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Morning Brief 2024-08-02

August 02, 2024
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Kelly Shackelford
TOPIC: Changes to the Supreme Court are a THREAT to our republic.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Chris Hopkins
TOPIC: How we can honor those who came before us through art.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dr. Alveda King
TOPIC: How YOU can stand up for parental rights this summer.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Steve Deace
TOPIC: The one demographic of voters that the Trump campaign does not need to rewrite its messaging for.


News...

Whistleblower accuses Secret Service of cutting threat assessment efforts before shooting despite warnings, Hawley says
The whistleblower alleged that Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe personally implemented “significant cuts” to the Counter Surveillance Division, which does advanced threat assessments for venues, and alleged that agents who expressed security concerns were "retaliated against."

Secret Service’s Tech Flaws Helped Gunman Evade Detection at Trump Rally
Technologies that might have protected the former president failed because they were improperly deployed or because the Secret Service chose not to use them.

J6 Bombshell: Secret Service got intel on 'high potential' for violence but didn't tell agents
The Secret Service developed intelligence that there was a “high potential for violence” before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but failed to share that information with its agents guarding Donald Trump, Mike Pence, or Kamala Harris that fateful day, according to a bombshell report.

9/11 survivors who battled life-threatening illnesses rip terrorists’ plea agreement: ‘Deal with the devil’
Several victims, whose ailments were brought on by toxic debris from the felled Twin Towers, on Thursday slammed the plea deals that U.S. military prosecutors struck with three terrorists.

DC Bar Recommends Punishing Trump DOJ Lawyer Jeff Clark For Unsent Letter About Georgia Election
The D.C. bar wants to indefinitely deprive Jeff Clark of practicing law because he prioritized election integrity under Trump.

An Anti-Christian Reddit Group Falsely Reported A Family To Child Services. DeSantis Says Florida Won’t Stand For It.
A top official in the Florida governor’s office told the Daily Wire that the targeted harassment is “unacceptable” and will be pursued by the state.

A Federal Judge Reluctantly Concludes That New Jersey's AR-15 Ban Is Unconstitutional
The decision shows that the Supreme Court has forced judges who like gun control to respect the Second Amendment anyway.

Florida woman busted carrying crack and meth in pouch labeled ‘Bag of Drugs’
What gave her away? A woman was busted with a smorgasbord of crack, meth, and pills in a zip-up pouch labeled “Bag of Drugs” after a cop spotted it during a traffic stop.

Election 2024...

FBI Ramps Up Censorship Efforts Ahead Of 2024 Election
"FBI will resume regular meeting in the coming weeks with social media companies to brief and discuss potential FMI threats involving the companies’ platforms."

Why Is Michigan’s Secretary Of State Working With Election Meddler David Becker?
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson invited David Becker of “Zuckbucks” election meddling group CEIR to tout Michigan’s elections as “more secure” than “ever” in a Monday press conference, despite Becker’s history of running groups that undermine election security.

Michigan secretary of state announces 'panic button' for poll workers ahead of election
The state will implement a "panic button" system for the November election permitting election officials to quickly alert law enforcement in the event of a threat.

Report: America Has Nearly 300,000 Double-Registered Voters
“Registrars aren’t doing their jobs,” Linda Szynkowicz, CEO of the nonprofit Fight Voter Fraud, told the Federalist. “Stop telling me the voter rolls are fine. They’re not.”

Harris...

Kamala Harris Made A Damning Planned Parenthood Video Disappear. Now, It’s Public.
Never-before-seen footage showing a Planned Parenthood employee appearing to discuss the sale of aborted babies’ body parts was released Tuesday, years after now-Vice President Kamala Harris seized the footage as attorney general of California.

Harris ditches Biden's strategy with 'freedom' focus
The Democratic Party didn't just change their nominee, they have changed their message in the final hundred days before the election. Biden wanted to make his campaign about "democracy" and Jan. 6, but Harris wants it to be about "freedom" and the "future."

Rise of Kamala Harris solidifies Dems’ full embrace as the party of ‘preachy females,’ scolding shrews
As polls show America’s young men are lurching rightward at a rapid pace, the Democratic brand has finally evolved into the party of scolding shrews, nagging Karens, and “preachy females,” as Dem dinosaur James Carville calls them.

Trump lauds effort to highlight Kamala Harris' 'anti-Catholic record'
Harris "viciously attacked highly qualified judicial nominees simply because they were members of the Knights of Columbus, suggesting that their Catholic faith disqualified them from serving on the federal bench," said Trump.

Trump Mocks Kamala Harris’ Staged Endorsement Call With The Obamas
“Kamala Harris got zero votes,” Trump said. “She’s totally scripted, owned, and controlled by the donors and the power brokers who created her campaign. Who rip off our government and make billions and billions of dollars.”

NY Times: Trump Escalates Race Attacks on Harris, Worrying Some Republicans
A day after telling black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris had recently decided to become “a black person,” Mr. Trump shared a photo of Ms. Harris in traditional Indian clothing.

Ben Shapiro: The Media Are Trash
After Trump walking into the fire and confronting hostile questions, CNN’s Abby Phillip put out a tweet saying, “Folks, this is why you let JOURNALISTS ask questions. The country deserves answers.” Here’s a question for the media: Why don’t you ask Kamala Harris a question? One question.

Marketing agency pays influencers '$150 cash' to boost Kamala Harris on social media
According to multiple posts from influencers who were contacted, they were sent messages from the influencer agency known as "Launchviral" to get paid in order to make posts supporting Kamala Harris online.

Chicago mayor fawns over Kamala Harris — and it will make you cringe
"Only an amazing God can take an Indian and a Jamaican and create somebody in his image. A black woman. ... Then came along a black woman, by the name of Kamala Harris, who took on banks and corporations during the housing crisis and settled billions of dollars to ensure homeowners get to experience the true, full expression of the American dream."

Politics...

Where’s Joe Biden? No one cares now
Who is running the country? Clearly, left-wing apparatchiks in the White House and engine room of the Democratic machine will oversee a simulacrum of democratic government. But who is running them?

Economy...

Families are slashing grocery spending to pay for air conditioning
One in three U.S. households trimmed grocery spending to afford their utility bills, according to new data from PowerSetter, a platform used to compare energy rates.

CNN: There are cracks forming in the US jobs market
The labor market is now more vulnerable to a rapid weakening if there were to be an unexpected shock or if interest rates stay this high for much longer.

Israel - Iran...

Bomb Smuggled Into Tehran Guesthouse Months Ago Killed Hamas Leader
An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation.

Israelis brace for a thousand-rocket, multi-proxy attack
The recent assassinations of two anti-Israeli leaders have heightened fears of a large-scale Iranian retaliation and regional conflict.

Iran to huddle with proxy leaders to discuss retaliation against Israel
Islamic Republic supreme leader, senior IRGC members to attend Tehran meeting with representatives from Hamas, PIJ, Houthis, Iraqi militias.

Related Video: 1988 meeting of 'Axis of Evil' in Beirut, lead by Iran
Remarkable footage shows how Police Squad Lieutenant Frank Drebin infiltrated and spoiled the terrorists' plans.

Biden says basis for hostage deal on the table but Haniyeh killing has 'not helped'
Biden noted that he had a "very direct" conversation with Netanyahu earlier on Thursday.

Russia - Ukraine...

Evan Gershkovich requested one-on-one interview with Putin before historic release deal
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich requested an interview with Putin in one last show of defiance against the Kremlin before he was finally freed as part of a hectic, top-secret deal to release three Americans imprisoned in Russia.

Who the West gave up in the prisoner swap that freed Evan Gershkovich
The West yielded a hitman, a convicted hacker, and several alleged Russian spies on Thursday as part of the largest prisoner exchange in modern history.

Top Republicans fear ‘costs of hostage diplomacy’ will increase after major prisoner swap with Russia
In addition to giving Russia international arms dealers, hackers, and spies for wrongly arrested U.S. citizens, Biden has also paid billions to Iran for hostages.

Ukraine's desperate need for soldiers spurs exodus of young men
Before Russia’s 2022 invasion, there was no fence here at this stretch of the Tisza River. But in the two and a half years since then, Ukraine has tightened security — not to keep Russians out but Ukrainian men in.

China...

Nasdaq Exempts Chinese Business Partners From Woke Politics It Forces On Americans
You could maybe, just maybe, stomach all the phony virtue signaling surrounding ESG from the woke capitalism crowd if they applied it equally to all public companies. They don’t. Not even close.

Europe...

'Jews have no more than ten years left in France,' says Sarcelles Rabbi
"I don’t want to play with you because you’re a Jew," Jewish children in France are being told as they are pressured to convert to Islam by their peers on the playground.

South America...

The New York Times Thinks 'Brutal Capitalism,' Not Socialism, Ruined Venezuela
"Founded by former President Hugo Chávez, Mr. Maduro's mentor, the movement initially promised to lift millions out of poverty. For a time it did. But in recent years, the socialist model has given way to brutal capitalism, economists say."

US Recognizes Maduro’s Rival as Winner of Venezuelan Election
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said there was “overwhelming evidence” that Edmundo González had won, despite President Maduro’s claim of victory.

Asia...

Live 2-foot eel chews through man’s intestines after he put it up his ....
The nauseating discovery was made when a 31-year-old man was admitted to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi on July 27 with excruciating abdominal pain.

Entertainment...

Disney cuts 140 jobs from television division
No teams are being eliminated, but National Geographic, locally owned television stations, Freeform, as well as the network’s marketing and publicity teams, will primarily be affected by cuts.

NY Times: The ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Is Not the Far Right’s Playground
On a 2021 podcast, Vance said, “I’m a big ‘Lord of the Rings’ guy, and I think, not realizing it at the time, but a lot of my conservative worldview was influenced by Tolkien growing up.”

Media...

Left-wingers weren’t held accountable for a race hoax against Fox News host Brian Kilmeade
Last week, Kilmeade was a victim of the left’s latest race hoax. Similar to the case of Jussie Smollett, Bubba Wallace, and essentially every other hate crime over which the left expressed outrage, the claims made against Kilmeade were never true.

Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk After $1.5 Million-Per-Year X Deal Fell Apart
He wants $35 million.

LGBTQIA2S+...

NY Times: A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading LGBTQ Nonprofit
GLAAD paid for its chief executive to fly first-class, rent a Cape Cod house, and remodel her home office. It may have violated IRS rules.

Massachusetts Bill Would Eliminate ‘Mother’ And ‘Father’ From Birth Certificates
Rather than referencing the child’s “mother,” the bill will swap out the word for the phrasing “person who gave birth.” The word “father” will be replaced with “other parent.” The words “paternity” will be replaced with “parentage” and “his,” in reference to the father, will be replaced with “their.”

AI...

Send AI to space to spill human secrets to the aliens, scientists urge — but is it worth the risk?
Scientists have proposed a radical new method for sniffing out potential alien life on other planets — send AI into space and see if any little green men respond.

Technology...

Intel cuts whopping 15K jobs, posts $1.6B loss just months after getting Biden funds
In March, Biden celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, talking up the investment in the battleground state of Arizona and calling it a way of “bringing the future back to America.”

Federal court hands blow to Biden administration’s net neutrality regulations
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the FCC on Thursday came after the federal agency voted earlier this year to reinstate Obama’s net neutrality regulations.

Travel...

NJ man goes berserk on flight, tries to have sex with attendant, open plane door while shouting ‘I am sane!’: Feds
Eric Nicholas Gapco was on American Airlines flight 2101 from Seattle to Dallas on July 18 when he started acting “unruly.”

Sports...

Female Olympic Boxer Hammered By Boxer Who Failed Gender Test, Quits Match In Tears
"I have always represented my country with loyalty ... I couldn’t fight any more."

Olympics forced Angela Carini to choose between her physical safety and a medal
It took just 46 seconds for Italian boxer Angela Carini to realize at the Paris Olympics that if she stayed in the ring with the male she was being forced to compete against, she might not leave with her face intact.

Elon Musk, Riley Gaines speak out on Imane Khelif-Angela Carini Olympics boxing controversy
“Men don’t belong in women’s sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini.”

Chinese Olympic champion accused of cheating over 'not humanly possible' record
An Olympic cheating storm has broken out in Paris after a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer won the 100m freestyle by "an entire body length."

$4.7 billion NFL Sunday Ticket decision overturned in bombshell
Federal district judge Philip Gutierrez overturned a ruling that the NFL would have to pay residential and commercial Sunday Ticket subscribers $4.7 billion for violating antitrust laws with the out-of-market package.

August 2, 2004 - Glenn shares his love of Broadway musicals… The murder of Lori Hacking... Planned Parenthood... Hollywood and R-rated movies... John Kerry’s campaign film by Steven Spielberg... 2004 GOP Convention… Woman's final wish is to get rid of Bush…

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

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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.