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Morning Brief 2022-11-08

November 08, 2022
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Eric Schmitt
TOPIC: Biden's DOJ plans to monitor elections across several states to ensure "compliance" with federal voting rights laws.

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

Domestic News...

Whistleblower claims Biden was involved in Hunter's business deals
"Joe was centered on the returns in the family coffers." Whistleblower claims Hunter and then-VP Biden were part of a group call to discuss an online gambling venture in Latin America, the president talking like he was chairman of the board.

Joe Biden was involved in Hunter's foreign business deals while VP, ex-partner claims
Hunter Biden's ex-business partner is set to blow whistle with explosive trove of never-before-seen messages, photos, and recordings that could expose alleged criminal activity by the first family.

Federal court orders release of imprisoned True the Vote leaders
The two leaders of True the Vote were thrown in jail last month for refusing to give up the name of one of their confidential sources. Their source allegedly provided them with proof that the election software company Konnech had compromised and stored American data in China.

Michigan’s Prop 3 Follows The Abortion-On-Demand Playbook: Be Intentionally Vague In Defining ‘Health’
The Doe v. Bolton definition of the "health" of the mother legalized abortion on demand for all reasons up to birth on the federal level.

Police Refuse to Release Mug Shot of Pelosi Hammer Attack Suspect
City police as well as the county sheriff’s office both rejected emailed requests by the Epoch Times for the mug shot of DePape, 42.

Powerball drawing for $1.9 billion jackpot delayed due to technical glitch
"Tonight's Powerball drawing has been delayed due to a participating lottery needing extra time to complete the required security protocols."

Harvey Weinstein’s penis looked like it ‘had been chopped off, sewn back on’: accuser
One of the women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault described his penis as “disgusting” and said it looked like it “had been chopped off and sewn back on,” in court Monday.

Tyson foods CFO arrested after drunkenly trespassing into college woman's home
The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods was arrested Sunday after he was found asleep in the home of a young woman who did not know he was there. He was reportedly intoxicated and sleeping in a bed inside the home.

Nazi-like Halloween costume sparks outrage at elite Chicago prep school, principal suspended
One child wore a German military uniform, goose-stepped in front of his peers, and seemingly made other gestures ...

AP Story from 1982: Halloween is being invaded by 'Star Wars'
Richard Nixon is in short supply and there's more demand than supply for Adolf Hitler, but the real stars of the Halloween costume rush are Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO.

Election 2022...

Trio of hecklers removed from Biden campaign rally: ‘Don’t jump!’
The president had a real zinger for one heckler, saying, "Don't jump. You look crazy enough to jump."

Biden forgets candidate's name, makes racist comments at Maryland rally
Biden told the crowd at a historically black college that they were “just as smart” and “just as bright” as students at other schools as he delivered his final speech before the midterm elections in a deeply Democratic part of Maryland.

Fetterman sues to have illegal mail-in ballots counted
Fetterman's campaign has gone to a federal court to try to have Pennsylvania voters' mail-in ballots counted if they weren't signed with a valid date.

Final Poll Shows Herschel Walker As Clear Front-runner
Walker leads Warnock by 3.2 points, with the support of 49.7% of respondents, in a Trafalgar poll released Monday.

After 'terroristic threat' shuts down her HQ, Kari Lake remains steadfast, notes media's role
Kari Lake's campaign headquarters was targeted over the weekend by what her team reckoned to be a "terroristic attack."

Kari Lake: If Feds Tell Me I Can’t Build a Border Barrier, I’ll Tell Them ‘to Pound Sand’
"We’ll invoke our article 1, section 10, powers of the Constitution to protect our citizens in Arizona from an invasion. It’s outrageous what’s happening."

Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
“He better kill himself and if he doesn’t, I am going to kill him,” Lennox said.

Remember to Vote No on Bond Issues
Bond issues are ultimately equivalent to taxation because money that government borrows now will have to be paid back with increased revenue later on.

Respected analyst makes final calls for House, Senate control
Sabato predicts that Republicans will win the Senate, 51-49, with a net gain of one seat. His final House pick is for Republicans, 237-198, netting a gain of 24 seats.

Oklahoma Could Start Looking Like Oregon If Republicans Don’t Wake Up And Vote
GOP apathy and an abundance of dark money could help Democrats eke out a major win in one of the most consistently Republican states.

Politico: GOP activists and candidates set stage to claim elections they lose are stolen
The advice they're giving their voters — to vote late on Election Day — would cause the counting delays they say are suspicious.

Politico Warns Of 'Hackable' Voting Equipment
The 2020 presidential election was rife with allegations of voting machine hacks that were later debunked. Yet there are real risks that hackers could tunnel into voting equipment and other election infrastructure to try to undermine Tuesday’s vote.

168,000 Georgians Moved Right Before The Midterms. How Many Will Vote Illegally This Time?
While early efforts to bolster election integrity following the 2020 election have proved successful, much work remains.

Ted Cruz hit by a beer thrown from Houston parade audience, one man arrested
"Nearby HPD officers arrested the male without further incident. He was taken to jail and faces assault charges. We will release the suspect's name and booking photo here when formal charges are filed," police said.

Missteps, unsound instincts, woke agendas: Weak candidate class was Dems' own, polling hints
Across the country, Democrats running for office this election cycle have been underperforming, even after their Republican rivals were dismissed as beyond the pale.

Bill Clinton admits border 'needs order' in campaign stop in South Texas
"We do need border security. We need order. This is a country of order," Clinton said during a speech before Democrats in Laredo Monday. "All my life, I’ve been pro-immigration, and the older I get, the more pro-immigration I get."

Politics...

Head Of The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Tells Families Struggling With Inflation To Eat Chef Boyardee
"I grew up in a family where if the gas price went up, the food budget went down, so by this time of the week we'd be eating Chef Boyardee if that budget wasn't gonna change," Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said.

Trump: 'Very big announcement' coming Nov. 15
Former President Donald Trump, who is widely expected to mount another White House run during the 2024 election cycle, may be poised to announce a presidential bid next week at Mar-a-Lago.

Democratic Think Tank Delivers Blow To The Party’s Prospects For 2024
The memo further confirmed what recent polls have shown, that the economy, inflation and crime are determining factors for voters as opposed to abortion and climate change.

Biden Keeps Promising To Make Energy More Expensive. Believe Him.
The president’s weekend remarks on coal and oil reveal a dangerously childish position on energy.

Will Lucy Move the Football Again?
We, as citizens, must do something to stop the destruction of our society. Right now, the GOP is our only hope.

Overcoming the Democratic Party Brand
Voters do trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle certain topics, but unfortunately for Democrats, the issues where they stand on stronger ground are also those which voters consistently say are less important to them.

Clip of Rush Limbaugh obliterating woke virtue-signaling in 1993 is still as relevant as ever
Rush Limbaugh categorically understood the concept of the virtue-signaling way back in 1993. He not only grasped the dangerous flaws of virtue-signaling, but he could effectively lampoon the concept before anyone had a name for it.

Reporter Asks Bill Clinton Point-Blank About His Alleged Ties To Jeffrey Epstein
“Any comments on the allegations of your connection with Jeffrey Epstein?” Mendoza asked. “I think the evidence is clear,” Clinton said with a smirk.

Economy / ESG...

Roth: The election is about the economy, stupid
While Biden and the Democrats have trotted out lies ranging from inflation to saying the economy is ”strong as hell,” people cannot be gaslit when they have to live with the consequences.

Epic Congressional Anti-ESG Letter
"Of particular concern is the collusive effort to restrict the supply of coal, oil, and gas, which is driving up energy costs across the globe and empowering America’s adversaries abroad,” the lawmakers wrote.

How Business Giants Get Lower Interest Rates for Meeting Diversity Quotas
Race-conscious credit agreements are incentivizing illegal hiring practices across corporate America.

Here’s how much equity U.S. homeowners have lost since May
The average borrower has lost $30,000 in equity.

Confidence in US housing market hits a new low: Fannie Mae
Rising mortgage rates crushing U.S. housing market demand.

Border...

Biden Admin Set Up Illegal Migrants In Hotel Suites, Complete With Room Service
Illegal migrants must have access to a number of comfortable accommodations, including room service and child care, while under the care of eligible “service providers,” according to the documents.

WAR News... 

Western aid to Ukraine is ‘a model to avoid nuclear wars’: Zelensky
“These are security guarantees for Ukraine and Europe, which will not only re-empower the principles of the U.N. charter but will also become a model for nations in other parts of the world, a model to avoid nuclear wars.”

Iran 'complicity in Russian terror must be punished': Zelensky
"If it were not for the Iranian supply of weapons to the aggressor, we would be closer to peace now," said President Volodymyr Zelensky.

COVID-19...

Most Democrats STILL Don’t Think The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over
"Despite the fact that Biden has said he believes the pandemic is over, a majority of his party’s faithful, 79%, do not concur.”

The funeral business is booming. And not because of COVID
"What we're telling you is, the third quarter of this year, we did 15% more calls than we did in the third quarter of 2019."

Entertainment...

A look at big celebrity endorsements ahead of the midterms
Your Hollywood Overlords have spoken.

Stallone reveals how longtime pal Schwarzenegger set him up for movie bomb
“‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was supposed to be like ‘Throw Momma from the Train’ with the mom as this really nasty piece of work,” Stallone said. “Instead you hire the nicest woman in Hollywood, Estelle Getty, who you wish was your mother. That’s the end of that!”

Madonna Twerks In Lingerie With Everyone Urging Her To Stop
Madonna has shared another bizarre clip on social media, this time twerking in lingerie, making fans believe that they have had enough.

Media...

Tucker Carlson blamed for exit of leftist host Tiffany Cross from far-left MSNBC
The HuffPost writer added that the ADL said Carlson had “again used his platform to stoke racial tensions, falsely and dangerously accusing a Black @MSNBC host of instigating a genocide against white people."

Megyn Kelly celebrates ouster of 'the most racist person in all of television'
"Joy, oh, joy! Tiffany Cross is gone! I tip my hat to MSNBC and NBC for doing the right thing, because she was — she was — the most racist person in television," Kelly declared.

Europe...

Prince Andrew ‘very depressed’ after king banned him from royal duties
The duke of York is said to be “completely lost and very depressed” after he was told by King Charles III that he would never return to public duties.

Middle East...

The Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran
... In order to stave off runaway, hyperinflation, Nixon empowered then-Secretary of the Treasury William Simon to go hat in hand to the Saudi monarchy, with a proposal.

Environment...

My Family Can’t Afford To Recycle Thanks To Democrats’ Obsession With ‘Environmental Justice’
I used to drive a Yaris and shop at Trader Joe’s, but that was before I became a mother of four. During the nearly two years of the Biden administration’s reign, the cost of living in my area has skyrocketed to the point that cutting back is necessary for survival.

EU says it has serious concerns about Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
The European Union says it breaches international trade rules.

Japan warns US’ EV tax credit in Biden inflation bill could deter investment, cost jobs
"It would be possible that Japanese automakers hesitate to make further investments towards electrification of vehicles," the government said. "This could cause negative impacts on the expansion of investment and employment in the U.S."

Education...

New Poll Finds Americans Overwhelmingly Agree Schools Are Too Politicized
The CRC Research polling data, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, found that 81% of Americans agree that public schools are too politicized.

Health...

Lab-grown blood given to humans in world-first trial aimed at combatting rare disorders
Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans for the first time in a landmark clinical trial that U.K. researchers say could significantly improve treatment for people with blood disorders and rare blood types.

Technology...

The Political Left's Reaction To Free Speech On Twitter Confirms Their Authoritarian Intent
“Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. Extremely messed up! They are trying to destroy free speech in America," Musk wrote.

Elon Musk: 'I recommend voting for a Republican Congress'
"Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the presidency is Democratic."

Twitter says user growth at 'all-time highs' after Elon Musk's purchase: Report
In the first full week of Musk's private ownership, daily active user growth hit "all-time highs" and crossed 250 million, the Verge reports.

If you die in this VR game, it will kill you in real life
Palmer Luckey, a leader in virtual reality and the founder of Oculus, better known now as a part of Facebook’s Meta, created a VR headset that will actually kill the user if they die in the game. The headset is not currently available to buy.

Science...

An Existential Threat to Doing Good Science
We each have our own woke tipping point — the moment you realize that social justice is no longer what we thought it was, but has instead morphed into an ugly authoritarianism.

Nov 8, 2006 - Pity party... Democrats win control of both houses of Congress... Was Glenn 100% accurate on the election?... Conservatives sent a message to the GOP... Government spending... Borders are wide open... Nationwide ballot initiatives... Minimum wage... Glenn Beck's Christmas Tour...

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?

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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.

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.