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January 02, 2024
Chris Brady

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News...

California’s Sweeping Gun-Carry Restrictions Go Into Effect Despite Court Ruling Them Unconstitutional
Most of California will be off-limits for even licensed gun carriers as the new year begins.

Blue States Prepare To Enact Slew Of Left-Wing Laws In 2024
States like California, Michigan, Illinois, Washington and Colorado are enacting laws pushing LGBTQ issues on their residents, as well as various restrictions to residents’ behavior that attempt to limit emissions or damage to the environment.

Democrats Sought Major Curbs On Gun Rights In 2023
Significant gun-related legislation and jurisprudence was promulgated by Democrats and left-wing judges in 2023, affecting individuals’ rights to own firearms under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Poll: Over 30% of Gen Z voters think Osama bin Laden had good viewpoints
...just over a month after the disturbing TikTok trend, a Daily Mail poll of Americans voters revealed that 31% of young voters believe bin Laden had "good" views

America's Top New Year's Resolutions for 2024
Planning to save more money is the top resolution for 2024.

Farmers concerned about effects of California’s new animal welfare law
A new animal welfare law going into effect in California Jan. 1 that mandates space requirements for pigs, cows and chickens has some livestock farmers on edge.

Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl
Sources stated a nurse had injected patients with tap water to cover up the hospital's misuse of pain medication, including fentanyl.

Police make arrests in 'smash and grab' ring that has stolen almost $500k from Ulta
The recent arrest sheds light on a chaotic series of thefts involving bear spray and shattered displays, highlighting the growing issue of organized retail crime and its impact on businesses and communities.

Florida woman returns home from work to find driveway stolen
A woman returned home to find her driveway gone, caught in a convoluted scam involving fake landlords and defrauded contractors.

Florida woman threatens to kill ex-boyfriend, new girlfriend if they didn't have Christmas threesome with her
"When deputies found Ray, she was inside of a tent put up on her mother’s property."

Florida woman sues Hershey over misleading packaging
Kelly purchased the chocolate pumpkins for $4.49, but later discovered that they did not contain any of the carvings depicted on the label. She is demanding at least $5-million in damages.

Pastor attempted to stick wife’s co-worker’s head into McDonald’s deep fryer: police
The woman was training to be a manager when her employees were “disrespecting” her.

Politics...

Biden's DOJ announces Democrat megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried will not face trial on illegal political donations
Federal prosecutors said they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, citing public interest in a speedy resolution of the case.

Biden Appears To Forget He Loves Ice Cream In Softball Seacrest Interview
Seacrest asked the president to share some of the holiday foods he had been enjoying as he had traveled first to Camp David and then to St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands, over the last week.

Bill Clinton identified more than 50 times in Jeffrey Epstein doc dump
Many of the references to Clinton are believed to stem from Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s attempts to compel the former president to testify against the late sex offender and his former paramour and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Trump leads with Hispanic, youth voters, in first poll of 2024
The USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows Trump winning the Hispanic demographic by 5-points, when accounting for 3rd party votes. In 2020, Trump lost the demographic by 33 points.

RealClearPolling: Trump dominates GOP field with 50-point lead
DeSantis and Haley sit over 50 points behind the former president with 11.2 percent support.

Trump vows to build 'new and spectacular building' for FBI
On Saturday afternoon, Trump declared that he not only wants to keep the FBI headquartered in Washington, D.C., but also wants to construct a "new and spectacular building" for the government agency.

WSJ: Republicans Have a Great Chance to Retake the Senate in 2024
But they did in 2022, too — abortion access, economy and Trump’s legal troubles are seen as unpredictable factors.

Rick Scott and other politicians report being swatted
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and other politicians have recently reported being the targets of swatting, a term that refers to false reports meant to instigate a law enforcement response.

John Fetterman Plays Against Type
His emergence as a pro-Israel 'moderate' hasn’t surprised Pennsylvania political observers.

Economy / ESG / DEI...

Pizza Hut laying off 1,200 delivery drivers in California after state hikes minimum wage
In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill forcing national fast-food chains that operate in California to pay their employees a minimum of $20 per hour.

DEI is on the run
2023 saw more than a dozen states start to take action against the DEI hydra, with six achieving concrete steps that other states should follow.

New Democratic mayor of Akron, Ohio, announces DEI and climate change team in first moves
Shammas Malik designated three new Cabinet officials including a director of diversity, equity, and inclusion and a newly-created director of sustainability and resiliency.

Immigration...

ICE Held Fewer Than 37,000 Illegals In Detention At Close Of 2023 While More Than 6 Million Went Free
While illegal immigration surges at the U.S.-Mexico border, ICE has had thousands of empty detention beds that taxpayers continue to pay to go unfilled, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of agency data.

Biden admin threatens to sue Texas for arresting, deporting illegal immigrants
Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law, slated to go into effect on March 5. The new legislation would make illegal immigration a class B misdemeanor in Texas, allowing local authorities to arrest, detain, prosecute, and deport migrants.

Newsom extends free healthcare to 700,000 illegals despite record budget deficit
California became the first state on Monday to offer comprehensive health insurance to all undocumented immigrants, a plan expected to expand to roughly 700,000 residents living in the Golden State.

Chicago, New York, Denver mayors say cities are almost at capacity amid illegal alien crisis
"All of our cities have reached a point where we are either close to capacity, or nearly out of room," said Mayor Johnson. All three cities' mayors issued a call to action to the White House.

Small Texas Border Town Fire Department Spending $21,000 Per Day Treating Illegals
"There's not a day where we don't go to the river's edge to transport patients, and the city swallows the cost."

WAR News... 

Iran sends warship to Red Sea after US takes out Houthi vessels
The warship passed the Bab el-Mandeb strait and entered the Red Sea on Monday, according to Iranian state media, in a potential escalation of tensions in one of the key shipping routes in the world.

The Biden administration sidesteps Congress in sending weapons to Israel for a second time
“Given the urgency of Israel’s defensive needs, the secretary notified Congress that he had exercised his delegated authority to determine an emergency existed necessitating the immediate approval of the transfer.”

The Biden Administration Is Quietly Shifting Its Strategy in Ukraine
For two years, Biden and Zelensky have been focused on driving Russia from Ukraine. Now Washington is discussing a move to a more defensive posture.

Zelensky Vows to Wreak 'Wrath' Against Russia in 2024
Russia and Ukraine have seen an escalation in strikes in recent days, including unprecedented strikes on the Russian city of Belgorod that killed 24 people on Saturday.

Group that rescues Americans from hot spots preparing for possible Taiwan operation
"There's a lot more Americans in China than there are in Taiwan, even though there's plenty in Taiwan. If you're an American in China [when the war starts], it's also going to be a crummy day."

COVID-19...

The Wuhan Cover-Up: Review of Bobby Kennedy’s Crucial Book
When Bobby Kennedy talked about writing this book a couple of years ago, I asked him, why? Mindful of how the truth about everything Covid (and much else) was being memory-holed, he said he wanted to create an accurate historical record of what happened, for the future.

Bill Maher and Seth MacFarlane cross swords in heated debate over COVID vaccine efficacy
MacFarlane claimed that the theory of natural immunity for COVID-19 was "debunked."

Entertainment...

Disney rated worst major studio after year of record-setting flops for Marvel Cinematic Universe
Disney's year was marred by major box office flops and criticism over forced diversity in films, as reflected in cultural critiques like the "South Park" special episode.

Earliest Mickey Mouse in public domain as ‘Steamboat Willie’ loses copyright
The first versions of the iconic cartoon character entered the public domain in the US on January 1st, 2024.

A new slasher film is turning Mickey Mouse into a killer hours after the character entered public domain
A Winnie the Pooh slasher flick was similarly released after Pooh's copyright expired two years ago.

Tucker 48 car featured in Coppola's film goes up for auction
The car is now due to roll across the auction block with Mecum in January with a price guide of $1,700,000 – $1,900,000 USD.

Green Day changes lyrics of 'American Idiot' to target Trump voters during ABC's New Year's Eve concert
Remember Green Day from the 90s? Well they're still around doing corporate gigs and Democrat fundraisers.

Elon Musk blasts Green Day
"Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it," Musk wrote on X.

Canada...

Lawn signs for Ezra Levant book were illegal election ads, judge rules
Seven public complaints triggered a year-long investigation, during which Levant was interviewed. He called the lawn signs guerrilla marketing to promote a book. The Commissioner of Canada Elections called it illegal, unregistered campaign advertising, designed to oppose the Liberal party.

Middle East...

Mark Levin: Israel's high court kills democracy
A corrupt judicial politburo is the only way Israel's hard left can control governance because it represents just 25% of the voters. No wonder our media is celebrating it.

Africa...

World looks other way as Christians 'killed for sport by jihadists' in Nigeria
While much of the world spent last week celebrating a beginning – Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ – in Nigeria they are mourning the end of life – the deaths of more than 100 Christians – as the world remains virtually silent.

Gay People Bring ‘Curse’ On Nations And Should Be Stoned In Stadiums, African President Says
Evariste Ndayishimiye, the president of Burundi, called for violence against gays during a Friday press conference, claiming that homosexuality bring “a curse” upon any nation that tolerates it.

Environment...

Left-wing climate group is quietly preparing judges for global warming cases
Group is 'preparing the bench to understand the science and ensure justice in the new legal environment'.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Left-wing climate group is quietly preparing judges for global warming cases
Group is 'preparing the bench to understand the science and ensure justice in the new legal environment'.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Disgraced former Biden official Sam Brinton avoids jail in 2023 despite numerous theft charges
In two criminal cases against him, Brinton avoided jail time. A third criminal case and related lawsuit remain ongoing.

Jamie Reed: The Courage to Admit You’re Wrong
When I blew the whistle on a transgender clinic, some suggested I had been ‘brainwashed by the right.’ No. I’m a progressive who follows science.

Conservatives Slam USA Boxing's New Transgender Policy
USA Boxing has updated its policy to allow men to beat up women, and apparently you must be a full blown member of the alt-right to have a problem with that.

Highest ranking trans member of US Space Force says 'inclusion is a national security imperative'
"We fight today and we are going to fight in the future using brain power. And if that brain, who's going to revolutionize the way we fight in space, we fight in cyber just happens to be in a trans body, you should want them all serving alongside me."

MacIntyre: Don’t end the Bud Light boycott
If buying Dana White and Kid Rock is all it takes to end the most effective conservative boycott in history, then conservatives deserve to lose.

Education...

2023 In Review: The Donors That Ditched Harvard — And Those Who Haven’t
While some have pulled their funding, other donors have remained silent on the scandals facing the embattled university.

Harvard President Claudine Gay Hit With Six New Charges Of Plagiarism
Half of Gay’s published works now implicated in growing scandal.

Portland 'woman' arrested for hate crime after swastikas found on Jewish school
Mariana Noel Lynch was arrested on six felonies and four misdemeanor charges.

Health...

Repeat Influenza Vaccination Linked to Higher Risk of Infection: CDC Preprint
Scientists still have questions about the mechanism involved in the increased infection risk among repeat vaccines.

Religion...

The Methodist Church of Great Britain Labels Terms ‘Husband’ and ‘Wife’ Offensive
Has called on its ministers, deacons, and elders to stop using offensive terminology such as “husband” and “wife” to avoid making assumptions that are not “the reality for many people.”

AI...

Google to cut 30,000 jobs amid AI focus
The looming job cuts follow last year’s massive layoff where 12,000 employees were let go, marking the largest layoff in the company’s history.

Technology...

TikTok suppression study is another reason to ban the app
A new study by Rutgers has found that not only is TikTok collecting information about Americans to give to China, but it is also suppressing content that is inconvenient to the CCP.

Libs Of TikTok Says Account Was Suspended From Facebook
"The people’s right to speak the truth will always win out over censors if people stay determined to tell it."

Missing foreign exchange student found safe inside tent in Utah in 'cyber kidnapping'
Perpetrators of this crime tend to target foreign exchange students and victims comply out of fear that their family will be harmed.

Sports...

The 100 Most-Watched Telecasts of 2023
The NFL took 19 of the top 20 spots.

January 2, 2002 - Glenn Beck Program has largest launch in talk show history... New Osama bin Laden tape... Shoe bomber... Rudy Giuliani the Time Magazine Man of the Year... Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve... Stu went to a Madonna concert... Going to the mall... Burning Harry Potter books... Glenn watched the Lord of the Rings...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

Strategic compromise, not absolute victory, often ensures lasting stability.

When has any country been asked to give up land it won in a war? Even if a nation is at fault, the punishment must be measured.

After World War I, Germany, the main aggressor, faced harsh penalties under the Treaty of Versailles. Germans resented the restrictions, and that resentment fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler, ultimately leading to World War II. History teaches that justice for transgressions must avoid creating conditions for future conflict.

Ukraine and Russia must choose to either continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

Russia and Ukraine now stand at a similar crossroads. They can cling to disputed land and prolong a devastating war, or they can make concessions that might secure a lasting peace. The stakes could not be higher: Tens of thousands die each month, and the choice between endless bloodshed and negotiated stability hinges on each side’s willingness to yield.

History offers a guide. In 1967, Israel faced annihilation. Surrounded by hostile armies, the nation fought back and seized large swaths of territory from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. Yet Israel did not seek an empire. It held only the buffer zones needed for survival and returned most of the land. Security and peace, not conquest, drove its decisions.

Peace requires concessions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine will need to “get something” from a peace deal. He’s right. Israel proved that survival outweighs pride. By giving up land in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities, it stopped the cycle of war. Egypt and Israel have not fought in more than 50 years.

Russia and Ukraine now press opposing security demands. Moscow wants a buffer to block NATO. Kyiv, scarred by invasion, seeks NATO membership — a pledge that any attack would trigger collective defense by the United States and Europe.

President Donald Trump and his allies have floated a middle path: an Article 5-style guarantee without full NATO membership. Article 5, the core of NATO’s charter, declares that an attack on one is an attack on all. For Ukraine, such a pledge would act as a powerful deterrent. For Russia, it might be more palatable than NATO expansion to its border

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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.