Trump Orders Much Needed Housekeeping Of America’s Cities
Enjoying the benefits of soft-of-crime rhetoric
Trump signs executive order to help cities and states tackle homelessness and drug abuse
President Donald Trump signed an executive order meant to address the homelessness crisis in America on Thursday.
The order described the problem plaguing cities and then set out a plan to ease the crisis. The order said that under former President Joe Biden, the crisis had reached a historic rate of 274,000 people sleeping on the street on an average night.
'The Trump administration will ensure that Americans feel safe in their own communities.'
"My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety," the order reads.
The federal government will provide funding in order to prioritize "shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment."
The order criticized billions of dollars of government funding that was spent on homelessness but did not tackle the root causes of the crisis.
"The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental health disorder, or both," it reads.
The order authorized U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek remedies to allow local governments to relocate homeless people from tents and other public areas into rehabilitation, treatment, and other facilities.
The order also ensures that federal spending isn't wasted on programs that fund drug injection sites or illicit drug use.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt released a statement to Newsweek about the order.
"By removing vagrant criminals from our streets and redirecting resources toward substance abuse programs, the Trump administration will ensure that Americans feel safe in their own communities and that individuals suffering from addiction or mental health struggles are able to get the help they need," she said.
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Predictably, many on the left have already attacked the order.
"The National Homelessness Law Center strongly condemns today's executive order, which deprives people of their basic rights and makes it harder to solve homelessness," reads a statement from the NHLC. "This executive order is rooted in outdated, racist myths about homelessness and will undoubtedly make homelessness worse."
"Donald Trump intends to send the homeless and mentally ill to institutions or concentration camps, thus continuing his perfect imitation of Third Reich policies," podcaster Jim Stewartson responded. "He's taking his personal hell out on everyone else. It will get as dark as we let it."
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Why Democrats are crushing democracy: The billion-dollar scam behind blue cities
What explains the Democrats’ anti-democratic turn?
The underlying issue is that "democratic" governments are actually wildly democratically unpopular.
Basically, Washington, D.C., and its Western European satellite states would not retain control — or the ability to steal as much money from their people — if they allowed truly free speech and free markets.
Blues are getting innocent people, largely minorities, addicted to drugs in order to make money for their NGOs. They're also letting innocent people get attacked on the streets. Blues are befouling their own neighborhoods for a quick buck. This is genuinely evil behavior.
And that's why they've become so anti-democratic:
- Building one-party states (e.g., California)
- Faking the news (e.g., Russiagate)
- Censoring the internet (e.g., Hunter Biden story)
- Show trials of political opposition (e.g., Trump)
- Weaponizing commercial law (e.g., Elon Musk and Delaware)
- Arresting tech founders (e.g., France)
- Imprisoning people for tweets (e.g., U.K.)
- Blowing up Nord Stream, then covering it up
- Funding COVID-19, then hiding that too
- Fomenting war and cold war everywhere
The list goes on and on. This is also why they blather so much about democracy. Censoring the Hunter Biden story during the 2020 election shows they're about as genuinely "democratic" as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Indeed, communist states also called themselves democratic repeatedly for very similar reasons. Just as "communism" meant one-party rule by the Communist Party, this type of "democracy" just means one-party rule by the Democratic Party — or the Democrats' wholly owned blue subsidiaries in places like the U.K. and France.
To prove it, ask a partisan Democrat if he would push for actual democracy in the sense of competitive multiparty elections. Of course not — if Democrats reduced gerrymandering, they might elect a Republican! And that of course would be an attack on "democracy." Thus does the epistemic loop close.
Anyway, the whole point of Western anti-democracy is to frustrate the democratic voice of the people in favor of one-party control by an illegitimate, parasitic regime. But why?
But why?
Why do Blues care about control so much? Are they simply sadists who want to see the streets of their own capitals covered in filth while innocents are assaulted by criminals?
That's surely part of it. Another huge part is that Blues are more interested in stealing money from people via $100 billion trains to nowhere than in any kind of genuine public service. And that is why they will fight so bitterly to retain control: Blues are looting historic amounts of money and want to continue doing that.
The blue business model
This is a huge concept, but you can get the idea in just one graph from the city of San Francisco. Note how the budget of this homeless "prevention" agency went from $200 million to over $1 billion per year, while the homeless population skyrocketed?
That's because these Democrat drug dealers get paid for increasing the homeless population.
They do the marketing by putting up billboards for hard drugs. They manage the supply chain by handing out syringes. They secure the real estate in the form of "safe injection sites." And they handle compliance by suing in the courts and abolishing the police.
And that is why blue cities have become s**tholes: because Blues get paid for making them into s**tholes! This is the Democrat scam. They are McKinsey for MS-13, essentially management consultants for murderous drug dealers.
Blues have their smarts, though. The primary blue business model innovation is to avoid taking a small cut of a $10 fentanyl transaction in lieu of taking all of the $1 billion-plus for fentanyl "prevention."
Blues are, in short, criminals posing as cops. Like the Communist Party, the Democrat Party is a pack of government criminals. You can see it from their sympathies — among other things, this is why Blues wanted to abolish the real police, so they could loot in peace.
That's also why they destroy democracy in blue-controlled areas like California: By turning them into one-party states, they avoid all accountability for their crimes.
Prove and scale
Once the homeless industrial complex model was proven in San Francisco, it was scaled to the rest of the U.S. and the world.
Going from $200 million to $1 billion per year is huge! It's more than Uber makes in SF. If that was a venture-backed business, you'd scale it everywhere.
And so the Blues did. Thus you get San Francisco on the Seine. Paris imported not just the tech of California but the woke of California as well.
Now you might say: Well, this is unethical!
And of course, the Blues who do this completely lack ethics. Blues are getting innocent people, largely minorities, addicted to drugs in order to make money for their NGOs. They're also letting innocent people get attacked on the streets. Blues are befouling their own neighborhoods for a quick buck. This is genuinely evil behavior.
But we know that kind of person exists. After all, that's why drug dealers exist. And that's why Democrat drug dealers exist.
That’s why they do it
So that's why Western anti-democracies will fight so hard to remain in power: because they want to steal your money because of the blue business model.
And the blue business model isn't limited to Democrat drug dealing, of course. There are endless variations, both American and foreign. Some examples:
a) Blues made money from the $100 billion California train to nowhere, which produced billions for unions and zero miles of rail.
b) Blues made money by forgiving student loans for Blues while imposing punishing taxes on Reds.
c) Blues make money from every bill they pass, which always include appropriations for blue-controlled universities or subsidies for blue-controlled nonprofits.
d) And above all, Blues make money by literally making money — by printing money via the Fed. This is the largest theft in human history, and the printed bucks go largely to Blues.
There's more I can say, but you start to get the point. Western anti-democracies are cracking down on democracy because they want to protect the blue business model. Many Blues just wouldn't have as much money or as much status without their parasitic states. So trillions of dollars are at stake, and they will play for keeps.
PS: There's only one force that's stronger than blue, and that's orange. But that's a topic for another day.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on X (formerly Twitter).
Newsom threatens to pull funding from cities, counties that don’t solve homeless crisis: ‘I want to see results’
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) plans to pull funding for cities and counties that fail to address the homeless crisis, warning Thursday he will redirect the money to those cities working on the problem.
The threat follows his executive order last month that requires local jurisdictions to “urgently address homeless encampments." He demanded that cities and counties “do their job.”
'We’ll send that money to counties that are producing results.'
Newsom claimed the decision to implement the action was due to a June Supreme Court ruling that found laws restricting people from sleeping in public areas are not unconstitutional.
At the time that he issued the executive order, Newsom stated that solving California’s homelessness problem is one of his primary concerns; however, the problem has only escalated under his leadership.
According to Cal Matters, the state has roughly 181,000 homeless individuals and only 71,000 emergency shelter beds.
On Thursday, Newsom stated that local governments that fail to comply with his recent executive order will have their state funding pulled, CNN reported. He noted that he expects cities and counties “to adopt humane and dignified policies to urgently address encampments on state property” that deliver “demonstrable results.”
Newsom claimed that local jurisdictions have received “unprecedented resources” from the state.
“No more excuses. You’ve got the money, you got the flexibility, you got the green light, you got support from the state, and the public is demanding it of you,” he stated. “I’m here on behalf of 40 million Californians that are fed up. I’m here because I’m one of them. I want to see results.”
Newsom claimed that the executive action was “not about criminalization.”
“What’s criminal, is neglecting people who are struggling and suffering and dying on our watch,” he continued. “This is a sincerely held belief that we need local government to step up. This is a crisis, act like it.”
According to the governor, the state could start “redirect[ing] money” in January when it begins working on budget proposals.
“I’m a taxpayer, not just a governor. It’s not complicated,” Newsom said. “We’ll send that money to counties that are producing results.”
Last month, Newsom vetoed an assembly bill that would have required him to provide annual evaluations of funds the state provides to its Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program.
Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher slammed Newsom for shooting down the legislation, stating, “Gavin likes to spend. Oversight? Not so much.”
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Atlantic City to ban homeless encampments as part of cleanup effort
Officials in Atlantic City, New Jersey, are moving forward with a plan to ban homeless encampments in public spaces, the New York Post reported.
Last month, the city established the Boardwalk Improvement Group to lead a cleanup effort to move homeless individuals residing under the boardwalk into shelter spaces. City employees have been sent to the boardwalk to connect hundreds of homeless individuals with shelters and advocacy groups.
'We won't ignore the issue.'
As part of that ongoing mission, officials recently announced that they plan to introduce a law that will prohibit people from sleeping in public spaces.
The campaign to address the crisis was launched by Mayor Marty Small (D) after the Supreme Court's recent ruling that local governments have the authority to restrict individuals from sleeping in public areas. The high court noted that such laws do not constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."
Fencing will be installed to deter people from trying to sleep under the boardwalk. Law enforcement officers have also been stationed to patrol the area.
"We won't ignore the issue of homelessness in our city, an issue that has been long overlooked," Small told the Post. "We cannot be a world-class destination if we can't find a way to help the people living in our own city."
According to Small, other municipalities have been sending their homeless to Atlantic City. Small previously said he is unsure who is sending the individuals to the city.
He told the Post, "It's disappointing to see, but we deal with it."
Jarrod Barnes, Atlantic City's director of health and human services, explained that many homeless individuals have refused to move into shelters in the past, but he hopes the new law will push them to accept the assistance.
"A lot of the people we try to move away think it's fine to keep living on the street because they've just been doing it for so long, and that can't be the case," Barnes explained.
"No one deserves to live on the streets," he continued. "A lot of these people are just folks who are down on their luck or people dealing with substance abuse issues."
Homeless encampments underneath the boardwalk have caused fire hazards in the past. One 67-year-old man passed away in April after a fire ignited and spread to nearby businesses.
"We had one guy who was able to set up circuits to power a multi-bedroom apartment built under the boardwalk," Barnes stated.
Small explained that one man tapped into one of the casino's beer lines to nab free drinks.
During a July press conference, Small noted that the city's homelessness crisis did not appear overnight and would take some time to solve.
"It's my job as mayor of the great city of Atlantic City to give them the necessary tools to succeed. And we're doing that in a big way," Small said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) recently announced an executive order to crack down on the state's rampant homelessness crisis. He also cited the Supreme Court's ruling as the catalyst for enacting the ordinance, which will push local governments to clear out encampments. Newsom has claimed for decades that solving California's homeless problem is one of his top priorities.
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Los Angeles mayor furious at order from Gavin Newsom to clear homeless encampments in California after Supreme Court ruling
A political rift has opened up between California Democrats over homelessness after a U.S Supreme Court ruling that gave local governments more power to clean up encampments.
While many have praised the ruling, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass excoriated the decision and is now refusing an executive order from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to clean up the cities.
'The criminalization of homelessness and poverty is dangerous.'
“We have now no excuse with the Supreme Court decision. This executive order is about pushing that paradigm further and getting the sense of urgency that’s required of local government to do their job," read a statement from Newsom about a month after the ruling.
Prior to the ruling, cities had to provide alternate sleeping arrangements for homeless people before they were allowed to shut down tent cities and encampments. The Supreme Court decided in June along partisan lines that cities could decide who could sleep in public spaces without having to provide alternatives.
While Newsom's order isn't mandatory, if cities refuse, they may put money they receive from the state government at risk. It also calls on local officials to give 48-hour notice ahead of any encampment clean-up and to provide storage for personal belongings for 60 days afterward.
Bass made it clear that she will not follow the order.
“I do not believe that it is ultimately a solution to homelessness,” she said. “How are they supposed to pay for their ticket, and what happens when they don’t pay? Does it go into a warrant and give us an excuse to incarcerate somebody?”
Some members on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed with Bass.
“I want to be crystal clear,” said board chairwoman Lindsey Horvath. “The criminalization of homelessness and poverty is dangerous. It does not work, and it will not stand in Los Angeles County.”
Another influential Democrat on Newsom's side is San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who is up for re-election.
“We have had to move from a compassionate city to a city of accountability,” she said about recent encampment sweeps. “And I have been leading the efforts to ensure we are addressing this issue differently than we have before.”
California Republicans meanwhile criticized Newsom for what they called a public relations stunt.
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Newsom's move to clear out homeless encampments is another 'PR stunt': California Senate Republicans
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently issued an executive order demanding local governments "urgently address homeless encampments," according to a Thursday press release.
Newsom has claimed for decades that solving California's homelessness crisis is one of his top concerns; however, under the politician's leadership, the problem has continued to escalate. The state currently has roughly 181,000 homeless individuals and only 71,000 emergency shelter beds, according to Cal Matters.
It is unclear where Newsom would like local municipalities to relocate the homeless population, but he is pushing leaders to do so swiftly.
Newsom claimed that his abrupt announcement to clean up the encampments was sparked by a United States Supreme Court decision handed down a month ago.
In a Thursday press release, the governor's office wrote, "With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v Johnson, local governments now have the tools and authority to address dangerous encampments and help provide those residing in encampments with the resources they need."
The high court's ruling found that laws restricting homeless individuals from sleeping in public areas do not constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" and, therefore, such restrictions are not unconstitutional.
"I don't think there's anything more urgent and more frustrating than addressing the issue of encampments in the state of California," Newsom said in a video posted to social media. "We've invested now over $1 billion in encampment resolution grants."
"In the past, the courts have denied the ability of the local government — including the state — to clean up many of these encampments," Newsom claimed.
"We're done," he continued. "It's time to move with urgency at the local level to clean up these sites."
Newsom called on local governments to "do their job."
In a post on X, he declared, "No more excuses. We've provided the time. We've provided the funds."
Republicans speculated that Newsom's sense of urgency may have more to do with the recent announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris plans to run as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the upcoming 2024 election. Harris has been viewed as largely responsible for California's prison-to-homelessness pipeline for supporting soft-on-crime policies. GOP lawmakers called the move to clean up the state's streets a "PR stunt" by Newsom, who is being floated as a potential pick for running mate.
The governor previously cleaned up San Francisco's streets ahead of the U.S.-China summit in late 2023. Newsom admitted that the decision was motivated by the event.
"I know folks are saying, 'Oh they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town.' That's true, because it's true — but it's also true for months and months and months before APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit], we've been having conversations," he said.
In response to Newsom's new executive order to clear encampments, state Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) remarked, "It's about damn time!"
"Letting people live and die on the streets or in our parks is unsafe and unsanitary," Jones stated, according to Fox News Digital. "I introduced a proposal earlier this year that would have provided even greater and more immediate solutions. While I am cautiously optimistic that the governor has finally taken note of the urgency of this problem, albeit many years later than needed, Californians deserve government for the people, not the PR hits."
Earlier this year, all state Senate Republicans, including Jones, introduced Senate Bill 1011, a bipartisan effort to prohibit people from sleeping in public areas when shelter space is available. Some Senate Democrats rejected the measure.
Senator Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks) called Newsom's order "a good step" but noted that it would "require significant follow-through to ensure its effectiveness."
"Homelessness is one of the biggest challenges we face today, and it is imperative we take swift, decisive and effective action to address it," Niello stated.
Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher wrote on X in response to the executive action, "Big promises. No action. [B]lame locals. No press. Rinse and repeat."
Just last week, Newsom vetoed an assembly bill that, if enacted, would have required his administration to submit to annual evaluations of funds provided to its Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program.
"Gavin likes to spend. Oversight? Not so much.," Gallagher said.
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