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Morning Brief 2025-07-16

July 16, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
TOPIC: Will the GOP’s crypto legislation create a back door for central bank digital currency?

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
TOPIC: Vance casts tiebreaking vote to advance the DOGE cuts after RINOs defy Trump.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Steve Robinson
TOPIC: There are Chinese drug cartels running rural Maine. Could your state be next?

News...

Director of Glenn Beck's disaster response charity undermines Democrat attack on Trump admin's response to Texas flood
JP Decker of Mercury One said the state and federal response was “phenomenal,” praising swift action by the Coast Guard and National Guard that let charities focus on long-term help for victims.

No more 'press 1 for English': Trump is making dealing with the government a whole lot easier
New DOJ guidance ends most federal services in other languages, scraps “limited English proficiency” initiatives, and follows through on Trump's executive order making English our official language.

Arrests climb to 14 in leftist ICE facility ambush plot
Two more suspects were charged for helping a former Marine hide after he allegedly joined black-clad militants in a July 4 attack on a Texas ICE center, where they planned to kill agents and wounded a police officer.

Texas probes over 100 noncitizens suspected of casting ballots in 2020 and 2022 elections
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced investigations into suspected illegal voting across multiple counties, adding to mounting evidence that noncitizen ballots are far from rare and fueling calls for mandatory voter ID requirements nationwide.

State Department carves out hiring freeze exemption to let diplomats’ families fill embassy jobs
“This is a commonsense, pro-family policy to keep the family members of our diplomats together as they work toward implementing the America First agenda at our overseas posts,” a senior State Department official told the Daily Wire.

Thousands of members of the National Guard to be withdrawn from Los Angeles: Pentagon
The troops deployed to Los Angeles were there for security purposes while ICE was conducting raids and arresting illegal migrants.

Trump-Hating Native American Tribe Gets Millions In Taxpayer Dollars As Leaders Hobnob With Dems
The Pechanga Band took $28 million in taxpayer grants — including welfare funds — despite massive casino profits and tribal leaders living in million-dollar homes and campaigning against Trump.

Dem state senator caught mid-robbery in absurd cat burglar outfit, bodycam footage shows
Minnesota’s Nicole Mitchell was arrested at 4:45 a.m. wearing all black after breaking into her stepmother’s home with a crowbar, claiming she only wanted her late father’s ashes and personal items.

FBI arrests self-proclaimed hate crime victim for allegedly setting deadly house fire
Authorities say Mario Roberson staged racist graffiti and claimed persecution before burning down his Texas home, killing two, in what investigators believe was an insurance-fraud scheme.

Epstein...

Brian Stelter blames Glenn Beck for fueling Epstein conspiracies
Glenn Beck's skepticism about the lack of evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein case is stoking the flames of conspiracy theories.

Trump says Bondi should release 'whatever she thinks is credible' on Epstein
"Let them have it," he said about MAGA supporters' demands for the DOJ files.

Rep. Thomas Massie to introduce discharge petition to force House to vote on releasing Epstein files
"We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency," Massie wrote on X.

Joe Rogan rips DOJ’s handling of Epstein files in scathing rant against Trump admin
“They’ve got videotape and all a sudden they don’t,” Rogan scoffed, adding, “Just bomb Iran and everybody forgets.”

Stir the pot: House Judiciary Dems call for DOJ leaders to testify on Epstein fallout
“The Trump DOJ and FBI’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter, and President Trump’s suddenly shifting positions, have not restored anyone’s trust in the government but have rather raised profound new questions.”

Biden...

White House reportedly reviewing up to 1 million docs approved by Biden autopen
Officials are already combing through thousands of records to determine if unelected staffers used the device to sign pardons and policy decisions without Biden’s direct oversight.

Media Mocked Doubts About Biden’s Autopen. A New NYT Report Just Confirmed Them.
AP, MSNBC, and CNN fell over themselves to brand Trump and anyone who questioned the use of autopens in Biden’s final weeks as conspiracy theorists.

NBC News mocked for bizarre defense of Biden autopen scandal
NBC tried to equate a congressman’s routine digital signature with Biden’s aides allegedly using an autopen to sign pardons without his direct approval, but critics blasted the comparison as desperate spin to distract from real constitutional concerns.

Biden’s robotic autopen defense sounds like coaching, not candor
Joe Biden’s repetitive, scripted insistence that he personally approved controversial pardons only underscores how much he’d lost control of his presidency — and why his staff likely needed the former president to parrot carefully crafted lines for legal cover.

Republicans propose BIDEN Act to neuter autopen
The Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act would stop presidents from using an autopen for signing bills, pardons, and executive orders.

Politics...

Senate votes to advance rescissions package, final vote not yet clear
The Senate voted 51-50 Tuesday evening to advance Trump's rescissions package out of committee, with VP Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The three GOP senators who voted against the package were Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski.

Senate Republicans Drop ‘AIDS Relief’ Cuts From Rescissions Package
The "small modification" leaves the DOGE cuts at roughly $9 billion.

Democrats have a mortgage fraud problem, and feds are on the case
A federal financial crimes division concluded Sen. Adam Schiff likely committed mortgage fraud by claiming a Maryland house as his primary residence, echoing similar allegations against Letitia James and other high-profile Democrats.

Feds Find Adam ‘No One Is Above The Law’ Schiff Likely Committed Mortgage Fraud, Trump Says
Schiff has never felt real consequences for lying in Congress. The censure? Meaningless. It is time to throw the book at him.

Trump Says GOP Can Get 5 More House Seats Redistricting Texas
“Just a very simple redrawing, we pick up five seats. We have a couple of other states where we’ll pick up seats also.”

Mamdani refuses to condemn ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan at NYC business summit
The communist Democrat mayoral candidate told business leaders he’d “discourage” use of the term, but not condemn it.

Zohran Mamdani sticks to socialist guns, ‘tax the rich’ plan during highly anticipated sitdown with NYC big business leaders
Mamdani — who just last month said billionaires shouldn’t exist — schmoozed with roughly 100 CEOs convened by the powerful Partnership for New York City at his request, for the first of two days of scheduled meetings with business bigs.

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’
A candidate running for mayor of Minneapolis has called Somalia his “home” despite being born in America and running for American office.

Economy...

GOP revolt stalls House as crypto fight erupts over CBDC fears
Twelve Republicans joined Democrats to block debate on Trump-backed cryptocurrency bills, citing worries that the GENIUS Act opens the door to a surveillance-style central bank digital currency despite Trump’s push to pass it quickly.

Inflation accelerated in June as tariffs start to bite
Consumer prices rose 2.7% over last year, moving further from the Fed’s 2% target despite Trump’s push for lower rates and warnings that tariffs are starting to fuel new price pressures.

Trump torches Fed Chair Powell as a ‘knucklehead’ amid clash over interest rates and spending probe
The president slammed Powell for refusing to slash rates and backed an investigation into alleged renovation waste, calling him a “stupid guy” who’s “called everything wrong.”

Federal Reserve’s fiscal management shamed over ballooning $2.5 billion office renovation
The president and his administration could be laying the groundwork to remove Chairman Jerome Powell for cause.

Immigration...

Nonprofits helped fuel Biden’s border crisis — now Congress must investigate
A network of taxpayer-funded NGOs aided mass illegal immigration, arranged transport across the U.S., and may be linked to border sabotage. Lawmakers are being urged to uncover how deep their involvement goes.

‘Reprehensible’: Assaults On ICE Agents Skyrocket, Up 830% Over Last Year
"Crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them."

Democrat Rep. Carbajal accused of doxxing ICE agent before mob attack at California raid
Homeland Security says Rep. Salud Carbajal showed an ICE employee’s business card to a hostile crowd at a marijuana facility, leading to an assault that sent the officer to the ER.

Newsom admits California depends on illegal labor — implies white Americans don’t want construction, farming jobs
Newsom questioned how the state would ever rebuild after the devastating wildfire earlier this year if Trump's deportation agenda is allowed to persist.

Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across 10 states, union says
Another round of immigration judges began receiving emails on Friday informing them they are being let go, NPR has learned, adding to the growing list of immigration court personnel cut by Trump amid his efforts to speed up deportations of immigrants without legal status.

El Taco Loko owner accused of harboring, employing illegal migrants
A Phoenix taco restaurant owner who is in the U.S. illegally was charged in federal court after investigators said he hid and employed people in the U.S illegally.

Middle East...

Israel Begins Talks With Countries That Could Take In Gazans Under Trump Plan
Israel on Monday began negotiations with several countries it hopes will take in Gazans as part of a mass emigration plan first proposed by President Trump, two Israeli officials with knowledge of the talks told the Washington Free Beacon.

Trump to host Qatari emir at White House for dinner amid effort to broker Gaza truce
While Trump has repeatedly expressed optimism in recent weeks about the chances for an imminent hostage deal, talks have been stalled in recent days over the scope of Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza during the 60-day truce under discussion.

US, European allies agree on August deadline for Iran nuclear deal – report
If Iran and the U.S. cannot reach a deal by August, Germany, France, and the U.K. will reimpose UNSC sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 Iran deal.

Ukraine - Russia...

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Trump floats hitting Moscow with US weapons
During a July 4 call, Trump reportedly asked Zelenskyy if Ukraine could strike Moscow and St. Petersburg if given offensive American weapons. Then on Tuesday, Trump walked back his reported stance, telling reporters that Zelenskyy "shouldn't target Moscow."

Kremlin official says Trump's threats of tariffs are 'serious'
“We certainly need time to analyze what was said in Washington," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said when asked about Trump's statements, according to the Epoch Times. "And if and when President Putin deems it necessary, he will definitely comment.”

China...

California the top choice for Chinese homebuyers, who spent 83% more on US homes this year
They also were more likely to pay in all cash than any other buyer group.

Entertainment...

Walt Disney returns as a surreal animatronic for Disneyland’s 70th anniversary
Imagineers revealed a robot of Walt Disney that walks, talks, and sports a “twinkle in his eye,” sharing stories in his own words as part of the new “Walt Disney – A Magical Life” show.

Media...

Jen Psaki circles back to irrelevance as her ratings tank
MSNBC’s "The Briefing" has shed nearly half its viewers since Psaki took over Maddow’s slot, pulling just 1.1 million compared to Hannity’s 2.9 million in the same time slot.

Whoopi melts down over Mark Cuban’s jab at Democrats’ ‘Trump sucks’ strategy
“Our messaging has not been bad,” Goldberg insisted, railing that Cuban was “pointing the finger at the wrong person.”

LGBTQIA2S+...

18 States Are Still Letting Dudes Dominate Girls’ Sports, Roam Girls' Locker Rooms
A new tracker shows nearly a third of states still ignore the president’s directive to enforce Title IX protections, even as lawsuits and investigations ramp up against holdouts like California and Maine.

AI...

Trump unveils $90 billion in energy and AI investments for Pennsylvania during summit in Pittsburgh
President Trump announced a massive investment package with top business leaders in Pittsburgh, pledging new data centers, nuclear projects, and training programs aimed at transforming Pennsylvania into the nation’s artificial intelligence powerhouse.

Delta will soon use AI to set its ticket prices
Delta says its AI will “get inside the mind” of travelers to set prices they’re willing to pay, planning an 18-to-24-month trial before potentially rolling it out permanently.

AI Is Breaking into a Higher Dimension — Literally — to Mimic the Human Brain and Achieve True Intelligence
Scientists say introducing intra-layer links and feedback loops into neural networks could help AI evolve richer memory and reasoning, moving beyond transformer models and inching closer to true human-like understanding.

Anthropic rolls out Claude AI for financial services
The new service gives real-time access to market data and integrates with platforms like S&P Global and Snowflake to help firms make investment decisions.

Science...

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm
New research reveals Uranus gives off more heat than it gets from the sun, meaning there’s a lot more happening deep inside Uranus than scientists believed when Voyager 2 first probed it nearly four decades ago.

Sports...

Tim Tebow, ex-attorneys general urge Supreme Court to end bans on prayers at state football games
Supporters say Florida’s ban on pregame amplified prayers at state championships censors private religious speech and relies on outdated rulings. They argue the policy singles out faith-based teams and undermines First Amendment rights.

July 16, 2009 - Obamacare is national suicide... Effects of Obamacare on small businesses... FDR's fireside chats... What our future holds... Universal health care... Radical czars in our government... Dom Giordano of WPHT from the border...

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.