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Morning Brief 2025-02-06

February 06, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Liz Wheeler
TOPIC: The federal government has been subsidizing Politico to the tune of $34.3 MILLION.

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Stephen Moore
TOPIC: Breaking down what President Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China mean for the U.S.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Christopher Bedford
TOPIC: The crucial step that President Trump's administration is taking in an effort "to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and accessible to the public."

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Trump: Day 17...

After just 17 frenetic days, Trump has already delivered a big part of his agenda
Here is how Trump delivered so far on the 20 promises on his campaign’s official platform page.

Trump signs executive order preventing men from competing in women's sports
"Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat our women and our girls."

Trump Freezes Millions in USAID Funds for Foreign Media, Triggering Globalist Outrage
USAID’s 2023 fact sheet, taken offline due to the hold, boasted the agency supported 6,200 journalists, 707 news outlets, and 279 media-sector civil society organizations, the Columbia Journalism Review reported.

Politico was paid $8.2 million by US government last year
Politico received $44,000 from USAID last year but was given millions more from other federal agencies, public records showed.

Musk Vows to Eliminate 'Wasteful' Politico Subscriptions for Federal Employees
Government payments to Politico quadrupled to $26 million during the Biden administration.

Mexico deploys 10K troops to southern border
Mexico on Tuesday deployed 10,000 troops to its northern border with the U.S. — appearing to make good on a vow President Claudia Sheinbaum made a day earlier to President Trump to bolster border security in exchange for Trump pausing a 25% tariff on Mexican goods.

AG Pam Bondi directs DOJ to pause federal funding to sanctuary cities
Bondi instructed the agency to investigate sanctuary jurisdictions that have hindered ICE's efforts to detain and deport illegal immigrants. The DOJ's litigating components were directed to seek prosecution when necessary.

Panama eliminates charge fees for US government vessels to use the canal
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced a new deal with the government of Panama that will eliminate charge fees for U.S. government vessels, saving tax payers millions of dollars a year.

Sec. Marco Rubio Wins Big Migrant Deportation Deal with Guatemala
The deal is valuable for Americans because it helps the United States to deport illegal aliens from countries whose home governments refuse to take them back.

Trump admin moves to purge obstructionist CIOs, boost agency accountability
The White House ordered federal agencies to revoke the “career reserved” status of chief information officers, making them easier to replace with appointees aligned with the president’s agenda.

News...

DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud
Elon Musk’s allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week.

Before it was shuttered, USAID routed funds to Soros-aligned causes, terrorists, and drag queens
The development agency for years also funneled money to several nonprofit groups that also received substantial backing from components of George Soros’ empire.

Alex Soros Shares Chuck Schumer Post Warning About 'Unelected Shadow Government'
"An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government."

Progressive Snakes Are Shedding Their Skins In Response To Trump And It’s Glorious
As Trump tackles Big Pharma, dismantles the unelected bureaucracy, and defunds secret regime-change fronts for the CIA, progressives are in full meltdown mode, despite running on those issues for years.

House Republicans defend DOGE reforms as 'necessarily disruptive'
Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) accused Democrats of “sensationalizing” Trump’s plans to reduce waste and inefficiency and argued that Congress should get on board with reform efforts.

Judge appears likely to block DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records
Judge Kollar-Kotelly was actively hostile to Trump in his first term, and she was one of the more ruthless judges in the January 6 cases, with her petty vindictiveness reaching a pinnacle in sentencing a pro-life protester.

Patel to face a brewing rebellion and legal challenges in bid to reform FBI
Should Kash Patel secure Senate confirmation to lead the FBI, he will face the daunting task of subordinating a bureau of 13,000 agents with personnel actively begging Congress to intervene against the White House’s agenda and whose agents are suing the administration to block its implementation.

Newsom visits Trump and softens his approach
California Governor Gavin Newsom met with Trump on Wednesday for more than an hour as he made his case for federal aid to help residents recover from the worst natural disaster the Los Angeles region has ever endured.

California's high-speed rail faces new delays and a $6.5 billion funding gap
The California High Speed Rail Authority has expected that it would be able to fill its $6.5 billion funding gap for the initial segment through federal grants, but that now appears unlikely.

DOJ drops O’Keefe investigation, agrees to unseal FBI search warrant
The DOJ has ended its probe into James O’Keefe over the Ashley Biden diary and confirmed no further charges. Additionally, the government will unseal search warrant materials from the 2021 FBI raid on his home.

Politics...

Bedford: The Senate GOP’s Trump resistance is on life support
Combined, the White House’s victories represent a near-total rout of Senate uniparty opposition to the president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda.

House Republicans introduce bill to enshrine Trump’s DEI ban in federal government
The bill would codify Trump's ban on DEI programs not just in federal agencies but also among federal contractors, grant recipients, and accreditation bodies.

Senate Democrats sank ICC sanctions — making Trump the court’s next target
Democrats blocked a bill that would have sanctioned the ICC for targeting Israeli leaders, leaving the court free to pursue Americans in the future. With its history of politically motivated cases, the ICC’s next target could be Trump and his administration once he leaves office.

Here We Go Again: Dem Rep Files Impeachment Articles Against Trump for 'Dastardly Deeds'
Rep. Al Green, who repeatedly failed to impeach Trump during his first term, tries again over Gaza plan.

Mitch McConnell falls following Senate vote: Report
McConnell fell down the stairs on Wednesday following a Senate vote to confirm one of Trump's nominees, according to multiple reports.

Economy...

Barrons: Banks Want to Crash the Bitcoin Party. Trump Is Opening the Door.
The last time crypto collapsed, regulators celebrated that the country’s biggest banks had few ties to Bitcoin and other digital assets, leaving them unscathed. Next time may be different.

DeSantis announces property, car insurance premium cuts for Floridians
Florida’s state-backed Citizens Insurance announced premium decreases for 20% of policyholders, while major auto insurers, including Geico, Progressive, and State Farm, will cut rates by up to 10.5%.

Immigration...

Taxpayers Spent Over $1 Billion Facilitating The Migrant Pipeline Via Religious ‘Charities’ In 2024
In fiscal year 2024 alone, the U.S. government spent more than $2.7 billion on “refugee and entrant assistance” programs, and more than $1 billion went to nonprofits connected to four major Christian denominations: Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and the United Methodist Church.

ICE, DEA target Tren de Aragua gangbangers in Aurora with raids — 5 months after governor claimed they didn’t exist
Last month, the feds nabbed dozens of TDA gangbangers partying at a “makeshift nightclub” outside Denver.

WAR News...

Pete Hegseth celebrates milestone Army recruiting numbers after Trump's election
Even though the military had a huge December after Trump won re-election, it still missed its yearly recruiting goal by 41,000 — and the U.S. has the fewest number of active soldiers that we've had since World War II.

Middle East...

White House: US Involvement in Rebuilding Effort Does Not Mean Commitment of Troops or Taxpayer Dollars to Gaza
Leavitt also emphasized that while it may be “an out-of-the-box idea,” the American people elected Trump because he thinks outside of the box. “That’s why the American people elected him, and his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region.”

About Those Beachfront Gaza Condos
Critics deride Trump’s idea, but what are they offering Palestinians?

Saudi Prince Explains To Tucker Carlson Why ‘Pro-America’ Means ‘Pro-Trump,’ Says US Needed Trump As ‘Logical Leader’
“All his policies right now in being anti-woke, being anti-left-wing, being anti all those crazy things that’s happening on the left. We are for sure pro-Trump on these matters.”

Ukraine - Russia...

US Could Reveal Trump's Peace Plan For Ukraine As Early As Next Week
Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, has confirmed that he will take part next week in the Munich Security Council and will speak about Trump’s goal to end the war in Ukraine. Speculation is that he'll reveal Trump's peace plan at the conference.

Ukraine sees marked improvement in accuracy of Russia's North Korean missiles
North Korea's military programs have developed rapidly in recent years, including missiles that can be tipped with nuclear warheads. However, until its involvement in Ukraine, the nation had never tested the new weapons in combat.

China...

Sen. Mike Lee introduces resolution to safeguard Panama Canal from China's growing influence
"The Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, signed at Washington, September 7, 1977, otherwise known as the 'Neutrality Treaty,' reserved the right of the United States to use armed force to defend the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal."

South America...

Argentina Withdraws from WHO After US Exit
During a news conference, Adorni told reporters the decision for Argentina to withdraw from the WHO was specifically a result of its poor handling of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

Entertainment...

Ben Stiller denies receiving USAID money for humanitarian trip to Ukraine: 'These are lies from Russian media'
"I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine," Stiller said.

Media...

Uncut ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview reveals ‘word salad’ responses were heavily edited by CBS
Kamala Harris gave an 179-word meandering answer on Israel that "60 Minutes" cut to just 20 words.

- Here is the EDITED, shorter transcript
- Here is the UNEDITED full transcript just released, for comparison
- Here's the press released by CBS about the release

Has Brendan Carr Finally Figured Out How To Stop NPR?
Taxpayer-funded radio stations are barred from "airing commercials or other promotional announcements on behalf of for-profit entities."

The Final Flicker of Cable News As We Know It
MSNBC is getting spun out, CNN is restructuring, and the Murdochs are launching a streamer. But can any of them survive the slow death of TV news?

Chuck Todd blasts DOGE chief Elon Musk as ‘un-American’ and a ‘five-alarm fire’
Weeks after wildfires left tens of thousands homeless in California, Todd casually compares Musk exposing government fraud to a raging inferno. Classy.

Environment...

New Jersey Judge Tosses State AG's Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Out of Court
A New Jersey court dismissed the state attorney general's lawsuit accusing the nation's largest oil and gas producers of causing global warming — a massive blow for climate activists who saw the case as an opportunity to regulate emissions nationwide and worldwide.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Rep. Nancy Mace triggers top Oversight Dem by repeating anti-trans 'slur'
“Does this advance the interest of American citizens — paying for trannies in Guatemala to the tune of $2 million?” Mace asked a panel during a hearing on “rightsizing government” Wednesday. One Democrat was very offended.

Education...

It’s Time For Trump To Go To A School Board Meeting
It would be a great moment for parents struggling to get their school districts to listen if the president were to join them at a school board meeting demanding an immediate change in their transgender policy or face losing millions in federal funding.

Judge strips immunity from Ohio State officials for firing professor who 'triggered' student
A federal judge ruled that Ohio State University violated a professor’s First Amendment rights when it fired him over a classroom exercise.

Columbia pro-Hamas activists sue school for ‘psychological harm’
Suspended students claim “severe emotional distress” after losing housing and meal plans — one even struggles to find a home for his emotional support rabbit.

Religion...

JD Vance reveals how the White House will uproot religious persecution: 'It ends with this administration'
Vance detailed efforts to end government weaponization against religious Americans, including pardoning pro-life protesters and halting taxpayer-funded promotion of atheism abroad.

Technology...

Google ends diversity hiring targets, will review other DEI policies
The company said it would review policies to fit with court rulings and Trump's executive orders.

Sports...

Secret Service in New Orleans already ahead of Trump's visit to Super Bowl
Local law enforcement officials estimate several hundred Secret Service agents will join the 2,000 or so other officers who were already part of the plans. Federal agencies are also monitoring for drones and radiation.

NFL swaps ‘End Racism’ for ‘Choose Love’ in Super Bowl end zones
Ah yes, "Choose Love" — fitting, since Philly is the "City of Brotherly Love." Just a coincidence, or is the script already written?

Animals...

These apes can tell when humans don’t know something, study finds
A new study reveals that bonobos can recognize when a human lacks information and will point to hidden treats to guide them. The findings challenge the notion that "theory of mind" — the ability to understand others' knowledge — is unique to humans.

Feb. 6, 2004 - What Democrats said about WMDs... Hillary aide calls for Bush to prove he didn't go AWOL in Vietnam... John Kerry says he's against gay marriage... Martha Stewart trial... Ronald Reagan turns 93... Husband in million-dollar 9/11 claim lied about wife's death...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.