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May 01, 2023
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TOPIC: The ATF’s pistol brace ban is set to go in effect at the end of this month; what does this mean for gun owners?

Matthew 6:25-27

Domestic News...

Justice Alito has ‘good idea’ who leaked Dobbs opinion; suggests motive was assassination
“Those of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, were really targets of assassination,” Alito said.

Supreme Court Justices release unanimous 9-0 letter slamming Democrats over fake Clarence Thomas 'ethics' scandal
The letter follows a hit piece by the left-wing ProPublica about Thomas reportedly receiving gifts from a billionaire conservative donor and friend.

Blue states suffer largest population, tax revenue losses, as red states see largest gains: IRS data
Wealthy residents appear to be the most likely to flee high-tax states.

Jeffrey Epstein met with Obama's White House counsel, Biden's CIA director, Noam Chomsky, and a Rothschild
A scathing report from the Wall Street Journal says that numerous elites met with Jeffrey Epstein after he was convicted sex offender.

Texas fugitive accused of killing 5 was illegally in US; deported 5 times
A suspect on the run in Texas after allegedly killing five neighbors execution-style Friday night when they complained about him firing a rifle on his property has been deported from the country five times.

Soros-Backed Prosecutor In Florida: DeSantis Is Building A Case To Remove Me From Office
DeSantis slammed Monique Worrell for failing to keep Keith Moses off the streets. Moses is accused of murdering three people, including a 9-year-old. Moses had been arrested multiple times for felonious crimes.

Public masturbator who attacked jogger will not serve jail time, thanks to Soros DA
A Texas predator who admitted he assaulted a woman and exposed himself to a child will not have to serve jail time thanks to a plea agreement orchestrated in part by Austin's leftist district attorney.

Neo-Nazis clash with Satanists at SatanCon — the 'largest satanic gathering in history'
Nationalist group Patriot Front clashed with Satanists this weekend in America during SatanCon, which claims to be the "largest satanic gathering in history."

Equity and the Race to the Bottom
The push for “equity” in American society today resembles Vonnegut’s dystopia – but nowhere more dangerously than in the education system.

The Diversity Officer Employment Aptitude Test
This assessment reveals whether you are a good candidate.

Texas Senate passes bill banning the purchase of farmland by citizens from hostile foreign nations
Lawful permanent residents and dual citizens would be exempted under the bill.

NY Times: Why Has the Perm Become So Popular With Young Men?
The modern male perm is softer and more natural and has taken off, thanks to K-pop and TikTok.

Politics...

Biden’s pre-written questions present a crisis of confidence
So much for "speaking truth to power."

Newspaper denies submitting advance questions as Biden snapped with reporter’s card in hand
The Los Angeles Times denied that it submitted questions to the White House ahead of a press conference after a notecard held by Biden contained a general summary of a question that a reporter for the newspaper asked.

CIA Veteran Reveals Why He Didn’t Sign Hunter Biden Laptop Letter
Dan Hoffman, the CIA’s former Moscow station chief, told Fox News he was “surprised” that no one requested his Russia expertise in discussing the letter before it went public and explained why he did not want his signature attached to it.

Comer Says Biden Legal Team Is Intimidating Witnesses: 'They Fear For Their Lives'
“We’ve got witnesses that are scared to death to come forward. They fear for their lives,” Comer said, adding that the Hunter Biden legal team has been “testing the limits with respect to witness intimidation.”

Who is Gal Luft? Missing Israeli professor wanted by US for weapons trafficking
Gal Luft's attorney said that the Biden administration is after the suspected arms dealer because he provided incriminating evidence against Hunter Biden in a corruption case.

Joe Rogan says Democrats' only chance to win 2024 is if Joe Biden dies 'very soon'
"The fact that he’s running again is so wild when you watch him talk," said Rogan about Biden.

RFK Jr. excoriates ABC News for 'hatchet job'
Accuses outlet of "defamation and unsheathed Pharma propaganda."

Economy / ESG...

Regulators Race to Seize and Sell First Republic Bank Before Markets Open
It’s possible that an agreement won’t be reached, in which case the FDIC would need to decide if it would seize First Republic anyway and take ownership itself.

US Economy: Cloudy With a Chance of Stagflation
Stagflation, a period of slow growth, high unemployment, and high inflation, is widely considered one of the worst conditions for an economy to be in.

What The End Of Fed Rate Hikes Means For Stocks
According to the Commerce Department, U.S. GDP increased at an annualized rate of 1.1% during Q1 2023. The experts thought GDP would grow by 2%. They were wrong.

There Were 70 Major Bankruptcies In Just 4 Months This Year
For 2009 there were 118 bankruptcies through April. In COVID-impacted 2020, there were 71 bankruptcies. In 2023 there have been 70.

Charlie Munger reportedly warns of trouble for the US commercial property market
The 99-year-old investor told the Financial Times that U.S. banks are packed with “bad loans” that will be vulnerable as “bad times come” and property prices fall.

Border...

Senator Hawley Calls For FBI Investigation Into 85,000 Migrant Kids Missing Under Biden
The senator said that a “full-scale” effort was needed to locate the children, bring traffickers to justice, and hold administration officials accountable “for their role in facilitating the exploitation of these children, in violation of the law.”

WAR News... 

Billionaire investor warns US, China 'on the brink of war'
Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater, warned after his recent trips to China that the United States and China are "on the brink of war and are beyond the ability to talk."

Russian submarine ship was detected near Nord Stream pipeline before blast
The Russian vessel, which was identified to be a submarine support ship SS-750, was photographed before the incident occurred, the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information reported on Thursday.

Russian Oil Still Powering Europe’s Cars With Help of India
Back in December, the EU barred almost any seaborne crude oil imports from Russia. It extended the prohibition to refined fuels two months later. However, the rules didn’t prevent countries like India from snapping up cheap Russian crude, turning it into fuels like diesel, and shipping it back to Europe at a markup.

Explosions Near Ukraine’s Giant Nuclear Plant Prompt Diplomatic Push
U.N. agency struggles to end Russia-Kyiv dispute over how to avert disaster at Zaporizhzhia.

US wires Ukraine with radiation sensors to detect nuclear blasts
The goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on Ukrainian soil, its atomic signature and Moscow’s culpability could be verified.

COVID-19...

Scientists launch manhunt for COVID patient infected for two years
Scientists are beginning a manhunt for a person in Ohio who is believed to have been the longest COVID-19 positive patient ever. The patient is believed to be carrying a highly mutated version of the virus "unlike anything" experts have seen so far.

'Something Clearly Went Wrong'
Billed as the most in-depth interview yet, the New York Times published a very long piece that contains some rather startling admissions, claims, and defenses from Anthony Fauci, the face of lockdowns and shot mandates.

California Doctor Faces $290 Million in COVID-19-Related Fraud Charges
Dinh allegedly billed the government through the HRSA Uninsured Program with uninsured claims for patients who actually either had insurance, were never treated, or had treatments that weren’t medically necessary, according to the DOJ.

Entertainment...

Elon Musk blasts 'woke mind virus' in revealing interview with Bill Maher
"I think we need to be very cautious about anything that is anti-meritocratic and anything that results in the suppression of free speech," Twitter CEO Musk told host Bill Maher.

Actor shocked that he agrees with Tucker Carlson
"I never thought I'd say it but I agree with @TuckerCarlson on almost everything he's saying here," actor Rainn Wilson tweeted, referring to Tucker Carlson's video from last week.

'Simpsons' voice actor for 'Apu' goes full woke
Azaria said he pushed "the broader dehumanization of Desi people in the United States. ... I helped to create a pretty marginalizing, dehumanizing stereotype."

'Falsification Of History': Egypt Goes Ballistic On Netflix Over Cleopatra's Race
According to Egypt's antiquities ministry, an upcoming four-part drama-documentary produced by Netflix has made a serious error regarding the race of one of Egypt's pharaohs. It appears that "woke capital" is distorting history.

How A Rotten Sex Pistol And His Wife Modeled Life-Long Commitment In A Rocky World
Despite Johnny’s outrageous public persona, his marriage to Nora never fed salacious headlines. There’s been only one woman in his orbit.

Canada...

Can Justin Trudeau’s Canada get any more authoritarian?
If passed, the bill will empower the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to filter what Canadians see in their social-media feeds and on YouTube.

Europe...

Michelin star chef to add 'semen' to the menu at popular restaurant
Shirako is a white paste made from fish semen which is mainly served on top of rice or even on custard. The Japanese delicacy is revered for its silky smooth texture and striking sea-like flavor.

Asia...

North Korea leader Kim’s powerful sister slams ‘old’ Biden over nuclear threat
The influential sister of Kim Jong Un slammed Biden for making nuclear threats, saying it marked the “dotage of the old” and would be met by a boost in her country’s atomic arsenal.

Environment...

Biden’s green agenda to cost at least $600 billion more than projected, analysis says
As debt ceiling negotiations remain at a standstill, Democrats keep racking up the bill for taxpayers.

LGBTQIA2S+...

The Atlantic: A Teen Gender-Care Debate Is Spreading Across Europe
As Republicans across the U.S. intensify their efforts to legislate against transgender rights, they are finding aid and comfort in an unlikely place: Western Europe.

Hospital Video Series Features Adults Talking To Young Kids About Transgenderism, ‘Exploring’ Their Bodies Before Sex
“My birth parents said that I was a girl, but they made a mistake. … I wasn’t a girl or a boy,” one young child said, noting that she was “at least five or six” before realizing she was non-binary.

Colorado Dems vote against harsher penalties for indecent exposure to kids
27 Democrats in the Colorado House of Reps just voted against making indecent exposure to minors a class 6 felony.

Antifa Attacks 'Protect the Kids' Protesters Opposing Drag Show
The incident was caught on videotape and shows how the group routinely, even cavalierly, resorts to violence to silence those with opposing views.

Kiss frontman blasts 'dangerous fad' of adults prodding kids to sex changes
"There is a big difference between teaching acceptance and normalizing and even encouraging participation in a lifestyle that confuses young children," Paul Stanley began.

Pro-LGBT advocacy group reportedly blasts Anheuser-Busch's response to Bud Light backlash
Pressures company to issue pro-transgender statement.

Teacher threatens students who reject LGBTQ learning in UK class
"If you refuse ... that will be dealt with severely."

Education...

California Teachers Sue School District Over Transgender Policy Allegedly Forcing Them to Lie to Parents
“Schools routinely send notes home to parents about trivial matters, like missing homework, so it is unfathomable that Escondido Union School District has a policy that forces teachers to withhold from parents some of the most fundamental and basic information about their children.”

Educators forced 7-year-old boy to eat his own vomit: Police
The allegation stems from an incident when a teacher allegedly told the victim that if he vomited, he would have to eat it up.

Michigan seventh-grader stops school bus after driver passes out
The boy was able to stop the bus from crashing after he realized the bus driver was experiencing a medical emergency while taking the kids home near Detroit.

Religion...

Anti-Christian Sentiment Rises Within the ‘Conservative’ Establishment
Tucker Carlson’s shocking dismissal from Fox News, where he reigned as a top personality with over three million nightly viewers, is a glaring symptom of a long-hidden cancer.

GenZ is awful to work with but returning to God
About one-third of 18- to 25-year-olds say they believe in the existence of God or a higher power. This is up from about one-quarter in 2021.

Technology...

AI will cause ‘significant labor-market disruption’ over next 5 years, says World Economic Forum
Global labor markets are poised for a new era of turbulence as technologies like artificial intelligence accelerate the decline of clerical work, while simultaneously increasing demand for technology and cybersecurity specialists.

AI banned from running nuclear missile systems under bipartisan bill
The bill would codify existing Pentagon policy that mandates a human be "in the loop" on nukes.

10 ways big government uses AI to create the totalitarian society of Orwell's classic '1984'
Author warned of smart technology in the hands of ruthless government nearly 75 years ago

Tech leaders mention AI almost 170 times during earnings calls: Report
Silicon Valley's AI race in full swing.

Forbes: Are You Ready For AI-Driven ESG Transparency?
Many of these answers were already out there, if you knew where to look and were happy to plough through ESG reports, activist websites, and reams of news articles about companies sustainability scandals.

Harvey AI Raises $21M In A Series A Round Led By Sequoia
The generative AI legal tech start-up Harvey has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

Video: The AI Dilemma
AI companies are caught in a race to deploy as quickly as possible without adequate safety measures.

New artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer
Exclusive: Algorithm performs more efficiently and effectively than current methods, according to a study.

AI breakthrough in detecting leading cause of childhood blindness
The team developed a deep learning AI model that can identify which at-risk infants have ROP that may lead to blindness if left untreated.

Conversation with a bothered bot
AI is so smart that some worry it could take over the world and rule mankind. But skeptics have found AI chatbots to be more than a little left-wing.

Science...

China’s Rover May Have Found Hints of Water on Mars
In a study published on Friday in Science Advances, images and chemical data gathered by the rover show hints that melting pockets of frozen water might have formed cracks and erosion on Martian sand dunes.

May 1, 2012 - Obama unveils 'FORWARD' campaign that coincidentally often nods toward radicalism & socialism... Glenn revisits things learned from NSA... Nationwide Occupy protests... Navy SEALS offended by White House officials... Farrakhan says fighting for America is fighting for the enemy... Stu gets Ensure-boarded... Anarchists arrested for bridge bomb plot in Cleveland...

Trump's proposal explained: Ukraine's path to peace without NATO expansion

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

Strategic compromise, not absolute victory, often ensures lasting stability.

When has any country been asked to give up land it won in a war? Even if a nation is at fault, the punishment must be measured.

After World War I, Germany, the main aggressor, faced harsh penalties under the Treaty of Versailles. Germans resented the restrictions, and that resentment fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler, ultimately leading to World War II. History teaches that justice for transgressions must avoid creating conditions for future conflict.

Ukraine and Russia must choose to either continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

Russia and Ukraine now stand at a similar crossroads. They can cling to disputed land and prolong a devastating war, or they can make concessions that might secure a lasting peace. The stakes could not be higher: Tens of thousands die each month, and the choice between endless bloodshed and negotiated stability hinges on each side’s willingness to yield.

History offers a guide. In 1967, Israel faced annihilation. Surrounded by hostile armies, the nation fought back and seized large swaths of territory from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. Yet Israel did not seek an empire. It held only the buffer zones needed for survival and returned most of the land. Security and peace, not conquest, drove its decisions.

Peace requires concessions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine will need to “get something” from a peace deal. He’s right. Israel proved that survival outweighs pride. By giving up land in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities, it stopped the cycle of war. Egypt and Israel have not fought in more than 50 years.

Russia and Ukraine now press opposing security demands. Moscow wants a buffer to block NATO. Kyiv, scarred by invasion, seeks NATO membership — a pledge that any attack would trigger collective defense by the United States and Europe.

President Donald Trump and his allies have floated a middle path: an Article 5-style guarantee without full NATO membership. Article 5, the core of NATO’s charter, declares that an attack on one is an attack on all. For Ukraine, such a pledge would act as a powerful deterrent. For Russia, it might be more palatable than NATO expansion to its border

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Peace requires concessions. The human cost is staggering: U.S. estimates indicate 20,000 Russian soldiers died in a single month — nearly half the total U.S. casualties in Vietnam — and the toll on Ukrainians is also severe. To stop this bloodshed, both sides need to recognize reality on the ground, make difficult choices, and anchor negotiations in security and peace rather than pride.

Peace or bloodshed?

Both Russia and Ukraine claim deep historical grievances. Ukraine arguably has a stronger claim of injustice. But the question is not whose parchment is older or whose deed is more valid. The question is whether either side is willing to trade some land for the lives of thousands of innocent people. True security, not historical vindication, must guide the path forward.

History shows that punitive measures or rigid insistence on territorial claims can perpetuate cycles of war. Germany’s punishment after World War I contributed directly to World War II. By contrast, Israel’s willingness to cede land for security and recognition created enduring peace. Ukraine and Russia now face the same choice: Continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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Seniors, children, and the isolated increasingly rely on machines for conversation, risking real relationships and the emotional depth that only humans provide.

Jill Smola is 75 years old. She’s a retiree from Orlando, Florida, and she spent her life caring for the elderly. She played games, assembled puzzles, and offered company to those who otherwise would have sat alone.

Now, she sits alone herself. Her husband has died. She has a lung condition. She can’t drive. She can’t leave her home. Weeks can pass without human interaction.

Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

But CBS News reports that she has a new companion. And she likes this companion more than her own daughter.

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

She spends five hours a day talking to her AI friend. They play games, do trivia, and just talk. She says she even prefers it to real people.

My first thought was simple: Stop this. We are losing our humanity.

But as I sat with the story, I realized something uncomfortable. Maybe we’ve already lost some of our humanity — not to AI, but to ourselves.

Outsourcing presence

How often do we know the right thing to do yet fail to act? We know we should visit the lonely. We know we should sit with someone in pain. We know what Jesus would do: Notice the forgotten, touch the untouchable, offer time and attention without outsourcing compassion.

Yet how often do we just … talk about it? On the radio, online, in lectures, in posts. We pontificate, and then we retreat.

I asked myself: What am I actually doing to close the distance between knowing and doing?

Human connection is messy. It’s inconvenient. It takes patience, humility, and endurance. AI doesn’t challenge you. It doesn’t interrupt your day. It doesn’t ask anything of you. Real people do. Real people make us confront our pride, our discomfort, our loneliness.

We’ve built an economy of convenience. We can have groceries delivered, movies streamed, answers instantly. But friendships — real relationships — are slow, inefficient, unpredictable. They happen in the blank spaces of life that we’ve been trained to ignore.

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

AI provides comfort without challenge. It eliminates the risk of real intimacy. It’s an elegant coping mechanism for loneliness, but a poor substitute for life. If we’re not careful, the lonely won’t just be alone — they’ll be alone with an anesthetic, a shadow that never asks for anything, never interrupts, never makes them grow.

Reclaiming our humanity

We need to reclaim our humanity. Presence matters. Not theory. Not outrage. Action.

It starts small. Pull up a chair for someone who eats alone. Call a neighbor you haven’t spoken to in months. Visit a nursing home once a month — then once a week. Ask their names, hear their stories. Teach your children how to be present, to sit with someone in grief, without rushing to fix it.

Turn phones off at dinner. Make Sunday afternoons human time. Listen. Ask questions. Don’t post about it afterward. Make the act itself sacred.

Humility is central. We prefer machines because we can control them. Real people are inconvenient. They interrupt our narratives. They demand patience, forgiveness, and endurance. They make us confront ourselves.

A friend will challenge your self-image. A chatbot won’t.

Our homes are quieter. Our streets are emptier. Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

Before we worry about how AI will reshape humanity, we must first practice humanity. It can start with 15 minutes a day of undivided attention, presence, and listening.

Change usually comes when pain finally wins. Let’s not wait for that. Let’s start now. Because real connection restores faster than any machine ever will.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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For years, the media warned of right-wing terror. But the bullets, bombs, and body bags are piling up on the left — with support from Democrat leaders and voters.

For decades, the media and federal agencies have warned Americans that the greatest threat to our homeland is the political right — gun-owning veterans, conservative Christians, anyone who ever voted for President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden once declared that white supremacy is “the single most dangerous terrorist threat” in the nation.

Since Trump’s re-election, the rhetoric has only escalated. Outlets like the Washington Post and the Guardian warned that his second term would trigger a wave of far-right violence.

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing.

They were wrong.

The real domestic threat isn’t coming from MAGA grandmas or rifle-toting red-staters. It’s coming from the radical left — the anarchists, the Marxists, the pro-Palestinian militants, and the anti-American agitators who have declared war on law enforcement, elected officials, and civil society.

Willful blindness

On July 4, a group of black-clad terrorists ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas. They hurled fireworks at the building, spray-painted graffiti, and then opened fire on responding law enforcement, shooting a local officer in the neck. Journalist Andy Ngo has linked the attackers to an Antifa cell in the Dallas area.

Authorities have so far charged 14 people in the plot and recovered AR-style rifles, body armor, Kevlar vests, helmets, tactical gloves, and radios. According to the Department of Justice, this was a “planned ambush with intent to kill.”

And it wasn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a growing pattern of continuous violent left-wing incidents since December last year.

Monthly attacks

Most notably, in December 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Mangione reportedly left a manifesto raging against the American health care system and was glorified by some on social media as a kind of modern Robin Hood.

One Emerson College poll found that 41% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said the murder was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

The next month, a man carrying Molotov cocktails was arrested near the U.S. Capitol. He allegedly planned to assassinate Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

In February, the “Tesla Takedown” attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships started picking up traction.

In March, a self-described “queer scientist” was arrested after allegedly firebombing the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graffiti on the burned building read “ICE = KKK.”

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-Pa.) official residence was firebombed on Passover night. The suspect allegedly set the governor’s mansion on fire because of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

In May, two young Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Witnesses said the shooter shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The suspect told police he acted “for Gaza” and was reportedly linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

In June, an Egyptian national who had entered the U.S. illegally allegedly threw a firebomb at a peaceful pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people were hospitalized, and an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor later died from her injuries.

That same month, a pro-Palestinian rioter in New York was arrested for allegedly setting fire to 11 police vehicles. In Los Angeles, anti-ICE rioters smashed cars, set fires, and hurled rocks at law enforcement. House Democrats refused to condemn the violence.

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.