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July 07, 2023
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Dark Future...

Glenn Beck's 'Dark Future': Available July 11
Glenn's new book, his second in "The Great Reset" series, is out next Tuesday.

Biden Crime Family...

The White House That Tracked Down Grannies After Capitol Riot Wants You To Believe Cocaine Caper Has Them Stumped
Biden’s Department of Justice is still working on charging Americans for January 6 but will not investigate the cocaine security breach.

Top Republicans Demand Federal Investigation Into Retaliation Against IRS Whistleblowers
A coalition of top Republicans on Capitol Hill is demanding a federal investigation into allegations of retaliation against Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who revealed misconduct related to the Hunter Biden investigation.

‘Missing’ Hunter Biden Witness Comes Forward In Video Statement Accusing Bidens Of Corruption, DOJ Of Cover-up
American-Israeli energy expert Gal Luft accused the DOJ of maliciously targeting him to protect Joe Biden on Wednesday.

Domestic News...

QAnon leader Michael Protzman dies in dirt-bike accident, followers claim it’s just a hoax
Protzman gained widespread attention in November 2021 after ushering hundreds to Dealey Plaza where he claimed JFK, along with JFK Jr., would reappear 58 years after his assassination.

Vegas family who called cops on '10ft aliens' after UFO landed in garden threaten to shoot trespassers
The family has hired an attorney to sue intruders, claiming people have gone as far as climbing over walls and sending drones.

MacIntyre: Red-state blues
For decades, liberals loved to gloat about the economic productivity of blue states, characterizing red America as a backward and culturally insignificant relic that had to be subsidized by the far more advanced and profitable sectors of the country.

Nationwide AI Mass Surveillance System Takes Root In Another State
The town council of Jackson, Wyoming, agreed last month to install the 30 solar-powered license plate recognition cameras along their streets and traffic lights, which feeds into a centralized surveillance system managed by a private company.

OceanGate, Operator of the Titan Submersible, Suspends Operations
The company made the announcement weeks after a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic presumably imploded, killing five people.

Over 80 people hurt after NYC double-decker bus crash
The New York City Fire Department reported around 80 people were hurt in a “serious accident” between a New York City transit bus and a double-decker tour bus.

Videos show 'war zone' erupt in Minneapolis as police, residents attacked with fireworks
Independence Day celebrations in Minneapolis descended into chaos as police and residents were attacked with fireworks, videos reveal.

Serial shoplifter fatally stabbed by Midtown CVS employee during fight
A thief might still be alive had the justice system worked and kept him in jail.

Grocery store employee fired for recording thieves stealing cart full of goods — which helped police identity crooks
Santino Burrola went viral after posting a video to social media showing three men loading a basket full of stolen laundry detergent into a minivan in the parking lot of a King Soopers grocery store.

Suspected panty thief wanted for snatching $5,000 worth of women's bras and panties during two-year crime spree
Police in Lakewood, Colorado, have been searching for a suspect who is accused of stealing nearly $5,000 worth of women's bras and panties over the span of two years.

Politics...

Nearly 900 days in, Biden approval lower than any president since Carter
At that stage, former President Donald Trump enjoyed a 42.5%.

Politico: Bypassing Biden: Democrats Think of What Could Have Been
In Michigan, a governor with a powerful message seems ready for the next step, but an octogenarian president stands in her way.

Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from Freedom Caucus, member says
"A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she's done," Harris said.

Dem governor uses 'powerful veto power' to spend more taxpayer money for next 402 years
Leave it up to a Democrat to figure out how to spend even more taxpayer money for centuries on end.

Is Bill de Blasio a catch?
NYC single ladies dish on whether they'd date the "handsome" ex-mayor after his unorthodox split.

Economy / ESG...

House GOP expands ESG inquiry to major asset managers
GFANZ and NZAM, they assert, may have violated antitrust laws by "coordinating their members' agreements" to decarbonize their assets.

World's richest people have become $852B wealthier in 2023
The 500 richest people in the world have added $852 billion to their wealth so far in 2023. Elon Musk tops the list and has increased his fortune by $96.6 billion this year.

Border...

Biden admin again increases number of illegal aliens allowed into US via controversial app
Initially, the agency was allowing 1,000 people in each day ahead of the end of Title 42 in May. In June, it increased the number to 1,250. Now it increased the number to 1,450.

WAR News... 

US to include controversial cluster munitions in new $800 million Ukraine weapons package
Ukrainian forces are struggling to break through Russia’s front lines during their counteroffensive, and officials believe providing the munitions will give Kyiv an edge, as its supplies of conventional weapons dwindle.

Wagner Mystery Deepens as Prigozhin Is Said to Be in Russia
The mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia and is a “free man” despite staging a rebellion against Moscow’s military, the leader of Belarus said.

Belarus has ‘already determined’ nuclear targets in the West
Aleksandr Lukashenko has made a nuclear warning to the West weeks after his country started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons.

Russia Warns Ukraine Plans to Draw US Into 'World War III' After Setbacks
"American and European citizens are hardly ready to march in orderly rows to the hell, into which the Zelensky government is dragging the entire planet."

Is Nuclear War Likely If Putin Has Cancer?
What if Putin has cancer? Rumors abound. How might a condition such as cancer impact his thinking on Ukraine?

Preparing for an attack by Russia, Zaporizhzhia’s residents cannot escape the threat of nuclear disaster
Kyiv believes Moscow is setting up to strike Europe’s largest power plant, which it occupies. Bel Trew in Nikopol – mere miles from the facility – finds everyone planning for the "worst case scenario."

Commie Update...

US has strategic stockpile of germanium, Pentagon says amid China ban
The U.S. has a stockpile of germanium but no inventory of gallium, according to a Pentagon spokesperson following China's announcement that it would be restricting exports of the two metals.

Potential Taiwan conflict will hit these 3 countries the hardest, EIU report says
Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines will be hardest hit in the event of a conflict between Taiwan and China, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

China to ban food imports from Japan citing concerns over nuclear contaminated water
China, the biggest buyer of Japan’s seafood exports, said it would also strictly review the documents for food, especially aquatic products, from other parts of Japan, customs said in a statement.

Entertainment...

Gina Carano Reacts After Seeing Emotional ‘Sound of Freedom’ Film, Calls On Everyone To See It
Country superstar John Rich also took to Twitter to celebrate that the movie was “smashing box office expectations” amid reports that it was projected to score $20 million during its opening week.

Madonna Was Revived With Narcan Before Being Rushed To Hospital: Report
While Narcan is most commonly used to treat narcotics overdoses, in Madonna’s case, it was believed to have been used for an entirely different reason: to reverse septic shock as a result of severe infection.

Kevin Costner's estranged wife blasts $52K child support payment proposal
The former handbag designer — who is in the midst of a contentious divorce with the movie star — stood firm on her stance that her kids “need” $248,000 a month in child support, according to new court documents.

Taylor Swift reportedly signed $100M deal with FTX, but SBF pulled the plug
Swift’s representatives and FTX were negotiating a tour sponsorship agreement in the spring of last year that could have netted the pop star as much as $100 million, according to the New York Times.

The Eagles Announce Their Farewell Tour
Unfortunately, it's not the Philadelphia Eagles, but the band.

Steve-O detained by police for jumping off London bridge
“I just got out of a cop car … they gave me a real talking to for my ‘Mary Poppins jump’ off the Tower Of London Bridge,” Steve-O wrote.

Media...

Missouri v. Biden Proves Corporate Media Lied About Big Tech’s Censorship Crusade Against Conservatives
U.S. media should care about Americans’ First Amendment rights. Instead, outlets repeatedly insisted that online censorship wasn’t happening.

MSNBC host Joy Reid was too scared of guns to go outside on the Fourth of July
"The idea of going to a mass gathering, a parade, or a big fireworks thing outside seems insane to me, to be blunt, in America, because America is awash with guns ..."

BBC anchor says 'Israeli forces are happy to kill children'
After facing pressure from Jewish community groups, the BBC apologized.

The Guardian Says El Salvador Reducing Murders By Over Half Is Problematic
El Salvador‘s crackdown on violent gangs, which has reduced the country’s murder rate by over half, is problematic actually, according to the Guardian.

Europe...

UK Bank Refuses To Open Account For Conservative Parent Group: Report
One of the U.K.’s largest banks refused to open an account with a conservative parent group because of its stances on gender ideology, the group claims.

33-Year-Old Walks Away With More Than $100 Million After Politician's Death
The late former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 86, left roughly $109 million to his 33-year-old girlfriend.

Pieces of Munich Synagogue, Destroyed on Hitler’s Orders, Found in River
The demolition of the city’s main synagogue was an early sign of the terrible destruction to come under the Nazi regime.

I have 800 tattoos and can’t get a job
Melissa Sloan, 46, who hails from Wales in the United Kingdom, previously had a job cleaning toilets but says she hasn’t been able to find a similar gig because of the art that adorns her face and body.

Middle East...

US has military options for Iran's nuclear threat, CENTCOM Air Force chief tells 'Post'
Top official discusses regional missile defense, the threat from Iran, and US-Israel ups and downs.

‘You Really Oughta Go Home’: F-22 Stealth Fighter Flew Under Iran F-4
“He [the Raptor pilot] flew under their aircraft [the F-4s] to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said ‘you really ought to go home,’” Welsh said in 2013, according to an essay in the Aviationist.

LGBTQIA2S+...

6,000 congregations are leaving the United Methodist church in a split over LGBTQ agenda
About a fifth of the congregations in the second-largest Protestant church in the U.S. are splitting away over a schism about the inclusion of the LGBTQ agenda in Christianity.

Castrating Kids to Win Elections
What’s behind the sexual community organizing in schools?

Education...

Cruz rips prospective student loan debt plan recipients
Cruz argued that student loan relief appeals to “sort of young unemployed slackers smoking bongs” on his Verdict podcast Thursday.

Wisconsin Republicans look to end race-based scholarship programs
Even before the high court’s decision, GOP lawmakers had been pushing to do away with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs within the University of Wisconsin System.

Over 90 school districts sue Monsanto over toxic chemical contamination found in campus buildings
"Hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars" to resolve.

Health...

Groundbreaking tooth regrowing drug in works
Researchers in Japan are currently working on a medication that would allow people to grow a new set of teeth, with a clinical trial slated for July 2024, the country’s national daily news site, the Mainichi, recently reported.

FDA grants first full approval for an Alzheimer’s drug in 20 years
Questions linger around how many patients will be able to access the drug with limited coverage from Medicare.

Doctors criticize CDC for apparently offering 'chestfeeding' guidance to men
Some men attempting to transition into women have publicly shared their desire to breastfeed children, and now doctors have expressed grave concerns after the CDC appears to have offered such men guidance on how to "chestfeed" without even noting the possible health risks to infants.

Anti-aging tech mogul measures nighttime erections, eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve age reduction
Tech mogul Bryan Johnson has spent millions to achieve an optimal anti-aging status that he says helped him break a world record to age more slowly than anyone on the planet.

Technology...

Meta's Twitter clone launches, immediately censors anyone with unapproved thoughts
A factually true story about cocaine being found in Joe Biden's White House got a poster banned because it used real pictures of Hunter Biden doing cocaine and implied there might be a connection.

Twitter threatens legal action over Meta's Threads app
Twitter has raised concerns that Meta may have improperly used its intellectual property and issued the firm a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday.

Science...

Congressman on Intelligence Committee says UFOs 'defy physics as we know it and fly underwater'
Says aliens "have the technology to turn humans into charcoal briquettes" and government has been covering up UFO existence since 1890.

A Researcher Says the First UFO Really Crashed in Italy in 1933. And He Has Evidence.
Secret documents suggest a suspicious cover-up.

July 7, 2010 - Doctor Beck and Beck Hospital?... Black Panther speech meant to divide… Audio reveals what Obamacare is all about… Social Justice… The mainstream media… New rules for the world… History of income tax…

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

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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.