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July 28, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Jennifer Sey
TOPIC: American Eagle discovers that “hot” girls sell jeans with new ad featuring sultry actress Sydney Sweeney.

Russiagate...

CIA Director Says Classified Docs Will Blow Lid Off Russiagate
Testimony "inconsistent" with what the special counsel found.

Obama CIA officer who wrote 2017 intel report insists that Russian collusion was real
“The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying, again,” Susan Miller said. “We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected.”

Big Tech Testimony, Twitter Files Corroborate DNI Tulsi Gabbard Memo on Trump-Russia Hoax
Gabbard’s memo reveals intel officials knowingly pushed a false narrative of Russian interference, as internal documents and testimony from Twitter, Facebook, and Google show no coordinated effort to sway the 2016 election.

Trump identifies whom Obama should thank if he dodges accountability for the Russia hoax
A Supreme Court ruling that prompted Democrats to lose their minds might now help one of their own.

Trump posts OJ chase meme featuring Obama
The president posted Obama’s face on O.J.’s getaway car and made a 30-year-old murder chase hilarious again. Funniest man to ever hold office, and it’s not close.

Colorado lawmaker says Gabbard has become ‘weapon’ for Trump
Rep. Jason Crow accused the director of national intelligence of trying to curry favor with the president.

News...

Media Matters reportedly considers closing up shop amid fraud, defamation suits
The left-wing activist group is reportedly considering bankruptcy as it faces $15 million in legal bills, government investigations, and pressure from Elon Musk’s X, with donors fleeing and internal morale collapsing.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shocked to his core over FBI’s recent corruption discoveries
“What I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigations into these aforementioned matters has shocked me down to my core. We cannot run a republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.”

Left-wing violence surges in 2025 as assassination threats, bombings, and ICE attacks skyrocket
From failed assassination plots to Tesla bombings and ICE ambushes, a wave of far-left extremism has exploded nationwide, with DHS reporting an 830% spike in assaults on federal agents.

Essayli upended US attorney’s office by pushing Trump agenda. Will he stay on top?
U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli told Glenn Beck he has “tricks up his sleeve” to keep pushing the president’s agenda, as he takes aim at California’s far-left policies.

Black gun owner hailed as hero after confronting stabber at Michigan Walmart
A legally armed man drew his pistol to stop a stabbing spree that injured multiple victims, proving once again that good guys with guns save lives.

Michigan authorities seek to file terrorism charges in Walmart stabbing attack
Authorities are working to find out the motive behind the attack.

Suspected Minnesota assassin claims he was part of a 2-year undercover investigation
In his latest bizarre statement from behind bars, the accused murderer claims he investigated the deaths of 400 Minnesota residents.

The Guardian: Americans flee red states, delay life goals as blue states seen as safer bet
Many told the Guardian that they were making plans to leave the country, but for those who don’t have foreign passports, crossing state lines appears to be the next best option. “We have specifically chosen a blue state that offers some social safety nets," said Knight.

The great Northeast exodus — how high taxes are driving away billions
New York and New Jersey lost a combined $140 billion in income over the past decade as millions fled to low-tax states like Florida and Texas, taking their wealth and spending power with them.

Locals turn tables on Mass. city after they scrub Italian colors from street after almost a century
A Massachusetts city abruptly scrubbed the Italian colors off a street ahead of a cultural festival — but outraged residents illegally sprayed them right back onto the pavement, according to reports.

Politics...

Foreign leaders schmooze Trump on his personal cell
Trump's personal cell diplomacy: Less briefing books, more calls and texts.

Ex-MSNBC Host Says Trump Has Pulse Of American People: ‘Biden Couldn’t Do That In A Million Years’
"He's very good at knowing your condition, your worries, your insecurities. He's really good at the moment."

Obama speechwriter bashes Trump, but admits he's hilarious
"He has a great sense for television. He knows what's going to play well. And he knows when what's happening is silly or ridiculous, and he knows when he needs to be on the outside of it, with the audience watching it. We can pretend otherwise, but we do so at our peril."

Democrats’ approval rating craters to 35-year low: WSJ poll
A whopping 63% of registered voters view Democrats unfavorably, dramatically eclipsing the 33% who had a positive impression, marking the lowest rating they scored since 1990.

Democrats planning Epstein-focused town halls in GOP districts
“Let them destroy each other. If we have to throw a log on the fire, we’ll do it,” one House Democratic aide told The Hill.

Khanna says Democrats have pushed for Epstein files’ release since 2019
“It’s not a sudden interest ... I have tweeted out supporting that, back in 2019. We have been pushing for transparency.”

Elon Musk is threatening to put third-party candidates on the ballot. Democrats are giddy.
Musk’s yet-unfulfilled plans to form an “America Party” could threaten Republicans already fighting to defend their seats by razor-thin margins in next year’s midterm elections by siphoning off more disgruntled conservatives from Republicans than disaffected liberals from the Democrats.

‘You’ve Chosen To Book Spectacle’: Chuck Todd Unloads On Media Outlets Platforming Hunter Biden
His main objection appeared to be that keeping the younger Biden on camera was not good for anyone — especially the Democratic Party.

Inside socialist Mamdani’s posh wedding bash at secluded Uganda compound
Socialist NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani celebrated his recent nuptials with a lavish, three-day affair at his family’s ritzy, secluded Ugandan compound — complete with masked security guards and a cellphone jamming system.

AOC hit for ethics violation over unpaid Met Gala swag
The House Ethics Committee found Ocasio-Cortez broke gift rules by failing to pay full value for her “Tax the Rich” outfit and her fiancé’s ticket, placing the blame squarely on her staff’s handling of the payments.

George Santos begins 7-year prison sentence after fraud conviction, exits with one last performance
The disgraced former congressman pled guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, but not before posting a flamboyant farewell claiming “legends never truly exit” and taking one last jab at his critics.

Economy...

Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs
Trump said that the 27-member bloc also agreed to purchase $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and invest an additional $600 billion worth of investments into the U.S. above current levels.

Trump says he's considering 'a little rebate' for Americans from tariff revenue
The president floated sending rebate checks to lower-income earners, something we used to call wealth redistribution.

WaPo: They’re rich. They’re anti-Trump. And they don’t want their big tax cut.
While many Americans might rejoice at that kind of windfall, Hoover worked hard to stop it from becoming a reality, arguing to lawmakers that she has more money than she needs. (We have some good news for Hoover in the next story.)

Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt
The digital payment platforms can be used after accessing the “Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt” page on Pay.gov. The donation program has existed since 1996, with a total of $67.3 million contributed.

Ukraine - Russia...

EU suspends $1.7B in aid to Ukraine after Zelenskyy curbs watchdog agencies
The EU said it is withholding more than a third of its funding meant to reward Ukraine for good governance standards after Zelenskyy signed the controversial bill last week.

Canada...

Leaders of Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ facing up to 8 years in prison
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber appeared in an Ottawa courtroom this week for sentencing after being found guilty in April of mischief for organizing the trucker protest against Trudeau’s extremist vaccine mandate.

Europe...

Jewish schoolchildren kicked off plane after ‘singing Hebrew songs’
Spanish airline Vueling removed summer camp director and 50 children for "compromising passenger safety."

Pilot who removed Jewish children from flight trained 2 9/11 hijackers
The captain of the Spanish flight involved in anti-Semitism row knew terrorist pair as "normal lads."

Man threatens to bomb plane over Scotland to 'send message' to Trump
"I'm going to bomb the plane. Death to America! Death to Trump! Allahu Akbar!" the man yelled. A witness told the Sun the man then "pushed the airline staff and was being aggressive towards them."

Video shows Colombian porn actor dancing nude while covered in blood after decapitating gay couple he was living with
Police said they have hours of very traumatizing security video.

Middle East...

Iran’s leaders reach back to pre-Islamic times to stoke nationalism
Officials in the Islamic republic are seeking to rally a population rattled by war and increasingly averse to the Muslim theocracy’s dominant ideology.

Africa...

More African Americans flee US for Kenya in search of ‘mental freedom’
Raphael Obonyo, a public policy expert at U.N-Habitat, says the U.S is losing resources — as well as the popular narrative that America is the land of opportunities and dreams. “This reverse migration is denting that narrative, so America is most likely to lose including things like brain drain.”

Entertainment...

‘They Should All Be Prosecuted’: Trump Trashes Kamala, Celebs Over Alleged Pay-For-Play Endorsements
"Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out!"

Jay Leno Criticizes Political Late-Night Hosts: 'Nobody Wants to Hear a Lecture'
The former "Tonight Show" host took aim at partisan late-night shows in a recent interview: "Why shoot for just half an audience?"

NYC’s ‘We’re with Colbert’ rally for late-night host is a bust with just 20 protesters
A Big Apple rally in support of Colbert drew fewer than two dozen people Sunday — with even the NYPD cops on scene quickly calling it a day since most of the demonstrators left after just a few minutes.

‘The Simpsons’ Creator Predicts ‘Kids Across America Will Liberate Their Republican Parents from the Cult of MAGA’
Variety reports Groening made his forecast while musing on future content for shows of the Emmy-winning production and how they may meld into reality and predict the future.

‘Dumb and Dumber’ Star Jeff Daniels Hopes Trump Supporters Are ‘Losing Tons of Money’
“At the end of the day, it would be about just the price of eggs, did it go up or down, because that’s what he told me he was going to lower the price of eggs or my grocery bill.”

Environment...

Trump Trashes Windmills In Meeting With Green-Loving EU Head: ‘Killing The Beauty Of Our Scenery’
"We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They're killing us."

Health...

Pandemic fallout: Study finds parents are increasingly taking a stand on vaccines
We warned at the time that forcing unnecessary COVID vaccine mandates on children would backfire — eroding trust in long-established, beneficial vaccines and shifting anti-vax sentiment from the left to the mainstream right. And here we are.

AI...

GPT-5 coming in August, but AGI is quietly shelved
Once billed as the leap to human-level intelligence, GPT-5 now arrives with silence on AGI. OpenAI’s shifting definitions and lowered expectations reveal the tech just isn’t there yet.

Urgent Need for 'Global Approach' on AI Regulation: UN Tech Chief
As concerns mount over the risks posed by the fast-moving technology — including fears of mass job losses, the spread of deepfakes and disinformation, and society’s fabric fraying — she insisted that regulation was key.

DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50% of federal regulations
An internal proposal suggests how the Trump administration is planning to slash federal regulations, but obstacles loom.

The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity
The data centers required for Big Tech are driving up electricity demand — and prices.

Sam Altman says your ChatGPT therapy session might not stay private
Unlike real therapists, those conversations might not stay private if OpenAI were hit with a lawsuit, Altman said.

Musk floats $30 trillion in robot revenue at Tesla event
Tesla plans to build a few hundred Optimus robots by the end of 2025, but Musk claimed the market could eventually reach a billion units a year, generating $30 trillion in annual revenue (the U.S. GDP for 2023 was $27 trillion).

Technology...

Astronomer's 'clever' PR move embracing CEO scandal — featuring Gwyneth Paltrow
In the 60-second clip posted on Astronomer's X account, Hollywood star Paltrow — who was married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for more than 10 years — says she wants to answer "the most" common questions the company has recently been asked.

This 'Star Wars' speeder bike is about to hit the market
"Excited to share this raw flight footage including take-off and landing, all with real sound. No special effects, no CGI, no AI, pure engineering," Patan wrote on X.

Science...

‘Possibly hostile’ alien threat detected in unknown interstellar object, a shocking new study claims
A mysterious intergalactic object could potentially be a “hostile” alien spacecraft that’s slated to attack our planet in November, according to a controversial new study by a small group of scientists.

Animals...

Seattle woman sues Blue Angels over cat’s death, calls flyovers ‘auditory carpet bombing’
Claiming her elderly cat died in terror from military jet noise, the woman says Navy pilots violated her rights by blocking her on Instagram after she complained about the airshow.

July 28, 2008 - Gas prices... Bush to sign mortgage rescue bill... Modern-day slavery... Bob the Antichrist... Musical and movies... John Adams series... What will it take for Stu to go see 'Mamma Mia'... Author Chris Reich, 'Rules of Deception'...

Trump's proposal explained: Ukraine's path to peace without NATO expansion

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor | Getty Images

Strategic compromise, not absolute victory, often ensures lasting stability.

When has any country been asked to give up land it won in a war? Even if a nation is at fault, the punishment must be measured.

After World War I, Germany, the main aggressor, faced harsh penalties under the Treaty of Versailles. Germans resented the restrictions, and that resentment fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler, ultimately leading to World War II. History teaches that justice for transgressions must avoid creating conditions for future conflict.

Ukraine and Russia must choose to either continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

Russia and Ukraine now stand at a similar crossroads. They can cling to disputed land and prolong a devastating war, or they can make concessions that might secure a lasting peace. The stakes could not be higher: Tens of thousands die each month, and the choice between endless bloodshed and negotiated stability hinges on each side’s willingness to yield.

History offers a guide. In 1967, Israel faced annihilation. Surrounded by hostile armies, the nation fought back and seized large swaths of territory from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. Yet Israel did not seek an empire. It held only the buffer zones needed for survival and returned most of the land. Security and peace, not conquest, drove its decisions.

Peace requires concessions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine will need to “get something” from a peace deal. He’s right. Israel proved that survival outweighs pride. By giving up land in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities, it stopped the cycle of war. Egypt and Israel have not fought in more than 50 years.

Russia and Ukraine now press opposing security demands. Moscow wants a buffer to block NATO. Kyiv, scarred by invasion, seeks NATO membership — a pledge that any attack would trigger collective defense by the United States and Europe.

President Donald Trump and his allies have floated a middle path: an Article 5-style guarantee without full NATO membership. Article 5, the core of NATO’s charter, declares that an attack on one is an attack on all. For Ukraine, such a pledge would act as a powerful deterrent. For Russia, it might be more palatable than NATO expansion to its border

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Peace requires concessions. The human cost is staggering: U.S. estimates indicate 20,000 Russian soldiers died in a single month — nearly half the total U.S. casualties in Vietnam — and the toll on Ukrainians is also severe. To stop this bloodshed, both sides need to recognize reality on the ground, make difficult choices, and anchor negotiations in security and peace rather than pride.

Peace or bloodshed?

Both Russia and Ukraine claim deep historical grievances. Ukraine arguably has a stronger claim of injustice. But the question is not whose parchment is older or whose deed is more valid. The question is whether either side is willing to trade some land for the lives of thousands of innocent people. True security, not historical vindication, must guide the path forward.

History shows that punitive measures or rigid insistence on territorial claims can perpetuate cycles of war. Germany’s punishment after World War I contributed directly to World War II. By contrast, Israel’s willingness to cede land for security and recognition created enduring peace. Ukraine and Russia now face the same choice: Continue the cycle of bloodshed or make difficult compromises in pursuit of survival and stability.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

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Seniors, children, and the isolated increasingly rely on machines for conversation, risking real relationships and the emotional depth that only humans provide.

Jill Smola is 75 years old. She’s a retiree from Orlando, Florida, and she spent her life caring for the elderly. She played games, assembled puzzles, and offered company to those who otherwise would have sat alone.

Now, she sits alone herself. Her husband has died. She has a lung condition. She can’t drive. She can’t leave her home. Weeks can pass without human interaction.

Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

But CBS News reports that she has a new companion. And she likes this companion more than her own daughter.

The companion? Artificial intelligence.

She spends five hours a day talking to her AI friend. They play games, do trivia, and just talk. She says she even prefers it to real people.

My first thought was simple: Stop this. We are losing our humanity.

But as I sat with the story, I realized something uncomfortable. Maybe we’ve already lost some of our humanity — not to AI, but to ourselves.

Outsourcing presence

How often do we know the right thing to do yet fail to act? We know we should visit the lonely. We know we should sit with someone in pain. We know what Jesus would do: Notice the forgotten, touch the untouchable, offer time and attention without outsourcing compassion.

Yet how often do we just … talk about it? On the radio, online, in lectures, in posts. We pontificate, and then we retreat.

I asked myself: What am I actually doing to close the distance between knowing and doing?

Human connection is messy. It’s inconvenient. It takes patience, humility, and endurance. AI doesn’t challenge you. It doesn’t interrupt your day. It doesn’t ask anything of you. Real people do. Real people make us confront our pride, our discomfort, our loneliness.

We’ve built an economy of convenience. We can have groceries delivered, movies streamed, answers instantly. But friendships — real relationships — are slow, inefficient, unpredictable. They happen in the blank spaces of life that we’ve been trained to ignore.

And now we’re replacing that inefficiency with machines.

AI provides comfort without challenge. It eliminates the risk of real intimacy. It’s an elegant coping mechanism for loneliness, but a poor substitute for life. If we’re not careful, the lonely won’t just be alone — they’ll be alone with an anesthetic, a shadow that never asks for anything, never interrupts, never makes them grow.

Reclaiming our humanity

We need to reclaim our humanity. Presence matters. Not theory. Not outrage. Action.

It starts small. Pull up a chair for someone who eats alone. Call a neighbor you haven’t spoken to in months. Visit a nursing home once a month — then once a week. Ask their names, hear their stories. Teach your children how to be present, to sit with someone in grief, without rushing to fix it.

Turn phones off at dinner. Make Sunday afternoons human time. Listen. Ask questions. Don’t post about it afterward. Make the act itself sacred.

Humility is central. We prefer machines because we can control them. Real people are inconvenient. They interrupt our narratives. They demand patience, forgiveness, and endurance. They make us confront ourselves.

A friend will challenge your self-image. A chatbot won’t.

Our homes are quieter. Our streets are emptier. Loneliness is an epidemic. And AI will not fix it. It will only dull the edges and make a diminished life tolerable.

Before we worry about how AI will reshape humanity, we must first practice humanity. It can start with 15 minutes a day of undivided attention, presence, and listening.

Change usually comes when pain finally wins. Let’s not wait for that. Let’s start now. Because real connection restores faster than any machine ever will.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: The radical Left's bloody rampage against America

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For years, the media warned of right-wing terror. But the bullets, bombs, and body bags are piling up on the left — with support from Democrat leaders and voters.

For decades, the media and federal agencies have warned Americans that the greatest threat to our homeland is the political right — gun-owning veterans, conservative Christians, anyone who ever voted for President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden once declared that white supremacy is “the single most dangerous terrorist threat” in the nation.

Since Trump’s re-election, the rhetoric has only escalated. Outlets like the Washington Post and the Guardian warned that his second term would trigger a wave of far-right violence.

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing.

They were wrong.

The real domestic threat isn’t coming from MAGA grandmas or rifle-toting red-staters. It’s coming from the radical left — the anarchists, the Marxists, the pro-Palestinian militants, and the anti-American agitators who have declared war on law enforcement, elected officials, and civil society.

Willful blindness

On July 4, a group of black-clad terrorists ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas. They hurled fireworks at the building, spray-painted graffiti, and then opened fire on responding law enforcement, shooting a local officer in the neck. Journalist Andy Ngo has linked the attackers to an Antifa cell in the Dallas area.

Authorities have so far charged 14 people in the plot and recovered AR-style rifles, body armor, Kevlar vests, helmets, tactical gloves, and radios. According to the Department of Justice, this was a “planned ambush with intent to kill.”

And it wasn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a growing pattern of continuous violent left-wing incidents since December last year.

Monthly attacks

Most notably, in December 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Mangione reportedly left a manifesto raging against the American health care system and was glorified by some on social media as a kind of modern Robin Hood.

One Emerson College poll found that 41% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 said the murder was “acceptable” or “somewhat acceptable.”

The next month, a man carrying Molotov cocktails was arrested near the U.S. Capitol. He allegedly planned to assassinate Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

In February, the “Tesla Takedown” attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships started picking up traction.

In March, a self-described “queer scientist” was arrested after allegedly firebombing the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graffiti on the burned building read “ICE = KKK.”

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-Pa.) official residence was firebombed on Passover night. The suspect allegedly set the governor’s mansion on fire because of what Shapiro, who is Jewish, “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”

In May, two young Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Witnesses said the shooter shouted “Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The suspect told police he acted “for Gaza” and was reportedly linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

In June, an Egyptian national who had entered the U.S. illegally allegedly threw a firebomb at a peaceful pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people were hospitalized, and an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor later died from her injuries.

That same month, a pro-Palestinian rioter in New York was arrested for allegedly setting fire to 11 police vehicles. In Los Angeles, anti-ICE rioters smashed cars, set fires, and hurled rocks at law enforcement. House Democrats refused to condemn the violence.

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In Portland, Oregon, rioters tried to burn down another ICE facility and assaulted police officers before being dispersed with tear gas. Graffiti left behind read: “Kill your masters.”

On July 7, a Michigan man opened fire on a Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and an agent. Border agents returned fire, killing the suspect.

Days later in California, ICE officers conducting a raid on an illegal cannabis farm in Ventura County were attacked by left-wing activists. One protester appeared to fire at federal agents.

This is not a series of isolated incidents. It’s a timeline of escalation. Political assassinations, firebombings, arson, ambushes — all carried out in the name of radical leftist ideology.

Democrats are radicalizing

This isn’t just the work of fringe agitators. It’s being enabled — and in many cases encouraged — by elected Democrats.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz routinely calls ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attempted to block an ICE operation in her city. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to a neo-Nazi group. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to them as “secret police terrorizing our communities.”

Apparently, other Democratic lawmakers, according to Axios, are privately troubled by their own base. One unnamed House Democrat admitted that supporters were urging members to escalate further: “Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.” Others were demanding blood in the streets to get the media’s attention.

A study from Rutgers University and the National Contagion Research Institute found that 55% of Americans who identify as “left of center” believe that murdering Donald Trump would be at least “somewhat justified.”

As Democrats bleed working-class voters and lose control of their base, they’re not moderating. They’re radicalizing. They don’t want the chaos to stop. They want to harness it, normalize it, and weaponize it.

The truth is, this isn’t just about ICE. It’s not even about Trump. It’s about whether a republic can survive when one major party decides that our institutions no longer apply.

Truth still matters. Law and order still matter. And if the left refuses to defend them, then we must be the ones who do.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

America's comeback: Trump is crushing crime in the Capitol

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Trump’s DC crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Donald Trump on Monday invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying the National Guard to restore law and order. This move is long overdue.

D.C.’s crime problem has been spiraling for years as local authorities and Democratic leadership have abandoned the nation’s capital to the consequences of their own failed policies. The city’s murder rate is about three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-led Havana, Cuba.

When DC is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak.

Theft, assaults, and carjackings have transformed many of its streets into war zones. D.C. saw a 32% increase in homicides from 2022 to 2023, marking the highest number in two decades and surpassing both New York and Los Angeles. Even if crime rates dropped to 2019 levels, that wouldn’t be good enough.

Local leaders have downplayed the crisis, manipulating crime stats to preserve their image. Felony assault, for example, is no longer considered a “violent crime” in their crime stats. Same with carjacking. But the reality on the streets is different. People in D.C. are living in constant fear.

Trump isn’t waiting for the crime rate to improve on its own. He’s taking action.

Broken windows theory in action

Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts the “broken windows theory” into action — the idea that ignoring minor crimes invites bigger ones. When authorities look the other way on turnstile-jumping or graffiti, they signal that lawbreaking carries no real consequence.

Rudy Giuliani used this approach in the 1990s to clean up New York, cracking down on small offenses before they escalated. Trump is doing the same in the capital, drawing a hard line and declaring enough is enough. Letting crime fester in Washington tells the world that the seat of American power tolerates lawlessness.

What Trump is doing for D.C. isn’t just about law enforcement — it’s about national identity. When D.C. is in chaos, it sends a message to the world that America is weak. The capital city represents the soul of the country. If we can’t even keep our own capital safe, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously?

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Reversing the decline

Anyone who has visited D.C. regularly over the past several years has witnessed its rapid decline. Homeless people bathe in the fountains outside Union Station. People are tripping out in Dupont Circle. The left’s negligence is a disgrace, enabling drug use and homelessness to explode on our capital’s streets while depriving these individuals of desperately needed care and help.

Restoring law and order to D.C. is not about politics or scoring points. It’s about doing what’s right for the people. It’s about protecting communities, taking the vulnerable off the streets, and sending the message to both law-abiding and law-breaking citizens alike that the rule of law matters.

D.C. should be a lesson to the rest of America. If we want to take our cities back, we need leadership willing to take bold action. Trump is showing how to do it.

Now, it’s time for other cities to step up and follow his lead. We can restore law and order. We can make our cities something to be proud of again.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.