Weekend Quotables
Five more journalists slaughtered in Gaza... Crime Surge in D.C.? Only Inside the White House.
Reports confirm that five Al Jazeera journalists—including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif—were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on a media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
In total, seven people were killed in the attack, including Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Mohammed Noufal, 29; and Moamen Aliwa, 23.
The tent was set up for journalists covering the humanitarian crisis and ongoing bombardment in Gaza. The Israeli military claimed al-Sharif was a Hamas operative “posing as a journalist,” but provided no evidence. Al Jazeera and press freedom advocates strongly condemned the attack as a deliberate assassination of journalists.
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President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of the Washington, D.C., police department and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital in an effort to crack down on crime.
He deployed 450 federal officers to patrol Washington, D.C., last night after saying that he’d discuss plans to evict homeless people and jail criminals this morning. The city’s mayor has refuted his claims that crime is rising. [USA Today/AP]
Crime in D.C. was down 35 percent in 2024 from the previous year, marking a 30-year low. Data from the district shows violent crime is also down so far in 2025 compared with last year. Trump turned his attention to the city when a former member of DOGE was attacked during a carjacking in the city earlier this month.
“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going ot let it happen anymore. We’re not going to take it,” Trump said. — The Hill
More Weekend Quotables
Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera journalist
His final message, pre-recorded in case of death, was released posthumously: “If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice… I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is.” — Al Jazeera
Zohran Mamdani on Gaza journalist murders
“The murder of journalists in Gaza is not collateral damage. It is a campaign to silence truth. Over 100 reporters have been killed since October. Their deaths are not accidents—they are evidence.” — X
Rep. Pramila Jayapal on the Gaza journalist murders
The Israeli military has killed more than 200 journalists and media workers. The latest strike killed five journalists, including a prominent Al Jazeera journalist. The US must stop providing weapons for this genocide. — X
Other Democrats on the Gaza journalist murders
Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special economic envoy
The decision to hold the summit in Alaska was symbolically important for the U.S.-Russian partnership. The U.S. purchased the territory from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, or about 2 cents per acre.
“Born as Russian America — Orthodox roots, forts, fur trade — Alaska echoes those ties and makes the U.S. an Arctic nation,” Dmitriev wrote on X. — Washington Post
Ontario's premier, Doug Ford, head of the Progressive Conservative Party
Blitzer asked, "What's the general impression of Trump in Canada?"
Ford replied, "He's probably the most disliked politician in the world in Canada because he's attacked his closest family member. — CNN
