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Morning Brief 2022-07-14

July 14, 2022
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Megan Fox
TOPIC: Illegal alien arrested in rape of 10-year-old abortion patient, but questions remain.

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: Carol's latest piece for TheBlaze.com: "401(k) retirement funds are tanking, but Biden makes protecting union pensions priority" plus analysis on the new inflation numbers.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Rep. Ronny Jackson
TOPIC: Former White House doctor, Ronny Jackson, is scolded by President Obama for criticizing Biden and his cognitive decline.


CB, RR, JB, SK, SB

Domestic News...

Man charged with raping, impregnating 10-year-old girl in case highlighted by Biden is an illegal
Fox News reports that Gerson Fuentes is in the country illegally and that ICE has placed a detainer on Fuentes.

Babies Who Survived Abortions Left To Die, State Health Department Report Suggests
As many as five babies who survived attempted abortions in Minnesota appear to have been left to die, a report from the state Health Department found.

Ray Epps intends to sue people who accused him of working for the authorities
The NY Times reported that Epps, the former president of the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers anti-government militia group, had "suffered enormously" due to the allegations.

California's $1B business: Diversity training
Local and state government agencies in California spent approximately $1 billion on critical race theory diversity training for employees during the past two years.

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Allowing Victims of Gun Violence to Sue Gun Manufacturers
"I just signed a bill that will allow victims of gun violence to sue the makers of these deadly weapons & hold them accountable," the governor announced on Twitter on Tuesday.

Los Angeles DA Gascón to disband unit that notifies victims of their assailant's parole hearings
The move comes after Gascon has banned prosecutors from attending parole hearings.

Starbucks providing baristas with active shooter training as crime surges
Starbucks said it will provide its baristas with active shooter training as the coffee giant grapples with a surge in crime across big cities nationwide.

House on Zillow has a disturbing amount of storage space
A TikTok video of the listing has racked up over 3-million views because of the ridiculous amount of shelves and storage spaces.

Eat The Rich: Hipsters Buying $10 Popsicles Shaped Like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos
“I don’t think anybody in the whole world should be a billionaire,” she continued, saying that Bezos is “taking over all business, and small businesses can’t survive anymore.”

Politics...

Pew: Most Americans say Biden policies hurting economy
In all, just 13% of US adults rate the economy as “excellent” or “good” — drastically down from the 57% that said the same in early 2020.

Biden’s inexperienced lackeys unlikely to pull US out of inflation doom
You’ve heard the saying, “Get woke, go broke.” Well, that is exactly what is happening to America as President Biden prioritizes woke concerns such as climate change and gender and racial “equity” over sound economic management.

Why does Biden continue make little girls feel uncomfortable?
Here's Pedo Pete... err, Joe Biden, on another one of his bike rides earlier this week. This time he didn't fall over, but he did do something much, much worse.

Kamala Harris: ‘You Need To Get To Go And Need To Be Able To Get Where You Need To Go, To Do The Work’
Harris told the crowd that “together, we are expanding access to transportation.” She then suggested that transportation “seems like maybe a small issue; it’s a big issue. You need to get to go and need to be able to get where you need to go to do the work, and get home.”

DeSantis favored over Trump among Florida Republicans for 2024 GOP candidate
DeSantis took the lead with 50.9 percent who backed or preferred his candidacy, compared to Trump at 38.6 percent.

House passes measure to identify neo-Nazis in military and law enforcement
...and by neo-Nazi, they mean anyone who voted for Trump.

House Democrat witness calls abortion ‘an act of self-love’
Sarah Lopez, an "abortion storyteller" from the pro-abortion organization We Testify, testified on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She said, "my abortion was the best decision I ever made. It was an act of self-love."

AOC about ‘to deck’ heckler who harassed her on Capitol steps
"She wants to kill babies but she’s still beautiful. You look very beautiful in that dress. You look very sexy. Look at that booty on AOC," the heckler said. Later on Twitter, AOC said, "I was actually walking over to deck him because if no one will protect us then I’ll do it myself..."

Flashback: AOC Excuses Kavanaugh Dinner Harassment with Misinformation
“Poor guy. He left before his soufflé because he decided half the country should risk death if they have an ectopic pregnancy within the wrong state lines. It’s all very unfair to him. The least they could do is let him eat cake,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter.

Economy...

Inflation is giving Americans an unwanted pay cut — here's how much it's hitting your earnings
On a yearly basis, real average hourly earnings declined by 3.6%. When combined with a 0.9% decrease in the length of the average work week over the same period, real wages are down 4.4%.

Another Month Of Historic Inflation Means It’s Time To Stop Believing ‘Experts’ Who Say The Economy Is Fine
Ever since Biden assumed office, economic “experts” featured on TV screens and front pages have minimized inflation and the effects it is having on Americans.

Last change on mortgage refi: Traders are betting the Fed could raise interest rates by 1%
Could come at the Feds meeting on July 26-27.

Skyrocketing inflation forces shoppers to work overtime and change diets as prices soar
"I'm not vegan yet, I'm working on that," one shopper named Stacia said. "But I am a vegetarian now because of the price of meat. Can no longer afford it."

Border...

Growing number of illegals abducted by cartels at border, held for up to $10K ransom
Smugglers - often from cartels - who charge migrants thousands to slip into the US from Mexico are increasingly holding them for ransom once they cross the border, according to federal authorities.

WAR News... 

Ukraine needs $9 billion in foreign aid per month, top Zelensky adviser says
The total is far greater than the previous figure given last month of $5 billion per month.

Tulsi Gabbard warns where escalation with Russia could lead the US
"President Biden himself says he has no idea when or how it's going to end, but we know where this escalation leads. It leads us closer and closer to the brink of a nuclear war with Russia."

Flashback to April: Russian TV Is Musing About Nuking New York City
“So you understand, there would be virtually no New York left, there would be virtually no England left. From a single missile.”

North Korea recognizes breakaway of Russia's proxies in east Ukraine
Becomes just the third nation to recognize the two Russian-backed breakaway "people's republics" in Ukraine as independent states.

COVID-19...

California Students’ Scores Suffered During COVID Lockdowns, But Newsom Accepts An Award For Education
Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom went to Washington, D.C., this week in order to receive an award on behalf of the Golden State’s alleged education improvements.

Study finds COVID already mutating around Paxlovid, as FDA circumvents doctors to prescribe
"Ironically Biden has done what we feared Trump would" by "repeatedly" interfering in vaccine authorizations, "possibly for political" reasons, epidemiologist says.

He’s back: Fauci is once again spouting bad COVID advice
Fauci reemerged this week to urge that, because of rising infection rates, we consider a return to comprehensive masking protocols. That’s bad health-care policy, because it doesn’t follow the science.

Fired Disney workers sue company over alleged religious discrimination
Three Walt Disney World workers who were fired because they refused to wear face masks or get the COVID-19 vaccine due to religious reasons slapped the Florida theme park with a lawsuit.

Commie Update...

TikTok collects Americans' biometric data for China, influences what they see: FCC commissioner
The commissioner warned that Chinese engineers are determining what users see

Entertainment...

Grimes and Chelsea Manning break up
It was first revealed the duo were an item in March. The pair linked up after Grimes had split from Elon Musk for the second time.

Yellowstone Receives Zero Emmy Nominations While Woke Shows Get Multiple Nods
Yellowstone spurred multiple spinoffs, including the critically acclaimed prequel 1883, which did receive nominations for cinematography and music. But the two Westerns aren’t in the running for major awards like Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Drama Series.

Barbie star Ryan Gosling: Ken sure is pretty but he’s a loser
“Ken’s got no money, he’s got no job, he’s got no car, he’s got no house. He’s going through some stuff.” Barbie will open in theaters in 2023.

Studio 54 owner dies by assisted suicide
Mark Fleischman, the owner of legendary NYC nightclub Studio 54, died by assisted suicide in Switzerland. He was 82.

Media...

Leftist media claim that Josh Hawley is ‘transphobic’ because he thinks men can’t get pregnant
Salon and HuffPo each ran headlines that insisted the Missouri Republican was "schooled." Jezebel published a video titled, "Berkeley Law Professor Eviscerates Sen. Josh Hawley at Post-Roe Hearing." Heartland Signal said Hawley was "put in place" by Bridges.

Europe...

Report: 1,000 Girls Raped, Sexually Abused Because Cops Feared Being Called “Racist”
For 30 years, police in Telford, England, did nothing while 200 men raped and/or sexually abused 1,000 girls. The cops did nothing, a newly-released report says, because they feared that investigating “Asian” men, meaning Pakistanis and other Muslims, would “inflame racial tensions.”

Spain hits banks and utilities with windfall tax
Spain became the largest euro zone country to impose a windfall tax on banks in a sign of European governments’ search for funds to lessen the painful impact of price rises.

Middle East...

Biden adds another embarrassing gaffe to his record during Israel speech about the Holocaust
Biden, visiting Israel on Wednesday, said we must keep alive the "honor of the Holocaust."

Biden struggles with new no-handshake rule in Middle East
The White House said Biden would not shake hands when meeting with leaders in the Middle East due to COVID-19 risks, a policy he undermined almost immediately while greeting Israeli leaders in Jerusalem.

Politico: Joe Biden 'can't escape the legacy' of Donald Trump in the Middle East
"Trump made Jerusalem now the U.S.-recognized capital of Israel. He made it so there’s no longer a U.S. consulate that engages with the Palestinians. His policies assured that the dream of a Palestinian state is nearly dead and that Israel has more Arab friends than ever," the report continued.

Biden's visit: Not much enthusiasm in Jerusalem for president's trip
“What has he done for the State of Israel that he thinks he needs to come?” he asked rhetorically. With respect to the road closures and massive police deployment, the man said Biden should have “stayed in his basement.”

Jerusalem Post: Biden is plagued by ageism in the media
Moses remained the leader of the Children of Israel until his death at the age of 120. Queen Elizabeth of England is 96, and her mind is as sound as ever, even though she may be physically frail. Robert Mugabe ruled as President of Zimbabwe till he was 93 years old.

Environment...

Environmental terrorists expand tire-slashing operation beyond NYC
The U.K. climate group whose members deflated tires on an estimated 40 vehicles in New York City last month recently announced similar actions in cities nationwide.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Last year, I said Victoria's Secret was declaring bankruptcy by swapping its "Angels" for trans models...
Victoria's Secret & Co said on Tuesday it had cut about 160 management roles, or 5% of its home office staff, and hired a former Amazon executive as part of a reorganization effort.

National Women's Law Center president will not define 'woman'
The National Women’s Law Center president Fatima Goss-Graves would not define "woman" while testifying to a US House of Representatives committee.

Biological male identifying as transgender sues Chick-fil-a for sexual harassment
After being fired from Chick-fil-a for walking out during a shift, trans woman Erin Taylor has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the fast food chain.

Education...

Democrats’ Abortion Witness Further Proves Higher Education Is A Den Of Leftist Nutjobs
You’ll be hard pressed to find a college campus nowadays that doesn’t house faculty and staff who say men can have babies.

Health...

Scientists develop dissolvable implant that can relieve pain without drugs
The biocompatible implant is controlled by an external pump that allows the patient to activate it at the onset of pain and control its intensity. The implant would not require surgery to remove since it is water-soluble and will simply dissolve.

Doctor proposes floating 'abortion boat' in the Gulf of Mexico
Meg Autry announced the idea to The Washington Post, who of course published it.

Technology...

​Elon Musk targets Hunter Biden with ‘crack and hookers’ meme
Musk tweeted a meme featuring a man with several cameras attached to a helmet and the caption “Hunter Biden every time he buys crack and hookers.”

Twitter uses Elon Musk poop emoji as evidence in lawsuit against him
The social media platform, in its lawsuit against the Tesla CEO for backing out of the $44 billion acquisition, used the infamous poop emoji as evidence he had disparaged the company.

Amazon confirms giving Ring doorbell surveillance to police without notifying owners
It is the first time the company has admitted to handing over this type of information.

Science...

Astronomers detect mysterious 'heartbeat' in far-off galaxy
Democrats race to abort it.

Sports...

MLB pitcher says 'stop acting like COVID is far worse' than other illnesses, calls testing 'ridiculous'
"Stop acting like COVID is far worse than a lot of other things. I mean, not trying to get too much into it, but I was never sick. Never had a symptom."

Unvaccinated baseball player defiant as he's barred from crossing border into Toronto
"I'm not gonna let Canada tell me what I do and don't put in my body," Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto told a reporter.

George Foreman facing sexual abuse lawsuit, calls it extortion attempt
“Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family. They are falsely claiming that I sexually abused them over 45 years ago in the 1970s."

NFL legend says some former football players claim to have CTE for money
“You know, everyone wants to get there due, but there’s really guys that have it, that deserve to be taken care of. And there’s the guys that don’t have it who want to be — who want to have it just so they can get part of that lawsuit and that just drives me crazy,” Brian Urlacher said.

Animals...

Scared of being fed to Bigfoot while noodling, man kills friend
An Oklahoma man allegedly killed his friend over the weekend because he thought that the victim had summoned Bigfoot to kill him while they were fishing.

2003 - What would it take to have a Civil War in the US today?... Stu explains who Beyonce is... Schools teaching gender identity in sex-ed...

2009 - Group banned from 4th of July parade for handing out the constitution... Deficit surpasses $1-trillion...

2014 - Why Fox News got mad at Glenn years ago... Glenn's border plan... Where do waffles come from?...

Trump's proposal explained: Ukraine's path to peace without NATO expansion

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

Strategic compromise, not absolute victory, often ensures lasting stability.

When has any country been asked to give up land it won in a war? Even if a nation is at fault, the punishment must be measured.

After World War I, Germany, the main aggressor, faced harsh penalties under the Treaty of Versailles. Germans resented the restrictions, and that resentment fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler, ultimately leading to World War II. History teaches that justice for transgressions must avoid creating conditions for future conflict.

Ukraine and Russia must choose to either continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

Russia and Ukraine now stand at a similar crossroads. They can cling to disputed land and prolong a devastating war, or they can make concessions that might secure a lasting peace. The stakes could not be higher: Tens of thousands die each month, and the choice between endless bloodshed and negotiated stability hinges on each side’s willingness to yield.

History offers a guide. In 1967, Israel faced annihilation. Surrounded by hostile armies, the nation fought back and seized large swaths of territory from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. Yet Israel did not seek an empire. It held only the buffer zones needed for survival and returned most of the land. Security and peace, not conquest, drove its decisions.

Peace requires concessions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine will need to “get something” from a peace deal. He’s right. Israel proved that survival outweighs pride. By giving up land in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities, it stopped the cycle of war. Egypt and Israel have not fought in more than 50 years.

Russia and Ukraine now press opposing security demands. Moscow wants a buffer to block NATO. Kyiv, scarred by invasion, seeks NATO membership — a pledge that any attack would trigger collective defense by the United States and Europe.

President Donald Trump and his allies have floated a middle path: an Article 5-style guarantee without full NATO membership. Article 5, the core of NATO’s charter, declares that an attack on one is an attack on all. For Ukraine, such a pledge would act as a powerful deterrent. For Russia, it might be more palatable than NATO expansion to its border

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Peace requires concessions. The human cost is staggering: U.S. estimates indicate 20,000 Russian soldiers died in a single month — nearly half the total U.S. casualties in Vietnam — and the toll on Ukrainians is also severe. To stop this bloodshed, both sides need to recognize reality on the ground, make difficult choices, and anchor negotiations in security and peace rather than pride.

Peace or bloodshed?

Both Russia and Ukraine claim deep historical grievances. Ukraine arguably has a stronger claim of injustice. But the question is not whose parchment is older or whose deed is more valid. The question is whether either side is willing to trade some land for the lives of thousands of innocent people. True security, not historical vindication, must guide the path forward.

History shows that punitive measures or rigid insistence on territorial claims can perpetuate cycles of war. Germany’s punishment after World War I contributed directly to World War II. By contrast, Israel’s willingness to cede land for security and recognition created enduring peace. Ukraine and Russia now face the same choice: Continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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Seniors, children, and the isolated increasingly rely on machines for conversation, risking real relationships and the emotional depth that only humans provide.

Jill Smola is 75 years old. She’s a retiree from Orlando, Florida, and she spent her life caring for the elderly. She played games, assembled puzzles, and offered company to those who otherwise would have sat alone.

Now, she sits alone herself. Her husband has died. She has a lung condition. She can’t drive. She can’t leave her home. Weeks can pass without human interaction.

Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

But CBS News reports that she has a new companion. And she likes this companion more than her own daughter.

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

She spends five hours a day talking to her AI friend. They play games, do trivia, and just talk. She says she even prefers it to real people.

My first thought was simple: Stop this. We are losing our humanity.

But as I sat with the story, I realized something uncomfortable. Maybe we’ve already lost some of our humanity — not to AI, but to ourselves.

Outsourcing presence

How often do we know the right thing to do yet fail to act? We know we should visit the lonely. We know we should sit with someone in pain. We know what Jesus would do: Notice the forgotten, touch the untouchable, offer time and attention without outsourcing compassion.

Yet how often do we just … talk about it? On the radio, online, in lectures, in posts. We pontificate, and then we retreat.

I asked myself: What am I actually doing to close the distance between knowing and doing?

Human connection is messy. It’s inconvenient. It takes patience, humility, and endurance. AI doesn’t challenge you. It doesn’t interrupt your day. It doesn’t ask anything of you. Real people do. Real people make us confront our pride, our discomfort, our loneliness.

We’ve built an economy of convenience. We can have groceries delivered, movies streamed, answers instantly. But friendships — real relationships — are slow, inefficient, unpredictable. They happen in the blank spaces of life that we’ve been trained to ignore.

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

AI provides comfort without challenge. It eliminates the risk of real intimacy. It’s an elegant coping mechanism for loneliness, but a poor substitute for life. If we’re not careful, the lonely won’t just be alone — they’ll be alone with an anesthetic, a shadow that never asks for anything, never interrupts, never makes them grow.

Reclaiming our humanity

We need to reclaim our humanity. Presence matters. Not theory. Not outrage. Action.

It starts small. Pull up a chair for someone who eats alone. Call a neighbor you haven’t spoken to in months. Visit a nursing home once a month — then once a week. Ask their names, hear their stories. Teach your children how to be present, to sit with someone in grief, without rushing to fix it.

Turn phones off at dinner. Make Sunday afternoons human time. Listen. Ask questions. Don’t post about it afterward. Make the act itself sacred.

Humility is central. We prefer machines because we can control them. Real people are inconvenient. They interrupt our narratives. They demand patience, forgiveness, and endurance. They make us confront ourselves.

A friend will challenge your self-image. A chatbot won’t.

Our homes are quieter. Our streets are emptier. Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

Before we worry about how AI will reshape humanity, we must first practice humanity. It can start with 15 minutes a day of undivided attention, presence, and listening.

Change usually comes when pain finally wins. Let’s not wait for that. Let’s start now. Because real connection restores faster than any machine ever will.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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For years, the media warned of right-wing terror. But the bullets, bombs, and body bags are piling up on the left — with support from Democrat leaders and voters.

For decades, the media and federal agencies have warned Americans that the greatest threat to our homeland is the political right — gun-owning veterans, conservative Christians, anyone who ever voted for President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden once declared that white supremacy is “the single most dangerous terrorist threat” in the nation.

Since Trump’s re-election, the rhetoric has only escalated. Outlets like the Washington Post and the Guardian warned that his second term would trigger a wave of far-right violence.

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing.

They were wrong.

The real domestic threat isn’t coming from MAGA grandmas or rifle-toting red-staters. It’s coming from the radical left — the anarchists, the Marxists, the pro-Palestinian militants, and the anti-American agitators who have declared war on law enforcement, elected officials, and civil society.

Willful blindness

On July 4, a group of black-clad terrorists ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas. They hurled fireworks at the building, spray-painted graffiti, and then opened fire on responding law enforcement, shooting a local officer in the neck. Journalist Andy Ngo has linked the attackers to an Antifa cell in the Dallas area.

Authorities have so far charged 14 people in the plot and recovered AR-style rifles, body armor, Kevlar vests, helmets, tactical gloves, and radios. According to the Department of Justice, this was a “planned ambush with intent to kill.”

And it wasn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a growing pattern of continuous violent left-wing incidents since December last year.

Monthly attacks

Most notably, in December 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Mangione reportedly left a manifesto raging against the American health care system and was glorified by some on social media as a kind of modern Robin Hood.

One Emerson College poll found that 41% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said the murder was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

The next month, a man carrying Molotov cocktails was arrested near the U.S. Capitol. He allegedly planned to assassinate Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

In February, the “Tesla Takedown” attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships started picking up traction.

In March, a self-described “queer scientist” was arrested after allegedly firebombing the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graffiti on the burned building read “ICE = KKK.”

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-Pa.) official residence was firebombed on Passover night. The suspect allegedly set the governor’s mansion on fire because of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

In May, two young Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Witnesses said the shooter shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The suspect told police he acted “for Gaza” and was reportedly linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

In June, an Egyptian national who had entered the U.S. illegally allegedly threw a firebomb at a peaceful pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people were hospitalized, and an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor later died from her injuries.

That same month, a pro-Palestinian rioter in New York was arrested for allegedly setting fire to 11 police vehicles. In Los Angeles, anti-ICE rioters smashed cars, set fires, and hurled rocks at law enforcement. House Democrats refused to condemn the violence.

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In Portland, Oregon, rioters tried to burn down another ICE facility and assaulted police officers before being dispersed with tear gas. Graffiti left behind read: “Kill your masters.”

On July 7, a Michigan man opened fire on a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and an agent. Border agents returned fire, killing the suspect.

Days later in California, ICE officers conducting a raid on an illegal cannabis farm in Ventura County were attacked by left-wing activists. One protester appeared to fire at federal agents.

This is not a series of isolated incidents. It’s a timeline of escalation. Political assassinations, firebombings, arson, ambushes — all carried out in the name of radical leftist ideology.

Democrats are radicalizing

This isn’t just the work of fringe agitators. It’s being enabled — and in many cases encouraged — by elected Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz routinely calls ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attempted to block an ICE operation in her city. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to them as “secret police terrorizing our communities.”

Apparently, other Democratic lawmakers, according to Axios, are privately troubled by their own base. One unnamed House Democrat admitted that supporters were urging members to escalate further: “Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.” Others were demanding blood in the streets to get the media’s attention.

A study from Rutgers University and the National Contagion Research Institute found that 55% of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that murdering Donald Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing. They don’t want the chaos to stop. They want to harness it, normalize it, and weaponize it.

The truth is, this isn’t just about ICE. It’s not even about Trump. It’s about whether a republic can survive when one major party decides that our institutions no longer apply.

Truth still matters. Law and order still matter. And if the left refuses to defend them, then we must be the ones who do.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

America's comeback: Trump is crushing crime in the Capitol

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Trump’s DC crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Donald Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard to restore law and order. This move is long overdue.

D.C.’s crime problem has been spiraling for years as local authorities and Democratic leadership have abandoned the nation’s capital to the consequences of their own failed policies. The city’s murder rate is about three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-led Havana, Cuba.

When DC is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak.

Theft, assaults, and carjackings have transformed many of its streets into war zones. D.C. saw a 32% increase in homicides from 2022 to 2023, marking the highest number in two decades and surpassing both New York and Los Angeles. Even if crime rates dropped to 2019 levels, that wouldn’t be good enough.

Local leaders have downplayed the crisis, manipulating crime stats to preserve their image. Felony assault, for example, is no longer considered a “violent crime” in their crime stats. Same with carjacking. But the reality on the streets is different. People in D.C. are living in constant fear.

Trump isn’t waiting for the crime rate to improve on its own. He’s taking action.

Broken windows theory in action

Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts the “broken windows theory” into action — the idea that ignoring minor crimes invites bigger ones. When authorities look the other way on turnstile-jumping or graffiti, they signal that lawbreaking carries no real consequence.

Rudy Giuliani used this approach in the 1990s to clean up New York, cracking down on small offenses before they escalated. Trump is doing the same in the capital, drawing a hard line and declaring enough is enough. Letting crime fester in Washington tells the world that the seat of American power tolerates lawlessness.

What Trump is doing for D.C. isn’t just about law enforcement — it’s about national identity. When D.C. is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak. The capital city represents the soul of the country. If we can’t even keep our own capital safe, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously?

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Reversing the decline

Anyone who has visited D.C. regularly over the past several years has witnessed its rapid decline. Homeless people bathe in the fountains outside Union Station. People are tripping out in Dupont Circle. The left’s negligence is a disgrace, enabling drug use and homelessness to explode on our capital’s streets while depriving these individuals of desperately needed care and help.

Restoring law and order to D.C. is not about politics or scoring points. It’s about doing what’s right for the people. It’s about protecting communities, taking the vulnerable off the streets, and sending the message to both law-abiding and law-breaking citizens alike that the rule of law matters.

D.C. should be a lesson to the rest of America. If we want to take our cities back, we need leadership willing to take bold action. Trump is showing how to do it.

Now, it’s time for other cities to step up and follow his lead. We can restore law and order. We can make our cities something to be proud of again.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.