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Morning Brief 2025-08-13

August 13, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Gov. Greg Abbott (R)
TOPIC: Are Texas Democrats FINALLY headed home after fleeing the state in an attempt to stop new redistricting maps?

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Mike Boyd
TOPIC: Has the airline industry fallen into a crisis?

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Konstantin Kisin
TOPIC: Kisin: "Understanding history means confronting uncomfortable truths, not rewriting them."

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Justin Haskins
TOPIC: The role that AI will play in the future of politics.

News...

Bedford: The awful irony of the White House’s crackdown on juvenile crime
Years of Democrat-led leniency and school closures helped create D.C.’s wave of teenage violence, but now the same activists who fueled it are decrying President Trump’s federal push to restore order in the city.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough says DC liberals secretly support Trump's takeover
Scarborough admitted the president’s move to seize control of D.C.’s police is overdue, citing rampant crime, carjackings, and residents — even his liberal friends — who refuse to walk more than three blocks after dark despite official claims that crime is down.

AG Bondi touts 'productive meeting' with DC Mayor Bowser in wake of National Guard deployment
Bondi said the meeting, which also included other senior Trump administration officials, was "productive" and that both the city and federal government are united in keeping people safe.

President Trump's historic takeover of DC's safety praised by residents
“The most dangerous place to be a woman in America is a Democrat-run city,” a female Hill staffer wrote to the Reporter. “Thank god!!!!!!” she added, describing D.C. as a scene out of "Silence of the Lambs."

23 arrests made in DC during first night of Trump's crackdown on crime: Leavitt
She said approximately 850 officers and agents were deployed, with arrests for crimes such as homicide, gun offenses, drug possession with intent to distribute, evasion, lewd acts, stalking, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and more.

Poll shows black and low-income DC residents far more concerned about crime than white, wealthy neighbors
As Democrats and their allies in the media cry racism over President Trump's efforts to fight crime in D.C., a poll from earlier this year resurfaced.

AP: Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime
To some, it echoes uncomfortable historical chapters when politicians used language to paint historically or predominantly black cities and neighborhoods with racist narratives to shape public opinion and justify aggressive police action.

WaPo: How DC crime became a symbol — and a target — for MAGA and beyond
Trump has been talking about the country’s violent urban areas for years, fueling his political ascent with dire and often exaggerated and inaccurate portraits of violent crime in big cities. He has scored political points about killings in Chicago and Baltimore and protests in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon.

CNN host disputes how dangerous DC is even after Scott Jennings details murder he witnessed
Jennings pushed back on claims the capital is safe, pointing to a killing he saw firsthand and other violent attacks as officials face accusations of manipulating crime statistics.

CNN Slaps Trump With New Nickname, Accidentally Makes Him Sound Cooler
"The President of the United States has declared himself crime fighter in chief, and he's taking over Washington's police force."

News...

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest
Documents reviewed by the Washington Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

White House begins reviewing Smithsonian exhibits ahead of 250th anniversary
The review will include an assessment of the Smithsonian's online content, internal curatorial processes, exhibition planning, narrative standards, and an evaluation of its materials and collections.

DOGE scores win on appeal as court rejects labor union challenge
A federal appeals court vacated a lower court order blocking the Department of Government Efficiency from obtaining personal information, including citizenship status, from multiple federal agencies.

Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect claims it was a ‘citizen’s arrest’ gone wrong
The man accused of wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, now claims he only meant to detain Hoffman and never intended to kill — an account at odds with prosecutors, who say he carried out a premeditated armed attack on multiple lawmakers.

Here's how many Americans were actually offended by the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad
An Economist/YouGov survey found only 12% took issue with American Eagle’s denim campaign after left-wing TikTok critics called it “Nazi s**t,” while 39% thought it was clever and most shrugged off the uproar entirely.

Who Are The 7% Of American Men Who Found Sydney Sweeney’s Ad Offensive? Here’s A Theory
Breaking the poll down by gender, 7% of men found it offensive, compared to 17% of women. Frankly, I’m shocked by these two numbers. I would expect the number of men wouldn’t even hit the 1% mark and that women who found it offensive would be higher, around 40%.

NYC ‘safe’ injection site now doubles as open-air sex zone
Neighbors say East Harlem’s taxpayer-funded drug center has become a magnet for addicts shooting up and having sex in public, leaving residents to endure lewd acts, crime, and filth just steps from their homes.

Russiagate...

Comey's media mole told FBI he shaped Russia narrative, needed ‘discount’ to deny leaking intel
The FBI confirmed illegal intel leaks but rounded up no offenders. Declassified memos have unmasked Comey's secret media conduit, a law professor whom Comey put on the government payroll.

House Judiciary Chair Jordan blasts ex-FBI Director Wray for keeping Schiff intel leak from Congress
An intelligence officer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that Schiff approved leaking classified information to smear Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal.

Politics...

Texas redistricting standoff is over: Democrats to return to state House
Republicans had threatened to cut off their paychecks and even vacate their seats if they did not return to allow a quorum and proceed with official business.

Ken Paxton Seeks To Put Democrat Beto O’Rourke ‘Behind Bars’ Over Fundraising For AWOL Dems
Paxton alleges that O'Rourke violated the restraining order by vowing to continue fundraising for the AWOL Texas Democrats.

Democrats gain edge in party affiliation despite record-low favorability
Gallup says Democrats now lead Republicans 46% to 43% in party leaners, driven entirely by independents — even as the party’s 34% favorability rating is the worst on record.

New poll exposes trouble for rivals in heated NYC mayoral race as one candidate takes commanding lead
New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani leads the race with 44% in new Siena poll as race continues to gain national attention.

Economy...

Treasury Department confirms US has surpassed $37 trillion in debt
The United States reportedly reached $34 trillion in debt in January 2024, $35 trillion in July 2024, and $36 trillion in November. Before the pandemic in 2020, the country expected to surpass $37 trillion in debt sometime after 2030.

‘Experts’ Wrong Again: Inflation Remains Steady, Comes In Below Expectations
The CPI report showed that Trump's tariffs have had little to no effect on prices.

Tariffs Threaten to End AriZona's 99-Cent 'Big Can' Price for First Time
AriZona Beverage Company may raise its iconic 99-cent tallboy price for the first time since 1997 due to Trump's new 50% aluminum tariffs.

Immigration / Border...

US sees historic drop in foreign-born population as deportations ramp up
Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the foreign-born population fell by a record 2.2 million in Trump’s first six months back in office — including 1.6 million illegal aliens.

Mexico hands over 26 top cartel figures in deal with Trump administration
The agreement sends high-ranking traffickers, including a Los Cuinis leader tied to Jalisco New Generation, to face U.S. charges as part of the president’s expanded war on drug cartels.

New York City To Close Last Remaining Hotel Migrant Shelter As Illegal Immigration Plummets
City residents are celebrating the closure and the end of mass sheltering.

Trump secures return of border wall materials Biden tried to unload for pennies
Millions of dollars’ worth of wall supplies that Biden halted and auctioned off at steep losses are being reclaimed after a Texas-led court fight, clearing the way for President Trump to use them in renewed border construction.

WAR News...

Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show
The slides, tagged “Go Fast, Think Big!” were presented to 3,000 defense contractors in Huntsville, Alabama, last week and reveal the unprecedented complexity of the system, which faces an ambitious 2028 deadline set by President Trump.

Female military recruits surge across all service branches
Around 7,260 more women have enlisted so far this fiscal year than at this point last fiscal year: from 16,725 to 23,985, according to Pentagon figures — countering a media-driven narrative that female recruitment numbers had fallen.

Israel...

Why Trump Supporters Are Turning Against Israel
Support for Israel is far higher among Republicans than Democrats. For example, a recent Gallup poll shows that 71% of Republicans approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza compared to just 8% of Democrats. And yet the number of prominent right-wing voices criticizing Israel is increasing.

UN-Backed Famine Watchdog Quietly Changed Standards, Easing Way to Declare Famine in Gaza
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification used a different metric for Gaza than it has used for other conflict zones, changing its rules to make it possible to declare a famine in the Strip.

Hamas uses fake World Central Kitchen humanitarian vehicle to target IDF soldiers in Gaza
The IDF says five terrorists disguised as aid workers used a marked vehicle and yellow vests to mask their movements before being killed in an airstrike near Deir al-Balah.

Ukraine - Russia...

White House says Zelenskyy not invited to Alaska summit because Russia initiated meeting
"The president is agreeing to this meeting, at the request of President Putin," Leavitt said in a press briefing. "The goal of this meeting for the president is to walk away with a better understanding of how we can end this war."

Ukrainian support for war effort collapses
Gallup polling shows 69% of Ukrainians favor ending the conflict with Russia through talks — a near reversal from 2022 — while optimism about joining NATO or the EU has dropped and approval of U.S. leadership has plunged to record lows.

Europe...

UK speech laws threaten Wikipedia anonymity and target silent prayer
A High Court ruling left the door open for forcing Wikipedia to verify U.K. users under the Online Safety Act, a move critics warn could gut the site’s volunteer model, while police continue investigating citizens for silent prayer and street preaching under sweeping speech restrictions.

Dumbest political divide is slam dunk for conservatives in Europe
As green parties rail against air conditioning during deadly heat waves, conservatives push for nationwide cooling plans, siding with the public’s demand for comfort and common sense.

Entertainment...

‘South Park’ creators share unaired scene of Kristi Noem on a shooting spree at a pet store
After the episode aired last Thursday, Noem hit out at the show telling "The Glenn Beck Program" podcast that although she hadn’t seen the episode mocking her, she thought the cartoon was “petty” and “lazy.”

Jimmy Kimmel says Trump’s second term drove him to get Italian citizenship
The far-left late-night host said he secured dual citizenship because the president’s second term has been “way worse” than expected, calling the current political climate “unbelievable.”

Media...

Denver Post Doxxes Citizens For Sharing Pictures And Public Records About Crime
The Denver Post published the names, locations, and employers of three private citizens for sharing public records on social media.

The USAID Of Broadcasting: PBS Parent Company Funnels Tax Dollars To Cushy Lobbying Firm
Tax documents reveal how taxpayer funds flowed from the government to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to an organization that helps power a left-wing content machine.

LGBTQIA2S+...

MS-13 Member Serving Time For Murder Sues Trump To Be ‘Recognized’ As A Woman
According to a report, Oscar Contreras Aguilar was sentenced to serve 21 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old. He has filed a lawsuit against both President Trump and the Bureau of Prisons, claiming that they have “refused to recognize” his gender identity.

Health...

I popped a pimple in the ‘triangle of death’ and ended up in urgent care on 4 prescription drugs
A mom tried to pop a zit just below her nostril — a danger zone where veins run straight to the brain — and within hours, her face swelled, her smile went crooked, and doctors rushed her onto heavy antibiotics and steroids to stop the infection from turning into blindness, stroke, or worse.

AI...

What If AI Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?
GPT-5, a new release from OpenAI, is the latest product to suggest that progress on large language models has stalled.

Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories.
Startup Character.AI once promised superintelligence. Its new CEO says it's now an entertainment company with 20 million users.

Sam Altman loves this TV show. Guess what it says about godlike technology.
Pantheon was canceled back in 2022 but nevertheless managed to achieve favored status among Silicon Valley types.

A new gold rush? How AI is transforming San Francisco
From museum exhibits to billion-dollar startups, artificial intelligence is fueling a new tech rush in San Francisco, bringing investment, office leases, and optimism — along with worries about job losses, rising costs, and the city’s future.

Sports...

Dana White to Meet Trump and Ivanka on Aug. 28 to Discuss UFC’s Fourth of July White House Fight Card
President Trump said last month that he wanted to stage a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards of 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.

Jon Gruden ready for ‘truth’ to come out in legal battle with NFL over leaked emails
After Nevada’s Supreme Court blocked the league from forcing his lawsuit into private arbitration, the former Raiders coach repeated his claim that Roger Goodell and the NFL leaked offensive emails to push him out while his team was leading the division.

August 13, 2004 - Glenn plays What’s More Shocking?... NJ governor says he’s gay... Hurricane Charley... NJ Gov. McGreevey, cronyism, and abuse of power... NJ governor press conference... Hurricane talk with 970 WFLA's Jack Harris...

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?