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Morning Brief 2025-06-04

June 04, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Josh Hammer
TOPIC: The argument behind President Trump’s decision to cancel Harvard’s federal funds.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Alan Dershowitz
TOPIC: Could SCOTUS one day rethink the limits and protections of the First Amendment?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
TOPIC: Congress MUST codify the DOGE's cuts.

Acts 2:1-4

Acts 2:1-4

News...

Colorado terror suspect’s family detained by ICE, face expedited deportation
The relatives, who were stripped of their visa status, are currently being held at a Dilley detention facility in Southern Texas, where officials intend to deport the family using expedited removal.

Colorado suspect disguised himself as a gardener to approach victims — police
Police say he allegedly carried out firebombing to avenge "his people" and used a commercial weed sprayer, mounted on his back and filled with gasoline, as a makeshift flamethrower.

Terror attack on Jewish protesters in Boulder has 'nothing to do with the border': Colorado Democrat
"We need to enforce the laws ... Trump has been president for nearly six months now, and I want to know why an attack that had been planned for the entirety of that time was missed," Rep. Jason Crow said on CNN.

Dem megadonors bankroll pro-Hamas radical who praised DC assassination of Israeli diplomats
Laurene Powell Jobs, Eric Schmidt, and Soros-backed Tides Foundation helped fund Kamau Franklin’s anti-Israel group, which called the D.C. slaying of two Israeli diplomats “morally righteous” and promotes violent rhetoric against Jews, cops, and the U.S. itself.

Trump strikes down Biden abortion mandate at hospitals
The Trump administration rescinded Biden’s EMTALA interpretation that forced hospitals to perform abortions, restoring conscience protections and reasserting that the law defends both mother and child.

Trump admin pauses operations at Job Corps centers after 'serious incidents,' low graduation rates
Job Corps is a taxpayer-funded federal program meant to train low-income youth for jobs — but with a 38% graduation rate, rampant violence, drug use, and sexual assaults, the administration is halting 99 contractor-run centers to reassess the $1.7 billion boondoggle.

Citigroup lifts banking curbs on gun makers and sellers
"The policy was intended to promote the adoption of best sales practices as prudent risk management and didn’t address the manufacturing of firearms," Skyler wrote Tuesday in a blog post announcing that Citi "will no longer have a specific policy as it relates to firearms."

Escaped New Orleans inmate appears to plead in video for help from Trump, manhunt reaches 4th week
“I’m asking for help from the world, from Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, Young Boy, Donald Trump," the person in the video says, saying he did not escape from the jail but was “let out” and that he ran away because he wanted to prove he was innocent.

Texas man arrested for jumping fence at Mar-a-Lago, wanted to marry president's granddaughter
He allegedly told law enforcement officials that he scaled the wall to talk to President Trump about "the gospel" and marry Kai Trump, who turned 18 last month. He was also arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago in December.

Politics...

Musk blasts the ‘big, beautiful bill’ as a pork-filled disaster
Elon blasted the GOP-backed bill as a "massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill ... a disgusting abomination." The White House responded by saying, "The president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. ... This is one big, beautiful bill, and Trump is sticking to it."

Mike Johnson says Elon Musk is 'terribly wrong,' defends Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
"Our legislation comprehensively delivers on every major campaign promise and the America First agenda, while ALSO securing historic savings of more than $1.6 TRILLION."

Rand Paul: Democrats are ‘adrift,’ but Republicans face risks if conservatives veer from principle
Paul slammed the $5 trillion debt ceiling hike in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” warning that if Republicans abandon fiscal responsibility, they’ll lose their identity — and possibly their base.

Trump unloads on Rand Paul for opposing ‘big, beautiful bill’ debt deal
After Paul slammed the $5 trillion debt ceiling hike, Trump fired back on Truth Social, calling the senator’s opposition “crazy” and “loser” politics, while boasting the bill will deliver massive economic growth.

CBO figures shouldn’t be trusted when it comes to adding to the debt: White House
“There hasn’t been a single staffer in the entire Congressional Budget Office that has contributed to a Republican since the year 2000, but guess what? There have been many staffers ... who have contributed to Democrat candidates and politicians every single cycle since,” Leavitt told reporters Tuesday afternoon.

House Republican leadership vows to put $9.4 billion rescission package on chamber floor next week
The lawmakers did not specify the day that it would place the package on the House floor, but the sum reflects only a fraction of the $175 billion in estimated savings the DOGE claimed to have made.

Democrats are gaining ground with one key demographic: The mentally ill
It's the natural byproduct of a political party that now caters, almost exclusively, to people with serious mental health conditions.

Chris Sununu brings receipts after CNN host questions claims about Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic track record
The former New Hampshire governor shut down Abby Phillip by citing Omar’s past remarks and presence at pro-Hamas campus protests, calling her rhetoric undeniably anti-Semitic.

Eric Swalwell squirms after Charlamagne asks about Chinese spy scandal
Swalwell tried to downplay his ties to suspected Chinese agent Fang Fang on "The Breakfast Club," blaming “disinformation” and dodging questions about whether the relationship was personal.

Economy...

Trump warns trade partners that deadline for new proposals looms: ‘Friendly reminder’
The United States has notified trading partners of a Wednesday deadline to submit proposals for new deals to avoid heightened tariffs, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed.

Judge tosses California’s anti-tariff lawsuit, siding with Trump administration
A Biden-appointed federal judge ruled California’s challenge to Trump’s tariffs belongs in the Court of International Trade, not district court.

Immigration...

In major shift, FBI spent 1 million manpower hours catching illegal aliens since Trump took office
FBI agents participated in joint operations with federal and local police partners to help arrest more than 10,000 illegal migrants since Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025. There doesn't appear to be any sign of letting up.

Indiana senator proposes making overstaying visas a federal crime in new bill
Banks' proposal would make overstaying the visa a federal crime that would be punishable by up to $1,000 in fines and up to anywhere between six months and two years in prison.

Illegal immigrant ‘sponsor’ molested teen girl after Biden admin sent her to live with him: Police
ICE has charged a 37-year-old illegal immigrant in Florida with multiple counts of sexual assault after the Biden administration placed a migrant teen girl in his home as part of its unaccompanied minor resettlement program.

WAR News...

Army surpasses fiscal 2025 recruiting goal 4 months ahead of schedule
The Army has not reached its recruiting goals this early in the year since 2014, Army officials said in a statement.

Pelosi, Newsom are outraged after Hegseth orders removal of gay icon's name from naval ship
The Pentagon is dropping Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy vessel to reflect a tougher “warrior ethos,” citing Trump’s priorities. Milk, a celebrated figure in the gay community, admitted to a sexual relationship with a teenage boy while in his 30s.

Middle East...

WaPo retracts Gaza headline blaming Israel, admits report lacked fairness and facts
The Washington Post admits to quietly editing a story blaming Israel for Gaza deaths — part of a pattern of reckless, inflammatory reporting that helps fuel anti-Israel hate and even terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Trump allies push to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
Support is growing inside Congress and the Trump administration to formally label the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, as GOP lawmakers and Arab allies urge action against the group behind Hamas and decades of Islamist extremism.

Ukraine - Russia...

Kremlin downplays chances of Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy peace summit in near future
Moscow says a three-way meeting is “unlikely” anytime soon, though Putin remains open to the idea if it's properly prepared — following stalled talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul.

China...

DOJ charges two Chinese nationals with smuggling 'potential agroterrorism' fungus into US
Federal agents have arrested a University of Michigan scholar from China on charges she tried to smuggle a biological pathogen into the United States characterized as a potential agricultural terrorism weapon that can be used for targeting food crops.

Europe...

Dutch government collapses after popular right-wing party protests immigration policy
Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom exited the ruling coalition over asylum disagreements, forcing Prime Minister Schoof to resign less than a year into his term. “We had no choice. I promised the voters the strictest asylum policy ever, but that was not granted to you.”

Entertainment...

50 Cent warns Trump about Diddy after president is asked if he’d consider pardon
"I’m going to reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy," Mr. Cent posted on social media.

Diddy trial witness says $100K paid to destroy video of assault on Cassie
A former hotel guard testified that Sean Combs' team paid him to erase footage showing the rapper attacking Cassie Ventura in 2016, a video later leaked to CNN despite a signed NDA and cash handoff.

New film explores miraculous images of Jesus’ face across centuries and continents
"The Face of Jesus," now in theaters, follows the Shroud of Turin, Veil of Veronica, and Veil of Manoppello to reveal how the holy face has shaped faith, inspired saints, and echoed through Church history — now under a new Pope Leo with deep symbolic ties to the devotion.

Media...

Jim Acosta throws lamest party ever (even by DC standards)
"There are some tickets left," Jim Acosta told his Substack followers a few hours before taking the stage at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C., to host a live town hall version of the online chat show he started after his "voluntary" exit from CNN earlier this year. He wasn't kidding.

MSNBC's viewership tanks in May as Jen Psaki loses 47% of audience in first month in Rachel Maddow’s time slot
"The Briefing with Jen Psaki" had on average of around 971,000 total viewers from its launch on May 6 to May 28, around half of what was pulled by Rachel Maddow in the same time slot.

Environment...

Trump eyes Biden green energy fund to launch massive Alaska gas pipeline
The Trump administration may use Biden’s $240 billion green loan office to kickstart a $44 billion Alaska natural gas pipeline, reviving a long-stalled project to boost energy dominance and deliver gas to Asian allies.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Trump White House confirms no Pride Month proclamation
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there are no plans to recognize “Pride Month,” marking a sharp break from Biden’s annual LGBT celebrations and aligning with Trump’s broader rollback of radical gender policies.

FBI asks for tips on health care facilities 'mutilating' kids 'under guise of gender-affirming care'
"Help the FBI protect children. As the Attorney General has made clear, we will protect our children and hold accountable those who mutilate them under the guise of gender-affirming care," the FBI said.

Federal prisons must keep providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates, a judge says
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said in his ruling a federal law prohibits prison officials from arbitrarily depriving inmates of medications and other lifestyle accommodations that the bureau’s own medical staff has deemed appropriate.

Georgia officials caught inserting radical gender ideology into billion-dollar Medicaid contracts
Unelected bureaucrats quietly rigged the state’s Medicaid bidding process, penalizing insurers who didn’t endorse gender transitions for minors — despite state laws banning it.

California trans serial sex offender found not guilty of incident exposure at female only spa
The Los Angeles jury ruled that they could not convict him due to the gender-identity law and insufficient evidence supporting erect penis claims.

LA cancels permit for Christian worship event ahead of Pride Month, Christians show up anyway
City officials denied a First Amendment permit for a peaceful worship service outside the Chinese Theatre, but hundreds gathered anyway under tight police watch, waving flags reading, “Don’t mess with our kids.”

Education...

Amid bitter conservative backlash, state board rejects University of Florida president pick
Santa Ono was met with outright opposition from Republicans including Sen. Rick Scott, Reps. Byron Donalds and Greg Steube, and Donald Trump Jr. over DEI.

Religion...

Trail Life USA takes up the mission abandoned by Boy Scouts
As the Boy Scouts abandoned Christian values and rebranded into a gender-neutral shell of its former self, Trail Life USA has grown into a nationwide movement committed to turning boys into Christ-centered men with courage, conviction, and character.

AI...

Meta becomes the latest Big Tech company turning to nuclear power for AI needs
U.S. states have been positioning themselves to meet the tech industry’s power needs as policymakers consider expanding subsidies and gutting regulatory obstacles.

Viral AI Videos Bring Bible Figures to Life as Influencers
Using the Bible as source material, creators are making videos titled “If Bible Characters Had iPhones” that show “Noah” posing with his ark and a series of animals.

Sports...

Some NFL teams skip the rainbow parade — for now
While the Eagles are all-in on the gay bandwagon, a few teams are still holding out on their annual corporate virtue signal.

LA Court Awards Trevor Bauer $310K From Lindsey Hill, Who Accused MLB Pitcher Of Sexual Assault
Following the allegations, Bauer was placed on administrative leave by MLB, suspended for 194 games without pay, and reportedly lost more than $30 million in salary and endorsements.

Animals...

Notorious Thai elephant raids grocery store for snacks as owner watches on
A 23-year-old wild elephant wandered into a shop near Khao Yai National Park, casually toppled shelves, helped himself to snacks, and left a trail of destruction — then calmly walked back into the forest.

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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.