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Morning Brief 2023-07-19

July 19, 2023
Chris Brady

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GUEST: Tom Fitton
TOPIC: President Trump faces ANOTHER possible indictment.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-13

Dark Future...

Glenn Beck's 'Dark Future': Kindle version now available!
In this thought-provoking and urgent read, explore the disruptive technologies and social changes that threaten to reshape the world as we know it. Available in print and now on Kindle.

Biden...

Biden's latest student loan scheme will cost nearly $500 billion, Penn Wharton predicts
The Education Department announced the final regulations for the "SAVE" plan after the Supreme Court invalidated Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

House Oversight Committee releases timeline on Biden family's alleged influence-peddling schemes
Hunter Biden was also involved in deals with foreign nationals from China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Romania, the timeline shows.

Lawsuit: Garland, DOJ Failed To Make Hunter Biden Register As Foreign Agent While He Was On Burisma Board
Hunter acted as a board member of the company — which fits the definition of a “foreign principal” under 22 U.S.C. § 611(b) — and served as an attorney at the law firm hired to represent it.

Biden Admin Awards $964 Million No-Bid Contracts to Dem-Connected Firm with $600K Tax Lien
Deployed Resources executive gave thousands to Dems as ex-wife worked for Kamala Harris.

Senile Biden Sputters, Seemingly Falls Asleep Mid-Sentence Alongside Israeli President
"They uh, and ... uh ... They uh ... And, I ... Agwai endhole and whole shegwam ..."

Banana Republic...

Democrat AG in Michigan charges 16 people who signed letters saying Trump won 2020 election
The individuals have each been charged with eight felony counts, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, and election law forgery. Some of the charges carry jail sentences of 14 years and/or a $10,000 fine.

Jordan Warns Wray: Produce Docs On FBI Bullying Of Catholics And Concerned Parents Or Be Held In Contempt
The FBI is hiding information related to its attacks on First Amendment rights.

Endless Trump Indictments And Jail Threats Mean Republicans Can’t Quit The Weaponization Fight
The deep state’s incessant attempts to undermine the 2024 presidential election by throwing President Joe Biden’s number-one political enemy in jail are getting old.

Conservatives React To Trump's Expected Indictment
"The Deep State is the greatest threat to the American people and we are sadly reminded today why that is true. They must be abolished down to the root."

DeSantis defends Trump against third indictment: 'Criminalizing political differences'
"... you have a situation where the Department of Justice, FBI have been weaponized against people they don't like, and the No. 1 example that happened to be against Donald Trump with the Russia collusion."

Turley exposes the big question in potential third Trump indictment — and how it may ultimately backfire to help Trump
"The question is: Does Smith have something else? Something that's a direct link to a conspiracy or effort to cause violence? We haven't seen that," he explained.

Politics...

The Blaze Media Summit represents the Americans that mainstream media has neglected
"I’ve never seen one network dominate my feed like Blaze Media did that day."

New Republic: The Candidates Jumped — After Tucker Carlson Told Them How High
Carlson is a pitch-black nihilist who said from the stage, “In this society, the core problem is people are too afraid to die,” right before agreeing with Beck that even though we might be living in the end times, “the upside is it’s a richer way to live.”

Trump, 5 rivals qualify for first Republican debate
In addition to Trump, the other candidates include DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, and Chris Christie.

Democrat senator wants to help you make friends by creating a new 'Social Connection' office in the White House
Sen. Chris Murphy announced new legislation, the National Strategy for Social Connection Act, targeting loneliness and isolation.

Democrat Rosa DeLauro calls GOP 'terrorists'
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro called her Republican colleagues "terrorists" Tuesday afternoon, sending the committee into recess.

Joe Manchin Dismissed Concerns About Natural Gas Bans. Now He Wants Credit for Stopping Them.
This is not the first time Manchin has changed his tune on energy policy as he approaches a re-election year.

Economy / ESG...

Horowitz: Deficit explodes in June as interest on debt becomes third-largest gov’t expenditure
Most people have to work from January 1 until mid-April just to pay for our decrepit government before they can begin earning profit beyond their tax liability.

Why US citizens should not accept 3% inflation.
There is a mainstream narrative that is growing all over the financial media: We must accept 3% annual inflation as a success at combating rising prices. This is enough to pivot and return to monetary easing. It is not.

Better Get Ready: Central Bank Digital Currency Is Coming
According to a recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements, as many as 24 CBDCs could be in circulation by 2030.

‘Massive shift’: Older people will exceed a quarter of G7′s workforce by 2031, report says
It is crucial for companies to design workplace experiences that tap into the motivations of older workers.

Rent Increases Helped King Charles Make $34 Million
Rents are rising across Britain, and the nation’s most famous landlord was no exception. He received about $34 million from his real estate portfolio.

Border...

Illegal immigrant kids with tuberculosis infections released into 44 states
Nearly 2,500 children with latent infections were released into states over the past year.

WAR News... 

Trump says he’d ask Europe to pay for rebuilding stockpiles sent to Ukraine if re-elected
“Less than three years ago, I’d fully rebuilt the United States military and steered America into such a strong global position. Twenty-nine months later, the arsenals are empty, the stockpiles are bare, the Treasury is drained, the ranks are being hollowed out, our country has been totally humiliated ..."

Biden Admin Claims the Military Can't Recruit or Retain Women Without Free Abortions
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby launched into a lengthy diatribe Tuesday directly equating the ability of military servicewomen and female family members to combat readiness, attracting recruits, and retaining talent.

Oppenheimer’s nuclear bomb has saved countless lives – and we should never forget it
It’s counter-intuitive that a bomb might be a force against war, but it remains true nonetheless.

US deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for first time since height of the Cold War
For the first time since the 1980s, the United States has deployed a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to South Korea.

I have a secret nuclear bunker – people offer £30,000 for a spot in case of WWIII
Despite having access to a nuclear bunker, Mike’s wife told him she won’t be moving down there if the worst happens: "... She's in the camp that would like to go and stay outside and see what's what.”

COVID-19...

Video: Rand Paul Is Engaged In An All-Out War Against Fauci
Senator asks why Fauci has "president-like" security detail and limos on taxpayer’s dime.

New COVID Documents Reveal Unparalleled Media Deception
Newly released chats and emails between the authors of a crucial scientific paper leave no doubt: An unprecedented official disinformation campaign accompanied the arrival of COVID-19.

Ice Cube on refusing COVID vaccine: 'Your health is worth more than all the money in the world'
The Cube told Piers Morgan that he has "not one regret" about turning down a $9 million role over refusing to get the vax.

Entertainment...

Matt Gaetz defends himself when criticized for going to 'Barbie' movie event
"If you let the trans stop you from seeing Margo Robbie … the terrorists win."

Las Vegas police search home in connection to murder of Tupac
Authorities in Nevada served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years ago.

Disney's woke 'Snow White' remake stars Hispanic actress, neuters Prince Charming, and will be all but dwarf-free
Disney has reportedly lost nearly $900 million on recent woke movies, even before its latest "Indiana Jones" bombed at the box office.

Actor Dylan Postl blasts Disney for not casting dwarfs for 'Snow White' in the name of 'progression'
The former WWE champion said Disney removed dwarfs "because 'progression,'" before exclaiming, "It's not right!"

Kanye West's Presidential Campaign Has Received 'Zero Donations' In Recent Weeks
Radar Online received copies of FEC filings from West’s campaign on Monday, wherein they revealed that West hadn’t received a single donation in weeks.

Media...

CNN: Trump Prosecutor Ate Lunch At Subway
John King marvels, "Jack Smith going to Subway today is a message to Donald Trump. … Jack Smith with no words and a simple $5 sub in his hand saying 'I'm not going anywhere.'" Dana Bash adds "the imagery was intentional and spoke volume."

Yahoo News: Why is Joe Biden so unpopular?
Biden’s 2024 campaign spent just $1.1 million in the second quarter of this year. Obama spent about 11 times as much during the second quarter of 2011. Biden, in other words, hasn’t really started selling himself to voters yet.

Fox News' Tucker Carlson replacement Jesse Watters sees 800K drop in viewers in first prime-time show
Jesse Watters Primetime, which aired for the first time Monday evening, attracted 2.4 million viewers compared to Carlson's usual 3.2 million.

China...

Kissinger Makes Unannounced Visit to China and Meets Defense Minister
They sent Kissinger, 100, to China.

Middle East...

Undercutting democracy: Biden tells Netanyahu how to run Israel
Netanyahu must stop the judicial reform legislation and build a broad consensus, Biden told the New York Times in a "clear and direct message to the prime minister."

US House overwhelmingly passes resolution supporting Israel, denouncing anti-Semitism
The symbolic measure, which nine Democrats voted against, affirms that Israel "is not a racist or apartheid state."

McCarthy: ‘Democrats need to fight anti-Semitism in their party’
“Israel will not find a greater set of supporters than Republicans in the U.S. Congress,” U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday.

White supremacist Nick Fuentes calls for 'holy war' against Jews
“If a Gentile hits a Jew, he must be killed. But, when a Jew murders a Gentile, there will be no death penalty,” Fuentes claimed, referring to the false anti-Semitic myth that Jews consider themselves above other humans.

Environment...

How New York City's massive new green 'congestion tax' will backfire
A commuter who drives to his or her Manhattan office could pay more than $100 per week simply to enter the area.

Ilhan Omar again proves she's an idiot
"The earth just broke the record for the hottest day in 120,000 years. In fact, we broke in on three separate days," Omar tweeted.

LGBTQIA2S+...

21 international doctors warn against 'gender-affirming' hormones, surgeries for youth
A coalition of international doctors wrote an open letter warning against hormones and surgeries as the first line of treatment for youths diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Conservatives drop reality check after Rachel Levine suggests that kids can undergo the 'wrong puberty'
"What if you're going through the wrong puberty? What if you inside feel that you are female, but" are undergoing "male puberty?" he asked.

Whitlock: Barack Obama’s letter to librarians is yet another ‘Obamination’
Obama knows this entire book-banning controversy centers around hyper-sexualized material. He’s seen the viral social media videos of outraged parents reading the books aloud at school board meetings. He knows that his political party is being blamed for stealing the innocence of children.

2008: Obama says marriage is between man and woman
Asked to define marriage, Obama was greeted by loud applause as he said it “is the union between a man and a woman.” He also claimed he favored a ban on late-term abortions.

Idaho's libraries should withdraw from Marxist-led American Library Association, say GOP lawmakers
"Exposing children to explicit materials and injecting hard-left politics."

Video shows drag queen simulating sex act in front of children at UK theme park
The video shows a drag queen simulating a sex act with an angle grinder. The theme park responded by saying it would not host a Pride event again.

Education...

Gallup: Public Confidence in Higher Education Plunges
A Gallup poll shows the result of years of erosion in viewpoint tolerance with only 36% of polled Americans saying that they have confidence in the country’s colleges and universities. That is a sharp decline from 2018 when almost half trusted our colleges and universities.

The Nuclear Option: States Could Take Over College Admissions
States could take control over public university admissions to enforce the Supreme Court's ban on using race as an admissions criterion if schools continue to resist ending racial preferences.

AI...

AI Detectors Think The US Constitution Was Written By AI
There’s a growing concern that these tools could disrupt traditional teaching methods, particularly the use of essays to assess a student’s understanding of a topic. In response, educators are turning to AI writing detectors.

Microsoft closes at record after revealing pricing for new AI subscription
It will cost an additional $30 per month and could increase monthly prices for enterprise customers as much as 83%.

How AI could be responsible for your next parking ticket
Santa Monica is the latest city to test the use of artificial intelligence camera technology to enforce parking laws, including keeping bus lanes free of cars parked in unwanted places.

AI helped cops catch a criminal by analyzing his driving patterns
As AI booms, it's not just helping companies replace workers and governments spread disinformation. It's also helping cops spy better.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance
"We've seen this before at previous Olympic Games like in Japan, Brazil, and Greece. What were supposed to be special security arrangements for the special circumstances of the games ended up being normalized."

Technology...

GOP Rep. Meuser presses SEC over delayed Truth Social merger
That process has long been delayed due to SEC scrutiny of Digital World; the merger proposal has a limited life span slated to end on Sept. 8.

Apple iPhone from 2007 sells for $190,000 at auction
Not many of these were made at the time, leading the model to be considered the "Holy Grail" by iPhone collectors.

Science...

US researchers decipher secrets behind Benjamin Franklin’s paper money
Not only Poor Richard’s Almanack and Pennsylvania Gazette – American founding father Benjamin Franklin also worked to prevent the counterfeiting of Colonial bills.

Why did it take so long for astronomers to discover Uranus?
Uranus was quickly found as soon as the telescope became available, although many astronomers didn’t know what they had observed.

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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?

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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.