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Morning Brief 2025-06-17

June 17, 2025
Chris Brady

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GUEST: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
TOPIC: A 1980 CIA "playbook" exposes strategy to "set off riots and destabilize governments."

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News...

FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020
Newly declassified intelligence report partially corroborated but was recalled before it could be fully investigated, officials say.

Task forces won’t cut it. Trump needs a truth commission.
The weaponization of government was systematic. Trump can’t fix it with subcommittees and working groups. He needs a mission-oriented strike team.

Dems Lecture About ‘Political Violence’ After Years Of Leftist Threats, Attacks, And Assassination Attempts
Blue politicians never fail to use the acts of violent radicals, whose roots are assigned by the corporate media to the right, to grandstand about the evils of Republicans.

Study Shows How Many Times Cable News Outlets Referred To Violent LA Riots As ‘Peaceful’
While rioters torched cars and hurled cinder blocks at police, CNN and MSNBC stuck to their script, labeling the chaos “peaceful” over 200 times.

No Kings protests expose left’s phony revolt and deeper craving for control
From aging boomers attacking Trump dolls to violent Antifa mobs terrorizing cities, this wasn’t resistance — it was a deranged power grab by people who don’t hate kings, they just want to wear the crown.

Former reality TV contestant shot and killed at No Kings protest by 'peacekeeper,' police say
The shooting victim is reportedly a "widely known and accomplished fashion designer" who appeared on the "Project Runway" reality TV show.

Update: Man accused of murder at Salt Lake City No Kings protest is a radical leftist
The actual shooter, a volunteer "peacekeeper" for the protest in place of police, may have fatally misjudged the situation before firing off rounds into the crowd, killing a bystander.

SCOTUS Must Rein In Rogue Judges Threatening To Enable Violent Rioters
A federal judge blocked Trump’s lawful use of the National Guard to restore order in L.A., overriding clear constitutional authority and substituting his own judgment for the president’s. The decision emboldens unelected judges to tie the president’s hands while chaos spreads, with real consequences for law-abiding Americans.

Federal judge rules against Trump ending NIH grants; accuses admin of racial and LGBTQ discrimination
Massachusetts District Judge William Young ruled against Trump’s decision to terminate NIH grants, accusing the administration of racial and LGBTQ discrimination, and ordered the reinstatement of 367 grants pending the ongoing lawsuit. The judge condemned the grant cuts as "arbitrary" and discriminatory.

Cops remove 88 children from a Bible study camp in Iowa as part of a human trafficking investigation: Officials
A leader at the church says no one was arrested in what he says is a false human trafficking accusation.

Politics...

Bedford: The Democrats’ key to success
From staged arrests to online meltdowns, Democrats like Alex Padilla and LaMonica McIver are provoking chaos in hopes of sparking backlash they can weaponize.

SALT Republicans threaten to tank Trump’s tax bill after Senate slashes deduction deal
Senate Republicans cut the state and local tax deduction cap from $40K back to $10K, enraging swing-district GOP members like Rep. Mike Lawler, who warned the bill is “dead on arrival” without the full deduction.

NY Times: Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor
With the city in decline, the Times refuses to endorse a candidate but urges voters to reject far-left Zohran Mamdani, calling his agenda a turbocharged version of de Blasio’s failures.

Early voters in NYC’s Democratic primary question why Zohran Mamdani listed first on mayoral ballot
Mamdani — an assemblyman who has gained momentum in recent polling to catch up with favorite Andrew Cuomo — has copped backlash for his refusal to acknowledge Israel having a right to exist as a Jewish state and his involvement in the BDS movement, which seeks to divert U.S. funding to the country.

Nevada's GOP governor breaks his own record with 87 vetoes
Gov. Joe Lombardo torched 87 bills this session, topping his previous record and blocking Democrat priorities like open primaries, paid leave, and a flawed voter ID deal. With no supermajority, Democrats were powerless to stop him.

Economy...

‘Fair To Both Sides’: Trump, UK Prime Minister Starmer Say They Have A Deal On Trade
“The level of enthusiasm is very good, but the relationship that we have is fantastic.”

Immigration...

Murder rates plummet as Trump unleashes cops and deports criminal illegal aliens
With ICE crackdowns and FBI agents moved out of D.C. and into crime hot spots, the U.S. is on track for the lowest murder rate ever. Trump’s focus on real policing and deporting violent illegal aliens is paying off while the Biden-era weaponization of law enforcement gets dismantled.

Most Hispanic Voters Back Trump Deportation Policy Amid Anti-ICE Riots, Poll Shows
Notably, 53% of Hispanic voters as well as 49% of voters between the ages of 18 and 24 indicated they somewhat or strongly supported increasing the pace of deportations, the LAW/TIPP poll found.

NBC Poll: Majority Of Voters Support Trump On Immigration, More Than Before LA Riots
Fifty-one percent of Americans approve of Trump’s immigration and border security policies, according to an NBC poll. This number is up 2% from a similar poll taken in April before the L.A. riots began.

States Must Work With ICE Or Lose Transportation Funding, Secretary Says
The policy aims to remove roadblocks to deportation efforts.

Trump’s amnesty for illegal workers punishes employers who follow the law
If the cost of maintaining a sovereign nation is paying slightly more for food grown and harvested by American hands, then it’s a price worth paying.

Farmers beg for help as ICE raids leave fields empty in South Texas
With zero workers showing up due to immigration enforcement, Rio Grande Valley farmers warn crops may go unharvested and the U.S. food supply could suffer. President Trump says he's considering an executive order to keep agriculture afloat.

NBC News: How a city in Nebraska is recovering after the state's largest worksite immigration raid
Every seat in the waiting area of Glenn Valley Foods was occupied with people filling out job applications early Thursday afternoon, two days after the meatpacking plant became the center of the largest worksite immigration raid in the state of Nebraska so far this year.

WaPo: US could lose more immigrants than it gains for first time in 50 years
Economists at two Washington think tanks expect Trump’s immigration policies to drive this reversal: This includes the near-total shutdown of the southern border, threats to international students, and the loss of legal status for many new arrivals, according to a forthcoming paper.

Democrat Party Doxxes ICE Agents In Los Angeles, Holds Protests At Their Hotels
The Department of Homeland Security tells the Daily Wire it will prosecute "thugs" who doxx ICE agents.

WAR News...

5 Reasons The Army‘s Birthday Parade Was Money Well Spent
It is too bad the protesters can’t stop fighting Trump long enough to appreciate the Army that preserves their freedom to protest.

Israel - Iran...

Israel's strikes on Tehran broaden as Trump issues ominous warning
"Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social on Monday night.

Trump channels Iran’s own playbook: Denies involvement, urges Tehran to negotiate
After Israel’s devastating strikes on Iran, Trump distanced the U.S. from the operation while pressuring Tehran to return to nuclear talks — mirroring Iran’s longtime tactic of using proxies while feigning neutrality.

Trump denies Macron’s claim he left G7 to work on Israel-Iran ceasefire
"Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!"

WSJ: A Battered Iran Signals It Wants to De-Escalate Hostilities with Israel and Negotiate
Messages passed by Tehran through intermediaries seek a return to talks if the U.S. stays out of the fight.

Iran tried to stop Trump with cyber ops and assassination plots, now faces crushing strikes from Israel
After years of meddling in U.S. elections and targeting Trump directly, Iran is now under heavy fire as Israel launches Operation Rising Lion with quiet backing from President Trump. Tehran’s nukes, missile sites, and top commanders are being wiped out after blowing their chance to cut a deal — just as Trump warned.

IDF: 80-90% of Iranian missiles intercepted, but 24 Israelis killed in attacks
The IDF on Monday provided its first statistics of the war on its shoot-down success against Iran’s ballistic missiles, setting it at 80-90%, with only about 5-10% of ballistic missiles hitting residential areas.

US deploys refueling fleet to Europe, bolsters forces as Iran-Israel war escalates
More than 30 U.S. Air Force tankers and the carrier Nimitz have been moved into position as Trump strengthens military readiness amid rising conflict, warning Iran not to target American assets.

Fetterman Urges Israel To Take Out the Ayatollah: 'No Mercy'
Dem senator also tells Free Beacon he'd like the U.S. to "join Israel to fully destroy Iran's nuclear facilities."

Trump Lays Into ‘Kooky’ Tucker Carlson Over Opposition To Israeli Strikes On Iran
“Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’”

As masses appear to flee Tehran, police blame traffic on clunkers breaking down on the road
“Despite repeated warnings and information from the traffic police, some drivers have entered the roads with vehicles with technical defects, leading to traffic jams and long delays, especially on the northern routes,” a top police official is quoted saying.

Redefining shock and awe: Lessons from Israel's opening strikes on Iran
Israel didn’t just strike Iran. It disarmed, disoriented, and destabilized a much larger adversary before the war had even begun in earnest.

March for Gaza descends into farce as fed-up Egyptians clash with woke mob of activists
A swarm of foreign protesters tried marching to Gaza but were stopped, detained, and chased off by Egyptian police and angry locals, with scenes of crying activists and thrown water bottles turning the stunt into a Middle East Fyre Festival.

China...

How Chinese Intel Infiltrated LA Mayor Karen Bass’ Camp
An official in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ administration is the son of a Chinatown powerbroker and Democratic donor who has praised the Chinese Communist Party and works with foreign intelligence agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

Europe...

Meloni rolls her eyes at Macron whisper during tense G7 summit
As world leaders clashed over Russia and the Middle East, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni couldn’t hide her reaction to whatever Macron muttered.

Entertainment...

Bill Maher roasts Sean Penn for meeting Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro but not Trump
Penn told Maher he would not sit down for dinner with Trump, adding: “The only reason I would not accept an invitation is ... it’s a long flight.” Incredulous, Maher reacted: “Really, you’ll meet with f**king Castro and Hugo Chavez but not the president of the United States?”

Boy George picks fight with JK Rowling, immediately regrets it
He called her a “rich, bored bully” — she responded with a verbal autopsy that reminded him (and everyone else) why arguing with a billionaire wordsmith with receipts is a terrible idea.

Media...

Fired ABC correspondent Terry Moran says he ‘wasn’t drunk’ before anti-Trump tweet
He claims the network broke an agreement to re-sign him after the ensuing firestorm, according to a report.

Environment...

Trump blocked Biden-era plan to remove Snake River dams, and he may have prevented an eco-disaster
If the experiences of those in Northern California living along the Klamath River are any indication, Trump is right that a dam-removal project on the Snake River would cause serious and lasting impacts.

AI...

MIT's AI learns to upgrade itself
MIT built an AI that teaches itself new tricks by rewriting its own code — no human needed. It gets smarter with each update, like a brain that edits itself.

Technology...

You could stream music by phone more than 100 years ago
Before Spotify or Apple Music, there was Thaddeus Cahill’s telharmonium — a massive electric instrument that streamed synthesized music through phone lines to hotels, restaurants, and homes. Popular but impractical, it vanished by 1920 without leaving a single recording behind.

Science...

Strange radio signals from deep under Antarctic ice defy explanation
A NASA balloon experiment over Antarctica picked up bizarre radio waves coming from below the ice — at angles that break the laws of physics — leaving scientists completely baffled.

Related: Scientists in Antarctica once uncovered a buried threat beneath the ice in 'The Thing'
In John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film, a remote research team in Antarctica investigates strange signals and uncovers an ancient alien organism buried deep under the ice.

Sports...

Pitcher Clayton Kershaw makes quiet Christian stand against Dodgers Pride Night
Kershaw marked his team-issued Pride cap with Genesis 9:12-16, reminding fans that the rainbow is God's covenant, not a political symbol. While the Dodgers honored anti-Christian drag activists, Kershaw protested respectfully, saying, “I don't agree with making fun of other people’s religions.”

Nezza says she was told not to sing national anthem in Spanish at Dodgers game — then did it anyway
It's a bold move for someone whose fame ranks somewhere between your Uber driver in 2021 and a Canadian celebrity.

June 17, 2011 - Sheila Jackson Lee says militant Christians are as bad as militant Muslims... The long and sordid past of Anthony Weiner... Glenn predicts that the media will slowly come clean on Weiner story... Glenn praises 'Spiderman' on Broadway...

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.