Discovery Institute Senior Journalism Fellow. NEWS TIP: jchoe@discovery.org, *Vids branded "DI" represent Discovery Institute. Other views expressed are my own.

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EXPLOITING HOMELESS: LA's Skid Row is a crime infested human dumping ground. The fraudsters know authorities are too scared to go in and enforce the law. So the bad guys have been using this chaotic scene as cover for years. But we finally exposed them.
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Expose Seattle’s street madness.
Tiny Homes or Tents. The homeless approach! IS SEATTLE FUNDING HOMELESSNESS? I spent several days walking the streets of Seattle, Washington, looking at homelessness, addiction, mental health, tents, tiny homes and harm-reduction programs. I went there to compare what’s happening in Seattle with what I’ve documented in Vancouver and across Canada. A huge thank you to We Heart Seattle for taking me onto the streets and showing me another side of this crisis. Are these policies creating a pathway toward recovery and independence—or unintentionally allowing homelessness and addiction to continue? 🎥 My short Seattle documentary is out now. The FULL Seattle overview is coming soon. Watch it. Share it. Make up your own mind. #Seattle #Homelessness #Addiction #Recovery
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It's weird that Karen Basura will criticize Steve Hilton simply for being a foreign born candidate, but she won't criticize her own opponent (who's beating her) for being a foreign born Indian candidate who only moved to LA a few years ago. Why is that?
LA mayor Karen Bass makes xenophobic comment about CA gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. trib.al/NEWGqh0
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Homeless drug addicts better stock up on Narcan.
NEW: Despite Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson claiming that her budget prioritizes public safety, the firefighters union, IAFF Local 27, warns the proposal could mean rotating closures of fire engines, trucks and stations—and longer waits when residents call 911.
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Do Safe Injection Sites actually help? Does the data support it? According to a study published in March of 2026, not necessarily. This is Kym Kaufmann, CEO of @RecovExcel explaining the study and it's findings out of Alberta 🇨🇦 Let's unpack. 🧵onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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🚨 BREAKING: DC Police are CLASHING with pro-Tibet protestors who came to confront pro-Beijing “demonstrators” There is ZERO REASON we should be dealing with EITHER of these groups in America’s capital. COME ON.
🚨 NOW: Pro-CCP “demonstrators” are LITTERING the streets of DC playing PRE-RECORDED CHANTS through bullhorns Most of them are wearing color coded hats, and a HUGE portion of them are wearing masks to conceal their identities It’s very dystopian. I couldn’t find a single one willing to speak to me. How the HELL did these people get here??
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When I went out knocking on daycare doors with @choeshow, @camhigby, and @CarleenJohn1970 back in December 2025, local news reporters from KOMO were doing the same exact thing. If SEIU gets their way, it will be a direct attack on ALL journalists, independent and mainstream. Anyone who claims to defend freedom of the press should strongly oppose this.
"I don't think we should be locking out the press," says Rep. @TravisSCouture, alluding to @SEIU925's efforts to bully independent journalists from investigating widespread fraud at Somali-run daycares in Seattle. @TCSWashington @CarleenJohn1970 @WaHouseGOP @WashingtonSRC @KCGOP @RapidResponse47 @KatieDaviscourt @choeshow @BrandiKruse @thehoffather @jasonrantz @jcurleyshow @TPostMillennial @JimWalshLD19 @SEIU piped.video/I0MR5Efe27Y?si=Od8q… via @YouTube
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When did Xi become so based?🤣
I THINK I KNOW CHINESE NOW!!!🤔😂😂😂
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Two public safety departments unable to remove tent dweller from a park. The trend is documented well that we keep piling on resources only to leave a snack bag that becomes street litter. Earlier this week the area engulfed in flames. This is not intervention. This is cruelty.
How is expanding the hours of the @seattlecaredept CARE team helping naked men in crisis or passed out addicts on sidewalks? Without intervention and actual removal what’s the point? And now they are in charge of gun violence response? Let cops be cops and bring in the Designated Crisis Responders and put Ricky’s Law in to action. This will save lives.
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The WA State Auditor’s office reported over $1.3 BILLION in ‘unauditable’ childcare spending over the past 5 years. And now Bob Ferguson is like ‘hey sure let’s throw another couple hundred million into the big mystery pot!’ Taxpayers all over the country should demand answers.
The same day I exposed a massive MILLION-plus dollar alleged Somali daycare fraud scheme, Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson announced a new $251 MILLION in funding for daycares. This, after the state can’t account for over $430 million in taxpayer funds that have been distributed to daycares. thepostmillennial.com/wa-gov…
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Explains everything.
Muslims have finally cracked the code to power. They realized Islam still doesn’t sell well, but socialism appeals to the young. So socialism has became the Trojan horse to power. Wow. Someone is finally saying it.
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WA is about to steal from your hard earned retirement fund. Unless you hate money, I would be voting YES on I-645.
“Washington state Made us a promise. Give us your career and your pension will be safe from taxes. This year Olympia broke that promise.” Washington’s new income tax is a retirement tax and it’s coming for you.
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The more time I spend downtown and see crazy people screaming on every other street corner, the more I'm convinced that we are lurching towards a zombie apocalypse. When a woman gets a chunk of her face bitten off by another woman on 3rd Ave downtown, can you blame me for thinking that? Perhaps it's unfair of me to just assume the suspect is one of our delightful "houseless neighbors." I mean, they could just as easily be a doctor a lawyer or an accountant, right? tinyurl.com/4ev45rak
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The more time I spend downtown and see crazy people screaming on every other street corner, the more I'm convinced that we are lurching towards a zombie apocalypse. When a woman gets a chunk of her face bitten off by another woman on 3rd Ave downtown, can you blame me for thinking that? Perhaps it's unfair of me to just assume the suspect is one of our delightful "houseless neighbors." I mean, they could just as easily be a doctor a lawyer or an accountant, right? tinyurl.com/4ev45rak
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Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson somehow finds $300K for transgender refugees. But when it comes to firefighters and public safety, it’s belt tightening time.
EXCLUSIVE: A source sent me this email that allegedly went out to the entire Seattle Fire Department, claiming that because of Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson's proposed budget, $7 million in overtime will be cut and "be managed through planned unit outages, taking our daily minimum staffing from 222 to 209. Depending on staffing levels, four to six units may be taken out of service daily to meet this reduction. This could also mean closing a fire station for a shift if the outage occurs in a single house." Reminder that Wilson claimed her budget prioritized public safety. Also a reminder that SFD terminated 70 firefighters for not getting the jab, many of whom still want their jobs back. Also, the attrition rate for new recruits from the academy is soaring I am awaiting confirmation from SFD
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Wtf is going on in NYC? Who’s running the place?
Remember Shomrim? The Jewish "volunteer patrol squad"? Here's them tampering with NYPD cameras on public property... Didn't know that was legal...
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No update from Seattle cops about Wednesday's shooting outside a massive homeless drug encampment. The shooter is still on the loose. As socialist Mayor Katie Wilson likes to say, "This is your city." @MayorofSeattle
NEW: Another shooting suspect is on the loose in Seattle after blasting a man outside one of the most dangerous homeless drug encampments in the city. Neighbors are crushing socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and say she is dropping the ball on public safety. @MayorofSeattle|@SeattlePD|@weheartseattle
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Well, that just won the internet for today. 🙃🇺🇸
"This is the autopen... it's Biden." 🤣 President Trump shows off the legendary Presidential Walk of Fame to President Xi.
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The lies keep piling up. Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson should watch Pinocchio.
Seattle Mayor Wilson claimed her 'Gun Violence Prevention Plan' was endorsed by King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion. Except that turns out to be a lie. "KCPAO spokesperson Casey McNerthney said the office was not given a full copy of the plan before its rollout, and that Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion and her staff first learned about it by watching the announcement on television. ...The mayor’s office later told KIRO Newsradio KCPAO had provided quotes supporting the plan when KCPAO said they did not." What actually happened was Community Assisted Response and Engagement Chief Amy Barden asked King County Prosecutor Manion for a quote endorsing CARE. "Manion agreed with the stipulation that her quote not be edited and be shared in full." CARE Chief Barden then gave Manion's quote about CARE to the Mayor's Office, who then used it as an endorsement of Wilson's entire gun violence plan: See for yourself here: wilson.seattle.gov/2026/09/1… As if that wasn't bad enough; the Mayor also claimed to have the support of the US Attorney's Office. That too turned out to be a lie with the office saying: “The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not get a draft of the plan in advance, nor were we asked to provide a quote.” Future 42 has seen (and exposed) a lot of corruption and dishonesty in our state and local governments, but this is unreal. @LukeKIRO | @KIRONewsradio 'KIRO finds Seattle Mayor’s Office misrepresented prosecutor support for gun violence plan' mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-…
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Seattle Mayor's Public Safety Director Alison Holcomb ran away from KOMO's Jeremy Harris after Tuesday's Public Committee Hearing, where it came out that the Mayor lied about who delayed information to the public after the Bite. Hard to fault her, since it seems to be the Mayor's favorite tactic to avoid accountability from the media. More importantly though; Jeremy Harris does a great job of further explaining "why it matters": "Up to this point, much of the blame has been placed on Seattle police for not giving out those critical updates. What we now know, it was in fact the Mayor's second in command who ordered police to not get in front of TV cameras and start giving updates to the public about what was going on." Had Mayor Katie Wilson been truthful from the beginning, we'd probably all be praising her new budget proposal today. Instead, we are once again calling for her resignation. Sign the petition here: mailchi.mp/changewashington.… @JeremyHarrisTV | @komonews ''We were ready': SPD claims mayor's staff delayed updates during Bite of Seattle shooting' Article: komonews.com/news/local/bite…
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NEW: If your life depended on it, who do you trust? The Seattle taxpayer funded CARE team or privately funded We Heart Seattle? The results on the streets speak for themselves.
Tax payer funded crisis response team @seattlecaredept is supposed to help people in crisis, naked and pooping in public. Instead of life saving intervention they gave him snacks and pointed him off property. We Heart Seattle stepped in to do the job and got him checked in to a harborview clinic literally across the street. Thank you @WeHeartDirector I called Chief Amy Barden immediately following this innocent and offered training. No word back yet.
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