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Morning Brief 2023-07-24

July 24, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Christopher Rufo
TOPIC: America's major institutions are run by the left.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Dark Future...

Glenn Beck's 'Dark Future': AUDIOBOOK now available!
Discover Glenn Beck's masterpiece audiobook reading of "Dark Future," his finest audio performance yet, now available for you to enjoy.

News...

Professors urge Biden to defy 'mistaken' rulings by 'MAGA' Supreme Court justices
Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet and San Francisco State University political scientist Aaron Belkin penned "An Open Letter to the Biden Administration on Popular Constitutionalism" to respond to what Biden has called "not a normal court" following high-profile cases.

A Newly Declassified CIA File Loosely Links JFK's Assassination to UFOs
One of the newly released documents revealed the name of the CIA official who intercepted Oswald’s mail in the months before JFK’s killing: Reuben Efron. It turns out Efron had a UFO encounter in 1955 when he was on a train journey through the Soviet Union.

Frustrated lawmakers demand answers on UFOs
“Right now, what I know is reliable people tell us that and we’ve seen objects operating over restricted military and national security airspace. They claim it’s not ours. They claim they don’t know whose it is. That’s like the definition of a national security threat,” Rubio said.

San Fran business owner goes ballistic on city leaders after being assaulted by homeless
"I can't believe I live in a city where people can just piss on the street, come punch you in the f***ing face, and get away with it," he said. “The guy ran off. They're probably not going to find him. I'm f***ing fed up with this goddamn city."

In San Francisco, a Levi Strauss Heir and a Former Ally Prepare to Challenge London Breed
The mayor is drawing challengers more than a year before the election, a sign that she will face a tough race in a city where most voters remain in a foul mood.

Lowe's fires elderly woman who was punched 3 times trying to stop robbery
A Lowe’s employee was fired from her job for attempting to stop shoplifters trying to steal over $2,000 worth of merchandise in Georgia.

Carlee Russell fired from spa job, co-workers ‘pissed’ about increasingly suspicious kidnapping story
“As the information came out that there were some questionable things, we’ve been a little pissed off, mainly because so many people took so much time out to search.”

Texas handyman and pet-sitter loses arms, part of feet in amputation after flea bite
Doctors told the family that the type of typhus he suffered is extremely rare in the U.S.

Biden Crime Family...

Hunter Biden Expected To Face Up To 10 Criminal Referrals, Here Are The Top Bombshells From Last Week
The Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, James Comer, says he plans to file "between six and 10 criminal referrals" against Hunter once his committee finishes its investigation into the Biden family's business dealings.

10 Media Hack Factories That Pooh-Poohed The Biden-Burisma Scandal As A Conspiracy Theory
Here are some of the best examples of media hackery about the Burisma-Biden scandal that aged like fine milk.

Biden Grandchild No. 7 Magnifies The Male Privilege Of Joe And His Boy
You can’t keep a little girl out of the family just because her daddy couldn’t keep it in his pants.

Hunter Biden's lawyer spotted using bong during visit from president's son
Kevin Morris, an attorney and adviser for Hunter Biden, was spotted Thursday smoking a bong on the balcony of his Malibu home while Hunter was visiting.

Hunter Biden files ethics complaint against Marjorie Taylor Greene
“This week, your colleague has lowered herself, and by extension the entire House of Representatives, to a new level of abhorrent behavior that blatantly violates House Ethics rules and standards of official conduct."

Politics...

Biden health rule taxes the young to subsidize the old
Biden this month proposed a new rule that would throw thousands of people off insurance rather than let them keep the plans they have chosen.

Biden press sec refuses to accept gay press award in solidarity with Hollywood strike: Report
Karine Jean-Pierre has been honored with an Achievement Award for Press and Media, but has declined to go to Los Angeles and accept the award.

CNN panelist calls out VP Harris over 'completely made up' Florida slavery curriculum claim
"Everybody involved in this says this is completely a fabricated issue and yet look at how quickly Kamala Harris jumped on it."

DeSantis eviscerates Kamala Harris for lying about Florida curriculum on slavery
"Nobody's buying their nonsense anymore."

Fox Business Poll: Trump leads in Iowa as DeSantis and Scott round out the top 3
46% of likely GOP caucus-goers back Trump, putting him in a category all his own. The next tier is Ron DeSantis at 16% and Tim Scott at 11%.

Pence and Hutchinson get slaughtered in Blaze Media straw poll
Ramaswamy earned high marks for his performance, but other candidates were not as well received.

Ramaswamy overtakes Pence in GOP primary: RealClearPolitics average
Vivek received 5.9% of the vote for the Republican nominee, while Pence received 5.7%.

Manchin Says US ‘Not Designed To Be This Divided,’ People Are ‘Politically Homeless’
“The political parties have become so extreme — going to the extreme left and extreme right — that the average common-sense people don’t have a home.”

Ranked-Choice Voting Could Come Back To Bite Alaskan Republicans ... Again
A shocking turn of events.

Rand Paul’s Kentucky office torched in early-morning blaze
An early-morning fire ripped through a commercial building that housed an office operated by Paul in Bowling Green on Friday.

JFK's grandson trashes RFK Jr. and says he's 'excited' about voting for Biden
"Joe Biden shares my grandfather's vision for America."

Black Man Claims He Won Mayoral Election But Can't Take Office Due To Racism
Patrick Braxton claims “minority White residents” of the town of Newburn, Alabama, refused to accept the outcome of a mayoral race held in 2020.

Economy / ESG...

FedNow launch hints at payments wars to come
The launch of the FedNow instant payments system on Thursday marks official ratification from the U.S. central bank of a model that has taken off very impressively elsewhere in the world.

Asahi vault 30 miles outside NYC added to COMEX approved vault list
The sudden arrival of a mysterious new vault called Asahi Depository on COMEX precious metals inventory reports this May has piqued interest in the tight-knit metals trading community.

Monetary vs. Fiscal Dissonance... and the Return of QE
To sustain the current government spending deluge, we believe it is inevitable that the Fed and other monetary authorities reassume their fundamental role as the primary financiers of government debt.

Immigration...

Texas' Operation Lone Star Seizes 422 Million Doses Of Fentanyl, Nearly 400K Migrants Arrested
Additionally, Gov. Abbott has bused more than 27,260 illegal aliens to Democrat-run sanctuary cities across the nation.

Border Patrol Chief Relieved of Command Same Day He Testified Before Congress
House Republican leaders have raised the prospect that a Border Patrol chief was the target of retaliation after he sat for a transcribed interview with Congress.

Illegal immigrant convicted of beheading his girlfriend found not guilty due to mental illness
His "mental illness prevented him from understanding his actions were morally wrong."

WAR News... 

US influencer works as ‘emotional support stripper’ in Ukraine
An Instagram influencer who shipped out to help Ukraine amid the ongoing bloody war with Russia has found her niche aiding soldiers and volunteers as an “emotional support stripper.”

Putin warns Poland an attack on Belarus would be an attack on Russia
Russian president appeared to be responding to Warsaw’s decision to re-station military units closer to the Belarusian border.

Trump Stops Short Of Saying He’ll Cut Off Money To Ukraine
It would completely remove any sort of leverage Trump has if he pledged to remove all funding from Ukraine without getting anything from Russia first.

Ukrainian drone strikes hit two buildings in Moscow
Russia’s Ministry of Defense blamed Ukraine, describing the strike as a “terrorist attack of the Kiev regime” and saying that the two drones were “suppressed” and crashed in Moscow.

Russian schoolchildren to be taught combat drone operation basics
The drone lessons are not the only such militarized training being introduced into the Russian curriculum; assault rifle training, hand grenade skills, and combat first aid will also be taught.

Higher Military Spending Will Save Democracy, Says NY Times
The NY Times finally admits that NATO countries were freeloading off America and not paying their fair share.

COVID-19...

CDC Changed Definition of Breakthrough COVID-19 After Emails About ‘Vaccine Failure’
The CDC altered its definition of COVID-19 cases among the vaccinated, leading to a lower number of cases classified as a breakthrough. The rationale for the change was redacted.

Commie Update...

Kissinger's Secretive Meeting with Xi Jinping Fuels Questions
Everyone involved in geopolitics is aware of the legendary Kissinger formulation.

Entertainment...

Barbie Opens to Staggering $155M, Oppenheimer Snags $80.5M
It is the fourth-biggest weekend of all time at the domestic box office.

Review: 'Barbie' is ultra-woke
Greta Gerwig spent $145M to deconstruct a beloved children's toy in a two-hour screed in hopes of making you as miserable as she is.

Media...

Glenn Beck Says Fox News Execs Are ‘Not the Friends of Our Constitution or Our God’
On Friday, TheBlaze revealed that the Satanic Temple, Planned Parenthood, and the Southern Poverty Law Center were among a list of approved organizations to which the cable network offers matching donations in an internal employee portal.

Fox News whistleblowers expose company's support for far-left charities
Fox News’ viewership has historically leaned right and favored Republican causes. While the company wears a conservative face on air, it appears that behind closed doors, Fox is willing to lean left or in whatever other direction the wind is blowing.

Fox News’ Conservative Stance Belies Hidden Liberal Agenda
Change has been happening since 2016 when Roger Ailes, who started Fox in 1996 and built it into a $20 billion per year business, was pushed out by Rupert Murdoch.

NPR: This right-wing conspiracy theory about eating bugs is about as racist as you think
How the "I will not eat the bugs" movement is actually an attack on Davos and leverages xenophobic tropes.

NY Times asks: 'Is it safe to go outside?'
The article's sub-headline reads: "Heat, flooding and wildfire smoke have made for treacherous conditions. Use this guide to determine when it’s safe to head out and when you should stay home."

‘Thorny Questions': New York Times Ponders Whether 'Misinformation' is Protected Speech
The media’s embrace of censorship was on display on various channels after the recent opinion finding that the Biden Admin had violated the First Amendment.

Canada...

DEI training, accusations of white supremacy led former Toronto principal to commit suicide, his lawyer claims
A former principal took his own life after enduring years of accusations of white supremacy for defending his country at a DEI training.

Europe...

Coutts claimed it de-banked Nigel Farage for financial reasons
The Brexiteer has since obtained the real reasons — and an apology from the bank president.

Middle East...

WaPo defense analyst: Netanyahu is Israel's biggest threat
"Like Trump, he seems to care about nothing but holding onto power, and his radical policies are the price of keeping together a coalition of far-right extremist parties."

Netanyahu Doing ‘Very Well’ Following Emergency Heart Operation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing well following an emergency heart operation early Sunday local time in which he received a pacemaker, according to his doctors.

TikToker trapped in Dubai, faces 2 years in prison for 'screaming' at car rental worker
Police took the passport of "Sassy Trucker" and have spent three months weighing whether or not to prosecute the influencer for shouting in public, which is punishable by up to two years in jail.

Environment...

And Now, the Climate Gang Is Coming for Our Thermostats
Under pressure from environmentalists, more and more electric companies are installing equipment and implementing protocols that will allow them to remotely control customer demand continuously, not just during emergencies.

Biden Admin Rule Would Ban Nearly All Portable Gas-Powered Generators
The Biden administration is pushing a proposal to ban the sale of almost all portable gas generators, which some experts have said would be disastrous for the millions of Americans who rely on such generators during power outages.

Biden Admin Targets Water Heaters With New Rule Proposal
“It’s just spreading to more and more appliances. It seems that almost everything that plugs in or fires up around the house is either subject to a pending regulation or soon will be.”

Thomas Massie’s Three-Word Response To Biden’s Latest Green Energy Scheme
“Leave us alone,” Massie tweeted.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Miss Italy must actually be a woman, bans men from competition
"Lately, beauty contests have been trying to make the news by also using strategies that I think are a bit absurd. Miss Italia, on the other hand, will not jump on the glittery bandwagon of trans activism."

Woke Researchers Spin Mockery Of STEM/Trans Survey Into Laughable 'Online Fascism' Paper
After a STEM diversity survey drew online mockery, researchers published a paper calling the responses proof of "fascism" in tech fields.

Technology...

Robert Epstein: Tech Companies Are Manipulating Our Elections and Indoctrinating Our Children: How We Can Stop Them
Consider this: The GOP currently has a slim 10-seat majority in the House of Representatives. Without Google's interference in 2022, it would likely now have a majority of between 27 and 59 seats.

Intelligence agency funding research to merge AI with human brain cells
An Australia intelligence agency is funding research attempting to merge artificial intelligence with human brain cells.

NY Times: Are Google and Meta to Blame for the Racist Massacre in Buffalo?
Two new lawsuits are the most recent attempts to hold social media companies responsible when men steeped in violent ideologies on those platforms open fire.

Elon Musk announces he is changing Twitter's bird logo to an 'X' as soon as Monday
The logo rebrand is the latest change since the billionaire bought Twitter for $44 billion last year.

Dolly Parton, Whoopi Goldberg are anti-holograms; expert warns they 'can never fully ensure' against use
Serious question ... why would anyone want a hologram of Whoopi?

Travel...

United CEO confirms airline faces problem finding pilots to take captain's chair
"It is going to impact capacity in the fourth quarter."

July 24, 2012 - Attacks on Michele Bachmann... Social justice is a real threat... Government in bed with Muslim Brotherhood... Did Glenn's friend really get a letter from Michelle Obama?... Mediate grills Mike Huckabee... Egyptian candid camera... Brad Thor and his new book 'Black List'...

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.