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Morning Brief 2023-05-24

May 24, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Paul Howe
TOPIC: What have we learned a year after the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas?

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dallas Brown
TOPIC: How reliable is a bank's rating?

Psalm 107: 4-9

Domestic News...

Planned Parenthood to cut staff at national level in strategy shift
Announced a major strategy shift Tuesday that would prioritize investments in local and state affiliates and result in a significant cut to the workforce at the national level.

Bill to Force Texas Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments Fails
A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors.

Federal Court Upholds Race-Based Admissions Policy At Nation’s Top High School
A federal court upheld a racial balancing admissions policy at the nation’s top high school on Tuesday, striking down a lower court ruling that found it unconstitutional.

Fifth Circuit Blocks Biden Pistol-Brace Ban
The ruling only applies to the Fifth Circuit: Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

FBI official admits to GOP chairman she has not read Durham report
FBI Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Jill Murphy testified in front of Congress on Tuesday.

Jordan Neely’s uncle arrested for pickpocketing after saying Daniel Penny doesn’t deserve plea deal
The Daily Mail reported that he had more than 70 prior arrests and had two active warrants for his arrest when he was taken into custody.

Nashville Christian school parents argue against release of trans shooter’s manifesto
Eric Osborne, a lawyer representing 100 of the 112 families at the Covenant School, explained that parents are concerned the content of the manifesto could prompt additional shootings.

Alleged neo-Nazi who rammed U-Haul truck into White House barrier identified
The 19-year old Sai Varsith Kandula allegedly told FBI investigators he wanted to take control of the government and kill the president. Investigators are probing whether mental health played a role.

Accused millionaire pedophile’s plan to break out of Florida prison, flee to France thwarted
An elderly millionaire locked up on child pornography charges and his squad of goons were allegedly caught cooking up a plan to break him out of a Florida jail and jet him off to his castle in France, police said.

Biden...

IRS cover-up of Hunter Biden could be scandal that sinks a presidency
Last week, the Justice Department ordered the IRS to effectively fire its entire team that had spent years investigating Hunter Biden. John Fort, the former chief of the IRS’ criminal division, said the purge of IRS investigators could be unprecedented.

Mother of Hunter Biden's child filed motion to have him arrested in custody battle
Roberts' lawyers in a filing Thursday asked the Arkansas court to pursue "civil contempt of incarceration," alleging that Biden has not disclosed all financial information during the discovery process.

Biden again falsely claims Beau died ‘in Iraq’
Biden told U.S. forces stationed in Japan that his son Beau perished in the Iraq War, a video reveals.

Politics...

DeSantis will reportedly announce presidential bid during Wednesday Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk
The popular Florida governor has long been viewed as a figure who might jump into the presidential contest.

Things Are About To Bust Wide Open Between Trump, DeSantis
The Trump campaign plans to unleash an “all-out assault” following Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Wednesday announcement, while Team DeSantis plans to go all 10 rounds, associates close to both of the GOP contenders told the Daily Caller.

Horowitz: DeSantis has instilled fear in leftist culture warriors by enforcement, not just talk
The rule of law in this country is dead. We’re governed by the most forceful men, not the most forceful pieces of legislation. This is why the most consequential limitations on our lives are unelected edicts, while some of the most foundational laws on the books are ignored.

‘Credibility Crisis’: Texas AG Calls On State’s House Speaker To Resign
Ken Paxton called on the state’s House speaker to resign on Tuesday following the release of a viral video that appears to show the politician conducting state legislative business while impaired.

Rick Scott appears to mock NAACP travel advisory by issuing one of his own
"Florida is openly hostile toward Socialists, Communists, and those that enable them."

WAR News... 

Pro-Ukraine Forces Appear to Have Used US-Made Armored Vehicles in Incursion Into Russia
At least three of what appeared to be American-made tactical vehicles known as MRAPs were part of the cross-border attack. According to visual evidence, Russia captured two of them.

RT: US struggles to explain images of its destroyed hardware inside Russia
The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing American vehicles used by Ukrainian militants in Belgorod attack.

Russia intercepts two US bombers over Baltic Sea
Russia claimed it sprang into action in order to “prevent the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation” after it spotted two U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers.

A refresher: Understanding the DEFCON levels
While the information is not made public, it's believed that we are currently at DEFCON 3 — which indicates that there is a significant risk of an imminent attack.

Western arms for Ukraine make 'nuclear apocalypse' more likely: Russia's Medvedev
A member of Putin's powerful Security Council on Tuesday warned that the more destructive the weapons that the West supplied to Ukraine, the higher the risk of "nuclear apocalypse."

The West’s oil war against Russia is starting to lose momentum
Russia’s oil revenues rebounded in March and April to reach the highest level since November last year, according to a new report, bolstering President Vladimir Putin’s ability to finance the Kremlin’s onslaught in Ukraine.

Pentagon Can't Account For Thousands Of Ultra-Expensive F-35 Parts Globally
Bloomberg writes based on the new GOA findings that "the Pentagon can’t account for hundreds of thousands of spare parts worth millions of dollars ..."

COVID-19...

The next pandemic ‘even deadlier’ than COVID is coming, warns WHO
“The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains,” Tedros said. “And the threat of another pathogen emerging with even deadlier potential remains.”

Commie Update...

China’s internet giants bet big on AI as Beijing looks to rival US on tech ‘paradigm shift’
The tech giants’ ambitions reflect an escalating global arms race to lead in AI and arrive at a time when tensions between the U.S. and China are rising.

Entertainment...

Joy Behar says Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas don't understand what it means to be black in America
"He's one of these guys, who, you know, he's like [Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas, black Republican, believes in pulling yourself by your bootstraps rather than, to me, understanding the systemic racism that African-Americans face in this country, and other minorities," Behar said.

Ice Cube blasts Democrats
"I mean like black people have supported Democrats, you know, overwhelmingly for 50, 60 years, and nothing has changed. So, something's got to change," Mr. Cube explained.

Homeless families to be moved out of London hotel during Beyoncé tour
Up to 30 families face removal from Enfield Travelodge as their rooms have been booked on dates of Tottenham concerts.

Wanda Sykes claims all the Republican presidential candidates are 'awful'
The "Pootie Tang" star indicated that she would not have any objection to being described as a "woke comic."

B-list actress proclaims her hatred for all Republicans in vitriolic, profanity-laced tweet
"I'm sorry to have to say this. I'm sorry for my language. But. I f[*****] hate these motherf*[****] Republicans. Every last one. F*[**] them one and all," Ellen Barkin tweeted.

Media...

DailyWire+ To Stream All Shows On Twitter: ‘Largest Free Speech Platform In The World’
Beginning Tuesday, May 30, all of the Daily Wire’s top-ranked shows will stream for free on Twitter, the largest social media platform that refuses to allow leftist censors to gatekeep content based on politics.

Middle East...

Iran nuclear advances could lead to an Israeli attack: IDF chief
Iran’s continued nuclear advances could leave Israel with no choice but a pre-emptive attack, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Tuesday.

Environment...

France bans short-haul flights where trains are available
A ban on short domestic flights for journeys that can be completed in two and a half hours by train was signed into law in France on Tuesday. “This is an essential step and a strong symbol in the policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

WaPo: The little-known unintended consequence of recycling plastics
Instead of helping to tackle the world’s staggering plastic waste problem, recycling may be exacerbating a concerning environmental problem: microplastic pollution.

Mass extinction of Earth's wildlife is closer than we think: Study
Extinctions are preceded by progressive species population declines over time, which leave traces that can alert scientists to imminent extinction.

Climate change could force Russia to move capital to Siberia: Expert
Rising temperatures may ultimately leave Moscow uninhabitable, a leading climatologist has claimed.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Target CEO defends LGBTQ kids clothing amid boycott calls: ‘The right thing for society’
Target’s top executive dismissed the social media uproar over the retailer’s new line of LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing, saying that marketing the products is good for business and “the right thing for society.”

Target to remove some LGBTQ merchandise after facing customer backlash
“The criticism has been widespread,” Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda told Reuters. “Folks are reaching out with feedback ... and while some are are sharing it with constructive criticism, they disagree with product decisions that we made,” she added.

Orlando bar files lawsuit against DeSantis, claiming ban on children at drag shows infringes on free speech
The bar claims to have lost about 20% of its business after disallowing children to its drag show performances.

Non-binary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton to be held in men’s jail over suitcase theft charges: Sheriff
A Montgomery County (Maryland) Sheriff’s deputy said that Brinton is in a “pre-placement” hold at the county jail and should be housed with the “general population” of the men’s jail sometime next week.

Anheuser-Busch loses LGBTQ+ equality rating from Human Rights Campaign for handling of Bud Light backlash
The Human Rights Campaign removed Anheuser-Busch's equality score and "Best Places to Work" title.

Man takes drugs to produce milk in the hopes of breastfeeding a child
A trans-identifying man on TikTok has bragged to viewers that, after ingesting a cocktail of drugs, he has successfully begun producing a milk-like substance from his breasts and that he hopes someday he will be "breastfeeding [his] youngest child."

Education...

NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to NY Post reporter’s neck
“Get the f**k away from my door, or I’m gonna chop you up with this machete!” the manic adjunct art professor shouted from behind her closed door just moments after veteran reporter Reuven Fenton identified himself. Seconds later, Rodriguez barged out and alarmingly put the blade to the reporter’s neck.

Secret Audio Of Soros Prosecutor Raises Questions About Her Courtroom Statements In Loudoun
She railed against efforts to oust school board members following a rape cover-up scandal, even though she insisted in court she was unbiased and capable of overseeing the recalls.

Health...

Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents
The advisory, which noted that social media use is “nearly universal” for young people, noted that there has never been a robust safety analysis for the technology among minors, a reality which comes as mental health declines considerably among the demographic.

Wealthy tech mogul's desperation to remain young has him using his son as a 'blood boy'
In an effort to delay or possibly even reverse decrepitude, 45-year-old tech mogul Bryan Johnson has tapped his son's veins.

Religion...

Franklin Graham at Christian media convention: Every 'demon from hell' has been 'turned loose' in society
Faith leaders must stand firm in biblical truths and "preach — don't back up," said Graham.

AI...

Google Will Soon Show You AI-Generated Ads
New generative AI systems for advertising clients will compose text on the fly to play off what a person is searching for, and they'll whip up product images to save them time and money on design work.

The First AI Robot Officially Entered the Workforce
The EVE robot has been integrated as a security guard in an android manufacturing site.

NY Times: AI's Threat to Jobs Prompts Question of Who Protects Workers
Tens of millions of jobs could be automated by generative artificial intelligence. The makers of new technologies are looking to the government to step in.

How embracing artificial intelligence is getting workers ahead
The idea of AI in the workplace may be unnerving – yet far more workers are excited about the technology than it may seem.

To See One of AI’s Greatest Dangers, Look to the Military
Rogue artificial intelligence versus humankind is a common theme in science fiction. It could happen, I suppose. But a more imminent threat is human beings versus human beings, with AI used as a lethal weapon by both sides.

New AI tech will mimic speaking to dead family, friends
Artificial intelligence could help people grieve death of loved one.

Microsoft launches new AI tool to moderate text and images
“New [AI] models are able to understand content and cultural context so much better. They are multilingual from the start … and they provide clear and understandable explanations, allowing users to understand why content was flagged or removed.”

What is Black Box AI? Experts explain the hidden decision-making of artificial intelligence machines
"The whole idea of a black box is you’re not allowed to look inside and see, and that’s what we have with these artificial neural networks, with hundreds of billions of nodes inside of a box, that nobody can look into," Capps said.

Science...

Black 'half-football-field-sized' triangular UFO is seen hovering over California military base for 10 minutes
A giant "black triangular shape" UFO hovering over a California military base was caught on six videos and witnessed by 50 U.S. Marines in 2021.

Travel...

Report: John Wayne Airport ranked angriest in nation amongst flyers
Based on Twitter activity that the study tracked over the last year, nearly two-thirds of tweets directed at the airport are "angry," often complaining of noise, staff members, delayed flights, and TSA issues.

Sports...

Twitter thread exposes sexually explicit & degenerate acts by "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence"
These are the people the L.A. Dodgers are giving an award to. WARNING: Contains sexually explicit and degenerate acts.

Hopefully, mercifully, the LeBron James era may be over
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the Western Conference finals. We can only hope that this marks the end of LeBron’s run as the “king” of the NBA.

Animals...

Florida man falls into pond he was peeing into behind bar and loses arm to alligator attack
A man in Florida fell into a pond behind a bar and later awakened to find out that his arm had been bitten off by an alligator.

May 24, 2004 - Movie talk... Arab charter on human rights... Most of the media is liberal... Bush's speech tonight on Iraq... Strategic oil reserve... Oil prices... SUV sales declining... Natural gas... Fahrenheit 9/11 wins top prize at Cannes... Michael Moore's agenda... Glenn tells his story about meeting Al Franken in an airport... Understanding the Glenn Beck program...

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?

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

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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.