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October 30, 2023
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Jeremiah 17:7

News...

Citing National Security Worries, US Suspends Gun Exports
Several U.S. allies, including Ukraine and Israel, are exempt from the export suspension.

Biden admin freezes firearm exports, reviews backing of industry
The Commerce Department is halting exports of most U.S.-made firearms for 90 days and reviewing its support of the country’s biggest gun trade show to ensure such backing “does not undermine U.S. policy interests” – steps that could slow two decades of growth of gun sales abroad.

Texas needs universal school choice now
So why are Republican Speaker of the House Dade Phelan and two dozen rural representatives standing in the way?

Maine police were alerted weeks ago about shooter’s threats
Police across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army reservist who would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in the state’s history, one of a string of missed red flags that preceded the massacre.

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and Jewish peace advocates shut down Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Terminal
The protesters caused a nightmare for commuters by forcing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to suspend service at Grand Central Station – one of New York City's major transit hubs.

Salena Zito: Anti-Semitic graffiti on the anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre
The Squirrel Hill community woke up Thursday morning, the day before the city was set to mark the fifth anniversary of the violent rampage at the Tree of Life synagogue in which 11 congregants were shot to death, to pro-Palestine graffiti.

Black Hebrew Israelites and Palestinian supporters clash during pro-Gaza march in Chicago
Journalist Angela Van Der Pluym posted a video on X saying: "Black Israelites / Hebrews fight Pro-Hamas protesters in Chicago. FYI Black Hebrew Israelites believe they are the real Jews, and Jews like me are fake Khazarians. Did not have this on my 2023 bingo card."

New head of NYC racial equity commission has spewed anti-Semitic rhetoric
Linda Tigani, who raked in $143,938 in 2022 as chief equity and strategy officer for the city Health Department, has repeatedly shared posts on X that include the phrase “from the river to the sea.”

Social justice sociopaths
See, they’re not destroying and burning – they’re destroying and burning for a good cause.

Federal Agencies Maintain Offices That Sit Mostly Empty
A new Government Accountability Office report notes that of 24 federal agencies, none of their headquarters are more than half-staffed on an average day.

People Are Sharing The Moment They Realized They Were Dating An Idiot, And It's Actually Hilarious
"I once told a guy I was dating he needed more humility, and he literally responded with 'Why would I want to be humiliated?'"

Utah city orders man to take down 'risqué' Halloween decorations
The risqué display showed a skeleton hanging off a stripper pole with two other skeletons watching.

Politics...

Hunter Biden got $250K loan from Chinese exec during 2020 election; later his lawyer assumed debt
One of Hunter Biden's lawyers, Kevin Morris, assumed the obligations for a $250,000 loan when he acquired the younger Biden's stake in Bohai Harvest RST.

Mike Johnson claims 'dots are being connected' in Biden impeachment inquiry
Johnson stressed that the House is pursuing leads "aggressively" and that the United States public is "owed these answers."

New Speaker Mike Johnson's First Good Idea: A Debt Commission
A debt commission won't solve any of the federal government's fiscal problems, but it's the first step toward taking them seriously.

Democrats showed that Jamaal Bowman is above the law
Bowman committed a felony when he pulled the fire alarm in an effort to obstruct a congressional vote. His punishment was a $1,000 fine. It’s indicative of the corrupt favors given to the elite and reinforces the belief of many in a two-tiered justice system.

‘He’s A Coward’: House Democrats Trade Barbs Over Israel
House Democrats are trading insults over a resolution in support of Israel in its war on Hamas.

Trump does another great impersonation of Biden being lost on stage
Shuffling to the back of the stage, Trump put on an act depicting Biden walking into the wall, throwing up his hands in frustration, and then apparently realizing the exit was to his side.

Dallas Mayor Explains Party Switch To GOP, Says Dems Won’t Admit Violent Crime Is An Issue
"The problem has become that Democrats were not willing, I think, to say that violent crime is a problem in their city and that it’s a problem that they could actually do something about,” Eric Johnson said.

Mike Pence drops out of 2024 presidential race
Pence did not endorse any of his former 2024 GOP candidates after dropping out, leaving the 2% who supported him in limbo.

The Great Reset / Economy...

Exclusive excerpt from Glenn Beck's newest book on the Great Reset
AI is used by Google to learn users’ interests and offer website and news recommendations, often along with some good old-fashioned Google ideological bias.

You will drive nowhere and like it
In the aftermath of the horrific fires that engulfed Maui, competing narratives began fighting for online oxygen.

Carol Roth: If the economy is growing, why do I feel so left behind?
The elite will keep spinning that things are great, but don’t feel like you are going crazy. It’s as bad as you think.

Justin Haskins: This is ‘Bidenomics’ in a nutshell
New data shows that corporations under Joe Biden’s administration have become richer, while families have burned through their savings.

NY Times: Halloween Shoppers Not Spooked as Economic Slowdown Remains Elusive
From apple picking to skeleton cows, early seasonal spending seems solid. It’s the latest sign that Federal Reserve policy to combat inflation hasn’t slowed growth.

The Specter of Hyperinflation Looms over the Economy
The Fed's constant stimulus to reinflate bubbles is propelling the economy toward a hyperinflationary crack-up boom crisis.

Where were you on March 9, 2022?
On that day, Biden signed an executive order that enables government surveillance of citizens and control over bank accounts.

People Are Still Trying to Deal with the Shock of Much Higher Rates for a Long Time
The turmoil could be the beginning of a multi-decade bear market in bonds.

Immigration...

Illegal border-crossers surpass 10 million since Biden took office
Number totals more than the individual populations of 41 states.

100 Syrians, 50 Iranians Cross Biden’s Open Border in October
The continued encounter of Syrian and Iranian nationals is more concerning considering the recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran-linked sites in Syria in response to drone and missile attacks on U.S. military bases in the region.

WAR News: Latest...

Netanyahu says Israel has moved into 'second stage' of war
Israel has reportedly mobilized ground forces into Gaza.

Chilling video shows Russians storming airport to hunt down Jews arriving from Israel
According to the Jerusalem Post, "Footage reportedly from the scene shared on local Telegram channels showed rioters chanting 'Allahu Akbar' and stopping cars in order to check the documents of passengers to ensure they were not Israeli or Jewish."

Biden tells Netanyahu to boost flow of aid into Gaza
Biden told Netanyahu in a phone call Sunday that the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza needs to “immediately and significantly increase,” the White House said.

US foreign aid likely falls into the hands of Hamas, lawmakers say
The lawmakers also pointed out that the Biden administration has given tax dollars to Iran, which is a known financial backer of Hamas.

Biden admin tells Israel to turn the internet back on in Gaza
“We made it clear they had to be turned back on,” the U.S. official said. “The communications are back on. They need to stay back on.”

UN warns ‘civil order’ declining in Gaza as thousands loot warehouses
The taking of supplies “is a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and a tight siege on Gaza."

Biden Adviser Warns ‘Elevated Risk’ Of Broader Middle East Conflict
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who one month ago said "the Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decade," made the comment on Sunday after being asked on "Face the Nation" about Iran.

Turkey's Erdogan: Israel is an occupier, Hamas not a terrorist organization
Erdogan had invited all Turks to attend the rally where he said "only our flag and the Palestine flag will wave." His Islamist-rooted AK Party had predicted more than a million people would come.

Israeli cyber group claims: We hacked Iranian oil infrastructure systems
"We are sure that Iran already understands the extent of the damage it currently has."

Palestinians Score UK Sex Workers Union Endorsement
No matter where you turn on Twitter you'll find some person or group taking a public stand on the who they align with, which can lead to some strange bedfellows.

Qatar sentences 8 former Indian naval officers to death ‘for spying for Israel’
The retired navy men were arrested last year on suspicion of spying for Israel on Qatar’s military submarine program, the Times of Israel reported.

WAR News: Commentary / Media... 

Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid the Israel-Hamas war
Our reporters discovered that many high schoolers were afraid to go on the record, saying they feared aggravating tensions or didn’t want to get “canceled” within their community.

Israel shows raw video of Hamas attacks to journalists in US
CNN was part of a small group of journalists in the United States shown a graphic video of the brutal October 7 attack carried out by Hamas. The scenes were excruciating to watch. The tape lasts over 40 minutes and was compiled from dashcam videos, body cameras, surveillance systems, CCTV, and the phones of dead Hamas fighters.

However Much You Hate The Media, These 7 Moments In Israel Coverage Prove It’s Not Enough
Starting with — but extending far beyond — the hospital story disaster, here are seven failures from the past few weeks that should dispel any benefit of the doubt you have left for the corporate media’s honesty.

Did the Entire Media Industry Misquote a Hamas Spokesperson?
I asked a dozen reporters and news outlets for the source of a statement they attributed to Hamas. None of them answered. This is a case study of the failure of journalistic standards.

No, Mitch McConnell, Ukraine Aid Is Not ‘Rebuilding Our Industrial Base’
Just a fraction of the $113 billion spent has gone to “rebuilding our industrial base.”

1,200 lawyers worldwide demand that International Red Cross act to save Israeli hostages in Gaza
Letter organized by Israeli rights group Shurat HaDin blames International Red Cross for repeating its failures during the Holocaust and abandoning Jewish victims.

Opinion: Wider War Will Bring Inevitable Attempts At Martial Law In America
I believe the Israeli trigger may be bigger than COVID in terms of the potential global disaster and global tyranny that could unfold.

China...

Gavin Newsom, like Biden, is creepy around children, this time in China
The California governor "accidentally" tackled a small boy while playing basketball, then used the opportunity to inappropriately touch the boy's bottom while he continued to hold onto the boy for an uncomfortable length of time.

Canada...

State-facilitated suicides jumped 31% in 2022, accounting for over 4% of all deaths in Canada
Canada's Trudeau government recently released its fourth annual report on the northern nation's assisted-suicide regime, providing startling insights into the staggering number of lives that have been snuffed out by the state in recent years.

Entertainment...

Matthew Perry autopsy results are inconclusive, pending toxicology report, authorities say
The “Friends” star died Saturday in an apparent drowning in his hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home.

Ione Skye Shares Final Text Exchange with Matthew Perry Days Before His Death
The two starred alongside each other in 1988’s "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon," Perry’s film debut.

Gina Carano blasts ex-boss Kathleen Kennedy over wokeness after watching 'South Park' special exposing 'why Disney movies all suck now'
"This is the part where KK .... (will) have her publicist ghouls make sure Variety and Hollywood Reporter run hit pieces about the South Park creators and their families smearing their names ... she’ll activate her online mob to repeat that the South Park creators are racist, bigot, transphobes ..."

‘Snow White’ gets postponed as Disney scraps 'woke' remake and brings back the dwarfs
The film was initially set to debut on March 22, 2024, and will now be released on March 21, 2025.

Goldie Hawn says aliens touched her in the 1960s
"[The aliens] touched me, and it felt like the finger of God."

Environment...

World’s biggest carbon capture plant quietly sold off for a fraction of what it cost to build it
The plant never operated at more than a third of its total capacity in its 13 years since being built.

Religion...

Pope Francis says it's 'urgent' to ensure governance roles for women in church
It is "urgent" to allow more participation of women in the realm of church governance.

AI...

Google invests $2 billion in AI company whose CEO admits AI has a one in four chance of destroying humanity
"If we can avoid the downsides then this stuff about curing cancer, extending human lifespan, solving problems like mental illness … I don't think it's outside the scope of what this can do."

Microsoft Files A Patent On Its New AI-Powered Smart Backpack That Not Only Hears You But Also Sees What You See
Microsoft is apparently looking to take wearable tech to the next level with a sensor-full, AI-powered backpack patent that would be able to, well, spy on you.

USA Today writers accuse site of using AI to create articles with potentially fake bylines, outlet denies claims
Employees of the media outlet suspect USA Today of using AI to create articles because it doesn't appear that many of the writers even exist.

Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a creepy talking tour guide using AI
“Follow me, gentlemen,” Spot says in a British voice.

Technology...

Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank
Musk wants X to be the center of your financial world, handling anything in your life that deals with money. He expects those features to launch by the end of 2024.

NYT columnist David French announces that he's 'leaving Twitter, for the indefinite future'
In response to French's announcement about leaving Twitter, Not the Bee quipped, "Are you willing to entertain cash offers to make sure you never come back?"

Sports...

Police investigate former NHL player's death after throat cut by opponent’s blade
Adam Johnson died on Saturday after what his team described as a "freak accident" and "major medical emergency."

YouTube Has Only 1.5 Million ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ Subscribers, Will Lose Over $1.2 Billion This Season: Morgan Stanley
Notably, 80% of NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers, the equity research outfit suggests, are not choosing the bundled YouTube TV option and are paying full $399-a-season freight.

Oct 30, 2008 - Chris Matthews on ad campaign… Communism… Guest Joe the Plumber… The constitution and the founding fathers… Arguing with Idiots… Guest Elizabeth Dole… Guest Ann Coulter… Guest Ted Nugent…

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

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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.