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Morning Brief 2023-07-18

July 18, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: The elites of the World Economic Forum want you to own NOTHING.

Proverbs 19:2

Domestic News...

Forbidden questions, denied warrants, witness tipoffs: Agents detail interference in Biden probe
Retired FBI supervisor latest to alert Congress as IRS whistleblowers prepare for day of public testimony.

Jordan threatens Wray with contempt charge over FBI weaponization probe
In a letter to the FBI director, Jordan gave the bureau until July 25 to "substantially improve" subpoena compliance.

Massive US Oil Caverns Sit Empty and Will Take Years to Refill
It only took about six months for the Biden administration to sell off 180 million barrels from the federal stash in the fastest withdrawal on record. But refilling it to capacity will likely take decades, if it happens at all.

Conservative Supreme Court on a roll as majorities OK decisions
Voters overwhelmingly approve of the Supreme Court affirmative action decision, 65% to 28%.

LA Dystopia: Crumbling Infrastructure, Crime Surge, and Social Breakdown Plague Once-Great City
Local LA news reveals a dystopian spiral of infrastructure failures, unchecked violent crime, homeless encampments, and social degeneration affecting the vulnerable under failed progressive leadership.

Portland's suspected serial killer is a convicted felon released early by former Oregon governor: police
Jesse Lee Calhoun has allegedly been linked by detectives to four of six women found dead earlier this year in the Portland metro area.

Alleged Antifa member who stabbed black conservative journalist only gets probation
He was also convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008.

Man charged in alleged threat against journalist seeking Nashville shooter manifesto
CEO of The Star News Network, Michael Patrick Leahy, is involved in a public records lawsuit to release the manifesto of the Nashville school shooter.

Politics...

Senate Republicans Have A Choice: Back Tuberville Or Fail A Majority Of Americans On Abortion Again
Supporting Tuberville’s stonewalling is Republicans’ only path to appease the majority of voters who oppose taxpayer-funded abortion.

Karine Jean-Pierre defends White House cocaine probe that came up with nothing
Biden's press secretary insists Secret Service did a 'thorough' search.

Poll: If Biden Were To Drop Out, It's A Three-Way Tie For His Successor
The top three are.... Harris, Clinton, Sanders. Ooof. That should make you feel better about the GOP choices.

NY Times: Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025
Trump and his backers aim to strengthen the power of the White House and limit the independence of federal agencies.

Manchin denies third-party ticket would act as spoiler in 2024
As Manchin stays mum on his 2024 ambitions, the West Virginia senator is fiercely defending plans from the centrist group No Labels to create a third-party presidential ticket.

DeSantis Heads To CNN To Confront Jake Tapper, The Most Dishonest Man On Cable News
Ron DeSantis is finally stepping out of the Fox News bubble. It can be a huge success for his campaign if he does what he does best.

Washington Examiner: Rating the GOP candidates in Iowa
DeSantis's performance showed that there is a reason he is solidly in the position of main challenger to Trump for the Republican nomination.

Gallup: Retrospective Approval of JFK Rises to 90%, Trump at 46%
Ratings of Kennedy, George W. Bush, Nixon improve modestly since 2018.

Black lawmaker swamped with racist, hate-filled messages for joining Republican Party
Georgia State Rep. Mesha Mainor shared a flood of racist hate filled messages she received after defecting from the Democratic Party.

Vivek Ramaswamy shares list of potential Supreme Court picks
Ramaswamy listed nine figures as high court candidates, including Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah.

Texas AG Ken Paxton breaks fundraising records after grassroots backlash at impeachment proceedings
"Attorney General Ken Paxton raised $1.7 million dollars in 11 days."

Ken Paxton attorney: Texas House won’t disclose information necessary for impeachment trial
House impeachment managers were given an order to provide the evidence.

Economy / ESG...

Feds borrowing over $5 billion per day as programs face insolvency
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released a report earlier this year projecting the national debt will be nearly twice as large as the U.S. economy in 30 years.

The Coming Crisis of Cities: Reinvention or Bankruptcy
Those who bought houses 20 or more years ago are now wealthy, through no effort of their own. This generational inequality is tearing apart the social fabric.

Biden claims economic victory - but gets publicly humiliated instead
Biden falsely claimed that he is responsible for increasing Americans' wages, however his post was immediately fact checked by Twitter, showing real wages have decreased under Biden.

Debt restructuring talks at G20 meet hurt by differences, low attendance
Ministers from many countries chose to skip the meeting, which added to the slow progress on the issue, a second official said, adding that 13 finance ministers attended the event. The United States has sent the biggest delegation, led by Janet Yellen, to the meeting.

WAR News... 

Russia Pulls Out of the Black Sea Grain Deal
The Kremlin terminated an agreement that had allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, a deal seen as essential to keeping global food prices stable.

Putin vows response after 'terrorist' attack on Crimea-Russia bridge
Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of attacking the Kerch bridge with two "unmanned surface vessels" - drones that travel over water rather than through the air.

Russian experts issue collective rebuke to call for preemptive nuclear strike
The consequences of nuclear war between Moscow and the West would be catastrophic, they said.

Does Russia Have Nuclear Landmines?
Last week, Reuters published a report that said Wagner rebels got near a nuclear weapons storage site. The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence said the rebels reached the nuclear base and that their intention was to acquire small Soviet-era nuclear devices.

Pentagon typo leaked millions of sensitive messages to African nation
Mali, an ally of Russia, will soon gain access to the messages.

COVID-19...

COVID Lockdowns Drove Americans To Drink … At Home … In The Morning, Studies Find
“This was the largest two-year increase since 1969."

In-N-Out Burger bans facemasks for employees
The popular California-based burger chain is reportedly barring employees in certain states from wearing face masks without explicit medical direction.

Commie Update...

‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China
The Biden administration thinks it can preserve America’s technological primacy by cutting China off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?

One Reason China Is Willing to Engage Again: Its Troubled Economy
China was on track to recover after closing itself off during the pandemic. Now the country’s growth is staggering, and Beijing is signaling it is open to talking.

Entertainment...

Bloomberg hit-piece targeting 'Sound of Freedom' was penned by LGBT activist who opposed stigmatizing pedophiles
Noah Berlatsky's apparent eagerness to brand the film's popularity as "ominous" has prompted others online to both consider his possible motivations and review his past writ on the subject of pedophilia.

‘The Chosen’ Continues Filming Despite Hollywood Actors Strike
The hit Christian series The Chosen will continue filming its upcoming fourth season after receiving a waiver from the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA.

Elton John Testifies at Kevin Spacey’s Sexual Assault Trial
The British singer and his husband, David Furnish, appeared via video link to give evidence for the defense in the actor’s ongoing British trial.

Mark Hamill praises Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff in Senate campaign fundraising email
"Over the last six years, our democracy has been tested like never before. And in those dark times, Adam gave me hope," said the far-left Hollywood activist.

Media...

Most Ethics 'Experts' Cited In ProPublica’s Reports On Conservative SCOTUS Justices Donated To Dems, Left-Wing Causes
Seven of the nine ethics 'experts' cited in ProPublica’s stories on Thomas and Alito have collectively given over $100,000 to Democratic campaigns and left-wing causes, FEC records show.

WaPo issues correction after core claim in hit piece against DeSantis is shown to be entirely false
They pushed the same fake news claim that Business Insider made last week that Florida had lost more population since 2020 than New York or California, when Florida actually gained the most population of any state in that time.

Middle East...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Says US Is 'No Longer Our Closest Ally'
Tensions between the two nations have been at an all-time high after the White House’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government over its treatment of Palestinians and attempts at judicial reform.

West Bank ‘not occupied’ territory, says Ron DeSantis
Speaking to Christians United for Israel on Monday, DeSantis underscored his pro-Israel bona fides, including his efforts to crack down on companies that boycott the US ally.

The House Democratic Caucus is only becoming more antisemitic
In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, progressive House Democrats once again spent the weekend spouting antisemitism to left-wing activists.

Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal tries to walk back anti-Israel remarks amid backlash
"I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state."

Asia...

US, S. Korean officials huddle for new nuclear war planning talks
Officials from the United States and South Korea are meeting on Tuesday in Seoul for the first Nuclear Consultative Group discussion, aimed at better coordinating allied nuclear response in the event of a war with North Korea.

Environment...

German Woman Drags Eco-Terrorist By Her Hair
A video shared Saturday showed the moment a group of disgruntled German drivers dragged a number of so-called climate “activists” out of the street.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Misgendering Should Be a Crime, According to Millennials
According to the survey, 44 percent of those aged 25-34 think "referring to someone by the wrong gender pronoun (he/him, she/her) should be a criminal offense," versus just 31 percent who disagree.

Trudeau blames Muslim parents' growing resistance to LGBT propaganda in schools on the 'American right wing'
Muslims were well known for their tolerance of the LGBT community before those damn American conservatives got to them.

Report: Biden Official Committed Grand Larceny While on Sensitive Government Trip
According to a Fox News report, former senior Department of Energy official Sam Brinton committed one of his thefts of baggage while on an official government trip to the Nevada National Security Site.

DeSantis Torches Leftist LGBT Agitator At Campaign Event: ‘Leave Our Kids Alone!’
Speaking about Biden, DeSantis said: “I have something to say to him: ‘Why don’t you focus on spending more time with your granddaughter in Arkansas, or at least acknowledge she exists, before you worry about our children?'”

Obama Writes Letter Praising Librarians Who Push LGBT Content On Kids
Obama criticized “book bans” across American school libraries, which have resulted from parents complaining of their children being exposed to sexually explicit content.

Obama's brother tweets, then deletes claim that Barack is ‘definitely gay’
Malik's comments came in reaction to Barack lamenting the 'banning' of LGBTQ+ books.

2018: Obama sex accuser panned as a liar urges Stormy Daniels scrutiny
Larry Sinclair, who claimed he had sex with Barack Obama in a limo in 1999 while doing cocaine, says the media is showing a “sickening” double standard with coverage of an alleged affair between Trump and porn star Stormy Daniels.

Sorority members say they were told to change definition of woman to allow transgender to join
The sorority sisters said they filed the lawsuit to prevent other women from being placed in a similar situation.

Education...

University of Florida 'explicitly lied' to DeSantis by drastically underreporting DEI initiatives
Was done to 'conceal the radicalism inside the campus,' says governor's education appointee.

Black man in NYC who failed teacher's test many times gets a huge payday
He has been awarded more than $2 million in supposed lost compensation plus interest after he repeatedly failed a mandatory teacher's test that a court later determined was racially biased.

Algebra 1 effectively eliminated from Harvard-area schools because too many white and Asian students were taking it
District officials claim that the changes are designed to create better equity.

Health...

Elon Musk responds to woman who says she's dumping her feminist therapist
"Friends are far better than therapy. The incentive structure is to keep you hooked, never 'cured'. Be especially wary of therapists in expensive neighborhoods – their true loyalty is to their landlord, not you."

AI...

The Future of AI Is War
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 Punished Twitter For Seceding From The Censorship Complex
A court filing provides further evidence that the Biden administration targeted Twitter because of Elon Musk’s support for free speech.

House GOP weighs contempt charges for Mark Zuckerberg: report
Meta has not provided internal communications regarding censorship from the company after it was subpoenaed.

Threads To Start Implementing Rate Limits Like Twitter
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri took to the micro-blogging platform to announce that they would be implementing rate limits to combat bots.

Science...

‘Done With The Cover-Ups’: Lawmaker Announces Date For UFO Hearing
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), a member of the panel who has helped drive the conversation about UFOs on Capitol Hill, said a hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 26.

Schumer Moves To Force Disclosure Of UFO Secrets
The top member of the Senate is adding his political clout to legislation that aims to force the federal government to disclose information it has on UFOs.

Animals...

Australian and his dog rescued after 3 months adrift in Pacific
Sydney resident Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, and dog Bella were rescued 1,900km from land by the crew of Mexican tuna boat.

July 18, 2012 - More mail from Obama... Who is Glenn's favorite writer?... Restoring Love event... Old songs that are relevant again today... The real history of iTunes... Ace of Base had an impressive string of hits... Author Paul Kengor joins Glenn in the studio to discuss his new book "The Communist"...

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?

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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.