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Morning Brief 2023-09-18

September 18, 2023
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Megyn Kelly
TOPIC: Will President Trump's comments on abortion hurt him in the primary?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Brian Festa
TOPIC: New Mexico governor backs off her suspension of right to carry after a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order.

Psalm 119:40

News...

Texas senators acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all articles of impeachment
The suspended attorney general can return to office.

Ken Paxton speaks out after failed impeachment: ‘Today, the truth prevailed’
"The sham impeachment coordinated by the Biden administration with liberal House Speaker Dade Phelan and his kangaroo court has cost taxpayers millions of dollars, disrupted the work of the Office of Attorney General, and left a dark and permanent stain on the Texas House."

Texas House members call for speaker’s resignation after Senate acquits Paxton
Phelan remains unapologetic, arguing Senate failed to do its job.

Chicago considers creation of government-operated grocery store
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is exploring opening city-owned grocery stores to address food "inequities," according to a Wednesday press release.

3 acquitted in final trial of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
Defense attorneys in the case have at times maintained an entrapment defense, arguing that the FBI coerced the defendants to drive the plot forward through a collection of undercover agents and confidential informants.

US Military Asks Public For Help In Finding Missing F-35
“The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center," located in Charleston, South Carolina.

Crime is so bad in Philadelphia that a cheesesteak joint hired armed guards to protect customers
"Our lines are down the block, so while you're standing here in line, connecting with other people you may not know, we have security right here just to keep you guys safe."

'Poverty simulation' in Highland Park canceled after backlash
"The City of Highland Park in Illinois is holding a 'poverty simulation event' where woke rich people will pretend to be poor for 2.5 hours while sitting in a comfortable country club." | Has since been canceled.

Ibram X Kendi's $15 MILLION 'Antiracist Research Center' at BU implodes as staff is fired, accusations of 'exploitation'
The university "decided to create a center that rested in the hands of one human being, an individual given millions of dollars and so much authority."

Video shows bystanders confronting man exposing himself to tourists at Hollywood Walk of Fame
The video shows the bearded man with his pants down while waving and standing in the intersection at Hollywood and Highland, one of the city's most popular tourist spots.

Two women arrested, charged for throwing baby back and forth in Daytona Beach
The police responded after a witness told them that there were two women "aggressively" handling a small child and "throwing him in the air" and "flipping him upside down."

Biden...

O'Reilly: Hunting Hunter
Kimberley Strassel of the WSJ reported 170 suspicious activity reports tied to Hunter and Jim Biden, yet the FBI did nothing. Now Congress is investigating, but Biden refuses to hand over records. If he's innocent, why not comply? The stonewalling suggests he's hiding corruption that will force him out.

FBI received evidence from second informant in Biden case but shut him down, ex-agent testifies
“It shocked me a bit because … the purpose of a confidential informant is to support a case,” ex-Agent Tim Thibault told Congress. He's not the first law enforcement official to meet roadblocks created to protect Hunter Biden.

DOJ's farce should force House to keep investigating Bidens
Sometimes impeachment can get in the way of the broader imperative to inform the citizenry about abuses of the public trust that may be serious but not impeachable. Impeachment or no impeachment, Republicans should redouble their broader, and broadly successful, investigative efforts.

It’s Not Really Joe Biden On The Ballot Next Year. It’s Someone Much Worse
Don’t fool yourself into believing you’re casting a vote for Joe Biden next year. You’re voting for his radical successor, who is primed and ready to hasten our national decline.

Biden tells group of rabbis he was ‘raised in synagogues’ of Delaware
"I, you might say, was raised in the synagogues of my state. You think I'm kidding, I'm not."

Joe Biden Has A New Nickname For Donald Trump
“One was President Hoover, and the other was Donald Hoover Trump,” Biden said. “My predecessor promised to be the greatest job president in history. Well, it didn’t really work out that way. He lost 2 million jobs over the course of his presidency.”

Biden’s gaffetastic week — more than a dozen lies and bumbles
Rare is the day that President Biden doesn’t tell a lie or garble a sentence, but even by his standards, this week was a mess — featuring ramblings in Vietnam, fibs about where he was around 9/11, claims he taught Ivy Leaguers political theory, and more.

Biden racial ‘high school diplomas’ gaffe conveniently cleaned up in official WH transcript
Biden has once again said something deemed racist, and both his administration and its media allies are once again covering it up.

US officials with dementia may pose national security threat, Pentagon-funded study finds
The report states that "an increasing number of cleared personnel-that is, personnel who hold or have held security clearances-have or will have dementia."

Politics...

House Republicans release short-term bill to avert government shutdown until Oct. 31
House Republicans reached a tentative agreement to keep the government funded temporarily, pairing it with a conservative border security measure.

Commentary: How ‘the Firm’ pushes bad spending bills — and what we can do about it
The “law firm” of Schumer, McConnell, McCarthy, and Jeffries (aka “the Firm”) has learned that members of Congress (and voters) don’t like “omnibus” spending bills.

Trump beats Biden in new CBS poll, 50-49
Nearly 75% of voters voiced their belief that the fate of democracy depends on who wins the 2024 election.

Trump vows to work with Democrats on abortion to make sure 'both sides will be happy'
When Welker asked Trump if he would sign a 15-week ban on abortion, he replied, "I would sit down with both sides and I’d negotiate something, and we’ll end up with peace on that issue for the first time in 52 years. I’m not going to say I would or I wouldn’t."

Trump hammered over 'wishy-washy' stance on if a man can become a woman
Megyn Kelly asked Trump, "Can a man become a woman?" There was a slight delay before Trump said, "Um," and then chuckled. "In my opinion, you have a man, you have a woman," Trump continued. "I think part of it is birth. Can that man give birth? No, no."

The Democratic Party Rigs the Primaries
To help Joe Biden, New Hampshire is shunted aside and superdelegates return.

Horowitz: The big lie behind fearing a federal shutdown
To fund the status quo — the existing shutdown of constitutional government, the social compact, and American rights — for a second beyond midnight Oct. 1 would consummate the ultimate shutdown of government we should all fear.

‘The Fetterman Rule’: Senate Cuts Dress Code Enforcement
The change only affects senators and not staff members.

Strong men are seen as more conservative, study finds
Men with greater upper body strength were often perceived as right-wing.

Economy / ESG...

Carol Roth: Bidenomics is lipstick on a pig
Biden's Orwellian spin can't hide the fiscal disaster of his failed policies.

Trump criticizes auto workers’ union, says its members are ‘being sold down the river’
“The auto workers will not have any jobs, Kristen, because all of these cars are going to be made in China.

Border...

Inside Colony Ridge: The ‘Fastest Growing Development’ In The US Is A Magnet For Illegal Immigrants
Experts say growing community of illegal immigrants in Texas development invites cartel activity, is a national security issue.

Video shows Mexican train reportedly 'bursting with migrants' heading to US southern border
"This is what an invasion looks like."

WAR News... 

JD Vance Demands Biden Admin Reveal if American Transgender ‘Spokesperson’ for Ukraine Military Has US Intelligence Ties After Threats to ‘Hunt Down’ Russian ‘Propagandists'
“If the Ukrainians want to hire weirdos to threaten Americans and others for speaking their mind, I guess that’s their right. They shouldn’t use our tax dollars to do it.”

Zelensky rules out ceding any land to Russia, says Ukraine must be made whole
In an interview, Zelensky firmly rejected giving up territory to Russia for peace. Full transcript.

Zelensky says Putin could cause WW3 if US does not continue support for Ukraine
Draws parallels between Putin and Hitler, emphasizing the need for the world to decide whether they want to confront him or risk a global conflict.

The West Shouldn’t Underestimate Russia’s Resilience
Putin may still be in power in a decade. The West must prepare to defend itself and Ukraine against a belligerent Russia for many more years.

NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains.

A nuclear bomb is still missing after it was dropped off the Georgia coastline 65 years ago
In 1958, two Air Force jets collided over Georgia, and one was carrying a nuclear weapon. Several searches have failed to find the weapon in the decades since.

COVID-19 / Viruses...

NBC News: It's 'increasingly difficult to distinguish COVID from allergies or the common cold'
"Just about everyone who I've seen has had really mild symptoms. The only way that we knew that it was COVID was because we happened to be testing them."

UK health agency 'closely' monitoring deadly virus in India, has up to 75% fatality rate
The recent uptick in cases of the virus, which reportedly inspired the Hollywood pandemic flick "Contagion," has killed two people in the southern state of Kerala, according to the Daily Mail.

Commie Update...

Gen. Milley: Chinese 'spy balloon' wasn't spying
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff now claims the spy balloon wasn't actually spying since its spying sensor wasn't turned on while over the continental United States.

Entertainment...

Russell Brand Vehemently Denies Sexual Assault Allegations In Viral Video Statement
"... the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual."

Ashton Kutcher steps down from anti-child-sex-abuse organization
In addition to writing a letter of support for his friend Danny Masterson, he made some "inappropriate" jokes in the early 2000s.

Singer Maren Morris says she's quitting country music because of 'Trump years'
"... she says she’s leaving because of what she views as the country music industry’s unwillingness to honestly reckon with its history of racism and misogyny and to open its gates to more women and queer people and people of color."

Comedian Hasan Minhaj made up stories about racism against Muslims in the US
A New Yorker profile found that Muslim comedian Hasan Minhaj had exaggerated or outright fabricated details and events he told about racism and discrimination in the U.S.

Gigi Hadid has the perfect jawline, according to science
Her jaw angle of 141.9 degrees is close to the "perfect" angle of 142 degrees, according to researchers. When the model's face was shown to 32 expert facial surgeons and 16 ordinary people, they unanimously agreed her jawline was neither too steep nor too flat.

Media...

CNN: Scholars warn outdated constitution has put democracy at risk
CNN's chyron warns of the dangers of a constitution to "democracy."

Rolling Stone Co-Founder Removed From Rock Hall Board Over Comments About Black, Female Musicians
Jann Wenner was swiftly removed from the Rock Hall board after saying no women or blacks met his "intellectual" criteria in his new book.

Middle East...

Iran blocks nuclear inspectors after Biden admin unfreezes $6 billion for Tehran
The development, which comes as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi prepares for a visit to New York City to address the U.N. General Assembly, adds a fresh layer to rising tensions over Tehran‘s nuclear activities.

Netanyahu: Iran is violating all of its nuclear commitments
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the decision by the Islamic Republic to ban a third of IAEA inspectors assigned to it.

Education...

Rolling Stone: PragerU’s Right-Wing Playbook for Infiltrating Public Education Is Working
New Hampshire's school board just voted to make one of the right-wing organization's courses count toward graduation credits, despite vocal opposition.

Teacher removed for giving 5th-graders 'nuclear fallout' homework
The school's principal said in a Tuesday letter to students' families that a full investigation had commenced in regard to the "deeply inappropriate assignment."

Health...

Bob Odenkirk says he rejected advice from conservative doctor before his heart attack
"The cranky conservative jackass was right, because he was a goddamn good doctor." He urged listeners to separate people's professional skills from their personal beliefs.

Australian man sues for $1 billion after contracting 'psychotic illness' after watching wife's C-section
He claims seeing his wife's organs and blood caused him to have a mental illness.

Technology...

‘Dirty Tricks Campaign’: Elon Musk Is Battling Biden Admin As Investigations Pile Up Since Twitter Takeover
Musk has faced an investigative onslaught from the Biden administration since he acquired social media platform Twitter less than a year ago and exposed censorship against conservatives by his predecessors.

Biden’s ‘TikTok Army’ received hundreds of thousands from Soros
Soros’ Open Society Foundations shelled out $5.5 million to the nonprofit Accelerate Action Inc. in 2020 and 2021 — which in turn gave at least $300,000 in 2022 to another nonprofit, Gen Z for Change, which boasts a network of 500 “activists, organizers, and creators,” tax filings show.

Science...

NASA says it has debunked famous UFO video, but scientists are skeptical
It was one of the pivotal UFO videos captured by the U.S. military that helped thrust the once-fringe topic into the mainstream — the so-called "GOFAST" infrared video filmed by U.S. Navy fighter pilots off the coast of the Atlantic in January 2015.

NASA's Webb telescope finds exoplanet with potential signs of life
Along with methane and carbon dioxide, the James Webb Telescope also discovered a molecule known as dimethyl sulphide, a substance only produced by living things.

Sports...

NASCAR driver who liked a George Floyd meme is reinstated after undergoing re-education
"I want to express my sincere gratitude to NASCAR for reinstating me. Over the past several weeks, I have dedicated myself to personal growth and reflection, and I believe I have become a better person because of it," Gragson said on his X page.

Alabama high school band director tased after police order him to stop students' performance
The police had ordered the band director to bring the music to stop so they could "safely" clear out the stadium, but he reportedly did not heed the request.

September 18, 2008 - Lynn Rothschild talks about Obama... Palin's hacked email... Economic crisis... Big banks going bust.... Who's to blame?... Politicians... Guest Lynn Cheney... Bailing people out... Obama's Spanish ad campaign...

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?

Bloomberg / Contributor | Getty Images

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.