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Morning Brief 2022-08-02

August 02, 2022
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Rep. Chris Stewart
TOPIC: China threatens that its military will not "sit idly by" while Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Eric Schmitt
TOPIC: Is THIS the 'Eric' Donald Trump endorsed for Missouri Senate primary?

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM, MG

Domestic News...

Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up IRS Audits
The president’s “American Families Plan,” which he will detail this week, will be offset in part by a tax enforcement effort that administration officials believe will raise $700 billion over a decade.

Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action
The companies said race needs to be considered to help build diverse workforces.

Los Angeles Ends Citizenship Requirement for Government Jobs
"This motion seeks to make clear that the County, as one of the largest employers in the region, strives to be an inclusive and diverse workforce, and is committed to not excluding nor allowing citizenship to be a barrier to employment.”

George Soros says it's not his fault violent crime is on the rise
"The most rigorous academic study, analyzing data across 35 jurisdictions, shows no connection between the election of reform-minded prosecutors and local crime rates."

San Francisco CEO mugged at gunpoint, warns Mayor Breed about the ‘absolutely unacceptable’ crime rate
Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam was mugged outside his $15 million home in San Francisco last month. Owned by the Vanguard Group and BlackRock, Prologis is the largest industrial real estate firm in the world.

US Department Of Commerce Asks Gun Holster Companies For Sales Records
Why would the Census Bureau request customer records from American gun holster companies?

Ammunition distributor claims a lot of “missing” packages from UPS
Patrick Collins, from The Gun Food, claims that many packages he’s shipped out via UPS have been turning up missing.

Wisconsin clerks refer 10 new voter fraud cases from 2020 election
Some cases involved voting in two different states or voter impersonation.

Chilling audio from moments before co-pilot jumped from plane at 3,500 feet
The co-pilot of a small cargo plane in North Carolina reportedly jumped out of the aircraft before the other pilot successfully made an emergency landing, authorities said.

Politics...

Manchin will talk to Sinema about supporting climate, tax deal
Sinema has kept silent about whether she will support the deal, which needs the votes of all 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus to pass.

Democratic anxiety grows over Sinema’s silence
Democratic lawmakers are privately worried that Sinema’s not happy about being left out of the negotiations between Schumer and Manchin.

Jean-Pierre And Doocy Spar Over Tax Increases
“So, the Joint Committee on Taxation, which you guys heralded as an effective body when you were selling the infrastructure package, is not to be trusted here?” Doocy asked.

Jean-Pierre’s Attempted Joke Largely Gets Crickets From Reporters
KJP about PBiden’s condition after testing positive for COVID-19 a second time. “The day’s still young, you never know,” she joked. “Just making a joke, clearly it was not funny. I will try harder next time to be more funny.”

House Republicans Introduce Resolution Declaring Critical Race Theory A Threat To US
The resolution, first obtained by the Daily Caller, mentions the similarities between CRT and Marxism, and states that CRT is a Marxist ideology.

Trump, DeSantis top prospective 2024 GOP primary: Harvard/Harris poll
The poll found that in a hypothetical eight-way primary for the GOP’s 2024 nod, Trump is far-and-away the frontrunner, scoring 52 percent support. DeSantis, meanwhile, is the only candidate to win double-digit support at 19 percent.

Final stretch of primaries will showcase a divided GOP
With less than 100 days to go until the November midterms, lasting rifts over the past election will take center stage.

Three Republicans who backed impeachment face the voters
Washington’s Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse and Michigan’s Peter Meijer face Trump-backed challengers.

Herschel Walker Responds To MSNBC Contributor Using Racist Slur On Him
Walker promised Monday to pray for the MSNBC contributor who suggested he was one of the “negroes” who would do what Republicans wanted him to do.

Liz Cheney boasts support of Yellowstone star Kevin Costner: 'Real men put country over party'
If you don't vote for Cheney, you're not a real man.

CNN Tried To Find People In Wyoming Who Like Liz Cheney. It Didn’t Go Well
CNN went to the Wyoming capital’s annual cowboy and rodeo festival last week to learn how voters felt about Liz Cheney.

Democrat plows through cyclist with SUV and speeds off, hasn't been charged with a crime
Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise couldn't even be bothered to stop to see if the man she ran over is okay.

Economy...

Unrelenting inflation is driving up costs, leaving more Americans living paycheck to paycheck
Over one month, average savings dropped from $11,274 in May to $10,757 in June.

June 2020 vs June 2022
A look at how things have been going under Biden.

GEICO closes all California offices, lays off workers
The changes leave online options through a computer or a mobile device as the only way to obtain a GEICO policy in California.

WAR News... 

U.S. Intel Kills Leader Of Al Qaeda Who Took Over After Bin Laden, Reports Say
A CIA drone strike in Afghanistan was successful in killing Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who has led the Islamic terrorist group ever since U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Terrorism Experts Quickly Note Major Problem As Biden Celebrates CIA Killing Al Qaeda Leader
When Biden cut and ran from Afghanistan last year, he declared that Al Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan.

US Emergency Crude Stockpile Falls to Lowest in 37 Years
The U.S. emergency crude oil stockpile fell to its lowest point since 1985 last week, dropping to more than 469.9 million barrels, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.

"Nuclear Annihilation": UN Chief Issues Dire Warning
Guterres went on to say that the world is experiencing “nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War,” pointing to unrest in the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula, as well as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Japan fears Putin will bring nuclear bombs back to battlefield
Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling amid the war in Ukraine has made the return of nuclear warfare “a real possibility,” according to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Hawley vows to vote ‘no’ on adding Sweden and Finland to NATO
“Finland and Sweden want to join the Atlantic Alliance to head off further Russian aggression in Europe. That is entirely understandable given their location and security needs. But America’s greatest foreign adversary doesn’t loom over Europe. It looms in Asia."

MONKEYVID-19...

California declares a state of emergency over monkeypox outbreak, following New York and Illinois
Monkeypox is rarely fatal and no deaths have been reported in the U.S so far.

San Francisco Hosted Kink Fest Despite Obvious Monkeypox Risk
The Up Your Alley festival is “usually described as a bit kinkier/nastier, more gay male centric” than other similar leather, kink and fetish festivals in San Francisco.

White House identifies six close contacts of Biden’s 'rebound' case of COVID-19
There were 17 close contacts tied to Biden’s original positive test, which came after he returned from a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia. None of those individuals have since tested positive for COVID-19.

The Atlantic: Of Course Biden Has Rebound COVID
Biden was prescribed Paxlovid. Like many Paxlovid takers, he soon tested negative and resumed his normal activities. And then, like many Paxlovid takers, his infection came right back.

Hospital system to pay $10.3m in settlement with workers over COVID vaccine mandate
A Christian ministry says it has settled a class action lawsuit against an Illinois hospital system on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care employees who opposed the system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

Holocaust Survivor Draws Parallels in Current Society to Nazi Germany
...these memories returned in 2020 during the web of COVID-19 restrictions that spun out of control with the help of media propaganda, she said.

Claim: Long-term disability claims are soaring among pilots
The pilots union at a major US airline internally reports a 300 percent rise in long-term disability claims this year among its members.

Commie Update...

Taiwan cancels leave of some soldiers ‘to immediately prepare for war’
Taiwanese defense officials have canceled the leave of some soldiers and officers “to immediately prepare" for the chance of war in response to Pelosi’s visit to Asia this week.

China warns its military will 'not sit idly by' if Pelosi visits Taiwan
Spokesperson Zhao Lijian also said that because of Pelosi's status as the "No. 3 official of the U.S. government", a visit to Taiwan would "lead to egregious political impact".

Pelosi-Linked Lobbyists Are Pushing China’s Social Credit System For American Citizens
Ant Group – a payment platform used to implement “vaccine passports” and a “social credit” system in China – has retained a number of American lobbying firms, including some with ties to Pelosi, Obama, and Romney.

Cold War Lessons For US-China Today
How did the Cold War affect US diplomacy and its actions abroad? And what lessons about gently coaxing Gorbachev back into the bosom of the international community need to be relearned?

China’s property sales are set to plunge 30%
Property sales are set to plunge this year by more than they did during the 2008 financial crisis, according to new estimates from S&P Global Ratings.

N. Korea uses the cover of “health checks” to investigate citizen registries
The authorities are investigating people wandering around their jurisdictions or secretly living in other people’s homes without properly registering their place of residence.

Entertainment...

Disneyland Removes Walt Disney’s “Pro America” Welcome Speech From 67th Anniversary Celebration
No company has done more to tarnish the legacy of its founder than The Walt Disney Company.

Media...

Reuters Fact Checks Biden Meme
Social media users are sharing a video of U.S. President Joe Biden walking away momentarily during a speech given by U.S. First Lady Jill Biden and claiming that he was distracted by an ice cream truck.

Media Hacks Pout As Republicans Treat Them Like the Trash They Are
Have you ever noticed how all the media mistakes always go in one direction? It’s so weird.

Behind the scenes with MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who’s helping save democracy with that big map
'I don’t think of it as election night,' Kornacki said. 'I think of it as election week.'

Middle East...

Iran declares it can use nuclear missiles to turn 'New York into hellish ruins'
The Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday said that it can develop a nuclear weapon within a rapid-fire amount of time and obliterate New York with ballistic missiles.

Children in Houston sing religious anthem associated with Iranian regime
The song is primarily addressed to a messianic figure in Shi'ite belief, but it also addresses the supreme leader of Iran.

Environment...

Coal is making a comeback and consumption could return to 2013′s record levels
Coal prices are soaring and global coal consumption is expected to return to record levels reached almost 10 years ago as the global energy supply crunch continues.

US nuclear regulator greenlights its first small modular reactor
NuScale's small modular reactor design promises safe, clean energy at radically reduced cost, land use and installation time.

Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth’s atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer
The atmospheric water vapor could also contribute to global warming.

LGBTQIA2S+...

The Beginning of the End of 'Gender-Affirming Care'?
Britain is closing the infamous Tavistock Centre. Finland and Sweden have radically revised their treatment guidelines. But American doctors are advertising surgeries to children on TikTok.

British Veteran Arrested At Home Under UK Censorship Laws After Reposting LGBT Meme That ‘Caused Anxiety’
A police spokeswoman told The Federalist officers confronted Brady after a report ‘that an offensive image had been shared online.’

Education...

GAO: The federal government had expected $114b income on student loans. But it could lose $197b.
The GAO analysis found that loans made between 1997 and 2021 are expected to cost the government almost $9 for every $100 disbursed. That’s a big difference from the government’s expectation that the loans would generate $6 for each $100 lent.

Prof Who Called Students ‘C*ck Suckers’ Settles With University
Professor Barry Mehler agreed to accept $95,000 as a settlement after facing a suspension in January for his vulgar welcome video.

Religion...

Can the Church Regain Its Prophetic Voice?
To the extent that we live out our faith in the days ahead, we can regain our voice. And somehow, even defying nature, we can become salty again.

Big Tech...

The Mind-Blowing Stupidity Behind the $280 Billion 'Chips for America Act'
What are the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of this legislation? When has a government industrial policy, picking winners and losers ever worked?

Bernie Sanders Calls A Spade A Spade On Congress’ Massive Chipmaker Bill
Last week, the barefoot boys who run the shoestring operation that is the semiconductor industry, managed to make off with $79 billion of taxpayer cash. They were assisted in this effort by bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress.

Google CEO tells employees productivity and focus must improve
“There are real concerns that our productivity as a whole is not where it needs to be for the head count we have.”

Elon Musk triggers Wikipedia founder with 5-word tweet amid recession definition feud
"Wikipedia is losing its objectivity," Musk tweeted and tagged Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who responded "Reading too much Twitter nonsense is making you stupid."

Elon Musk Dad Says He's Not Proud of Son, Says He's Fat
Elon has made it clear, he detests his dad and blames him for his family's early struggles.

Science...

The Earth Just Started Spinning Faster Than Ever Before And Scientists Don’t Know Why
Experts fear the consequences could be “devastating.”

The Coziest Spot on the Moon
A shadowy cave at the bottom of a lunar pit might not sound like a nice spot, but it’s more comfortable than the surface.

Rep. Young Kim: The space race is not over — it is only beginning, and we are behind
The U.S. has led in innovative research and development since the beginning of the 20th century, but now we are stagnant as our adversaries make tremendous strides in emerging technologies.

Animals...

Terrifying Video Catches Sharks Swimming In Shallow Water Feet From Shore
Sharks were were just feet from the shore at Neptune Beach, Florida.

August 2, 2007 - Glenn comes away very impressed after meeting George W Bush in White House... Is 'the surge' in Iraq actually working?... Glenn is going to a Michael Buble concert tonight...

August 2, 2010 - Media celebrates Chelsea Clinton's wedding... Pelosi promised to drain the swamp... As we approach the 2010 midterms, Democrats are still blaming Bush for all ills...

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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.

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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?

Bloomberg / Contributor | Getty Images

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.