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Morning Brief 2024-06-28

June 28, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Vivek Ramaswamy
TOPIC: Did anyone even understand what President Biden was saying during last night's debate?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Karoline Leavitt
TOPIC: President Trump won last night's debate HANDS DOWN.


Debate...

Debate watchers are stunned by Biden's disastrous performance: 'I never thought he would be this bad'
"Look. This debate was a total and complete disaster for Biden. He looked old. His answers trailed off repeatedly. He was hard to understand. He would stop in mid sentence and move on to something else. I NEVER thought he would be this bad. Stunning. Truly," said journalist Chris Cillizza.

CNN hosts call for Biden to be replaced
“I love Joe Biden, he didn’t do well at all,” Van Jones said. “We are still far from our convention and there is still time to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that,” Jones added.

Politico: Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden
There’s no mechanism by which other party leaders can throw Biden off the ticket, according to the Democratic National Committee’s rules. Instead, if anyone in the party wants to replace him, it is through throwing it to an open nominating process on the convention floor.

All undecided voters in focus group say Biden should be replaced
Every undecided swing state voter in a Frank Luntz focus group agreed that Biden should be replaced.

NY Times: Top Democrats Talk About Replacing Biden on the Ticket
President Biden’s shaky, halting debate performance has top Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket.

NY Post: We just witnessed the end of Joe Biden’s presidency
Biden can’t survive this. It is political malpractice to let him continue to run for re-election. It is national malpractice to let him continue.

WaPo: Democrats panic over Biden’s debate performance, doubt his future
On Capitol Hill, the panic among Democratic lawmakers and staffers was palpable, as they privately acknowledged that calls for Biden to step aside were only likely to grow as the party fully processed Biden’s dismal debate night performance.

Shocked MSNBC Hosts Report ‘Panicked’ Biden Inner Circle Discussing Dropping Out
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace revealed, “There is a conversation happening inside Biden’s circle, and certainly a much more frank conversation happening inside the Democratic coalition, and I think there will be stories of a lot of concern about the performance tonight.”

Politico: Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance — ‘Biden is toast’
Included within the story were texts and pronouncements from other Democratic operatives panning Biden's misspeaking and raspy speech.

The Hill: Biden debate performance is ‘nightmare’ for Democrats
“This is an honest-to-God nightmare,” said one Biden ally. “I can’t believe what I’m watching. I am watching us lose this election in slow motion.” Another Democratic strategist put it this way: “Political suicide.”

Jill Biden helps Joe offstage after disastrous debate showing
First lady Jill Biden assisted her husband, Joe Biden, off the debate stage Thursday night after a performance that raised even more questions about the president’s fitness for office.

Biden says ‘we did well,’ no concerns about debate performance
The president and first lady Jill Biden stopped at a Waffle House in Atlanta following the debate, and he took a few questions from reporters after placing their order. “I think we did well,” Biden said.

Harris defends Biden debate performance in testy interview with Anderson Cooper
“Yes, there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish. ... On substance on policy on performance, Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong.”

‘Biden Has A Cold’: Media Rushes To Explain Away Debate
Early in the debate, before they knew it was a lost cause, the corporate media attempted to do some damage control.

Biden Lies, Claims No US Troops Died Under His Watch
“The truth is, I’m the only president this century ... this decade that doesn’t have any troops dying anywhere in the world like he did.”

Debate fact check: Biden did back going beyond Roe and legal late-term abortion
Biden denied supporting late-term abortion and said he merely wanted to go back to the standard of Roe v. Wade, but he has supported legislation that would go well beyond Roe and allow for abortions late in pregnancy.

Biden takes indefensible stance on abortion in debate with Trump
Biden claimed, “There’s a lot of young women to be raped by their in-laws, by their spouses” and “their brothers and sisters.” He also invoked the story of an illegal immigrant murdering a young woman, but it is unclear what point he was trying to make.

Trump exposes Biden's golf handicap lie
Biden claimed he has a six handicap in golf, then after Trump said that's the biggest lie of the night, Biden got flustered and then said he had an eight handicap. "I've seen your swing. I know your swing," Trump responded.

Biden’s re-election odds plummet
Biden at 48 cents per share — the equivalent of a 48% chance of victory — prior to the debate and at only 33 cents per share afterward.

Gavin Newsom Betting Odds Skyrocket As Biden Debate Performance Spirals
The Democratic governor has jumped up from an 8/100 price to be the party’s nominee to 27/100.

Glenn Beck poll results: Can Trump win this rigged debate?
See what people thought before the Thursday Night Massacre.

Babylon Bee: Trump Indicted For Murdering Elderly Man On CNN
"Hey, I didn't do anything!" Trump told authorities. "He was like that when I got here!"

Debate Opinion...

Washington Examiner: How did Democrats let this happen?
Was there anything in Biden’s demeanor on Thursday night that would have surprised anyone who watched his performance in dozens of public events?

NY Times: I’m Hearing High Anxiety From Democrats Over Biden’s Debate Performance
Thirty minutes into the presidential debate, I’ve heard from three veteran Democratic presidential campaign officials, and all of them had the same reaction to President Biden’s performance: This is a disaster.

WaPo: The Great Democratic Freakout is upon us
Though Trump, at 78, is only three years younger than Biden, he dominated throughout.

The Federalist: Biden Just Put On The Most Disastrous Debate Performance In Presidential History
Even with abnormally low expectations, Biden tripped over them as if they were sandbags. After watching post-debate reaction, it’s safe to say no presidential debate has ever rattled a political party quite like this one.

Free Beacon: We Need To Talk About Grandpa
The comments about dropping Biden as the nominee come after Democrats and their journalist allies spent the last several weeks denouncing reports suggesting Biden was "slipping" and sounding the alarm over "cheap fake" videos.

Mediate: Biden Should Drop Out
I have long opposed calls for President Joe Biden to drop out. I no longer do. His performance at Thursday night’s debate proved he is not fit to be president, let alone finish an arduous campaign.

Chuck Todd: 'Biden looks like the caricature that conservative media has been painting'
"There were no clips tonight, you saw it before your eyes."

Salena Zito: In Georgia, ordinary voters are appalled by Biden’s weak performance
Cobb summed it up after the debate by saying Biden is a decent guy, but his performance Thursday night has left him without a choice. “After this debate, I cannot vote for him,” he said flatly.

News...

Tractor Supply Company issues mea culpa and backs away from wokeness
"We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them," the company noted.

SCOTUS Rules SEC's In-House Handling of Securities Fraud Cases Violates the Right to Trial by Jury
The decision rejects a system in which the agency imposes civil penalties after investigating people and validating its own allegations.

Ruling Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho, Mirroring File Published in 'Error'
The Supreme Court reinstated a lower-court ruling that paused Idaho’s abortion ban. The court "inadvertently" posted a ruling on Wednesday.

Former Uvalde school police chief indicted in botched response to shooting
Uvalde County jail officials confirmed that Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 counts of abandoning or endangering a child.

Vermont man who gave state trooper the middle finger and was arrested to receive part of $175,000 settlement
The Trooper Jay Riggen stopped Bombard's vehicle because he believed Bombard had shown him the middle finger. Bombard denied making the gesture. After the initial stop concluded, Bombard cursed and displayed the middle finger as he drove away.

Economy...

Bidenomics: Walgreens to close over 2,000 stores
Walgreens Boots Alliance will close a significant portion of its roughly 8,600 U.S. stores as the pharmacy chain seeks to turn around its struggling business, which has been hit by inflation-weary customers paring their spending.

Immigration...

Illegal Alien Murders 2 Workers At Chick-Fil-A: Police
Police in Texas arrested an illegal alien on Thursday who they say murdered two people inside a Chick-fil-A restaurant this week.

COVID-19...

Inside one Democrat's 20-year crusade to save the world from Fauci — Part 2
The Obama and Trump administrations thought they had contained Anthony Fauci's risky research. They were wrong.

Israel...

US weapons shipments to Israel dropped significantly 4 months into war, figures show
A senior Biden administration official briefing reporters confirmed for the first time that there had been some “bottlenecks” in weapons transfers that are now being addressed.

Visiting US Senator Fetterman: No to any deal that leaves Hamas in power
The pro-Israel Democrat says during his first trip to Israel that Biden should not have withheld bombs; backs Netanyahu address to Congress.

House Votes To Defund Hamas-Supporting DHS Official Over Objections From Dems
Nejwa Ali worked as a spokeswoman for the PLO, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, only to be hired by DHS. Her job included vetting immigrants, even though she continued to be openly anti-Semitic and motivated by allegiance to Palestine on social media. The house reduced her salary to $1.

Ukraine-Russia...

'Nuclear Disaster' Warning Issued by Analysts Over Ukraine War
The longer the war in Eastern Europe continues between Russia and Ukraine and the more provocations that occur worldwide, the closer the entire world becomes to "flirting with nuclear disaster," two nuclear analysts warn in a new editorial.

China...

Steve Scalise warns Chinese humanoid robots threaten Americans’ security
“It sounds like sci-fi, but humanoid robots are real and very concerning coming from China,” Mr. Scalise said. “It’s the latest in many examples of national security threats coming from technology with ties to China.”

Middle East...

Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials
Iran’s leadership is conducting a “strategic debate” over whether the time has come for it to start making nuclear weapons, the NY Times reported on Thursday.

Iran's ayatollah wants the nuclear bomb before Nov. 5
Iran aims to join the nuclear club before Biden leaves office.

Entertainment...

Adam Carolla blasts Gavin Newsom and reveals he's finally leaving California
Carolla said that California has been circling the drain in recent years and compared that to decades ago when leaving Los Angeles was the last thing on his mind.

Newly Filed Court Documents Reveal Michael Jackson Was $500 Million In Debt
Jackson was rumored to have been facing significant debts but the exact debt value was not declared prior to this court filing.

Environment...

Nearly half of US electric vehicle owners are 'very likely' to switch back to gas-powered cars, study shows
EV owners in Australia, the United States, and Brazil were the most likely to say they may switch back.

LGBTQQIAAPP2S+A...

‘I Was Disgusted’: Miss Maryland Contestants Speak Out After Man Wins Crown
Miss Maryland contestants said they were shocked to realize they had been changing and using the restroom “in the same space as a biological man” after discovering they had competed against a male after he was crowned Miss Maryland USA.

Education...

Ten Commandments out, Pride banners in
If conservatives want to live in a country where the Ten Commandments are less controversial than puberty blockers for 10-year-olds, they must abandon the modern fantasy of institutional neutrality.

Bible must be incorporated into education, Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters orders
"Effective immediately, all Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible, which includes the Ten Commandments, as an instructional support into the curriculum across specified grade levels, e.g., grades 5 through 12."

AI...

Be Wary of the Department of Homeland Security's AI Ambitions
Americans shouldn’t count on the department to use the technology responsibly or in a limited way.

Technology...

Why Has Joe Biden's $42 Billion Broadband Program Not Connected One Single Household?
The senior Republican FCC commissioner blames progressive politics, while lawmakers and telecom companies blame bureaucratic red tape.

Science...

Boeing Says Starliner Mission ‘Going Well’
“It is a test flight,” the company said. “The mission is still going and it is going well.”

Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.

Sports...

NFL hit with jury verdict in Sunday Ticket antitrust trial that could reach $14.1 billion
The Los Angeles jury was out in less than two hours. The suit was based around how unfair it was that you had to buy Sunday Ticket to watch games out of town, even if you just wanted to see one game. The NFL will appeal the ruling.

Massive sinkhole swallows Illinois soccer field
The message from God could not be clearer ... soccer has no place in America.

June 28, 2010 - Violence from the left… Glenn’s predictions… Best days behind us?... Gold… Kagan confirmation hearings start… Supreme Court supports Second Amendment?… Glenn’s eye issues… If you had to lose one sense, which would it be… NY Times article from 1932 asking if US needs a dictator… Robert Byrd coverage…

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

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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.