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Morning Brief 2023-07-26

July 26, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: What is the "degrowth" movement?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Michael Knowles
TOPIC: An exhaustive list of reasons to vote for Democrats.

Job 12:13-16

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.

Biden Crime Family...

Hunter Biden's attorneys face sanctions after lying to falsely remove testimony from IRS whistleblowers
A judge is threatening Hunter Biden's attorneys with sanctions unless they explain a fake call to a clerk asking that testimony from IRS whistleblowers be removed from his case.

GOP readies DOJ subpoenas as Hunter Biden accepts ‘sweetheart’ deal
House Republican committee leaders are expected to subpoena Justice Department and FBI officials this week over alleged interference in the five-year probe of Hunter Biden, as the first son prepares to accept what the GOP has called a “sweetheart” plea agreement in Delaware federal court.

Judge must nix Hunter Biden’s plea deal to show her court won’t approve a blatant miscarriage of justice
Attorney General Merrick Garland is a bitter partisan hack, but apparently not a bright one. His timing for giving Hunter Biden a sweetheart deal marks him as dumb as a rock.

Buyer of Hunter’s Art Visited Joe Biden’s White House 13 Times
The art industry is known for shady business transactions. A Senate subcommittee report detailed in 2020 how the art market serves as a vehicle for money laundering.

MTG and Comer urge DOJ to uphold rights of women 'exploited' by Hunter Biden
In a joint letter to the DOJ's human trafficking coordinator and the DOJ's director of the victims of crime, Comer and Greene demanded that the department provide information regarding its "potential failure to uphold the rights of victims who were sexually exploited by Hunter Biden."

Judicial Watch: Secret Service Emails Reveal 10 Attacks by Biden German Shepherd
“What a joke [redacted] – if it wasn’t their dog he would already have been put down – freaking clown needs a muzzle.”

KJP Says Biden’s Dog Commander Bites Because White House Is 'Very Stressful'
The president’s German shepherd sent a Secret Service officer to the hospital and six other individuals in the White House after aggressively biting them.

NY Times: McCarthy, Pressured by the Right, Escalates Talk of Impeaching Biden
No proof has emerged to link President Biden to the crimes his son is accused of, but that has not stopped Republicans from insinuating at every turn that he is corrupt and has covered up wrongdoing.

Domestic News...

Gallup Poll: Only 18% of Young Adults, 29% of Democrats Are Extremely Proud to Be American
Compared to 60% of Republicans.

GOP lawmakers continue pressing IRS about destruction of 30 million records
Two Republicans want to know why the agency destroyed millions of taxpayer documents over two years ago.

Bice questions IRS about $10 million worth of weapons and ammunition purchased since 2020
Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) cited a growing concern over the militarization of the department as the reason for her request in a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel sent Tuesday.

Horowitz: The blackout of the Fargo terrorist attack obscures a broader concern in small-town America
Believe it or not, there was an Islamic terror attack in Fargo, North Dakota, earlier this month, one that local law enforcement believes could have resulted in countless casualties instead of the one police officer killed.

Did a Capitol Police officer lie about January 6 injuries?
The officer resigned from the force in December 2022, citing "permanent" medical conditions and trauma sustained on January 6. Recently unearthed video questions those injuries.

Shoplifting is big business for organized theft — not to feed families
Retail theft in America has grown to a $94 billion epidemic, according to the National Retail Federation — a staggering 90% increase since 2018.

Shoplifting suspects casually roll out three carts of merch from California Burlington store
Video of the brazen incident emerged online showing the plus-sized suspects making a break for it in the parking lot of the shopping center on North Freeway Drive and loading up the goods into a red Dodge Charger as alarms blared in the background.

Family Died in Rockies After Trying to Live ‘Off the Grid,’ Official Says
The mummified remains of three people discovered at a remote camping site in the Colorado wilderness were identified on Tuesday as two sisters and a teen boy who were planning to “live off the grid,” a report said.

Chicago police say 10-year-old boy fired shot at them during standoff
Boy allegedly lashed out when mom asked him to clean up — then grabbed gun from her purse.

Politics...

Biden says ‘over 100’ Americans have died from COVID in latest blunder
“We’re still feeling the profound loss of the pandemic. As I mentioned, we have over 100 people dead,” Biden said at the White House.

Biden: 'Before I Say Even More What’s On My Mind, I’m Now Gonna Leave This Podium'
Biden appeared more confused than usual during his remarks on the creation of monuments for Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, starting the speech by telling the audience, "I'm not gonna tell you to whisper to me."

Kamala Harris’ slavery bull suggests a sickening 2024 campaign strategy
If VP Harris’ disgraceful gaslighting on Florida’s black history curriculum is any guide, the Biden-Harris 2024 run is sure to be a complete horror show.

DeSantis Eviscerates Kamala Harris' 'Fake Narrative' About Florida's Education Curriculum
“She wasn’t going down to the border to actually do the job there to secure it, she wasn’t working on all the cities that are decaying because of Soros-backed prosecutors, she’s not worried about the military running low on ammos and weapons stocks. No, she’s here to try to push a fake narrative about what Florida did.”

Tim Scott’s Strength in Early Voting States Puts Target on His Back
Politico reported Monday, “Operatives in multiple campaigns … are beefing up their oppo files on the senator, and some briefed Playbook in recent days about the likely lines of attack.”

Speaker McCarthy at 66% GOP approval
In the survey, Republicans approve of McCarthy 66%-20%, giving him a strong base to work from as he readies for the fall budget battles and fights with the White House.

Leftist lawmakers propose using gender-neutral language in US law
"The Equality in Our Laws Act will enshrine gender equality into the U.S. Code and send a clear message that we won’t be silenced by the right wing politicians, judges, and media goons waging a full-on assault on women and queer folks."

Eric Swalwell campaigned with New Hampshire's first trans state rep who faces child porn charges
Laughton has been federally charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children.

Soros Donates Big Sum To Gavin Newsom's Deputy For 2026 Gubernatorial Race
George Soros has donated the maximum amount permissible to the top deputy of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California in her gubernatorial campaign to succeed him.

Economy / ESG...

Here’s what to expect from the Federal Reserve meeting Wednesday
The Fed is widely expected on Wednesday to approve what would be the 11th interest rate increase since March 2022, taking the benchmark borrowing rate to its highest level since early 2001.

India's rice export ban triggers panic buying at US supermarkets
Sparking costs of 20-pound bag to soar from $16 to almost $50.

Carney on ‘Kudlow’: We’re Going to See a Resurgence of Inflation
The U.S. economy is going to see a resurgence of inflation that will “disrupt everybody’s narratives,” Breitbart economics editor John Carney told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow in a Tuesday interview.

Border...

ABC, CBS, NBC border coverage focused 'almost exclusively' on 'plight of illegal immigrants'
Less than 2% of airtime addressed drug trafficking crisis, watchdog finds.

A Key Biden Admin Border Program Is Luring Migrants Into Danger
The Biden administration is giving a pathway for migrants to come to the U.S. through the CBP One phone application that has incentivized some to make dangerous journeys that include extortion and kidnapping, multiple outlets reported.

Beto O’Rourke: One Person Can End Cruelty at the Border
Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating political stunts have killed migrants at the Texas-Mexico border.

Detective: Illegal Alien’s Cell Phone Included ‘Several Videos’ of Himself Raping Young Boys
The lead detective in a case where an illegal alien is accused of sexually assaulting at least 10 boys revealed gruesome details during a court hearing on Tuesday.

Smugglers Caught Using Fake Border Patrol Truck To Sneak In Illegal Aliens
The truck was tricked out in Border Patrol decal stickers.

WAR News... 

US announces $400 million in additional military aid for Ukraine
This is the 43rd security assistance package approved by the United States for Ukraine.

Corruption, treason in Ukraine won't be tolerated, Zelensky says
Zelensky made anti-corruption appeals in his nightly video address as two landmark cases came to light: the arrests of a military recruitment official accused of mass embezzlement and of a parliamentarian accused of collaborating with Russia.

Land mines are in place around a Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine, UN watchdog warns
But not to worry, any detonation of the mines shouldn't affect the site’s nuclear safety.

COVID-19...

Biden admin launches PERMANENT pandemic preparedness office
This new office will ensure that the Biden administration can continue to implement so-called pandemic mitigation strategies for any new communicable disease that comes down the pike.

Fauci-Influenced COVID-19 Paper To ‘Disprove’ Lab-Leak Theory Faces Growing Calls For Retraction
"I’m not a big petition guy but if Nature isn’t ready to retract this paper on their own that’s a big L for their credibility and about as clear a sign as you can get that they’re elevating politics above science. This paper was not the result of any sort of scientific process," Nate Silver tweeted.

Stress makes vaccines less effective: Study
Acute stress in mice nine to 12 days after COVID-19 vaccination increases antibody response. This, however, comes at the price of reduced antibody breadth that results in diminished protection against the pathogen’s variants.

Ice Cube challenges official COVID, BLM narratives in brand-new Tucker Carlson interview
Most "of the time a lot of people are siphoning that money off the top ...”

Commie Update...

Senate votes to keep China from buying US farmland
The vote passed with bipartisan support 91-7. However, two of the senators voting against it were Mike Lee and Rand Paul.

Entertainment...

Seattle PD struggles to keep city safe during Taylor Swift concert weekend amid record staffing lows
"... patrol operations is dangerously close to being 50% down from minimum safe staffing levels.”

Raven-Symoné says she's psychic like her 'That's So Raven' character
She has "moments where I really will just stare and I will see a scene that is happening to me, or that is going to happen to me in another dimension."

Post Malone Predicts How The World Will End, Discusses What Ghosts Really Are
“I don’t know what ghosts are. I don’t know if they’re dead people or inter-dimensional beings or humans from the future.”

Kristen Bell reveals daughters drink non-alcoholic beer
Bell revealed that her daughters — 8 and 9 — like to occasionally drink non-alcoholic beers.

Media...

Truth is the first casualty of leftist media’s war on DeSantis
Voters who only read headlines might think DeSantis is teaching children that slavery was a good thing, but there are lies, damn lies, and Democratic media talking points.

Europe...

Desperate Armenians Pile Food In Front Of UN
As Azerbaijan continues a blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, protesters placed tons of food in front of the United Nations’ office in Yerevan, calling for the organization to deliver the desperately needed supplies.

Weight loss drug Wegovy is from Europe — but users in the region face a long and costly wait
Strict legislation and high costs mean that such weight loss drugs are not covered under many of Europe’s public health insurance systems.

Middle East...

Over half of Israelis scared of a civil war: Poll
A majority of Israelis (55%) polled are interested in a return to talks on judicial reform.

Environment...

Hillary Clinton blames Trump supporters for summer being hot: 'Thank a MAGA Republican'
On Tuesday, the angry, bitter, twice-failed presidential candidate responded to a tweet from the Center for American Progress, a leftist think tank, that blamed "MAGA Republicans" for hot summer weather.

NY Times: Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a ‘Tipping Point’ This Century
The system of ocean currents that regulates the climate for a swath of the planet could collapse sooner than expected.

Anti-nuclear zealots are still fighting to cripple California's grid
Nothing quite defines the present state of California more than a debate about whether keeping the lights on for residents is worth the money.

LGBTQIA2S+...

The reality of transgenderism they don't want you to see
“They lied when they told Mosley she was actually a boy; they lied when they told her that injecting testosterone into her body would solve her numerous, profound mental and psychological health problems,” a lawsuit filed by Mosley against her health care providers says.

Education...

Randi Weingarten compares herself to MLK in speech
Weingarten’s comment should be met with the same ridicule as Rep. George Santos’ when he compared himself to Rosa Parks because he was told by Sen. Mitt Romney to sit at the back of the House chamber during the State of the Union address.

Harvard faces federal civil rights investigation over legacy admissions
The Department of Education investigation was opened in response to a complaint said that Harvard's practice of legacy and donor admissions overwhelmingly advantaged white applicants.

Technology...

Musk explains Twitter rebrand: It’s not just a name change
"In the months to come, we will add comprehensive communications and the ability to conduct your entire financial world. The Twitter name does not make sense in that context, so we must bid adieu to the bird.”

Science...

‘Did not originate on this earth’: Bombshell details of Pentagon UFO recovery to be revealed to Congress
“I’ve been told that we have recovered technology that did not originate on this Earth, by officials in the Department of Defense and by former intelligence officials,” said Christopher Mellon, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense.

Asteroid the size of 100 Barbie dolls to pass Earth on Thursday
Expected to miss planet.

Sports...

Leftists Pounce on Elon Musk Over Bronny James Cardiac Arrest Speculation
Musk tweeted, “We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing. Myocarditis is a known side-effect,” Musk said, adding, “The only question is whether it is rare or common.”

July 26, 2010 - Glenn’s audience is terrifying the administration… Obama modeling presidency after Woodrow Wilson… Obama has an enemies list… Pressure will become great against Glenn and his sponsors… Netroots went after Glenn's audience, mad that Glenn exposed the Tides Foundation…

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.