Journalist Jonathan Choe strip-searched and jailed for allegedly jaywalking
Seattle-based conservative journalist Jonathan Choe was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of pedestrian in the roadway while covering a “No Kings” protest in downtown Las Vegas. The charge carries a first-time penalty of $83+court fees. Choe, who was filming for Frontlines TPUSA, said he was on Las Vegas Boulevard as far-left activists heckled Christians […]
First Amendment Battle Heats Up: Journalists sue WA State House over denied press credentials
OLYMPIA—The Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, February 10, against the Washington State House of Representatives and the Washington State Capitol Correspondents Association (WSCCA) on behalf of three prominent journalists—Ari Hoffman, Brandi Kruse, and Jonathan Choe—after all three were denied legislative press credentials to cover proceedings at the Washington State Capitol. […]
State-Funded Media and Press Pass Denials: The Slippery Slope to Fascism Exposed
State-funded private media looks a lot like fascism. If the state funds preferred media while restricting access to critics, it stops looking like support for journalism and starts looking like state control of the news and political narratives. I’m somewhat of a free speech absolutist, even when it’s uncomfortable. We don’t have the 1st amendment […]
WA GOP and journalist file injunction to stop state from deleting child care records
[The Center Square]—The Washington State Republican Party and journalist Jonathan Choe have jointly filed an injunction in Thurston County Superior Court barring the state from scrubbing or removing public access to records related to child care centers in the state that receive public funds. Choe, a journalist and senior fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on […]
AG Brown warned with up to one year in federal prison by DOJ if his office impedes citizen journalists
SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown’s statement on reports of Somali-run home-based daycare providers being harassed alleging that “showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation” is being met with stern criticism by U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon. Brown’s statement was posted on X approximately […]
Republicans are in panic mode as initiative deadline approaches
The deadline to turn in three statewide initiatives is January 2, 2026, has left Republican organizers and officials scrambling to get the word out to residents to turn in signature sheets “NOW! Don’t wait! Get them in ASAP!” Let’s Go Washington, the primary sponsor for initiatives’ IL26-001, aimed at strengthening communication between parents and schools, […]
Trump targets Antifa: Roundtable exposes terror network and funding sources
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on October 8 to address what administration officials described as a growing epidemic of left-wing political violence attributed to Antifa and associated far-left extremists. Later in the meeting President Trump instructed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take the necessary steps to classify […]
Far-left Seattle provocateur releases list targeting independent journalists in light of Kirk’s assassination
SEATTLE—First reported by independent journalist Jonathan Choe, from a news tip, Alex Randall on Saturday allegedly released a “RIGHTWING GRIFTERS, Doxxers, and Harassers,” list to YouTube targeting prominent West Coast independent journalists, media, and citizen journalists. The YouTube video is no longer available. According to Randall’s BlueSky and Instagram profiles, he refers to himself as […]
Fatal shooting on the steps of Pursuit Church in Seattle’s University District
SEATTLE—A 28-year-old man, Lebron Givuan, was fatally shot in the chest on the steps of Pursuit Seattle Church in Seattle’s University District on Thursday evening, marking the city’s 23rd homicide of the year. Up to 30 bullet casings were found at the scene. “A man was murdered in front of his wife and son while […]
ICE arrest of high school theater manager raises questions on immigration verification in school hiring
KIRKLAND—Fernando Rocha, theater manager at Juanita High School in Kirkland, was arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as first reported by independent journalist, and senior fellow with Discovery Institute, Jonathan Choe on Sunday, July 20. Rocha’s arrest by ICE may signal a loophole in the Keep Washington Working Act that may […]
