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Morning Brief 2022-12-07

December 07, 2022
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Bayard Winthrop
TOPIC: We need to stop relying on China for our manufacturing and invest in America.

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

Domestic News...

Walmart CEO says company may hike prices, close stores if wave of shoplifting continues
Lack of prosecution of shoplifters could drive business decisions, executive says.

Gas station owner tired of violent crime plaguing Philadelphia hires heavily armed guards
No longer willing to leave his life, his livelihood, and his customers' well-being to chance, Neil Patel, who runs Karco gas station at Broad and Clearfield streets, has raised his own defense force.

Amid outcry, San Francisco reverses course on killer robots
The city Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban the robots a week after they voted 8-3 to allow the robots to be used in select instances following pushback and anger from some people.

Amid outcry, Arkansas town allows Nativity scene
The Christmas display in Eureka Springs had been put up every year since 1950, but the mayor of the town ordered that it be removed this year after he said a resident threatened to sue the municipality.

A warning for the FBI and hope for the nation
The FBI has one last chance to reform itself. The Republican minority on the House Judiciary Committee released a report on Friday, Nov. 4, which runs over 1,000 pages. It damningly details cultural rot within the FBI.

Idaho murders: Moscow police chief breaks down in tears over student homicide investigation
The chief of police broke down while discussing the mental toll a murder investigation takes on all those involved.

FBI investigates deliberate attacks on NC power substations
The facilities were damaged by gunfire in an intentional act of destruction whose motive remains unclear, authorities said.

Michael Avenatti Tried to Extort Me to Lie About Brett Kavanaugh
Was he also working with Christine Blasey Ford?

Fire chief's wife accused of unloading 50 pounds of 'human s**t' at Texas police station
Since when is this illegal?

Politics...

Far-left Warnock defeats Herschel Walker
Warnock was allegedly leading Walker 50.4% to 49.6% when the media called the race.

Leftists Aim To Expedite The Public-School-To-Democrat-Voter Pipeline With Votes For 16-Year-Olds
Whether it’s hosting Democrat voter drives (at federal government offices), knocking door to door to harvest (and cure) ballots, or asking billionaires to fund their GOTV efforts (see Sam Bankman-Fried, Mark Zuckerberg), Democrats have electioneering — winning — down to a science.

Why the lame-duck Congress is a threat to democracy
Decisions made during the lame-duck period undermine the notion of representative democracy, because important policy decisions are made even though voters have already replaced many of the legislators now serving.

Biden expected to make 2024 campaign decision over Christmas break
Following the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Biden said his "intention" is to seek reelection.

Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud case brought by far-left New York AG
Trump’s company was found guilty of being too nice to its best employees without telling the government.

Stacey Abrams’ Georgia Nonprofit Could Face Criminal Investigations for Unlicensed Fundraising
New Georgia Project's charity license has lapsed in at least nine states.

NY councilman switches to GOP, faults leftist policies for surging crime rates
"Democratic Party is doing everything possible in New York City to make everybody less safe."

Economy...

Dow plunges 1,000 points in early-week trading amid recession fears
Layoffs driving fears of contraction into 2023.

Here’s what America’s top CEOs are saying about a possible recession in 2023
As 2023 approaches and the prospect of a recession looms, corporate America is preparing for a slowdown in consumer spending.

Jamie Dimon says inflation eroding consumer wealth may cause recession next year
"Inflation is eroding everything I just said, and that trillion and a half dollars will run out sometime midyear next year," Dimon said.

Border...

Biden, confronted about the border crisis, says there are 'more important things going on'
Peter Doocy asked Biden why he is avoiding the border. "There are more important things going on," Biden responded.

GOP senators hesitant on impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
"Someone has to commit a high crime or misdemeanor for that to be a valid inquiry."

Daily Caller: ICE Met Behind Closed Doors With An ‘Abolish ICE’ Activist
“At this point it is not surprising that ICE would have someone like this influencing policy — the current administration is trying to abolish it from within."

ATF set to destroy guns associated with Obama-era Fast and Furious scandal
GOP's Jordan urges ATF to reconsider and preserve the firearms.

WAR News...

Pearl Harbor redux: US risks repeating strategic errors
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 demonstrated how a major power, despite its intelligence and a robust defense planning apparatus, can misunderstand its strategic weaknesses and incorrectly assess the probability of a potentially crippling first strike.

Zoltan Pozsar: Gold To Soar, Crush Western Banks If Putin Unveils Petrogold
"Russia’s decision to link gold to oil could bring gold back as a settlement medium and increase its intrinsic value sharply."

Hawley presses Blinken to prioritize arming Taiwan over Ukraine
Hawley said in a letter to Blinken that arms transfers to Ukraine are impeding the United States’ ability to prevent a war in Asia through supplying Taiwan.

US reveals futuristic helicopter that will replace Black Hawks
Amid the growing threat from China, the U.S. wants its helicopters to have the capability to cover huge distances over the Pacific.

COVID-19 / Health...

Lawmakers Agree to Rescind Military’s COVID-19 Mandate in Defense Deal
NDAA proposal would increase total national security budget to $857.9 billion

Fauci Says He Dismissed Lab Leak Theory to Placate China
In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci often dismissed the theory that the coronavirus came from a biological lab in China. He testified last week his reluctance was out of fear that speculation about the virus origins would "increase tensions" with China.

Bill Gates will join Fauci this week to dictate US government health 'priorities for the future'
Gates is taking a short break from his efforts to depopulate the planet to join the NIH Thursday as a “special guest.”

Horowitz: Will Republicans investigate ‘Died Suddenly’?
It’s the 800-pound gorilla in the room and the shot not heard ’round the world: “Died suddenly.”

Pandemic lockdowns linked to decline in US twin births
The largest declines were in November and December 2020 and January 2021, when twin birth rates dropped by 10%, 14% and 7%, respectively, compared to the year before.

Commie Update...

Human rights org reveals 48 more secret Chinese 'police stations' worldwide
Including in L.A. and New York City.

DOE Touts $200M Grant to Lithium Battery Company as Boon to American-Made Clean Energy
Small problem: The company mostly operates from China.

Entertainment...

Lawmakers tell Live Nation CEO they want answers on the Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco
The House Energy and Commerce Committee penned a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino asking the executive to provide a briefing on Ticketmaster’s ticketing process for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour.

Howard Stern Speculates Kirstie Alley’s Death Could Be Linked To Anti-Mandate Views
"Maybe she didn’t go to the doctor’s soon enough."

Anne Heche Had Cocaine & More Drugs In Her System At Time Of Deadly Crash
Cocaine was found in her bloodstream when she arrived at the hospital. Cannabinoids were detected in a urine sample collected during the autopsy.

Media...

Propaganda Czar: Soros Bankrolls 253 Groups to Influence Global Media
The journalism and activist media groups Soros supports mold public opinion on practically every continent and in many languages. They also insulate him from inquiry because reporters see him as an ally, not a target for investigation.

Al Jazeera: How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years
Between 1880 and 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China, and North Korea combined.

Prestigious Psych Journal Fires Editor for Soliciting Criticism of Black Psychologist
The editor stirred up controversy by agreeing to publish critiques of a black psychologist who had argued that "color-blind leadership" promotes "structural inequality."

Canada...

Judge cites 'colonialism' in light sentencing for man who slashed stranger's throat
A violent offender who slashed the throat of a visually impaired man will avoid federal prison for the crime. The judge considered the "history of colonialism" and its effects on the native population as part of his ruling.

Middle East...

Iranian War Ship ‘Attempts To Blind’ US Missile Destroyer
An Iranian Navy patrol boat "attempted to blind" a U.S. guided-missile destroyer vessel and then conducted maneuvers that almost caused a collision between the warships.

Blinken Elevates Palestinian Claims to Jerusalem at J Street Conference
Secretary of state described anti-Israel J Street as "remarkable organization" that he consults regularly.

Over 1,000 Iranian Students Stricken With Food Poisoning — Right Before Mass Protest
The night before another wave of anti-regime protests, 1,200 Iranian university students were stricken with "vomiting, severe body aches, and hallucinations" because of food poisoning, the Telegraph reported.

Environment...

California eyes penalties for oil refiners’ “exorbitant profits”
California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for making too much money.

Obama White House Chef Warns Rice, Chocolate, And Coffee Will Nearly Disappear in 30 Years
Everyday food products will be hard to come by in 30 years because of climate change, according to a chef who worked in the Obama White House.

Republicans Launch Antitrust Investigation Into Climate-Obsessed Corporate ‘Cartel’
‘When companies agree to work together to punish disfavored views or industries,’ the Republicans wrote, ‘this coordinated behavior may violate the antitrust laws.’

LGBTQIA2S+...

Number of 'top' surgeries performed on trans children has risen 13-FOLD in last decade
With girls as young as 12 getting irreversible surgeries.

House Democrats block religious liberty amendment to same-sex marriage bill
Mirrored Mike Lee's efforts in the Senate.

Antifa thugs attack women protesting men being placed in women's prisons
Leftist radicals were caught on camera attacking a group of women who had gathered outside a California courthouse on Monday to protest the placement of a murderous male transsexual in a women's prison.

Education...

A Republic if You Can Teach It
One recent poll found that only two in five Americans could name all three branches of government. Another similarly disappointing statistic: Just one in three knew that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. That isn’t a trivial failure.

English teacher claims teaching kids 'how to write properly' is rooted in white supremacy
Also, the IQ bell curve and SAT are also problematic and "racist," as "the writers of these tests were made up almost entirely of white people … and they still are."

Twitter Files...

Musk Fires Ex-FBI Lawyer For Allegedly Stonewalling Access To Hunter Biden Twitter Files
Elon Musk announced that former FBI lawyer James Baker, who was Twitter’s deputy general counsel, had been “exited” from the company for allegedly holding up the release of documents pertaining to the platform’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop report.

MacIntyre: The Twitter Files reveal the left will win at any cost
While conservatives, who are used to media bias, should not be shocked at the level of collusion on display, having the smoking gun is always valuable.

Twitter’s Former Head Of Trust And Safety Wants To Cleanse The Internet Of Dissent
Yoel Roth and his peers in the managerial elite view free speech as an obstacle to attaining total conformance with their worldview.

At least one Democratic congressman still believes in free speech
We still have one Democrat in Congress who claims to care about the First Amendment and in private emails said the Hunter story shouldn't censored ... because the mainstream media would have just ignored it, and instead Twitter brought tons of attention to it by banning it.

Technology...

Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the US at Arizona factory
The chip factories will be owned and operated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the biggest foundry company with over half of the global market share.

Has Apple reached its breaking point in China?
Apple is reportedly accelerating its plan to move iPhone production out of China and into countries such as India and Vietnam.

Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026
The car project has been in limbo for the past several months as Apple executives grappled with the reality that its vision for a fully autonomous vehicle — without a steering wheel or pedals — isn’t feasible with current technology.

Science...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin bids again for NASA lunar mission
NASA chose rival SpaceX to handle a high-profile lunar mission last year.

Sports...

MLB Still Won’t Apologize After Damaging Georgia’s Economy With Election Law Lies
Over a year after pulling its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in protest of Georgia’s recently enacted election law, Major League Baseball still hasn’t apologized for the damage its lies did to the state’s economy.

Part Of Crowd At Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Erupts Into ‘F**k Joe Biden’ Chants
After Tom Brady engineered an awesome fourth-quarter comeback Monday night to knock off the New Orleans Saints, a portion of the crowd began chanting “fuck Joe Biden” in unison.

Animals...

36-Year-Old Florida Man Arrested After Caught Fornicating With Dog, Other Charges
The man's charges include sexual activity involving animals, two counts of lewd or lascivious exhibition, two counts of exposure of sexual organs, criminal mischief, and criminal mischief to a place of worship, police said.

Dec 7, 2012 - Glenn Beck in NYC for company Christmas party... Can Texas legally secede?... Bad Christmas movies... Penn Jillette's show... Louis Farrakhan's Christmas story... New Christmas music debuting on TheBlaze... Senator Jim DeMint joins GB on the show to explain why he's leaving the Senate... Remembering Pearl Harbor...

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.