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Morning Brief 2025-08-14

August 14, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Energy Secretary Chris Wright
TOPIC: Could rolling blackouts be coming to your city?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Alex Marlow
TOPIC: Will those who exploited the legal system against President Trump ever be held accountable?

News...

‘Shut it down’: Bombshell FBI timeline exposes political interference in Clinton corruption probe
A newly uncovered 2017 timeline reveals senior DOJ and FBI officials repeatedly ordered agents to “shut down” or delay investigations into alleged Clinton Foundation pay-to-play schemes, even as they fast-tracked the Trump-Russia probe.

Tulsi Gabbard drops declassified top secret document implicating James Clapper in Russiagate
The newly released 2016 email shows Clapper telling Brennan and Comey to set aside normal intelligence protocols to push the January 2017 Russia collusion report, even as the NSA warned it lacked enough evidence to back the claims.

FBI memos say Comey used Columbia professor to plant Russia collusion stories in NYT
Newly released bureau records show James Comey enlisted law professor Daniel Richman to funnel talking points to reporter Michael Schmidt, aiming to shield Comey and drive the Trump-Russia narrative.

Devine: Bumbling Obama aides actually admit Russiagate was a smear campaign against Trump
The declassified documents tumbling out of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s files show that, while they had a lot of power, President Barack Obama’s henchmen were none too bright.

Appeals court tosses injunction forcing Trump to spend billions on foreign aid
In a 2-1 ruling, the D.C. Circuit overturned a Biden-appointed judge’s order that blocked the president’s 90-day pause and mass termination of grants, saying grantees failed to show they could win on the merits.

CNN’s Harry Enten: Epstein story has become a ‘nothingburger’
Enten said Trump’s aggregated approval rating of 44% is "pretty gosh darn good for him" while praising the president’s "political instincts." Also, he noted that "Google searches for Epstein down 89% versus just three weeks ago."

First lady Melania Trump puts Hunter Biden on billion-dollar notice over 'false, defamatory' Epstein comments
Melania Trump is putting Hunter Biden on notice over what she claims are "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" made about her, demanding he immediately remove and retract the content and issue an apology or face legal action.

IRS whistleblowers say DOJ still retaliating under new administration
Attorneys for IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler accuse the Justice Department of stalling and pushing false claims they leaked Hunter Biden’s tax records.

Judge allows defense sniper expert in Trump assassination attempt trial
Aileen Cannon denied prosecutors’ bid to block testimony that Ryan Wesley Routh’s rifle jammed twice in testing, allowing the defense to counter FBI experts in the September trial.

New York man charged with cyberstalking widow of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
The suspect left profanity-laced voicemails calling her husband a “f*****g capitalist pig” and declaring he died because he was “profiting off the backs of poor Americans,” according to a criminal complaint.

Record low number of Americans report drinking alcohol
Over the past two years, Republicans have reported a sharp drop in drinking habits, but Democrats' percentage has held fairly steady.

Suspicious women hire me as a honey trap to test if their boyfriends will cheat — it's shocking how fast men fold
"I didn’t plan to become a real-life honey trap. But once a few girls online saw what I look like and what I do for work, they realized that I’m the ultimate temptation.”

DC...

Glenn Beck: The capital of the free world cannot be lawless
Trump’s D.C. crackdown is about more than controlling crime — it’s about restoring America’s strength and credibility on the world stage.

Border czar flags overlooked detail about Trump’s DC takeover
Tom Homan on Wednesday said that Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. means that the city can no longer enforce its sanctuary status.

Drunk, belligerent vagrants blockade the Federalist’s office as leftist journalists insist DC is America’s purest city
The squalor that those living and working in the city are forced to endure is unbecoming of the nation’s capital.

Yes, DC is just as bad as Trump says it is
From crack-fueled fights on public buses to homeless encampments in front of Union Station, D.C.’s daily reality is filled with violence, filth, and lawlessness — conditions legacy media dismiss while blasting President Trump’s federal takeover plan to restore order in the nation’s capital.

MSNBC analyst goes off on how 'frustrated' DC residents are with juvenile crime
“People are frustrated … that when they go to CVS to buy deodorant, they have to get it from behind locked plexiglass. These are not just random anecdotes. What we see in Washington Post polling, among others, is that roughly half of D.C. residents … view this as a serious problem or an extremely serious problem."

Chris Matthews says Dems ‘falling into a trap of defending what’s indefensible’ on crime
"To the average person, the murders are about life and death. You don’t brag about a rising murder rate. And the Democrats are ... they’re falling into the trap of defending what’s indefensible.”

Soros-funded groups bankrolled protests against Trump’s DC crime crackdown
Two leftist nonprofits behind “Free D.C.” demonstrations have received over $12 million from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, along with millions more from Arabella Advisors and the Tides Foundation.

Man charged after throwing sandwich at federal officer in DC
Jeanine Pirro says her office hit the suspect with felony assault charges after he hurled a sub at an officer amid Trump’s new public safety crackdown, vowing to “back the police to the hilt” as federal and National Guard forces flood the city.

Gov. Tim Walz’s daughter goes on deranged rant
Tampon Tim's daughter says that Trump calling in the National Guard to crack down on crime in D.C. is "b***h baby, wussy, scaredy-cat behavior" because he wants to lock up "people that aren't rich and white and men."

Politics...

Trump: Democrats ‘Are Led by Insane People’
The president said it is a “waste of time” to work with Democrats on Capitol Hill and that the Democrat Party is “led by insane people,” while speaking with reporters on Wednesday.

Video: Illinois governor Pritzker boasts about 'messing with Texas'
At a Democrat brunch on Wednesday, the Democrat governor gloated over interfering in Texas politics.

Anti-gerrymandering watchdog announces its support for gerrymandering
Common Cause, a government watchdog group historically opposed to partisan gerrymandering, announced Tuesday that it will not oppose blue states’ push for mid-cycle redistricting while criticizing Republican-led efforts in Texas.

Chicago mayor says Trump criticizes him because he fears ‘intellectual prowess of black men’
“The president has always been intimidated by the intellectual prowess of black men, and so of course he would speak in those petite and puerile terms because he’s small,” Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday.

Laura Loomer deposition goes off rails with roast beef pants and Lindsey Graham claims
In her lawsuit against Bill Maher, the pro-Trump activist veered into bizarre tangents, alleging Marjorie Taylor Greene hides Arby’s in her pants and declaring Graham is gay — none of which answered the questions asked.

Economy...

Trump is making major concessions to union bosses. Is it worth it?
Some Republicans see a path to electoral victory in courting organized labor. Others see a fool’s errand.

As Trump berates Goldman, other economists agree that higher tariff inflation is coming
Most see at least a steady grind higher in prices as tariff clarity emerges and what look to be effective rates around 18% take root.

Dow rallies 400 points for a second day, S&P 500 closes at another record high
Stocks rose Wednesday, adding to their recent momentum as expectations for lower U.S. Federal Reserve rates continue driving the major indexes to all-time highs.

Ukraine - Russia...

Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Russia doesn’t stop Ukraine war after Putin meeting
“There will be consequences. I don’t have to say. There will be very severe consequences,” Trump told reporters during an event at the Kennedy Center.

Russia may gain Ukraine’s fertile, resource-rich territory as Trump proposes land swap
The areas have been under partial or full Russian control at various points over the course of the Kremlin’s three-and-a-half-year war.

China...

US, Chinese warships face off in South China Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer conducting a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed reef drew an angry response from Beijing, which accused the vessel of “illegally intruding” and claimed to have expelled it — a charge the Navy rejects as it vows to keep sailing in contested waters.

Canada...

Toronto Film Festival cancels October 7 documentary, citing a lack of 'legal clearance' from Hamas terrorists
The festival claims to have withdrawn its invitation for the Canadian documentary "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" because the filmmakers did not meet its general requirements, "including legal clearance of all footage," a spokesperson told Deadline.

Europe...

Charlie Kirk crushes Oxford’s liberal elite in epic Trump debate
The Turning Point USA founder took on progressive tropes with razor-sharp wit, defending Trump’s agenda and Western values against a trio of Trump-hating Oxford Union speakers.

British cops wore jogging outfits to elicit catcalls and then arrested some men who hit on them: Report
“One of our officers was honked at within 10 minutes — then another vehicle slowed down, beeping and making gestures just 30 seconds later — that’s how frequent it is,” Inspector Jon Vale of SPD told the outlet.

Entertainment...

Trump names Kennedy Center honors nominees
President Trump announced his first slate of Kennedy Center Honors nominees as the institution's new chairman, naming country music star George Strait, "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, rock band KISS, and actor-singer Michael Crawford. Trump also said he will host this year's awards program.

Trump says he was almost completely ‘involved’ in choosing Kennedy Center nominees
“I would say I was about 98% involved. They all went through me … I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters. No, we have great people. This is very different than it used to be, very different. These are great people, and they’re not, I don’t have any idea if they’re Republican. … Very long answer, but I was very involved,” Trump said.

Ron Howard says JD Vance’s rhetoric ‘not what I would’ve expected’
"The Hillbilly Elegy" director told Vulture he’s surprised by the vice president’s political tone but admitted he’s “not following him or listening to every word,” recalling only sending Vance a congratulatory text after his election.

Leonardo DiCaprio says his biggest career regret was passing on ‘Boogie Nights’
DiCaprio said he turned down the lead role to film "Titanic," calling the 1997 drama “a masterpiece” and admitting he wishes he could have done both films.

Environment...

Trump administration rejects UN global carbon tax, threatens retaliation
Top Cabinet officials blasted the U.N.’s “net-zero framework” as a global carbon tax that would hike costs for Americans and warned of retaliation against countries backing it, vowing to keep foreign climate regulations out of U.S. shipping and energy policy.

Education...

Youngkin orders criminal probe into alleged taxpayer-funded abortions for minors
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has directed state police to investigate claims that Fairfax County school staff arranged and paid for abortions for two underage students without parental consent, allegedly using public funds — accusations the district denies but says it is reviewing.

Nearly 1 in 5 older student loan borrowers are seriously delinquent as Trump steps up collections
Roughly 18% of student loan borrowers who are age 50 and older became “seriously delinquent,” or 90 days or more late on their payments, in the second quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Arizona parents sue after top student suspended for unsent joke about school shooting
A high-achieving sophomore was punished for drafting, but never sending, a joking email about a bad grade, flagged by the school’s Chromebook monitoring system, which his family says violated his First Amendment rights.

AI...

How ‘Altman’s Pause’ could knock the AI industry off course
An underwhelming GPT-5 release is raising fears that an AI slowdown could fuel regulation before AI’s promised benefits — like better jobs and economic growth — reach ordinary people, echoing past eras where innovation gains lagged behind disruption.

Is AI a job killer or creator? There's a third option: Startup rocket fuel
While AI wipes out many entry-level coding jobs, experts say it’s also removing barriers for entrepreneurs — letting small teams launch, test, and scale startups faster and cheaper, provided they have the right talent, security, and strategy to survive in an AI-first market.

AI pioneer warns attempts to control superintelligent machines will fail
One of the many so-called “godfathers of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton says AI will inevitably outthink human safeguards and seek control, urging developers to embed “maternal instincts” so machines care about people — while other experts push alternative strategies to keep future systems from turning on humanity.

Travel...

Biden admin scrapped ‘best-qualified’ standard for air traffic controller academy, docs show
The Biden administration quietly eliminated the top testing threshold for the highest-performing applicants seeking to become air traffic controllers, an internal slide seen by the Post confirms.

Wild elephant tramples tourist, stripping off his pants, after selfie attempt
Officials say the man trespassed into a restricted area of a park in India to take a selfie with the wild elephant, which charged, stomped him, and tore off his clothes, leaving him hospitalized and fined for provoking wildlife.

Sports...

Trump taps Ivanka to help plan first-ever UFC event at the White House
Dana White says the president personally requested his daughter be “in the middle” of organizing the historic fight, with plans underway to stage it on America’s 250th birthday.

Jerry Jones beat stage 4 cancer with help of experimental drug, report reveals
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones secretly battled stage 4 cancer for 10 years and was able to overcome the disease with the help of an experimental drug, a report revealed.

Crowd cheers tennis player after she gets crying baby kicked out of stands
Who brings a baby to a sport that relies on silence? Apparently tossing out the wailing kid is "controversial" to the same type of people who think an airplane is the perfect place to teach their toddler life lessons about not getting their way.

August 14, 2012 - Obama's ridiculous childhood memories... 'Michael Vey 2' out today... What Walt Disney can teach us about America... Why our children believe in America... David Barton under attack... How Obama is lying about GM...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken windows theory in action

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

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

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

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Reversing the decline

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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?