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Morning Brief 2024-05-15

May 15, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Hugh Ross
TOPIC: What does it mean that the magnetic fields are shifting?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Bret Weinstein
TOPIC: How a solar flare could have WIPED out the grid.


Hosea 11:1

Hosea 11:1

News...

These 4 Texas 'Republicans' voted against school choice
We can vote them out on May 28.

Clinton-appointed judge sentences pro-life rescuer to nearly 5 years in jail over peaceful protest
The Biden DOJ, a D.C. jury, and a Clinton-appointed judge made sure Lauren Handy would pay a steep price for standing up for the unborn.

Telehealth driving abortions up despite state bans
In the 18 months following the Supreme Court's decision that ended federal protection for abortion, the number of abortions in the U.S. has continued to grow.

Hunter Biden IRS Whistleblowers Aren’t Under Investigation, So Why Did Weiss Suggest They Were?
The IRS agents who blew the whistle on the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office for protecting Joe Biden’s son are not under investigation, but those who allegedly retaliated against the whistleblowers are. This revelation follows court filings by David Weiss, which indicated the whistleblowers’ “conduct” was the subject of a possible investigation.

Feds Charge Black Marine For Plotting To Kill ‘Privileged’ White People
"The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles."

Homelessness skyrockets in Nashville as rich Californians are moving in and driving up property prices
Nashville has seen a population boom over the last few years with wealthy out-of-towners flocking to take advantage of cheaper real estate and lower taxes — pricing out locals.

San Francisco residents tackle and detain thief who tried to steal laptop from woman
The man who first tackled the suspect is also running for mayor in San Francisco.

Burglar used stolen credit card to order pizza and have it delivered to his home, St. Louis police say
He later unsuccessfully attempted to escape from authorities on an electric scooter.

Lottery winner sued by his family after reneging on promise to share $1.35 billion windfall
"I made the mistake of telling my father that I had won the lottery without having him sign a confidentiality agreement. Our relationship deteriorated quickly thereafter."

Banana Republic...

What Must The Jury Be Thinking About Why Trump Is On Trial?
As Trump's trial enters its fourth week, the resources Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is dedicating to the case are drawing notice, given the city's low crime clearance rates, high recidivism, and frequent dismissal of misdemeanor assault cases.

Trump trial's OJ glove moment: Cohen tape undercuts prosecutors’ main story to jurors
This follows a pattern of weaknesses in Bragg’s case, which has been consistently undercut by other witnesses. But if the tapes don't fit, they must acquit.

Stormy Daniels' fellow porn star husband reveals they will likely flee the US if Trump wins trial
"I think if it's not guilty, we got to decide what to do. Good chance we'll probably vacate this country," Blade said.

Politics...

Snopes' updates their 'fact check' on Joe Biden being sexually inappropriate with his daughter
Legal scholar Robert P. George noted that the Snopes update "strikes me as what Joe Biden might describe as a 'big [expletive] deal.' Imagine if it were Ivanka Trump making the accusation against her father."

Biden Continues to Lie That the Inflation Rate ‘Was at 9 Percent When I Came In’
Joe Biden, in an interview with Yahoo Finance, said, “I think inflation has gone slightly up. It was at 9 percent when I came in, and it’s now down around 3 percent.” It was actually 1.4 percent when Biden took office.

Zito: Was Trump making a 4D chess move with speech in New Jersey?
Trump's recent rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, with its Americana backdrop and economic messaging, echoed his successful 2016 campaign strategy of appealing to forgotten working-class voters.

Biden’s Incompetence Is Outstripping Voters’ Fear Of Trump
Democrats were hoping 2024 would be all about Donald Trump. Instead the No. 1 issue in a world on fire is Joe Biden’s incompetence.

Joe Biden's Nefarious Plot to Destroy Democracy with Disinformation
Polls that show him losing are rigged, the old man insists.

Doocy To KJP: ‘Why Do You Think Americans Are So Down On President Biden Right Now?’
“I know you don’t like to talk about polls, like, the five of six swing states that he is losing right now to somebody who is a criminal offender. But, more broadly, it doesn’t seem like anything you guys are doing is making him more popular. Why do you think that is?”

Clinton Lackey-Turned-ABC-Anchor Says Don’t Worry About Deep State, It’s ‘Packed With Patriots’
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos claimed on Tuesday that the Deep State is actually “packed with patriots,” who quietly go about their daily lives, doing their jobs to protect and serve the American people.

Economy...

Since Biden Inherited The Trump Boom, The Whole Economy’s Gone Bust
In rapid succession, we have had a weak GDP report, poor jobs and unemployment reports, another terrible fiscal report, and more awful inflation reports. Horrible data that even the pro-Biden media can’t cover up.

Who is Roaring Kitty and why is he causing a GameStop stock surge?
Shares of GameStop, the embattled video game retailer at the center of the 2021 meme stock frenzy, are surging again after the return of the “Roaring Kitty.”

Immigration...

Texas National Guard pepper sprays illegal aliens trying to cut through fence at border
The clip shows five illegal aliens at a heavily barbed-wired fence, a couple of whom use wire cutters to clip it. But they soon make their way down a hill away from the fence once they see authorities arriving, after which the video says guard members use pepper spray to disperse the illegal aliens.

DC hosted voting registration training for illegal immigrants
Making good on new legislation granting illegal immigrants voting rights, even for those who have lived in the district for just 30 days, the city joined a handful of others in opening the vote to undocumented migrants.

Eric Adams suggests illegal aliens could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’
“How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, our country, that are excellent swimmers and at the same time we need lifeguards."

ICE 'erroneously' released Colombian murderer into US because of 'national bed space shortage': Report
According to Ali Bradley, a journalist, ICE agents knew about Vargas' violent past while he was in custody. Nevertheless, Vargas was released into the U.S. two days later with a notice to appear because of a "national bed space shortage caused by southwest border surge," Bradley reported.

Illegal aliens attempt to infiltrate military base: Report
Two men posed as Amazon drivers in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to Quantico Marine Corps Base.

Israel...

Biden Has Disastrously Misplayed the Politics of Gaza
Biden may imagine that he is maneuvering with incredible skill — subtly balancing geopolitics, alliance management, and domestic imperatives — when he is really upsetting all sides in the course of further undermining his already rickety presidency.

Peace in Our Time at Harvard
Harvard University interim president Alan Garber on Tuesday announced that he'd reached an agreement with the student radicals who have camped out on his lawn for nearly three weeks: They'd pack up their illegal encampment, and he'd do his part to make sure suspended students are swiftly reinstated.

Princeton hunger strikers call it quits
The group said the 13 protesters ended the hunger strike out of "health concerns" after claiming not to eat anything for 10 days.

How The Media And Democrats Helped Create The Israeli ‘Genocide’ Lie
Last week, the United Nations dramatically revised casualties, halving its child fatality numbers from an imaginary 14,500 deaths to an imaginary 7,797 and its women fatalities from 9,500 deaths to 4,959 deaths. You know why that happens? Because it is all just made up.

Pro-Hamas Student Group Used Messaging App To Distribute Materials Encouraging Attacks Against Police
National Students for Justice in Palestine and allied organizations used an encrypted messaging app to distribute a document instructing protesters on how to use physical force to stop police officers from making arrests, the Daily Caller News Foundation found.

Armed Terrorists Appear To Shoot At Civilians From Inside UNRWA Compound In Rafah
Israel’s official X account shared video on Tuesday of armed gunmen — who were believed to be Hamas terrorists — inside a United Nations-affiliated Palestinian aid compound in Rafah.

Ukraine-Russia...

Blinken, guitar in hand in Kyiv, tells Ukraine to keep 'rockin' in the free world'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday picked up a red guitar at a basement bar in Kyiv with a message for Ukraine — that the U.S. and much of the world is fighting not just for Ukraine but for the free world.

Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike Russia
Ukrainian officials are making a new push to get the Biden administration to lift its ban on using U.S.-made weapons to strike inside Russia, saying the policy kept them from attacking Russian positions as they prepared for their major march toward Kharkiv.

The Russians simply walked in, Ukrainian troops tell BBC
“There was no first line of defence. We saw it. The Russians just walked in. They just walked in, without any mined fields.”

South America...

Soros And US Government Behind Conspiracy Theories And Attacks On 'Twitter Files Brazil'
The largest donor to the Democratic Party has funneled over $62 million into Brazil to "kill off civil society" by creating U.S. government-funded NGOs that spread misinformation and demand censorship.

Entertainment...

Kevin Costner says he wasn't to blame for Yellowstone scheduling issues: 'There were no scripts'
"I don’t know why they didn’t stick up for me."

Bill Maher and Bill Burr agree Louis CK should be welcomed back in Hollywood
"They took $50 million; I think they punished him."

'Doctor Who' viewership plummets after woke star tells viewers, 'Don't watch. Turn off the TV.'
The British series that caters to nerds did not live up to ratings expectations after its star told viewers not to watch if they had a problem with the progressive messaging of the show.

Environment...

Biden Says That Americans Can Buy Any Car They Want. His Admin Is Forcing EVs To Be Huge Share Of Sales By 2032
“Americans, I want to make this clear, notwithstanding what the other guy is saying, can buy any kind of car they want, whether it’s gas, electric or hybrid,” Biden said.

LGBTQIA2S+...

'Keep The Voices Down': In Unearthed Video, Doctors Discuss Putting Mentally Ill Patients, Including Kids, On Hormones
“I’ve had trans masculine individuals who’ve come in [to the hospital] with psychotic symptoms, and then the treating psychiatrist wants to stop their hormones” over concerns these drugs were exacerbating the patients’ mental health problems, Booth said.

More Red States Move To Block Biden’s ‘Unconscionable’ Changes To Title IX
“If Biden has his way, a 16-year-old female high school student on an overnight field trip could be forced to share a hotel room with a biological male. ... A 14-year-old girl could be forced to share a locker room and change in front of an 18-year-old man.”

Democrats Can’t Force Employees To Use Transgender Pronouns, 18-State Lawsuit Says
"In America, the Constitution gives the power to make laws to the people’s elected representatives, not to unaccountable commissioners."

Education...

Conservatives are the ones who should be storming the ivory tower
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds.

Abbott pushes back on claim that public schools aren’t fully funded
Thirty-nine Texas House Democrats called for a special legislative session “to address the dire need for public education funding amidst a historic multi-billion dollar budget surplus.”

Health...

AI Can Do Paperwork Doctors Hate
With help from artificial intelligence, doctors can focus on patients.

A woman gave herself poop transplants using her brother's feces to treat debilitating IBS. Then she started getting acne just like him.
Daniell Koepke turned to DIY poop transplants to find relief from debilitating gut symptoms. She used her brother and boyfriend as donors, and her symptoms improved.

Technology...

NYC-Dublin ‘Portal’ temporarily paused after lewd antics
The video screen “Portal” that lets people in New York and Dublin peer into life on opposite sides of the Atlantic in real time has been a source of whimsical delight for sidewalk crowds in the two cities but also a magnet for boorish behavior that’s prompted officials to hit pause for now.

Science...

A recap of the most intense solar storms since 1859
In September 1859, the most intense solar storm on record hit the earth, known as the Carrington Event. However, other major solar storms have hit since then. Here's a quick look back.

Travel...

DOJ claims Boeing violated five-year settlement that helped it avoid prosecution
The aerospace company reached the $2.5 billion settlement deal with the DOJ related to a fraud allegation of misleading the federal regulators who approved the Max 737 planes. In exchange for the payment, the company would not be prosecuted on the fraud charge.

Trump’s private jet clips unoccupied aircraft after landing in Florida
Democrats were quick to file articles of impeachment against the plane and Trump.

Sports...

Tom Brady has regrets on roast, says he 'wouldn't do that again'
"I loved when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun. I didn't like the way it affected my kids."

Nevada court orders Jon Gruden case to go to NFL arbitration
A three-judge panel of Nevada's Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the NFL against former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, saying that he was subject to arbitration even as a former employee and thus ineligible to sue the league over his 2021 termination.

Animals...

Killer whales attack and sink yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar — again
The yacht becomes the first this year to be sunk by orcas that have been targeting boats in the area since 2020.

May 15, 2008 - Glenn's interview with William Shatner... Polar bears... Economy... duPont Registry... Executive dating service... Obama and al Jazeera... Glenn explains why he's past the point of being doom and gloom on the economy — which is a bad sign...

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

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.