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Morning Brief 2022-11-15

November 15, 2022
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Steve Friend
TOPIC: An FBI agent blows the whistle on the politicization of the FBI.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Alan Dershowitz
TOPIC: Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre releases statement saying she may have "made a mistake" in accusing Alan Dershowitz of sexual assault.

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

Domestic News...

Federal appeals court blocks Biden student debt relief program nationwide
“The injunction will remain in effect until further order of this court or the Supreme Court of the United States,” a three-judge panel of the appeals court said in its ruling.

FBI Had Informants in Proud Boys, Court Papers Suggest
In filings in the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right group, defense lawyers claimed that information favorable to their clients was improperly withheld by the government until recently.

Suspect accused of killing 3 UVA football players was on cops' radar for months
The University of Virginia student who allegedly killed three members of the football team had been on the police’s radar since September and had a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon, officials revealed Monday.

Biden invokes 'assault weapons' ban after campus shooting that involved a handgun
Within hours of police arresting a suspect, the White House called for an assault weapons ban even though the suspect was alleged to have used a handgun.

Tunnel to Towers founder teases 2023 announcement on projects in store for helping veterans
Frank Siller says the foundation has big things in store for 2023 to help veterans get the care and help they need.

The Flooded Ferraris of Florida's Hurricane Ian Up for Auction
A ton of cars got totaled out by insurance companies due to flood damage, most of which are starting to appear on salvage auction site Copart. And there are some real gems.

Election 2022...

Katie Hobbs allegedly defeats Kari Lake
Race may now go to recount under state law.

Maricopa election officials launched PAC in 2021 to stop MAGA candidates
The PAC, called Pro Democracy Republicans of Arizona, claims on its website that it is "fighting to keep our democratic institutions alive."

Quit your dooming and read this tweet on how important Hershel Walker and the Georgia runoff are
If Herschel Walker loses, Democrats get to do everything they want to in Senate committees.

Schumer: Winning GA Runoff Will Help Us Confirm More ‘Progressive Judges’
"We’ve set the record, as of today, actually, 83 new judges, two-thirds women, half people of color, and progressive judges ..."

Fate of Boebert reelection campaign rests with cured ballots
As of Monday afternoon, the vote tally in the district counted Boebert at 162,040 votes against Frisch's 160,918 votes. As many as 5,000 ballots remain uncounted or in transit, according to political operatives' estimates.

Suburban Saint Louis Voters Reject Drag Shows At Libraries And Schools By 40-Point Margin
Nearly 70% residents voted “no” this year on the ballot question: “Shall tax-supported libraries and schools promote drag queen events to minors?”

'The Answer: Redistricting': Frank Luntz Breaks Down Why ‘Red Wave’ Didn’t Happen
"Republicans got 5 million more votes for the House than the Democrats. Five million. So why don’t the results show themselves in the congressional races? The answer: redistricting. That had a bigger impact against the GOP than anybody realized and you could not know this until Election Day.”

Exit Poll: Most New Yorkers Say Stopping Illegal Immigration Is Top Priority, Not Amnesty
Nearly 58% of New Yorkers said they believe a new Congress should prioritize stopping illegal immigration by securing the border and deporting illegal aliens already in the United States.

Conservative defeats Loudoun County school board member
In the first school board election since the Loudoun County School Board made national news regarding critical race theory and its attempted rape cover-up, conservative candidate Tiffany Polifko unseated the liberal incumbent.

Nevada County, Won By Dems, Confirms Livestream Video Of Vote-Count Areas Went Dark For 8 Hours
The GOP thought the Nevada race was locked up. Lindsey Graham, during a National Republican Senatorial Committee phone call Friday, went as far as to say, “There is no mathematical way Laxalt loses. If he does, then it’s a lie.”

Election machines reported more votes than actual number of ballots in two Va. precincts: Report
Miraculously, Democrats just happened to win in both precincts.

Greg Abbott calls for investigation of Harris County (Houston) over election irregularities
Abbott pointed to "missing keys, insufficient paper ballots in Republican precincts, staffing problems," and other issues that plagued voters throughout the electoral process.

Politics...

Republican Leaders Have A Choice: Roll Back Early Voting And Mail-In Ballots Or Learn To Take Advantage Of Them
There isn’t just one reason for the midterm shortcomings, but none are more important than the party’s neglect in adapting to our new jungle of an election process.

Prominent conservatives call for delay to GOP leadership elections
More than 60 prominent conservatives are calling on House and Senate GOP leadership elections to be delayed until after the Dec. 6 Georgia Senate runoff.

Mitch McConnell’s Top Lieutenant Shifts Blame for GOP Senate Failures
Josh Holmes on Tuesday shifted blame from Senate leadership to Sen. Rick Scott for allowing Democrats to retain control of the Senate.

Ted Cruz Blames Mitch McConnell For GOP Midterm Losses
Cruz slammed McConnell during a Monday podcast, saying the GOP should have won the majority of the upper chamber and blamed McConnell for not supporting Blake Masters.

Democrat claims Republicans are 'repeatedly' pushing for Trump as speaker of House
That would be awesome, if it were true.

Schumer: I Plan On Meeting with McConnell to Push for Ditching ‘MAGA Republicans’
"The MAGA Republican candidate, across the board, lost. If you’re a good leader of a Republican Party, you say continuing to follow them is a path to disaster.”

Rep. Biggs will challenge McCarthy in House GOP leadership election
Marjorie Taylor Greene asked, "Do we want to see that challenge open the door to Nancy Pelosi handing the gavel to Liz Cheney?"

JD Vance: 'Don't blame Trump' for GOP letdowns, fix campaign issues
"[A]ny effort to blame Trump — or McConnell for that matter — ignores a major structural advantage for Democrats: money," he wrote.

Giuliani won’t face criminal charges after FBI raided apartment, seized electronics
Prosecutors sought to determine whether Giuliani had at any point represented the Ukrainian official in a manner that may have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Newly elected House GOP member George Santos says Hunter Biden probe shouldn’t be a ‘priority’
Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) argued that lawmakers should avoid focusing on “hyperpartisan” investigations.

Carville: MAGA Republicans ‘Are on the Crack’
Apparently Hunter Biden is MAGA.

Economy / ESG...

Uncle Sam is playing the same game as broke, disgraced crypto king
The United States government operates largely on reputation. Would you lend money to someone whose debt kept climbing with no apparent limit? There’s no plan to bring that amount under control, no realistic plan to pay for it over the long term and no way to fund the federal budget without borrowing.

Corporate layoffs are a warning sign of coming 'economic crash landing': economist
Companies have been cutting thousands of jobs as experts warn of a likely recession, despite Biden's dismissal of such concerns.

Rampant Inflation Has Eroded New York City’s ‘Bold’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike
Nearly four years after New York City’s minimum wage hit $15 per hour, that same wage is now worth just $13 per hour adjusted for inflation.

Report: Amazon to deliver pink slips to nearly 10,000 employees before Christmas
During the pandemic, Amazon hired over 800,000 employees to keep up with online orders.

Jeff Bezos advises companies to 'take some risk off the table,' says economy currently 'does not look great'
The Amazon chairman said "things are slowing down."

Fed official throws cold water on report of waning inflation: 'We have a ways to go'
Inflation was the top issue for Americans in the midterm elections.

Border...

Analysis: New Yorkers to Pay ‘At Least’ $600M for Illegal Immigration Influx
A new estimate finds that the arrival of nearly 24,000 illegals in NYC is set to cost New Yorkers some $600 million over the course of a year.

WAR News... 

20 Years Of American Influence Reversed As Taliban Order Full Enforcement Of Sharia Law
A Taliban spokesman confirmed Sunday that the militant Islamic group will now enforce a full spectrum of sharia law punishments against Afghans.

COVID-19...

Landmark Anti-Lab-Leak Paper Was Covertly Influenced By Compromised Scientists
One of the most influential papers arguing against the COVID-19 lab-leak theory was covertly crafted by three scientists with substantial histories of conducting gain-of-function research.

Key House investigator fears feds used grants as hush money to keep COVID origins quiet
Rep. James Comer says his team has uncovered evidence suggesting federal health officials used grant dollars to keep private scientists on script and have them deny COVID-19 originated with a lab accident despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the US
These viruses are probably surging because immunity declined as pandemic-era public health measures crushed transmission of these viruses.

The Pandemic Industrial Complex Is Drying Up
Thousands Of ‘Pandemic Experts’ Are Laid Off

DeSantis Announces State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo Will Return for Second Term
Ladapo is most well known for going against the medical establishment when it comes to mask mandates, COVID mandates, and transgender surgeries.

Ontario recommends return to masking this winter
The province's mask mandates were only fully lifted in June after nearly two years in place.

Entertainment...

Jay Leno says he’s ‘ok’ after he suffers serious burns in car fire
"I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet," Leno said in a statement.

Sign Language Interpreter Sues Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’ After Allegedly Getting Fired For Being White
Wann filed suit against Theatre Development Fund director Lisa Carling on Tuesday, citing April 2 email which stated that “it’s no longer appropriate to have White interpreters represent Black characters for ASL Broadway shows,” the New York Post reported.

Kevin Costner Says He Doesn’t Care If People Like Him Or Not Due To His Politics, Answers Whether He’d Ever Run
“I was clear that [Liz Cheney] probably wasn’t going to win her election. But I wanted to let her know, as a citizen, how much I appreciated her brave, clear-headed stance.”

Media...

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell says Maricopa vote counting process ‘some of the best in the country’
"...despite all of what has been said by Donald Trump and other election deniers, and now beginning to be also Kelli Ward who’s falling behind you know, Katie Hobbs, but for the governor’s race, Maricopa County has some of the best vote counting processes because of past problems.”

'Clearly Rigged': White House Reporters 'Disgusted' By Biden Using List Of Approved Outlets
Biden has held an average of .8 press conferences per month, Trump held an average of 2.6 per month.

Sunny Hostin Claims Republicans Want To Raise The Voting Age To 28
Actually it's 35.

Middle East...

Iran issues first known death sentence to anti-government protester
Iran has already issued indictments for hundreds of detained protesters, saying it will hold public trials.

Asia...

Man gets jump rope stuck in bladder after shoving it into his penis
A 79-year-old Japanese man managed to get a 90-inch jump rope stuck in his bladder after allegedly shoving the rope into his penis.

Environment...

World Bank Chief Calls For Expanding Lender’s Mission to Include Climate
Malpass came under fire last month after fumbling a question at a conference on the causes of climate change, spurring criticism that he doesn’t accept the scientific consensus of the impact of man-made emissions. Some activists and Democratic lawmakers called for his removal.

World population expected to hit 8 billion on Nov. 15
The population cleared 7 billion just 12 years ago and is expected to reach 9 billion in another 15 years.

LGBTQIA2S+...

NY Times: They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost?
A growing number of medical professionals are questioning the safety and reversibility of puberty blockers when taken by young children, according to a recent analysis commissioned by the New York Times and released on Monday.

Disney employees welcomed on a cultural journey with ‘merman’ named Geo Neptune
Chris Rufo reports, "Walt Disney Co. recently hosted a 'cultural journey' for employees featuring a 'Two-Spirit,' 'she/they,' 'drag queen,' 'merperson' named Geo Neptune."

Education...

Betsy DeVos Throws Down With Teachers' Union Over Who Knows What’s Best For Kids
“Educators love their students and know better than anyone what they need to learn and thrive,” the NEA claimed. DeVos responded, “You misspelled parents.”

48K University of California workers launch 'record-breaking' strike
Workers across all 10 campuses walked off the job Monday, saying that progress on proposals for fair compensation and workplace equity have been thwarted by “unlawful conduct.”

Health...

American Medical Establishment Touts Social Justice Overhaul
The Association of American Medical Colleges is touting its turn toward race-based, social justice-oriented health care.

Technology...

Elon Musk says free employee lunches at Twitter HQ were costing more than $400 per meal because 'almost no one' was in the office
He said badge-in records at the San Francisco office showed average occupancy below 10%.

Twitter Employee Tries To Call Out Elon Musk On Twitter. It Doesn’t End Well For The Employee.
“He’s fired.”

Science...

NASA Artemis moon rocket launch countdown begins
This is the first test flight for the 322-foot rocket, scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 1:04 a.m. on Wednesday – the crew capsule will not be manned by astronauts this go-around, but test dummies will occupy the space.

Sports...

World Cup Warning: Pork, Porn, Sex Toys, and LGBT Flags Could Get Fans Arrested in Qatar
Fans traveling to watch the global soccer championship have been warned not to bring a number of items that are banned in Qatar, the site of 2022’s World Cup.

USA soccer team changes America crest from traditional colors to LGBTQIA2S+ colors
Why is brown the last color on the shield? Is that some sort of racist statement, like saying get to the back of the bus?

Nov 15, 2006 - Glenn's special on Islamic extremism tonight on CNN Headline News... How difficult it was to get it to air... Threats cause Glenn to have full-time security... News from the Middle East... Interview with a member of the Islamic Thinkers Society...

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.

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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.