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A Seattle judge said we couldn't show the faces of the 33 Antifa & anti-Israel radicals who caused over $1 million in damage to the brand new engineering building at UW in May. So here are their faces & names: Tayler Hart, Max Rulff, Zachary Wallaced-Wells, Jade Wu, Jessica Schutz, Luisa Ortega Subdiaz, Ginger Newberry, Kimaya Mahajan, Gina Liu, Lea Keating, Akira Junyaprusert, Anna Hattle, Julia Fraczek, Cade Jackson, Jonas Piper, Ty Park, Lucy Zern, Tasbeet Iman, Ricardo Colon-Galvez, Roberta Collison, Ella Tunduwani, Zainab Chattha, Riley Centerwall, Catherine Brown, Brett Anton, Claire Berger, Yasmin Ahmed, Yafate Yared, Geneveve Konijisky, Finn Brown, Bailey Keen, Lucas Nichols-Mcauslan and Sam Sueoka. It was all a matter of public record long before the judge made the ruling. KOMO News made this handy collage. Please share

@JeremyTate41 I think it should be rededicated as the Museum of Government Fraud, Waste and Abuse.

The rapidly shrinking Department of Education is abandoning its headquarters, widely regarded as the ugliest building in DC. What should the building be used for now?

Politicians condemn each attack on Jews but do little to fight the ideologies that create the hostility, writes former UK prime minister Tony Blair. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4uQZJC8

“I have recurring nightmares of people chasing and killing me.” In a new interview, Israeli singer Eden Golan said she is still dealing with anxiety from her performance at the Eurovision 2024. “I’m always afraid. I look in every direction like a security guard.” The young singer received so many death threats ahead of Eurovision that she was forced to wear a wig in Malmö whenever she left her hotel. And the threats were so severe that she feared she could be shot on stage. She was under constant and heavy security, including 8 bodyguards and a helicopter. Since then, Eden says many of her performances have been met with hostile protests from the Free Palestine crowd, but Eurovision was by far the worst. “I’ve had recurring anxiety since Eurovision: I walk into a place, a restaurant or a show, and someone shoots me from behind. I have recurring nightmares of people chasing me and killing me. But I’m learning to live with it. No one will silence me anymore.” Never forget that Eden, only 20, feared for her life simply for singing.

Statement from the Gorman family in response to @GovPritzker: “We acknowledge Governor Pritzker’s recent comments regarding Sheridan’s murder and his statement that there were “real failures.” We appreciate that he has now, five days after our daughter, Sheridan's murder that he has finally spoken publicly about Sheridan. But Sheridan’s death cannot be reduced to a general “tragedy,” nor can it be explained away by broad references to failures somewhere else. Sheridan was a daughter, a sister, and a young woman whose life was taken in a way that should never have been possible. This was not abstract. It was preventable. We are not interested in political arguments or in watching responsibility shift from one place to another. If there were failures—as the Governor himself has acknowledged—then every one of them must be identified, examined, and addressed directly. The location of those failures matters less than the willingness to confront them honestly. “Our daughter is not a policy debate. She is a life that was taken, and that demands accountability.” “Calling this a tragedy is not enough. There must be a full and transparent accounting of what went wrong.” “We will not allow Sheridan’s name to be used in political arguments—but we will insist that her loss leads to real answers and real change.” We expect leadership that is willing to face difficult truths without deflection. We stand ready to engage with any public official, including the Governor, who is committed to ensuring that what happened to Sheridan does not happen again to another family.

After Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman “senseless violence,” her family releasing a statement, “We acknowledge Mayor Johnson’s statement five days after our daughter, Sheridan's murder and his condolences to our family, as well as his recognition of the work of the Chicago Police Department. But what happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to a “senseless tragedy,” nor can it be explained in general terms about public safety. Sheridan was our daughter. She was 18 years old. She was doing something entirely normal—walking near her campus with friends. She should be here. This was not random. It was not inevitable. And it cannot be treated as though it were. We appreciate the efforts of law enforcement in making an arrest. But safety is not defined by how quickly a case is solved after the fact. It is defined by whether a young woman like Sheridan is protected in the first place. “Our daughter was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. The system failed her.” “Calling this ‘senseless’ is not enough. There must be a clear and honest accounting of what went wrong.” “We are not interested in rhetoric. We are asking for accountability.” We will not allow Sheridan’s life to be reduced to a talking point or a generalization. We expect leadership that is willing to confront hard truths and ensure that what happened to her does not happen again. We stand ready to engage with the Mayor and any public official willing to approach this with seriousness, transparency, and a commitment to real change.”

@td_nash Never changed.

Who’s your all time favorite baseball team from childhood to now?🧐

T.J. Otzelberger on his future/the UNC opening: "There wouldn't be any other place in America I'd rather be than Iowa State."

She read Anne Frank’s diary before the world ever did. She was Anne’s best friend. And for 84 years, Barbara Ledermann Rodbell made sure we’d never forget her. In 2024, on her 99th birthday, Barbara passed away in North Carolina—one of the last people who knew Anne not as a symbol, but as a funny, stubborn, ballet-loving girl who gossiped about boys and dreamed of becoming a writer. Born in Berlin in 1925, Barbara fled with her family to Amsterdam in 1933. There she became inseparable from Anne and Margot Frank. They went to school together, practiced ballet, and shared teenage secrets. Anne even wrote about her in the diary. When the Nazis invaded in 1940, the noose tightened. Barbara’s boyfriend, part of the Dutch resistance, got her false papers and begged her to hide. She agreed immediately. Her parents and younger sister Sanne refused. Her father, a lawyer who still trusted justice and order, believed cooperating was safer. He was tragically wrong. In 1943, Franz, Ilse, and 16-year-old Sanne were deported. All three were murdered—Franz and Ilse at Auschwitz, Sanne at Bergen-Belsen, the same camp where Anne and Margot would die in 1945. Barbara survived in hiding, using her false identity and working with the resistance. At 19, she emerged to learn her entire family was gone. So were Anne and most of her friends. She was among the very first to read Anne’s unedited diary. It shattered her-her friend’s voice, forever frozen at 15. Barbara encouraged Otto Frank to publish it. She spent the rest of her life speaking in schools, museums, and documentaries, reminding everyone: “Anne was real. She liked to laugh. She could be bossy. She was my friend.” After the war she moved to America, married biochemist Martin Rodbell (who later won the Nobel Prize), raised a family, and built a beautiful life in North Carolina. But she never stopped bearing witness. Anne Frank died at 15. Her sister Sanne died at 16. Barbara lived to 99. She used those extra 84 years to make sure the world would never forget the girl behind the diary—and the millions who never got to grow old. Now it’s our turn to remember Barbara.

It’s hard to ignore the pattern. My daughter Katie’s death was a devastating, preventable tragedy, yet too often her story has been disrespected or erased. Meanwhile, Illinois leaders like @GovPritzker, @SenatorDurbin, and @SenDuckworth have been far more vocal in cases that align with their political priorities, especially when it comes to criticizing federal agencies. That contrast raises real questions. Why do some tragedies get immediate acknowledgment while others are met with silence? Why do some families feel heard, while others feel invisible? This isn’t about left or right. It’s about consistency. When leaders ignore certain victims for ideological or political reasons, it erodes trust. Every life deserves recognition. Empathy shouldn’t be selective. Leadership shouldn’t depend on the narrative. Watch my opening statement at yesterday’s @SenJudiciaryGOP hearing👇

@SureBetFusion @td_nash This is the tenth year. Time flies!!!

How long has it been since your MLB team last won a World Series?

Firefighters Funeral postponed. Prayers for Micheal Altman’s widow as she is giving birth to their second child. God is with you. Her husband should be with her but @GovPritzker signed the SAFETY ACT. His killer arrested 4 times since July and blew off his court appearances. How this keeping Illinoians safe? @libsoftiktok @AM560TheAnswer @JeanneIves @ChicagoContrar1 @CWBChicago

A shattered family from New York is trying to figure out how to get their daughter’s body back home from Chicago after she was executed by an illegal. A wife is in labor right now without her husband by her side because he was killed in a fire set by a repeat criminal in Chicago. Dozens of “teens” terrorized parts of the city last night. Pay attention to what state and city leaders—especially those who think they can run Chicago—are talking about and posting on social media. If you see meaningless posts about snow plows, March Madness, and e-scooters, you have a right to be furious at their cowardice, their fecklessness, and even worse, their inhumanity at this moment.

@RushmoreLists @the_60s_at_60 I demand a better sculpting of Mary Tyler Moore and James Earl Jones. Otherwise, it’s a good list.

Let’s make a Mt Rushmore of people who go by their full name (first-middle-last). Our four: Mary Tyler Moore Martin Luther King (Jr) James Earl Jones Edgar Allen Poe Who else goes/went by all three names?

@HankChapman @OleTimeHardball I always considered Eller to be shoulder to shoulder with Deacon Jones. Both were incredible defensive ends on some of the most famous D-lines in NFL history. Unfortunately, sacks weren’t an official statistic throughout their entire careers, but I could easily put him in at # 4.

@OleTimeHardball @CraigAMarr Ahead of anybody below 4 or 5 on your list

Top 10 Defensive Ends (All-Time)

This is excellent @joonlee and worth a watch for every sports fan.

Let's also be clear about what happened with the legal process here. This child rapist was in the country illegally, and due to our sanctuary laws the DA -- smartly -- asked the judge to issue a desk ticket rather than remand to custody, because if he were taken to jail it would then be impossible to turn him over to federal authorities. Let that sink in. The DA and judge had to engineer a rube goldberg plan for an illegal child rapist to walk out of the courthouse so that federal agents could pick him up on the street, because New York's sanctuary laws would protect him otherwise. A child rapist from Guatemala in the country illegally. And Democrats are pledging to reinforce these sanctuary laws even further. This is the world they're creating.

Illinois governor JB Pritzker: "Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance." Tyranny: over 100 COVID executive orders, restrictions on gun rights, policies affecting women’s and girls' rights, profligate spending, some of the highest taxes in the nation, highest pension debt in the nation, criminal justice policies that allow offenders to harm everyday people, defending “your people” even as they harm your citizens, and limiting constitutional challenges to just two courts with sympathetic judges. I refuse to be afraid, remain silent, or comply, Governor. You are a tyrant, and you have blood on your hands.

@VividProwess Israel is the greatest ally of the USA. Israel is the 1st line of defense against the most dangerous threat (Islamist jihad) to the freedoms offered by western civilization since the Nazis & Communists rose to power in the 20th Century. The Jewish people must have a homeland.

Genuinely curious what people’s reasoning is. What’s your main reason for supporting Israel?

@FBGreatMoments Vikings.

There Were 16 Teams in NFL for 1969 season. Which Team's Helmet is Missing?