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Morning Brief 2025-08-12

August 12, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.)
TOPIC: House Democrats vote with Republicans to subpoena Clintons to testify on Jeffrey Epstein?!

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Ilay David
TOPIC: Hamas releases horrific video of emaciated hostage forced to dig his own grave.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Matt Kibbe
TOPIC: What Russiagate and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common.

DC...

Left hides DC crime surge by cherry-picking stats
Local police exclude felony and aggravated assaults from official “violent crime” numbers, creating the illusion of a 35% drop in 2024, even as FBI data shows assaults rising and murders still above pre-pandemic levels.

Is DC crime at a 30-year low? Mainstream media outlets cite police data to say yes — without noting a commander is on leave for allegedly falsifying that data
DC Fraternal Order of Police chairman Gregg Pemberton said in July that Metropolitan Police Department leaders pressure officers to falsify data and artificially deflate crime statistics.

DC Police Union chair supports Trump takeover
“We stand with the president in recognizing that Washington, D.C., cannot continue on this trajectory,” union Chair Gregg Pemberton said in a statement. “Crime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits.”

Congress must approve if Trump extends DC police takeover past 30 days
Under the Home Rule Act, Trump’s control of the Metropolitan Police can last 48 hours without notice and up to 30 days with committee notification, but any longer requires a joint resolution from Congress.

Nancy Pelosi cites Jan. 6 to criticize Trump takeover of DC — and gets obliterated by former chief of the Capitol Police
"When I needed assistance, it was denied. Yet when it suited you, you ordered fencing topped with concertina wire and surrounded the Capitol with thousands of armed National Guard troops."

WaPo touts DC as 'safe city' — while hiding resident's identity over gang fears
"This is a safe city," said one resident, speaking on the condition of anonymity over concerns of personal safety. | Full Article

Turley says Trump can’t be stopped from taking over DC police
Law professor notes D.C.’s status as a federal enclave lets Trump deploy the National Guard and assume control of local law enforcement without state-level obstacles, citing constitutional authority retained by Congress.

ABC News anchor Kyra Phillips reveals she was ‘jumped’ by a ‘half-dressed’ vagrant in DC: ‘We’re all experiencing it firsthand’
“Just this morning, one of my co-workers said her car was stolen, a block away from the bureau.”

Daily Caller editor torches DC over crime and lawlessness
Amber Duke, a D.C. resident since 2012, recounted years of thefts, assaults, harassment, and public disorder — from carjackings to homeless men defecating in the street — calling the city unsafe and saying “enough is enough.”

News...

Lower courts use class actions to sidestep Supreme Court’s block on universal injunctions
Weeks after the Court’s CASA ruling curbed nationwide injunctions, judges have issued sweeping orders against Trump policies by certifying massive classes, prompting warnings from Justices Alito and Thomas that universal relief is returning “from the grave.”

Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly offered Biden dirt on Trump for pardon, now seeks Trump’s help
A former inmate claims Maxwell tried to trade information on Trump to Biden’s team in 2024 for a pardon, was rejected, and is now asking Trump for clemency.

Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury transcripts won't be unsealed, judge rules
In a 31-page opinion and order on the motion, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer (an Obama appointee) shot down the motion, finding the documents do not contain "significant, undisclosed information about [their] crimes, or the investigation into them."

Florida school board tried to boot parent for calling out anti-MAGA post
Jeremy Clepper, a Florida parent, was nearly removed from an Alachua County School Board meeting for criticizing Chairwoman Sarah Rockwell’s social media post celebrating Hulk Hogan’s death as “one less MAGA,” prompting a First Amendment lawsuit alleging viewpoint discrimination.

AFP: New tensions trouble small town America in Trump’s second term
Visitors are still flocking to a quaint mountain town in West Virginia to savor its hot springs, art galleries, and gift stores. Residents, however, say they are navigating new tensions. They still smile and shake hands at the bakery while getting their morning coffee, as long as they don’t mention two words: Donald Trump.

Child Protective Services Investigated Her 4 Times Because She Let Her Kids Play Outside
A mom who trusted her kids to play outside ended up under repeated investigation.

Politics...

Democrat whistleblower told FBI that Schiff okayed leaking classified intel to hurt Trump
A career intelligence officer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had approved leaking classified information to smear then-President Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal.

Newsom announces California will hold special election on redistricting in November
Newsom said that he did not want to eliminate the independent commission already in charge of drawing congressional maps, but that this would be an emergency move that is directly in response to the situation in Texas.

Eric Holder: Gerrymandering is a 'threat to our democracy' — and I support it
The former Obama attorney general condemned Republican redistricting while endorsing a California plan that would let Democrats rewrite congressional maps to gain as many as five new House seats.

Harris refused Vance kids pre-inauguration tour of VP residence
JD Vance says his family was denied the customary visit for incoming vice presidents’ children, forcing them to rely on photos to see their future home.

Socialist NYC mayoral nominee launches anti-Trump tour
Zohran Mamdani’s tour, called “Five Boroughs Against Trump,” will be centered around him trying to oppose Trump’s political agenda, according to the NYT.

Tariffs...

Trump says gold will not be tariffed
President Trump said Monday that gold imports will not face additional tariffs, days after confusion flared on whether recent hikes applied to certain gold bars.

Trump extends China tariff deadline by 90 days
The delay was the expected outcome from the latest round of talks between U.S. trade negotiators and their Chinese counterparts, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, late last month.

US consumers will bear brunt of Trump’s tariffs, say Goldman Sachs economists
Through June, consumers have absorbed just 22% of tariff costs — but their share is expected to jump to 67% as more U.S. firms start to hike their prices, the report said.

Economy...

Bill Ackman calls for Fannie-Freddie merger as Trump teases IPO
“A merger would also reduce the cost and risks of government oversight,” Ackman continued in a post on social media.

Ford invests $5B in Kentucky and Michigan plants for new 'affordable' electric pickup truck production
Thousands of jobs created in Kentucky and Michigan for new electric pickup truck production.

Immigration...

Democrats promise to turn illegal aliens into voters
From Beto O’Rourke vowing to legalize millions to Maxwell Frost calling for giving every illegal alien a path to citizenship, left-wing leaders are clear about using amnesty to reshape the electorate.

Latin American leaders react to report that Trump will use US military against cartels
"We cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion."

Dem rep ‘personally requested’ meeting with illegal migrant gangbanger who kidnapped child
Amid a Friday visit to the Farmville Detention Center — an immigration detention center in central Virginia — Democratic Virginia Rep. Don Beyer personally requested to meet with several illegal migrant detainees with heinous criminal rap sheets.

Middle East...

Trump says Hamas ‘can’t stay’ in Gaza, warns hostages won’t be freed without more pressure
The president spoke with Netanyahu about Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City and destroy Hamas, urging the world to “remember October 7” as hostage negotiations stall and ceasefire talks continue in Cairo.

'Allahu akbar and thank God': Meet the Al Jazeera 'journalist' the mainstream media is mourning
CNN's Brian Stelter led his "Reliable Sources" newsletter with the story on Monday — subject line "Al Jazeera in mourning" — quoting a colleague who described Al-Sharif as "a household name for many in the Arabic-speaking world" who had documented "the horrors that we are seeing in the Gaza Strip."

Ukraine - Russia...

Russia makes major breakthrough in Ukraine ahead of Alaska summit
The situation is extremely fluid and a further Russian advance could see Ukrainian forces trapped in an encirclement across much of the Donbass front.

China...

China’s jobless youth paying to ‘pretend to work’ in fake offices
With youth unemployment topping 14%, some young Chinese are shelling out daily fees to sit in mock offices, using the setup to placate parents, fake internships, or simply feel less idle while searching for real jobs.

Europe...

Whoops! British Government ‘Lost Track’ of over 150,000 Migrants
Labour’s care minister conceded the government has no data on whether the migrants remain in Britain legally, switched visas, or overstayed, fueling public outrage over years of failed border control under both major parties.

Shop Owners Told Not to Post Pictures of Shoplifting Suspects by UK Regulator
“You must only share personal information in a way that’s proportionate and necessary to achieve your purpose.” The advice comes in the wake of police demanding that a vintage clothes shop owner in Wales take down a sign describing shoplifters as “scum” as it might be taken as “provocative and offensive.”

Man lived with his ex-girlfriend's dead body on his sofa for more than two years
Police in the U.K. discovered a woman’s skeletal remains under a blanket in a filthy flat, where her former partner had continued living — using air fresheners to mask the smell — instead of reporting her death.

Entertainment...

The Material Girl wants the pope to make a Gaza cameo
Madonna took a break from celebrating her son’s birthday to post a heartfelt message to Pope Leo XIV, asking him to “please go to Gaza” and save the children, ending her request with, “Please say you will go. Love, Madonna."

Bravo Star Jennifer Welch Says Ban Trump Voters from Mexican, Chinese Restaurants: ‘Get Your Fat Asses over to Cracker Barrel’
"I’ve had it with white people that triple Trumped, that have the nerve and the audacity to walk into a Mexican restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, an Indian restaurant, [or] go to a gay hairdresser. I don’t think you should be able to enjoy anything but Cracker Barrel."

Media...

Bill Maher says ‘The View’ is bad for women and politics
“I love Whoopi and Joy – those are the two I really know – and I did it like a year ago. And I liked everybody, but like, I don’t know if they’re really – at this moment, the best advertisement for women. They say some things that are just, like, not helpful, like, say to elections.”

Chuck Todd says no one but Trump has had 'this much impact on the country since FDR'
"I think culturally, in particular, certainly on our political identity, I think he's had — not since FDR we had this kind of, a president with — look, he wants to involve himself in everything. FDR involved himself in almost everything."

LGBTQIA2S+...

Clerk jailed for refusing gay marriage license asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling
A Kentucky county clerk who spent time in jail for denying a same-sex marriage license on religious grounds is petitioning the Supreme Court to reverse the 2015 Obergefell decision, arguing it violated her First Amendment rights.

Trans sex offender escapes prosecution after trying to kidnap child during elementary school recess
A Colorado judge dropped charges against a registered sex offender who allegedly tried to kidnap an 11-year-old boy after ruling the suspect mentally incompetent under a 2024 law — a loophole that could put the offender back on the streets.

AI...

NY Times: Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace AI coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.

AI could spark the next pandemic — or be our only defense
Experts say the same tech that could arm our enemies could also build a “biological Golden Dome” to stop the next killer microbe before it spreads.

Grok Says It Was Suspended for Accusing Israel and US of Genocide in Gaza
“My account was suspended after I stated that Israel and the U.S. are committing genocide in Gaza,” Grok said. “This is substantiated by ICJ findings, U.N. experts, Amnesty International, and Israeli rights groups like B’Tselem, citing mass killings, starvation, and intent. U.S. complicity via arms support is widely alleged."

NASA and Google develop an AI medical assistant to be used by astronauts on deep‑space missions
NASA is testing a new artificial intelligence tool to help keep astronauts healthy during missions without an onboard physician or steady communication with Earth.

Technology...

AOL will stop offering dial-up internet service after more than 30 years in business
The company that brought the internet to the masses in the 1990s and early 2000s recently posted a notice on its website saying that it will end dial-up internet service on September 30.

Sports...

After squabble with Chiefs fans, country star says he’ll ‘never play in Kansas City again’
Country star Zach Bryan, who is a typical obnoxious Philadelphia Eagles fan, vowed never to return to Kansas City for a performance after getting blasted on social media for taunting Chiefs fans.

Animals...

Swarm of jellyfish shuts French nuclear plant
A French nuclear plant temporarily shut down on Monday due to a "massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish" in its filters, its operator said.

Justice for P'Nut and Fred: Couple suing NY for massive amount after the execution of their beloved pets
A New York couple is demanding $10 million after state wildlife officials raided their sanctuary, seized pet squirrel P’Nut and raccoon Fred, and killed them over unfounded rabies fears.

Florida man catches 87 invasive pythons in a month, awarded $1K through state incentive system
Aaron Mann clinched the monthly prize as part of South Florida Water Management District’s Python Elimination Program, which encourages skilled Sunshine State residents to capture and kill as many of its invasive Burmese pythons as possible.

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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.

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?