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Morning Brief 2025-05-14

May 14, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Sen. Rand Paul
TOPIC: Will the GOP be able to pass President Trump's "big, beautiful bill"?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Justin Haskins
TOPIC: Haskins: "The Great Reset just got a North American enforcer in Ottawa."

Proverbs 15:22

Proverbs 15:22

Trump...

Trump in Saudi Arabia heralds big plans for the Middle East
At a U.S.-Saudi investment summit in Riyadh, Trump said that having the kingdom sign onto the accords to normalize and improve relations between Israel and Arab nations was his “fervent hope and wish, even my dream.”

Saudi Arabia signs deals worth more than $300 billion with US, crown prince confirms
Prince Mohammed said the kingdom was looking at $600 billion of investment opportunities, adding that he hoped this would raise to $1 trillion. He also said that cooperation with Washington was not limited to economic cooperation but also extended to “establishing peace in the region and the world.”

Saudis deploy mobile McDonald's for Trump's trip to the kingdom
"Saudi Arabia brought in a mobile McDonald’s for President Trump on his visit," popular conservative social media commentator Benny Johnson posted on X, accompanied by footage showing the massive mobile McDonald's.

Trump order guts feds’ power to prosecute citizens over obscure regulations
With little fanfare, Trump signed an executive order forcing federal agencies to stop criminally charging Americans who didn’t knowingly break the law — curbing decades of bureaucratic overreach and returning crime-fighting power to the states.

Politico: Trump tariffs have little impact on prices so far, defying grim forecasts
Inflation climbed at the slowest pace since early 2021 in April, surprising economists who anticipated tariff-related increases.

MSNBC: Trump says he’ll accept a $400 million gift from Qatar — which helped fund Hamas
The president attacked universities in the name of "protecting" Jews. But he's happy to receive a donation from Qatar's royal family.

NY Times: Can I Wear a Sheath Dress Without Looking Like a MAGA Woman?
Women in President Trump’s circle have a very unified look. Our critic explains where that comes from and how to style yourself against type.

News...

Texas Says It’s Halted Construction Of Muslim-Centered ‘EPIC City’ Outside Dallas
“A master-planned 'community of thousands of Muslims' could violate the constitutional rights of Jewish and Christian Texans.”

Even If SCOTUS Gives Trump A Win On Birthright Citizenship, It Will Not End Partisan Lawfare
It will do little to stop the lower courts from continuing to flood the country with nationwide injunctions interfering with the Trump Administration.

Federal judge explodes in Ashli Babbitt court hearing as wrongful-death case slows
“When I tell you just stop talking, you stop talking. And you are not going to make snide remarks in your responses to my questions that are not only snide but don’t answer my question.”

Menendez brothers immediately eligible for parole after resentencing
Judge Jesic said in issuing his ruling, “I’m not saying they should be released, it’s not for me to decide. I do believe they’ve done enough in the past 35 years, that they should get that chance.”

Majority of voters believe a foreign government or terrorist will attack electricity grid: Poll
According to the poll, 79% of voters think it is likely that a foreign government or terrorist attack could leave Americans without power. Nearly half think it would be months or weeks before power is restored.

Family of Boeing whistleblower settles lawsuit with aircraft maker over his death
John Barnett, who raised alarms about safety issues in Boeing’s 787 jets, died by suicide after days of legal questioning. His family reached a confidential settlement nearly a year later.

Illicit spa owner busted with $600K stuffed inside giant teddy bear during NJ prostitution raid
Police recovered $650,000 in cash from the spa owner’s home — including $600,000 sewn shut inside a teddy bear.

Politics...

Biden Didn't Recognize George Clooney at Infamous Hollywood Fundraiser: 'It Was Like Watching Someone Who Was Not Alive'
Meanwhile, White House aides and other Democrats denounced video evidence of decline as "cheap fakes."

Senior Aide Quit in Protest of Biden's Re-election Bid, Citing Alarming Decline 'Beginning in 2023'
It's one of the most damning admissions surrounding the White House ploy to conceal Biden's rapidly deteriorating mental acuity.

Chuck Schumer Won’t Say When He Knew Biden Was Unfit To Serve
Schumer refused to answer a question from CNN anchor Kasie Hunt about Biden’s obvious cognitive decline, saying instead that he was “looking forward” and changing the subject to attack Trump.

Babylon Bee: Jake Tapper Uncovers Startling Evidence That Biden’s Decline Was Covered Up By Jake Tapper
"These allegations regarding Jake Tapper are disturbing," said Jake Tapper. "The idea that someone would use their power as a journalist to lie and withhold essential information from the American public is beyond the pale.

'He totally f***ed us': Top Harris adviser blames Biden for devastating election loss
Language!

House Dem forces vote on impeaching Trump — again
Rep. Shri Thanedar invoked privilege to push seven articles of impeachment against Trump over everything from deportations to the DOGE, but GOP leaders are expected to kill the stunt — and even fellow Democrats aren’t backing him.

Virginia GOP’s gay-porn disaster a lesson to Republicans: Primaries matter
With no serious primaries and a scandal-ridden ticket, Republicans in Virginia are blowing a winnable race — thanks to weak vetting, infighting, and a nominee who once trashed Trump, not because of the man at the top.

Jasmine Crockett calls DOGE a 'scam' and 'cover-up' to help Elon Musk profit
"It was a complete sham. This was never about government efficiency because if it was, we would have started with defense, where now he wants to take the budget up to a whopping $1 trillion, and they have not been able to pass an audit in the last seven audits!"

David Hogg slams 'fast-track' effort to oust him as DNC vice chair
A fellow DNC vice chair said the potential vote is not about Hogg, "even though he clearly wants it to be."

Immigration...

Trump-appointed judge backs using wartime law to deport Venezuelan gang members
Judge Stephanie Haines ruled that the Alien Enemies Act can be used to deport illegal Venezuelan members of the Tren de Aragua gang, marking the first federal court approval of Trump’s proclamation labeling the group a foreign terrorist organization.

Biden administration gave protected status to Afghans despite terrorism flags
Afghans with ties to terrorism and multiple identities were granted protected status under Biden, but Secretary Kristi Noem is revoking protections for nearly 10,000 as part of Trump’s push to restore TPS to its original, temporary purpose.

Wisconsin judge indicted for helping illegal immigrant dodge ICE
Judge Hannah Dugan was hit with federal charges for allegedly sneaking a Mexican national out a private courthouse exit to evade arrest.

Rolling Stone cries over armed gang member deported as 'teen'
Legacy media tried to paint a Venezuelan illegal alien as a helpless teen victim, but ICE records show the 19-year-old was arrested on loaded gun charges, linked to Tren de Aragua, and had no right to be in the U.S. in the first place.

Traffic charges dropped against Georgia college student now facing deportation
A 19-year-old college student was mistakenly stopped for a traffic violation that led to her arrest and transfer to ICE custody. She was brought to the U.S. illegally from Mexico by her parents at age 4.

COVID...

'60 Minutes' backs Trump’s claim of massive federal fraud in COVID aid
The CBS report confirms foreign crime rings looted pandemic relief using stolen identities, with experts warning total federal fraud is approaching $1 trillion — even as D.C. kept pumping out cash long after the emergency ended.

Washington Post worried as Biden’s COVID housing handout runs out of money
A pandemic-era voucher program meant to offer short-term relief through 2030 is collapsing early, with nearly 60,000 people still relying on it years after COVID ended — underscoring how emergency aid quietly became permanent welfare.

Horowitz: Heroic COVID docs punished as Abbott, Texas lawmakers stay silent
Five years after the pandemic, Texas still targets doctors who fought to save patients the system abandoned, while lawmakers refuse to hold even a single hearing.

Europe...

Macron vows referendums, downplays WWIII fears over Ukraine
In a three-hour TV appearance, France’s Macron said he’ll hold referendums on economic reforms but ruled out votes on immigration, insisted he doesn’t want war with Russia, and floated talks on deploying French nukes in Europe.

Crypto exec’s daughter nearly kidnapped in Paris as violent crime surges across France
Armed men attempted to abduct a pregnant woman and her child in broad daylight, part of a disturbing pattern of kidnappings targeting crypto figures amid rising violence, drug gang attacks, and a spiraling murder rate in France.

‘German Influence Operation’: Don Jr. Hit Piece in Business Insider Backfires Spectacularly on Outlet’s Foreign Owners
Business Insider’s attempt to smear Donald Trump Jr. has triggered federal scrutiny of its German parent company Axel Springer over foreign lobbying, ethics violations, and alleged political interference tied to Germany’s censorship regime.

Middle East...

Arab News: Trump visit to Saudi Arabia aims to replace oil-for-security deal with tech-driven alliance
On his first trip abroad of term two, Trump is pushing to reshape U.S.-Saudi ties around co-investment, advanced technology, and industrial collaboration — moving beyond the outdated petrodollar pact to forge a high-stakes 21st-century partnership.

Trump to ease sanctions on Syria, restore relations with new leader after discussions with Saudi crown prince
Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.”

Entertainment...

The Reviews Are In For Tom Cruise And ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’
Tom Cruise's latest action flick is already getting good buzz ahead of its Memorial Day weekend release.

Gaza war, Trump dominate politically charged opening of Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes film festival kicked off Tuesday with a highly political ceremony that included a tribute to a slain Palestinian photojournalist from Juliette Binoche and a fresh attack on Trump from movie tough guy Robert De Niro.

Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Gold Rush’ restored a century after release
The comic star’s grandchildren attend premiere of freshened-up silent masterpiece about Alaska frontier as part of Cannes Film Festival’s new day-one tradition for restored films.

Cassie exposes humiliating sex acts with strangers and Diddy's disgusting fetish in court as his kids watch on
Heavily pregnant Cassie Ventura tearfully gave a court harrowing details of alleged beatings and deviant sexual manipulation at the hands of Sean Combs.

Halle Berry shuts down calls for female James Bond at Cannes
The former Bond girl said “007 really should be a man,” rejecting woke Hollywood’s push to gender-swap the iconic spy and dismissing hopes for a Jinx spinoff as a thing of the past.

Environment...

EPA chief Lee Zeldin to kill car feature ‘everyone hates’
Lee Zeldin says the EPA is scrapping Obama-era incentives for start/stop tech that shuts engines at red lights, calling it useless, unpopular, and a relic of climate virtue signaling that drivers never wanted.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Media Claims Of 15,000 ‘Trans’ Troops In The Military Are Total Bunk
Despite years of breathless headlines warning Trump would purge 15,000 transgender service members, the Pentagon now says just 4,200 have gender dysphoria.

Judge slams school for hiding gender lesson, forces opt-outs and parental notice
A federal judge ruled that a California school violated the First Amendment by forcing fifth graders to push gender ideology on kindergartners without parental notice, calling the mandatory lesson a clear overreach.

Dove Slammed For Using Masculine Model To Advertise Women’s Products ... Again
The woke personal care company was blasted on social media this week for appearing to use a male model to advertise women’s hair products.

Education...

Trump Administration to Cut Additional $450 Million in Grants to Harvard
"Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus," the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism wrote in a statement.

Columbia Announces Obama DHS Secretary Will Co-Chair Board of Trustees as Trump Scrutinizes Anti-Semitism
Former DHS secretary Jeh Johnson spoke to terrorist-tied Islamic groups, blasted Trump's anti-DEI policies.

Health...

FDA moves to ban popular supplements over fears they cause brain damage
The FDA has begun the process of banning prescription fluoride tablets and lozenges for children. These tablets are usually recommended for children that are at an increased risk of tooth decay or cavities due to low fluoride in their local drinking water, such as in states like Utah where the mineral is banned in water.

Religion...

Israel's Herzog to attend Pope Leo’s inauguration as Vatican-Jerusalem ties look to reset
After years of strained relations under Pope Francis, President Herzog will join Jewish leaders in Rome for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass, as the new pontiff signals a renewed commitment to interfaith dialogue.

Most American Catholics reject core Church teachings, survey shows
A new Pew poll reveals the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support birth control, IVF, female clergy, and same-sex unions — placing their beliefs sharply at odds with Church doctrine, even under the first American pope.

AI...

Grok weighs in on identity of Trump's overweight buddy taking 'fat shot drug'
"It's likely Trump was referring to Elon Musk, given Musk's public use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and his global business profile," it said.

New AI tool predicts cancer survival rates from a selfie
The AI found that the older their faces looked, the worse their survival outlook.

FDA plans to deploy AI throughout the agency by the end of June
This follows a successful pilot where reviewers completed three-day tasks in minutes.

Sports...

Hall Of Fame Ahead? MLB Removes Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, From Ineligible List
In a historic decision, Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, announced on Tuesday that any punishment of people banned from the game ends with their deaths, leaving open the possibility that Pete Rose could be elected to the baseball Hall of fame.

May 14, 2009 - Sweden allows sex-selective abortions... Pro-choice callers... China news and what Glenn would do... Callers... Tonight on TV... Pelosi audio... Porkulus update... Callers...

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.