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. 
<div id="attachment_919325" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=919325" rel="attachment wp-att-919325"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-919325" class="wp-image-919325 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2213764770-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2213764770-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2213764770-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2213764770-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2213764770.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Sen. Thom Tillis on May 6, 2025 (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)</div>
“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. 
<div id="attachment_919335" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=919335" rel="attachment wp-att-919335"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-919335" class="wp-image-919335 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2210951004-1-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2210951004-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2210951004-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2210951004-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2210951004-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin (Photo by Valerie Plesch/For The Washington Post)</div>
“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. 
<div id="attachment_919331" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=919331" rel="attachment wp-att-919331"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-919331" class="wp-image-919331 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2189264946-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2189264946-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2189264946-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2189264946-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/GettyImages-2189264946.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Judge Jeanine Pirro (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)</div>
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.
This is a developing story; please refresh this page for more updates.

Vice President Vance Swears In New Senators From Ohio And Florida

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J.D. Vance

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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>
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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

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

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Kamala Harris

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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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EXCLUSIVE: Woman Sues Prison For Locking Her Up With Trans-Identifying Man Who Allegedly Assaulted Her

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Transgender

A &#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221; billed as <a href="https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2024-11-18-bomb-cyclone-atmospheric-river-california-oregon-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the strongest storms</a> on record to hit the Pacific Northwest is slamming Washington, Oregon, Northern California, and British Columbia in Canada with a medley of severe weather conditions this week.
The storm, featuring a so-called &#8220;atmospheric river,&#8221; unleashed strong winds and rain that knocked down trees and reportedly caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of people. Local residents were also <a href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> of the potential for flash floods, blizzard conditions, rock slides, and debris flows.
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🌧 ❄ A significant AR is ongoing across parts of the Northwest. Here is a list of some rain and wind reports so far. For additional information, please refer to our storm summary (which will be updated every 12 hours through the event): <a href="https://t.co/mSj0gRYjKE">https://t.co/mSj0gRYjKE</a> <a href="https://t.co/HuKWcd0JIg">pic.twitter.com/HuKWcd0JIg</a>
&mdash; NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1859288136183959803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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At least two people have been killed by the bomb cycle. The Bellevue Fire Department in Washington <a href="https://x.com/BvueFD/status/1859255525076328784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X that a tree fell onto a home and killed a woman. And South County Fire in Washington, a regional fire authority, <a href="https://x.com/SouthSnoFire/status/1859101326615142910" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> a &#8220;large&#8221; tree fell on a homeless encampment in Lynnwood and killed a woman in her 50s.
Reporters from local news stations shared images of the destruction on X, including video of a large tree that fell onto a car that prompted Seattle Fire Department crews to <a href="https://x.com/SeattleFire/status/1859080431175692376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescue</a> one person who was trapped inside.
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Tree fell on this home in Sammamish on 258th Ave SE <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KING5Seattle</a> <a href="https://t.co/y41mIZ3BND">pic.twitter.com/y41mIZ3BND</a>
&mdash; Madison Wade (@madisoncwade) <a href="https://twitter.com/madisoncwade/status/1859087061128761433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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BREAKING: Seattle Fire is working to remove a car that’s trapped under a tree near NE 100th St and 35th AVE NE <a href="https://twitter.com/komonews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@komonews</a> <a href="https://t.co/TTfw3cQs84">https://t.co/TTfw3cQs84</a> <a href="https://t.co/pTV6heO8jD">pic.twitter.com/pTV6heO8jD</a>
&mdash; Hannah Knowles (@HannahknowlesTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannahknowlesTV/status/1859093704088170627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The National Ocean Service <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bombogenesis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> a &#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221; forms through a process called bombogenesis in which &#8220;a midlatitude (the latitudes between the tropics and polar regions) cyclone rapidly intensifies, or strengthens, over a 24 hour period.&#8221; It can happen &#8220;when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters.&#8221;
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&quot;BOMB CYCLONE&quot; cranking up right now with pressures comparable to a Category 3 or 4 hurricane (944 mb) off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. This storm will continue to bring an atmospheric river to California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia with heavy rain, feet of… <a href="https://t.co/PQqswC0lWp">pic.twitter.com/PQqswC0lWp</a>
&mdash; Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattDevittWX/status/1859072975149895941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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With pressure low enough to match that of a powerful hurricane, the &#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221; that formed this week developed a massive swirl off the Pacific Northwest coastline, as shown in satellite imagery.
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In a post to X, the National Weather Service (NWS) pointed to the swirl and said that some &#8220;of the most powerful winds with the strong low pressure offshore are often in a region called the &#8216;Sting Jet&#8217; (not a Police tribute band). Also known as the &#8216;Poisonous Tail&#8217; &#8211; it&#8217;s where strong winds form as colder dense air rapidly descends and dries.&#8221;
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Some of the most powerful winds with the strong low pressure offshore are often in a region called the &quot;Sting Jet&quot; (not a Police tribute band). Also known as the &quot;Poisonous Tail&quot; &#8211; it&#39;s where strong winds form as colder dense air rapidly descends and dries. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wawx</a> <a href="https://t.co/2kMTtu0nvc">pic.twitter.com/2kMTtu0nvc</a>
&mdash; NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1859011218885013934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A separate area of low pressure was expected to develop and quickly strengthen off the Northwest coast on Friday, helping to &#8220;amplify the atmospheric river streaming into northern California through Friday morning, exacerbating the flooding threat,&#8221; the NWS Weather Prediction Center said in a discussion <a href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Wednesday.
Noting there is a risk of intense rain and &#8220;another round of strong winds&#8221; from the second low-pressure system into the end of the week, the Weather Prediction Center added: &#8220;Residents and visitors residing or traveling between northern California and Washington are advised to check road conditions before venturing out, listen to advice from local officials, review emergency plans, and have multiple ways of receiving warnings.&#8221;

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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blasts Pacific Northwest

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The wife of a well-known transgender writer has been charged with murdering her father with an ice axe the night of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency. She then allegedly shattered the windows of the $800,000 Rainier Valley, Washington, home in which she and her father lived in what she claimed was an “act of liberation,” according to charging documents.
Corey Burke, 33, who is married to transgender writer Samantha Leigh Allen, the author of “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States,” was discovered after the death of her father, Timothy Burke, 67 — who had health issues — “smiling and clapping covered in her loved one’s blood, cops said,” according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/corey-burke-hacked-father-to-death-after-trumps-election-night-victory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>, which <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/11/us-news/corey-burke-accused-of-killing-father-timothy-burke-with-ice-ax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> that Burke “allegedly confessed to investigators the next day that she killed her father with the ax and also by strangling him. She also admitted to biting her father while choking him, the docs alleged.”
Timothy Burke “rarely left the house, where the two lived together, according to a Seattle police report &#8230; Officers discovered a silver-and-blue ice climbing ax on the floor, with blood on it,” the Seattle Times <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/woman-killed-father-with-ice-ax-in-rainier-valley-charges-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “‘Corey stated (when) her father started arguing with her about the lights being shut off, that she ‘just freaked out,’ Seattle Detective Azrielle Brikey wrote.”
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Court documents reportedly state that Burke, with her face still covered with blood, told police that her father’s murder was meant to “help people change their attachment to their parents” and “had to happen today.”
The Post reported that Burke was upset about the election results and was aware that Trump had won. She allegedly became upset because her father would not turn off the lights, then went upstairs, seized an ice pickaxe, came downstairs where she tripped her father, strangled him, and then used the pickaxe to bludgeon him.
The Post continued:
<blockquote>Burke then sat down next to her father and watched him die, then smashed all the windows in the house in what she described “‘as an act of liberation,’” officers reported. When the cops arrived, they found Burke “clapping … because she was so happy.” &#8230; Donald Trump’s election victory “overwhelmed” her and finally pushed this tension to the breaking point, she said.</blockquote>
Charging documents stated that Burke whispered, “I killed him,” to one police officer.

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Wife Of Famed Trans Writer Charged With Bludgeoning Dad To Death With Ice Axe After Trump’s Win

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Fires likely torching hundreds of ballots in drop boxes near Portland, Oregon, on Monday were set ablaze using devices that carried the message “Free Gaza.”
On Monday, fires were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2-ballot-drop-boxes-lit-on-fire-hundreds-of-ballots-likely-destroyed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set</a> in two election drop boxes located in Portland and Vancouver, Washington. The boxes were located just 15 miles apart.
Investigators looking into the drop box fires have yet to arrest any suspects, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/ballot-box-fires-oregon-washington-gaza.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. A third ignition device was found at another drop box in Vancouver with the message “Free Palestine” on it, as well. The devices have been sent to a lab in Huntsville, Alabama, that specializes in analyzing explosive devices.
“There was enough evidence collected at all three scenes that lead us to believe that all three incidents are connected, and we cannot get into more detail,” Portland Police Bureau spokesman Mike Benner said Monday, according to the Times.
The police released footage of a vehicle suspected to be involved in the incidents – a dark, early 2000s Volvo – and asked the public to help identify the vehicle and the driver.
The ignition device in Vancouver destroyed hundreds of ballots after the fire suppressant system failed, and authorities are asking voters who placed ballots in that dropbox on Saturday morning to request a replacement ballot. In the drop box in Portland, the fire suppression system worked successfully and protected almost all the ballots. Three were damaged, and election officials are reaching out to the voters to whom they belonged.
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The Democratic Party has been riled by anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists who have pressured the party and White House to cut off support to Israel in the conflict against Iran and its proxy groups in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Thousands of protesters showed up to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/democratic-convention-chicago-protests-israel-hamas-war-2b304b0c418639f61a421d30a8802cb5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protest</a> against Israel. Hundreds of organizations partnered to coordinate a mass march through the streets of Chicago and protests outside of the convention venue on its opening day.
The Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-report-warns-violent-extremists-pose-threat-election/story?id=114436545" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in a report released earlier this month that setting fire to ballot boxes is one of a series of threats that complicate security in the upcoming election.

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‘Free Gaza’ Message Found On Devices Used In Ballot Box Fires In Oregon, Washington

2024 Election

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Two ballot drop boxes 15 miles apart were lit on fire Monday morning in Washington and Oregon, likely destroying hundreds of ballots cast in the 2024 election.
Smoke was seen pouring out of a ballot drop box at the Fisher&#8217;s Landing Transit Center in Vancouver, Washington — which is just north of Portland, Oregon — around 4:00 a.m. Footage captured by KATU ABC 2 showed firefighters pry open the back of the ballot drop box and extinguish a fire that appeared to have burned hundreds of ballots. KATU <a href="https://katu.com/news/local/vancouver-ballot-box-seen-smoking-same-morning-as-portland-ballot-box-arson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that authorities said only a few of the ballots could potentially be saved.
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The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said after arriving on the scene, officers saw smoke coming from the drop box and &#8220;located a suspicious device next to the box.&#8221;
&#8220;Members of the Metro Explosive Disposal Unit (MEDU) arrived and safely collected the device, and the fire was extinguished. Detectives from the Vancouver Police Arson team and the Vancouver Fire Marshals also responded,&#8221; VPD added.
The police department said the investigation was handed over to the FBI. Officials told voters that if they dropped off a ballot at the location after 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, they should immediately contact the Election Auditor&#8217;s Office for a new ballot.
A few hours before the ballot box in Vancouver was set on fire, police just across the state border in Portland, Oregon, responded to a fire at a drop box in the southeast part of the city. Authorities said an incendiary device was also set off in the Portland drop box, according to KATU. Authorities did not disclose whether any ballots in the Portland drop box had been destroyed.
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Clark County, Washington, where Vancouver is located, is a competitive area for Republicans and Democrats. The ballot drop box in Vancouver is located in Washington&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, where voters are casting ballots in a tight U.S. House race between incumbent Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican Joe Kent, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/us/ballot-box-fires-oregon-washington/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Presidential election results have also been close in Clark County, with President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton barely beating Donald Trump in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-washington.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016</a>.

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2 Ballot Drop Boxes Lit On Fire, Hundreds Of Ballots Likely Destroyed: Report

2 Ballot Drop Boxes Lit On Fire, Hundreds Of Ballots Likely Destroyed

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