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Morning Brief 2025-06-30

June 30, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Robert Edsel
TOPIC: The price of freedom.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Raymond Kohn
TOPIC: Stuntman takes replica General Lee from "Dukes of Hazzard" flying over town square in Kentucky.

News...

Supreme Court Nukes Nationwide Injunctions Against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,” Amy Coney Barrett wrote.

Biden’s Lone SCOTUS Pick Wonders What Aliens Would Think Of The Court’s Latest Decision
"A martian arriving here from another planet would see these circumstances and surely wonder: 'What good is the Constitution, then?'"

Justice Jackson’s activist opinion does more damage to Supreme Court civility
For most citizens, the release of Supreme Court opinions is about as exciting as watching paint dry, particularly in a case dealing with the limits of district courts in issuing universal injunctions. Yet, Friday’s Trump v. CASA case included a virtual slugfest between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Chart: Remarks by new Supreme Court justices
Words spoken by each justice in their first eight arguments. (No idea on the original source, but it sounds legit.)

‘Some Of These Folks Really Are Hacks’: CNN Republican Hits Kagan For Flip On Nationwide Injunctions
CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings took a swing at Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, pointing out how quickly she’d changed her tune on the topic of nationwide injunctions when the party in power had changed.

In 6-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Affirms Texas’ Right To Protect Children From Online Obscenity
In his majority opinion affirming the Fifth Circuit decision, Justice Clarence Thomas declared that the “First Amendment leaves undisturbed States’ traditional power to prevent minors from accessing speech that is obscene from their perspective.”

Supreme Court Allows Parents To Opt Children Out Of LGBT Propaganda In School
Alito noted in the opinion that the curriculum was designed to indoctrinate children into accepting homosexual unions and "transgender" ideology.

Authorities find man dead with firearm nearby hours after Idaho firefighters killed in ambush
The SWAT team found a man dead on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after an hours-long manhunt.

NYC...

The Democrats get their left-wing battering ram
Zohran Mamdani's primary victory isn't about fresh ideas — it’s a badge of honor for Democrats who reward radicals, criminals, and anti-Israel rhetoric over sanity and public safety.

Trump Warns Socialist Zohran Mamdani: ‘Behave’ Or NYC Won’t Get Any Federal Money
“I can tell you this, whoever’s mayor of New York is going to have to behave themselves or the federal government is coming down very tough on them financially.”

Given Three Chances, Zohran Mamdani Won’t Condemn Calls To ‘Globalize The Intifada’
"Now, just so folks understand, it’s a phrase that many people hear as a call to violence against Jews," NBC host Kristen Welker prodded.

Mamdani defends proposal of taxing 'richer, whiter neighborhoods'
Zohran Mamdani defended his controversial proposal to raise property taxes in what he described as "richer and whiter neighborhoods," while also stating that billionaires shouldn't exist.

Jamaal Bowman claims ‘socialism has been weaponized as some kind of anti-American thing’ while praising Mamdani
Bowman defended the socialist NYC mayoral nominee for refusing to denounce “globalize the intifada,” calling him the party’s future and urging Democrats to get behind his radical agenda.

2 shot outside Stonewall Inn following NYC Pride March
The shooting occurred mere hours after a false report of gunfire during Pride celebrations at Washington Square Park sparked a stampede as thousands fled the packed green space.

Freak Parade: NYC Pride Descends into BDSM Chaos and Anti-Trump Rage
This is allowed and encourage in NYC.

FDNY suspends officer for giving ‘hot girls’ ride on firetruck
This is not allowed or encouraged in NYC.

Politics...

Bedford: Trump's 'big, beautiful' agenda passes first major Senate test
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed a major procedural milestone just before midnight Saturday night, when the U.S. Senate voted 51-49 to proceed. The motion is an essential step in the upper legislative chamber, limiting the remaining time members have to debate and starting the countdown to when they can vote on passage.

House could vote on ‘big, beautiful bill’ by Wednesday morning
GOP leaders are hoping to send President Trump the measure by their self-imposed July 4 deadline.

Sen. Thom Tillis out of re-election after Trump pledges to back challenger
The North Carolina RINO was going to get primaried even before this but has now secured his future appearances on CNN and MSNBC.

Trump says ‘sensible’ Sen. John Fetterman should vote for the GOP budget bill
Fetterman did not vote for the bill.

House Committee demands interviews with Jean-Pierre, top Biden staffers about former boss’ decline
Oversight Republicans requested testimony on whether Biden’s aides misled the public about his mental fitness, warning subpoenas will follow if they refuse to appear.

Media roars in delight as Trump extends marathon press conference
Trump may be known for feuding with the media, but he had reporters gleeful on Friday when he kept a marathon press conference going. “This is the opposite of Biden! Biden would take a half a question, and he’d leave without answering it. ... You tell me when it gets boring, OK?” he said.

Economy...

How a ‘C’ paper at Yale became a $54 billion global empire
Fred Smith’s story isn’t just about the success of FedEx — it’s about what’s possible when entrepreneurs reject fear, embrace change, and bet on a more connected world.

Immigration...

Trump to attend opening of 'Alligator Alcatraz' this week
Trump will be joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the opening on Tuesday.

Noem prepares to end temporary protection status for 500,000 Haitians
Haiti was initially designated for TPS after a devastating earthquake hit the island — 15 years ago.

Vance says Democrats’ plan to import voters, not persuade them, was the real threat to democracy
The vice president credited Trump’s border crackdown for stopping mass amnesty schemes that he argued would have permanently tilted elections by turning millions of illegal aliens into new Democrat voters.

More than 2,700 foreign terrorist organization members arrested nationwide
When it comes to immigration enforcement, Friday marked the 2,711th arrest of individuals linked to FTO-designated transnational criminal organizations, she said. Arrests are being made by Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, and others.

Idaho sued over law barring public benefits for illegal aliens
Four Idaho residents and a doctor are challenging a provision preventing illegal aliens from access to government HIV-treatment programs.

WAR News...

Trump: Iran’s nuclear program is over, bombs penetrated Fordow ‘like it was butter’
Trump said Sunday that Iran’s nuclear program had been “obliterated like nobody’s ever seen before” by Israeli and U.S. strikes this month, reiterating his contention that the Islamic Republic cannot build a nuclear weapon after American bombings of three key nuclear facilities last week.

IDF chief believes Iran no longer a nuclear threshold state after Israeli, US strikes
While Iran may still maintain parts of its nuclear program, it has been set back by years given the damage suffered by Iran to the entire bomb-making process, including the elimination of key scientists and the attacks on key nuclear facilities and other elements of manufacture and weaponization.

WaPo: Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of US attack
The officials were heard saying Trump’s strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected.

Hegseth presses defense industry to ramp up munitions amid depleted stocks, China threat
The U.S. military is facing shortages of critical and much-needed munitions. Secretary of Defense Hegseth made a personal appeal to defense industry leaders to help fix the problem.

Trump working to advance deal to release all Israeli hostages held in Gaza, end war
One option currently back on the table is the exile of Hamas leaders.

Hamas puts bounties on Americans as 12 Gaza aid workers murdered
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation revealed Hamas is paying for attacks on U.S. security and local staff, with twelve aid workers already killed and others tortured while trying to deliver food.

Trump teases 'loading up' Abraham Accords with new nations after Middle East shakeup
White House suggests Syria could be among countries joining Trump's historic peace initiative.

Iran’s ideological foot soldiers wage proxy war in America
A network of 93 groups with ties to Democratic organizations operates as a proxy campaign for the Islamic Republic even as peace talks advance.

Senior Iranian officials await Khamenei's approval to begin Trump admin negotiations — exclusive
The Iranians have expressed interest in holding talks with the Trump administration, despite their public statements to the contrary, but the final decision rests solely with Khamenei.

Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests
Three Iranians were executed for alleged spying, Iran's judiciary said.

Babylon Bee: Check Out These Exciting New Nuclear Engineering Jobs In Iran!
Do you have experience in nuclear engineering? Iran has a bunch of new openings, for some reason! Apply today!

China...

Trump says he has group of ‘very wealthy people’ to buy TikTok, predicts China will approve deal
Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of “very wealthy people,” whose identities he will reveal in about two weeks.

Chinese military-tied company appears to be choosing new hires at Ford battery plant company
The Chinese military-affiliated battery manufacturer CATL appears to be in charge of hiring for roles at the Ford plant that executives said would be wholly owned and operated by the American company.

Canada...

Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off US trade talks
Canada has walked back on its digital services tax "in anticipation" of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States, Ottawa announced Sunday night, just one day before the first tax payments were due.

Europe...

Police Consider Criminal Charges After Rapper Leads ‘Death To The IDF’ Chant At Festival
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers," authorities said.

Entertainment...

Leonardo DiCaprio hides face at Bezos wedding after 90 private jets swamp Venice
The climate crusader joined celebrity guests in Italy as Greenpeace slammed the lavish event’s carbon footprint.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend suffers wardrobe malfunction at Bezos wedding
Vittoria Ceretti revealed her vintage Dolce & Gabbana gown was shredded during the star-studded Venice bash, where she partied in a dress once worn by Gisele Bündchen.

Hundreds watch 'Dukes of Hazzard' replica General Lee jump Kentucky fountain in wild stunt
Would this be happening if Biden were still president? Probably not — but if it did, half the crowd would have been FBI informants.

Environment...

NY Times: Surprise Tax in GOP Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Her son wears dresses, her daughter’s a ‘boy,’ and it’s all for status
A mother’s obsession with transgender ideology reveals how chasing social clout turns kids into casualties of a dangerous fad, leaving them confused, medicalized, and denied a normal childhood.

Education...

The Atlantic: What the Right Learned from the Left About Policing Colleges
The Trump administration is wielding the Civil Rights Act to force universities to crack down on anti-Semitism and abandon DEI programs, with threats to yank funding and expel foreign students — mirroring Obama-era tactics once decried by conservatives.

Religion...

Politico: Pope Leo looks to MAGA megadonors to shore up Church finances
Wealthy American conservatives hint they’re ready to cough up again to rescue the scandal-ridden Church from going broke.

AI...

GOP senators reach deal on AI regulation ban
The updated text would enact a “temporary pause,” banning states from regulating AI for five years if they want access to $500 million in AI infrastructure and deployment funding included in the bill.

5 steps to control AI before it's too late
Tristan Harris shared with Glenn the top five actions you should urge your representatives to take regarding AI, including opposing the moratorium until a concrete plan is in place.

Tesla posts video of world's first autonomous delivery of a car
The Tesla drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to its new owner's home about 30 minutes away — crossing parking lots, highways, and the city to reach its new owner, all with no driver or passenger in the car.

Sports...

Swiss women's national soccer team proves men should not be in women's sports
Switzerland’s top female players were hammered 7-1 by an under-15 boys’ squad, adding to the long list of youth boys' teams effortlessly defeating elite women’s sides.

Animals...

Florida diver convicted of freeing 19 sharks says he’s ‘speechless’ after getting pardon from President Trump
Tanner Mansell received the shocking news while boarding a plane on May 28, nearly five years after he was first accused of unwittingly cutting a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration longline and releasing 19 sharks and a giant grouper back into the ocean.

June 30, 2011 - Obama goes after corporate jets... Why California sucks... George Soros cozying up with the Muslim Brotherhood?... Preserving what Glenn receives from listeners... Southern Baptist gay marriage hoax... Glenn's last show on Fox...

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

Andrew Harnik / Staff | Getty Images

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.