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Morning Brief 2023-12-13

December 13, 2023
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Aaron Sibarium
TOPIC: Harvard continues to protect its president, Claudine Gay, despite evidence that she broke Harvard’s own code of conduct on plagiarism.

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Mark Levin
TOPIC: Why special counsel Jack Smith is pressuring the Supreme Court to make a decision about President Trump's immunity in January 6 case.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Marlo Oaks
TOPIC: The federal government's new proposed plan to control public and private lands in the name of climate change.

Mark 8:33

Mark 8:33

News...

New poll finds rampant mail-in voting fraud in the 2020 election
It appears likely that more than 14 million ballots cast in 2020 were fraudulent.

Jack Smith Says He Knows When Trump’s Phone Was Unlocked & When the Twitter App Was Open on Jan. 6
Federal investigators probing the 2020 presidential election reportedly obtained phone records from the White House. The disclosure suggests the records could serve as evidence in the forthcoming trial.

Ten revelations that changed Americans' understanding of events on Jan. 6
These Jan. 6 story developments show that there are still unanswered questions about the riot itself, law enforcement response, and the investigations in the aftermath.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Says Biden Giving Federal Agencies 'The Green Light To Go After' Elon Musk
The FCC has rejected Starlink’s request for an $885 million subsidy, a decision that has sparked controversy, especially among its commissioners. Brendan Carr, an FCC commissioner, suggested the decision is politically motivated and not based on objective legal, factual, or policy grounds.

House Proposal Would Expand Federal Warrantless Spying Authority
One bill set to be considered would grow the scope of federal digital surveillance and would authorize the federal government to use those powers against more individuals.

Foreign-run organized theft rings ravaging US retail stores with immigrant shoplifters: FBI
Federal investigators have tracked major retail theft incidents back to criminal organizations in Europe and South America that send non-U.S. citizens into the United States with the sole objective of stealing.

Major pharmacies release customer medical records to police without warrants
Rite Aid, CVS Health, and Kroger representatives said the companies allow pharmacy staff members to give law enforcement officers the medical records of customers, including prescription history, in stores without proof of a warrant.

Illinois Agrees Not To Enforce Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
The law would have allowed the state’s attorney general to investigate alleged consumer fraud against crisis pregnancy centers that speak out about health risks and abortion.

San Francisco Democratic supervisor blames capitalism for city's drug and homelessness crisis
Dean Preston said what is occurring “is absolutely the result of capitalism and what happens in capitalism to the people at the bottom rungs.”

Doritos-flavored alcoholic beverage to be released
"Empirical x Doritos captures all the indulgent flavors of your favorite Nacho Cheese in liquid form," Empirical states.

'It went through my testicle into my butt cheek': Man shot in groin by ex, says he still loves her
Tonya "wanted me to take a walk with her, and I found out she had a pistol with her. She said it was a pellet gun, and I said, ‘Let me see it because I’m not going anywhere with you if you got a gun,’ and she pulled it out and shot me.’"

Biden Crime Family...

Joe Biden Leads Were ‘Off The Table’ During Hunter Biden Investigation, IRS Whistleblowers Testify
IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler testified Dec. 5 before the House Ways and Means Committee and described how they “weren’t allowed” to look into leads potentially implicating Joe Biden, according to testimony excerpts released Thursday by the committee.

House GOP sets up impeachment floor vote; says Biden 'stonewalling' investigations
House Republicans are planning to move forward with holding a formal vote on the impeachment inquiry against President Biden on Wednesday.

NY Times: Urged on by Trump, House Republicans Embrace Biden Impeachment Inquiry
The House vote to authorize a formal investigation reflects a political shift among Republicans and the success of a push by Trump.

Politics...

Government Unions Spent Over Half A Billion Dollars Backing Democrats, The Left During Midterm Elections: Report
The four largest public sector unions spent nearly $700 million backing Democrats and leftist causes during last year’s elections, with nearly 60% of the funds coming from union dues, according to an analysis of spending by the Commonwealth Foundation.

As Trump widens his lead, the Biden administration steps up efforts to imprison its chief political rival
Two things are true today. Trump's polling has never been better, and Jack Smith is in a rush to put Trump on trial.

Biden gets bad news as one-fifth of black voters say they want another option
Nearly one-fifth of the respondents, 17%, said they would vote for Trump over Biden, while 20% said they would vote for a third-party candidate instead of the two front-runners if the election were held today.

Reuters poll: Biden holds 4-point lead in seven 2020 battleground states
Biden holds a 4-point lead over Trump in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Michigan among those "who said they were sure to vote" in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday.

Bill Clinton ripped Hillary's 2016 campaign in vulgar outburst, new book claims
"Former president Bill Clinton, surveying the landscape and the ham-handed efforts at identity politics, was bereft, lamenting to a longtime friend in the fall of 2016 that Hillary's campaign 'could not sell p**** on a troop train,'" Ryan Grim wrote.

Mike Johnson and the 'Christian nationalist' bogeyman
The House speaker’s critics seem to think he is a threat to the republic because he sees his faith as informing his political beliefs. That makes him a typical Christian politician in America.

DeSantis talks saving Israel, Social Security, and uniting the country at CNN town hall
DeSantis blamed worldwide criticism of Israel on anti-Semitism, turning his focus on the U.N. in particular. As for civilian casualties, he blamed them entirely on Hamas for putting people in harm's way, saying Hamas intends to carry out a "second Holocaust."

Pro-life Democrat presidential candidate Terrisa Bukovinac to air gruesome abortion ad on NBC
The Bukovinac campaign announced that its ad will begin airing in the Boston/New Hampshire market on NBC in Boston during "The Jimmy Fallon Show."

Economy / ESG...

Carol Roth: 32 million small businesses are about to get blindsided
Have you heard of the Corporate Transparency Act? Most of the estimated 32 million small business owners, including sole proprietors, whom the new law affects have not. It was just recently put on my radar by a handful of people — quite a shock for a measure that takes effect at the start of the new year!

These 3 States Could See Housing Market Crash Next Year
Real estate markets in Illinois, New Jersey, and California are at risk of downturn next year due to higher levels of foreclosures, unemployment, and underwater mortgages.

Israel at War... 

Biden: ‘Indiscriminate’ bombing costing Israel support, Netanyahu ‘has to change’
Biden on Tuesday went after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his hard-line coalition over their opposition to a two-state solution, while warning that Israel was losing global support due to its “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.

IDF has begun pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels in Gaza
Environmentalists and some U.S. officials have voiced concern.

Biden expresses doubts about Israel's plan to flood Hamas tunnels
"There are assertions being made that they're quite sure there are no hostages in any of these tunnels, but I don't know that for a fact," Biden said.

Iran Threatens ‘Big Explosion’ In Middle East If Israel Continues To Kill Terrorists
“At any moment there is a possibility of a big explosion in the region, one not controllable by any party.”

Turkish Lawmaker Declares Israel Cannot ‘Escape The Wrath Of God,’ Instantly Collapses From Heart Attack
Turkish officials later said that “during angiography, it was seen that two main veins were completely blocked, and after the intervention did not yield any results, he was connected to a heart-lung pump.”

UN to host panel asking if Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The event titled “2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide” was organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

Hamas Officials Begin To Flee Foreign Countries Amid Fears That Israel Is About To Kill Them
Several Hamas leaders have left for “an unknown destination, turning off their phones and not accepting calls,” according to a new report.

Do shocking student views on Israel massacre reveal a generation flirting with barbarism?
A new poll finding wide support for Hamas among young Americans prompts examination of whether college campuses and media are fostering dangerous ignorance or even moral corruption.

Yale dining halls removed 'Israeli' from name of longtime food item
It seems dining halls at Yale University this week removed the word "Israeli" from the name "Israeli Couscous Salad with Spinach and Tomatoes."

'Worst Christmas ever' in birthplace of Jesus as impact of war empties Bethlehem
Bethlehem is heavily reliant for income and jobs on visitors from all over the world who come to see the Church of the Nativity.

Ukraine / Russia...

NY Times: Republicans have intertwined the subject of aid to Ukraine with an intractable domestic political dispute over border security
The Ukrainian president delivered an urgent plea for more help for his country in its fight against Russia, only to be told by Republicans that his challenges were not their focus.

Biden gives another $200 million to Ukraine
Biden announced that he had signed a $200 million drawdown from the Department of Defense that would be "coming shortly."

Russian Forces Claim 'Significant' Advance in Southern Ukraine
Kyiv's recapture of Robotyne in August was touted as one of the successes of its counteroffensive. But Ukraine's push to regain territory lost to Moscow has since stalled.

Russia says it's working on major new agreement with Iran
Like North Korea, Iran is an avowed enemy of the United States and can provide Moscow with military hardware for its war in Ukraine.

Mexico...

Cartel leaders go on killing rampage to hunt down corrupt officers who stole drug shipment in Tijuana
According to prosecutors, around six local and state police officers drummed up a plot to steal a large shipment of drugs in Tijuana from a warehouse where they believed the drugs to have been stored.

Entertainment...

Barack and Michelle Obama blasted over movie they produced in which character warns against trusting 'white people'
The movie shows a mixed-race daughter telling her black father, "I'm asking you to remember that if the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily to anyone, especially white people — even mom would agree with me on that."

Tone-deaf ‘SNL’ opener proves how little cultural capital the show has now
“Our job is, whoever is in power, we’re opposed,” Lorne Michaels told the New York Times in 2008. That may be the job, but their passion has been pleasuring the left regardless of who is in charge.

Media...

Media Matters sues Texas attorney general over response to Elon Musk dispute
In a complaint filed in federal court Monday, Media Matters asked a judge to determine whether Attorney General Ken Paxton violated its constitutional rights.

Author loses book deal after creating fake Goodreads accounts to slam rival non-white writers
A debut young adult novelist was dropped by her publisher and forced to apologize after she was caught creating fake Goodreads accounts to “one-star” bomb her non-white rivals while offering lavish praise on her own tome.

Environment...

Ford dramatically slashes production of electric truck to match 'customer demand'
Ford is now telling dealers it will cut production in half starting next month. Currently, the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn is producing about 3,200 F-150 Lightning trucks per week. After the cut, the plant will make only 1,600 weekly.

LGBTQIA2S+...

‘Queers For Palestine’ Protesters Shut Down Manhattan Bridge
The protesters touted LGBT and trans pride flags while chanting slogans such as “queer, trans, no peace on stolen land” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

HS student answers 'true' that 'only women can get pregnant,' 'all men have penises.' Teacher marks his answers incorrect.
“I keep trying to wrap my head around how it is legal to teach inaccurate information and force students to answer against their beliefs or receive negative scores,” the mother said.

UK politician apologizes for 'transphobic' comments to about opponent: 'A man who wears a wig'
A Conservative Party member has apologized for speaking the truth.

Education...

Harvard Cancels Congressman Who Mocked Harvard Cancellations
It would be one thing if Gay’s commitment to free speech were the real deal. As it is, anyone with a sense of institutional memory knows that Gay doesn’t believe a word she said in Washington.

CNN's Fareed Zakaria: Universities Should Abandon "Long Misadventure Into Politics" And Focus On "Research And Learning"
So schools should focus on education and not politics? What an idea.

School lunch menu to change under bill set to pass House
The bill would allow public schools to serve 2% milk and whole milk, which is 3.25% fat, both of which have been banned since 2012.

Religion...

America’s covenant has frayed — but we can make it whole again
American liberty is inextricably linked to religion and God. But we are becoming a country of spiritually bankrupt cities and purposeless people.

AI...

Pentagon alarmed over China's push to implement AI advances into its military strategies
The revelations could signal the beginning of an AI arms race between the U.S. and China, paving the way for an evolution in military operations for the future.

Google weighs Gemini AI project to tell people their life story using phone data, photos
The idea would be to use AI to ingest search results, spot patterns in a user’s photos, create a chatbot based on a person’s life.

Technology...

Google’s app store has an illegal monopoly, jury determines
A California jury determined Monday that Google’s app store, Google Play, is an illegal monopoly, the New York Post reported.

TikTokkers reveal grocery store life hacks as skyrocketing inflation sees prices nearly double in recent years
Trailblazing TikTokkers share a groundbreaking life hacks, like choosing off-brand groceries over name brands.

San Fran tech CEO accused of forcing assistant to sign 'slave contract'
A Tradeshift co-founder forced his ex-employee to sign the contract just months after hiring her as his executive assistant, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

Science...

Nostradamus’ 2024 predictions revealed
Prince Harry becomes king, China starts a war, climate disaster, and a new pope are expected next year.

DNA Of Three US Presidents To Be Sent To Space
DNA samples from George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy are set to be launched into deep space Dec. 24.

Animals...

Study: Roving Cats Devour Over 2,000 Species
New research finds that free-roaming domestic felines are invasive predators that feast on a staggering array of birds, reptiles, mammals, and even imperiled insects across the globe.

Dec 13, 2012 - Obama's stuttering nonsense... Best and worst Christmas songs... Glenn's most interesting people list... The story of Pat's flying dog... Pelosi Kwanzaa Quiz... Is Glenn destroying 'Glee'?... The GOP is becoming the Whig Party...

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.