The company which produced a mailer that attracted some Democrat and media attention in the 28^th Legislative District Senate campaign has provided Shift with its response to a factually incorrect and biased story that was published by National Public Radio’s local affiliate, KUOW.  DMM Media points out the many factual errors in the story and provides proof that the picture of Democrat candidate T’wina Nobles was not darkened for the mailer, as the company had been attacked for by Democrat activists. DMM Media further claims that KUOW, in its article, darkened the photo of the mailer to make the piece appear more sinister. Thus, while falsely asserting that DMM Media darkened the photo, KUOW is the actual offender in using a darkened photograph.  (Shift)

New data analysis suggests returning elementary students first when schools resume in-person classes.  Even though younger students are more active and less likely to adhere to social distancing practices, they are easier to separate into smaller contained groups for the day and appear to be less susceptible to being infected by the coronavirus. It is also believed that younger students have a more difficult time with distance learning than the older students. (Seattle Times)

Federal agents are investigating the Monday evening efforts by protestors/rioters to set fire to the Seattle Police’s East Precinct building while at the same time attempting to seal the exit doors with quick-drying cement.  Reacting to the attempted mass murder of police officers and the lack of response from Democrat elected officials, the President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild said, “I’m fearful that someone will lose their life in the coming days. This could all stop if our public officials would decry and push back against these criminal acts.” Meanwhile complete silence from Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson. U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and Washington State Democrat Party Chair Tina Podlodowski – whose silence indicates they either support the violent acts against police officers or feel they need the votes of the perpetrators and their supporters.

As virtual candidate forums begin to occur in the coming weeks, we would be interested to hear from our readers how Democrat candidates (at all levels of government and throughout the state) respond to these two simple questions, 1) “Do you condemn the actions of protestors who are inflecting harm on Seattle Police officers?” and, 2) “If you do condemn these violent actions, do you also condemn the silence from statewide Democrat officials on this very important public safety issue?” (MyNorthwest)

The Democrats on the Seattle City Council admit that they need to change how they interact with the city’s Democrat mayor.  Council President M. Lorena Gonzalez said that the dysfunctional relationship between the council and mayor needs to be “reset” and that she will use the upcoming two-week council recess to “identify how we as elected leaders are going to engage with each other.” The on-going inner-party battle between extremely liberal “establishment” Democrats (like Mayor Jenny Durkan) and even more extreme Left-wing activists (like many councilmembers) will likely determine the future of the Democrat Party in Washington State.  It has been interesting to watch establishment and status quo Democrats like Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and Washington State Democrat Party Chair Tina Podlodowski abandon Mayor Durkan during the biggest political battle of her career, as she has sought less radical measures than the defunding of the Seattle Police Department supported by the city council. (Seattle Times)  

In demonstrating how bad things are here in the Pacific Northwest under Democrat state and local leadership, the Detroit police chief has stated it is his goal to not let his town become another Seattle.  Responding to concerns over his department’s actions to disperse rioters over the weekend, Police Chief James Craig stated, “I am not going to let any group set up a Seattle zone of lawlessness here in the city of Detroit, That is non-negotiable.” Think about that.  Seattle is now the low-water mark that the historically crime-ridden city of Detroit refuses to become. (Detroit News)

A Lakewood family has filed a lawsuit against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department over its directive that all private and public schools in the county must start the school year with remote learning.  The lawsuit contends the department failed to follow proper procedures in filing the directive and that it “ignored the current and pre-eminent scientific and medical information” on the health of school-aged children and the coronavirus. Health officials have yet to formally respond to the lawsuit, but did say they were following the guidelines set by Governor Inslee. (News Tribune)

The Puyallup School District School Board unanimously passed a measure allowing the district’s superintendent to furlough personnel whose jobs are unnecessary while schools are not instructing students in-person.  These furloughs will mostly impact paraeducators, bus drivers, and cafeteria workers. This is the latest cost-saving measure from the school district which faced a $13 million deficit after agreeing to 10%-plus pay raises for teachers to settle an illegal strike by the teachers’ union less than two years ago. (News Tribune)

Snohomish County has seen a spike in overdose deaths during the six months of economic shutdown caused by Jay Inslee’s coronavirus outbreak edicts.  Since March, 119 people have died from a drug overdose in the county, which is more drug deaths than in all of 2019.  Officials believe this is due to economic anxiety and isolation experienced by many individuals, and restrictions placed on treatment facilities that make it more difficult for some to receive assistance. (Everett Herald)

The three members of the Kittitas County Commission signed a letter supporting the small Kittitas School District’s desire to resume in-person classes for students. The City of Kittitas has 1,500 residents and is located just East of Ellensburg.  The district believes it can safely educate children in its buildings, and has sent its request to reopen to the Kittitas County Health District, which is expected to announce its decision before the end of the week. (iFIBER One)

A Lake Chelan water park has announced “we will not have any more operational days in the 2020 season.”  Slide Waters Park, which has been in a long legal battle with Governor Inslee and the Washington State Department of Health, made the announcement via an email saying the governor has shown no sign of altering his “stance of ‘you can’t operate because we said you can’t.’” Owners of the park, which normally employs 150 people, said they received approval from local health officials to operate the facility under three different scenarios, yet were arbitrarily denied permission to open by state officials. (Slide Waters Park email)

Yakima County health officials announced that the Washington State Department of Health has approved 12 areas of expanded activity due to the reduction of daily coronavirus cases in the county. Restaurants and churches may accept more indoor guests, outdoor fitness classes can resume, and social gatherings of five or fewer people will be allowed outdoors. (Yakima Herald)

8^th Congressional District Representative Dr. Kim Schrier showed a keen grasp of the obvious in a fundraising email, writing that the primary election totals “were not the results we hoped for” (yet, apparently, it is what the voters hoped for). Despite the heavy Democrat turnout in the August 4^th primary, Schrier received only 43.3% of the vote.  Combined, the three Democrat candidates in the race received 47.6%, while Republicans totaled 49.1%.  Schrier, who will face Army veteran and health care manager Jesse Jensen in November, is one of many Washington Democrats who have refused to comment on the defunding of police by her fellow Democrats on the Seattle City Council. (Schrier campaign email and Secretary of State election results)

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