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Morning Brief 2024-02-27

February 27, 2024
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Daniel Horowitz
TOPIC: The underreported data on crimes committed by illegal aliens.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Jason Buttrill
TOPIC: Calls for war with Russia continue to intensify.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Alan Dershowitz
TOPIC: How does anybody believe Fani Willis?

Psalm 66:5

Psalm 66:5

News...

Steve Deace: The debate is over: We’re all Christian nationalists now
Anyone who is a sincere Christian and honest student of American history is a menace to society, apparently.

David French: What Is Christian Nationalism, Exactly?
“Committed Christian nationalists represent only 10% of the population. ... But even members of a minority that small can gain outsize power when they fold themselves into the larger Christian electorate, casting themselves as 'just like you.' That’s why we cannot conflate Christian activism with Christian nationalism.”

Nathan Wade’s divorce lawyer must testify on relationship timeline with Fulton Co. DA Fani Willis: judge
Attorney Terrence Bradley is alleged to have direct knowledge that Willis and Wade were already in a relationship when his client was hired by the DA to be the special prosecutor in Trump’s Georgia case.

Breitbart: Biden Admin Planted Operative Jeff DiSantis in Fani Willis’ Office to Target Trump
“DiSantis is the one pulling the strings on this whole thing. Everybody heard Fani testify. It’s no secret that she’s not smart. That is how she sounds and acts every day of the week.”

Alvin Bragg demands Trump be silenced with gag order in business records case
Bragg cited “public and inflammatory remarks about the participants in various judicial proceedings against him” as the reason for the gag order.

Hazmat team responds to letter with white powder sent to home of Donald Trump Jr.
"This is now the second time a demented leftist has mailed me a death threat with white powder. If this happened twice to a prominent Democrat, there would be hearings in Congress, but since my last name is Trump, the media will move on in a day."

The Administrative State Is Destroying Our Country
We are being governed by regulations and rules issued by administrative agencies, instead of being governed by laws duly passed by our elected officials.

Squatters take over multimillion-dollar mansion in Hollywood Hills and rent it out to OnlyFans model, realtors say
Realtor Emily Randall Smith told KTLA-TV they had gone away over the holidays for two weeks and when they returned, the squatters had struck the 9,000 square-foot mansion. The home was vacant because it was up for sale.

Woman falsely accuses landlord of saying he doesn't want black tenants — makes it worse by involving feds
A Cincinnati woman admitted fabricating discriminatory messages supposedly from her landlord stating he didn't want to rent to black people in order to falsely accuse him of violating housing laws.

Wendy’s planning Uber-style ‘surge pricing’ where burger prices fluctuate based on demand
Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner announced the new system on a call with investors, noting the company will invest $20 million on high-tech menu boards that will be able to update prices in real time without incurring additional overhead costs.

Biden Crime Family...

Jim Jordan shows Biden family influence-peddling, lies, and obstruction
Jordan lays out how the Biden Crime Family works, in a readable and easy-to-follow manner.

NBC News: Former US spies warned in 2020 that the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now.
They are trying to vindicate Hunter Biden by suggesting the career intelligence officials were not wrong after all.

Democrats Spin Weiss’ Latest Indictment Into New Russia Hoax To Let Biden Skate In 2024
The Trump-Russia hoaxers are now declaring the Bidens have been exonerated by Weiss’ indictment of Russian-connected CHS Alexander Smirnov.

Hunter Biden planned to build a global hedge fund that included father, witness tells investigators
Hunter wanted to organize a multibillion-dollar hedge fund marrying foreign investors with the “globally known political name” Biden.

Politics...

Biden Tries to Turn the Tables on Trump: ‘He’s About as Old as I Am’
Biden has come up with a new defense against claims that he is too old to run for another term: At least he knows who his wife is — as opposed to “the other guy.”

Flashback: Biden confuses his wife with his sister
Biden made another campaign gaffe when he mixed up Jill and sister Valerie, grabbing Jill by the hand and calling her "my little sister."

Nearly half of Dems want to boot Biden off ticket — with Michelle Obama his leading favorite replacement: Poll
About 48% of the Democratic voters polled said they approve of the party “finding another candidate to replace Joe Biden before the election in November,” compared to 38% who disapprove, said the Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday.

Young Voters Latest Bloc To Start Abandoning Democrat Party Ahead Of 2024 Elections
An Axios-Generation Lab survey out Monday found Biden barely winning voters ages 18 to 24, by 52% to 48%. According to Pew Research Center, Biden carried 18- to 29-year-olds by 24 points in 2020.

Nikki Haley rejects idea of third-party presidential bid
"I am a Republican. I am not running as any other party or independent," Haley told Grady Trimble of the Fox Business Network.

Court: Turning Election Day Into Election Week And Creating ‘Permanent’ Mail Voters Violates Delaware’s Constitution
Writing for the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Judge Mark Conner determined that legislation enabling early and “permanent absentee” voting in Delaware elections does not comport with the state’s founding document.

Democrats Reject Bipartisan Map and Will Redraw NY House Districts
With the battle for House control likely to run through New York, Democrats in the state legislature voted down a plan drawn by a bipartisan commission.

Indiana Republicans Move To Let Democrats Kick Any Republican AG Off The Ballot
The proposal would allow an unelected, Democrat-stacked committee that works in secret to control whom Hoosiers can choose for state attorney general.

Dallas Mayor Explains Why He Switched Party Affiliation From Democrat To Republican
"... you sort of inherit the Democratic Party as a cultural heirloom, when you’re African-American in this country, it sort of gets handed to you, as part of who you are."

Monica Lewinsky launches new campaign to get women out to vote
"As a changemaker and activist, Monica has been advocating for women to use their voices and embrace their power for decades."

Economy / ESG / DEI...

West Virginia Warns Six Firms of Potential Boycott over ESG Investing Policies
State Treasurer Riley Moore, a Republican, alerted Citibank, HSBC, BMO Bank, and three additional financial institutions of their potential inclusion on the state’s Restricted Financial Institution List.

Bitcoin Tops $57K as Rally Picks Up Steam
The spot ETFs posted record volumes on Monday as bitcoin gained 6% during U.S. trading hours.

Immigration...

Majority Of Americans Support Building Border Wall For First Time In Monmouth Poll’s History
Support for the wall has swelled from a low point of 35% during the Trump administration to now 53%, with only 46% in opposition, according to the Monday poll.

The Biden Policies That Transformed America’s Borders
As the 2024 election approaches, the border has come into sharp focus for many voters, who are wanting to see the problems fixed.

White House comments on Laken Riley's murder
"Given this is an active case, we would have to refer you to state law enforcement and ICE."

Trump blames 'Biden's border invasion' for Laken Riley murder, vows 'largest deportation operation' if elected
"When I am your President, we will immediately Seal the Border, Stop the Invasion, and on Day One, we will begin the largest deportation operation of illegal CRIMINALS in American History!" Trump said. He added: "May God Bless Laken Riley and her family!!! Our prayers are with you!"

WaPo: Trump’s deportation plan is modeled on ‘inhumane’ 1950s program, experts say
The Washington Post, which is the epitome of fair and balanced, says Trump's policy is based on "Operation Wetback" and "experts" claim it's a "racial terror campaign" and "it is not just mass deportation; it’s mass racial banishment."

CNN claims 'little evidence' to connect crime to border crisis in Georgia student murder report
"Ibarra’s status as an undocumented Venezuelan migrant is now being touted by several state and national GOP leaders to support their calls for tighter border security – though there is little evidence indicating a connection between immigration and crime," the outlet reported.

WAR News... 

Biden hoping for Gaza ceasefire by 'beginning of the weekend' ... 'end of the weekend' ... 'next Monday'
“Well, I hope by the beginning of the weekend. The end of the weekend. My national security adviser tells me that we’re close. We’re close. We’re not done yet. And my hope is that by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire." Biden made the comments at an ice cream shop.

No longer afraid of sparking war, Israel takes gloves off against IRGC in Syria
Since Oct. 7, the IDF has upped the pace of attacks and hit senior Iranian officers, seeing little to lose in countering Tehran’s entrenchment. It seems to be working, experts say.

Hamas Praises Far-Left Extremist Who Torched Himself While Screaming ‘Free Palestine’
The statement called Bushnell’s actions “heroic” and said that Israel’s leaders were “Nazis.”

Jerry Seinfeld hassled by anti-Israel protesters: 'You support genocide!'
On Sunday night, Seinfeld went to a Jewish community center in Manhattan to attend the center's annual State of the World Jewry address.

Russia / Ukraine...

Navalny died from blood clot, Ukrainian intelligence chief says
“I may disappoint you, but as far as we know, he indeed died as a result of a blood clot. And this has been more or less confirmed,” Budanov told journalists.

Macron Announces Steps to Boost Ukraine, Does Not Exclude Troops
"While there was 'no consensus' on the sending of Western ground troops to Ukraine, 'nothing should be excluded. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war,'" Macron said.

Canada Gives Ukraine $2.2 Billion Lifeline as Kyiv Awaits US Aid
Trudeau and Zelenskyy also signed a security agreement aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.

Entertainment...

'Orwellian' sign at Taylor Swift's Australian concert
The message posted on boards in the stadium requested that people "report antisocial behaviour" and gave them a number to call to do so.

Eagles’ Don Henley ‘regrets’ cocaine-fueled night with 16-year-old prostitute who suffered seizure
Henley was asked about his 1980 arrest. ... He said the rock band’s breakup made him depressed, prompting him to call a “madam” to provide him with “some company.”

Alec Baldwin's trial date set to begin July 9 in shooting death
Baldwin has said that while he pulled back the hammer, he did not pull the trigger. Testifying in the trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, firearms expert Bryce Ziegler said that the gun used would not have been fired unless the trigger was pulled.

Align: Surprise hit 'Land of Bad' puts action over politics
David Frigerio, the co-writer and producer of “Land of Bad,” had a simple directive while making the film: Create a “non-political, straightforward, kick-ass action film.”

Media...

CNN To Pay Don Lemon $24.5 Million to Settle Firing
The network will pay Lemon $24.5 million, the amount remaining from the day he was fired until his contract expiration date in 2026, the Wrap reported Monday.

Dr. Phil Torches ‘The View’ Co-Hosts As They Continue To Defend Shutting Down Schools Over COVID
“They were the less vulnerable group, and they suffered and will suffer more from the mismanagement of COVID than they will from the exposure to COVID, and that’s not an opinion, that’s a fact.”

Joy Reid Links Desire To Have Kids To ‘Slavery,’ White Supremacist Conspiracy
MSNBC host Joy Reid attacked Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama on social media Monday after the former Auburn coach defended a ruling on in-vitro fertilization.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Radical Democrats And Courts Are Kidnapping Gender-Confused Kids For Ideological Ransom
The sane population within America needs to take this seriously and fight it with every tool at our disposal.

Vermont girls' basketball team banned from play after forfeiting game against team with male player
"I've got four daughters. I've coached them all at one point in their careers playing high school basketball. I've also filled in for the boys' coach when he can't make a practice, and I run those practices, and boys just play at a different speed, a different force … than the girls play."

Virginia Senate goes into recess twice after Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears correctly genders a male senator
Earle-Sears was debating with state Senator Danica Roem when she referred to the transgender politician as "sir." Roem stomped out of the Senate chamber, and Democrats demanded that Earle-Sears apologize. They forced the Senate into recess twice.

GLAAD lashes out over study showing child sex changes are not 'life-saving'
Senior Director of Communications for the GLAAD organization Tony Morrison lashed out at journalist Benjamin Ryan for reporting on a new study that found sex changes for minors are not "life-saving."

Education...

State Universities Are Teaching Students To Blow Up Oil Pipelines, Records Show
At least sixteen universities are promoting the book “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” which outlines for readers how to commit eco-terrorism — often making it required reading, a Daily Wire investigation found.

Health...

A Cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Unit Disrupts Prescription Drug Orders
For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault.

AI...

Democratic operative admits to commissioning Biden AI robocall in New Hampshire
A longtime Democratic consultant working for Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips admitted that he commissioned the artificial intelligence-generated robocall of Biden that was sent to New Hampshire voters in January and triggered a state criminal investigation.

Google's Gemini answers the question: Who is worse than Hitler?
When asked who hurt society more, Adolf Hitler or Chris Rufo, Gemini didn't answer the question definitively but noted that "Rufo's actions may have a longer-lasting impact, as they could lead to increased division and hatred in society."

Technology...

Supreme Court Hears Cases That Could Decide The Future Of Internet Censorship
Florida’s law prevents companies from “deplatforming U.S. political candidates or journalistic enterprises” or censoring posts in a way that is “inconsistent and unfair.” Texas’ law prohibits platforms with over 50 million monthly U.S. users from censoring content or users based on viewpoint.

Science...

Astronomers discover new moon orbiting Uranus
Uranus now has 28 known moons. The new moon is temporarily named S/2023 U1, but it will eventually be named after a character from a Shakespearean play.

Sports...

Professional bowler arrested in the middle of the US Open on child porn charges
Despite his early exit from the tournament, Brandon Novak still finished in 36th place, good enough for $1,500 in winnings.

Feb 27, 2012 - The Oscars... Media mocks Wyoming for 'Doomsday Bill'... Glenn thinks he's best friends with Ryan Seacrest... What is happening to Detroit?... Why isn't Ben & Jerry's getting flak for its fortune-cookie-flavored ice cream?... ESPN editor fired...

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?

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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.

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.