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Morning Brief 2023-03-21

March 21, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Justin Haskins
TOPIC: A central bank digital currency WILL be created if we don't start paying attention to what is happening in our state legislatures.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Bernie Marcus
TOPIC: Home Depot co-founder says "woke" policies will BANKRUPT America.

 CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

Trump news...

Secret Service expected to suggest virtual arraignment of Trump to avoid 'tremendous' danger
The Secret Service is expected to suggest a virtual arraignment, which would eliminate the need to physically apprehend Trump.

Trump probe: Law enforcement don’t expect arraignment until next week
A law enforcement source told Fox News that the Manhattan DA’s Office and different branches of law enforcement discussed the logistics of closing down streets and putting lights up with generators, extra barriers, and extra police.

Trump surges in polling ahead of possible arrest
The public appears to have softened its stance toward the former president.

Trump Attacks DeSantis After Gov Slammed Manhattan DA
DeSantis slammed the George Soros-funded D.A. for “weaponizing” the justice system, while also quipping about the alleged “hush money” Trump paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

House Republicans Demand Documents From Prosecutor Investigating Trump
"This indictment comes after years of your office searching for a basis — any basis — on which to bring charges, ultimately settling on a novel legal theory untested anywhere in the country and one that federal authorities declined to pursue,” the lawmakers wrote.

Chris Rock says arresting Trump will 'make him more popular'
Rock slammed the crowd of D.C. insiders watching him, asking them "are you stupid?" for making such a move.

Even Michael Avenatti says case against Trump is weak and will fail
Literally everyone knows this is nothing but a political stunt. Literally.

Domestic News...

Eggs Are So Expensive That Dollar Tree Is No Longer Selling Them
Dollar Tree said in a statement that the company will not sell eggs until prices moderate. “Our primary price point at Dollar Tree is $1.25."

San Francisco 'defund the police' Democrat demands more cops as crime surges
"I want to make it clear that I believe strongly in defunding the police and reducing the number of officers on our force."

Hawaii lawmakers considering sweeping gun control bill
New Jersey and New York lawmakers have passed similar laws.

FBI data on good guys with guns is ‘garbage’ as critic finds many more cases
The FBI’s active shooter definition is different from other shootings. Instances of self-defense, drug and gang violence, hostage situations, and domestic disputes are discounted.

Huffington Post: How The Courts Are Strangling Gun Reform
A 2022 Supreme Court decision turbocharged a gun rights movement that has already racked up game-changing court victories over the last 15 years.

California wants feds to cover six months of ‘transitional rent’ for homeless with Medicaid
Newsom recently asked Biden to approve a new program called “transitional rent” under Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid.

Florida mayor calls it quit over out of control spending, starts packing his things in the middle of a city council meeting
"I'm concerned with where the city is going, because this is simple math, and we're not doing very well on the test."

SCOTUS Nullifies Lower Court Ruling Giving Teen The Right To Seek An Abortion Without Parental Notification
In a short paragraph, the Supreme Court declared the judgement vacated, remanding it to the Eighth Circuit to be dismissed as moot.

Doctor’s Iconic Photo of a 10-Week-Old ‘Fetus’ Proves Aborted Babies Are Not Clumps of Cells
Half a century later, the photo is more important than ever.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ratifies law allowing monument to commemorate victims of abortion
Meanwhile, in NYC, an eight-foot sculpture of a horned female with tentacles was erected above a state courthouse commemorating the "spirit" that seeks abortion's legalization across the United States.

Philadelphia settles for $9.25 million over response to BLM riots
The protesters, who included residents of West Philadelphia, filed a class action suit alleging "physical and emotional injuries" caused by the city's response to "demonstrations" in 2020.

An Oregon Man Was Wrongly Imprisoned for Almost a Year Because of an Error in a DMV Database
The Oregon DMV knew about the problem, but it "wasn't at a high enough level to understand the urgency" of the need to fix it.

Update: Man found dead rolled up in a carpet was in the trunk of drug dealer's car for several days
Police originally said there were no signs of foul play, even though he was found rolled up in plastic and inside a carpet.

Politics...

Biden issues first veto of his presidency over anti-ESG bill
The Republican-led legislation would have prevented Biden's administration from taking ESG issues into account when making investment decisions.

White House sounds alarm on Freedom Caucus' budget plan
The Freedom Caucus' plan calls for across-the-board cuts in U.S. agencies' funding by capping spending at 2022 levels for the next 10 years. It would end Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness program, reclaim unspent COVID funds, increase work requirements for welfare recipients, and more.

Biden faces a major foreign policy scandal, but when are congressional Republicans going to notice?
The rising scandal surrounding retired FBI senior official Charles McGonigal is perhaps the worst in the bureau’s history.

‘As A Student Of Persian Culture …’: Biden’s Latest Multicultural Boast
Readers know that Biden is the most Polish-Jewish-Black-Puerto Rican-Greek-Irish-Catholic president that we have ever had. Yet did you know that he’s also a profound “student” of Persian culture?

White House press corps erupts as African reporter demands press sec answer his questions
"It’s been seven months, you have not called on me."

Geraldo says Chris Christie is the strongest GOP candidate for president
Rivera was promptly ridiculed on social media.

Economy / ESG...

DeSantis Unveils Plan To Battle Biden’s ‘Efforts To Inject A Centralized Bank Digital Currency’
“The Biden administration’s efforts to inject a Centralized Bank Digital Currency is about surveillance and control,” DeSantis said in a press release.

Federal Reserve confirms July launch for FedNow instant payment service
The instant payment network will settle payments in seconds and can support transactions between consumers, merchants, and banks. It does not rely on blockchain technology. It’s a significant step for the government, as it is controlled by the Federal Reserve.

FedNow Website: Get on board
“The launch reflects an important milestone in the journey to support financial institutions serve customer needs for instant payments to better support nearly every aspect of our economy.”

Texas blacklists HSBC over 'boycott' of fossil fuels
The bank's updated policy restricting financing of oil and natural gas was cause for its addition to the list.

Banking...

Fate of First Republic Hangs in Balance as Shares Plummet Again
A $30 billion cash infusion and a frantic effort to sell a stake in the bank have done little to calm investors.

After Collecting Millions From Wall Street, Janet Yellen Now Helps Decide Which Banks Get Bailouts
Yellen received more than $7 million in speaking fees from dozens of companies including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, UBS, Charles Schwab, and many more.

Banking Crisis: A Primer For Immediate Action
Here are some basic facts and analysis that will help you to evaluate the situation yourself and make some important decisions about your investment portfolio.

As Hedge Funds Pile Into The New 'Big Short,' The Next Credit Event Emerges
For those who have been trading long enough, every couple of years a new "big short" opportunity presents itself.

CRE Nuke Goes Off With Small Banks Accounting For 70% Of Commercial Real Estate Loans
“What started as a spread widening episode in IG mezz in the week leading up to SVB’s collapse has infected AAA CMBS this past week regardless of format,” the JPMorgan analysts wrote.

US judge orders JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank to face lawsuits linked to Jeffrey Epstein
Both banks must also face proposed class actions by women who said Epstein sexually abused them.

Credit Suisse memorabilia up for grabs in online shops after merger
Dozens of bars of gold, stamped with the name of the issuer — the 167-year-old Credit Suisse — were uploaded to the country's most popular online marketplaces.

Border....

Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US
Moreno has been charged with conspiring to illegally export a firearm. The complaint said that he admitted to buying firearms for people he knew were going to provide them to a member of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.

ATF gunwalking scandal
Gunwalking was a tactic used by the ATF, where they "purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders and arrest them."

Border Patrol encountered 16 people on FBI’s terror watch list last month
Since the start of CBP’s fiscal year 2023, which started in October, 69 people on the FBI’s terror watch list have been captured at the southern border.

Senior FBI and CBP Officials Were Upset At Press Release on Capture of Two Terrorists At Border
A “principal advisor” to Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas worked through the night in 2021 to get the press release on the capture of two Yemini terrorists at the U.S. southern border scrubbed.

WAR News... 

Putin and Xi Celebrate Ties Unbroken by Russia’s War in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Monday criticized the visit, saying it amounts to “diplomatic cover for Russia to continue to commit” war crimes.

Insurance Agencies Would Love to Know Who Blew Up Nord Stream
An era of gray zone warfare and sabotage creates tough financial questions.

Putin's Staff Ordered to Stop Using iPhones
"It is possible that the Presidential Administration will even purchase new secure phones for its employees to make it easier for them to abandon American technology," Kommersant wrote.

I'm a doomsday prepper with an outhouse full of nuclear war supplies
It's "scary" how many people are also preparing for the end of the world.

COVID-19...

Biden Signs Bipartisan Bill To Declassify Intel On Origins Of COVID-19 ... BUT ...
Biden said he may have portions redacted to protect U.S. national security.

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield: 'NIH Leadership Was Antithetical to Science'
In an interview, Redfield criticized Anthony Fauci for tamping down on speculation about the potential lab-leak origins of COVID-19.

Fauci Gets Reamed After Trying To Push Vaccine On DC Resident
Fauci was confronted by multiple citizens who questioned the efficacy of and motives behind the vaccine.

Entertainment...

Disney to cut 4,000 'redundant and disposable' jobs starting in April
CEO Bob Iger announced in early February plans to lay off 7,000 employees throughout the company, with at least 4,000 of those cuts coming from existing roles and the remainder coming from open roles.

Media...

NY Times: Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion
The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger.

Self-Described ‘Anti-Racist’ Author Says People Of Color Should ‘Get Away’ From White People
“I’m a big believer in affinity space and affinity work. And I think people of color need to get away from white people and — and have some community with each other,” Robin DiAngelo said in a resurfaced video.

Europe...

New Anti-Globalist Farmers Wins Even More Dutch Senators Than Expected, Are Largest Party
The anti-Great Reset, pro-farmer BoerBurgerBeweging movement appears to have won even more seats in the Dutch senate than expected, with the globalist coalition government losing heavily.

French Opposition Launch Bid to Remove Macron Government from Power
Such attempts to topple the sitting administration come amid an ongoing protest movement against pension reforms in the country.

Environment...

UN calls for mass fossil fuel shutdowns to prevent 'climate time bomb'
UN secretary-general calls for "ceasing all licensing or funding of new oil and gas" and "stopping any expansion of existing oil and gas reserves."

World Has Less Than a Decade to Stop Catastrophic Warming, UN Panel Says
A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars, and big changes.

Biden’s Energy Secretary Urges Low-Income Americans To Make Their Homes ‘Energy Efficient’ With Tax Credits
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said low-income families could benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act if they made expensive upgrades to their home or bought electric cars.

‘Sustainable’ Electric Cars Are Getting Junked Over Minor Damage
Insurers are being forced to write off many electric vehicles with only minor damage to battery packs, sending the batteries to scrap yards and hindering the climate benefits of going electric.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Antifa post recipes for eye-blinding 'paint bombs' containing glass, sand
Antifa accounts on Twitter are sharing instructions on how to make dangerous projectile weapons in anticipation of summer protests against children's drag and trans performances.

Black trans reporter accuses journalism industry of transphobia, sexism and racism
"As a Black trans man and gender-fluid reporter, I feel like the journalism industry does not hear me when I say I am still read as a Black woman and that I experience transphobia. Instead, people ignore my gender identity and act as if I am making it up."

Woke pastor says "drag is holy" and Jesus is "God in drag"
Have you been caught using a metaphor or simile like Jesus in Matthew 23:37? Well, congrats, you're a drag queen!

Education...

Los Angeles Schools to Shut Down After Workers Vow to Strike
The nation’s second-largest school district will cancel classes starting on Tuesday, while thousands of employees pressed demands for higher pay.

Technology...

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers in addition to 18,000 announced in previous cuts
Most of the cuts would impact teams working in Amazon Web Services, People Experience and Technology Solutions, advertising, and the streaming service Twitch.

Science...

Uranus moons might have hidden oceans
Uranus might be even more interesting than you thought.

Sports...

Cuba Lost the World Baseball Classic Semifinals — and a Player — to the US
Iván Prieto didn’t board the flight back to the communist island on Monday.

Man Rides Moped Onto The Middle Of Soccer Field To Protest Fans Scaring His Horse
A Dutchman decided to drive his moped scooter on a pitch during a soccer match to protest young fans who shot off fireworks.

March 21, 2008 - Obama says his grandmother is a 'typical white person'... New Black Panthers interview recap... Black Liberation theology... Easter essay... Getting through life by recognizing hurt and pain... Trip to Disney... Good Friday... Glenn wants to get away from politics and keep things happy... Disney experience... Evolution of self...

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

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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?

Bloomberg / Contributor | Getty Images

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.