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Morning Brief 2023-08-01

August 01, 2023
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GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: Why we should be concerned about central bank digital currency.

Psalm 28:1-2

Biden Crime Family...

Comer: Archer's testimony confirms 'Joe Biden lied' — Joe was 'the brand'
"Joe Biden was ‘the brand’ that his son sold around the world to enrich the Biden family."

Comer: Key takeaways from Devon Archer’s transcribed interview
Devon Archer testified that Hunter Biden put then-VP Joe Biden on the speakerphone during business meetings over 20 times. Archer testified that Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell the Biden brand.

Archer testimony reveals Joe Biden's story about Hunter is 'not accurate,' Jordan says
Jordan, one of two Republican members present for the testimony, told the Washington Examiner in a phone interview that the testimony runs contrary to past claims Joe Biden has made about what he knew about his son's business dealings while he was vice president.

Project Veritas releases tape in which Ashley Biden appears to claim ownership of infamous diary
While the outlet maintains that it obtained the diary through legal means and ultimately opted against publishing its contents, the Department of Justice investigated the matter on claims the diary was stolen and subsequently raided the homes of three Veritas journalists.

NY Times: Biden Spoke with Son’s Associates Repeatedly, Former Partner Testifies
Republicans accused President Biden of lying, while Democrats said the testimony showed that Hunter Biden was selling the illusion of access to his father.

CNN claims Hunter Biden was selling the 'illusion' of access to his father to overseas business associates
Following the testimony of former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer on Monday, CNN published a report stating that Archer testified that Hunter Biden had been selling the "illusion" of access to his father, Joe Biden.

More Hunter Biden business partners to testify in Congress following Devon Archer hearing
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene revealed to the Post Millennial that "we have more business partners coming in. So this is not the only one, there's more to come."

Mounting Hunter Biden evidence vindicates Trump on first impeachment, his spokeswoman says
"They're trying to throw the guy in jail for, for being honest about what the Biden family was doing," Harrington said.

Prosecutors once demanded prison for ex-police chief who broke same tax statute as Hunter
Two of the prosecutors assigned to the Hunter Biden case pushed for a prison sentence for another public individual who committed the same tax crime to which Hunter Biden is expected to plead guilty.

DeSantis Says Hunter Biden 'Would Be In Jail By Now' If He Were A Republican
DeSantis said Monday that the Hunter Biden case shows there are “two standards of justice” in the United States.

Rep. Byron Donalds Rips Dems After Archer Testimony
“In about six months of investigation, we have more than they wish they had on Donald Trump.”

CNN host demands respect for Biden family when panelist obliterates narrative that Biden is 'family man'
Kasie Hunt demanded respect for the Bidens on Sunday when a panelist refused to applaud Joe Biden for finally acknowledging his seventh grandchild.

Domestic News...

FBI Made 'Inappropriate Use' of Foreign Surveillance Program To Spy on Americans
A White House panel says the FBI's internal control over Section 702 databases are "insufficient to ensure compliance and earn the public's trust."

Biden smashes Obama's record for costly regulations, analysis shows
Through 30 months, the Biden administration imposed an estimated $395 billion in regulatory costs, dwarfing the $222 billion under Obama's first 2.5 years.

Biden blocks federal funds from schools with archery and hunting programs
The Department of Education is withholding federal funding from hunting and archery programs in schools, citing a bipartisan law passed last year that tightened restrictions around gun purchases in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Texas.

Tax data shows California and New York have lost the most income tax from people moving away
The analysis said that Texas and Florida had received the most benefit in income tax revenue from residents moving in.

Oregon’s experiment to curb overdoses by decriminalizing drugs is in its third year
Since then, Oregon’s overdose rates have only grown. Now, tents of unhoused people line many sidewalks in Portland. Monthslong waiting lists for treatment continue to lengthen. Some politicians and community groups are calling for Measure 110 to be replaced with tough fentanyl possession laws.

Portland’s Multnomah County lost $1 billion in 2020-2021, as high earners left city amid riots, pandemic
Many who left were high earners who could do jobs remotely.

Fed-up Oakland residents blast Soros-backed DA over rampant crime due to failed leftist policies
"It’s unreal that there are no consequences."

Defending McDonald’s from a Marxist
Self-proclaimed Marxist Ralph Leonard identifies the fast-food chain as representative of much that is wrong with our economic system — so much so that, as the article’s headline puts it, “McDonald’s made me a Marxist.”

Politics...

Donald Trump op-ed: The Real Victim of the Russiagate Hoax Wasn't Me. It Was the American People
Perhaps most dangerous of all, the Russia Hoax normalized the weaponization of law enforcement against the Left's political enemies. The Radical Democrats and their media partners now cheer as Biden's DOJ demands the FBI investigate parents at school board meetings, deploys heavily armed teams to arrest pro-life activists, and pursues an all-out persecution of Joe Biden's leading opponent for the presidency.

NY Times: The Unshakable Base That Makes Trump So Hard to Beat
The MAGA base doesn’t support Mr. Trump in spite of his flaws. It supports him because it doesn’t seem to believe he has flaws.

Democrats insist Hunter Biden won’t drag down his father’s re-election run
House Democrats say Biden’s record is strong enough to pull him through his re-election efforts regardless of Hunter’s legal problems and allegations of influence peddling and bribery.

WaPo: Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024
The drop in Black turnout has become a focus for Democratic leaders as the party reorients to next year’s presidential contest. Biden’s election in 2020 hinged on narrow victories in states like Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania that former President Donald Trump had won in 2016.

Kamala Harris Responds To Polls That Show She’s The Worst-Rated VP In History
Leftist ABC News reporter Linsey Davis about her dismal approval ratings. “There are reports that say you have the lowest approval rating of any vice president. I’m curious — how much of a role, if any, that you feel race and gender play in that?”

CNN: Kamala Wanted To Boost Her National Profile, So She Copied Gavin Newsom And Attacked Florida
Harris’ team has reportedly “marveled” over the fact that her attacks on the curriculum have led to his “opponents” using her attacks “as ongoing fodder for attacks.”

Bret Baier Asks DeSantis If Black History Curriculum Is A ‘Fight Worth Having’
“We didn’t pick the fight, Bret,” DeSantis replied. “Kamala Harris got on a jet at taxpayer expense and flew to Florida to lie about the African-American history standards that were developed.

DeSantis Releases His 10-Point ‘Declaration Of Economic Independence’ Policy Platform
The CATO Institute currently ranks Florida as the top state in the country for fiscal policy freedom, which it says consists of “taxes, government employment, spending, debt, and fiscal decentralization.” The institute also ranks Florida first in economic freedom.

Democrat Donor Linked To Jeffrey Epstein Put $4 Million Into Never-Trump Group, Filings Show
Reid Hoffman, who was allegedly tied to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, gave millions to a Never-Trump Political Action Committee in the most recent fundraising period, FEC disclosures show.

House Republican seeks to abolish congressional DEI office in new resolution
The move comes after the House abolished all the diversity and inclusion offices at the Pentagon as part of its version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Border...

Illegal Aliens Will Sleep Outdoors Because ‘There Is No More Room,’ Adams Says
The sanctuary city is out of shelter space, according to the Democrat mayor.

Cartels add 'narco-subs' to their drug-trafficking fleets in new challenge for Border Patrol
"Narco-submarines" have become so lucrative, cartels will reportedly destroy them after a trip to avoid detection.

WAR News... 

Gallup: Confidence in US Military Lowest in Over Two Decades
Confidence generally held above 70% over the last two decades, until dipping to 69% in 2021 and declining further since then, following the poorly executed exit from Afghanistan. Now it's down to 60%.

US and Ukraine to discuss future security guarantees: Washington
The U.S. and Ukrainian government will begin consultations on possible future security guarantees to Kyiv this week, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing on July 31.

700K Ukrainian Children Transferred to Russia Since Invasion
Russia has “received” more than 700,000 Ukrainian children after launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children's rights said in a report published Sunday.

Daily Beast: To Avoid War, the US Should Increase Its Nuclear Arsenal
Arms reduction is a noble goal, but it’s not one being pursued by some of the worst regimes in the world.

Conspiracies...

Photos Show Barack Obama Playing Golf With Bandaged Hand, Black Eye
Oddities like Obama's injuries and an anonymous 911 caller raise suspicions about the unusual paddleboarding death.

Politifact: Photos of Obama golfing with bandaged fingers are proof of his involvement in Tafari Campbell’s death.
FALSE! Golfers often wear bandages or tape on their fingers to protect from blisters or split calluses.

Entertainment...

Matthew McConaughey Wants To Change The Term ‘Gun Control’ To Pass More Gun Control
Gun control activists should use the term “gun responsibility” instead of “gun control” in order to win support from Second Amendment advocates.

Paul Reubens, 'Pee-wee Herman' star, dead at 70
Reubens, the actor, comedian, and writer behind "Pee-wee's Playhouse," died Sunday.

Mark Hamill calls for boycott of Elon Musk's X to show 'the power of the people'
"This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday," Hamill whined.

Lee Greenwood Warns What Will Happen If Cancel Culture Isn’t Stopped
"They came for ‘God Bless the USA.’ But they can’t cancel all of us."

Africa...

Video: Song about murdering white farmers sung in stadium packed with South African Marxists
The group's leader emphasized, "We are with President Putin. ... We are Putin, and Putin is us, and ... we are not with the USA." Julius Malema led nearly 100,000 of his followers in singing the anti-white hate song, "Dubul' ibhunu," known as "Shoot to kill, kill the Boer, kill the farmer."

Elon Musk urges South African president to address ‘Kill the Boer’ chant
Malema’s chants have caught international attention, with Benny Johnson, an American commentator, tweeting: “Shocking video shows South Africa’s black party singing ‘kill the Boer (Whites), kill the White farmer’."

Environment...

Companies With High ESG Ratings Pollute As Much As Those With Lower Ratings
“ESG ratings have little to no relation to carbon intensity."

US Launches Its First Nuclear Reactor Built From Scratch in Decades
The first nuclear reactor built from scratch in the U.S. in decades has entered operation at a power plant in Georgia, which could present opportunities for the nuclear industry and investors.

Ted Cruz Challenges Climate Czar John Kerry Over Resurfaced Claims That Arctic Would Be Ice-Free By 2014
Kerry made the claim in 2009. Cruz asks, "Does anyone care that this was wildly, spectacularly wrong?"

Democrat Ted Lieu blames high temperatures on 'climate deniers'
Is it hot in the middle of summer? If so, "blame a climate denier," says Lieu.

LGBTQIA2S+...

'I Thought I Was Nonbinary. Doctors Removed My Breasts'
It wasn't until I got into college that I heard about the idea of being nonbinary. It really appealed to me because although I didn't want to be a man, I was having issues with being a woman. It was this in-between state that allowed me to be who I thought I was. It felt safer to me.

Nevada school district approves woke sex ed for grades 4-5
School district’s new sex ed curriculum uses phrases "boys and people with a penis," "girls and people with a vulva," "assigned sex at birth."

Bud Light distributors have given up hope for sales to return to normal
“Consumers have made a choice,” said the executive of a beer distributor in Texas who didn't want to be identified. “They have left [Bud Light] and that’s how it’s going to be. I don’t envision a big percentage of them coming back," he added.

Technology...

X Lawyer Threatens Legal Action Against Non-Profit Targeting ‘Hate Speech’ On Platform
X threatened legal action against a non-profit organization earlier this month for spreading claims that hate speech has increased on the platform after Elon Musk acquired the company last year.

Leftist Twitter rival Mastodon has child sexual abuse material problem, researchers find
The platform has recently been growing in popularity among leftist looking to ditch Twitter.

Studies Keep Finding That Social Media Algorithms Don't Increase Polarization. Why Is the Press So Skeptical?
New research on Facebook before the 2020 election finds scant evidence to suggest algorithms are shifting our political views.

Google’s RT-2 AI model brings us one step closer to 'WALL-E'
"First-of-its-kind" robot AI model can recognize trash and perform complex actions.

Intel CEO: ‘We’re going to build AI into every platform we build’
AI capabilities like real-time translation and automated content creation will be driven by local device computing power, not cloud connections.

Science...

Tuberville fumes as Biden blocks Space Command move to Alabama: 'This is absolutely not over'
"This decision to bypass the three most qualified sites looks like blatant patronage politics, and it sets a dangerous precedent that military bases are now to be used as rewards for political supporters rather than for our security," he stated.

Americans Love NASA, but Private Firms Do the Real Work in Space
People see a continuing role for the space agency, but mostly in national defense.

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch
They asked the court to throw out the five-year license the FAA granted to SpaceX.

Sports...

Brittney Griner takes mental health break after just 20 games
Griner, perhaps the only recognizable name in all of the WNBA, will not be joining her Phoenix Mercury teammates on their road trip this week. Instead, she will take some time to focus on her mental health, the team confirmed.

August 1, 2011 - We have a budget deal!... Unprofessional behavior by a CNN anchor... Glenn loves Netflix... Why the Tea Party didn't win with the debt deal...What will happen when Moody's downgrades us?... Audio from rapper Lupe Fiasco that will make your IQ drop... Is Agenda 21 targeting family farms?...

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.

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.