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Morning Brief 2023-04-13

April 13, 2023
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Rep. Chris Stewart
TOPIC: China and Russia are continuing to strengthen their relationship.

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Bill O'Reilly
TOPIC: Will ANYONE cover Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News fairly?

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: James Lindsay
TOPIC: The REAL reason brands are sponsoring Dylan Mulvaney.

Psalm 80:1-7

Domestic News...

Biden administration mulls expanding online surveillance after missing leak: Report
The administration is considering expanding its social media and chat room monitoring protocols.

Why didn't Merrick Garland tell the truth about the FBI's Guy Fawkes obsession?
Garland is being savaged for what definitely looks like false testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month about the targeting of traditionalist Catholic parishes by the FBI.

Trans perp who vandalized church and assaulted worker offered no-jail-time plea deal from Biden's DOJ
"It is very clear that the Biden Justice Department has politicized and weaponized the FACE Act to go after pro-life Christians praying outside of abortion clinics like Mark Houck while turning a blind eye to violent felons terrorizing and badly damaging Catholic churches like Maeve Nota."

America First Legal Investigates Potential DOJ Involvement in SPLC Sabotage of Douglass Mackey Trial
The timing of the SPLC’s hit piece, combined with the Biden administration’s obsessive prosecution of this case, raises serious questions.

Babylon Bee, Tim Pool File Lawsuit Against California Attorney General Over New Social Media Law
A new law took effect this year that requires social media companies to file quarterly reports detailing content moderation policies with the AG’s Office.

California reparations task force annoyed dollar figure is dominating headlines
Current proposals call for $360,000 for the roughly 1.8 million black residents who have at least one ancestor who was a slave. It could cost $800 billion, according to some analysts.

St. Louis progressive prosecutor asks for dismissal of attorney general's suit to remove her
Sternberg said the actions or inactions of Gardner and her subordinates are “insufficient to meet the high bar” of the statute.

Dairy farm explosion kills at least 18,000 cattle, critically injures worker
Animal Welfare Institute reported that the incident was the deadliest barn fire for cattle overall.

Atlanta teen died a hero trying to save 4 children from drowning in Florida waters
When Bryce Brooks saw four children being pulled out to sea, his family members say he sprang into action.

Target security guard punches woman who chased him over refusal of 'reparations' of $1K in groceries
"This is my Rosa Parks moment."

Arnold Schwarzenegger fills pothole haunting LA neighborhood
He's fallen a long way since being governor.

Politics...

Bank records show millions in transactions between Hunter Biden, China firms
Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says the Chinese-American financial institution Cathay Bank has given Senate Republicans records showing millions of dollars going from Chinese companies to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

China sent not-so-subtle threat to Joe Biden by revealing Hunter’s bank records, says senator
Cathay Bank, which is based in Los Angeles but has offices in China, voluntarily turned over bank records requested by Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Charles E. Grassley of Iowa. Every other American bank denied the two Republicans’ requests for financial records.

Joe Biden ‘Knew’ Hunter Was On Burisma Board While Pushing For Natural Gas In Ukraine
A former stenographer who worked for the Obama administration said that then-Vice President Joe Biden “knew” his son Hunter was on the board of directors for Burisma while embarking on a trip to the country in an effort to bolster its natural gas industry.

White House quietly corrects Jean-Pierre's claim about Biden taking questions
The White House has quietly corrected a blatantly false claim by Karine Jean-Pierre that Biden has taken more questions from the press than former Presidents Trump, Obama, and Bush combined.

Tim Scott, Clarence Thomas, and the problem of Democrat racism
Thomas has endured a career-long trashing by the Left since 1991 when then-Sen. Joe Biden presided over the “high-tech lynching” that constituted Thomas’s confirmation hearings.

The unlikely lovefest between Trump and Newsom: ‘He’s so nice to me’
During Tuesday night's interview, Trump visibly shocked Tucker Carlson by revealing "he gets along with" the California governor and refusing to disparage Newsom in spite of ample bait from Carlson.

Trump files $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen for 'breaches of contract'
"This is an action arising from [Cohen’s] multiple breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conversion and breaches of contract by virtue of [Cohen’s] past service as [Trump’s] employee and attorney," the lawsuit states.

Special counsel focuses on Trump fundraising off false election claims
This time they're going to get him ... this time it's gonna happen!

Two House Democrats call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign
Her absence changes the Democrats' 10-9 majority in the Senate Judiciary Committee to a 9-9 tie with Republicans.

Allegations about Democrat Katie Porter's abusive marriage resurface as she launches Senate run and releases memoir
Dumping boiling potatoes on her husband's head, saying he's "too dumb" to have a cell phone and calling him a f***ing slob.

Legal argument by Dem election superlawyer will aid GOP challenge, 'upend' Arizona AG race: Hamadeh
GOP nominee Abe Hamadeh fell just 280 votes short of winning, but at least 1,200 provisional ballots cast by high-propensity voters were "erroneously rejected."

Economy / ESG...

Fed expects banking crisis to cause a recession this year, minutes show
Projections following the meeting indicated that Fed officials expect gross domestic product growth of just 0.4% for all of 2023. With the Atlanta Fed tracking a first-quarter gain around 2.2%, that would indicate a pullback later in the year.

Fed, We Have A Problem: Wage Growth Is Actually Crashing
"Growth in after-tax wages and salaries slowed to just 2% YoY on a three-month moving average basis, down from the peak of 8% in April 2022.

Eggs are cheaper, but not housing. Inside the latest consumer price index
“There’s elements of a lot of noise in this data.”

WAR News... 

Official confirms US Special Forces in Ukraine
John Kirby has revealed to Fox News on Wednesday that there is a "small U.S. military presence" at the American embassy in Ukraine.

Defense Department IG quietly investigates Ukrainian corruption
One person from the IG office said that the DoD “is concerned about the potential diversion or legal export, or theft for that matter, of the goods.”

Miscommunication Nearly Led to Russian Jet Shooting Down British Spy Plane, US Officials Say
Recently leaked intelligence documents called the incident, last year, a near shoot-down. Officials said it was more serious than originally reported.

New Seymour Hersh article claims Zelensky is trading with the enemy
Zelensky has been buying the fuel from Russia, and the Ukrainian president and many in his entourage have been skimming untold millions from the American dollars earmarked for diesel fuel payments.

Former Secretary of Defense Esper accuses Biden of 'trying to rewrite' history on Afghanistan withdrawal
"To review the agreement, to cast aside the agreement, to renegotiate the agreement, or to hope to move forward on it, which is what they did in the day. I think to kind of blame it on the Trump administration is just terrible."

Putin critic Navalny's health deteriorating in prison
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is experiencing increased health problems in prison, according to his staff.

North Korea fires ICBM that may have been new type of weapon
North Korea has conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new type of more mobile, harder-to-detect weapons system.

Commie Update...

China’s struggles with lab safety carry danger of another pandemic
China has poured billions of dollars into lab construction and genetic engineering in its bid to become a science superpower, but safety practices have failed to keep up, investigations and reports of accidents show.

Macron Stands by Comments on Taiwan
Macron suggested that Taiwan was not Europe’s concern.

Warren Buffet Says Geopolitical Tensions A Factor In Decision To Dump Shares In Taiwanese Chip Firm
Berkshire Hathaway dumped $4.1 billion in shares of TSMC at the end of 2022.

Entertainment...

Country music star John Rich says woke culture in the industry began as early as 2008
"Which would coincide with Obama’s election," Rich told Just the News. "I was told not to do certain interviews with outlets like Fox and not talk about certain subjects."

Rock icon Nick Cave says going to church, being a conservative is modern way of 'f*****g' with people
The most punk rock, counterculture thing you can do now is to be a conservative and go to church.

Media...

This NY mag article about parental rights might be the most unhinged, uneducated piece of bear scat I have ever read
Do these people not know this is literally what the Soviets did, or do they just like supporting mother Russia?

Elon Musk leaves BBC reporter stunned after he turns the tables
Musk, who is a literally a genius, destroys the vapid state-sponsored "reporter."

Elon Musk fires back at NPR after it abandons Twitter for being labeled 'state-affiliated media'
"Defund @NPR," Musk tweeted.

'Disinformation' network blacklisting conservative news hides tax forms over 'harassment'
Two U.S. nonprofit groups tied to the Global Disinformation Index are refusing to disclose key details about their operations, citing an obscure federal exemption law on "harassment."

Leftist Ana Kasparian Apologizes For Spreading False Claims About Ron DeSantis
"I feel like I’ve misled the audience into thinking that Rebecca Jones is some sort of hero,” Kasparian said.

Leftist Ana Kasparian has a complete meltdown over the cost of climate change policies
"We're gonna take out a massive f***ing loan to pay for it! We're not getting any help from the f***ing government on that!"

Europe...

Biden butchers Irish history by referring to rugby team as 'Black and Tans'
President Biden, in attempting to pay tribute to his Irish rugby player cousin, managed to mix up the world-famous New Zealand team with an infamous group of constables known for their brutality during the Irish War of Independence.

Top-secret security documents about Biden's Belfast visit found in street
A Belfast man, who identified as "Bill," called into a BBC show hosted by Stephen Nolan to report that he had found security documents on the ground on a street close to his home.

Environment...

Biden to remake US auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever
Proposed rules could lead to 67 percent of all car and truck sales being EVs by 2032, EPA says, but some automakers are wary of the timeline.

Farmers score victory over Biden admin as judge pauses controversial eco rules
West Virginia attorney general says court ruling is "a victory for the states."

North Dakota judge blocks controversial water rule
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday that blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's clean water rule.

LGBTQIA2S+...

SFSU President: Gaines Incident 'Deeply Traumatic' For Trans Community
“To our trans community, please know how welcome you are. We will turn this moment into an opportunity to listen and learn about how we can better support you.”

Details Emerge Over ‘Mistake’ That Led To Bud Light’s Marketing Engagement With Trans Influencer
“No one at a senior level was aware this was happening. Some low-level marketing staffer who helps manage the hundreds of influencer engagements they do must have thought it was no big deal. Obviously it was, and it’s a shame because they have a well-earned reputation for just being America’s beer — not a political company.”

Anheuser-Busch: Blowing Up Bud Light Cans Doesn't Change The Company's Bottom Line
Real-life data suggests that little will change in the company's top and bottom lines and that any sentiment-driven dip in the company's share price is a buying opportunity.

Joe Rogan defends Bud Light over transgender spokesperson controversy
"Here's my take. Like what they're doing is spreading the brand to an extra group of people . Why ... do you give a f*** who's got it?!"

Video: Bud Light Presents: A Real Man Hiding His ...
Bud Light’s strategy to implement a more "inclusive" marketing campaign, spotlighting a man who pretends to be a girl, hasn’t received a very warm welcome.

HBO CEO avoids questions on JK Rowling's transgender views
“That’s a very online conversation, very nuanced and complicated, and not something we’re going to get into.”

Education...

Judges scold teachers for challenging gender identity, antiracism policies
Whether disruption was caused by the educators or those offended by their advocacy is a "distinction without a difference," judge found. Free speech group calls ruling "disappointing."

This liberal university disarmed its police after the 2020 riots. Now they're reversing course
Portland State University has returned guns to its police force, citing increased dangers near campus.

Technology...

Why was the State Dept. pushing LinkedIn to join the government-industrial censorship complex?
Of all the platforms for “disinformation” that might interest the government-industrial complex, why LinkedIn? It exists not so much to move debate and argument, but resumés and higher-level Help Wanted notices. It’s a professional networking platform, not Hot Take Central.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs bill requiring parental consent for minors' social media accounts
Sanders signed Senate Bill 396 into law Wednesday. The bill requires social media companies with more than $100 million in revenue to verify a user's age.

Someone Directed an AI to 'Destroy Humanity' and It Tried Its Best
ChaosGPT attempted to source nukes and drum up support for its cause on Twitter. It's safe to say it wasn't successful. Even so, the project gives us a unique glimpse into how other AI programs, including closed-source programs like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Bard, might attempt to tackle the same command.

Couples are using ChatGPT to write their wedding vows, with mixed results
Soon-to-be married couples have begun flocking to OpenAI's ChatGPT artificial intelligence platform to assist with wedding vows, best man speeches, and other wedding-related tasks, according to CNN.

Travel...

Intoxicated passenger lights up a cigarette, drinks hand sanitizer, assaults woman, says 'we're all going to die'
He "started slurring his words" and began groping the victim. He eventually began making sexually explicit comments and told her she "looked like a lesbian." ... He later admitted to downing hand sanitizer after his requests for another alcoholic beverage had been refused.

Sports...

'Let's go Brandon!' chant breaks out at youth wrestling event
Democrat operative whines that it's "height of indoctrination."

April 13, 2004 - Call for more troops in Iraq... Kerry wants to involve France in rebuilding Iraq... Professor says America is behind 9/11... Caller says Glenn's criticism of Kelly is a form of the Salem witch trials... Caller abducted by aliens, live on air... Home ownership at all-time high... TV talk... 'American Idol'... 'Arrested Development'... 'The Apprentice'...

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.

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

In Portland, Oregon, rioters tried to burn down another ICE facility and assaulted police officers before being dispersed with tear gas. Graffiti left behind read: “Kill your masters.”

On July 7, a Michigan man opened fire on a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and an agent. Border agents returned fire, killing the suspect.

Days later in California, ICE officers conducting a raid on an illegal cannabis farm in Ventura County were attacked by left-wing activists. One protester appeared to fire at federal agents.

This is not a series of isolated incidents. It’s a timeline of escalation. Political assassinations, firebombings, arson, ambushes — all carried out in the name of radical leftist ideology.

Democrats are radicalizing

This isn’t just the work of fringe agitators. It’s being enabled — and in many cases encouraged — by elected Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz routinely calls ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attempted to block an ICE operation in her city. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to them as “secret police terrorizing our communities.”

Apparently, other Democratic lawmakers, according to Axios, are privately troubled by their own base. One unnamed House Democrat admitted that supporters were urging members to escalate further: “Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.” Others were demanding blood in the streets to get the media’s attention.

A study from Rutgers University and the National Contagion Research Institute found that 55% of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that murdering Donald Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing. They don’t want the chaos to stop. They want to harness it, normalize it, and weaponize it.

The truth is, this isn’t just about ICE. It’s not even about Trump. It’s about whether a republic can survive when one major party decides that our institutions no longer apply.

Truth still matters. Law and order still matter. And if the left refuses to defend them, then we must be the ones who do.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

America's comeback: Trump is crushing crime in the Capitol

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Trump’s DC crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Donald Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard to restore law and order. This move is long overdue.

D.C.’s crime problem has been spiraling for years as local authorities and Democratic leadership have abandoned the nation’s capital to the consequences of their own failed policies. The city’s murder rate is about three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-led Havana, Cuba.

When DC is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak.

Theft, assaults, and carjackings have transformed many of its streets into war zones. D.C. saw a 32% increase in homicides from 2022 to 2023, marking the highest number in two decades and surpassing both New York and Los Angeles. Even if crime rates dropped to 2019 levels, that wouldn’t be good enough.

Local leaders have downplayed the crisis, manipulating crime stats to preserve their image. Felony assault, for example, is no longer considered a “violent crime” in their crime stats. Same with carjacking. But the reality on the streets is different. People in D.C. are living in constant fear.

Trump isn’t waiting for the crime rate to improve on its own. He’s taking action.

Broken windows theory in action

Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts the “broken windows theory” into action — the idea that ignoring minor crimes invites bigger ones. When authorities look the other way on turnstile-jumping or graffiti, they signal that lawbreaking carries no real consequence.

Rudy Giuliani used this approach in the 1990s to clean up New York, cracking down on small offenses before they escalated. Trump is doing the same in the capital, drawing a hard line and declaring enough is enough. Letting crime fester in Washington tells the world that the seat of American power tolerates lawlessness.

What Trump is doing for D.C. isn’t just about law enforcement — it’s about national identity. When D.C. is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak. The capital city represents the soul of the country. If we can’t even keep our own capital safe, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously?

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Reversing the decline

Anyone who has visited D.C. regularly over the past several years has witnessed its rapid decline. Homeless people bathe in the fountains outside Union Station. People are tripping out in Dupont Circle. The left’s negligence is a disgrace, enabling drug use and homelessness to explode on our capital’s streets while depriving these individuals of desperately needed care and help.

Restoring law and order to D.C. is not about politics or scoring points. It’s about doing what’s right for the people. It’s about protecting communities, taking the vulnerable off the streets, and sending the message to both law-abiding and law-breaking citizens alike that the rule of law matters.

D.C. should be a lesson to the rest of America. If we want to take our cities back, we need leadership willing to take bold action. Trump is showing how to do it.

Now, it’s time for other cities to step up and follow his lead. We can restore law and order. We can make our cities something to be proud of again.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.