McEnany: CHOP Area in Seattle Was ‘Liberated From the Anarchists’
The so-called CHOP area in Seattle was “liberated” in a victory for “law and order,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said after police officers cleared the autonomous zone. Activists and agitators took over an area of multiple city blocks that was alternately known as CHOP and CHAZ, blocking police officers from entering as response times soared. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, a Democrat, declared the occupation an unlawful assembly after two teenagers were shot, one fatally. Police officers arrived early Wednesday and forced occupiers out before standing watch as city workers dismantled the area. “I am pleased to inform everyone that Seattle has been liberated. The capital hill autonomous zone, CHAZ, was a failed four-week Democrat experiment by the radical left and the results are in. Anarchy is anti-American. Law…
Former Victorian police commissioner Ken Lay has resigned from his role leading the state’s bushfire recovery agency, just six months after getting the job.
Lay was chosen to lead Bushfire Recovery Victoria in January following the summer’s bushfires.
His role involved overseeing the government’s $320 million bushfire rebuilding and recovery program.
Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville confirmed his departure on Wednesday.
“Ken has worked with us since the devastating January bushfires—travelling more than 7,000 kilometres, visiting 32 fire-affected communities and speaking to hundreds of Victorians,” she said in a statement.
“His vital work has helped us make important decisions in beginning the process of rebuilding Victorian communities and I thank Ken for all his work and wish him all the very best for the future.”
Lay will continue his work as chair of the premier’s Special Advisory Council on bushfire recovery, while the role will be dissolved and in part handed over to Emergency Management Victoria Commissioner Andrew Crisp.
The overall day-to-day running of Bushfire Recovery Victoria will be managed by CEO Lee Miezis.
Lay, a former Essendon football club board member, stepped down as chairman of Ambulance Victoria and as Victoria’s Lieutenant-Governor in order to take the role at Bushfire Recovery Victoria.
He is set to resume these roles.
By Benita Kolovos
Focus News: Ken Lay Quits Victoria Bushfire Recovery Post
US House Passes Bill to Sanction Chinese Banks over Hong Kong National Security Law
“No one should face life in prison for demonstrating,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), one of the authors of the legislation, said on Twitter. “Now, Hong Kongers are fleeing Hong Kong out of fear for their safety, and we should support their right to do so. We need to impose consequences on the Chinese government for its actions towards #HongKong.” Pelosi said in a statement earlier this week that the law’s passage “signals the death” of the “one country, two systems” principle, as she called on the Trump administration to hold the regime accountable by sanctioning CCP officials responsible for abusing rights in Hong Kong under the Global Magnitsky Act and the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. “The purpose of this brutal, sweeping law is to frighten, intimidate, and…
