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Morning Brief 2025-01-24

January 24, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dan Hendrycks
TOPIC: Musk clashes with Altman over Trump-backed Stargate announcement.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Bart Baggett
TOPIC: What you should notice about Trump's and Melania's signatures.

Revelation 19:9

Revelation 19:9

News...

Protesters mellow as the nation welcomes Trump’s sweeping return
Monday evening, despite the numerous balls and galas, did not see a repeat of past unrest. Tucker Carlson walked down the street in broad daylight, approached only by supportive admirers rather than insane leftists intent on confrontation.

Trump pardons peaceful pro-life activists targeted by Biden DOJ
"They should not have been prosecuted," said Trump. "Many of them are elderly people. They should not have been prosecuted. This is a great honor to sign this."

Supreme Court clears path for Corporate Transparency Act enforcement
Carol Roth slammed the decision, urging Congress to repeal the law and asking the Trump administration to halt penalties.

MLK’s family responds to Trump’s order to declassify assassination files — and their one request
“For us, the assassination of our father is a deeply personal family loss that we have endured over the last 56 years. We hope to be provided the opportunity to review the files as a family prior to its public release,” the family said.

JFK’s grandson reacts to Trump’s order to release assassination files
Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg, a hardcore Democrat who spoke at the DNC this year and is a political correspondent for Vogue, accused Trump of using JFK as a “political prop.”

Democrat Rep defends infanticide: They've been 'sent to the Lord'
Rep. Tim Kennedy says doctors shouldn't be forced to save a baby who survives abortion because he "sent his child to the Lord."

NYT Cares About An Unborn Child’s ‘Right’ To A US Passport But Not To Live
In exchange for tugging the heartstrings of the American people, the unborn will be granted political personhood, temporarily obviously, until the issue is settled. The first assignment: a piece in the New York Times titled, “Undocumented Women Ask: Will My Unborn Child Be a Citizen?”

The New Oligarchy Is a Vast Improvement on the Old
For decades, the powerful have produced discord, distrust, and failures both at home and abroad.

Alex Soros Says Billionaire Dad ‘Very Upset’ with ‘Amount of Bureaucracy’ at Family’s Liberal Nonprofit
George Soros "didn’t want to create an employment agency," his son says.

Biden and Friends...

Reporters admit Politico snuffed out Hunter Biden laptop story to protect Joe in 2020
Caputo told his editor the outlet needed to “write about the Hunter Biden laptop” but was instructed, per orders from “on high” at Politico, not to: “Don’t write about the laptop. Don’t talk about the laptop. Don’t tweet about the laptop,” he was told.

Hunter Biden's name, signature, and shared bank account showed up in $60M fraud investigation
When a securities fraud wrapped up two of Hunter Biden’s business partners at Burnham Asset Management, Hunter escaped scrutiny. However, bank records and corporate document drafts now show one of the future first son’s shared bank accounts was used in the fraudulent bond transaction.

Trump explains the 'funny thing' about Biden's pardons
"This guy went around giving everybody pardons," said Trump. "And you know the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is he didn't give himself a pardon."

NY Mag: What Kamala Harris Is Thinking
She’s processing Trump and hasn’t given up on the presidency. But California and retirement also beckon.

Karine Jean-Pierre reveals why she kept her mom’s cancer diagnosis a secret
“Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work,” the former White House spokeswoman said.

Politics...

Voters giving Trump the benefit of the doubt on key issues: Poll says
Trump currently enjoys a 53% approval rating in the RealClearPolitics polling average, with just 40% disapproving of his performance.

VIP goodie bags at Trump inauguration included Diet Coke, medal with pics of prez, JD Vance
Attendees say that they picked up their inaugural event passes at the historic Decatur House, just steps from the White House — and that VIPs who were personal guests of President Trump and the family were handed a goodie bag of mementos.

Rumor: Barack Obama has been ‘quietly dating Jennifer Aniston,’ he and Michelle set to announce split soon
Jason Whitlock plays a clip of Grant Stinchfield and Jennifer Horn on “The Morning Answer with Jen and Grant” recounting the hearsay on the street.

AOC Disturbed That Cultural Figures No Longer ‘Scared’ Of ‘Being Associated With’ Trump
"All of these people that were scared before about being associated with him, from the most common basic level to the most elite level, they’re all-in now because this is now a billionaire feeding frenzy."

Free Speech...

Inside State-Run 'Bias-Response Hotlines,' Where Fellow Citizens Can Report Your 'Offensive Joke'
In January 2020, the top law enforcement agency in the state of Oregon launched a "Bias Response Hotline" for residents to report "offensive ‘jokes.’"

Davos...

Trump was 3.6K miles from Davos but still the 'omnipresent' figure at World Economic Forum
In a sprawling 45-minute address, Trump sparred with European regulators over such key geopolitical issues as energy, investments, AI, and tariffs.

Trump says US doesn't need Canada's oil, gas, vehicle, or lumber imports
These are comments Trump made during his virtual address at the World Economic Forum.

Trump confronts Bank of America CEO at World Economic Forum: 'What you're doing is wrong'
"I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America."

Economy...

Trump signs executive order on cryptocurrency
The order bans central bank digital currencies and orders a group to consider a national digital asset stockpile.

NY Times: Trump’s DEI Order Creates ‘Fear and Confusion’ Among Corporate Leaders
The executive order signals that private businesses and organizations could be investigated over their diversity policies.

Why the Deep State Loves Tariffs
They enable bureaucrats and lobbyists to manipulate the system to their own benefit. For the rest of us, all they do is bring higher costs.

Store closures hit highest level since pandemic in 2024
Even more locations are expected to shutter this year, as shoppers’ dollars increasingly go to a few industry winners, according to an analysis by Coresight Research.

Immigration...

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Pretty much as expected. Now, it will slowly go up the chain, eventually to be ruled on by the Supreme Court.

Horowitz: Citizenship without consent? Not so fast
The idea that an amendment intended to guarantee basic rights to freed slaves — who had lived in the U.S. for centuries and owed allegiance to no other jurisdiction — would later be used to prevent the regulation of citizenship for immigrants of all backgrounds is scandalous.

Trump’s ICE raids turn up pedos, gangbangers, a suspected terrorist as 538 migrants arrested
President Trump’s long-promised ICE raids continued on Thursday.

ICE arrests irate Haitian gang member, murder and rape suspects in Boston: ‘F*** Trump, Biden forever!’
“I’m not going back to Haiti! F*** Trump! Biden forever, bro! Thank Obama for everything that he did for me, bro!”

Denver Mayor Johnston reverses sanctuary stance, agrees to work with ICE
Johnston had previously threatened to use police to block federal immigration agents.

Texas Gov. Abbott seeks reimbursement from Congress for border security efforts
He's seeking $11.1 billion the state spent on border security measures during the Biden administration.

Israel - Iran...

Freed Israeli hostages claim they were held in UN entity facilities
UNRWA is a U.N.-operated refugee and humanitarian organization that operates refugee camps in the Gaza Strip and handles the distribution of humanitarian aid.

Trump says ‘would be nice’ to solve Iranian nuclear crisis without Israeli strikes
"It would really be nice if that could be worked out without having to go that further step. Iran will hopefully make a deal, and if they don’t make a deal that’s OK, too.”

Continued denial of Palestinian statehood is threat to global security, says Arab league chief
He stressed that a ceasefire agreement is merely a temporary measure, and a permanent resolution can only be achieved through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Ukraine - Russia...

Trump says he's ready to meet Putin 'immediately' to secure end of Ukraine war
"I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended. And that's not from the standpoint of economy or anything else. It's from the standpoint of millions of lives are being wasted. ... It's a carnage. And we really have to stop that war."

Reuters: Putin Believes Key Ukraine War Goals Achieved
Putin believes Russia has achieved its key objectives in the war against Ukraine, but he has also grown increasingly concerned about the conflict’s economic impact on the country, Reuters reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources.

Trump says ‘the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately’ if Saudi Arabia and OPEC lowered the price of oil
“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” Trump said. “Right now, the price is high enough that that war will continue. You got to bring down the oil price. You could end that war.”

Russia rejects idea of NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine, warning of 'uncontrollable escalation'
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the idea was totally unacceptable to Russia.

Zelenskyy Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show
The latest polling shows support sinking to nearly 50%, and it falls even lower in surveys that gauge his popularity against potential competitors if elections were held in the wake of a ceasefire agreement with Russia.

Asia...

Afghan women’s group hails court’s move to arrest Taliban leaders for persecution of women
The ICC announced Thursday that it had issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials. Afghanistan, after Biden's disastrous withdraw from the country, is the only place on earth that explicitly bars women and girls from all levels of education.

Entertainment...

'American Idol' Reportedly In ‘Crisis Talks’ Over Carrie Underwood’s Debut As Judge After Inauguration
"American Idol" bosses are acutely aware of the impact that Carrie Underwood's inauguration performance could have on the show, with fears it may unravel hard-fought efforts to improve LGBTQ representation.

Oscars Nominations Announced, Trans Drama Leads With 13 Nods
The controversial musical crime drama “Emilia Pérez,” a film about a Mexican drug lord who becomes a transgender woman, led the nominations with 13 total nods. “Conclave,” a drama about electing a new pope, earned eight nominations.

Flashback: He’s Just a Girl Who Can’t Say ‘No!’ — A Review of ‘Conclave’
This young liberal from the peripheries might seem the perfect person to replace Pope Francis were it not for a small problem: Benitez isn’t qualified to be a pope. This is because he’s a she. Our mystery “man” is a sexually confused “intersex” person.

Angelina Jolie ‘will be devastated’ by Oscars snub for ‘Maria’
“This just shows that Hollywood is Team Brad,” said the insider. “The Globes showed that the foreign press loves her, but that’s not Hollywood. Nobody was going to go against Brad and give Angelina a vote ... people just love Brad.”

Media...

Jim Acosta Threatens to Quit After CNN Offers Demotion to Graveyard Shift
The notoriously obnoxious host is reportedly threatening to quit after CNN asked him to accept a humiliating demotion by moving his weekday show from 10 a.m. to the "graveyard shift" between midnight at 2 a.m.

Local meteorologist fired after claiming Elon Musk did multiple Hitler salutes on social media
“Dude Nazi saluted twice. Twice. During the inauguration,” Kuffel wrote. "You f*** with this and this man, I don't f*** with you. Full stop."

Environment...

Trump Order Offers a Chance to Revive Keystone XL Pipeline
Biden revoked Trump’s permit allowing Keystone to cross the U.S.-Canada border hours after taking office in January 2021. Since then, parts of the system — which runs through Alberta, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska — have been dismantled.

Education...

Columbia Promptly Suspends Student That Stormed Israeli History Class. It Has a Long History of Dropping Similar Suspensions.
The Ivy League school dropped scores of suspensions targeting anti-Israel student radicals.

Religion...

Devine: Egomaniacal Bishop Budde’s woke rant just makes her another liberal pawn aiming to cut down Trump
The National Cathedral buzzkill was an unpleasant reminder of the sly resistance that faces the second Trump presidency.

AI...

Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence ‘free from ideological bias’
President Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says “act as barriers to American AI innovation.”

Trump shrugs off Elon Musk’s criticism of AI announcement: ‘He hates one of the people’
“I’ve spoken to Elon, but — spoken to all of them, actually. The people in the deal are very, very smart people — but Elon, one of the people he happens to hate. But I have certain hatreds of people, too.”

Technology...

Emotional Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht says Trump is a ‘man of his word’ in first remarks since pardon
“This is an important moment for everybody, everywhere who loves freedom and who cares about second chances.”

Sports...

Philadelphia Eagles sell out of pints of 'field snow' from playoff game in mere hours
The "authenticated" snow was sold in ice cream-style containers and limited to just 100 units at $50 each.

Tennis player Arina Rodionova launches OnlyFans, announces divorce
Last year — at 34 years old — Rodionova became the oldest woman to make a top 100 debut, earning the 97 spot in the women’s singles ranking.

Jan. 24, 2002 - Glenn used to be a liberal on social issues... Glenn berates Stu for not watching a White House special... Stu's dog vs. Alan Colmes... People are blaming corporations for selling junk food and making them fat... Personal responsibility...

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.