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Morning Brief 2023-04-28

April 28, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Floyd Brown
TOPIC: A battle plan for civil disobedience.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Stephanie Elad
TOPIC: The importance of your local school board elections.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Rick Burgess
TOPIC: Why are the majority of church congregations made of women? Where are the men?

Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Domestic News...

Biden Is Pushing Federal Regulatory Powers Into Uncharted Territory
Regulations costing less than $200 million will no longer be considered "economically significant."

Congress moves to free IRS whistleblower to talk about Hunter Biden probe, protect him from reprisal
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith pointedly warns IRS commissioner to protect agent from retaliation.

Minnesota bill normalizing pedophilia dropped after backlash
A bill in Minnesota that proposed to lower the age of consent and normalize pedophilia has been dropped following public outrage and backlash.

Nashville Christian school shooter's writings 'now being reviewed for public release'
"The investigation has advanced to the point that writings from the Covenant shooter are now being reviewed for public release," the Metro Nashville Police Department's public information office noted.

We’re done with 'gradually.' We’ve now reached the 'suddenly' part
The deterioration of government finances has been gradual, then sudden. Social conflict, censorship, and the decline in basic civility has been gradual, then sudden. Even the loss of confidence in the U.S. dollar has been gradual … and is poised to be sudden.

The first Barbie doll with Down syndrome has been unveiled
Mattel has just announced the release of a Barbie doll with Down syndrome, and it seems pro-life advocates across social media couldn't be happier about it.

Politics...

Video: Crowd Erupts As Trump Imitates Biden Being Lost On Stage
Trump did his best Biden impression, and it's a 10 out of 10.

Biden’s approval rating sinks to an all-time low: Poll
The survey, released by Gallup on Thursday, found that just 37% of U.S. adults approved of Biden’s job performance, the lowest the polling outfit has measured since the start of his presidency.

Biden Will Be Without Both ‘Shadow Presidents,’ So Who Is Really Running The Show?
Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain, is long gone from the White House, and domestic policy adviser Susan Rice will soon be departing. That raises the question: Who will be left to really run the White House?

Biden Can’t Remember His Recent Trip to Ireland
Joe Biden shocked visitors at the White House Thursday when he was unable to recall his recent week-long trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Biden Publicly Shuns His Granddaughter
“I have six grandchildren, and I’m crazy about them,” Biden told an audience at the White House. Well … not all of them.

Trump reveals new nickname for Joe Biden as he goes easy on Hillary Clinton
“I will be retiring the name ‘Crooked’ from Hillary Clinton. I’m gonna give her a new name. I don’t know, like maybe ‘Lovely Hillary’ or ‘Beautiful Hillary,’ but I’m going to retire the name ‘Crooked’ so that we can use the name for Joe Biden — because he’ll be known from now on as ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden.”

DeSantis expected to launch 2024 presidential campaign in mid-May
The revelation comes as the Florida Senate passed a bill on Wednesday allowing the governor to run for president without having to resign from his position.

McCarthy Earns High Praise For His Tenure So Far From Republicans Who Opposed His Speakership
"I’d give him an ‘A.'"

Don't Believe the Media Fearmongering About Spending Cuts
In 2019, discretionary spending was $1.338 trillion — or some $320 billion less than what Republicans want that side of the budget to be.

Multiple Journalists Press KJP On LA Times Reporter’s Question Being Written On Cheat Sheet
“It is entirely normal for a president to be briefed on reporters who will be asking questions at a press conference and issues we expect they might ask about."

WaPo: ‘DEI is dead’ -- At VMI, Youngkin’s diversity chief slams diversity, equity, inclusion
At Virginia Military Institute, a college trying to attract more women and minorities, Martin D. Brown declares diversity is the "wrong mission."

Mike Lee issues challenge to Elizabeth Warren after she claims 'right-wing extremists' have 'hijacked' Supreme Court
He was very polite about it.

West Virginia governor launches Senate bid against Joe Manchin
Jim Justice will run against Republican Representative Alex Mooney in the primary, the victor of which will take on Manchin.

Montana legislature formally gives trans Democrat the boot for 'encouraging an insurrection'
While the transvestite lawmaker will be able to vote remotely, he will not be able to engage in person with those to whom he has refused to apologize.

Economy / ESG...

WEF: Agenda 2030 -- Why civic participation is key to meeting UN sustainability targets
Agenda 2030 marks a rare moment of global unanimity with an emphasis on economic advancement, social progress, and environmental sustainability.

North Carolina bill that would ban ESG investment policies stalls
The bill was slated for a hearing in the House State Government Committee on Thursday but was removed from the calendar.

GDP Report Shows Economic Growth Slowed in First Quarter
Many economists are predicting a U.S. recession later this year.

Argentina Abandons US Dollar In China Trade As Local Bitcoin Reaches Record High
"Following the worst drought in history, Argentina must keep its (foreign) reserves robust," Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa said.

Coinbase offers a fiery response to the SEC’s threat of enforcement action
The crypto exchange told the SEC that any enforcement action against the exchange would “fail on the merits” and would present “major” risks to the SEC’s regulatory model.

Mars Inc. slapped with civil rights complaint citing woke hiring, training practices
A nonprofit law firm is filing a civil rights complaint against Mars Inc., alleging the food company is engaging is discriminatory hiring and training practices.

Border...

Border Patrol releases plan for surge of illegal aliens as Title 42 end nears, 40K mass feet away
Frantic preparations are under way in El Paso to deal with an expected flood of illegal migrants when Title 42 ends May 11.

Tim Scott Introduces Legislation Redirecting $15 Billion From IRS To Border Security
Additionally, the legislation would give retention bonuses to Border Patrol agents and end the “catch and release” policy.

WAR News... 

Democrats Attack Ukraine Audit Resolution as ‘Divisive and Ill-Advised’
Legislation introduced by Matt Gaetz that calls on the White House to release documents related to the war in Ukraine passed a voice vote on Wednesday.

Ukraine attempted to assassinate Putin with killer drone: Claims
Unidentified sources claimed that the Ukrainian secret service launched a UJ-22 drone loaded with C4 explosives on Sunday, the German newspaper Bild reported.

Are warlords the future of Russia?
As more private military groups founded by oligarchs, companies, and politicians compete with the Defense Ministry, Russian “warlords” may become key players.

COVID-19...

Another Lockdown Authoritarian Tries To Weasel Out Of Responsibility For Role During Pandemic
More attempts at rewriting history.

Epoch Times: CDC Officials Make False Statements About Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
Continuing a trend of mis- and disinformation from the public health agency.

Epoch Times: CDC Finds Hundreds of Safety Signals for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Note the article is from January. The signals require further analysis, are not confirmation that there is a link.

Commie Update...

China’s top chip maker will ‘struggle’ to make cutting-edge chips competitively
SMIC won’t be able to produce cutting-edge chips competitively if it continues to be cut off from advanced equipment. SMIC has been the target of U.S. sanctions since 2020 when it was put on an U.S. trade blacklist restricting its access to certain technology.

Entertainment...

Blaze Media Makes First Movie Acquisition With Comedy ‘Re-Opening,’ Lines Up Scripted Series
"Re-Opening," which won a handful of awards at North American indie and comedy festivals last year, follows the cast and crew of a struggling theater in Pigeon Valley, Tennessee, as they attempt to prepare the theater to reopen after months of being closed down due to the COVID lockdown.

Jerry Springer dies at 79
Springer once said that he did not mind being referred to as the “grandfather of trash TV."

Madonna finally releases controversial 2003 ‘American Life’ music video
She reasoned in 2003: “I have decided not to release my new video. It was filmed before the (Iraq) war started ... out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video.”

Media...

Media Matters: On BlazeTV, Glenn Beck instructs his audience to use 'Dump Fox' promo code
Thanks for the free promotion. Remember, use "Dump Fox: to save $20 on a Blaze TV Subscription.

Fox ratings tumble in Tucker Carlson slot after his firing
Fox drew 1.33 million viewers in the 8 p.m. ET slot on Wednesday night, putting the network second to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. That’s down 56% from what Carlson reached last Wednesday. Kilmeade, hosting the 8 p.m. ET slot, had 1.7 million viewers on Tuesday and 2.59 million on Monday.

Tucker Carlson video posted on Twitter approaches 70 million views
In less than two days.

Don Lemon to lounge all summer after ‘surviving’ $7-million-a-year CNN gig
“There are lots of things that come your way that are unexpected, but I’m a survivor.”

Europe...

IMF warns of ‘disorderly’ house price corrections in Europe as interest rates move higher
The IMF said that a downward correction is already under way in some European housing markets, but this decline could accelerate as central banks increase interest rates further.

Environment...

Global Warming Trend Is 'Only One-Half of the Climate Model Simulations,' Says New Paper
A new satellite global temperature data series bolsters the case that climate models are running way too hot.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Children’s Hospital Offers Consultations On Transgender Treatments To Kids Younger Than 10
“Medical treatment usually doesn’t begin until puberty. This is commonly age 10 or 11. We are happy to meet with you and your child before that, though.”

Whoopi: ‘God Was Really Clear’ Transitioning Kids Is OKAY With Him
Things turned to the heretical as Goldberg decried those citing the Bible to oppose mutilating children with sex change surgeries.

Hilarious: Bridal magazine puts bearded 'trans-feminine' activist in dress on cover
There's things to get worked up over, then there's this.

Bud Light to spend ‘heavily’ on marketing blitz after Dylan Mulvaney disaster
Anheuser-Busch “did promise to spend lotsa dough on Bud Light [marketing] this spring and summer, starting with big push this week for the NFL draft.”

Dylan Mulvaney breaks his silence following Bud Light sponsorship controversy
The TikTok star said he is “doing OK,” but feels like he’s going through deja vu with being called “too feminine and over the top” like when he was a child.

Employees at Texas agency must wear clothes that reflect their 'biological gender,' new dress code says
The new policy encourages both male and female employees to embrace "Western business attire" as well as their natural masculinity or femininity.

Education...

Over 100 Harvard professors band together to protect free speech
Prevent censorship on campus during "crisis time."

Florida education bill boosts ‘classic’ alternative to SAT and ACT
The measure could raise visibility and market share of an admission exam called the Classic Learning Test.

An AP lesson: Progressive brainwashing only stops when people pay attention
What the brouhaha over the AP African-American study course really illustrates is the lack of transparency and lack of input parents have over the education of their children.

Exploring the mystery of Lloyd L. Gaines' disappearance after he won his civil rights case in Missouri in 1939
Was the disappearance of Gaines a result of his lawsuit and subsequent victory against the University of Missouri? We may never know the answers.

Health...

Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care
Industry analysts predict that tirzepatide could become one of the top-selling drugs ever, with annual sales topping $50 billion.

First babies made with ‘sperm robot’ are born, potentially lowering IVF costs
The first babies ever made with a sperm-injecting robot reportedly were born thanks to a cutting-edge procedure that experts say could lower the cost of IVF by thousands of dollars.

Religion...

Jason Whitlock: Corporate media, please quit calling me a ‘conservative’
I’m not a conservative. I’m a Christian.

Technology...

A research team airs the messy truth about AI in medicine
In public, hospitals rave about artificial intelligence. But on the front lines, the hype is smashing into a starkly different reality.

Snapchat’s new AI chatbot is already raising alarms among teens and parents
“I don’t think I’m prepared to know how to teach my kid how to emotionally separate humans and machines when they essentially look the same from her point of view. I just think there is a really clear line [Snapchat] is crossing.”

The dangers of letting AI loose on finance
We must recognize the stability risks — whether over-concentration or digital herding — as well as the benefits.

Microsoft Drops Wait List To Try AI-Powered Microsoft Designer
Microsoft Designer lets users "quickly create stunning visuals, social media posts, invitations, and more," the announcement suggested.

Science...

Thousands of ‘alien’ space radio signals reach Earth: ‘Not just a coincidence’
Thousands of signals have made their way to Earth — 50 of them from repeating sources, according to Canadian astronomers.

Sports...

Brittney Griner: It’s A ‘Crime’ To Stop Biological Males From Competing Against Women
The WNBA player, who was freed from a Russian prison late last year in a prisoner swap for a notorious Russian terrorist, decried legislation being pushed across the U.S. that aims to keep men out of women's sports.

Ex-NBA star Dwyane Wade says he moved family out of Florida over state's LBGTQ policies
... and those policies are what exactly?

Fired ESPN reporter accused of also calling other reporters 'white b***h', 'fake Hispanic' in past conflicts
Previous allegations of aggressive interactions with fellow reporters have emerged against Marly Rivera, who was fired Tuesday by ESPN for calling a rival a “f**king c**t.”

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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?

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.