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Morning Brief 2024-10-07

October 07, 2024
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Mark Levin
TOPIC: Reflections on Israel and America on the one-year anniversary of October 7.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Rabbi Raphael Shore
TOPIC: The roots of anti-Semitism.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dennis Prager
TOPIC: Western civilization today is MORE dependent on Israel than America.


News...

Glenn Beck’s Mercury One and Cajun Navy join forces to deliver critical aid amid hurricane devastation
The charity deployed 50 helicopters and delivered 10 tons of supplies.

Helene hit Trump strongholds in Georgia and North Carolina. It could swing the election.
Officials in both swing states face urgent decisions about helping people vote in shattered communities.

FEMA abandons devastated NC town residents because it can’t drive around ‘road closed’ sign
“FEMA called me and told me they wanted to inspect my house then called me back to say they couldn’t drive around the ‘road closed’ sign. They weren’t allowed,” local Chelsea Atkins told the NY Post.

Mace introduces legislation to redirect FEMA funding from migrants to hurricane victims
Rep. Nancy Mace has introduced legislation that will redirect funds from a FEMA program for migrants to Hurricane Helene victims and ban other federal funds for the initiative.

White House Press Secretary Flip-Flops on Whether or Not FEMA Funds Were Used for Illegal Aliens
During a recent press conference, Jean-Pierre apparently denied the agency’s resources were going to help illegal aliens. However, in 2022, she said, “Funding is also available through FEMA’s emergency food and shelter program ... to support humanitarian relief for migrants.”

Yes, Democrats spent FEMA money on illegal immigrants
FEMA has spent over $1 billion aiding illegal immigrants due to Biden’s open-border policies, leaving hurricane-stricken Americans in desperate need of relief.

DHS Sec. Mayorkas Shops for High-End Menswear as Mass Power Outages Continue in North Carolina
Mayorkas, impeached once for handling of border crisis, is on the hot seat over Hurricane Helene response.

Tom Cotton Shreds Kristen Welker As She Tries To Defend Biden-Harris’ Disastrous Hurricane Response
"It is true that FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security have been spending billions of dollars on migrants," Cotton said.

Milton could be the hurricane Tampa Bay has dodged for over a century
The region has had many near-misses — most recently Helene — but Milton could be the first major hurricane in more than a century to hit the region directly.

Ghost guns, transgender care on Supreme Court agenda as election looms
A new term begins Monday, with hot-button social issues on the docket and the possibility of legal disputes about the 2024 presidential vote.

Government payments fuel rising dependency and shift American politics
As of 2022, more than half of U.S. counties receive a quarter of their income from government transfers, with Social Security and Medicare as the biggest drivers. This growing reliance on the federal government has reshaped political dynamics, fostering dependency and empowering politicians.

Colorado Goes After Election-Questioning Grandmas Harder Than Violent Criminals
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for a 2021 security breach of election voting machines. Like clockwork, the left is celebrating the harsh punishment, but where are the cries for justice when violent criminals go free?

Trump - Vance...

Trump Returns To Butler, Honors Firefighter Who ‘Gave His Life’ To Save Others
The former president returned to the location for a campaign event where he honored the life of Corey Comperatore, a firefighter and father of two who was killed during the assassination attempt, declaring him a “hero” and holding a memorial for him during the rally.

‘As I Was Saying’: Trump Begins Butler Rally With Chart That Saved His Life
“I love that chart, I love that graph,” Trump said.

George Stephanopoulos Throws A Fit After Trump, Son Blame Democrats For Assassination Attempts
Stephanopoulos became incensed that Mike Johnson blamed the extreme rhetoric of the Democratic Party for the shootings and demanded to know if Johnson supported the remarks from the Trump family.

Lara Trump: More Than 100,000 Attended Trump Rally In Butler
"I have never seen a crowd like that," she said.

Musk launches PAC to back candidates who support his values same day he speaks at Trump rally
The PAC endorsed Trump as the only presidential candidate capable of addressing its priorities.

Harris - Walz...

Axelrod says ‘upscale’ NC Harris voters will find way to vote after storm, not sure about rural Trump fans
"You know, they’re upscale, kind of liberal voters, and they’re probably going to figure out a way to vote," David Axelrod said of Asheville voters.

Harris Campaign Spending Good Chunk Of Cycle Rubbing Elbows With Celebs, Big Money Donors
Former Obama fundraiser Allison Huynh told the Daily Caller that Hollywood and Big Tech have long pushed candidates as an “aspirational luxury ticket,” recalling how Obama was “adopted” by the two major groups.

Kamala Struggles To Speak After Teleprompter Appears To Stop Working
Harris repeated the phrase “32 days” multiple times at a Michigan rally when an apparent teleprompter glitch left her stranded to speak without pre-written words.

New Yorker: Doug Emhoff Takes His Gen X Energy on the Road
On the trail, Emhoff has made loving music, and his wife, look like a campaign in itself. “If he’s a Cure fan, I’m gonna die,” one rally-goer said.

Caller Asks C-SPAN If It Will Cover Report Doug Emhoff Slapped One-Time Girlfriend
A caller to C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” asked if the network would cover a report that second gentleman Doug Emhoff slapped his then-girlfriend in 2012.

Politics...

Biden's staggering remark about disaster-struck Americans confirms he's out to lunch
Biden's apparent confusion regarding "which storm" was at issue as well as his characterization of those affected by Hurricane Helene as "happy" prompted concerns and outrage.

Biden trips over words, stares vacantly during WH briefing that erupts into mayhem — Jean-Pierre steps in to rescue
"Well, she's — I'm in constant contact with her. She's aware of where we're all — we're singing from the same song sheet. We uh — she helped pass all the laws that are being employed now."

Biden Accused of Trying to ‘Destroy’ Harris’ Campaign
“We’re singing from the same song sheet. She helped pass all the laws. She was a major player in everything we’ve done.”

GOP looks to avoid disaster in Nebraska Senate race
Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an "independent" candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer a run for her money.

Free Speech...

Hillary Clinton: ‘We Lose Total Control’ If Social Media Companies Don’t ‘Moderate’ Content
This should be "at the top of every legislative political agenda," she said.

Our ‘experts’ justify censorship of actual news with fake science to help Democrats
A new study published in Nature claims Trump supporters share more “low quality” news, justifying asymmetric censorship. But its definition of “low quality” is deeply flawed, relying on biased fact-checking methods that have repeatedly been wrong.

Economy...

Next president must address US debt, Moody's warns
Report warns deficits will contribute to “the expected decline in U.S. fiscal strength” and could significantly impact U.S. sovereign credit.

Auditors Found 18% Of Longshoremen’s Union Hires Had Mob Ties. The Union Had The Auditor Shut Down.
I don't know what they're talking about, there's no such thing as the mafia.

Port strike longshoremen union boss linked to murdered mobster in 'farce' racketeering case he beat at trial
The Justice Department failed to convict Daggett — but the case had deadly results. One of the codefendants, a reputed Genovese family captain, disappeared mid-trial and was later found dead in the trunk of a car.

Automate the Ports
The dockworkers' strike is over, but America's ports will be some of the least efficient in the world whether they are open or closed.

Immigration...

Ohio Court Rejects Haitian Group’s Request for Arrest Warrants for Trump, Vance
While a panel of judges referred a case from the Haitian Bridge Alliance against Trump and Vance to county prosecutors, the judges reportedly “found no probable cause” for them to issue arrest warrants or summons for “misdemeanor charges.”

TikToker exposes CBP One app in 5 minutes: 'There is no way to cross-check who I am'
"Once you create an account, on the main page you just have to choose if you're the smuggler or the smuglee," the video creator joked.

More than 50 jihadist cases in 29 states show 'persistent terror threat'
House committee traces terror threats from failed Afghan withdrawal to October 7 Hamas atrocities.

WAR News...

NY Times: It’s Not World War III. But Foreign Conflicts May Get Uglier Before Election Day.
Rarely do foreign crises and a presidential election collide like they have in the past few days.

US resumes nuclear warhead production with first plutonium pit in 35 years
The NNSA is currently working on re-establishing the capability to produce plutonium pits at a minimum rate of 80 pits per year. During the Cold War, the United States had the capability to produce hundreds of pits per year.

Israel - Iran...

Who are the American hostages still held by Hamas?
At least 97 people kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 are still in Gaza. Three of the seven American citizens are believed to be dead.

Israel stands alone in fight against terror one year after Oct. 7’s horrors
On the brink of a historic peace with Saudi Arabia, Israel faced its deadliest day since the Holocaust on October 7, 2023. The attack, backed by Iran, derailed normalization talks and intensified regional conflict. Meanwhile, Western leaders, including Biden, have sent mixed signals.

Jewish organizations fail to recognize their true allies
As Jewish conservatives stood by Israel and American Jews after the October 7 attacks, many Jewish organizations remain stuck in their Democratic alliances, ignoring the unwavering support from conservative figures such as Glenn Beck.

Kamala Won't Say Whether Bibi Is 'Real Close Ally' of US
Harris, in an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" set to air in full on Monday, was asked whether the United States has "a real close ally" in Netanyahu. Harris did not answer.

Macron urges countries to ‘stop delivering weapons’ to Israel for war in Gaza
Macron said Lebanon should not be allowed to “become a new Gaza,” referring to Israel’s ground and air offensive in the country. “The Lebanese people cannot, in turn, be sacrificed,” he added.

Survived the Holocaust, killed by Hamas
Holocaust survivor Moshe Ridler, 91, was killed in his home during Hamas' October 7 terrorist attack. Despite surviving Nazi horrors, Ridler became a victim of this new wave of violence, which left his kibbutz devastated and his family haunted by the parallels to his tragic past.

Facing military setbacks, Tehran may look to the bomb, analysts fear
Recent military setbacks are exactly the kind of development that could trigger a final dash to the bomb by Iran, officials and analysts say.

Israel may not be able to take down Iran's nuclear sites on its own
"Israel can damage Iran's nuclear program without US assistance, but it is unclear if it can by itself carry out the type of sustained and penetrating conventional attack that would seriously set back the program."

WaPo: Mossad’s pager operation — inside Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah
In the initial sales pitch to Hezbollah two years ago, the new line of Apollo pagers seemed precisely suited to the needs of a militia group with a sprawling network of fighters and a hard-earned reputation for paranoia.

Ukraine - Russia...

Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ Is Back in the Arms Business. This Time Selling to the Houthis.
Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout was freed by the Biden-Harris distraction in exchange for a WNBA player.

Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg: ‘So far, we have called Putin’s bluff’
“If anything, I pushed for crossing all those so-called red lines that Putin has put up. And we have crossed many of them, and he hasn’t done anything.”

Ukraine will never join NATO on my watch, says Slovakia PM Fico
The admission of new countries to NATO requires unanimous agreement by alliance members.

‘Russian Spy’ Whale Likely Died of Infection
A beluga whale found dead in Norway in August, who some suspected of being a Russian spy, most likely died of an infection, not gunshot wounds, Norwegian police said Friday.

China...

American Brands Face Retaliation From China If They Don’t Do Business In Region Known For Slave Labor
Beijing has launched an investigation into PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, over its refusal to source products from Xinjiang. The move signals China’s intent to punish foreign firms that comply with U.S. law prohibiting business in the region.

Entertainment...

'SNL' takes gentle jab at Tim Walz: 'Goofy white guy'
I don't want to hear about "SNL" being biased, just look at how they tore Walz apart.

Environment...

Former Biden EPA head and climate adviser admits green energy challenges underestimated
"I may have underestimated the grid challenges. And I think that's proven to be sort of universally understood now," Gina McCarthy said on Bloomberg's “ESG Currents” podcast.

LGBTQIA2S+...

FEMA says LGBTQ community needs special attention during hurricanes
A FEMA spokesperson claimed the LGBTQ community requires additional assistance after natural disasters due to its existing struggles.

Health...

New Biden-Harris Medicare plan could cost taxpayers $20 billion in election-year giveaway, CBO warns
Increased costs are due to the government subsidizing many seniors’ premiums by sending money to insurance firms.

Obesity in the US Is Finally Declining. You Can (Probably) Thank Ozempic.
Between 2020 and 2023, obesity rates in the U.S. fell by about two percentage points — no small feat when considering the quick and relentless climb in prior decades.

Oct. 7, 2010 - A sobering look at the structure of US debt... Glenn's new book, 'Broke,' tells us how we can get out of this economic mess... Chris Christie won't meet with Glenn... The presidential seal falling from the podium during Obama's speech... What exactly is Jeffy's job?...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.