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July 14, 2023
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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.

News...

Probe opened into FBI targeting of House Intelligence committee staffers during Russia probe
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan demands evidence from FBI, suggests snooping on Devin Nunes' staff may have been "retaliation."

FBI says CatholicVote is 'not entitled' to records detailing spying on Catholic churches
The FBI is seeking to block the release of its records pertaining to a since-retracted memo that said that traditional Catholic communities presented an opportunity for surveillance.

Government Takes Cues from Leftist SPLC to Bully Opponents Like Moms for Liberty
Anyone who cares about free speech should ignore characterizations that make routine political disagreements seem "dangerous" and worthy of government attention.

California Democrats reverse course, move to strengthen sentencing for trafficking minors
Public outrage forced Democrats to change course.

California Dem Says Tuesday Vote Against Anti-Child Trafficking Bill Was ‘Bad Decision’
“Voting against legislation targeting really bad people who traffic children was wrong. I regret doing that and I am going to help get this important legislation passed into law.”

New Jersey takes steps to mandate sales of ‘smart’ guns
"Too many times gun violence is the result of an individual gaining access to someone else’s gun."

NYC Mayor Eric Adams blames the media for 87% of residents saying crime is a 'serious problem'
Adams said that citizens "start their day picking up the news, the morning papers … and they see some of the most horrific events that may happen throughout the previous day,” he told local outlet WNYW. “Plays on your psyche!”

Supreme Court Justice’s Net Worth Skyrockets Since Joining The Court: Report
Fox News reported that, according to financial disclosures, Sotomayor’s wealth increased from being in the $15,001-$65,000 range in 2008 to being in the $1,600,000-$6,600,000 range in 2021.

Kavanaugh plays up collegiality on Supreme Court
"We eat lunch together" around 65 times a year.

FBI finds 40 human skulls at Kentucky man's home
He allegedly bought them from a guy who got them from a woman who stole them from a medical school.

Retired detective dies of heart attack outside his home — so companion allegedly robs him
A Tennessee woman is facing several charges after surveillance footage seemed to show that she robbed a man as he lay dying on his driveway.

Cocaine Caper...

Cocaine Cover-Up? Secret Service Shrugs Off White House White Powder Investigation Over Alleged Lack Of DNA
This conclusion should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the caper since its origins. From the beginning, the bureaucrats tasked with naming the nose candy signaled their investigation would be short-lived and produce no perp.

Trump blasts end of White House cocaine probe: 'Two tier level of justice'
“Despite all of the cameras pointing directly at the ‘scene of the crime,’ and the greatest forensics anywhere in the World, they just can’t figure it out? They know the answer, and so does everyone else!”

Hunter Biden's lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Trump over social media posts
Trump and others have said that cocaine found at the White House might have belonged to Hunter Biden.

White House cocaine mystery shows 'Biden, Inc.' always gets special treatment: McCarthy
The Secret Service separately disclosed at a classified congressional briefing that pot had been found there twice in 2022.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says the Biden family, admin should be drug-tested amid cocaine probe
"I think this is a complete failure," Greene said regarding the White House probe.

Kayleigh McEnany Lays Out Exactly Who She Thinks Cocaine Belongs To … And It’s Not Hunter
McEnany said as for the Hunter speculation, she found it odd Jean-Pierre and Biden did not forcefully come out and deny any accusation the substance belonged to the president’s son.

Politifact: Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the 'same day they found cocaine'
In classic fake news style, Politifact "debunks" a claim that wasn't being made by anyone of note.

Politics...

Tucker Carlson's return to television and live interviews with presidential candidates may spark fireworks
BlazeTV's coverage of the "Midwest's largest gathering of Christians seeking cultural transformation in the family, church, government, and more," featuring Tucker interviewing a slate of presidential candidates, begins Friday morning.

Hunter Biden Worked To Secure US Visa For Ukrainian Oligarch Allegedly Involved In Suspected Bribery Scheme
Hunter and his business associates attempted to get Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky a U.S. visa shortly after the president’s son became a board member of the Ukrainian energy firm, according to emails reviewed by the Daily Caller.

'Joe Biden will have to answer': Comer promises to reveal identity of Whistleblower X
“The American people are going to get to watch live both whistleblowers, including ‘Whistleblower X,’ who has never revealed his identity. He’ll do that the day of our hearing, and everyone can see,” Comer told Hannity.

Biden Claims Ireland Is ‘Home’
Then Stumbles As He Boards Air Force One For His Actual Home.

10 Abnormal Things Biden’s ‘Return To Normalcy’ Brought Americans
As the 2024 election season heats up, now is as good a time as ever to take stock of our cultural and political status quo.

Republican Secretaries Of State Say Blinken Should Resign For 2020 Election Interference
Half a dozen Republican secretaries of state sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday expressing concern about federal intel officials’ alleged efforts to interfere in the 2020 election to help Joe Biden.

New York court orders state committee to draw new congressional maps
An appeals court has sided with a Democrat-led bid to throw out the existing congressional maps.

Manchin to oppose Biden Labor pick Julie Su in major blow to confirmation chances
Her nomination was met with heavy criticism from Senate Republicans and centrist Democrats alike, largely based on her time leading California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency during the pandemic.

Tulsi Gabbard teases 2024 presidential bid
“I think that there are actually a lot of Democrats across the country who, like me, feel that today’s Democratic Party is completely out of touch with the people,” Gabbard said.

Marianne Williamson admits 2024 campaign low on cash: Report
“I have put my own money in, and I don’t have the money to continue putting it in at the level I have,” Williamson said.

Christie ‘can’t imagine’ pardon for Trump in documents case
"I would have a hard time considering any pardon," Christie told Chris Cuomo.

Economy / ESG...

Disney could soon sell its TV assets as Iger says business ‘may not be core’ to the company
Disney owns a portfolio of TV networks, from broadcast station ABC to cable TV channels like ESPN.

CNBC: These 10 states are running America’s best economies for residents
The Southeast leads the nation for economic strength this year.

Border...

Senate Republicans: Biden has 'created the largest child trafficking ring in US history'
"The Biden administration has utterly failed to secure the border and has encouraged parents to send their minor alien children on dangerous trips to the United States unaccompanied. It’s failed to protect these children after they’ve been let into the United States."

WAR News... 

NY Times: Defense Bill’s Fate Teeters After GOP Wedges In Social Issues
Democrats said they could not support the measure after the House adopted a raft of social policy provisions, including limits on abortions, gender transition procedures, and diversity training.

Biden Authorizes Pentagon To Send 3,000 Reservists To Europe
He also said the move “reaffirms the unwavering support and commitment to the defense of NATO’s eastern flank in wake of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war on Ukraine.”

'Not Good': Conservatives Rip Biden's Call-Up Of Reserves
Conservatives and Republicans ripped President Joe Biden after he announced a call-up of reserves for operations in Europe Thursday night.

Biden: No real prospect of Putin using nuclear weapons
"Not only the West, but China and the rest of the world have said: Don't go there," Biden said, reassuring the world.

Russia Says F-16 Jets in Ukraine Will Be Seen as 'Nuclear' Threat
Russia will regard Western F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine as a "nuclear" threat because of their capacity to carry atomic weapons, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

'I'd be careful what I ate,' Biden tells Prigozhin over poisoning risk
“If I were he, I’d be careful what I ate. I’d keep my eye on my menu,” he added.

Senators reintroduce bill to prevent US president from leaving NATO
A bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit any U.S. president from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval or an act of Congress.

Cuban government calls US nuclear submarine stop a 'provocative escalation'
The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Pasadena, stopped at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay earlier this month.

Entertainment...

Trump to host screening of 'Sound of Freedom' on July 19
Donald Trump has announced that he will be hosting a screening of the anti-child trafficking film "Sound of Freedom" on July 19 at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.

Hollywood actors now on strike, join striking screenwriters
Some mocking observers hope picket lines are permanent.

Lisa Marie Presley’s death attributed to bowel obstruction: Coroner
Died from a small bowel obstruction caused by bariatric surgery.

Media...

‘The View’ Host Spars With Geraldo Over ‘Racist’ Trump: ‘Did He Know You Were Puerto Rican?’
Rivera told the coven that the former president had always been kind to him.

Canada...

Justin Trudeau's Political Prisoners
The Coutts Four are political prisoners, pure and simple. They are being denied basic rights due to even the most violent of criminals because they are on the wrong side of the Trudeau government.

Europe...

Severed Finger Mailed To French President: Report
No note was included in the package.

Environment...

John Kerry Fumes Over Private Jet Question
Rep. Waltz: "You just testified under oath that you never owned a private jet ..." Kerry: "My wife owned a plane."

Manchin celebrates latest wrench thrown in Biden gas stove ban
Sen. Joe Manchin announced a bipartisan amendment to block Biden's crackdown on gas stoves.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Vast majority of Americans oppose transgender athletes competing against opposite biological sex
The Gallup poll found that 69% of respondents opposed transgender athletes being allowed to compete with those of their gender identity instead of their biological gender. When the same question was asked in 2021, 62% said the same.

School offers FREE sex-change referrals to children
Health centers linked to Seattle schools offer "hormone therapy" and surgery referrals.

Gavin Newsom threatens 'radicalized zealots' on local school board
School board rejected books teaching about gay activist Harvey Milk, who had a "relationship" with an underaged boy.

Maybelline Tells Bud Light To Hold Its Beer With 'Disturbing' New Promotion
The world’s largest cosmetics brand posted an Amazon Prime Day advertisement, and it stars a mustachioed, bearded, and bald man. Not a joke.

There Is Only Male and Female. Women Pay the Price When We Pretend Otherwise
Pretending that sex differences aren't real means eliminating single-sex spaces for women, giving males access to places, such as prisons, locker rooms, and living spaces, where women may be vulnerable.

AI...

China lawmakers promise ‘inclusive and prudent’ attitude to building AI with ‘socialist values’
The CCP document states that AI models developed within China cannot generate content that "incites subversion of state power and the overthrow of the socialist system, endangers national security and interests, damages the image of the country ..."

Tech giants form 'partnership' to make AI woke
Host workshops about incorporating Karl Marx's teachings and critical race theory into systems.

AI vs. AI: Flash Wars and Human Extinction
Though once confined to the realm of science fiction, the concept of supercomputers killing humans has now become a distinct possibility in the very real world of the near future.

Technology...

Biden's FTC pressured analysts to give negative report on Elon Musk's Twitter: Lawsuit
The FTC had "attempted to co-opt EY's independent assessment in order to generate evidence of 'deficiencies in Twitter's privacy and information security program.'"

New ‘Twitter Files’ Reveal DNC Flagged Coverage Of Hunter Biden’s Laptop To Twitter For Censorship
New emails show DNC officials requested Twitter remove accounts that shared a link to a Gateway Pundit story “contain[ing] airbrushed images from Hunter Biden videos, as well as ‘information on how to look up and view the videos in question.'”

Some Twitter users are getting paid big bucks thanks to ad revenue sharing
Billy Markus of Dogecoin cryptocurrency fame, who goes by "Shibetoshi Nakamoto" on Twitter, shared a screenshot revealing that he is slated to receive more than $37,000.

WaPo's Taylor Lorenz accuses Elon Musk of ‘bribing’ influencers to stay on Twitter
Disgraced "journalist" Taylor Lorenz, infamous for harassing and doxxing the Libs of TikTok creator, caught attention on Twitter after she falsely accused Elon Musk of desperately “bribing” content creators in order to keep them on the platform.

Wired magazine says Ring cameras are racist
Sharing footage of potential crimes "makes it easier for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies to target certain groups for suspicion of crime based on skin color, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin."

Threads engagement has dropped off since red-hot debut, tracking firms say
“These early returns signal that despite the hoopla during its launch, it will still be an uphill climb for Threads to carve out space in most users’ social network routine.”

Science...

NY Times: Bipartisan Measure Aims to Force Release of UFO Records
Legislation would create a review board to declassify documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena across the government.

July 14, 2010 - More than $1 trillion in debt for the year… You’ll soon understand why we can’t play this game… 13% of Americans say Obama helped them… NAACP attacks Tea Party… Preacher speaks out against socialism… Bible signed by FDR to be auctioned… Mel Gibson, what the fight was about…

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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.