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May 19, 2025
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TOPIC: New country song “The Devil Wore a Lab Coat” details the dark legacy of Big Pharma in small-town America.

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News...

FBI Director Kash Patel announces DC office shutdown, agents to be relocated
Calling the Hoover Building unsafe and D.C. overstaffed, Patel said the FBI will move 1,500 employees to field offices across the country to refocus on fighting violent crime nationwide. D.C. Mayor Bowser opposed the move.

FBI’s Patel promises ‘wave of transparency’ on Russiagate as declassified docs start rolling out
The new director says prior FBI leadership rigged the election and hid evidence but vows public will soon see unredacted Crossfire Hurricane files.

Dan Bongino gives his verdict on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death after reviewing FBI files
Top brass at the FBI has emphatically declared that notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019 was a suicide and that there is no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Secret Service pays a visit to James Comey about the '8647' seashell threat
Comey was escorted by Secret Service agents to their Washington field office in Washington, D.C., on Friday for an interview.

Mexican navy ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge, shears off masts after losing power, 2 dead, 17 hurt
The majestic Cuauhtémoc — which has a crew of 277, mostly cadets — apparently lost power as it was sailing out of New York on its way to Iceland.

NTSB launches 'go-team' of specialized investigators after Brooklyn Bridge struck by Mexican navy ship
The U.S. government agency tasked with investigating major transportation accidents did not initially offer more information about the "go-team" deploying to Saturday's bridge strike but said updates would soon follow.

Schumer claims DOGE may have been to blame for Mexican ship’s crash
“There are indications that this service [Vehicle Traffic System] may not be fully or adequately functional in light of a hiring freeze,” he said.

Comey’s '8647' post defended as protected speech under First Amendment precedent
Free speech advocates point to a 1969 SCOTUS ruling to argue James Comey’s cryptic anti-Trump post doesn’t meet the legal threshold for a true threat, despite outrage over its perceived meaning.

California IVF clinic bombing suspect called for ‘war against pro-lifers’
The suspect ran a website calling for humanity’s extinction and accused God of being “evil.” He died in the bombing he hoped would “sterilize this planet of the disease of life.”

Former Michigan Army National Guard member charged with planning mass shooting on behalf of ISIS at military base
Ammar Said, 19, allegedly planned an ISIS-inspired attack on a U.S. Army facility using drones, ammo, and tactical support before being arrested on the day of the intended assault.

Sentence Is In For American Who Stabbed Novelist Salman Rushdie
The 27-year-old New Jersey man who was convicted in February of stabbing and partially blinding famed novelist Salman Rushdie was hit with the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on Friday.

Los Angeles approves $30 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers
If $30 is good, why not $100? Don’t lowball your virtue, L.A. — go big.

Trump...

Trump unleashes on justices after Supreme Court blocks Tren de Aragua deportations
Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court after it blocked him from using antiterrorism powers under the Alien Enemies Act to make further deportations. He pleaded with the justices to “come to the rescue of America.”

Trump slams Walmart over price hikes, tells company, China to 'eat the tariffs'
“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, ‘EAT THE TARIFFS,’ and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”

Bronze statue of Melania Trump stolen after being sawed off at the ankles
A life-size bronze statue of first lady Melania Trump in her native Slovenia has gone missing after someone apparently hacked it off at the ankles and took it away.

Biden...

Audio Of Biden’s Special Counsel Interview Is Out, And It’s Painful To Listen To
The president's long pauses in his struggle to recall basic facts are accentuated by the tick-tock of a grandfather clock in the background.

Devine: Hur tapes show Biden lied, dodged, and lawyered up — not just stumbled
Full interview reveals Biden selectively sharp, coached by lawyers, and caught in falsehoods about his classified documents — but prosecutors claimed he was too senile to charge.

Biden interview audio reveals who brought up Beau's death — and it wasn't Hur
Newly released recordings debunk Biden’s outrage over the special counsel’s report, confirming it was the former president himself who raised the topic he claimed was unfairly used against him.

Former Kamala Aide Says Biden-Hur Interview Audio Is ... Good For Democrats?
"President Trump released the tape because he’s trying to distract from his disastrous — unprecedented — disastrous first 100 days."

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.

President Trump, Melania Issue Statement On Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis
"Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery."

Politics...

Bedford: Why the GOP is so frustrated trying to negotiate with the ‘SALT Caucus’
Blue-state Republicans are throwing tantrums over a $30,000 cap on tax deductions for their wealthy donors — without offering a serious alternative or agreeing among themselves on what they even want.

Democrat Reintroduces Reparations Bill That Could Cost More Than Annual US Budget
The bill is estimated to cost more than double the entire 2023 federal budget in race-based giveaways.

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has sued Trump 23 times while violent crime soars in state
The sheer volume of cases has led some in the state to believe that Ellison is putting a partisan agenda above helping local prosecutors curb violent crime.

Ohio AG Drops Out Of Governor’s Race, Giving Vivek Ramaswamy Clear Path To GOP Nomination
Dave Yost said his chances went from a "steep climb" to "a vertical cliff" after the Ohio GOP threw its support behind Ramaswamy last week.

Economy...

Moody's downgrades United States credit rating, citing growth in government debt
The decision to lower the United States credit profile would be expected, at the margin, to lift the yield that investors demand in order to buy U.S. Treasury debt to reflect more risk and could dampen sentiment toward owning U.S. assets, including stocks.

US States Likely to Defy US Downgrade to Keep Top Credit Ratings
U.S. states from Florida to North Carolina and Texas would likely hold onto top-notch credit scores from Moody’s Ratings, mostly because they’re in better fiscal shape than the federal government itself.

Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite
As bitcoin soars, investors and executives are taking their swollen digital wallets offline for safety. Criminals are coming after them, violently.

DEI...

Major companies are anxiously awaiting to see whether or not they will be targeted by the federal government for a DEI investigation
With Trump’s DEI executive order deadline approaching, corporations are lawyering up and preparing for a wave of potential scrutiny and public exposure.

Verizon Ends All DEI Programs in Win for Trump's FCC
Verizon general counsel says the changes are "effective immediately."

The end is near for on-the-job reverse discrimination — another blow to DEI
In Ames v. Ohio, justices appear ready to scrap a rule that forces heterosexuals and other “majority” plaintiffs to meet a higher burden in discrimination claims, a move that could cripple DEI-based bias across workplaces.

Immigration...

Tim Walz Says ICE Is ‘Trump’s Modern-Day Gestapo’ In Commencement Speech
“Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets. They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons — no chance to mount a defense, not even a chance to kiss a loved one goodbye, just grabbed up by masked agents, shoved into those vans, and disappeared.”

Hillary Clinton Thinks US Women Shouldn't Be So Focused On Having Babies — That's What Immigrants Are For
"This very blatant effort to basically send a message most exemplified by Vance and Musk, and others, that, you know, what we really need from you women are more children. And what that really means is you should go back to doing what you were born to do, which is to produce more children."

DOJ to bring charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver over Newark ICE facility incident: Report
The Department of Justice reportedly has plans to bring charges against one of the three Democrat lawmakers who were seen breaching a New Jersey ICE facility earlier in May.

Middle East...

US said pushing 2-month ceasefire deal for 9-10 hostages; Hamas denies this is agreed
Washington’s envoy is pressing Israel and Hamas to accept a truce-for-hostages swap, but Hamas insists no deal exists unless Israel ends the war entirely.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Accuses Trump Of ‘Lying’ While Crowd Chants ‘Death To America’
Iran's supreme leader called on the United States to leave the Middle East.

ICC Prosecutor Who Sought To Arrest Netanyahu Takes Leave Amid Sexual Assault Charges
Accuser says prosecutor Karim Khan "invoked the court's investigation of Israel's war conduct to get her to disavow her allegations," according to the Wall Street Journal.

China...

Justin Haskins: Poll shows more Democrats want China to win trade war than America
A national survey I co-authored for the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports found that 32% of likely Democratic voters want China to prevail, while just 30% say they support the Trump administration in the conflict. Another 38% say they’re unsure.

Chinese cartel-linked cash couriers used US banks to launder millions from drug sales
A Chinese-run network laundered over $50 million in Sinaloa cartel drug profits through major U.S. banks, exploiting banking loopholes and low enforcement rates while brazenly depositing six-figure sums in person — often under fake identities.

Europe...

Romanian populist Simion loses presidency after EU-backed election annulment
Nationalist George Simion fell to centrist Nicusor Dan in a runoff after the EU upheld the nullification of 2024's right-wing upset, sparking claims of anti-democratic interference.

Huge protest in The Hague demands Dutch government draw ‘red line’ on Gaza war
Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched through the Dutch capital on Sunday to demand that their government do more to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza, in what organizers called the country’s biggest demonstration in two decades.

Turkey’s Erdogan Grabs France’s Macron and Won’t Let Go at European Summit
A viral video of Turkey’s Erdoğan gripping French President Macron’s finger at the EPC Summit in Albania has sparked debate over body language and power plays.

Entertainment...

Sarah Silverman Says She Was 'Ignorant' for Using Slurs in Stand-Up
The left-wing comedian says she once believed using slurs was fine because her “intentions were good,” but she now says that was “f***ing ignorant.”

Kid Rock says low US birth rate makes sense after seeing leftist women at rallies
After torching Bruce Springsteen as a sellout, Kid Rock blamed America's collapsing fertility rate on unattractive, "deranged" leftist women and men who prefer each other over them.

Media...

Pulitzer board melts down over exposure of Hamas-apologist prizewinner
After giving a top journalism award to a poet who mocked Israeli hostages, Pulitzer officials lashed out at a juror turned reporter for daring to investigate who voted and why.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Florida Sheriff roasts ‘ugly woman’ arrested in trafficking sting
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ripped into Jason Balthis, a man posing as a woman, calling him an “ugly woman” who “looks like he should have been in a 'Scarface' movie,” after Balthis was arrested in a massive human trafficking and child predator crackdown.

Education...

NYU withholds diploma from graduation speaker who called Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’
“He lied about the speech he was going to deliver and violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules."

Health...

Undermining American Pharmaceutical Companies Won’t Make Drugs Cheaper
America leads the world in medical breakthroughs for a reason.

Religion...

How Pope Leo XIV is exposing the left's greatest fear
Pope Leo XIV is refusing to bend the knee to the left’s demands for a woke, rainbow-branded Church. Instead of rewriting doctrine, he’s standing on biblical truth — and progressives are already seething.

Only a handful of women allowed to wear white to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration — everyone else must dress in black
Only seven Catholic royal women hold the “privilège du blanc” allowing them to wear white before the pope — a sign of royal status in Christendom.

AI...

How Students Are Fending Off Accusations That They Used AI to Cheat
Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hours-long screen recordings of their homework sessions.

Grok AI went rogue pushing 'white genocide' narrative in South Africa
A bizarre glitch — or “unauthorized modification” — made Elon Musk’s chatbot obsessively inject the term "white genocide" into random answers, exposing how little control even creators have over their own AIs.

Science...

UFO hits US fighter jet as Arizona swarm raises alarm over cartel drone tech
A mysterious object struck an F-16 midair near the Mexican border, part of a surge in high-altitude drone-like sightings possibly linked to cartel smuggling operations.

Travel...

Plane flew for 10 minutes with no one at the controls after co-pilot fainted
A Lufthansa flight to Spain continued on autopilot with 199 passengers aboard after the co-pilot passed out while alone in the cockpit and the captain was locked out.

May 19, 2011 - Stu's uncomfortable morning train ride... Was the president of the IMF set up?... Obama says immigration is a moral imperative... End of the world this Saturday... Schwarzenegger's infidelity with a maid... The 'Kennedy tooth gene'...

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.