Crime Statistics & Political Context - Republican-led states exhibit higher homicide rates, with 8 of the top 10 states with the highest homicide rates being led by Republicans [1] - 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rate have Republican governors [1] - Cities like Memphis, Tennessee, and Hattisburg, Mississippi, have higher crime rates than Chicago [2] National Guard Deployment Discrepancies - Republican governors from Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, and Louisiana sent National Guard troops to Washington DC, despite their own cities having higher homicide rates [4][5] - Jackson, Mississippi's capital, has a homicide rate more than 300% higher than Washington DC [4] - Memphis, Tennessee's homicide rate is 60% higher than Washington DC [4] - Ohio has two cities, Dayton and Cleveland, with higher homicide rates than Washington DC [5] - Shreveport, Louisiana, also has a higher homicide rate than Washington DC [5] Political Undertones - The deployment of troops to US cities is viewed as a "crimefighting pretext" and a "joke" [1] - The deployment strategy appears politically motivated, targeting cities like Chicago while overlooking cities with higher crime rates in Republican-led states [2]

And joining us now is Democratic Congressman from Colorado and former Army Ranger Jason Crowe. Congressman, thanks for being here. We just played some of what Mayor Bowser said about crime falling in Washington.20 days into this federal takeover, carjackings have dropped 87% from the same period last year, overall crime is down 15%. What do those results tell you. Well, Anna, there's a couple of things happening here.Number one, crime has been going down in the District of Columbia for some time now. Uh num ...

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Security Concerns - LayerZero processed $82 million in stolen funds [1] - $2.8 billion total value locked (TVL) shares pools with crime [1] - Stargate contamination technically exposes every liquidity provider (LP) to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) [1] On-Chain Activity - Wintermute moved 6,000 ETH (Ethereum) [1] - Blacklisted wallets are contaminating Stargate pools daily [1]

This is a lot of news cycles turn over things that Republicans have elevated and found irritating. Uh are they as important as some of the policies we were going to talk about? That's debatable. It's just it's the media environment Democrats work in. They they are responding to things that they can denounce but can't really control. Yeah. I feel like it's everything from Sydney Sweeney and the American Eagle ad to the Cracker Barrel rebranding logo. And then on the more serious front of everything from crim ...

Political Landscape & Crime Perception - The political magazine piece discusses how Trump is focusing on crime, and Democrats need a stronger, faster response [1] - Voters prioritize feeling safe in their neighborhoods, making crime a top issue, traditionally favoring Republicans [3] - A poll indicated that 70% of Americans believe crime is as bad as recent years or getting worse, while only 20% think it's decreasing [4][5] - Trump is leveraging these fears, shifting focus from issues like Medicaid cuts to crime [5] - The effectiveness of Trump's approach isn't about winning a fight, but about positioning himself as tough on crime [6] - Perception of crime rates doesn't align with actual crime rates; if people don't feel safe, statistics are irrelevant [10] Democratic Strategy & Challenges - Democrats need specific solutions to protect communities, rather than dismissing Trump's actions as authoritarian [7] - Democrats should highlight that violent crime exploded in 2020 during Trump's presidency and that they have been working to control it since [13][14] - Military deployment is not the solution to crime, and the National Guard is not a crime-fighting organization [16][17] - Democrats have underestimated the impact of public disorder on people's sense of security [19] - Democrats need to address the feeling of insecurity and offer solutions to make people feel safe [27]

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Uh joining us now, Mayor Ma Major General William Enyard. He's a former adjudant general for the Illinois National Guard. He's also a former US Congressman from Illinois.Um General, thanks for joining us. Uh is this the best use of the National Guard. Katie, that that really is just a self-evident question.It absolutely is not. You know, the the National Guard uh really serves two purposes in this country. One is to supplement to to reinforce the regular forces when need be in time of conflict like we did s ...

Yeah. >> All right, let's get to the news. President Trump is continuing his threats to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. In the Oval Office yesterday, Trump called Chicago a killing field and criticized Illinois Governor JB Pritsker and city officials for their leadership. >> Made the statement that next should be Chicago because as you all know, Chicago is a killing field right now. And they don't acknowledge it and they say we don't need him. Freedom. Freedom. He's a dictator. He's a dictator. A lot ...

Tonight, Los Angeles police busting what they describe as a prolific burglary ring responsible for 92 home break-ins across the city. 10 suspects, all adult career criminals with prior arrests for violent and property crimes, have been identified. Authorities say the suspects ranging in age from 20 to 47, call themselves the Rich Roland Burglary Crew, part of a South LA gang that uses advanced technology to target multiple high-end neighborhoods.They are sophisticated. They do things like uh have uh the abi ...