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Morning Brief 2022-08-22

August 22, 2022
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: John Solomon
TOPIC: Is the FBI raid on President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home connected to declassified documents in the Russia collusion probe?

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Rebekah Koffler
TOPIC: Car bomb in Russia kills daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM, SB

Banana Republic...

Think The FBI Deserves The Benefit Of The Doubt? Think Again.
A look at the FBI’s last six years shows a pattern of irredeemable corruption.

Trump's response to FBI raid proves he failed to understand one key thing
Yes, the president can declassify documents. But there is a process.

Trump hints at ‘major’ announcement after FBI raid
“A major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment will soon be filed concerning the illegal Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, right before the ever important Mid-Term Elections,” he posted.

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu calls Biden, Garland 'morons' over handling of Mar-a-Lago raid
"If they didn’t anticipate this type of response from the American people, well, they’re morons," Sununu said. "They really are. They’re absolute fools."

The Return of Peter Strzok: How a Fired FBI Official Is Making the Case Against Himself
Strzok has sounded at times like a virtual troll on social media. Recently, he again lashed out at the story that the FBI took Trump’s passport and mocked Trump’s call to lower the temperature in the country after the raid.

Domestic News...

Summer of Rage: Biden Admin Ignores Systematic Attack on Religious Communities in Wake of Dobbs Leak
According to a list maintained by the Family Research Council, there have been 87 attacks on churches or pregnancy centers since the Dobbs decision was leaked.

A Fake Abortion Clinic Tried to Sabotage My Pregnancy Termination
We were in a heat wave, a pandemic ... asking my partner to get me a pregnancy test was just a precaution. But the two lines came up very clearly. ... Immediately, I knew what I had to do: I had to have an abortion.

Flash mob loots an LA 7-Eleven after 'street takeover'
A "street takeover" earlier spawned an "angry" mob of looters who ripped off and ransacked a 7-Eleven store. “People are getting really tired of this.”

Actor Frank Grillo Questions What’s Happened To LA After His Boxing Trainer Is Shot And Killed
The NBC Los Angeles reporter also claimed that Grillo informed him that “Bennett’s death is another example of out of control crime in the city.”

Video shows NYC cabbie – a father of 4 – getting beaten to death in broad daylight
Some of the attackers had multiple prior arrests. And yet they were back out on the streets, free to kill a beloved, hard-working father and husband. Ask yourself: Who is responsible for that?

Video shows NYC dollar-store shoplifters putting worker in chokehold
The worker said that when she confronted the crooks, they fought her, including putting her in a chokehold. The attack was the third such violent incident in the last year.

SWAT team sent to arrest Atlanta man who spray-painted swastikas on LGBTQ rainbow crosswalk
"When the suspect wouldn’t come out, Atlanta police SWAT teams were requested. ... Roads in the area were blocked off as officers worked to get the man out safely."

DEA seizes fentanyl pills that look like candy, seem to be marketed toward children in the DC area
"My biggest concern, and I think the biggest concern of DEA nationwide, is that the pills seem to be marketed specifically to a younger age group"

Documentarian Discovers Some Unusual Shots in His Jan. 6 Footage That Blow up the Dem Narrative
This has been reported before, albeit not widely.

FBI Lied To Court En Route To Seizing Property Owned By Private Vault Company Customers
There is no doubt civil asset forfeiture perverts law enforcement’s incentives. When a government agency can directly profit from seizing people’s property, it will do this as often as it can.

Politics...

America Has Become Less Liberal, but Not Necessarily More Conservative
Morning Consult surveys show the declining share of Americans identifying as liberal has grown the moderate middle.

Democrats' surge ahead of midterms revealed in shock poll results
The latest data, separately tracked by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, have raised the question: Can President Joe Biden's party defy expectations and deliver a middle-of-the-road outcome in November?

Trump calls McConnell a ‘broken down hack’ after he doubted GOP chances in 2022
"He should spend more time (and money!) helping them get elected, and less time helping his crazy wife and family get rich on China!”

Liz Cheney pledges to help elect Democrats
Don't let anyone tell you that T.D.S. isn't a real mental disorder.

California Democrats are divided on whether they want Biden to run again: Poll
46% are in favor of another Biden White House bid, 46% oppose the idea.

Biden said Trump Oval Office letter was 'more gracious' than 'he anticipated'
The letter was revealed at the end of a lengthy New York Times report published Saturday, which focused on the Trump administration's handling of presidential records through the transition.

VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears: Education ‘Is A National Security Crisis’
“We are losing to the Chinas [of the world], to the Russias, even Estonia is beating us in math,” she continued. “In science and technology, we’re losing. We need to have education up here now.”

Economy...

CNN: America just got a $100-a-month raise
Next time you stop at a gas station, think of it as a $100-a-month tax cut. Or a maybe $100-a-month raise.

US Petroleum Reserves Hit Lowest Level In Decades Ahead Of Winter Months
The national average price of gasoline was $2.07 per gallon on Nov 7, 2020. Prices surpassed $5.00 per gallon in early June before subsiding to $3.92 per gallon as of Friday, according to AAA.

Inflation Is Quietly Stripping Us Of Our Private Property Rights
I used to scoff at the mention of "The Great Reset,” or the idea that a handful of elites are running the global show behind the scenes. Needless to say, on the other side of the pandemic, I have warmed up to the idea in a big way.

Only 3% of corporate execs think US can avoid a recession
Survey finds that that 18% of corporate executives, business owners, and private equity investors believe the economy has already contracted and is in a recession. That compares to about 79% who expect a downturn within the next 18 months.

Morgan Stanley: Cash Looks 'Relatively Attractive' Right Now
What If Holding Cash Is Just Efficient Asset Allocation?

Military Families Suffering As Housing Benefits Can't Keep Up With Exploding Rent
The Department of Defense continues to neglect its commitment to help its service members find affordable places to live.

Why rents are soaring pretty much everywhere in the U.S.
A recession wouldn't bring much relief for renters. When the economy slows down, rents don't fall. One reason rent prices are a bit recession-proof is people are less likely to buy homes when the economy isn't doing well.

Alaska fights back against SEC ‘woke’ investment fund rules hurting American investors
Alaska AG Treg Taylor is joining a 21-state coalition in filing formal criticism with the SEC about a proposed rule requiring investment funds to consider ESG factors when making investment decisions.

Border...

Biden beach house barrier cost swells to nearly $500K
The Department of Homeland Security has shelled out nearly $500K to install fencing around President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach home in Delaware.

WAR News... 

Zelensky Warns Of 'Nastier' Phase Of War As Russia Says Dugin Car Bombing Was A 'Contract Killing'
"We should be conscious of the fact that this week Russia may try to do something particularly nasty," the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday. “But Russia has done the same constantly each week throughout the past six months.”

US says potential false flag attack on Ukraine nuclear plant right out of ‘Russian playbook’
Ukraine has accused Russia of planning to stage what would look like a “large-scale terrorist attack” on the nuclear plant and falsely blame Ukraine for endangering Europe.

MONKEYVID-19...

Bill Maher Blasts Republicans and Democrats Over COVID Relief Programs
“It doesn’t really make me a conservative, does it, that I don’t want to be absolutely robbed blind? Is there some number at which I go, ‘You are just taking my money and wasting it and letting people steal it.'”

Khloe Kardashian and Reese Witherspoon got millions in PPP loans they didn't pay back
The companies of mega-rich celebrities, including billionaires Kanye West and Jay-Z, received millions in government PPP loans – and in virtually every case, the A-listers have been let off the hook for paying back the full amount.

California school calls police because a 4-year-old won't wear his mask
The boy's father recorded the confrontation between himself and the school’s principal.

Los Angeles County Offering Free COVID Tests For Pets
A pet may qualify for the free tests if they were exposed to a human or animal with COVID. As of August 18, 177 tests had been conducted. Zero positive cases were reported.

CDC Recommends Masking To Stop Monkeypox Despite Growing Evidence It Spreads Through Sex
Also, despite the lack of live virus found in the samples, the paper still warns that monkeypox can spread through surface contact.

Commie Update...

China’s drills to change US military assumptions
China will send small units to infiltrate Taiwan and use its naval and air superiority to block the U.S. military.

Entertainment...

Alec Baldwin Now Blames Two Specific People For ‘Rust’ Shooting
No, he isn't one of them.

Gary Busey charged with sex offenses at Monster-Mania Con
Busey, 78, has not responded to the charges. Busey starred in a number of films, most notably "Predator 2" in 1990 and most recently "Sharknado 4" in 2016.

HBO Max removes three dozen movies and TV series from its platform
For Warner Bros. Discovery, there are three main motivations behind the cuts: slashing costs, moving away from content aimed at kids and families, and decluttering the service.

Media...

Stelter’s Final Words...
CNN’s Brian Stelter unironically said platforms cannot be given “to those lying to our faces” while closing out his final episode of “Reliable Sources” on Sunday.

Trump mocks CNN's Brian Stelter after show Reliable Sources was canceled
"Trivia question: Who’s got less charisma, Brian Stelter or Liz Cheney?" Trump wrote. "I say Liz Cheney, because Stelter could have gotten more votes than she did the other night in Wyoming — She lost by 40!"

CNN Staff Brace for Change as Chris Licht Era Starts to Take Shape
"There will be more changes and you might not understand it or like it," Licht told staff Friday.

WaPo Editorial Board: MAGA Republicans shut out the media — and the public
Candidates have been trying to bypass mainstream media scrutiny for generations. ... Both parties deserve criticism on this front, but the worst offenders, by far, come from the GOP’s MAGA wing.

NY Times: The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed
Liberals have been attempting to reclaim the Constitution for 50 years — with agonizingly little to show for it. It’s time for them to radically alter the basic rules of the game.

Conflict of Interest: New Washington Post National Editor Recused From FBI Coverage
WaPo has recused its new national editor, Matea Gold, from coverage of the FBI and Justice Department over a personal conflict of interest.

Canada...

Canada: 'Mature' youth under the age of 18 and the mentally ill will soon qualify for euthanasia
Canada's euthanasia law is "probably the biggest existential threat to disabled people since the Nazis’ program in Germany in the 1930s."

Environment...

Trump-Appointed Judge Permanently Blocks Biden Oil And Gas Leasing Pause In 13 States
Terry Doughty, the U.S. district judge for the Western District of Louisiana, ruled that the White House overreached in the ban.

Climate change caused massive waves of evolution in reptiles: Study
Reptiles evolved at an alarming rate to suit themselves to changes in climate, Harvard study finds.

LGBTQIA2S+...

The future of pediatric medicine: Chemical castration and surgical mutilation
To understand gender ideology and its motivations, one must first recognize that this cultural battle is only happening because trans activists have successfully waged a war on our language, hijacking basic concepts and definitions to normalize an ideology that is anything but.

Dem-Appointed Judge Opens The Door To More Men Being Housed In Women’s Prisons
A Democrat-appointed judge ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to individuals with gender dysphoria.

After Reports Biological Male Assaulted Girl In FL School Bathroom, Florida Education Department Takes Action
The Florida Department of Education is ordering schools to alert parents if their children are forced to use bathrooms with students of the opposite sex.

Education...

62% of college Dems would never share a dorm room with a Trump supporter
The survey found that Democrat college students were far less tolerant of opposing points of view than Republicans students, of whom only 28% said they wouldn't share a dorm room with a Democrat.

Berkeley's 'diversity vow' a depressing token of woke academia
If you want to work at Berkeley, you're now required to write an essay about how much you support diversity, equity, and inclusion philosophy. If you do not demonstrate sufficient enthusiasm, you are sure not to be hired.

Parents, here is your back-to-school checklist to combat wokeism at your child's school
Three key tools for parents to combat wokeism as children go back to school.

Guessing C For Every Answer Is Literally Enough To Pass The New York State Algebra Exam
What good is a test that says a student knows algebra when all he really knows how to do is guess all Cs?

Health...

Surgeon pulls cockroach out of a woman's ear
A woman in her 70s arrived at the emergency medicine and complained of suffering from very loud noise and a tingling sensation and intense irritation in her ear.

Technology...

Twitter CFO Warns Employees That Annual Bonuses Could Be Cut In Half
Due to economic uncertainty.

Travel...

Disneyland raises price of annual pass
Prices for the tiered passes have increased to $50 and $200 more than last year, ranging from $700 to $1600. Disneyland's first annual pass debuted in 1982 at $100 for adults.

Sports...

Dennis Rodman heading to Russia to seek release of Brittney Griner
"I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl," Rodman told an NBC News reporter at a D.C. restaurant Saturday evening, referencing Griner. "I'm trying to go this week."

Animals...

Megalodon sharks were longer than bus, heavy as 10 elephants
A 3D modeling, built thanks to scans of a shockingly well-preserved megalodon shark vertebrate column, helped show just how massive these giant sharks were.

Aug 22, 1998 - Live from WABC in NYC... Osama bin Laden says war with US is coming... Glenn asks, 'Are you ready to walk down the street and see body parts, because that's what we're in for'...

Aug 22, 2003 - The emerging post-9/11 world... Glenn goes to Hollywood, celebrity sightings... Egyptians sue 'Jews' for gold stolen during exodus from Egypt...

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

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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.

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

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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.