STREET SWEEP! One Week, One Hundred Arrests — and a New Order in Washington

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In the capital, a swift hand falls — and the streets begin to clear… Law enforcement in Washington, D.C., has made more than 100 arrests since Aug. 7 as President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown takes hold, Fox News reports. A White House official said 103 people had been taken into custody as of Wednesday morning, including 43 arrested on Tuesday alone. The arrests come under Trump’s March executive order creating the Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, ahead of his Monday move to federalize the city’s police department. “President Trump’s bold leadership is quickly making our nation’s capital safer,”

TALE OF THE TARIFFS: President Trump’s Tariffs Are Now Bringing in $25 Billion a Month

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Revenue from President Donald Trump’s tariffs has climbed to $25 billion a month, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The bipartisan group notes that monthly tariff revenue has leapt from $7 billion a year ago to $25 billion in July, The Washington Times reported. By the end of Trump’s term, they estimate, the tariffs could bring in $1.3 trillion “before accounting for economic effects.” “These estimates are very rough,” the committee cautioned, meant to show scale rather than precision, given the complexity of tariffs and their ripple effects. They also exclude broader economic impacts, which could trim

DON’T GET GASLIT! Liberal Concedes D.C. is a Dump in Private Text Message to MSNBC Host [WATCH]

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On Tuesday, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough read aloud a text from a “very liberal” acquaintance — someone, he said, who has grown uneasy about violent crime in the nation’s capital. The friend, Scarborough explained, isn’t “totally opposed” to President Trump’s move to federalize D.C.’s police force. “I want to read you a text from someone … I won’t say their name, but … we’ll just say that they’re very liberal,” Scarborough began. “He says, ‘This may sound controversial, but I’m not totally opposed to Trump’s National Guard move in D.C. I know he’s doing it for politics, but crime remains

BOWSER BENDS THE KNEE: D.C. Mayor, Police Chief Get On Board With Federalized Crime Crackdown in the Capital

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D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said Tuesday that local and federal law enforcement “are here to work together” to carry out President Trump’s sweeping Monday order federalizing her 3,400-officer force. That morning, Smith and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, walked the halls of the Justice Department for meetings with their new law enforcement superiors — among them DEA chief Terry Cole, now tasked with steering the MPD. Bowser told reporters she hoped to “make the most of the additional officer support” as the White House floods the city with reinforcements from the Border Patrol, the FBI, the DEA,

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