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Here’s what it’s like inside Seattle’s police-free protest zone

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On Feb. 27, 1933, exactly one month after the Nazis came to power, the German parliament building, the Reichstag, was set ablaze. The Nazis blamed the fire on their archenemy, the communists, and used the fire to essentially extinguish the Communist Party and its ability to publish, speak or otherwise spread its message. Using the Reichstag fire as an excuse, the Nazis passed the Enabling Act, a law that gave the Nazi chancellor, Adolf Hitler, the power to pass laws by decree — without the Reichstag. . . . Over and over, in every left-wing medium and stated repeatedly by Democrats, Trump is blamed for "inciting" the riot in his speech just before it took place. Almost never is a Trump quote cited. Because there is none. On the contrary, he did say, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." Another lie was the immediate labeling of the mob attack on the Capitol as "insurrection." All left-wing media and Democrats now refer to the event as an "insurrection," a term defined by almost every dictionary as "an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government." As morally repulsive as the actions of the mob were, they did not constitute a revolt against civil authority or an established government. Disrupting the work of legislators for a few hours — as wrong as that was — does not constitute a "revolt." But what proves the left's "insurrection" label is a lie is that Democrats and their media never once labeled the left-wing riots of 2020 — which involved the destruction by fire and/or occupation and vandalizing of police stations, and the establishment of "autonomous zones," which, by definition, revolted against "established governments" — as an "insurrection." . . . Dozens of people were killed in these riots, yet there was more outcry and condemnation against the hours-long occupation of the U.S. Capitol than against six months of left-wing violent riots. Then, like the Nazi regime after the Reichstag fire, the left immediately moved to further curtail civil liberties, specifically conservatives' ability to promote their ideas. Twitter and Amazon made it impossible for the alternative to Twitter, Parler, to exist, all in the name of preventing another right-wing "insurrection." In the name of the Capitol "insurrection," the Democrats announced they would impeach the president of the United States, though he had only 14 days left in office. In the name of the Capitol "insurrection," the editor of Forbes, Randall Lane, announced that Forbes media was "holding those who lied for Trump accountable" in what he called "a truth reckoning": "Hire any of Trump's (press secretaries)," Lane warned, "and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie." In the name of the Capitol mob attack, 159 law professors at Chapman University have called for the firing of John Eastman, a tenured fellow law professor and holder of an endowed chair at Chapman — because "his actions Wednesday (that) helped incite a riot." Eastman had spoken at the Trump rally. The professors ended their Los Angeles Times letter: "He does not belong on our campus." Words well chosen. What the left is doing is announcing — and enforcing — that conservatives "do not belong" in our society. The parallels to 1933 are precise. And most good Americans are keeping silent, just as did most Germans.

Dennis Prager, The ‘Good American’

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Sorry for the late thoughts: The Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone; “CHAZ” doesn’t approach anything near the tradition of — or come close to the consciousness of those in — the Paris Commune. In my view, the pale of identity politics continues to distort what is happening on the streets. However, the mobilization of people who are much more anti-capitalist than average is encouraging. What’s more — there are people/ groups involved that understand socialism and “what needs to be done”. I’m hoping that the present movement will extend into Nov. with protests against the Rep. and Dem. candidates — as well as the political process in toto... Albeit, I fear things may fizzle out by then — or just drown in an anti-Trump frenzied sentiment — and what’s happening now will have little/ no impact on the grip of capital... or may even strengthen it.

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday that the city is working to 'peacefully' dismantle the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The self-declared autonomous zone was set up by protesters on June 8 after Seattle police abandoned the department’s East Precinct. 

For the past two weeks, the self-proclaimed 'police-free zone' has reportedly maintained a carnivalesque atmosphere, with free food, community gardens, speeches, and a host of other activities. 

However, the decision to dismantle the CHOP comes after two shootings near the zone over the weekend that killed one person and injured at least one other. Seattle's police chief also stated on Monday that the department has received reports of sexual assault and other crimes in the zone, too. [WP]

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You can be the first black DA of Los Angeles, the first gay mayor of South Bend, the first lesbian mayor of Seattle, the first black female police chief of Portland, Philadelphia, or Seattle, you can even be the first black lesbian mayor of Chicago, and you still won’t be radical enough. You can even run on a pro-crime platform backed by George Soros and it’s still not enough. That’s because the problem isn’t racism: it’s radicalism. If the problem really were racism, it would be solvable. But radicalism has no stopping point. As soon as a mayor, a DA, or police chief seems to fit the bill, they’re not radical enough. Mayors, DAs, and police chiefs who try to actually do their jobs are the first to fall. Just ask Danielle Outlaw, who was hounded out of Portland, or Carmen Best, who was forced to resign in Seattle. Checking the right identity politics boxes doesn’t matter if you’re not a radical. But no amount of radicalism is ever enough. Just ask Rachael Rollins. History is full of examples of revolutions where the radicals ate each other. The story of CHOP and of Portland’s over 100 days of rioting, the guillotines and people’s committees, is the familiar one of the French and Russian revolutions, of the radicals killing anyone less radical until there’s no one left except either a tyrant or a populace who is tired of the endless violence. What the revolutionaries want is a society so unlivable that it even horrified a Soros DA. When they say that they want to free all the criminals, they really mean it. And when they say that they want to defund the police, they mean that too. These aren’t bold slogans for anything more moderate as their defenders among the Democrats and the media have falsely insisted. The most obvious symptom of a political movement’s descent into extremism is its inability to describe the problem. Extremism has no language for criticising its own extremism except by warning that it’s undermining the larger cause. And that’s been the Democrat response. The riots and the crime, they keep warning, are eating into Biden’s lead in some swing states. That’s a compelling argument for those making it and a contemptible one to those it’s made to.

Daniel Greenfield

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Father of CHOP shooting victim describes 'very overwhelming' response to emotional 'Hannity' interview

Horace Lorenzo Anderson Jr., was killed early on the morning of June 20, when shots rang out near Cal Anderson Park on 10th Avenue and East Pine Street inside the protest zone. A 33-year-old man was wounded in the shooting.

On July 1, the elder Anderson told Hannity in an emotional interview that neither local police nor Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan had reached out to him about his son's death.

"They need to come talk to me and somebody needs to come tell me something, because I still don't know nothing," he said at the time. "Somebody needs to come to my house and knock on my door and tell me something."

The following day, Anderson received a condolence call from President Trump.

Anderson, who told Hannity he wasn't into politics, described the call as "basic" and admitted he was unsure if the "conversation was just conversation."

Andre Taylor, the executive director of Not This Time who joined Anderson for the interview, interjected and said the call meant a lot to the grieving father.

"The president was extremely gracious," Taylor said. "He called at a perfect time during the funeral services. It just lifted Horace up,"

Anderson agreed, saying, "I don't want to belittle the power of the presidency or the seat of the presidency. It was very, very special for him [to call]."

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Seattle Mayor Who Enabled CHOP Calls For Probe Of Councilwoman Who Made Her Feel Unsafe

She called yesterday for an investigation into socialist Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who led the protest outside Durkan’s home.