The DC nobody talks about — and Trump finally did
President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration — placing the D.C. police under federal control — cited a now-famous stat: Washington, D.C., has higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rates than all 50 states.
Yes, even higher than my home city of Los Angeles.
DC is bigger than the Mall, and outside the quaint Capitol Hill and Eastern Market townhouses, the city sings a much different tune.
The order also noted that the city’s homicide rate — 27.54 per 100,000 residents — surpasses that of Havana, Cuba, and Islamabad, Pakistan.
Left-wing media immediately scoffed. They downplayed the numbers, pointing to D.C.’s “declining violent crime” stats — conveniently reported right after city leaders reclassified crimes like felony assault and carjacking as non-violent offenses.
It’s a neat trick to save face at the expense of victims.
In Georgetown, Woodley Park, and Chevy Chase, the chaos hides well. But walk through Columbia Heights or Dupont Circle and men strung out on drugs sprawl across the sidewalks. At Union Station, homeless people bathe in the historic site’s iconic fountains, just a few blocks from the Capitol.
“All cities have a homeless problem,” they say. Sure. But not all cities are the capital of the free world.
D.C. is bigger than the Mall, and outside the quaint Capitol Hill and Eastern Market townhouses, the city sings a much different tune.
A tale of two DCs
Take Anacostia.
This historically black neighborhood in Southeast D.C. has been ravaged by decades of violent crime and neglect in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. Today, it holds an “F” public safety grade and ranks in the seventh percentile for safety nationwide. The neighborhood sees 12.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents annually, with assault topping the list, followed by robbery, rape, and murder.
As D.C.'s cost of living explodes, many young residents — like my friends — are pushed into cheaper, more dangerous areas. They often choose Anacostia.
I’ve stayed with them several times. It’s the kind of place where you don’t stop at a red light. Homeless men stagger toward your car. Groups of young men tail you from stop sign to stop sign. If you're catching an early flight, you’ll see prostitutes walking home from the night before.
Residents of this once-vibrant neighborhood mourn what it has become. Times were never easy, but now crime has made it unlivable.
One neighborhood, a larger pattern
Anacostia isn’t an outlier. It’s the blueprint.
It’s the story of every community that doesn’t fit the left’s narrative and so gets ignored. As more staffers and young professionals move into these neighborhoods, perhaps they’ll finally draw some media coverage. But reform shouldn’t wait until political aides feel unsafe.
D.C. was meant to be the crown jewel of American cities. In many ways, it still is. But beauty doesn’t excuse such damning crime statistics.
Unchecked crime in forgotten neighborhoods is spilling into tourist hot spots and government grounds. Elites can’t ignore it any more.
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President Trump’s order is delivering what Anacostia residents — and so many others — should have received years ago: law, order, and the simple freedom to walk outside without fear.
That’s not too much to ask. That’s the bare minimum.
It’s a promise every American deserves.
So thank you, President Trump, for doing what should have been done long ago. I hope D.C. is just the beginning. Do L.A. next.
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Levin: Foreign regimes have been pumping money into American universities for decades
Authoritarian countries like Qatar, China, and Russia have been pumping billions of dollars into American colleges and universities since 2001 — and the mainstream media has remained silent.
“It’s been going on for decades, right under our noses,” Mark Levin says, adding, “the ruling class in America has failed us, so horrendously.”
According to a December 19 report from OffThePress.com, “Foreign nations have donated $43 billion to American universities since 1990.”
Elite universities have “massively underreported” the funding.
Why fund American universities as a foreign country?
“They’re buying minds, hearts, and souls,” Levin explains, and it shows.
According to a recent study, higher levels of campus anti-Semitism and a decline in free speech norms are associated with the underreported funding. The increase in anti-Semitism across universities has hit an astounding 300%.
This increase has been “linked to $13 billion in undisclosed foreign funds from 2014 to 2019” by “governments in the Middle East, China, and Russia.”
Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown were among the top recipients.
These foreign countries are using this funding “to promote terrorism, to buy the minds of our people in our own schools and to buy politicians in this country,” Levin says.
Despite the clear money trail and influence on American students, the mainstream media seems unbothered.
“Isn’t this breaking news? That academia has been bought and paid for by communist, fascistic, Islamist regimes by monarchies? Isn’t that important to know?” Levin asks, adding, “these colleges and universities have become Stalinist-like rat nests.”
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