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Morning Brief 2023-07-11

July 11, 2023
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TOP OF HOUR 2

GUEST: Justin Haskins
TOPIC: 'Dark Future' hits shelves TODAY!

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Simon Ateba
TOPIC: Did the Washington Post write a hit piece on Ateba in an attempt to prevent his White House press credentials from being renewed?

Deuteronomy 13:1

'Dark Future' ...

Glenn Beck's 'Dark Future': Available NOW!
Glenn's first book on the Great Reset was just an introduction, helping you make sense of the WEF’s complicated scheme to reorder the world. His new book, "Dark Future," will tell you what’s next.

Carol Roth: The Next Phase of the Great Reset May Bring a ‘Dark Future’
This Great Narrative framework is enabled by more than just pure societal malaise. It harnesses advanced technologies — from artificial intelligence to robotics — to help shift the power structure in a new world order. Glenn Beck covers this plan and how to fight back in his truly important new book, “Dark Future.”

Domestic News ...

Judge Tells Feds to Take Free Speech Training Before Asking Social Media to Censor
"Violation of a First Amendment constitutional right, even for a short period of time, is always irreparable injury" worthy of an injunction, the judge said.

Russian-Infiltrated Ukrainian Intel Used FBI to Censor Social Media, House Investigators Allege
"Put simply, the FBI worked with and on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency — widely known to be compromised by Moscow at the time — and directly abetted efforts to censor Americans engaging in protected speech," they concluded.

Massachusetts Sued for Working with Google to Secretly Put Spyware on Residents’ Phones
Following low download numbers for its COVID app, the state allegedly began working with Google to “secretly install the Contact Tracing App ... without the device owners’ knowledge or permission.”

Titanic Failure: Titan Sub Had a Success Rate of 14%
OceanGate’s waiver policy for voyagers made explicit note of the fact that the Titan sub had only succeeded in 13 out of 90 dives, according to Insider.

Illinois to Spend $30 million for 'Peacekeepers' This Fiscal Year
Community members from Chicago are seeking to address crime throughout the state with violence intervention methods as group officials suggest more funding is needed.

Illegals Say San Francisco's Sanctuary City Policies Make It So Easy to Sell Drugs, It's Fueling a Real Estate Boom in Honduras
"Many look for San Francisco because it’s a sanctuary city. You go to jail and you come out.”

Tranq Invades NYC Drug Mills; Expert Calls City’s Drugs ‘Most Dangerous’ Ever
The flesh-rotting animal tranquilizer killing unsuspecting users nationwide has significantly infiltrated drug mills in the Bronx.

NYC Proposes Hiring Private Security for Migrant Facilities Amid Police Staffing Shortage
Too "volatile," "dangerous" for unarmed peace officers, says union.

Nassar Is Said to Have Been Stabbed Multiple Times in Florida Prison
The doctor convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts was stabbed multiple times in a federal prison in Florida. He's in stable condition.

Rifle-Wielding ‘Robin Hood’ Holds up NYC Convenience Store
The robber held up a Staten Island convenience store — and declared the cash was “going back to the community.”

Biden ...

Biden's DOJ Announces Charges Against ‘Missing’ Hunter Biden Witness
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment this week against an American-Israeli energy expert that has supposedly been the “missing witness” of House Republicans’ investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings for months.

Israeli witness against Biden: US gov't is hunting me down
Dr. Gal Luft insists the charges made against him are entirely false and issued new allegations of corruption against Joe Biden.

Some terrified Biden aides so fearful of prez's wrath that they don't go to meetings alone
President Biden has displayed a hair-trigger temper with aides behind closed doors and is known for cursing out White House staffers, according to a new report — the latest to contradict the octogenarian’s carefully cultivated image as a folksy, kindly grandfather.

Hunter Biden prosecutor’s office briefed on bribery allegation before 2020 election, senator says
Grassley demands answers from US Attorney David Weiss, claiming “hundreds” of people have had access to FBI informant memo.

Questions Over Hunter Biden Probe Swirl Around Prosecutor Lesley Wolf
Here’s what you need to know.

IRS whistleblower legal team blasts U.S. Attorney Weiss over changing story on Hunter Biden case
The team highlighted the disparity between June 7 and June 30 statements that Weiss, the U.S. attorney pursuing the case, made to Jim Jordan.

‘It’s Not The President’s Baby’: Whoopi Plays Defense Over Biden Ignoring His Grandchild
Whoopi Goldberg — along with her fellow hens — rallied to Biden’s defense on Monday, saying that it wasn’t his fault he didn’t acknowledge his seventh grandchild.

Biden appears to wobble as he greets King Charles, reviews UK troops at Windsor Castle
Video of the greeting between the two men showed Biden punctuate his handshake with Charles by reaching out to touch the British monarch’s right arm, causing the king to glance down in apparent surprise.

Politics...

Tucker Carlson to Host First Presidential Forum of the 2024 GOP Primary Season
A tweet on TheBlaze Twitter account indicates that the company will be streaming the Friday event live on BlazeTV and the BlazeTV YouTube channel.

Bloomberg: Trump's Campaign Is Already Shaping Global Affairs
America’s friends and rivals are hedging their foreign policies in case the ex-president is re-elected.

NY Mag: Trump’s Former Justice Department Officials Fear a Second Term
... they agreed to talk on condition of anonymity in order to speak candidly about their views on the prospect of Trump’s return to power.

Woke Showdown in the House: Lawmakers Set to Spar Over Hot-Button ESG Investing
House Republicans and Democrats are set for another showdown over woke policies this week when they debate the impacts of ESG investing in financial regulation.

How Old Should the President of the United States Be? — Survey
While opinions on the optimum presidential age are widely different amongst different age groups, political affiliation does not have as significant an impact on this belief.

Pollster Says GOP 'Making Gains' Among Hispanic Voters, but Democratic Party Exodus Still Elusive
"It's moved a little faster than I would have expected," legendary pollster Scott Rasmussen says.

Why Has Election Day Turned into Election Month?
A case challenging North Dakota’s 13 extra election days is about helping to bring confidence back to elections nationwide.

Economy / ESG ...

Government-Issued Digital Money Comes Closer
Last week, Russian state sources reported that the emerging BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa] economies are planning to introduce a new, gold-backed currency at the bloc’s summit next month in South Africa.

WAR News... 

Rolling Stone: Officials Prepped for North Korean Nuclear Attack as Trump Stirred Tension, Book Says
All the leftist Democrat mouthpieces are running with this story and this angle.

Forbes: Trump’s North Korea Threats Made Officials ‘Terrified’ U.S. Would Face Nuclear Attack
Trump’s rhetoric against North Korea heightened the possibility of a nuclear strike and reportedly made high-ranking officials “terrified” the president was “welcom[ing]” nuclear war.

Vanity Fair: Officials Were Legitimately Worried About Trump Provoking Nuclear War with North Korea
Basically, the idiot writing this article thinks if Trump returns to the White House, we'll once again have to live in fear of a nuclear attack.

John Kerry: The Problem with War in Ukraine Is It’s Contributing to Climate Change
“But when you have bombs going off, and you have damage to septic tanks or to power centers, etc., you have an enormous release of greenhouse gas, of methane ...”

Nearly 50,000 Russians Killed in War in Ukraine: Report
With a reportedly 95% probability, between 40,000 and 55,000 Russians have been killed in the Ukraine war, according to oppositional Russian media.

Putin Met Prigozhin in Moscow After Wagner Mutiny
Mercenary group "ready to continue to fight" for Russia, Kremlin spokesperson says.

Biden Admin Calls War a ‘Strategic Failure for Ukraine’
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller struggled with an update on Monday, calling the war with Russia a “strategic failure for Ukraine” — and then repeated the statement after a journalist tried to help him make a correction.

China ...

NY Times: Biden Bets High-Level Diplomacy Can Cool Fiery Relations with China
Biden hopes the diplomatic trips this summer by his aides will lead to frank talks with Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials before the 2024 U.S. elections.

The Chinese Military Is Training Kindergarteners for War in Bootcamps Across the Country
The boot camps feature combat training for boys and girls with a wide variety of toy weapons, including knives, grenades, rifles, and shoulder-fired missiles.

Six Killed in Kindergarten Stabbing in China, Continuing Trend of Knife Attacks Targeting Kids
China, which has strict gun laws, has recently experienced multiple kindergarten stabbings.

Entertainment ...

Singer Jewel Defends ‘Sound of Freedom’ Amid Backlash
“It saddens me that some media is trying to politicize this movie. This is not left or right. It’s about millions of kids being trafficked ...”

Whitlock: Critics Hate ‘Sound of Freedom’ Because It Reminds Men to Eschew Cowardice
It’s important for defenders of the film to recognize who is being mocked. It’s God, the Most High, Jesus. It’s not you, or QAnon, or Tim Ballard, or Jim Caviezel.

MacIntyre: The Real Reason Journalists Hate ‘Sound of Freedom’
America is in a dark and deeply divided place when opposition to one of the most heinous crimes imaginable is seen as a political act.

Corrupt Media Cares More About ‘QAnon’ than Human Trafficking
The left-wing media would rather drool over the specter of an irrelevant conspiracy theory than acknowledge that conservative Americans are working to effect positive change.

50 Cent Says Los Angeles Is Doomed After City Reinstates No-Bail Policy
"L.A. is finished. Watch how bad it gets out there."

Media ...

NY Times: The Case That Could Be Fox’s Next Dominion
Tucker Carlson, before he was sidelined by Fox, repeatedly endorsed a conspiracy theory about Ray Epps, who may sue for defamation. Legal experts say it would be a viable case.

NY Times: Men Are Shopping Women's Clothing Sections to Make Crop Tops
"Some wearers are making theirs by taking scissors to old T-shirts; others buy them off the rack, often from stores’ women’s sections,” the New York Times style piece reads.

Europe...

France Is Facing an Immigration Crisis Not a ‘George Floyd Moment’
Because many came to France for its welfare system, they feel little need to integrate into the economy. With each generation, this makes them ever more dependent on public assistance and more unpopular among working French natives.

The Riots in France Have Become Anti-Semitic
After a Holocaust memorial was defaced, why did few non-Jewish news outlets call it anti-Semitism?

Middle East ...

Biden Warns Against 'Extreme' Members in Israeli Gov't
Biden’s remarks should raise alarms in Jerusalem. A public fallout at this level between the president of the U.S. and the Israeli PM could have a deeply detrimental ripple effect.

Congress Must Focus More on Biden’s Iran Diplomacy, Former Sen. Lieberman Says
Only Congress can stop this dangerous folly, the former senator writes.

America Must Take Control of Events in the Middle East
The current outbreak of violence in the region is a direct result of America’s appeasement of Iran.

Environment ...

Over Half of America's Beaches Are Covered in Poop and Unsafe to Swim in: Report
More than half of the nation’s beaches are too contaminated, mostly with poop, for safe swimming.

NY Times: Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal’
Over the past month, smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed major cities around the country, a deadly heat wave hit Texas and Oklahoma and torrential rains flooded parts of Chicago.

LGBTQIA2S+ ...

Judge Orders Kansas to Stop Allowing Sex Changes on Driver’s Licenses
“Licenses are used by law enforcement to identify criminal suspects, crime victims, wanted persons, missing persons and others. Compliance with state legal requirements for identifying license holders is a public safety concern.”

Megan Rapinoe OK with Man on US Women's Soccer Team: 'I See Trans Women as Real Women'
"Show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening."

Bud Light Sales Plunged 28.5% Ahead of July 4
Sales were for the week of July 1 were slightly worse than the 27.9% decline they suffered the previous week.

Education ...

Trendy: Nearly 40% Of Students at Brown University Identify as LGBTQ+

About 38% of students at the Ivy League school identified as either homosexual, bisexual, queer, asexual, pansexual, questioning, or other.

University Walks Back Criticism of Gender Studies Prof Who Gave Student Zero for Referencing ‘Biological Women'
Well there's only one type of woman, so it's completely unnecessary to say 'biological' — but that's not angle taken by the woke professor or groveling school.

Health ...

Antibiotic Shortages Expected to Worsen Syphilis Epidemic

A shortage of penicillin may further hinder attempts to gain control over the syphilis epidemic plaguing the United States, according to an article published by the NY Times.

Joe Rogan Reacts to MSNBC Article Linking Fitness to White Supremacy
"Being healthy is 'far right.' Holy f***," he tweeted.

AI ...

How AI Will Turbocharge Misinformation — And What We Can Do about It

By some estimates, AI-generated content could soon account for 99% or more of all information on the internet.

AI Robots at Un Press Conference Say They’re Better than Humans, Promise Not to Rebel
During the "AI for Good 2023" global summit conference, the robots stated that they could "lead with a greater level of efficiency and effectiveness" but assured that they would not rebel.

What Are the Chances of an AI Apocalypse?
Professional "superforecasters" are more optimistic about the future than AI "experts."

AI Tool Shows Promise for Treating Brain Cancer, Study Finds
Technology might cut days or weeks from testing time.

Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI, Meta for Copyright Infringement
Claims her book was used as AI training material.

Science ...

Alien Technology Allegedly Discovered by Harvard Researchers

A Harvard research team says that it may have discovered fragments of alien technology from an "interstellar meteor" that crashed into Earth, which traveled faster than almost everything in our solar system.

Travel ...

Disney Theme Parks Surprisingly Empty This Summer as Ticket Prices Remain High
Walt Disney World and Disneyland have seen significantly shorter wait times to get on rides — a sign that visitors are staying away this summer as the Mouse House struggles to attract guests.

July 11, 2012 — Has America improved on race relations ... New Egyptian leadership planning on blowing up pyramids? ... Who was Obama's mentor? ... Obama in his own words ... New York soda ban ... Is Glenn a good kisser? ... Andrea Mitchell decimated by John Sununu ...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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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?

Bloomberg / Contributor | Getty Images

Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.