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Morning Brief 2024-09-09

September 09, 2024
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Bill O'Reilly
TOPIC: How much impact do the decisions made by past presidents still affect us today?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Alan Dershowitz
TOPIC: Dershowitz: "I am no longer a Democrat."


Jeremiah 31:15-17

Jeremiah 31:15-17

News...

Tucker Carlson and Glenn Beck in Salt Lake City detail the battle they see between good vs. evil
The two conservative talk show hosts — who each at one time boasted the status as most-watched person on cable television — only mentioned political parties once.

Early Voting Season Begins Even As Some States Are Still Deciding Who’s On Their Ballots
While a court case caused North Carolina to delay mailing its ballots, which was supposed to start Friday, the case is emblematic of the issues that can arise when the process for casting ballots lasts months instead of just one day.

Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of emergency, aunt says
The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative said.

Frustration over transgender 'acceptance' allegedly fueled Georgia school shooting: CNN report
According to CNN's summary of posts on Discord, the account said that he was planning an attack on an elementary school and expressed "frustration with the acceptance of transgender people."

Musk Sounds Alarm After Democrat Senator Indicates Support For Gun Confiscation
Musk’s warning came in response to Sen. Warnock expressing an openness to having gun confiscation in the U.S., remarks he made in response to Harris previously indicating that she supported gun confiscation.

Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back to School in the American Police State
Instead of being taught the three R’s of education (reading, writing, and arithmetic), young people are being drilled in the three I’s of life in the American police state: indoctrination, intimidation, and intolerance.

Trump - Vance...

Trump Sentencing Delayed Until After Election
Judge Juan Merchan delayed the sentencing of Trump in his Manhattan hush-money case until November 26, exactly three weeks after the general election.

Entrepreneur Warns Democrats’ ‘Lawfare’ Against Trump Could Destroy The US
“It was the lawfare that kind of brought me off the sidelines,” Naval Ravikant said. “It’s really disgusting behavior, because this is how you descend into a complete Banana Republic with military coups and military rule."

Associated Press sets stage for Harris campaign's latest deception — this time targeting JD Vance
Although the Associated Press has walked back its misleading headline, the false narrative it inspired lives on in the propaganda shared by the Harris campaign and its boosters.

Babylon Bee: 10 Famous Quotes From History As Reported By The Associated Press
"The only thing we have ... is fear itself." — Franklin D. Roosevelt. "That's one small ... man." — Neil Armstrong. "I have a dream that one day ... little boys will be ... little girls." — Martin Luther King Jr.

Harris - Walz...

Harris-Walz Spokesman: We Don't Have Time To Think About Why Certain Things Happened Over The Last Few Years
"We've got 60 days until the election. You know, we don't have time to sit around and think about why, over the last few years, certain things may have happened or may not have happened. We've got to go win an election."

Bernie Sanders says Kamala isn’t ‘abandoning’ progressive agenda, she’s just lying to get elected
"I don't think she's abandoning her ideals. I think she's trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election.”

While visiting store that called Republicans 'racists,' Kamala calls for ending ‘divisiveness’
“It’s time to turn the page on the divisiveness. It’s time to bring our country together, chart a new way forward,” Harris said while at a Penzeys Spices in Pittsburgh, whose CEO called for renaming MLK Jr. day, “Republicans Are Racist Weekend!”

Harris Campaign Says Muted Mics 'Handcuffed' Its Debate Strategy
Harris’ campaign said that ABC’s decision to keep the microphones muted during the upcoming presidential debate "handcuffed" its initial strategy, Politico reported Friday.

Walz Echoes Kamala in Praise of Anti-Israel Protesters
"I think those folks who are speaking out loudly in Michigan are speaking out for all the right reasons."

Cheney: If Americans Don’t Vote For Harris They’re ‘Abandoning The Constitution’
“Kamala Harris is a radical liberal who would raise taxes, take away guns & health insurance, and explode the size and power of the federal gov’t,” Cheney warned in 2020.

Politics...

The New NYT/Siena Poll Hammers Home the Reality that Harris Is Running Out of Gas
Trump now leads Kamala Harris nationally among likely voters.

Nate Silver again pumps up Trump's win probability
Silver’s newest rating has Trump with a 63.8% probability, compared to Harris’s 36%. The former president is also favored to win every swing state.

CNN Data Guru Says Trump Will Win If He ‘Outperforms His Current Polls By Just A Single Point’
Harris is leading Trump by just 0.2% in the top seven battleground states, according to the RealClearPolling average.

New Emerson poll shows Harris, Trump within margin of error in Texas, Florida
The outlier poll also claims that in Florida, Rick Scott has just a single point lead over a Democrat candidate no one has ever heard of.

The Worst of ABC’s Debate Moderators Muir and Davis
David Muir and Linsey Davis are set to moderate Tuesday night’s presidential debate but don’t expect a fair and balanced effort from the ABC anchors.

Alan Dershowitz Announces Departure from Democratic Party, Citing ‘Anti-Zionist’ DNC
“It was the most anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, anti-Zionist convention I’ve experienced. I was disgusted at the Democratic National Convention. Absolutely disgusted.”

Democrat Colin Allred Lies When Confronted Over Past Remarks About ‘Racist Wall’ He Vowed To Tear Down
Rep. Colin Allred, running against Sen. Ted Cruz, falsely claimed his past remarks about tearing down Trump’s “racist wall” were taken out of context.

RFK Jr. Scores Major Wins For Trump In 2 Battleground States
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will not appear on ballots in North Carolina or Michigan following emergency orders Friday from courts in both states.

Maher Rips Leftists For Attacking RFK Jr.’s Wife: ‘Even The Mafia Doesn’t Do That’
“His wife is Cheryl Hines, who Larry David was quoted as describing as ‘the best person I ever met, the one person in Hollywood who doesn’t have a single enemy,'” Maher said. “Well now she does."

Free Speech...

Many American colleges, universities fail free-speech test, report finds
Coming in dead-last with scores of zero and speech climate descriptions of “abysmal” were Ivy Leaguers Harvard and Columbia.

Elon Musk takes on communists in Brazil free-speech battle
As the global war on free speech enters a dark new phase, people in the United States can no longer afford to ignore events in Brazil or take their own rights for granted.

Economy...

US Job Growth Falls Short of Expectations in August
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 142,000 jobs in August, falling short of the 160,000 forecasted by economists, Reuters reported. Job gains in June and July were also lower than initially estimated.

Millions of Americans lost jobs last month while the 'foreign born' saw massive gains
ZeroHedge, which has long documented the trend of what it calls the "great replacement" of American workers with imported workers, highlighted that "in the past month, the US has added 635K foreign-born workers, while losing 1.325 million native-born workers."

Amid Public, Shareholder Backlash, Some Major Corporations Drop DEI Policies
Since 2021, 25 companies have been notified by shareholders that their DEI programs constitute illegal discrimination and a breach of fiduciary duty.

Oil prices drop to lowest in nearly three years just weeks before election
Once factor pulling down prices was a job report on Friday that feel short of expectations.

Immigration...

Police catch street artist Sabo; court date looms
The reign of terror of calling attention to Tren de Aragua's reign of terror has finally ended.

Schumer Rejects GOP Proposal To Link Bill Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship With Spending Measure
"We will not let poison pills or Republican extremism put funding for critical programs at risk.”

Mike Lee: Senate Republicans must show courage and advance election integrity measure
Congress will soon revisit a piece of legislation supported by all House Republicans and five House Democrats. Eighty-three percent of voters polled support what it would accomplish.

The Obscure State Department Bureau That Fosters Global Illegal Migration
The second Trump administration must bring to heel State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

Illegal immigrants flood the border while these legal foreigner priests get the boot
While millions of illegal immigrants flood the country, law-abiding Catholic priests could be getting the boot thanks to a Biden regulation change.

Woman illegally in US used stolen ID to vote in multiple elections in Alabama, feds say
A Guatemalan woman in the U.S. illegally used fake documentation to vote in at least four elections in Alabama since 2016, according to federal authorities.

WAR News...

US on the 'pathway' toward another world war, Gen. Jack Keane warns
The U.S. is treading on ground not seen since World War II, according to Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane, who warned that "we're on a pathway" to a third world war.

Ukraine-Russia...

CIA director says he thought there was 'genuine risk' of Russia's use of nuclear weapons in 2022
"There was a moment in the fall of 2022 when I think there was a genuine risk of a potential use of tactical nuclear weapons," Bill Burns said.

US announces another $250 million military aid package for Ukraine
The State Department announced that the United States is providing Ukraine with a $250 million aid package that provides a variety of missiles, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.

Russia believes Turkey has ‘serious intentions’ to join BRICS
"The main thing for full-fledged members and countries developing various forms of cooperation with BRICS is to share common values that are different from the ones the European Union has been defending in Ukraine," he underscored.

Two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace
Romania and Latvia both reported violations.

Europe...

Germany's suicidal, rape-friendly immigration policy
If the decline of Ireland is a tragedy, what's going on in Germany is equivalent to a piece of experimental theatre: difficult to fathom and even more difficult to explain.

Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Jailed Amid Transgender Pronoun Dispute
A teacher at the center of a longstanding dispute over recognizing a student's transgender pronoun has been jailed for a third time for violating a court order to keep him away from a school.
- Video of the arrest

Conor McGregor signals he will run for president of Ireland in 2025
"The people of Ireland deserve the answers they seek. Point blank. This would be my power as President. I know very well. Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland. It is me. I am the only logical choice."

Entertainment...

The Rock Praises Trump’s Strength Following Assassination Attempt
“Whether you love Donald, don’t love Donald, it doesn’t matter. They tried to assassinate him. There’s no room for that. Despite it being who we were in that moment, I still believe in my core that is not who we are as a country. So him standing up at that moment, we wanted to see that.”

Elton John Says Trump Calling Kim Jong Un ‘Little Rocket Man’ Was ‘Brilliant,’ but Urges People to Vote for a ‘Calmer, Safer’ America
“I just thought, ‘Good on you, Donald.’ ... Donald’s always been a fan of mine, and he’s been to my concerts many, many times. So, I mean, I’ve always been friendly toward him, and I thank him for his support."

Media...

Murdoch family headed to court over control of media empire
Rupert Murdoch reportedly wants to transfer his media empire to his eldest son.

Environment...

Courts revoking permits for oil and gas projects creates chilling effect on investors, experts say
The Sierra Club and others successfully sued federal agencies to block offshore oil drilling and a liquified natural gas terminal. The judges sided with plaintiffs but went further. They revoked the project permits.

Religion...

Several Islamic Terrorists Arrested For Alleged Plot To Assassinate The Pope
Several suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested in Indonesia last week for allegedly plotting to assassinate Pope Francis during his recent visit to the country.

Chart: From Enlightenment to Insanity: How Ideologies Hijacked Christianity
This chart illustrates how a chaotic blend of ideologies — from Marxism to Critical Theory — has each attempted to seize and reshape the Christian narrative, nearly distorting it beyond recognition.

Science...

Musk says manned missions to Mars could start in 4 years
"The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years."

Sports...

Super Bowl Halftime Show Headliner Revealed
Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. Lamar previously appeared on the halftime show stage as part of Dr. Dre’s hip-hop showcase in 2022.

Poll: Eagles Fans Voted ‘Rudest’ NFL Fans
The poll of rudest fans also listed the worst behaviors for each team and with Eagles fans it was "starting fights."

September 9, 2009 - Adding 100 billion to the deficit every 5 weeks… Health care… Preserving the union… Runaround from senators on Sunstein… Arguing with idiots… Behind the scenes… Guest Scott Baker from Breitbart about Van Jones… The 9-12 Project…

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.