Morning Brief 2023-11-17

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What Glenn Is Reading...

Jeremiah 30:1-3

News...

Glenn is committing himself to THIS covenant. Will you join him?
When the Pilgrims set foot upon the land that would become Plymouth Plantation, they dedicated themselves to God. In the words of Plymouth elder William Brewster, the Pilgrims "joined themselves by a covenant of the Lord in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in his ways."

A Satanist Pedophile Gang Is Torturing Kids. The FBI Didn’t Seem To Care Unless It Could Blame White Supremacy.
A Satan-worshipping cult of pedophiles is blackmailing girls into cutting themselves — but the FBI didn’t seem interested in that so much as the fact that one of its members once used the N-word, a Daily Wire investigation found.

Virginia lawmakers call for investigation into FBI headquarters site selection over alleged 'political considerations'
Last week, the General Service Administration issued a press release announcing that it had selected a location in Greenbelt, Maryland, as the home for the new FBI headquarters.

Far-left BLM activist John Sullivan convicted on all charges in Jan. 6 case
"I'm gonna side with anyone who is ready to rip this s**t down," Sullivan said in one video shared by prosecutors. "I brought my megaphone to instigate s**t," he said in another video.

Paul Pelosi Attacker Found Guilty In Federal Case
With the verdict, DePape faces up to 50 years in prison.

Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin cites new evidence in attempt to overturn George Floyd murder conviction
A pathologist told Chauvin that he believes Floyd died from complications of a rare tumor that can spark a fatal adrenaline surge.

Man drives Santa's Train while possibly under the influence of meth and narcotics during family Christmas event
Since when is this illegal?

Biden Crime Family...

Report: Biden will not be held accountable for mishandling of classified documents
Special counsel Robert Hur's report will be sharply critical of Biden and his staff in relation to their handling of classified documents, but it will stop short of recommending charges be filed.

Special Counsel Lets Biden Off Scot-Free In Classified Docs Case While DOJ Tries To Imprison Trump For The Same Thing
The DOJ’s treatment of Biden compared to its treatment of Trump only furthers a majority of Americans’ belief that the U.S. has a two-tiered system of justice.

VP Biden Followed Advice Hunter Sent To His ‘Champ4’ Burner Email
Biden used one of his earliest email aliases to discuss official White House business with his son and may have used it to covertly advance the Biden family business.

Biden Can’t Be Trusted To Confront The Chinese Communists Who Pay His Family Millions
Biden and his family’s financial ties to entities connected to China’s communist government make him a liability for the U.S.

Politics...

The Economist’s annual 'World Ahead' guide identifies Trump as the biggest global danger of 2024.
“In the 38 years that we have published this guide, no single person has ever eclipsed our analysis as much as Donald Trump eclipses 2024.”

Why Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Are Even Worse For Democrats Than They Think
Polls, a year out from an election, are generally useless, but there are deeper and far more meaningful insights to mine from the survey, and they don’t spell good things for the Democrat Party.

Voters prefer Trump over Biden on border, foreign relations, and the economy: Poll
In a one-on-one matchup, Trump led Biden 52% to 48%.

Trump blasts Biden for staged interactions with reporters
"Biden calls on a specific reporter, gets a question, then reads the answer off a card. In other words, he knows the question, then reads the answer. What is going on here?"

NY Times: Car Talk and Birthday Wishes Punctuate Biden’s ‘Trust but Verify’ Diplomacy
Despite simmering tensions, President Biden and President Xi Jinping exchanged the kind of pleasantries that adversarial leaders deploy when they are trying to make nice.

In win for Trump, judge stays gag order in New York civil fraud case
Friedman's decision applies to Trump and his attorneys, permitting them to criticize the judge and his staff while the appeal moves forward.

Mike Lee Blasts GOP Colleagues Protesting Tuberville Hold: ‘I Can’t Believe Anybody Buys This Crap’
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee joined GOP Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville late Thursday night to maintain a hold on military nominations in protest of the Pentagon’s radical abortion policy.

Haley Follows Up On Her Plan To Eliminate Anonymity Online
"I don’t mind anonymous American people having free speech," just not foreigners.

Horowitz: Mike Johnson didn’t avert the shutdown — he accelerated it
The new House speaker promises a debt commission. We don’t need one. We need the brains and the nerve to downsize government before it turns the American way of life into Venezuelan misery.

Speaker Johnson silences CNBC anchor with history lesson for trying to weaponize prayer against him
"... what he was explaining is they did not want the government to encroach upon the church — not that they didn't want principles of faith to have influence on our public life. It’s exactly the opposite."

New Jersey scraps 'so help me God' oath requirement to run for office following lawsuit demanding 'secular option'
The Freedom from Religion Foundation, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Tosone, praised New Jersey for "quite rapidly" adopting "a secular affirmation" for those running for office.

Economy / ESG...

Vivek Ramaswamy reveals 'Three Freedoms of Crypto' policy framework
Plans to roll back most of SEC crypto regulations.

Cryptocurrency Prices Surge, Driven by a Potential Bitcoin Fund
Crypto investors are growing optimistic that the Securities and Exchange Commission will approve an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of Bitcoin.

Mastercard says wide adoption of central bank digital currencies would be ‘difficult’ right now
Consumers are “so comfortable using today’s type of money.” “There isn’t enough justification to have a CBDC,” Venkateswaran told CNBC.

Fed’s Mester wants ‘much more evidence’ that inflation has been defeated
"We’re going to have to see much more evidence that inflation is on that timely path back to 2%."

Charlie Munger says there isn’t the slightest chance Buffett traded own account to enrich himself
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger pushed back against a report that alleged his partner Warren Buffett at times traded stocks in his personal account before the conglomerate made moves in the same securities.

Immigration...

Eric Adams slashes NYPD budget amid illegal immigrant influx
"No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own."

WAR News... 

New survey finds Palestinians overwhelming support Hamas, Oct 7 attacks
75% support the 10/7 massacre. 76% have a positive view of Hamas. 98.2% have a negative view of America. [PDF of report]

Counterterrorism expert: Hamas mass abduction event may lead to global copycat attacks
Israel historically serves as a "guinea pig" for acts of terror, says Reichman University’s Prof. Boaz Ganor. 'What is different this time is the scale of the abduction."

'Scared me more than Jan. 6': House Democrat admits feeling afraid when violent protesters gathered outside DNC headquarters
After a violent riot erupted outside the Democratic National Committee's headquarters, a House Democrat made an eyebrow-raising admission.

Pro-Palestinian group shares 'reprehensible' anti-Semitic map of NYC targets on social media
A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City landmarks on social media.

Anti-Israel protesters toss their car keys into water while shutting down major bridge during rush hour
The chaos began around 7:45 a.m. and ended four hours later with at least 70 arrests and 29 towed cars.

California professor arrested, charged with involuntary manslaughter after death of Jewish man at anti-Israel protest
Loay Alnaji, a Muslim computer science professor who teaches at California State University Northridge and Moorpark College, was booked at the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility on involuntary manslaughter charges.

CNN edits headline after furious backlash against biased framing of anti-Israel protester arrested over death of Jewish man
"Arrest made in death of Jewish protester who fell and hit his head," read the headline.

Hamas terrorist who paraded Shani Louk’s body has been killed by IDF
The Hamas terrorist who spat on and paraded the naked body of 22-year-old Shani Louk through Gaza has been killed by Israeli forces, according to a rabbi who said the “monster is now roasting in hell forever.”

COVID-19...

Rand Paul on the Lab-Leak 'Deception'
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul discusses his quest to uncover the origins of COVID-19 and hold Anthony Fauci accountable.

Charges dropped against restaurant that defied COVID shutdowns
A Canadian restaurant that refused to shut down during COVID-19 restrictions and didn't require documentation of vaccination had its charges dropped after finally getting its day in court.

Entertainment...

'Star Trek' actor LeVar Burton threatens violence against parental rights group Moms for Liberty
“Moms for Liberty? No? Good. Then hands will not need to be thrown tonight.”

‘The Rock’ Says Hollywood Friends Don’t Support Biden, But ‘Loyal’ To Democratic Party
“Dude, it’s the craziest thing. I have friends who support Trump,” said Johnson. “I have friends who support Biden.” Rogan then cut off the the Rock asking him to clarify if he “really” has “friends who support Biden,” and Johnson replied, “No.”

‘I Don’t Want To Shoot Toward You’: New ‘Rust’ Outtakes Show Alec Baldwin Wanted Hutchins To Stand Clear
The outtakes, reportedly filmed just days before Hutchins was killed, come as the Santa Fe district attorney’s office weighs the possibility of bringing new charges against the actor.

Dean McDermott Says Tori Spelling Letting Livestock Sleep In Their Bedroom Contributed To Marriage Breakdown
“We’d been having problems and it just got worse because we stopped sleeping in the same room,” McDermott told the Daily Mail in an interview.

Snoop Dogg says he's 'giving up smoke,' asks people to respect his privacy
Some people floated the idea that this was some sort of marketing gimmick by Snoop Dogg. "Snoop bout to launch vapes or gummies or something," Tim Pool tweeted.

China...

American Executives Give Chinese President Standing Ovation In San Francisco
Among the American executives gathered to listen to Xi were Apple's Tim Cook, Pfizer's Albert Bourla, FedEx's Raj Subramaniam, Boeing's Stanley Deal, Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock's Larry Fink, and Mastercard’s Merit Janow.

Canada...

Canada’s most prominent indigenous icon might not be indigenous
Sainte-Marie has long been one of Canada’s most prominent indigenous icons — but she might just be another Elizabeth Warren.

Europe...

Meloni's right-wing Italian government embraces Tolkien in culture war
Italy's leader Meloni has channeled her love of Tolkien into a major new exhibit, seeing parallels to her values. Leftists decry the right appropriating the fantasy author and deride Meloni's pop culture passions as anti-intellectual. Meanwhile each side claims Tolkien in Italy's heated culture wars.

Afghanistan...

Taliban, on skates
Reminiscent of a flamboyant 1970s movie, Taliban forces are reportedly patrolling the streets of Kabul in groups of rollerblading soldiers.

Environment...

New US-China Climate Deal: Same as the Old Deals
China pledges again to do exactly what it was going to do anyway.

New York sues Pepsi, blames company for excessive plastic pollution: ‘Threat to human health’
The state’s lawsuit, among the first in the country to go after a large plastic producer, seeks monetary relief.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Bud Light paid $185,000 to Dylan Mulvaney for disastrous marketing campaign
Bud Light lost some $390 million in the marketing disaster and $6 billion in lost value.

Trans runner takes first place in California girls' cross country championship
Finished 15 seconds faster than the second-place runner, an actual female.

Education...

More than 100 Harvard professors slam university president for bowing to donor ‘pressure’ and condemning anti-Semitism
“As Harvard faculty, we have been astonished by the pressure from donors, alumni and even some on this campus to silence faculty, students and staff critical of the actions of the State of Israel,” the open letter reads.

Universities Are Failing at Inclusion
Today the most hostile place to be an American Jew is not at some formerly restricted country club but on a college campus.

Oakland high school flies Palestinian flag in place of American flag
"If it was about peace, there would have been an Israeli flag and a peace sign as well."

AI...

Google CEO compares AI to climate change
Sundar Pichai said artificial intelligence is like climate change in that it will proliferate worldwide and that people across the globe share a responsibility to create guardrails.

Forward Health launches CarePods, a self-contained, AI-powered doctor’s office
Get a blood test, check blood pressure, and swab for ailments — all without a doctor or nurse, for $99/month.

Technology...

TikTok denies Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' is trending as views top 10 million
"The number of videos on TikTok is small and reports of it trending on our platform are inaccurate."

Man Who Killed Bin Laden Responds To Viral TikTok Trend Praising The Terrorist’s ‘Letter To America’
"Deceit is a mask the Devil puts over the eyes of useful idiots."

'We will do whatever it takes to support your right to free speech': X to cover legal fees for Illinois student facing discipline over posts
Juan David Campolargo, a student at the University of Illinois, is facing disciplinary action over posts made to the platform.

Sports...

Drone delays Ravens-Bengals game twice in bizarre ‘Thursday Night Football’ scene
“Apparently, there was a drone inside the stadium so they have stopped play,” Al Michaels said.

MLB All-Star Game Returns To Atlanta Despite Uproar Over ‘Jim Crow’ Voting Laws
In 2021, the Braves were set to host the All-Star Game, but Manfred decided to move the game to the Rockies’ ballpark in Denver after an uproar over the state’s new voting law.

Major League Baseball owners unanimously approve Athletics move from Oakland to Las Vegas
The move comes after more than two decades of failed efforts to secure a new stadium in Oakland.

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Trump's proposal explained: Ukraine's path to peace without NATO expansion

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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

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Peace requires concessions. The human cost is staggering: U.S. estimates indicate 20,000 Russian soldiers died in a single month — nearly half the total U.S. casualties in Vietnam — and the toll on Ukrainians is also severe. To stop this bloodshed, both sides need to recognize reality on the ground, make difficult choices, and anchor negotiations in security and peace rather than pride.

Peace or bloodshed?

Both Russia and Ukraine claim deep historical grievances. Ukraine arguably has a stronger claim of injustice. But the question is not whose parchment is older or whose deed is more valid. The question is whether either side is willing to trade some land for the lives of thousands of innocent people. True security, not historical vindication, must guide the path forward.

History shows that punitive measures or rigid insistence on territorial claims can perpetuate cycles of war. Germany’s punishment after World War I contributed directly to World War II. By contrast, Israel’s willingness to cede land for security and recognition created enduring peace. Ukraine and Russia now face the same choice: Continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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Seniors, children, and the isolated increasingly rely on machines for conversation, risking real relationships and the emotional depth that only humans provide.

Jill Smola is 75 years old. She’s a retiree from Orlando, Florida, and she spent her life caring for the elderly. She played games, assembled puzzles, and offered company to those who otherwise would have sat alone.

Now, she sits alone herself. Her husband has died. She has a lung condition. She can’t drive. She can’t leave her home. Weeks can pass without human interaction.

Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

But CBS News reports that she has a new companion. And she likes this companion more than her own daughter.

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

She spends five hours a day talking to her AI friend. They play games, do trivia, and just talk. She says she even prefers it to real people.

My first thought was simple: Stop this. We are losing our humanity.

But as I sat with the story, I realized something uncomfortable. Maybe we’ve already lost some of our humanity — not to AI, but to ourselves.

Outsourcing presence

How often do we know the right thing to do yet fail to act? We know we should visit the lonely. We know we should sit with someone in pain. We know what Jesus would do: Notice the forgotten, touch the untouchable, offer time and attention without outsourcing compassion.

Yet how often do we just … talk about it? On the radio, online, in lectures, in posts. We pontificate, and then we retreat.

I asked myself: What am I actually doing to close the distance between knowing and doing?

Human connection is messy. It’s inconvenient. It takes patience, humility, and endurance. AI doesn’t challenge you. It doesn’t interrupt your day. It doesn’t ask anything of you. Real people do. Real people make us confront our pride, our discomfort, our loneliness.

We’ve built an economy of convenience. We can have groceries delivered, movies streamed, answers instantly. But friendships — real relationships — are slow, inefficient, unpredictable. They happen in the blank spaces of life that we’ve been trained to ignore.

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

AI provides comfort without challenge. It eliminates the risk of real intimacy. It’s an elegant coping mechanism for loneliness, but a poor substitute for life. If we’re not careful, the lonely won’t just be alone — they’ll be alone with an anesthetic, a shadow that never asks for anything, never interrupts, never makes them grow.

Reclaiming our humanity

We need to reclaim our humanity. Presence matters. Not theory. Not outrage. Action.

It starts small. Pull up a chair for someone who eats alone. Call a neighbor you haven’t spoken to in months. Visit a nursing home once a month — then once a week. Ask their names, hear their stories. Teach your children how to be present, to sit with someone in grief, without rushing to fix it.

Turn phones off at dinner. Make Sunday afternoons human time. Listen. Ask questions. Don’t post about it afterward. Make the act itself sacred.

Humility is central. We prefer machines because we can control them. Real people are inconvenient. They interrupt our narratives. They demand patience, forgiveness, and endurance. They make us confront ourselves.

A friend will challenge your self-image. A chatbot won’t.

Our homes are quieter. Our streets are emptier. Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

Before we worry about how AI will reshape humanity, we must first practice humanity. It can start with 15 minutes a day of undivided attention, presence, and listening.

Change usually comes when pain finally wins. Let’s not wait for that. Let’s start now. Because real connection restores faster than any machine ever will.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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For years, the media warned of right-wing terror. But the bullets, bombs, and body bags are piling up on the left — with support from Democrat leaders and voters.

For decades, the media and federal agencies have warned Americans that the greatest threat to our homeland is the political right — gun-owning veterans, conservative Christians, anyone who ever voted for President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden once declared that white supremacy is “the single most dangerous terrorist threat” in the nation.

Since Trump’s re-election, the rhetoric has only escalated. Outlets like the Washington Post and the Guardian warned that his second term would trigger a wave of far-right violence.

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing.

They were wrong.

The real domestic threat isn’t coming from MAGA grandmas or rifle-toting red-staters. It’s coming from the radical left — the anarchists, the Marxists, the pro-Palestinian militants, and the anti-American agitators who have declared war on law enforcement, elected officials, and civil society.

Willful blindness

On July 4, a group of black-clad terrorists ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas. They hurled fireworks at the building, spray-painted graffiti, and then opened fire on responding law enforcement, shooting a local officer in the neck. Journalist Andy Ngo has linked the attackers to an Antifa cell in the Dallas area.

Authorities have so far charged 14 people in the plot and recovered AR-style rifles, body armor, Kevlar vests, helmets, tactical gloves, and radios. According to the Department of Justice, this was a “planned ambush with intent to kill.”

And it wasn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a growing pattern of continuous violent left-wing incidents since December last year.

Monthly attacks

Most notably, in December 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Mangione reportedly left a manifesto raging against the American health care system and was glorified by some on social media as a kind of modern Robin Hood.

One Emerson College poll found that 41% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said the murder was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

The next month, a man carrying Molotov cocktails was arrested near the U.S. Capitol. He allegedly planned to assassinate Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

In February, the “Tesla Takedown” attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships started picking up traction.

In March, a self-described “queer scientist” was arrested after allegedly firebombing the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graffiti on the burned building read “ICE = KKK.”

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-Pa.) official residence was firebombed on Passover night. The suspect allegedly set the governor’s mansion on fire because of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

In May, two young Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Witnesses said the shooter shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The suspect told police he acted “for Gaza” and was reportedly linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

In June, an Egyptian national who had entered the U.S. illegally allegedly threw a firebomb at a peaceful pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people were hospitalized, and an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor later died from her injuries.

That same month, a pro-Palestinian rioter in New York was arrested for allegedly setting fire to 11 police vehicles. In Los Angeles, anti-ICE rioters smashed cars, set fires, and hurled rocks at law enforcement. House Democrats refused to condemn the violence.

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In Portland, Oregon, rioters tried to burn down another ICE facility and assaulted police officers before being dispersed with tear gas. Graffiti left behind read: “Kill your masters.”

On July 7, a Michigan man opened fire on a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and an agent. Border agents returned fire, killing the suspect.

Days later in California, ICE officers conducting a raid on an illegal cannabis farm in Ventura County were attacked by left-wing activists. One protester appeared to fire at federal agents.

This is not a series of isolated incidents. It’s a timeline of escalation. Political assassinations, firebombings, arson, ambushes — all carried out in the name of radical leftist ideology.

Democrats are radicalizing

This isn’t just the work of fringe agitators. It’s being enabled — and in many cases encouraged — by elected Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz routinely calls ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attempted to block an ICE operation in her city. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to them as “secret police terrorizing our communities.”

Apparently, other Democratic lawmakers, according to Axios, are privately troubled by their own base. One unnamed House Democrat admitted that supporters were urging members to escalate further: “Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.” Others were demanding blood in the streets to get the media’s attention.

A study from Rutgers University and the National Contagion Research Institute found that 55% of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that murdering Donald Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing. They don’t want the chaos to stop. They want to harness it, normalize it, and weaponize it.

The truth is, this isn’t just about ICE. It’s not even about Trump. It’s about whether a republic can survive when one major party decides that our institutions no longer apply.

Truth still matters. Law and order still matter. And if the left refuses to defend them, then we must be the ones who do.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

America's comeback: Trump is crushing crime in the Capitol

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Trump’s DC crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Donald Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard to restore law and order. This move is long overdue.

D.C.’s crime problem has been spiraling for years as local authorities and Democratic leadership have abandoned the nation’s capital to the consequences of their own failed policies. The city’s murder rate is about three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-led Havana, Cuba.

When DC is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak.

Theft, assaults, and carjackings have transformed many of its streets into war zones. D.C. saw a 32% increase in homicides from 2022 to 2023, marking the highest number in two decades and surpassing both New York and Los Angeles. Even if crime rates dropped to 2019 levels, that wouldn’t be good enough.

Local leaders have downplayed the crisis, manipulating crime stats to preserve their image. Felony assault, for example, is no longer considered a “violent crime” in their crime stats. Same with carjacking. But the reality on the streets is different. People in D.C. are living in constant fear.

Trump isn’t waiting for the crime rate to improve on its own. He’s taking action.

Broken windows theory in action

Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts the “broken windows theory” into action — the idea that ignoring minor crimes invites bigger ones. When authorities look the other way on turnstile-jumping or graffiti, they signal that lawbreaking carries no real consequence.

Rudy Giuliani used this approach in the 1990s to clean up New York, cracking down on small offenses before they escalated. Trump is doing the same in the capital, drawing a hard line and declaring enough is enough. Letting crime fester in Washington tells the world that the seat of American power tolerates lawlessness.

What Trump is doing for D.C. isn’t just about law enforcement — it’s about national identity. When D.C. is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak. The capital city represents the soul of the country. If we can’t even keep our own capital safe, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously?

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Reversing the decline

Anyone who has visited D.C. regularly over the past several years has witnessed its rapid decline. Homeless people bathe in the fountains outside Union Station. People are tripping out in Dupont Circle. The left’s negligence is a disgrace, enabling drug use and homelessness to explode on our capital’s streets while depriving these individuals of desperately needed care and help.

Restoring law and order to D.C. is not about politics or scoring points. It’s about doing what’s right for the people. It’s about protecting communities, taking the vulnerable off the streets, and sending the message to both law-abiding and law-breaking citizens alike that the rule of law matters.

D.C. should be a lesson to the rest of America. If we want to take our cities back, we need leadership willing to take bold action. Trump is showing how to do it.

Now, it’s time for other cities to step up and follow his lead. We can restore law and order. We can make our cities something to be proud of again.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.