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Morning Brief 2023-03-01

March 01, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Bryan Slaton
TOPIC: Nothing to see here: An alleged boating accident has claimed all of this state rep's constituents' guns and ammo.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Gov. Ron DeSantis
TOPIC: Florida's policy blueprint for all 50 states.

 CB, RR, JB, SK, BM, SB

Domestic News...

Poll: Americans as concerned about the unknown as the issues they are facing now
Overall, 68% of respondents said they would be at least somewhat worried about a food shortage, while 71% said they worry about nuclear war. 88% of respondents say they are concerned about energy shortages, and 79% said they worry about the collapse of the U.S. government.

Tucker Carlson won't get Jan. 6 tapes until after security review, lawmaker asserts
House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) outlined that Carlson will have to comply with security restrictions to ensure that classified materials do not become public.

FBI Director Chris Wray Refuses To Say What Role Feds Played In January 6 Riot
Wray was pressed about the matter during an interview with anchor Bret Baier.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets the boot in Chicago
Lightfoot has conceded defeat in her re-election bid after failing to qualify for the runoff.

Texas rep informs the feds of tragic boating accidents that claimed all his constituents' guns and ammo
The alleged boating accidents caused all the private gun owners in those counties to lose all their guns and ammo, but thankfully resulted in no injury or loss of life.

Washington Post fact-check dismantles narrative blaming Trump for East Palestine disaster
Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post's chief fact-checker, says that narrative is completely false.

Nike BEGS Portland mayor for police protection to reopen shuttered community store plagued with retail theft
"It is critical that one of these two models be made effective prior to May 1, 2023," Nike said.

Video: Citizens for Sanity ad on meaning of 'equity'
Citizens for Sanity is out with a brand-new ad exposing the RACIST equity mandates destroying our society. Equity = bigotry.

Nearly 50% of murders in the US are going unsolved, report finds
So if someone is really bugging you ... you got even odds on getting away with it.

Is It A Crime To Lie To A Federal Agent? – What You Need To Know
Federal agents knock at your door, asking to come inside and casually talk.

Man allegedly impersonated police officer to 'make people drive better'
A man in Texas is currently facing a felony charge after he supposedly impersonated a police officer in the hopes of compelling fellow motorists to "drive better."

Politics...

Biden Says Nurse Would ‘Do Things’ To Him That She Didn’t Learn In School
“I had a nurse named Pearl Nelson. She’d come in and do things I don’t think you learn in nursing school. She’d whisper in my ear, I couldn’t understand her, but she’d whisper and she’d lean down and actually breathe on me to make sure there was a human connection.”

GOP fends off Democrat efforts to block curbs on federal censorship of social media users
Democrats sought wide-ranging, undefined exemptions in bill to prohibit using "official authority" to influence censorship. Ranking member repeatedly calls it "Putin Protection Act."

Treasury Department Obstructing Investigation Into Biden Family Finances, House Republican Says
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer accused the Biden administration of “operating in bad faith” and obstructing his committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s finances.

The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.
The framers never wanted members to represent such large districts — and with good reason.

Biden FCC Nominee Called For A Truth And Reconciliation Commission During The 2020 BLM Riots
“What do we need? You know what we need? … We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” Gigi Sohn responded.

SC Freedom Caucus files lawsuit to gain recognition as full legislative caucus
Members say the caucus is classified as a “special legislative interest caucus” and is forbidden to raise money and “engag[e] in any activity that would influence the outcome of an election or ballot measure.”

Economy / ESG...

NY Times: How Environmentally Conscious Investing Became a Target of Conservatives
The business world has been pulled into partisan politics, with Republicans bringing their battle against socially conscious investing to Congress.

NY Times: Biden Is Betting on Government Aid to Change Corporate Behavior
Biden’s plan to plow billions of dollars into semiconductor manufacturing represents a sharp turn in American economic policy, one aimed at countering China. But Biden is going even further. He is using the money to change how corporations behave.

Now the CHIPS Act Is Going To Subsidize Child Care Too
If Congress wants to spend taxpayer money on child care services, it should pass a bill authorizing that.

Ben & Jerry’s Boycotted Israel While Using Child Labor
Selling ice cream in Israel was inconsistent with its values; child labor wasn’t.

WAR News... 

Russia Turns to China’s Yuan in Effort to Ditch the Dollar
Moscow has jettisoned long-standing concerns about giving China too much leverage over its economy.

Lawmakers Question Pentagon on Ukraine Funds, Signaling Fresh Concerns
Some Republicans and Democrats quizzed military officials about the money that has been sent to Kyiv so far and what is still to come, threatening a consensus in favor of aid.

Zelensky: If Ukraine loses, America will have to send its sons and daughters to protect Baltic states
This is from last Friday ... "If Ukraine loses, Russia will enter Baltic States, and then the U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters — in the same way we are sending our sons and daughters to war," Zelensky said (video).

NATO chief says Ukraine will 'become a member of our alliance' in the 'long term'
NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg gives updates on Finland's and Sweden's bids to join the military alliance and says Ukraine has a place there in the future as well.

Putin issues alert after drone strikes 60 miles from Moscow
Moscow Regional Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said the Moscow-area drone apparently was targeting a Gazprom gas distribution facility.

The Pentagon says you're unlikely to need those potassium iodide tablets
Despite Putin’s rhetoric threatening nuclear strikes in Ukraine, the Pentagon doesn’t think it's "likely" the Kremlin would actually do it.

US: Chinese company sent satellite images to Russia's Wagner Group
Asked about China's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kritenbrink said that China is stepping up its economic engagement and increasing purchases from Russia.

China’s Imports of Russian Uranium Spark Fear of New Arms Race
Russian nuclear fuel deliveries to a new Chinese reactor are raising U.S. concerns about the potential to produce weapons-grade plutonium.

US secretly amassing killer drone swarms to repel China
The U.S. is moving to accelerate the development of autonomous drone swarm technologies, which have proved effective in the ongoing Ukraine war and in simulations showing their decisive effect in a Taiwan contingency scenario.

Commie Update...

China to Tighten Web Video Curbs to Prevent Kids from Addiction
The statement is the latest in a campaign launched by China’s media regulators over a year ago that has significantly tightened the rules surrounding livestreaming, video gaming, and internet usage among minors.

Communist China Threatens Elon Musk For Drawing Attention To Origins Of Coronavirus Pandemic
The Global Times, a mouthpiece for the CCP, warned that Musk could be “breaking the pot of China,” an expression that is similar to "bite the hand that feeds you.”

COVID-19...

FBI Director Says COVID Pandemic Likely Caused by Chinese Lab Leak
Christopher Wray provides first public confirmation of bureau’s classified assessment of suspected laboratory incident.

US Committed to WHO Pandemic Accord, Ambassador Says
The lead negotiator representing the United States in discussions on a global pandemic accord said in a statement this week that the United States is committed to the accord amid debate on the draft document.

More Equity Concerns on Day One of Pandemic Accord Negotiations
Mexico, speaking for Latin America, was concerned about the lack of “binding language” and incentives to encourage equity.

WHO Was ‘Complicit’ in China’s Cover-Up of COVID-19 Origins: Sen. Daines
"I think … you’re going to see a lot of new questions as the evidence continues to come out of Wuhan as to what really happened to the origins of the COVID.”

10 myths told by COVID experts — and now debunked
In the final analysis, public health officials actively propagated misinformation that ruined lives and forever damaged public trust in the medical profession.

Fauci says ‘we may never know’ origin of COVID
“We must all keep an open mind to all possibilities” about the origins of the coronavirus, Fauci told the Boston Globe on Monday, adding that “we may never know” the source of the outbreak.

Cardiovascular deaths rose in first years of COVID, study says. Experts have ideas why.
COVID put strain on the health care system, which disrupted emergency cardiovascular care. Additionally, people may have been hesitant in seeking treatment over concerns about catching COVID.

Entertainment...

'Jesus Revolution' movie scores overwhelmingly positive audience reviews
The film, which is based on a true story, has reportedly trounced earnings expectations at the box office.

Media...

Fox Board Member Paul Ryan Throws Tucker Carlson Under the Bus
Paul Ryan was grilled over his relationship with Fox News during a recent sit-down with Charlie Sykes.

Washington Post walk-back on COVID origins epitomizes media fails of Trump, pandemic eras
The accelerated unraveling of mainstream media narratives like those surrounding Russiagate, the Hunter Biden laptop, and COVID origins has taken a toll on the industry's credibility.

Don Lemon says he lost 'liberal friends' after he predicted that Trump would win the presidency
As if Don Lemon ever had any friends.

CNN slammed over dishonest framing of Biden student loan forgiveness program
CNN focused on the backgrounds of the justices in order to make it appear that they were ruling based on their elitist schooling.

Europe...

The Dutch Demonic Embryo Act
The current Embryo Act aims to regulate artificial insemination and IVF etc. and has remained unchanged since 2002. But it’s about to change drastically in the near future.

Middle East...

US official says Iran could produce nuclear material for a bomb ‘in about 12 days’
Secretary of defense tells House lawmakers Iranian nuclear program has seen "remarkable" progress, as U.N. watchdog says it has enriched uranium to near weapons grade.

Iran: iPhone's now cost over one billion rial
An iPhone 13 Pro Max that sold for one billion rials ten days ago was priced at 1.2 billion last Thursday.

Environment...

Doomsday Arctic seed vault gets boost as efforts to secure food supplies ramp up
A "doomsday" Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts to secure the world's food supplies ramp up amid rising climate concerns.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Girls' basketball team forfeits playoff game rather than compete against male opponent
"Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports in general."

Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to include men
The museum, which does not yet have a physical location, recently announced a massive haul of over $55 million in donations.

Big Businesses Like KitchenAid Display Hatred For Women By Hiring Men In Costumes For Ads
No business would advertise using a white guy in blackface. Yet many major brands are fine with paying a delusional male to sell to real women.

Man claiming to be female since 2017 crushes another women's track record
A 50-year-old former soccer player and triathlete began claiming to be a woman six years ago and is now dominating women's sports.

Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton referred to FBI
Is alleged to have stolen luggage from a African fashion designer, then worn her clothes.

Education...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Prayers Replaced By Guns In Schools
The Democrat mayor lamented a lack of prayer in schools while decrying the scourge of gun violence on Tuesday.

40 Percent of Liberal Professors Are Afraid They'll Lose Their Jobs Over a Misunderstanding
A new survey from FIRE reveals rampant illiberalism and self-censorship among young faculty.

Lawsuit: Teacher manipulated student into changing gender — which drove her to consider suicide
It was only after the girl, 9, drew suicidal images that her parents found out teacher Debra Rosenquist was calling her "Leo" and using he/him pronouns.

Health...

American College Of OB-GYNs Bans Pro-Life Doctors From Conference After They Show Up
The national OB-GYN association can’t defend its unscientific pro-abortion positions, so it banned pro-life doctors from its conference.

Study: Obesity Raises Risk Of Early Death By 90 Percent
So what they're saying is that it's not 100 percent ...

Religion...

Video: A Blanket of Demonic Insanity
Latest from Fr. Edward Meeks.

Social Justice Satanism
In the Book of Matthew, Jesus says to his disciples, “Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Everything else comes from the evil one.”

Four armed men potentially poised to rob Missouri church overwhelmed not by force but by prayer
The men entered a Missouri church earlier this month with the alleged intent to rob it or worse.

Technology...

The Cyberwar Is Here
Ransomware attacks are now as common as rainstorms, even though you only hear about them intermittently. Often, but not always, the trail leads back to Russia, China, North Korea, or Iran.

UN says that censoring 'disinformation' and 'hate speech' will protect 'free speech'
“The internet and social media offer many advantages in the world today. But as we know and we have just heard, individuals are increasingly using it for disinformation. And the reality is they also propagate hate speech."

How the CIA played a ‘direct’ role in the creation of Google
The CIA’s ties with Google continue today, as “there are dozens and dozens of examples” of former CIA agents who now work at Google, “who had just been parachuted into these positions of extreme importance.”

2017: Google’s true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance
This isn’t just the origin story of Google: It’s the origin story of the mass-surveillance state and the government money that funded it.

'Experts' warn artificial intelligence could cause all-out nuclear war
The survey also found that 36% of respondents agreed that AI has the power to cause "catastrophic outcomes" that would be comparable to an "all-out nuclear war."

March 1, 2012: Andrew Breitbart is dead at 43... Glenn discusses his relationship with Breitbart... Do not rush to conspiracy theories about Breitbart's death... Scott Baker calls in to discuss his relationship with Breitbart... Political correctness is taking over our country... A brave young girl questions the education system... Remembering Breitbart's fearless personality...

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

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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.