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Morning Brief 2024-01-25

January 25, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Tammy Nobles
TOPIC: Mother is suing the DHS for her daughter's alleged killing by a gang member who entered the U.S. illegally.

Acts 16:18

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News...

Glenn Beck: Should Texans defy the Supreme Court to protect our borders?
I know there are a lot of people saying that this ruling is out of line and that we should ignore the Supreme Court. But that makes us no different from the Biden administration. We would become them. On the other hand, what else are we going to do?

This J6 Defendant Was Thanked For Helping Officers At The Riot. Now Prosecutors Want Him Locked Up For 17 Years
Sarah McAbee’s husband, a former sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee, was incarcerated for 26 months before he was given a trial for his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. “And clearly it wasn’t a jury of his peers,” McAbee said.

The Big Lie of the January 6 'insurrection' is falling apart before our eyes.
Video of the Secret Service's lackadaisical response to a reported pipe bomb in the vicinity of the VP raises questions in the official narrative that could unravel the entire Capitol riot story.

After Abortion Amendment Plot, Democrats Are Coming For Ohio’s Elections Next
Democrats’ new, deceptively named “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” initiative aims not only to repeal the state’s recently enacted voter ID requirements but also to jam numerous leftist wish-list voting practices into the Ohio Constitution.

Judge Previously Removed Fani Willis From 2020 Election Case For Political Bias
Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney prohibited Willis from building a case against Republican state Sen. Burt Jones, who was running for lieutenant governor at the time, after Willis hosted a fundraiser for Democratic candidate Charlie Bailey in his runoff race.

Appeals Court: FBI's Safe-Deposit Box Seizures Violated Fourth Amendment
The FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when its agents rifled through the contents of more than 700 safe-deposit boxes in the aftermath of a March 2021 raid.

The Zoomers Are Revolting
A generation that wanted for nothing grows up to hate everything.

Kentucky's 'far-right' utopia: Venture capital-backed real estate startup sets up haven for families fed up
"There is an opportunity for people to build new types of communities built around shared values and the American way of life."

California homeless found living in 20-foot-deep furnished caves full of trash and drugs
Police said they’re continuing to work with local services to get the homeless people out of the caves and into proper housing.

Developers may soon build America's tallest skyscraper in Oklahoma
Developers at a real estate company are adjusting the already ambitious plans to construct the Boardwalk at Bricktown Tower by a few hundred feet to make the building reach 1,907 feet high — which would make it the tallest in the country.

Flashback: How twister-ready is downtown OKC?
In the midst of tornado season in Tornado Alley, how likely is it the central business district of Oklahoma City could be hit? If it did happen, how might downtown fare?

Why Women Are Walking Around Without Pants This Winter
From runways to grocery runs, bottomless looks are everywhere.

Kari Lake vs. GOP...

Arizona GOP chair accuses Kari Lake of trapping him in bribe conversation as he resigns
"I believe she orchestrated this entire situation to have control over the state party," DeWit alleges.

Arizona GOP faces murky future after scandals and subversion
Struggling with the party’s large amount of debt and a shrinking budget, DeWit started his reign by seeking money from national Republicans, but his appeals to the Republican National Committee largely went unanswered.

Politics...

White House comes up with unbelievable excuse after Biden is accused of engaging in full-blown 'election denialism'
"There are only two options here: Either the President doesn’t know who is Governor of Virginia right now, or he's denying the results of Virginia's 2021 election," a Glenn Youngkin spokesman said after Biden told a crowd, "Hello, Virginia — and the real governor, Terry McAuliffe!"

Biden's new campaign chair previously called Republicans a 'bunch of f---ers'
Biden's team announced on Tuesday that Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Biden's deputy chief of staff, would pivot from her White House role to his re-election campaign to help steer its operations.

Sacking Unaccountable Bureaucrats Should Be The Next GOP President’s No. 1 Priority
Democrats’ control of the administrative state is a DEFCON 1-level crisis for our system of government and, by extension, our way of life.

Biden's radical judicial nominee must be blocked
If Sen. Fetterman and Democratic colleagues who claim to oppose anti-Semitism put their votes where their mouths are, they will oppose Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi, a left-wing radical, to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Economy / ESG...

ECB asks some lenders to monitor social media for early signs of bank runs
The European Central Bank has asked some banks to closely monitor activity on social media to detect a worsening in sentiment which could lead to a deposit run, two banking executives with knowledge of the request told Reuters.

Thursday’s GDP report expected to show the U.S. economy at a crossroads
Economic growth likely slowed to its weakest pace in a year and a half to end 2023, possibly setting the stage for a more pronounced slowdown ahead, according to Wall Street economists.

New York public health costs increased 78% over four-year period
Public health is one of the five largest programs that are contributed to by the state’s taxpayers.

Immigration...

Texas Democrat calls on Biden to seize control of Texas National Guard
Rep. Joaquin Castro is calling on President Biden to take control of the Texas National Guard if the state defies a Supreme Court ruling that allows U.S. Border Patrol officers to take down the border barriers.

House Committee Picks Date To Consider Mayorkas Impeachment Articles
The Homeland Security Committee next Tuesday to hold a session to mark up articles of impeachment against the Biden administration official for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

DeSantis Backs Texas As It Fights To Secure Its Border
“If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn’t have been ratified in the first place and Texas would have never joined the union when it did. TX is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it. FL will keep assisting Texas with personnel and assets.”

Ted Cruz Blasts The Supreme Court For Siding With Biden On Texas Border
“What I don’t think the justices have a real appreciation for is how horrifically bad it is, how lawless it is, what the Biden administration is doing,” he continued. “There’s never been a president who refuses to follow the law like Joe Biden did.”

Border Patrol Agents Pour Cold Water On Biden’s Plan To Bring In More Manpower
“No one wants to do this job. It’s thankless, long hours, and then we rarely if ever see the fruits of our labor. We didn’t sign up to be Uber drivers or babysitters just letting tons of aliens in,” one agent told the DCNF.

WAR News... 

0% of West Bank Palestinians Consider Oct. 7 Massacre Illegitimate: Poll
79% percent said the attacks were legitimate, 11% said they were a flawed but legitimate resistance operation, and 4% said they were a legitimate operation that involved heinous or criminal acts. 6% said they don't know, or didn't answer.

Hamas bigwig rejects 2-state solution, says Oct. 7 ‘revived dream to free Palestine’
Qatar-based billionaire Khaled Mashaal remains indifferent to Gaza’s destruction, insists terror group will not relinquish its goals, says recognition of Israel is a red line.

UN chief to sit out Park East Synagogue Holocaust event for first time in 10 years
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will not make his usual appearance at a prominent New York City synagogue’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day event this year.

Biden Admin Considers Backing Out of Syria in Face of Iranian Proxy Attacks: Report
"No matter how such a withdrawal was conducted, it would trigger chaos and a swift surge in terror threats."

Mayor Who Can’t Get a Ceasefire In Own City Calls For One Between Israel And Hamas
Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

Army Reveals It Fired Female Commander in Troubled Brigade After Claims of Sexual Assaults on Male Soldiers
Male victims account for 10% of sexual assault cases in the military, while women make up 6% of sexual harassment offenders.

Entertainment...

Security video raises questions about arrest of country artist Chris Young
The TABC alleged in an arrest affidavit that Young blocked an agent from exiting the venue and was physically aggressive toward him, but security footage appears to show an entirely different chain of events.

Cringe: Hillary Clinton includes '#HillaryBarbie' hashtag while wading into 'Barbie' movie Oscars controversy
"Greta & Margot, While it can sting to win the box office but not take home the gold, your millions of fans love you. You're both so much more than Kenough. #HillaryBarbie," Clinton tweeted.

Only Cultural Marxists And Little Girls Believe ‘Barbie’ Director Is Entitled To An Oscar
The only people under the illusion that "Barbie’s" director and lead actress are entitled to an Oscar are children and leftist zealots who measure art based on its politics.

Jon Stewart returning to 'The Daily Show' through 2024 election as once-a-week host
I can't wait until he makes a sharp, humorous comment or a satirical remark about a current event, political figure, or social issue, then pauses, give an exaggerated look directly into the camera, and then adjusts his collar or tie in a humorous, self-aware manner. That's the best.

Media...

Video: CNN Journalists Give Aid and Comfort to Democrats
CNN is a place where Republicans go to be pestered with stupid questions and Democrats go to smile politely while waiting to answer questions that are actually just comments about how courageous they are.

Ex-CNN reporter Chris Cillizza Claims Biden Never Told Coal Miners To ‘Learn To Code’
Well, technically he's correct, Biden said, "Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well," but he did not say "learn to code," so the joke is on you for doubting the CNN alum.

Canada...

Report: Trudeau Government Used Faked Intelligence To Illegally Frame Protesting Truckers As Violent Extremists
Canadian government used disinformation to invoke the “Emergencies Act” in 2022, then shared it with other “Five Eyes” nations.

Europe...

Right-wing populists could gain control of EU Parliament for first time as voters swing right: Study
Sweeping gains for far-right and Eurosceptic parties could allow a populist right-wing coalition to take control of the European Parliament this year for the first time, a new study finds.

Anti-Semitic acts quadrupled in France last year: Jewish council
CRIF counts 1,676 hate incidents last year, with 13% of those at schools; ‘We are witnessing a rejuvenation of the perpetrators of antisemitic acts,’ reports says.

Middle East...

Saudi Arabia to get first alcohol shop in more than 70 years
Prohibition has been law since 1952, after one of King Abdulaziz's sons drunkenly shot dead a British diplomat.

Environment...

Joe Manchin Says Biden's Energy Policy 'Spits in the Face of Rural America'
Manchin voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, i.e. the New Green Deal, and now is complaining about the consequences of that vote, pretending to be outraged as he ponders his third-party run for president.

Biden administration approves additional $2.5 billion for high-speed rail project
A high-speed passenger train plan connecting Las Vegas and Southern California came one step closer to reality with support from the Biden administration on Tuesday.

Climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation case reveals what critics say is unethical behavior
A decades-long defamation lawsuit by celebrity climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann finally got under way in what some are calling a case that puts climate science on trial.

'The market will decide': Toyota chairman says EVs will never dominate global market even with 'political power'
"No matter how much progress [EVs] make, I think they will still only have a 30% market share. Then, the remaining 70% will be [hybrid vehicles], [hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles], and hydrogen engines," Toyoda said, according to a translation provided by NewsMax.

NYT Climate Reporter Takes Down Post Calling For ‘Truly Radical’ Action After Colleagues Complain
David Gelles touted remarks he made at a dinner in Davos about climate change — but some of his colleagues questioned whether he violated the newspaper’s ethics guidelines.

LGBTQIA2S+...

ADL Alerts Law Enforcement to Matt Walsh, Chris Rufo, Libs of TikTok
The Anti-Defamation League flags “online amplifiers of LGBTQ+ hate” as extremists to be examined by law enforcement, an email obtained by the Oversight Project shows.

Ohio Republicans Ban Child Sex Changes, Boys In Girls’ Sports In Vote Overriding GOP Governor
When Gov. DeWine initially vetoed the bill, he argued that passing the it would hinder parental rights.

Education...

Musk, Shapiro tackle DEI madness at conference
Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro fiercely critiqued DEI practices and the paradox of supporting oppressive groups at a conference. They advocated for a merit-focused approach in universities, challenging the current trend of moral relativism and ideological biases in academia.

University of Wisconsin Students Told 'There Are No Exceptional White People'
First-year law students at the University of Wisconsin were reportedly forced to attend a "re-orientation" that was all about race ... and, apparently, how white people are the worst.

Religion...

The Case for Christian Civilizationism
Christian nationalism has become a bandwagon. For some, that’s reason enough to avoid it. For others, that’s a good reason to jump aboard — in hopes it takes them where they want to go.

Technology...

NYC first to designate social media as environmental toxin
In response to the danger social media poses to the mental health of young people, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued an advisory identifying unrestricted access to and use of social media as a public health hazard.

Feds Will Try Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey for a Third Time
Third time's a charm? Let's hope not. More than five and a half years after journalist and Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey was arrested, federal prosecutors have indicated that they will try him for a third time on the same charges.

Travel...

FAA halts Boeing 737 Max production expansion
“We will not agree to any request from Boeing for an expansion in production or approve additional production lines for the 737 MAX until we are satisfied that the quality control issues uncovered during this process are resolved.”

Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet
About a month before the Max 9 was delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, workers at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash., opened and later reinstalled the panel that would blow off the plane’s body.

Sports...

NFL Adds ‘Night Of Pride’ Super Bowl Event
“A Night of Pride with GLAAD is an evening of music, c**ktails and interview-style conversations with GLAAD, a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change,” the league said. First, the "black" national anthem, now this.

Jan 25, 2010 - McCain-Feingold‎ struck down… Obama's State of the Union will blame GWB for all the nations ills… Glenn is the 2nd-most popular TV personality… Guest Ron Paul… Announcing the Restoring Honor Rally… 8-28-10 in DC…

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.