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Morning Brief 2025-04-07

April 07, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: The stock market's reaction to President Trump's latest round of tariffs.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dave Landau
TOPIC: The past does not have to weigh you down.

Isaiah 43:19

Isaiah 43:19

Tariffs...

Trump tells Americans to ‘hang tough’ as universal tariffs take effect
"THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic."

Trump calls sweeping tariffs a ‘beautiful thing’
On Sunday night, Trump called the tariffs a “beautiful thing to behold” that will eventually be largely supported even as the stock futures dropped.

UK PM Starmer to admit globalization has failed as tariff war rages
“Trump has done something that we don’t agree with but there’s a reason why people are behind him on this. The world has changed, globalization is over and we are now in a new era."

More Than 50 Countries Have Asked To Negotiate With Trump On Tariffs, Admin Officials Say
"I don't think that you're going to see a big effect on the consumer in the U.S."

Elon Musk appears to break with Trump admin on tariffs
He slams Peter Navarro and says he wants "zero tariff situation" with Europe.

Vietnam offers to remove tariffs on US after Trump’s action
Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to Trump, suggested that Vietnam’s initiative didn’t go far enough. “If you simply lowered our tariffs and they lowered our tariffs to zero, we’d still run about $120 billion trade deficit with Vietnam.”

Europe tries to organize united response to Trump tariffs, but consensus appears challenging
Among the EU leaders who appear most eager to retaliate are French President Emmanuel Macron, who is calling Trump's tariffs “brutal and unfounded.”

Elon...

WSJ: Inside Elon Musk’s Shock-and-Awe Months in the White House
The president has tried to smooth over cracks in the relationship between Musk and the rest of his team. After an early March Cabinet meeting, where several Cabinet secretaries aired grievances about Musk, the president pulled aside chief of staff Susie Wiles and told her to improve relations between the agencies and Musk.

Clean energy exec, ex-federal worker charged with defacing Tesla vehicles
The charges come as authorities have promised swift action in response to a string of attacks on Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and vehicles.

Minnesota police won’t charge Tesla vandal, blame ‘rhetoric’ for inspiring attack
A woman who keyed a Tesla and caused $3,200 in damage won’t face charges after confessing and paying for repairs; Bloomington’s police chief instead blamed anti-Musk rhetoric from Democrat leaders for fueling the attack.

Pregnant Tesla passenger injured by flying rock on Vancouver street
“This very serious incident could easily have resulted in someone’s death, but for a few inches,” Vancouver police said.

Liberals pushed EVs in name of ‘climate crisis,’ but anti-Musk terror warms conservatives to Teslas
Now that progressives rage against Musk’s machines, the supposedly apocalyptic burning of fossil fuels has taken a back seat to their war on Trump’s policies, in the same way climate celebrity Greta Thunberg now dons keffiyehs and protests Israel.

News...

Supreme Court rules Trump administration can cancel $65 million in teaching grants
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented in the 5-4 ruling, along with the court's three liberal justices.

AG Pam Bondi calls lawsuits and injunctions against Trump orders ‘constitutional crisis’
“Just since Jan. 20, we’ve had over 170 lawsuits filed against us. That should be the constitutional crisis right there, 50 injunctions. They’re popping up every single day, trying to control his executive power, trying to control where he believes our tax dollars should be allocated."

Court orders recount in NC Supreme Court race, slams unlawful ballots
Two judges ruled in favor of GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin, ordering the removal of ineligible ballots and photo ID enforcement in the still-undecided race, citing the dilution of lawful votes.

‘Spread Us A Bunch Of BS’: Reporter Dishes On FBI’s Coverup Of Hunter Biden Laptop
"It was clearly so they could help steer the election towards Joe Biden, which is actually what happened."

Klaus Schwab begins exit from WEF amid discrimination scandal
The shake-up in Davos comes between the American-led unrealization of Schwab's proposed "great reset" of capitalism and in the wake of a probe into allegations of discrimination at the WEF.

Murals at DC Protest Honor Terrorists
Murals honoring Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists were featured Saturday at a protest that American Muslims for Palestine, a group recently accused of serving as Hamas’ "propaganda arm in New York City," helped organize.

Man was switched at birth with baby who had the same last name — and discovered mix-up on ancestry site 60 years later: Suit
“[It] explained everything about why my childhood was the way that it was.”

Politics...

GOP-led Senate approves framework for tax cuts and spending reductions in late-night session
The vote, 51-48, included two GOP senators, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, voting against the package. The package contains roughly $5 trillion in tax cuts and a minimum of $4 billion in spending reductions.

Proxy voting scheme for congressional moms endangers the entire GOP agenda
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna joined Democrats to back proxy voting under the guise of maternity leave, but critics warn it could undermine Trump’s entire legislative agenda by handing courts an excuse to overturn bills passed without a physical quorum.

James Carville compares Trump supporters to Nazi collaborators, calls for ‘retribution’
“After Paris was liberated, they didn’t take very kindly to the collaborators. ... I’m not saying that these people should be placed in pajamas and have their head shaved, marched down Pennsylvania Avenue and spit on. I’m not saying that, but I’m saying that that did happen. ”

Kamala’s influencer army was fake — and funded by Democrat billionaires
Leaked documents show a $9 million shadow campaign paid hundreds of TikTok and Instagram influencers to manufacture fake enthusiasm for Kamala Harris, with donor groups scripting content to push identity politics and target Gen Z voters.

Kamala Harris was ‘completely shocked’ by election night loss to Trump after she ‘bought the hype’
Harris was completely shocked by her loss to Trump, having convinced herself she was winning based on crowd size, fundraising, and campaign spin.

Harris team fumed over Trump’s unexpected grace in victory
Kamala Harris' team, expecting hostility during her concession call, were outraged when Trump instead praised her campaign and called her a "tough cookie," with one aide labeling his graciousness as "manipulative" and branding him a "sociopath."

Kamala Harris Hints At Future Political Run
“We can’t go out there and do battle if we don’t take care of ourselves and each other. I’ll see you out there. I’m not going anywhere. KHHHAAA-HAA-HAA-HAAAAA!! AH-HAA-HAA-HAA-HAAA!!” Harris said.

'He Made That Decision!' Tim Walz Snaps Over Biden Question
Tapper said: “You all went along with the idea that he was up for it. And he wasn’t. And everybody saw it, and the country rejected it.”

AOC Would Beat Chuck Schumer by Double Digits, Poll Finds
Former barmaid Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, by nearly 20 percentage points in a potential 2028 New York primary showdown, according to a new poll from the left-wing think tank Data for Progress.

Poll finds Stephen A. Smith as strong contender if he ran for president
Smith is almost even with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Democratic primary competitors, according to the poll.

Members of Congress Agree: Jerry Nadler Is the Capitol's Worst-Smelling Man
"He reeks. It’s not just like a guy who didn’t take a shower. I don’t know if it’s surgery or a colostomy bag, but it’s bad," another member of Congress from New York said.

Democrats refuse Barack Obama’s election meddling — as former prez’s influence within the desperate party withers
His stories are being listed below articles about how bad Jerry Nadler smells, that's how far Barry has fallen.

Obama says marriage suffered during presidency, is still in the doghouse
Barack confessed he's still making up for damage to his marriage caused by his time in office, while Big Mike has openly admitted she “couldn’t stand” him for a decade when their kids were young.

Economy...

Stocks plunge, markets bay for rapid US rate cuts
Futures markets moved swiftly to price in almost five quarter-point cuts in U.S. rates this year, pulling Treasury yields down sharply and hampering the dollar on safe havens.

US stock futures tumble indicating another plummet
Futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration’s tariffs announcement last week.

Oil Prices Tumble Further as Trump’s Tariffs Weigh on Economic Outlook
Crude oil has dropped about 15% since Trump announced his tariffs.

Asian markets plunge as Trump’s global tariff turmoil deepens
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed 7.9% lower, while the broader Topix finished down 7.7%. Tech giant Sony plummeted more than 10%. Carmaker Toyota, the world’s largest vehicle producer, slid nearly 6% and rival Honda ended 5%.

Flurry of exports from Asia as firms race to beat Trump tariffs
Apple is said to have shipped five planeloads of iPhones and other products to the U.S. over just three days to stock up its warehouses and ensure prices don't surge.

Trump Tariffs Threaten UK Economic Stability
At Barclays, economists believe that the U.K.’s GDP could be knocked by as much as 1.5% in the scenario where retaliatory tariffs are imposed, plunging the country into recession. Meanwhile, specialists such as Pantheon Macroeconomics said U.K. growth would be lowered by just 0.2%.

Signalmania...

Signal Chat Breach Linked To ‘Automated Suggestion’ Feature On iPhone
According to a report published by the Guardian, Waltz had intended to include his communications chief Brian Hughes — a former spokesman for Trump — but thanks to an iPhone algorithm that imports potentially “related” phone numbers into existing contacts, he also added Goldberg.

Israel - Iran...

Trump Shares Footage Of Military Strike On Houthis
“These Houthis were gathered for instructions on an attack. Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!”

China...

China clings to canal ports and TikTok as Trump ramps up tariff pressure
Beijing is blocking U.S. efforts to seize control of TikTok and Panama Canal port assets, using both as leverage while retaliating against Trump’s new tariffs that threaten China’s fragile economy.

Europe...

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris
"Our fight will be a peaceful fight, a democratic fight. We will follow Martin Luther King, who defended civil rights, as an example."

Entertainment...

Oliver Stone blasts Democrats over Russiagate lies, backs Trump on FBI 'weaponization'
The leftist filmmaker called out Democrats for lying to the public with the Russia collusion hoax and praised Trump for declassifying FBI files to expose the lawfare used against him.

Art...

Trump trashed her painting — now the artist claims her career is ruined
After Trump called her Colorado Capitol portrait “the worst” and “distorted,” artist Sarah Boardman says her 41-year career “is in danger of not recovering.”

Environment...

Jury verdict against oil industry worries critics, could drive up energy costs
A Louisiana jury ruled Friday that Chevron must pay $744 million in damages. The Louisiana case is just one of dozens of environmental cases around the country that could have a dramatic — and costly — impact on American energy consumers.

In the 1800s, some Americans lived inside massive tree stumps.
Before the logging industry wiped out millions of wooded acres across the United States, the trees in old-growth forests were hundreds of feet tall, with gnarled bases and trunks that could measure more than 20 feet across.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Texas Senate passes bill to prohibit sex changes on birth certificates
It would prohibit birth certificates from being issued that change the biological sex of an individual unless there is a clerical error, the original birth certificate doesn’t list the person’s biological sex at birth, or for a few other reasons.

After Poor Showing On Boys' Team, Male Switches To Girls' Varsity And Takes First
The thing that "never happens" happened again.

UK nurse who called transgender paedophile 'Mr' is suspended after investigation
"I am expected to tolerate racism, deny biological reality and suppress my deeply held Christian beliefs."

UK Women’s Pool Championship Match Has Two Transgenders Squaring Off Against Each Other In True Clown Show
Two men will take home top prizes in the women’s Ultimate Pool Pro Series final, shutting out 14 women from the winner’s circle.

Education...

Fairfax County School Board Member Embezzled Corporate Funds For Strip Clubs And Campaign, Lawsuit Says
Democrat Kyle McDaniel is the budget chair for the $4 billion Virginia school district.

AI...

UN: AI could affect 40% of jobs globally
Artificial intelligence is projected to reach $4.8 trillion in market value by 2033, roughly equating to the size of Germany’s economy.

Science...

Blaze Star that’s 3,000 lightyears away will soon explode: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’
T Coronae Borealis, a.k.a. Blaze Star, only explodes once every 80 years, appearing as a new star in the night sky for around a week.

Sports...

One in 50 men think they can outrun a horse, survey shows
A new poll reveals that a surprising number of men believe they could beat animals like horses, crocodiles, and cats in a footrace — despite science, speed records, and basic common sense saying otherwise.

April 7, 2002 - Study says having sex increases chance for pregnancy... Black history 'sale' featuring fried chicken angers shoppers... Jim Dingle talks issues... Are we commercializing 9/11?... Dr Pepper accused of taking 'under God' out of pledge...

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

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peace requires concessions

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

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

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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

Peace or bloodshed?

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

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

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

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

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

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

Outsourcing presence

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

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

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

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

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

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

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

Reclaiming our humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

They were wrong.

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

Willful blindness

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

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

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

Monthly attacks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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

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

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

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

Democrats are radicalizing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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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.