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Morning Brief 2025-08-05

August 05, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: AG Ken Paxton (Texas)
TOPIC: Arrest warrants are issued for Texas Democrats who fled the state in an attempt to stop new redistricting maps.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.)
TOPIC: God is intertwined in America's DNA.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Kirk Cameron
TOPIC: The cultural movement taking OVER your local library.

Russiagate...

Report: DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations
Bondi is acting on Gabbard's criminal referral claiming intelligence community suppression.

Hunter Biden laptop letter author helped Clinton tie Trump to Putin in 2016
Mike Morell is perhaps best known now as the driving force behind the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter in 2020. But the former acting CIA director played an eerily similar, albeit less successful, role in Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 bid.

Brennan and Clapper may have reset the clock on prosecution with new Russiagate lies
By doubling down in a NYT op-ed, the disgraced intel chiefs may have reopened legal jeopardy.

News...

Trump administration ends Carter-era diversity hiring decree, restores merit-based testing
After 43 years of race-based restrictions on civil service exams, the DOJ scrapped the DEI-driven mandate, allowing federal agencies to prioritize competence over quotas.

Federal Judges Keep Defying Supreme Court Orders Against Trump Admin
An increasing number of federal judges are stymieing the Trump administration's agenda, and in many cases, in direct defiance of Supreme Court decisions.

California AG Bonta says state has retrieved at least $168B from Feds and filed 37 lawsuits
Bonta accused the Trump administration of violating the law and the U.S. Constitution and freezing federal funds that were legally approved for California.

Cincinnati official doubles down on mob attack comments, says beating was 'generational pain' release
Councilwoman Victoria Parks refused to resign after saying the white victim “got what he asked for,” invoking race as justification while the injured woman pleads for prayers and recovers from brain trauma.

Confederate general statue toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in DC
A statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike that leftist agitators toppled and burned in 2020 will be reinstalled in D.C., the National Park Service said.

Texas cop under investigation after TikTok claims she’s writing tickets for not getting laid
A Harris County Constable’s deputy in Texas is under investigation after reportedly posting a TikTok claiming she was going to ticket drivers because she hadn’t gotten laid.

Bloodhound rescues injured 13-year-old trapped in ravine for 4 days
A trained K-9 from a Missouri prison unit tracked down a missing teen after 96 hours alone in the woods with a brain bleed, no food or water, and no way to call for help.

Biotech founder sliced open his own legs on camera to prove his product is safe for US troops
Pilgrim CEO Jake Adler filmed himself using the company’s wound-sealing gel Kingsfoil on fresh leg wounds to convince investors, scoring millions in funding and a Pentagon partnership.

Politics...

Abbott orders arrests of 'derelict' Democrats after they flout his deadline
After Texas House Democrats blew past a 3 p.m. deadline to return and restore quorum, Gov. Greg Abbott followed through — ordering their arrest, citing abandonment of office, and vowing they’ll face legal and political consequences for derailing redistricting.

Texas Dems Whine About Redistricting From Illinois, The Most Gerrymandered State In The Country
While claiming to defend democracy, fleeing Democrats ran to deep-blue strongholds like Illinois and New York — where their party carved maps to crush GOP voters and rig the system in their favor.

Hochul joins redistricting arms race, vows to cut GOP seats in New York
Following Texas and California’s partisan map war, Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to redraw congressional lines to help Democrats, declaring “all’s fair in love and war” as she pushes to rig the battlefield for 2026 and beyond.

WaPo: This isn’t the same Democratic Party as Trump’s first term
The base has become more left-wing, more hostile to compromise, less proud of America, and increasingly frustrated with party leaders seen as too soft on Trump.

'China is happy': New memos expose Homeland Security’s concerns about Tim Walz CCP connections
The latest records provide more details about the internal Homeland Security discussions of Walz’s history with China.

The iPhone Update That Could Wreck Political Fundraising
A new feature will intercept text messages and might cost campaigns hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Elon Musk Donated $5M To Trump-Aligned Super PAC One Month After Public Feud With President
Musk also gave $5 million each to the Senate Leadership Fund and Congressional Leadership Fund, which boost Republicans.

Jasmine Crockett sees Congress as the side hustle to her full-time ‘influencer’ gig
A new profile reveals the Texas Democrat is more focused on viral fame than legislation, treating public office as a platform for clout-chasing while offering no serious policy agenda beyond her carefully curated social media persona.

Economy...

New York Times makes big admission about Trump's tariffs
Trump's tariffs have become a "not trivial" source of revenue for the federal government.

Trump to 'substantially' hike India tariffs, accuses country of fueling 'Russian war machine'
Trump accuses India of buying Russian oil and reselling it for profit on open market.

EU To Suspend Retaliatory Tariff On US For 6 Months As Massive Trade Deal Is Finalized
"The EU continues to work with the U.S. to finalize a Joint Statement, as agreed on 27 July."

Trump’s tariff strategy is working — now it’s time to give small businesses a break
With record tariff revenue and booming investment, Trump has the momentum — but targeted relief for small businesses would cement his pro-growth agenda and win over Main Street in key swing states.

Capitalism Isn't Why You're Unhappy
Are you feeling bad? Sad? Lonely? Despondent about your life? Anxious about politics? Angry about the state of the world? The gurus and influencers and deep thinkers of the internet have identified the culprit, the reason, the overarching explanation for why everything, everywhere sucks all the time.

Immigration...

House Dem declares she is a 'proud Guatemalan' before American at Progressive International conference
Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez at a summit in Mexico City this weekend tells the audience while speaking in Spanish: "I'm a proud Guatemalan before I'm an American."

DHS responds to Rep. Ramirez
“There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism ... Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” – Theodore Roosevelt

CNN analyst: Trump driving historic drop in migration, tariffs hit record highs
Harry Enten highlighted a 60% plunge in net migration with 2025 possibly turning negative, as deportations soar, ICE hiring surges, and Trump targets both illegal and exploitative legal immigration.

California senator says illegal immigrants are long-term residents who just ‘happen to be undocumented’
Alex Padilla claims most illegal aliens are “critical to our economy” and simply “undocumented” residents, not lawbreakers.

Trump Administration Announces Major Tourist Visa Change
The State Department is proposing a rule requiring some business and tourist visa applicants to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a step critics say could put the process out of reach for many.

COVID...

Court upholds COVID shot mandate, says public health trumps bodily autonomy even if vaccines don’t stop spread
The 9th Circuit ruled that the government can force medical treatment if officials think it benefits public health, sparking warnings that the logic could justify sweeping mandates with no clear limits.

Israel...

'The Fruits of October 7': Hamas Leader Praises European, Canadian Calls for Palestinian Statehood
Canada, the U.K., and France plan to recognize a Palestinian state, a move that Trump said amounts to "rewarding" Hamas terrorists.

Dear President Trump: ‘Don’t let my little brother die like this’
I haven’t watched the video of my little brother Evyatar. I couldn’t. Just hearing what’s in it nearly shattered me: Evyatar, just 24 years old, barely skin and bones, digging his own grave in a Hamas tunnel, whispering that he hasn’t eaten in days. Whispering that he’s afraid he’s going to die there.

Poll: MAGA voters overwhelming back US military support for Israel
Trump's voters remain staunchly pro-Israel, with 90% of self-described "MAGA conservatives" backing U.S. military support for the Jewish state as it fends off threats from Iran and Hamas, according to a new poll by the Vandenberg Coalition and TargetPoint.

Trump administration cuts disaster funds for cities boycotting Israel
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, updated its terms and conditions Friday such that any city found to be boycotting Israel will be denied disaster relief funds.

‘Abandoning the Very People It Was Established to Protect’: Red Cross Comes Under Fire After Disturbing Footage Shows Starved Israeli Hostages
The aid organization, which traditionally works to provide aid to hostages during armed conflicts, has not visited the Israelis held captive by Hamas.

The Simple Truth About the War in Gaza
Hamas’ strategy is to maximize suffering on its own side — and then have the world blame Israel. Our moral confusion is its chief asset.

Ukraine - Russia...

‘There Can Be No Winner In A Nuclear War’: Russia Responds After Trump Dispatches Submarines
“In our country, foreign policy is formulated by the head of state, President Putin,” Peskov said. He did not answer when asked if the Kremlin would tell Medvedev to cool down his rhetoric. The spokesman added that Moscow is not considering “any escalation” with the United States.

Putin’s ‘secret daughter’ denounces him in cryptic anti-war post
Elizaveta Krivonogikh, believed to be Putin’s youngest child, condemned the man who “destroyed” her and “took millions of lives” while working in a Paris gallery featuring anti-war art.

Canada...

Canadian PM Mark Carney the butt of jokes after cheeky Vancouver Pride parade snap goes viral
“Canada summed up in one picture. This is [why] Trump doesn’t take [Canada] seriously,” one X user quipped.

Europe...

Civilization collapse now 'inevitable' after chilling patterns in past empires are uncovered
A researcher analyzed the rise and fall of over 400 empires. He discovered chilling patterns that look a lot like the world we're living in today.

Coinbase torches UK as garbage-infested joke in new ad
A chirpy narrator insists “everything is fine” as viewers watch ceilings leak, walls rot, and garbage pile up indoors. Grinning Brits sing through the chaos, dancing past mold and misery. In the background: a kitchen quietly catching fire.

Giant rat size of dog caught in UK, and apparently there's more
Residents have been left disgusted after an enormous 22-inch rat was found in a home in Redcar and Cleveland.

Middle East...

Chinese oil firms quietly take over Iraq as Western majors scale back
Smaller, nimble Chinese companies are doubling down on Iraq’s oil fields with profit-sharing deals, cheap labor, and fast timelines — filling the void as U.S. and European giants retreat.

South America...

Smartmatic co-founder accused of bribing Venezuelan election official with luxury home
Federal prosecutors say Roger Piñate transferred a Caracas residence to former election chief Tibisay Lucena Ramírez through a shell company in 2019, allegedly to resolve a dispute with the Maduro regime — despite Smartmatic denying the timeline and calling the allegations false and misleading.

Entertainment...

Jimmy Fallon survives late night purge
NBC extended Jimmy Fallon’s contract through 2028 even as CBS axed Colbert and other hosts face budget cuts, political backlash, and cratering viewership.

I Don’t Even Like Alec Baldwin, But Dear Lord He Deserves Better Than This
If there is one thing I hate most in the world when it comes to modern marriage dynamics, it is the way wives treat their husbands like subservient buffoons. Actor Alec Baldwin is in such a marriage.

Judge denies Combs' request for bail ahead of October sentencing
The hip-hop star's attorneys argued that their client's case was "exceptional" because he and his team engaged in a "swingers" lifestyle that a jury found was not coerced.

Media...

Fired ABC News reporter admits network biased against Trump, calls coverage ‘inaccurate’ and ‘deaf’
Terry Moran said legacy media lacks viewpoint diversity, especially regarding Trump, and likened their reporting to “visiting a zoo to study tigers.”

Education...

Entire board of California charter school resigns after $180 million fraud scandal
A damning audit revealed a 2.8% graduation rate, nepotism, and misuse of public funds at Highlands Community Charter, prompting mass resignations and a state demand to repay the money.

AI...

Jim Acosta slammed for interviewing AI version of Parkland victim
The ex-CNN host drew backlash for staging a “grotesque” conversation with an AI-generated child to push gun control, with critics calling it unethical, exploitative, and pure political theater.

Science...

Massive, mysterious ‘hot blob’ beneath Eastern US is moving toward New York, puzzling scientists
U.K. scientists have discovered a massive “blob” of rock underneath the Appalachian mountains that’s slowly oozing its way toward New York City.

Billions of starfish have died in a decade-long epidemic. Scientists say they now know why.
A sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species and continuing today.

Sports...

'Punishment worse than death': Dave Portnoy says loser of fantasy league will be forced to read Kamala’s book
Portnoy said the last-place finisher in his league will be locked in a room with no phone and will have to read every page of Kamala's upcoming book and give a presentation that will be graded by ChatGPT, and if they fail, they will be forced to listen to the Kamala audiobook on repeat for 24 straight hours.

August 5, 2014 - Glenn feels sorry for Alec Baldwin... Border Patrol agent tells the truth about the border... Blood libel myth... Ebola... Israel's right to defend itself... Glenn says we need to find common ground, not just be against things...

The loneliness epidemic: Are machines replacing human connection?

NurPhoto / Contributor | Getty Images

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.

Barbara Davidson / Contributor | Getty Images

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.

POLL: Can Trump make D.C. great again?

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For years, Washington, D.C., has been a symbol of everything wrong with big government—riddled with crime, manipulated stats, and soft-on-crime policies that let gangs terrorize innocent citizens while the elite turn a blind eye. Now, President Trump is stepping up, deploying federal agents after a savage attack on a hero like Edward Coristine, vowing no more "Mr. Nice Guy" as he promises to jail criminals, clear out the homeless encampments, and restore order just like he sealed the border. This isn't just a crackdown; it's a reclamation of our capital from the chaos liberals have unleashed.

Glenn has already covered this on his radio show, exposing how legacy media and Democrats twist crime numbers. They claim that there was a 35% drop in crime while ignoring FBI data showing only a 10% decline, and murders are still sky-high compared to pre-pandemic days. Trump's policies draw parallels to the 1990s, when Congress took control and turned things around, proving that strong leadership can counteract progressive failures. With Democratic mayors crying "power grab" in failing cities like Chicago and Baltimore, it's clear: Trump's bold move is a lifeline for liberty, not a threat. Our capital should be a shining example of America, where leaders can work in peace and foreign representatives can see what this nation stands for without fearing for their lives.

Our nation's heart is at risk from the gaslighting establishment that benefits from disorder, absurdly framing Trump's actions as a "military takeover." Is this the leadership America needs, or will we let the swamp dictate the narrative?

Glenn wants to know what YOU think: Can we trust the media's spin? Should Trump expand this fight? Make your voice heard in the poll below:

Do you support President Trump's deployment of federal agents to crack down on D.C. crime?

Do you believe liberal media and Democrats are manipulating crime stats to undermine Trump's efforts?

Is Trump's plan to jail criminals and relocate the homeless a necessary step to restore order in our capital?

Do you see Democratic policies as the root cause of rising violence in cities like D.C., Chicago, and Baltimore?

Should Trump extend this federal intervention to other failing blue cities to protect American liberty?