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Morning Brief 2024-06-27

June 27, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Lara Trump
TOPIC: How will Joe Biden defend his disastrous record at the presidential debate tonight?

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Steve Deace
TOPIC: What strategy should President Trump take during tonight's presidential debate?


News...

SCOTUS Green-Lights Feds’ Big Tech Censorship Scheme Ahead Of 2024 Election
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s injunction prohibiting the federal government from colluding with Big Tech companies to censor posts it doesn’t like, effectively green-lighting the Biden administration’s ability to carry out such operations during the 2024 election.

Alito: Americans Will Regret Court’s Allowance Of ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ Censorship
“We are obligated to tackle the free speech issue that the case presents. The Court, however, shirks that duty and thus permits the successful campaign of coercion in this case to stand as an attractive model for future officials who want to control what the people say, hear, and think,” Alito wrote.

Supreme Court would allow emergency abortions for now, early opinion says
The court’s ruling would dismiss the case as “improvidently granted," the ultimate off-ramp in difficult cases.

Michigan court overturns 24-hour abortion waiting period
The informed consent mandates that will be barred include showing depictions of the fetus, information on adoption, parenting and prenatal care, as well as offering an ultrasound.

House To ‘Withdraw’ January 6 Committee Arguments In Bannon Case
The House will submit a filing seeking to “withdraw” arguments from the January 6 Committee as part of the legal battle in which Steve Bannon is fighting to stay out of prison, GOP leaders said on Wednesday.

Washington State AG to launch hotline for reporting ‘bias incidents’
The proposal drew criticism while it moved through the legislative process for how it allows individuals to report noncriminal activity to the state’s top prosecutor’s office.

New evidence turned over to Congress disputes Hunter Biden testimony about controversial firm
In his interview with impeachment investigators, Hunter Biden claimed he was not an active participant in the Burnham Asset Management venture. That turns out to be not true, evidence shows.

Blaze News...

Bedford: The GOP just wasted $10 million ousting a safe Republican incumbent
Party liberals burned cash to knock off Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good.

Stu Does America: New border-crossing stats reflect Biden’s real game plan
Ahead of the presidential debate, Biden claims there's a 25% drop in illegal border crossings and 775,000 removals since Title 42 ended. Stu points out the improvements only came after Biden reinstated some of Trump's policies that Joe initially scrapped.

15 examples of good guys — and gals — with guns taking care of business in life-or-death situations
"He's a hero. He did what needed to be done. If more citizens would take an active role when someone is being robbed, we would have less murders."

Westerns to watch with your kids and grandkids
These family-friendly treasures are just right for younger cowpokes.

Debate...

5 Questions Biden Should Be Asked If The Debate Is Fair
CNN’s long history of anti-Trump bias will undoubtedly permeate the moderators’ line of questioning in favor of President Joe Biden, but here are five questions the moderators would ask Biden if they wanted to host a truly fair debate.

Analysis: For Trump, Biden, and CNN, Thursday’s debate is about the future, not the past
Trump adviser predicts former president will be leaning forward for future solutions, Obama architect urges Biden to do the same.

Adderall, Botox, and a B12 shot in the butt: Why Trump’s claim that Biden will be ‘pumped up’ on drugs for debate isn’t so far-fetched
Here’s what a presidential candidate looking for a boost might take before a big night like the first presidential debate on CNN.

How Obama's Intel Czar Rigged 2016 and 2020 Debates Against Trump
Just before the 2016 Trump-Clinton debate, Clapper issued an intelligence report alleging Russian election interference, helping Clinton attack Trump. In 2020, Clapper led the charge to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation, aiding Biden in the final debate.

Ex-Husband Of CNN Debate Moderator Dana Bash Signed Biden Laptop Letter In 2020
The intelligence official, who was Dana Bash’s first husband, was employed by the CIA as an independent contractor.

Terrorism Supporters Plan to 'Disrupt' the Presidential Debate in Atlanta
A coalition of anti-Israel extremists, the vast majority of whom are pro-terrorism anarchists and communists, are planning to prevent or “disrupt” Thursday’s presidential debate as part of their campaign to seize the Democratic Party and advance their pro-Hamas, anti-American movement.

USA Today: Joe Biden is old. So is Donald Trump. So are millions of other American workers.
The lowest average age of the two primary presidential candidates, since 1976, was in 2000 with Gore vs. Bush, at an average age of 53.4. Meanwhile, the average age in the Senate is 65.6, while the average age in the House is 56.8.

Politics...

Trump holds 4-point lead over Biden ahead of first debate — his biggest jump yet, new poll reveals
Trump received 48% support among likely voters in comparison to Biden’s 44% backing, a New York Times/Siena College poll released Wednesday found.

Nate Silver makes Trump heavy favorite to beat Biden in November: ‘Not a toss-up’
“The candidate who I honest-to-God think has a better chance (Trump) isn’t the candidate I’d rather have win (Biden),” Silver conceded in a blog post outlining his findings.

Nonwhite Americans’ Growing Fondness For Trump Could Shake Up The Election
The support for Trump from black and brown Americans appears to be visceral and based on genuine personal fondness for the former president — something Biden could never achieve.

Vance predicts ‘a little bit of disappointment’ if he’s not Trump VP pick, but ‘that’s fine’
The Ohio senator admitted he was human and that if things don’t work out, there likely will be disappointment.

NY Times: In South Carolina, 3 GOP Women Fought an Abortion Ban. They Lost Their Races.
The Republican women in the group of five “Sister Senators” faced primary challengers who support a near-total ban.

Major Political Realignment Is Happening Inside The Democratic Party
Democrat voters have started expelling prominent progressives from their party, showing a significant shift in what was otherwise a seemingly unison march toward a far-left takeover of the Democrat Party.

New York Times blames 'Pro Israel Money' for Jamaal Bowman's loss, then abruptly changes headline
The headline ran after Bowman and far-left allies had devoted much of the campaign to claiming that money from Jews and Jewish lobby groups including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee were working to defeat him.

Recently arrested GOP state representative in Michigan says he was 'framed,' a victim of 'political lawfare'
"I know there’s been naysayers out there telling me I should step down, I should suspend my campaign. I am not doing that. That is not what I feel like God wants me to do, that’s not the message I’m getting from my supporters, and I’ve not done anything wrong."

CNN stooge Adam Kinzinger declares that 'as a proud conservative,' he's endorsing Biden
Sen. Mike Lee pointed out that "you can't be conservative and support Biden."

Economy...

Seattle to reduce minimum pay for app-based delivery drivers after increased wages reduced demand
The law, which went into effect last January, required delivery workers to earn $26.40 per hour plus mileage before tips. However, many workers have complained that the law's intentions have backfired, resulting in fewer customers placing orders due to increased labor costs.

Biden's millionaire treasury secretary gives out-of-touch response to skyrocketing grocery prices
Janet Yellen insisted she goes to the grocery store “every week” and isn’t shocked by the skyrocketing prices.

Yen crashes against the dollar as BOJ sits idle
In a textbook scenario, the BOJ would simply raise rates here to protect the collapsing yen. However, Japan can't really afford to hike rates meaningfully. It has the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the world at 265%.

Hooters suddenly closes some stores amid economic squeeze, leaving employees deflated
The chain is the latest fast-casual restaurant to face difficult decisions amid on-going inflation.

Immigration...

Texas judge says Trump is to blame for illegal immigrant murder of Jocelyn Nungaray — says not to politicize it
"Blaming things on the current immigration policy is absolutely political."

Massachusetts governor sends team to border to beg illegal aliens not to come to 'sanctuary' state
"It is essential that we get the word out that our shelters are full so that families can plan accordingly to make sure they have a safe place to go."

WAR News...

US Special Forces Group Warns US Faces Serious Risk Of Getting Hit By Major Islamic Terror Attack
The organization — which represents thousands of Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Marine Raiders, Air Force Air Commandos, and other special operators — said that Biden’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan was a key reason why the threat environment was so high.

America’s drinking water is facing attack, with links back to China, Russia, and Iran
A recent string of attacks on water utilities included systems in Kansas, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

Israel...

UNRWA ‘aided and abetted’ Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7 by sending $1B in aid to Gaza: Suit
“Hamas did not carry out these atrocities without assistance,” reads a complaint filed on Monday in Manhattan federal court by around 100 Israeli plaintiffs, including survivors of the Oct.7 attack.

Anti-Israel protester who told ‘Zionists’ to ID themselves on NYC subway arrested
The saga unfolded back on June 10 when Ahmad Saleh allegedly entered the southbound 5 train at Union Square and started chanting, “Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist, repeat after me, this is your chance to get out.”

Democrat prosecutor drops nearly 80 arrests from an anti-Israel protest at the University of Texas
Delia Garza, a Democrat who is the elected attorney for Travis County, said the cases were dropped because her office determined it couldn’t meet the legal burden to prove the cases beyond a reasonable doubt.

Ukraine-Russia...

Pentagon doesn’t know whether $62 million in missing US weapons aid to Ukraine was lost or destroyed
The Pentagon has had consistent problems tracking U.S. aid to Ukraine since the country’s war with Russia began in 2022.

Russia's weapons production has increased dramatically despite Western sanctions, report says
Russia’s output of artillery rounds, missiles, and drones has soared since it invaded Ukraine, says a new report, and the U.S. and allies have “little to show” for their barrage of sanctions.

Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month
Pyongyang announced this week that it will be sending troops in the form of a military engineering unit to support Russian forces on the ground in the Donetsk region. The troops are expected to arrive on the battlefield as soon as next month.

World...

British Nurse Lucy Letby’s Murder Trials Illustrate Deadly Consequences Of Socialized Medicine
We may never know the specific circumstances behind each of the tragic deaths Letby is associated with. But regardless of whether she was to blame for some, or none, of the children who passed, it’s very clear what is to blame for all of them: Britain’s National Health Service.

Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace
A top general and members of the military tried to storm the presidential palace, before quickly retreating. Hours later, the general was taken into custody on live TV after claiming he was asked to stage the coup by the president.

Entertainment...

NY Times: ‘White Chicks’ at 20 — Comedy Beyond the Pale
The Wayans brothers’ subversive comedy is smarter than you remember.

LGBTQQIAAPP2S+A...

Ashley Biden mocked after struggling with LGBTQ acronym at White House event
“Obviously it runs in the family,” another X post read.

Federal Guide On ‘Inclusive Language’ Tells Bureaucrats To Ditch Gendered Terms Like ‘Son,’ ‘Daughter’
The 24-page internal document calls to replace terms like "cockpit" with "flight deck," use "they/them" as default pronouns to not assume gender.

Man who claims he's actually a Muslim woman to receive $350k from NYC after being housed in men's prison for a month
Last May, he filed a lawsuit claiming a NYC yoga studio deprived Miles "of his civil rights because he is gay, undergoing a gender transition, and because Miles does not conform to ... stereotypes about how a man/woman should dress and conduct himself/herself."

Health...

Texas Hospital Introduces Holographic Visits, A First In US Healthcare
The “Holobox” enables life-sized, real-time holographic displays of doctors to interact with patients from a remote location.

Technology...

YouTube dominates streaming, forcing media companies to decide whether it’s friend or foe
YouTube made up 9.7% of all viewership on TVs in May — well ahead of Netflix. “We’re not talking about your mobile phone, your laptop ... but on the biggest screen in the house, the TV.” Overall, YouTube was responsible for nearly 25% of all streaming content.

Science...

SpaceX is building NASA a craft to intentionally destroy the International Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the so-called “U.S. Deorbit Vehicle.”

Travel...

Friday to be busiest day ever for airline travel, TSA says
“TSA anticipates the peak travel day will be Friday, June 28, when the agency expects to screen more than 3 million individuals,” the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.

Sports...

'It Was Astonishing': How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage
The network will use an artificial clone of the legendary broadcaster’s voice to narrate its daily recaps of the summer event. “It was not only close,” he says of the technology, “it was almost 2% off perfect.”

June 27, 2012 - Did Obama send Glenn a letter?... Stunning video and audio from a stoning in Dearborn... Mother Jones exposes the horrors of working... Checking the NYT's math... How Obama is lying about Fast and Furious... Is Jeffy helping Glenn with his diet?...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.