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Morning Brief 2025-05-23

May 23, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Robby Starbuck
TOPIC: Meta MUST be held accountable for damaging AI hallucinations.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Brad Meltzer
TOPIC: Meltzer: "If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness."

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News...

Progressive Democrat sits down with Glenn Beck despite disagreements: 'We're all Team America'
Glenn Beck hosted Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California on "The Glenn Beck Program" Thursday, where the two reached across the aisle to share some friendly disagreement as well as some areas of common ground.

How a left-wing Chicago social justice warrior allegedly became homegrown anti-Israel terrorist
Raised on protest politics, drenched in identity grievance, and fed a steady diet of anti-Israel propaganda, the accused killer went from marching for BLM to gunning down two young diplomats in cold blood. It was the twisted endgame of years spent in America’s activist echo chambers.

DC 'free Palestine' shooting suspect praised CEO murderer: Report
He also rote "death to America" as well as "I voted for Hamas" on social media.

NBC posts, deletes debunked UN claim that ‘14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours’ in Gaza day before DC Jewish Museum shooting
The incendiary — and factually inaccurate — claim was initially made by the United Nations’ humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher.

Dershowitz links embassy staff murders to campus chaos and anti-Israel extremism
Alan Dershowitz warned that Columbia’s tolerance of riots and hostage-taking helped normalize violence, tying the D.C. shooting of Israeli diplomats to unchecked radicalism on college campuses.

Feds probe Media Matters over plot to defund Musk’s X, silence dissenting voices
The FTC is investigating the Soros-backed group for allegedly coordinating advertiser boycotts to financially cripple X and suppress conservative speech.

ActBlue officials decline to testify, Congress threatens subpoenas in foreign donations probe
House Republicans say top ActBlue figures backed out of scheduled interviews amid a DOJ probe into alleged illegal foreign contributions and straw donor schemes, warning they’ll issue subpoenas if testimony isn’t arranged by May 29.

Trump DOJ dismisses Biden-era lawsuits against Minneapolis, Louisville police departments
Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dillon said that the lawsuits were overly broad and did not address the issues the suits claimed to solve.

Arizona indicts 22 in $60M Medicaid sober living scam tied to church, foreign wires
Prosecutors say Happy House Behavioral Health billed for fake services, dead clients, and funneled funds overseas, exposing massive fraud in a Medicaid system plagued by Biden-era oversight failures.

Trump...

Trump administration terminates Harvard's student visa program
Existing international students must transfer or leave the U.S. as DHS demands protest footage and disciplinary records.

NY Times: How Can the Government Stop Harvard from Enrolling International Students?
The Trump administration is relying on an obscure bureaucratic lever to stop the school, the latest in a series of aggressive moves.

Scott Adams Reveals Trump Called Him To ‘Check In’ After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
The Dilbert creator revealed that President Trump called him twice in one day to offer personal support and help, even telling Adams, “If you need anything, I’ll make it happen.”

Courts...

Supreme Court sides with Trump on firing of officials from independent federal agencies
In a 6-3 ruling, the Court granted the Trump administration’s request to remove two agency officials, signaling broader support for presidential authority over so-called independent federal boards.

Biden judge blocks Trump's order to dismantle the Department of Education
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun said the order needed congressional approval and rejected the government's argument that it was merely a "reorganization" of the department.

Supreme Court deadlocks on Oklahoma religious charter school, leaving state ban in place
With Justice Barrett recused, the 4-4 split leaves a state ruling intact that blocks America’s first public Catholic charter school, rejecting the Trump-backed challenge without setting national precedent.

Trump judge strikes down Biden rule forcing employers to accommodate abortions
A Trump-appointed judge ruled the EEOC overstepped its authority by turning pregnancy protections into an abortion mandate, siding with red states and Catholic groups who called it a violation of sovereignty and religious freedom.

Politics...

Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' narrowly passes the House, notching another win for Johnson
The bill's passage has proven to be another impressive feat for Speaker Mike Johnson, who dealt with uncertainty and skepticism within the Republican conference leading up to the vote.

Democrats Don’t Get The Benefit Of The Doubt On Biden’s Health, ‘86,’ Or Anything Else
We don’t know all the details of Biden’s cancer timeline or Comey’s latest beach walk. But we do know about Democrats’ relationship with the truth. And that tells us everything.

John Harwood mocked for denying Biden’s decline despite insider revelations
Critics torched the ex-CNN correspondent for claiming Biden remained sharp, calling him a “Soviet hack” and “status chasing cretin” as Tapper’s book confirms the president’s mental deterioration.

Democrats panic over 2026 primary chaos as crowded fields threaten House hopes
Party insiders fear a flood of candidates and wasted cash on messy primaries could derail efforts to retake the House, as approval among young voters plummets and internal rifts deepen.

David Hogg warns DNC redo of his election would send 'horrible message' to voters
The DNC vice chair, under fire for backing primary challenges against fellow Democrats, urged the party to reject a revote amid internal clashes and post-2024 election fallout.

Former candidate who threatened to hire 'Russian-Ukrainian hit squad' to kill Anna Paulina Luna has been sentenced to prison
“I really don’t want to have to end anybody’s life for the good of the people of the United States of America,” he said on the call that was obtained by Politico. “That will break my heart. But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done." Braddock was sentenced to three years in prison.

Chicago Dem mayor says Trump is 'monster' as DOJ investigates alleged discriminatory hiring practices
Johnson claimed that Trump holds "animus towards women, people of color, [and] working people."

Economy...

John Deere pledges $20 billion investment in US over next decade
"Through these efforts, John Deere continues to build strong local economies, expand career opportunities, and support the people who build the country from the ground up."

US Mint places final order of penny production
The decision follows Trump’s announcement in February that he had ordered the department to stop producing metal Lincolns due to their high production cost.

Immigration...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn Introduces Bill To Kneecap ‘Multimillion Dollar Birth Tourism Industry’
Blackburn pointed to foreign networks in China and Russia that take advantage of birthright citizenship for profit.

COVID...

Democrat councilwoman indicted for blowing COVID relief cash on lavish party, faces 20 years
Charlotte’s Tiawana Brown, a former felon, allegedly scammed over $124K in federal funds — spending $15K on a horse-drawn, balloon-filled birthday bash before her 2023 election.

WAR News...

Hegseth defends Christian prayer at Pentagon, blasts critics as out of touch with military tradition
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood firm after backlash over a voluntary Christian service at the Pentagon, citing America’s founding and military history as rooted in appeals to God for guidance and protection.

CNN Lets Its Anti-Christian Bias Fly With Hit Piece On Pentagon Prayer Service
CNN — a far-left outlet a jury found is literally fake news — is upset that Christians were permitted to openly pray to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ while on the job at the Pentagon.

18 Army Rangers suspended for allegedly firing blanks at crowded Florida beach after mock ‘sea battle’ during pirate festival
“This is unacceptable because there are so many real mass shootings going on in America each year. You can’t be joking about it.”

Europe...

UK considers chemical castration for sex offenders amid prison overcrowding crisis
Announcing the findings of a review into how to tackle the crisis, justice minister Shabana Mahmood said it had recommended continuing a pilot of so-called "medication to manage problematic sexual arousal."

Africa...

South Africans deny 'white genocide' despite evidence: 'We call ourselves the rainbow nation'
"I don't think we need to explain ourselves to USA," a 40-year-old trade union member said. "We know there's no white genocide. So for me, it was pointless exercise."

Biden-era reports, genocide expert confirm human rights fears for South African farmers
While critics attack Trump’s push to resettle Afrikaner refugees, even Biden-era reports and Genocide Watch confirm rising violence and government-sanctioned land seizures in South Africa.

South Africa shows where the left’s race-based equity obsession leads
With legalized land seizures and rising murders of white farmers, South Africa reveals what happens when "equity" replaces equality.

MSNBC host baffled why famous South African immigrant was present at Trump’s meeting with nation’s leader
Katy Tur questioned why Elon Musk joined President Trump and South Africa’s president in the Oval Office, ignoring Musk’s heritage and outspoken stance on the country’s racial policies.

Entertainment...

'Lilo & Stitch' remake and new 'Mission: Impossible' could smash Memorial Day box office record
Disney’s "Lilo & Stitch" is tracking for a $165M debut while "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning" targets $80M, setting the stage for a record-smashing $300M+ Memorial Day weekend, topping 2013’s $306M haul.

Bieber's camp says Diddy didn't molest him
A resurfaced video of Bieber and Diddy on Jimmy Kimmel in 2011 raised eyebrows when Diddy said Justin “knows better than to be talking about things that he does with Big Brother Puff on national television.”

Jamie Foxx reveals that Diddy didn't try to kill him
Foxx set the record straight on the running conspiracy theory that Diddy was behind his 2023 medical emergency.

Diddy's assistant says rapper popped ecstasy pills shaped like President Obama
“There were various pills, but one was in the form of a former president’s face,” James told the court.

Kanye West announces he's no longer a Nazi
In the ongoing saga of, “Am I a Nazi or not?” Ye now says, “I am done with antisemitism.” Stay tuned for next week’s update.

Environment...

Senate Votes to Overturn California's EV Mandate in Resounding Defeat for Climate Activists
Trump is expected to sign the bill into law, overturning one of Biden's final climate-related acts.

Zeldin Torches Democrats Over EPA Reforms: ‘You Don’t Care About 99% Of This Story’
“The American taxpayers, they put President Trump in office because of people like you," a frustrated Zeldin told one Senate Democrat.

Canada's energy-rich province signals to Trump it's ready for new pipelines, partnership
Top oil and gas executives in Canada and the United States confirmed Alberta's top industry companies would love to get past any tariff issues and begin building pipelines.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Defunds Medicaid-Covered Sex Changes
Trump’s sweeping tax and spending budget, lovingly dubbed the "big, beautiful bill,” strips Medicaid’s funding for transgender surgeries — a move that will impact a large portion of such procedures if it passes the Senate.

Biden’s LGBT Envoy Was Slammed For ‘Inappropriate’ Travel Spending, Emails Show
Jessica Stern also berated staff over the lack of vegetarian meals on her taxpayer-funded flights to attend global pride events.

St. Louis city scrubs 'they/them' profile of emergency official after siren failure during lethal tornado
Emergency Commissioner Sarah Russell, who listed “they/them” pronouns and was away at a workshop during the storm, failed to activate tornado sirens — leaving residents unaware before a strike that killed five.

Education...

HHS finds Columbia University violated students' civil rights
The investigation concluded the school acted with "deliberate indifference" toward harassment of Jewish students.

University Accreditor Announces It Will Pause Leftist Racial Discrimination
WASC suspended its DEI requirements for accreditation following President Trump’s executive order targeting race-based ideology. The accreditor is now “launching a review” into its DEI standards but maintains its “commitment to success for every student.”

Religion...

Joe Rogan Is Reportedly Attending Church ‘Consistently,’ Christian Apologist Reveals
The 57-year-old Rogan, one of the most prominent podcasters in popular media, is attending church “consistent[ly],” according to Christian apologist Wesley Huff, who is leading Apologetics Canada.

AI...

Anthropic says its new AI model can work almost an entire workday straight
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic says its new AI model can work for nearly seven hours in a row, in another sign that AI could soon handle full shifts of work now done by humans.

AI learns how vision and sound are connected, without human intervention
This new machine-learning model can match corresponding audio and visual data, which could someday help robots interact in the real world.

Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors — And JD Vance
A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.

Travel...

Karen on a plane demands ban on coffee, cologne, and jet fuel in viral allergy meltdown
A laminated manifesto from a hypersensitive flier sparked online ridicule after she asked flight attendants to ban coffee, cashews, and even the smell of jet fuel.

May 23, 2001 - 'Pearl Harbor,' the movie... Why you should know history... Honor student arrested under zero-tolerance policy for having a kitchen knife in car... Jim Jeffords leaves GOP, changes balance of Senate... Jewfish name changed to Goliath Grouper...

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.