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Morning Brief 2024-05-20

May 20, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Andrew Bailey
TOPIC: Are Trump's prosecutions part of a coordinated effort by the Department of Justice?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Rep. Thomas Massie
TOPIC: We need to abolish the Federal Reserve NOW.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Nathan Nipper
TOPIC: Is it possible to reverse some people's cynical view of America?


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News...

NY Times: A New Centrism Is Rising in Washington
Call it neopopulism: a bipartisan attitude that mistrusts the free-market ethos instead of embracing it.

Biden Races To Add One Trillion In New Regs As Election Looms
The Biden administration has added a total of $1.2 trillion in costs to the economy in the first several months of 2024 from finalized regulations as the president rushes to protect his agenda ahead of the November election.

CDC estimates decline in overall US overdose deaths in 2023, but totals remain 'staggering'
Despite the national decline, some states reported double-digit increases in overdose deaths including Alaska (44.1%), Oregon (30%), Nevada (28.9%), and Washington (27.6%).

Temporary block granted on federal firearm law challenged by Texas AG Paxton
The law would have required background checks for all gun sales.

Dozens of House Dems Vote Against Measure Condemning Calls to Defund Police
The resolution, approved in a 337-61 vote, was part of the House Republicans’ National Police Week push to denounce efforts to defund the police and "[express] condolences and solemn appreciation" to family members of officers who died in the line of duty.

Boeing whistleblower's autopsy revealed
John Barnett was found dead in his truck with gun in hand next to a suicide note.

NYC’s last superhero: On patrol with real-life crimefighter — the Brooklyn Devil
The Brooklyn Devil is the last of a dying breed: Once part of a 15-person collective of anonymous, self-appointed crime disruptors, he’s now New York City’s last remaining real-life superhero.

NYC law student addicted to cheese went to nearly $6K-per-week rehab
“It was the only thing that would make me feel somewhat whole.”

Attempt To Break Guinness World Record Fails Yet Again As Only 706 People Named ‘Kyle’ Gather In Texas City
For the fifth year in a row, the city of Kyle tried to break the record for most people with the same name gathered in one place, and once again it failed miserably.

Banana Republic...

Republicans introduce bill to block 'weaponized gag orders'
The proposed bill, coined the "Let Trump Speak Act," would prohibit federal and state judges from placing gag orders against defendants in "any criminal or civil proceedings."

Rudy Giuliani Served With Indictment On Night Of 80th Birthday Party
The mayor was “unfazed by the decision to try and embarrass him during his 80th birthday.”

Politics...

Forget ‘Never Trumpers’ — Majority Of Swing State Voters Now Say They’ll Never Vote For Biden
The American voter’s refusal to even consider voting for Biden is a reversal of the situation during the 2020 election.

Trump leads in Florida and Arizona despite Biden stoking fears about abortion: Poll
A new CBS News/YouGov poll found Trump has a 5-point lead in Arizona and a 9-point lead in Florida.

CNN Data Guru Breaks Down How Bad Biden Is Doing With Black Voters
"Biden still leads among black voters over Donald Trump, 69% in an average of polls. But look at this number for Donald Trump, 22%, where was Donald Trump at this point four years ago? In the polls, he was just at 9% of the votes.”

NYT Reporter Pours Cold Water On Biden’s Plan To ‘Energize’ Black Voters With Marijuana Action
“They are ... sort of scrambling for different policy achievements now that you can show that they can energize not just voters in the black community ... but specifically young black voters as well. So that falls as the marijuana announcement definitely is an example of that.”

It was another one of 'those' weeks for Biden
Beyond expanding federal regulations and forcing his green agenda on the nation, Biden is hinting of higher taxes and even more illegal immigration.

Trump Says He Will Demand Biden Take A Drug Test Before Debate
"I just wanna debate this guy, but you know — and I'm gonna demand a drug test too, by the way," Trump said to cheers. "I am. No, I really am. I don't want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite."

Biden mocked for apparent small showing of supporters in Atlanta: ‘Nobody cared’
“If a presidential motorcade passes through town but absolutely nobody cares — did it really pass through town?” RNC Research asked.

RFK Jr. lists voting address at Westchester home — that’s in foreclosure and neighbors have never seen him
The independent candidate claims his voting address is 84 Croton Lake Road In Katonah, though he is not the owner of the property, does not show up in resident searches for it, and some longtime neighbors and authorities were shocked at the notion it’s his home.

Romney says he laughs at the term 'America first'
He went on MSNBC to say he finds it "unimaginable" that there is "a growing isolationism" in the Republican Party. "America is putting ourselves first when we're involved in the world, when we stop bad people."

Congressman Indicted For Bribery Spent Roughly Half Of Campaign Cash On Legal Fees
Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar spent more than $750,000 on payments to various law firms during the 2024 election cycle as authorities investigated him for accepting foreign bribes, constituting roughly half of the $1.6 million total the congressman spent during that period.

Economy...

Inflation flattens Americans' wealth gains under Biden
A pair of graphs comparing household wealth under former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are going viral on social media this weekend, particularly for showing how inflation creates a significant disparity between them.

‘Biggest Mistake Of My Life’: Biden 2020 Voters Explain Why They’re Backing Trump In 2024
“Everything is just about the economy,” Westbrook said. “I don’t really trust Donald Trump at all. I just think housing, food, my car, my insurance, every single piece of living has gone up.”

Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs using a surprising argument: They aren't universal
Numerous cities and counties are experimenting with guaranteed basic incomes to support their most vulnerable populations. They typically offer no-strings-attached monthly payments between $500 and $1,000 to specific groups, like new moms, Black women, or trans people.

Penske Truck Rental employees in Nashville, Minneapolis oust union: 'We are better off without'
The vote came after each petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to remove the union from their workplace: "We are better off without union officials so-called ‘representation.’”

Immigration...

Rubio Supports Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens Following ‘Invasion Of The Country’
"We cannot absorb 25, 30 million people who entered this country illegally. They’re here illegally. What country on earth would tolerate that?"

Pope Francis denounces attempts to close southern border as ‘madness’
“Migration is something that makes a country grow,” he said. “They say that you Irish migrated and brought the whiskey, and that the Italians migrated and brought the mafia. Migrants sometimes suffer a lot. They suffer a lot.”

Viruses...

Former NIH Director Admits Government Was Top Source Of COVID Misinformation
Francis Collins admits there was no "science or evidence" to support social distancing the government used censorship to push.

Elon Musk demands Anthony Fauci be prosecuted after NIH admits to funding gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab
In May 2021, under oath, Fauci told a senate panel, "The NIH has not ever, and does not now, fund 'gain of function research' in the Wuhan Institute." In later testimony, when given the chance to clarify his statement, he repeated the claim.

All Charges Dismissed Against NJ Gym Owner Who Wouldn’t Close During COVID Lockdown
“4 years ago today, we reopened Atilis Gym in direct violation of an unconstitutional order by Governor Philip Murphy to close small businesses in New Jersey,” says gym owner Ian Smith.

WAR News...

World War III May Already Have Started — in the Shadows
Britain's signals intelligence spy chief raised eyebrows last week with warnings that Russia is coordinating both cyberattacks and physical acts of sabotage against the West. There's evidence to back her claims — and the West may be returning the favor.

Israel...

Experts Warn Biden’s Latest Plan For Middle East Will Ignite Nuclear Arms Race In Islamic World
According to the NY Times, the Biden administration wants Israel to reward the Palestinian people for the unprecedented terrorist attack from Hamas, by agreeing to give them their own official state.

Netanyahu reportedly blocking Israeli intelligence and security chiefs from meeting with US officials
The effort, reported by Axios, appears to be an attempt from the prime minister to control what information officials from the United States hear directly from the Jewish state as it fights in its war in Gaza against Hamas.

House GOP Leader Addresses Israeli Parliament, Vows Ironclad US Support to Eradicate Hamas
Rep. Stefanik is the highest ranking House member to visit Israel since Oct. 7.

World...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dead as a doorknob
Raisi was sometimes notably referred to as the “Butcher of Tehran” after being one of the four judges who oversaw the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 after the Iran-Iraq war.

Tehran Times: Martyrdom in the line of duty
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a “tough landing” on Sunday. The incident occurred as a result of dense fog in the region, which is making conditions difficult for rescue teams, the TV said.

Argentina President Javier Milei Causes Leftist Meltdown In Europe While Ripping ‘Satanic’ Socialism
During his speech in Spain he said, “Let us not let the dark, black, satanic, atrocious, horrible carcinogenic side that is socialism prevail over us.”

Congo army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens
The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the DRC has been killed and some 50 people, including three American citizens, arrested.

Entertainment...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs apologizes after video shows him beating ex-girlfriend
"A reminder as you watch this that Diddy has been credibly accused of many years of abuse, trafficking, rape, and much much more. He also spent months denying that he ever committed any acts of domestic violence," Yashar Ali wrote on X.

Courteney Cox says late costar Matthew Perry still ‘visits’ her after death
“I talk to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people that, I think, guide us,” she explained. “I do sense — I sense Matthew’s around for sure.”

Media...

Former NYT reporter says paper wouldn't allow her to question progressive policies
"I'm from San Francisco. I lived there my whole life. If you're not looking around and seeing the streets and starting to question some of the ideas that got us to that place, I think you're fooling yourself. I think you're an absolute fool if you don't do that."

Alice Stewart, CNN commentator, dies at 58 just hours after appearing on network
Police said no foul play was suspected.

Environment...

America at higher blackout risk as EPA aims to shut down more power plants, despite grid assessment
As summer rolls in with warmer temperatures, large portions of the U.S. are at a higher risk of blackouts, a new report warns.

LGBTQIA2S+...

New Study Finds 12x Higher Suicide Risk For People Who Get Sex Changes
A new study hot off the press has confirmed what most of us already knew: People who get "gender-affirming" surgery have more than 12 times higher instances of suicide attempts than those who don't get the surgeries.

Families flee Boy Scouts of America as organization moves toward ‘progressive vision’
Membership has fallen to 1.12 million last year from 1.97 million in 2019.

AI...

OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken ‘a backseat to shiny products’
“We are long overdue in getting incredibly serious about the implications of AGI. We must prioritize preparing for them as best we can,” Leike said in follow-up posts about his resignation Friday morning. “Only then can we ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.”

OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded
The entire OpenAI team focused on the existential dangers of AI has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups.

Sony Music Group warns more than 700 companies against using its content to train AI
The company said "songwriters’ and recording artists’ rights, including copyrights" still need to be respected amid innovations in AI.

Travel...

Fat 'influencer' says she almost fainted after an airport worker refused to push her in a wheelchair off a plane
A 27-year old "plus-size" social media "star," who chooses to use a wheelchair, claimed that an airport worker refused to push her off a plane. "By the time she let me reach the wheelchair and sit down my lips were white, my oxygen levels had dropped, and I almost fainted.”

Related: Mr. Show — The Hail Satan Network
Learn about Kevin, who is also in a wheelchair by choice.

Sports...

Bill Maher takes jab at the left's outrage brigade who believes Harrison Butker is 'history's greatest monster'
"I find it very ironic that he's saying, ‘You know what, in my world, you know, we like the women to stay at home and just have babies’ and the college kids and the young people find this absolutely abhorrent, but they're demonstrating for Hamas, who make that the law!" Maher said.

Mike Tyson Says He 'Had An Erection' From Watching 16-Year-Old Jake Paul Dancing Online
“He wanted to kiss me? That’s so ironic that he said that because I saw pictures of him dancing at 16, doing that little dance on YouTube and for some reason I had an erection.”

May 20, 2011 - Why did Obama sell out our only ally in the Middle East?... Join Glenn on August 24 in Israel for the Restoring Courage event... Is Obama going back on his word that Israel would remain undivided?... World is ending tomorrow...

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.

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.