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Morning Brief 2023-06-05

June 05, 2023
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Pat and Stu are in for Glenn Beck. Glenn is using his vacation to boost his ever important ESG score! He'll return June 19th.

Domestic News...

Biden Appointee Calls Upon UN To Act To Secure Reparations And End The "Continuation Of Slavery" In The US
Professor Hansford objected that white lawyers and politicians have been allowed to control this debate in the United States for too long.

Congress probing if FBI used ‘Russian disinformation’ claim to shut down Biden inquiries
FBI produced an intel analysis that lawmakers believe it dubious that suggested Biden family allegations during the 2020 election were Russian disinformation.

Disgraced Former FBI Director Who Signed Faulty Warrants Claims Trump Will Weaponize The DOJ
Comey said Sunday on MSNBC that Trump would prosecute political enemies if re-elected.

Children's choir silenced while performing the national anthem in US Capitol: 'It might offend someone'
...as the choir was about to complete the third verse of the national anthem, a guide suddenly tapped the director on the shoulder and informed him that Capitol police had ordered the kids to stop singing immediately.

Chicago shootings: 50 people shot, 10 fatally this weekend
There were 51 people shot, including 12 fatally, the previous Memorial Day weekend.

San Francisco is 'worse than Afghanistan': Immigrant store owner begs city for help amid theft epidemic
"At least in Afghanistan the Taliban will cut your hand off and people are afraid to commit such a crime."

NY Times: What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law enforcement in New York City.

Portland bleeds population amid massive crime surge
The decline comes after the city saw 15 straight years of growth before the Covid-19 pandemic and amid a massive crime wave since the city became the epicenter of the 2020 BLM riots.

Four dead, including family members of NRA exec, in crash through restricted airspace that led to sonic boom from F-16 fighter jets
A sonic boom from military jets racing toward a private aircraft that had crossed into restricted airspace startled hundreds in the Washington, DC area who heard the explosive sound.

BLM co-founder's cousin's death caused by enlarged heart, cocaine use after he ran from police
Anderson's family filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles for wrongful death and civil rights violations. According to NPR, the family said they still plan to continue with the lawsuit after the findings were released.

Annual Tunnel to Towers climb at Freedom Tower raises $1M for heroes in need
One thousand climbers rose to the challenge Sunday for the seventh annual Tower Climb at One World Trade Center, raising $1 million for first responders in need.

Federal agents make huge seizure of fentanyl in Arizona, enough to kill every American plus
Enough fentanyl to kill more than 450 million people.

Sonic employee arrested after customer found cocaine in hot dog
The woman bit into the hot dog and then realized that she chewed into a plastic bag with a white powder, according to police.

Woman arrested for trying to hire hitman to kill wife of man she met on Match.com
An environmental compliance specialist allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill the wife of her hiking buddy who she’d met on Match.com, prosecutors said.

Politics...

NY Times: Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America’s Oldest President
President Biden is asking voters to keep him in the White House until age 86, renewing attention on an issue that polls show troubles most Americans.

In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer
With single-party statehouse control at its highest level in decades, legislators across much of the country leaned into cultural issues and bulldozed the opposition.

Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’
“And this is our real concern with the video tapes. If we released these video tapes just widely for the public — number one, we put the security of the Capitol at risk, because there’s over 1,700 video cameras.”

Americans deserve accountability before FISA is reauthorized
House Republican leaders are demanding serious reforms of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act if they are to renew it rather than let it lapse in December.

Congress Warned About Abuses of Presidential Emergency Powers
Legislators from both parties worry about unilateral power, but they use it when it’s convenient.

Donald Trump leads Ron DeSantis in Florida by 20% in new poll
Trump holds 52.5 percent of likely GOP voters in the Sunshine State.

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna calls Adam Schiff 'a criminal'
"He's a criminal. What he did was wrong. And, Adam Schiff, you will be held accountable," Luna said.

Democrat mayor arrested, charged with felony voter fraud
The mayor of North Beach Miami in Florida is facing 15 years in prison after being arrested and charged with voter fraud.

Amid impeachment effort, Texas House speaker’s popularity plummets in his own district
By the last weekend of May, 35% polled expressed a favorable view of Phelan, down from 60%, with 15% expressing a “very favorable” and 20% a “somewhat favorable” view.

Former professional wrestler star takes DNA test to prove he’s not Lauren Boebert’s dad
Former WWE star Stan Lane and Boebert agreed last month to take a new DNA test, which showed that the lawmaker is not his daughter despite her mother, Shawn Roberts Bentz, insisting otherwise.

Economy / ESG...

California Senate passes proposal to liquidate investments in fossil fuels
SB 252 is one of three bills in the Climate Accountability Package that “align public investments with climate goals, and raise the bar on corporate action to address the climate crisis.”

Saudi Arabia cuts oil output by 1 million barrels per day to boost sagging prices
The rest of the OPEC+ producers agreed to extend earlier cuts in supply through the end of 2024.

No, Corporate Greed Didn't Cause the 2023 Egg Price Shock
A much more plausible explanation is the avian flu outbreak that devastated the poultry industry last year.

Border...

DeSantis On The U.S. Border: Will Shut It Down, Build A Wall, End Mass Migration
“I’ve heard, as a Republican, talk about this southern border for years and years and years,” DeSantis said. “I will finally be the president to bring this issue to a conclusion. We will shut the border down.”

Florida sends a private plane full of illegals to California's capital
"We can confirm these individuals were in possession of documentation purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.

More Suspected Terrorists Found Illegally Crossing Southern Border In April Than In Four Trump Years Combined
With five months left in the 2023 fiscal year, 2022’s record of 98 watch list arrests will be easily surpassed in the coming months.

WAR News...

Crisis of confidence in U.S. Marine Corps as Biden nominates new commandant
Concerns have been raised regarding DEI programs and the capacity of the Marine Corps to be prepared while getting rid of military equipment.

Zelensky Admits Fear of Trump 2024
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zelensky admitted he has concerns about the possible re-election of Trump next year, saying that he was unsure how exactly the Republican leader would have reacted had Russia invaded during his presidency.

Russia warns United States: don't brandish ultimatums on arms control
"Talking to the Russian Federation in the language of ultimatums just does not work," Ryabkov told Russia's three main news agencies.

‘Russia is dangerous because it is weak’
"In world politics, the most dangerous actors are the weaker ones. Austria-Hungary was a dangerous actor in 1914, not because it was strong, but because it was desperately trying to maintain its multiethnic empire and therefore willing to take chances."

How to build a cheap DIY nuclear bunker
Fallout shelters can cost millions of dollars. But this DIY underground bunker costs about $1,000.

Media...

The View’s Sunny Hostin continues the left-wing pattern of anti-white bigotry and racism
According to Hostin, white women cannot think for themselves and are subservient to their white husbands. It’s the latest tirade from the black female co-host of the show that disparages white women, and she does so without any accountability or negative consequences.

Chuck Todd leaving NBC's Meet the Press
Oh no, not that...

Environment...

Ireland considering killing 200,000 cows to fight climate change
The Irish Mirror stated that "the cows would have to be 'culled' at a cost of €600,000 to taxpayers over the next three years to meet climate emissions targets."

Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson says he feels 'duped' by electric vehicles
Atkinson detailed how he has "enjoyed" his time with his electric vehicles but that he believes they are not as environmentally friendly as advertised.

LGBTQIA2S+...

GOP 2024 Candidates Are United On One Thing: Opposing Sex Changes For Minors
Biden has repeatedly condemned states banning sex-change treatments for minors, calling the laws “hateful.”

Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk slam those who call child sex changes ‘gender affirming care’
Trans activists, as well as the Biden White House, all tout sex changes for minors as "gender affirming care," completely obfuscating the horror of what that really means: sterilization, castration, and life-altering changes to healthy bodies.

WaPo article accuses 'bigoted' right-wing 'extremists' of inciting 'anti-democracy' Target boycott
The article touched upon bomb threats that targeted several Target stores. However, local news reports said the bomb threats were made by an individual who claimed to be angry that Target was cowardly for turning their back on the LGBTQ community.

Report: Ad Agency that Pushed Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light Campaign in ‘Panic Mode’
An eight-year-old marketing firm out of San Francisco was responsible for Bud Light’s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney – and the disastrous tie-up sent the firm into “serious panic mode,” The Post has learned.

Six Flags hosting drag queen shows for 'all ages' at parks across the U.S.
Notably, the Six Flags locations in Mexico and Canada do not have any Pride events planned, according to the websites for the parks.

Mayor: Washington DC is the gayest city on earth
"I am proud to be the Mayor of the best city in the world, and the gayest city in the world," Bowser declared in social media posts that also feature a video of her and others waving pride flags.

Idaho student prevented from walking at graduation after asserting scientific fact
Travis Lohr said during a recent assembly, "Guys are guys and girls are girls are girls there is no in-between."

Minnesota moves to allow male inmates to be housed in women's prisons
Christina Lusk, a 57-year-old trans-identified male, will be moved to a female-only prison and will receive a $495,000 payout.

Disgraced former Biden official Sam Brinton out on bond after third luggage theft charge
A judge released Brinton on a $5,000 bond.

Education...

School districts move teachers who commit sexual assaults to other schools: Report
Public schools have become adept in allowing teachers accused of sexual assault to move to other schools, often with the help of collective bargaining agreements negotiated by teachers unions, a new report alleges.

Borrowers brace for student loan bills to resume — '$600 a month, where is that going to come from?'
The more than three-year-long pause on federal student loan payments is slated to finally conclude within months.

Religion...

Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon
The latest potential removal comes just a week after the Bible was taken off the shelves of libraries in elementary and middle schools after being deemed by a committee to be inappropriate because it contained “vulgarity or violence”.

Attacks on Catholic churches rise, hate crime charges do not
In the San Francisco area last week, a district attorney downgraded the charges against five people who desecrated the statue of a saint on Catholic church grounds from felonies to misdemeanors.

AI...

The A.I. monster awakens
Smart folks who are competing with each other to make AI smarter and smarter fear that, one day in the near future, one of their sentient computer programs will figure out how to replicate itself over and over again until it becomes more vastly intelligent than a thousand human scientists and more powerful than any government.

Human extinction threat 'overblown' says AI sage
"I'm not personally that concerned about extinction risk, at least for now."

Military authors use fiction to explore the dangers and benefits of artificial intelligence
Andrews and Wilson say that their military experience allowed them to create characters in their books to which readers can relate.

Technology...

DHS Cybersecurity Agency Labels Private Thoughts ‘Critical Infrastructure’ To Justify Censoring You
A cybersecurity agency within the Department of Homeland Security has been engaging in censorship and then justifying it under the guise of “critical infrastructure security,” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry testified.

Biden sanctions Iran tech firm for censorship while remaining silent on censoring US citizens
Some free speech advocates say that the sanctions showcase the hypocrisy of the Biden administration and have dire implications for foreign affairs.

YouTube Abandons Election Misinformation Policy
"We find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech."

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey endorses Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in 2024 presidential race
Kennedy has previously called for Glenn Beck to be treated 'as a traitor' for denying climate change.

Science....

Scientists zero in on mysterious signals from heart of Milky Way galaxy over dangers of aliens finding us before we find them
Scientists presented their blueprint for attempting to track down radio pulses emanating from the middle of the galaxy in a scientific paper published in The Astronomical Journal.

A storm is whirling atop Uranus
Strongly flowing winds are detected inside a bright spot at the giant planet’s north pole.

Sports...

NBA player Jonathan Isaac starts up anti-woke sports apparel brand
Isaac wants to sign athletes from all different sports to "create an infrastructure" to provide sneakers and clothing that will bolster Christian and conservative values.

Animals...

Dumb Tourists In Yellowstone Deserve To Be Trampled By Bison
Another tourist went viral this week after a bison in Yellowstone National Park charged the visitor, who had tried to place her hand on the wild animal to take a selfie.

June 5, 2008 - Extremely graphic photos from the border... Seven new oil refineries to be built in Iran... Eating bugs... Glenn's summer tour... Greenhouse calculator... Decision on what to do with the photos Glenn's received from the border...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.