-first day of March, recognized as Cesar Chavez Day;
The tenth day of April, recognized as Dolores Huerta Day;
The fourth Saturday of September, recognized as Public Lands Day;
The eighteenth day of December, recognized as Blood Donor Day;
The fifteenth day of May, recognized as Water Safety Day;
The ninth day of March, recognized as Billy Frank Jr. Day
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Road crews got to work on Monday destroying a massive street mural with painted lettering that read, “Black Lives Matter,” leading directly to the White House in Washington, D.C.
In videos and pictures that surfaced on X, construction workers with large construction equipment such as skip loaders started jack-hammering the 35-foot bright yellow letters of Black Lives Matter Plaza, which were initially constructed along 16th Street NW, just down the street from the White House, following the death of George Floyd in 2020.
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Fox News’s <a href="https://x.com/KatiePavlich/status/1899132556101976200">Katie Pavlich</a> wrote on X, “Black Lives Matter Plaza is being dismantled in Washington D.C.” Her post included videos of a machine tearing into the brick road and breaking up the bright yellow mural with the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on the strip of road that went for blocks. 
In another shot, a construction worker uses some kind of tool to continue breaking up the road.
<a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1899112407647076638">Libs of TikTok wrote</a>, “After Trump demanded action and threatened to withhold funding:
– DC cleared out homeless encampments last week
– Black Lives Matter Plaza torn down today
Trump is making our Nation’s capital safe and beautiful again!”
One <a href="https://x.com/FordFischer/status/1899081363589911022">viral post</a> shared on social media read, “Right now: work crews just North of the White House to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza, 4.5 years since receiving this designation by DC local government. DC Mayor Bowser agreed to retire BLM Plaza following threats to federal funding from Congress.”
Several accounts noted that “America is Healing,” with one post that <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1899085434313113823">read</a>, “NOW: Crews have been deployed to Black Lives Matter Plaza outside the White House to DISMANTLE it. America is FINALLY healing!”
<a href="https://x.com/Huberton/status/1899133777143800197">One video</a> captured the machines ripping out the numerous <a href="https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1899139742752559590">black poles</a> in the road that lined both sides of the pathway.
The dismantling of the BLM Plaza comes after Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) proposed the city would lose federal funds from the government if it was not renamed to &#8220;Liberty Plaza,&#8221; as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sanity-is-making-a-comeback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. Following the comments, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser agreed to take apart the two-block-long plaza.
Bowser later shared a post on <a href="https://x.com/MayorBowser/status/1897039109434364388">X</a> that read, “The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference.”
Work will soon get underway to reconstruct the area with a project dedicated to celebrating the country’s 250th Anniversary next year, the <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/watch-dc-crew-begins-dismantling-black-lives-matter-plaza/">Free Beacon</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sanity-is-making-a-comeback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sanity Is Making A Comeback</a>

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Democrat legislators in Washington state have mounted a movement to remove George Washington’s face from the state flag.
The image of George Washington on the state flag comes from the state seal, designed in 1889 when the Evergreen State achieved statehood. Washington state law <a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/washington-state-flag#history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declares</a>, “The official flag of the state of Washington shall be of dark green silk or bunting and shall bear in its center a reproduction of the seal of the state of Washington embroidered, printed, painted or stamped thereon.” The flag was officially adopted on March 5, 1923.
Washington state was named after George Washington and is the only state named after a president.
State Reps. Strom Peterson, Julia Reed, and Greg Nance introduced House Bill 1938, which states, “While George Washington is an important national figure, he has limited historical connection to the state itself. This makes his image less meaningful as a symbol for the state.”
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“If House Bill 1938 is enacted, the Washington State Flag Redesign Committee will work toward adopting a new design by July 1, 2028. The proposed design will then be submitted to voters for approval in a general election, ensuring that any change to the state flag reflects the will of Washington’s citizens,” My Northwest <a href="//8774653B-2CBA-42B7-A94F-69896A4B2E1B/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
A Washington blogger who is supposed to testify in favor of changing the flag authored a <a href="https://olympiatime.com/2025/02/15/the-washington-state-flag-is-deeply-and-historically-bad-and-we-should-change-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a> titled, “The Washington State flag is deeply and historically bad and we should change it.” “Washington’s flag is uninspired. It was not the result of a broad public process but rather something we arrived at late, 34 years after statehood,” he wrote. “While the name honors a national figure, its origins reflect a moment when the voices of the people living in the region were overlooked. I’m not saying we need to go as far as changing the state’s name (that would be crazy! looks around), but we don’t need to underline it with a state flag.”
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Washington State Dems Want To Remove George Washington’s Image From State Flag

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Vice President JD Vance will speak at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday, The Daily Wire can first report.
The event will mark Vance&#8217;s first public remarks since he was sworn in as Vice President of the United States. In 2019, Donald Trump <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-47th-annual-march-life/">became the first president</a> to speak at the March for Life, several years before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Trump is scheduled to be in California visiting areas destroyed by the wildfires during the 2025 March for Life.
This year&#8217;s March for Life will take place on Friday, January 24, beginning by the Washington Monument. It comes two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization, due in large part to Trump&#8217;s Supreme Court appointments.
News of Vance&#8217;s upcoming speech came shortly after the Daily Wire reported that Trump will pardon pro-life activists imprisoned by the Biden Justice Department in a matter of days. The plight of the imprisoned pro-lifers is an immediate priority to Trump’s team, and they will likely be pardoned within days, two sources with knowledge of the matter shared with The Daily Wire.
&#8220;We are thrilled that Vice President Vance has chosen the National March for Life for his first public appearance in his new role – a sign of his commitment to standing up for life,&#8221; Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life, and Jennie Bradley Lichter, President-Elect of March for Life, said in a statement. &#8220;President Trump governed as a pro-life president during his first term which resulted in a long list of accomplishments. We look forward to working with him and Vice President Vance as they dismantle the Biden Administration’s aggressive and unpopular abortion agenda and once again put wins on the board for vulnerable unborn children and their mothers.&#8221;
Besides Vance, speakers include House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, surfer Bethany Hamilton, Republican New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, pro-life activist Lila Rose, and more.
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&#8220;When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God’s creation,&#8221; Trump said at the March for Life in 2019. &#8220;When we hold a newborn in our arms, we know the endless love that each child brings to a family.  When we watch a child grow, we see the splendor that radiates from each human soul.  One life changes the world.  From my family — and I can tell you, I send love and I send great, great love.&#8221;
He continued: &#8220;And from the first day in office, I’ve taken a historic action to support America’s families and to protect the unborn. And during my first week in office, I reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, and we issued a landmark pro-life rule to govern the use of Title X taxpayer funding.  I notified Congress that I would veto any legislation that weakens pro-life policies or that encourages the destruction of human life. At the United Nations, I made clear that global bureaucrats have no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that protect innocent life.Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House.&#8221;
Trump issued a sweeping executive order on Monday that granted full pardons for about 1,500 criminal defendants related to the January 6 Capitol Riot, making good on a campaign promises to free those targeted by the Biden administration. His actions prompted many in the pro-life community to hope that he would similarly pardon the pro-life activists targeted by the Biden Justice Department under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris</a> was torched by social media users on Friday after video surfaced of her presiding over the U.S. Senate and scrambling for the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.
In several clips posted on X from the swearing-in ceremony for new senators, Harris can be seen standing up and placing her hand over her heart as she called on members of the Senate to join her “in saying the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.”
While the first few words go smoothly, with her reciting, “I pledge allegiance…,” that’s as far as she gets before she messes up.
After Harris said the word &#8220;allegiance,&#8221; she added, “to the United States of America,” while everyone else in the chamber said the correct line, which is “to the flag of the United States of America.”
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Kamala just flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance while presiding over the Senate lmfao<a href="https://t.co/dqoUU2oh9f">pic.twitter.com/dqoUU2oh9f</a>
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1875241976414810213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Harris’ flub didn’t escape users on X, who called her out as a “joke” and more for screwing up something many have recited since they were in kindergarten.
“Kamala just flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance while presiding over the Senate lmfao,” one person <a href="https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1875241976414810213">wrote</a>.
Another <a href="https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1875241394329239895">added</a>, “HOLY SMOKES. Kamala just screwed up the pledge of allegiance on the Senate floor. What an embarrassment to this country.”
A third <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1875242375548903909">wrote</a>, “LMAO! Kamala Harris just botched the Pledge of Allegiance on the Senate floor. What a joke.&#8221;
While a fourth <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1875243863197253862">added</a>, “OMG. Kamala just messed up saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank God [President-elect Donald] Trump won.”
Other <a href="https://x.com/Steve_Grin/status/1875248545881845945">comments</a> noted how Harris was just “a heartbeat away” from becoming the President of the United States during the final days of Joe Biden&#8217;s term.
Despite Donald Trump beating her for the presidency, some pundits have already suggested that the VP’s political career is far from over, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-is-a-young-politician-and-will-be-back-ex-adviser-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/symone-sanders">Symone Sanders</a>, who served as a senior adviser and chief spokeswoman to Harris before leaving the Biden administration and <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/01/symone-sanders-joins-msnbc-as-host-on-weekends-streaming-network-1234907220/">joining MSNBC</a>, said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Harris</a> is a “young politician” who “will be back.”
“I don’t think the world has seen the last of Vice President Kamala Harris,” <a href="https://news.grabien.com/story/symone-sanders-kamala-harris-is-a-young-politician-who-garnered-over-7">Sanders said</a>. “I don’t know how she will show up again, but she is a young politician who garnered over 75 million votes in this election, and she will be back.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-more-years-of-word-salads-scott-jennings-compares-kamala-appearance-to-groundhog-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Four More Years Of Word Salads’: Scott Jennings Compares Kamala Appearance To Groundhog Day</a>

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'What A Joke': Kamala Gets Torched After Pledge Of Allegiance Fail

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A former inmate is suing the Washington Corrections Center for Women, accusing the prison of forcing her to share a cell with a trans-identifying man who harassed and sexually assaulted her.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, Mozzy Clark said that prison officials ignored her pleas for help and protection from the 6&#8217;4&#8243; man, who repeatedly made sexual comments to her and asked her to engage in sexual acts with him. It wasn&#8217;t until she awoke to inmate Chris Williams sexually assaulting her that prison officials removed him as her cellmate — and even then, she still had to see Williams throughout the prison, according to Clark.
&#8220;I woke up to our officer pounding on my door and it scared me,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire in a Monday phone interview. Then she realized that Williams was hulking over her and &#8220;jerking&#8221; his hands out of her pants, and she says she froze. 
&#8220;What are you doing down there?&#8221; she said the officer demanded of Williams. &#8220;Why are you sitting there? Get up in your bed.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m sitting there and she looks at me and she&#8217;s like, &#8216;Are you ok?&#8217; And I just&#8230;I couldn&#8217;t even say anything.&#8221;
She wept as she recounted how traumatized she was by the incident, and by the failure of prison officials to heed her pleas for help until it was too late.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why it had to lead up to this,&#8221; she wept. &#8220;Before you pulled him out of my room. I don&#8217;t. It shouldn&#8217;t have had to get up to that point.&#8221;
Clark said that she had repeatedly complained to prison officials, begging them to remove Williams as her roommate. She described how he would come into their shower rooms and stare at her naked body as she bathed, follow her into the bathroom, watch her use the toilet, and jeer to her about how other women in the jail wanted to pay him for sexual favors.
But according to her lawsuit, filed last week in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, &#8220;her objections were laughed off and dismissed&#8221; by the prison officials.
&#8220;They also actively discouraged her from lodging an official complaint or talking about her victimization, all in furtherance of the prison’s policy of housing biological males in the women’s prison,&#8221; the complaint says.
<div id="attachment_851111" style="width: 334px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-woman-sues-prison-for-locking-her-up-with-trans-identifying-man-who-allegedly-assaulted-her/fb_img_17_1735575585896" rel="attachment wp-att-851111"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-851111" class="wp-image-851111 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/FB_IMG_17_1735575585896-324x576.jpg" alt="Mozzy Clark was released from prison on Thursday, and has filed a lawsuit against the prison for housing her with a trans-identifying man. Photo courtesy of Mozzy Clark. " width="324" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/FB_IMG_17_1735575585896-324x576.jpg 324w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/FB_IMG_17_1735575585896-169x300.jpg 169w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/FB_IMG_17_1735575585896.jpg 540w" sizes="(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px" /></a>Mozzy Clark was released from prison on Thursday, and has filed a lawsuit against the prison for housing her with a trans-identifying man. Photo courtesy of Mozzy Clark.</div>
Represented by the Pivtorak Law Firm, Clark is alleging that she &#8220;suffered extreme and permanent trauma and severe emotional distress, the effects of which she continues to suffer today.&#8221; The suit specifically names the state of Washington, the Department of Corrections, Lieutenant Dennis Simons, Sergeant Regina Williams, Officer Theresa Ayotte, and Officer Brooks.
&#8220;Prison officials were well aware that allowing biological males into a female prison creates a substantially increased risk of harm to female prisoners, including intimidation, violence, and sexual assault,&#8221; the complaint states.&#8221; Prison officials also knew that allowing biological males into a female prison violates the basic human rights of women, including the right to be safe from the risk of increased harm, and the right to privacy and dignity (by not being compelled to sleep, shower, or otherwise be naked in the presence of incarcerated men, or exposed to the naked bodies of incarcerated men), and the right to not be compelled, coerced, or pressured into using speech that reflects a belief that conflicts with biological reality.&#8221;
It continues: &#8220;Despite this knowledge, Defendants forced Ms. Clark to share a cell with a 6 foot, 4 inch biological male who was known to be a violent, convicted sexual predator. During the time Ms. Clark was locked in a cage with this man, he continually talked to her in a sexually explicit manner, touched his genitals luridly in front of her, threatened Plaintiff with sexual violence, and when prison officials did nothing about this behavior, went on to sexually assault her multiple times.&#8221;
Just because someone is incarcerated, that does not mean that they lose their constitutional rights to human dignity and physical safety, Clark&#8217;s lawyer, David Pivtorak, told The Daily Wire on Monday.
&#8220;That&#8217;s why the practice of segregating men and women in these correctional institutions has been the practice for, you know, as long as they have been around,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;to not have men and women be in the same cell. Because women do have the right to privacy and they do have the right to physical safety, which is impossible when you have men and women together in the same space.&#8221;
&#8220;This case illustrates what happens when you take this radical gender ideology to its logical conclusion,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Not only are you talking about the erasure of women&#8217;s spaces entirely, but literally offering women up as sacrificial lambs to biological male males who are violent sexual predators.&#8221; 
The Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.
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