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Morning Brief 2022-10-11

October 11, 2022
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Ken Paxton
TOPIC: Is the Texas attorney general race closer than we think?

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Matt Whitaker
TOPIC: The incredible story of Helmuth Hübener.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: John Solomon
TOPIC: In conjunction with the federal government, the Election Integrity Partnership worked to censor millions of social media posts deemed "misinformation" during the 2020 election.

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

Domestic News...

Blue States Have Worse Inequality Than Red Ones, New Census Data Shows
Although liberals prioritize reducing the “gaps” between people — known more recently as promoting “equity” — a statistical regression shows that the more liberal a state is, the more likely it is to have inequality.

More Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines Authorized to Pack Heat
Over 200,000 federal bureaucrats now have been granted the authority to carry guns and make arrests – more than the 186,000 serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

FBI Officials Who Briefed Facebook on Hunter Biden Story Are Dem Donors
Social network says it censored story after briefing from government agents.

Major Rail Union Rejects Biden-Backed Deal, Reigniting Strike Fears
One of the largest rail unions in the country rejected a Biden administration-brokered deal with railways Monday over concerns regarding working conditions, forcing both sides back to the bargaining table and raising the specter of a potentially devastating strike next month.

Colorado: 30,000 non-citizens received voter registration notices by mistake
The mailers were printed in English and Spanish and read, “Make sure your voice is heard this November.” They provided instructions on how to register to vote and information about eligibility requirements.

Campaign To Recall Far-Left DA To Sue LA County For ‘Wrongfully’ Rejecting Signatures, Using ‘Inflated’ Voter Rolls
The campaign to recall DA George Gascon announces a lawsuit against the L.A. County registrar after the campaign says an initial review of some of nearly 200K invalidated signatures shows 39% were wrongfully rejected. The campaign alleges that L.A. voter rolls are inflated by between 200K and 500K.

Hookers overtake Oakland neighborhoods after Newsom decriminalized loitering for prostitution
Newsom signed legislation in July that deleted loitering for the purposes of prostitution as a crime. Proponents of the law said that the law was too subjective and police officers were targeting minority women, transgender people, and "non-gender-conforming people" disproportionately.

California to ban plastic bags that grocery shoppers use to stow produce
"It flies around landfills and flies out of trucks. It gets stuck on gears at recycling facilities. And it contaminates compost. It’s a problematic product we want to get rid of."

California Democrat who wants to ban Blue Angels complains about criticism
A San Francisco city council member who suggested that the Blue Angels should be banned from the city’s airspace expressed his frustration Sunday about outside criticism of the city and its policies.

California restaurant defends Mike Lindell after visit
Tres Chiles Picosos posted an image of the MyPillow CEO alongside two staffers following his visit, with expressions of gratitude for his patronage.

Politics...

Christopher Columbus has higher net favorability rating among Hispanics than Biden or Harris
The poll found that 53% viewed Columbus favorably, while 24% viewed him unfavorably, giving the historical figure a positive 29% net favorability rating.

Sen. Liz Warren hit with merciless mockery after tweeting about Indigenous Peoples' Day
"On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we celebrate the remarkable contributions, cultures, & resilience of tribal nations & Native communities," Warren tweeted.

Obama tells foreign leaders 'sexist' and 'racist' Republicans must be beaten
Speaking at a closed-door session during the Copenhagen Democracy Summit in June, Obama warned of a "sexist" and "angry" political opposition that isn't "persuadable."

Fetterman Still Needs Closed Captions To Understand Questions
Fetterman struggled to participate in a recent interview with New York magazine, requiring closed captioning technology to understand his interviewer.

Alaskan Senator Murkowski Is In Danger Of Losing Reelection
Murkowski, 78, risks losing the election to the other Republican candidate, Kelly Tshibaka, who has a 52% chance of winning, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Five takeaways from Monday's Senate debate in Ohio
Democrat Tim Ryan attempted to paint himself as being a maverick and not just the run-of-the-mill Democrat he actually he is.

GOP Challenger Catching Up With Gretchen Whitmer As Election Day Approaches
The poll shows Tudor Dixon behind Whitmer by 6%. The single-digit margin is significantly narrower than earlier in the year, when some polls showed Whitmer in the lead by as much as 37%.

Al Sharpton Says Only ‘Insecure Men’ Won’t Vote For Stacey Abrams
“Who would not be proud of Stacey Abrams, unless you’re so insecure as a man that you feel that you’ve got to be manipulated by probably some provocateurs or the faith community?”

Nike co-founder donates $1 million to Oregon's GOP gubernatorial candidate
Phil Knight is backing a second candidate in Oregon's gubernatorial race after donating several million dollars to independent candidate Betsy Johnson.

Powerful LA Democrat Steps Down After Recording Shows She Went on Racist Rant
Martinez's resignation may upend Los Angeles' increasingly tight mayoral race between Rick Caruso, a former Republican who has run a tough-on-crime campaign, and Karen Bass, a left-wing Democratic congresswoman.

Economy...

Larry Summers: Pipeline cancellation was 'mistake'
Summers, who served as treasury secretary under Clinton and was the director of the National Economic Council under Obama, admitted that canceling the Keystone Pipeline was a "mistake" and that slowing oil permits and "being hostile as a country" toward natural gas were errors as well.

Valero fires back with facts after California gov't blames oil and gas companies for gas price spike
"For Valero, California is the most expensive operating environment in the country and a very hostile regulatory environment for refining."

Ark’s Cathie Wood issues open letter to the Fed, saying it is risking an economic ‘bust’
In an open letter, Wood suggested the central bank “has shocked not just the US but the world and raised the risks of a deflationary bust.”

Fed’s Charles Evans says inflation fight top priority even if unemployment ‘goes up a lot’
Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said the central bank is holding fast in its commitment to bring down inflation, even if it means people losing their jobs.

Border...

Abbott criticizes NYC Mayor Eric Adams for ticketing buses carrying migrants
The New York Police Department was seen over the weekend pulling over buses near the Port Authority that had dropped of dozens of migrants. The officers reportedly searched each bus for possible infractions, including tire treads, fluid levels, and even windshield wiper placement.

Top Biden immigration official blames GOP governors for crisis of illegal aliens
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus claimed that busing illegal aliens from red states to liberal cities is a "pull factor" that encourages more migrants to come to America.

Illegal Aliens Escape Mexican Immigration Hold at Cancun Airport
Inside the “Rechazos,” illegal aliens were able to break through a partition and climb into the air conditioning ducts to reach the exterior of the airport.

WAR News... 

Biden’s Army Secretary: We’re Not Woke — We Just Have Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
“But I think we do have a wide range of soldiers in our Army. And I think we have to make them feel included. That’s why a lot of our diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are important.”

U.S. officials plan to push for price cap on Russian oil at this week’s IMF meetings
U.S. Treasury officials plan to press ahead at this week’s IMF meetings with a cap on the price of Russian oil, despite Wednesday’s decision by OPEC+ to cut oil production that’s already driven gas prices higher.

UAE president to meet Putin in Russia, a week after OPEC+’s deep output cuts
According to UAE state media WAM, both leaders will be discussing the countries’ “friendly relations,” alongside “regional and international issues and developments of common interest.”

US airports hit with cyberattacks; Russian hacker group suspected culprit
Over a dozen major national airports reported cyberattacks on Monday that caused public-facing websites to go offline. According to a senior official briefed on the situation, a Russian hacker group is believed to be behind the incident.

Russia vows to respond to greater Western involvement in Ukraine
Russia will respond to the West's growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict, although direct conflict with NATO is not in Moscow's interests, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Russian troops pour into Belarus ‘by the trainload’
The Belarusian leader has made suggestions that NATO or Ukraine is preparing aggressive actions against the country, announcing closer cooperation with Russia in response.

15,000 Ukrainians decide to have a mass orgy if Russia deploys nuclear weapons
More than 15,000 have confirmed participation in a sex party on a hill if Putin decides to press the red button.

COVID-19...

What Is The Truth About Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccine Study?
The Daily Caller takes a balanced looked at the claims in the study, pros and cons.

Can scented candles be used to indicate surging waves of COVID-19?
A research paper found that Amazon reviews complaining of no scent on Yankee Candles seem to coincide with surging rates of COVID-19.

Commie Update...

China rushes to control new COVID cases across the country
Central government authorities affirmed their dynamic zero-COVID policy in an article Monday in the Chinese Communist Party’s newspaper, People’s Daily.

Entertainment...

Madonna Appears to Come Out as Gay in Social Media Video
This isn't the first time Madonna, 64, has dropped hints about her sexual orientation. In 1991, she told LGTBQ+ magazine The Advocate that she believed "everybody has a bisexual nature."

Fans horrified by Madonna’s ‘freaky’ face in new video
Several people also compared Madonna’s facade to that of Marilyn Manson, while others said she resembled Amanda Bynes and Pete Burns.

Kanye West showed porn video to shocked Adidas execs during meeting
“You guys have done wrong by the company, by the business, and by the partnership,” Kanye said. “The whole concept of this video is that the guy had cheated, so then the girl was like, ‘Well then I’m going to do the thing that’s your worst nightmare.'”

Media...

WaPo: Biden’s rescue plan made inflation worse but the economy better
Government cash boosted demand when economy was struggling to produce, "experts" claim.

WaPo Targets Catholic Hospitals, Worries Poor People Won’t Get Vasectomies And Abortions
The Washington Post published an article stoking fears about the growth of Catholic hospitals, which do not offer elective abortions, elective sterilization, or contraceptives.

Psaki says if media don’t cover, Hunter Biden isn’t news
On "Meet the Press," Psaki said the Hunter Biden story is a big zero since she hasn’t seen it show up on the front pages of many of the nation’s newspapers.

Media Ripped Melania Trump’s Hurricane Heels, Say Nothing About Jill Biden’s
Something very interesting happened last week when President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden flew down to Florida to witness firsthand the damage done by Hurricane Ian.

Ted Cruz Gets Syndication Deal, Expands Podcast To Three Times A Week
Cruz struck a deal with media giant iHeartMedia to air his political podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” the podcast announced Friday.

Environment...

California’s debacle is more proof high-speed rail is a progressive fantasy
A big New York Times piece on the rail project reports that the French, who wanted to work with California, decided the state was simply too dysfunctional and departed to help complete a high-speed line in Morocco instead.

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers
The government said the farm levy would be a world first and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products.

LGBTQIA2S+...

State Department Weighs Funding Sex Change Treatments For Employees And Their Kids
The move comes after an August report revealed the State Department was pressuring foreign countries to crack down on forms of therapy for children with gender identity issues that don’t automatically affirm their transgender status.

Biden admin requires trans women to register for draft if they were born male
They can finally answer the question of what is a woman: someone who doesn’t need to sign up for Selective Service. We don’t need biologists after all.

Education...

Here’s why more than 7 million student loan borrowers could miss out on federal forgiveness program
Consumer advocates say that requiring student loan borrowers to apply for forgiveness will lead to many people missing out on the relief.

University Of Florida Students Melt Down Over Ben Sasse Considering Leadership Role
Hundreds of students at UF disrupted a forum for Sasse, the only current contender to be the school’s next president, with protests Monday over a previous statement he made regarding a same-sex marriage law.

Randi Weingarten takes flak on social media for Ukraine trip as US schools struggle
Teachers' union president using members' dues to "vacation in a war zone," joked one Twitter user

NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, Eric Adams put each other’s girlfriends in top posts
Schools Chancellor David Banks quietly promoted Mayor Adams’ girlfriend to a top job at the Department of Education, just months after Adams hired Banks’ girlfriend as a deputy mayor.

Fairfax school dubs Columbus 'ruthless' villain in teaching materials
A high school in Fairfax County , Virginia, reportedly painted the historical account of Christopher Columbus as "mythology" in classroom instruction while highlighting examples of racism against Native Americans, including sports mascots.

Health...

Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice
The National Institutes of Health is funding a massive research project to collect voice data and develop an AI that could diagnose people based on their speech.

Religion...

The Prodigal Father
You all know the details – a rich father had two sons. The younger asked his father for his share of the inheritance, left his father’s house, wasted his money living recklessly, and became so destitute that he found himself hungry for pig food.

Technology...

PayPal stock takes a beating after weekend reports of policy change
"We’ve barred hate groups, the Proud Boys on the far right and Antifa on the far left, from using our platform,” PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said as part of a WEF interview earlier this year. “The difficult part there is identifying what is hatred and what is freedom of speech. Nobody teaches you that.”

Jamie Dimon says Musk should ‘clean up Twitter,’ echoes Tesla CEO’s bot concerns
“I hope Musk cleans up Twitter,” the JPMorgan CEO told CNBC, adding he thinks Musk should look into eliminating anonymous accounts from the site.

Science...

Earthquake looms as anglers land doomsday fish that signals disaster
Fishermen in Mexico are going viral after landing an elusive denizen of the deep that’s rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes.

Sports...

Troy Aikman urges NFL Competition Committee to 'take the dresses off' after Chiefs' penalty controversy
"It’s too much," he said on the points of emphasis to protect NFL quarterbacks. "My hope is the competition committee looks at this in the next set of meetings, and you know, we take the dresses off," Aikman said on the ESPN broadcast.

Oct 11, 2001 - It's been one month since 9/11... America is united, feels patriotism like they haven't in many years... Listener email from a Muslim-American... Glenn Beck Countdown: Most Wanted... Glenn announces campaign to have American children write letters to children in Afghanistan... Madison school board votes to remove pledge...

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.