John Lott: The Media Say Crime is Going Down... Don't Believe It

The Media Say Crime is Going Down... Don't Believe It

By John Lott

The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not less crime.

News outlets claim that Americans mistakenly believe violent crime is rising. A Gallup survey last year found that 92% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats thought crime was increasing. A February Rasmussen Reports survey found that, by a 4.7-to-1 margin, likely voters say violent crime in the U.S. is getting worse (61%), not better (13%). Journalists purport to refute this by citing official crime statistics showing a downward trend. Americans aren't mistaken. News reports fail to take into account that many victims aren't reporting crimes to the police, especially since the pandemic. [more...]

City Where Emergency Response Time is 36 Minutes Wants to Ban Civilians Carrying Guns for Protection

By John Lott

In 2023, New Orleans had the third highest per capita murder rate in the country, according to the FBI. Last week, New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick claimed that the city can lower this rate by creating a "firearm-free" zone encompassing the French Quarter and beyond. Kirkpatrick is particularly concerned about the dangers of Louisiana's new Constitutional Carry law. But Kirkpatrick's proposed gun-free zone will create a magnet for criminals to commit crimes in that area. To criminals, gun-free zones make victims easy targets. [more...]

4-23-24 Great Guests for Your Show

1. Perry Johnson Endorses Former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

2. Col. John Mills: Full-Throated Cyber Assault by China on Going Since May 2023

3. Kenneth Rapoza: Mexico and China Trade Problems Mounting

4. Cheryl Chumley: America's College Antisemitism is the Democrat Party's Shame

5. John Lott: How Reliable is the FBI's Report of Violent Crime Data? There are Some Major Problems

6. Daniel Greenfield: How the Neo-Nazi Left Brainwashes its Recruits to Kill

7. James Hirsen: Wikipedia Founder's Wise Words About Free Speech

Perry Johnson Endorses Former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

By Perry Johnson

Replacing Joe Biden with Donald Trump is of the utmost importance this election cycle, but on a statewide level, flipping Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat red is absolutely critical. In fact, with the stakes this high, Republicans across the country are focused on the race, as winning the seat will hopefully propel the GOP to a majority in the Senate. There is only one man who I believe has the ability to take on this task and enact Trump’s America First policies in the Senate, and that man is former Michigan State Sen. and Congressman Mike Rogers. [more...]

Full-Throated Cyber Assault by China on Going Since May 2023

By Colonel (Ret.) John Mills, Author of War Against the Deep State

Not getting a whole lot of attention - Volt Typhoon is Chinese Cyber preparation for war with America.

Section 1088 of the FY 2023 NDAA (signed December 2022) cited the need for a Tabletop Exercise to test the resilience of American domestic critical infrastructure to Chinese Cyber-attack in case of war with China over Taiwan. In May 2023, Volt Typhoon - a relentless Chinese Cyber-attack on American infrastructure was declared. In December, January, February and April, Christopher Wray (FBI Director), Jen Easterly (DHS CISA Director), and now Cyber Command/NSA Director General Haugh have made it clear - China is aggressively placing malware on all infrastructure in America in preparation for conflict. [more...]

Mexico and China Trade Problems Mounting

By Kenneth Rapoza, Industry Analyst from the Coalition for a Prosperous America

Despite USMCA being the "gold standard" trade agreement, Mexican trade problems are increasing with the U.S.  Recently, the Senate Finance Committee brought up the surge of Mexico steel imports into the United States, in breach of a 2019 joint statement. Some are calling for steel tariffs now. Mexico is preparing to retaliate. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) took the lead in the hearing saying Mexican companies are selling steel conduit above the 2019 agreement’s limits. [more...]

America's College Antisemitism is the Democrat Party's Shame

By Cheryl Chumley

White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates issued a statement against the so-called "pro-Palestinian" student protests that have been churning on America's college campuses in recent months, calling the most recent displays "blatantly antisemitic" and condemning them "in the strongest terms" as "despicable." Well, the Democrat Party ought to know - they created this madness. They are the ones who have spent so many years dumbing down this nation's youth by drumming up the likes of Democratic Socialists of America members to become public school teachers for - as DSA pamphlets argue - "the political, economic and social potential the industry holds." That's code for brainwash kids to love socialism and hate America. [more...]

How Reliable is the FBI's Report of Violent Crime Data? There are Some Major Problems

By John Lott

The U.S. employs two distinct measures of crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting program counts the number of crimes reported to police annually. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in its National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), asks 240,000 people a year whether they have been victims of a crime. The two measures have diverged since 2020: The FBI has reported less crime, while more people say they have been victims. The news media relies exclusively on FBI-reported violent crime data. The FBI-reported crime rates are unrelated to the NCVS. The evidence indicates real problems with the FBI-reported violent crime measure and that the FBI data are extremely misleading after 2020. [more...]

How the Neo-Nazi Left Brainwashes its Recruits to Kill

By Daniel Greenfield

"We’ll see you at your house... we’ll murder you," Riddhi Patel, the co-founder of the local chapter of the Sunrise Movement, told members of the Bakersfield City Council. The Sunrise Movement, a radical environmentalist group founded by a former Occupy Wall Street activist and funded by the Ford Foundation, had become notorious for its ugly tactics, recruiting young people and children to harass and even threaten elected officials. [more...]

Wikipedia Founder's Wise Words About Free Speech

By James Hirsen

Larry Sanger, recognized as one of the early pioneers of the Internet, co-founded Wikipedia in 2001. He and almost all of the early tech-innovators back in the day envisioned a continuous "free and open" Internet - one in which the marketplace of ideas could forever run with abandon. Recently, Sanger reacted to statements of former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher, who is now CEO of NPR. Maher's statements have created a major backlash. She has basically rejected Internet freedom, admitted that collaboration with government to censor content has been occurring, and seemingly embraces relativism over objective truth. Sanger indicated that he was previously unaware of "just how radical-sounding Katherine Maher is." [more...]

Perry Johnson Endorses Former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

By Perry Johnson

Replacing Joe Biden with Donald Trump is of the utmost importance this election cycle, but on a statewide level, flipping Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat red is absolutely critical. In fact, with the stakes this high, Republicans across the country are focused on the race, as winning the seat will hopefully propel the GOP to a majority in the Senate.

There is only one man who I believe has the ability to take on this task and enact Trump's America First policies in the Senate, and that man is former Michigan State Sen. and Congressman Mike Rogers.

Mike is a true American patriot and common-sense conservative who will help make Michigan great again, guiding us toward a red majority in Congress and helping return the Great Lakes State to a GOP stronghold. Mike selflessly served the state of Michigan in the Legislature, Congress, military, and FBI, and is undoubtedly the type of conservative leader Michiganders need. His record defending America from foreign interests, securing American energy independence, and protecting Michigan's auto industry speaks for itself.

I am proud to offer my endorsement of Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate and look forward to watching him sweep the primary and usher in a thriving new era for Michiganders across the state when elected in November.

FLORIDA REPUBLICANS FALTER AGAIN ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Tallahassee, FL--Florida lawmakers closed up shop in March, failing again for the 8th year to take care of the unfinished business of protecting veteran and other historic memorials and monuments in the state.

This session, Rep. Dean Black (R – Jacksonville) and Senator Thomas Martin (R – Ft. Myers) introduced legislation with multiple provisions to protect and preserve Florida historic monuments and memorials. One key provision would have allowed historic preservation organizations to bring lawsuits against local governments who propose removing historic monuments and memorials.

In the lead up to the session, Cygnal, a national polling firm, stated that 2-to-1, Floridians wanted Confederate monuments protected. But the same poll shows 10-1 Republicans want historic preservation.

The legislation was opposed by the Southern Poverty Law Center and anti-historic preservation groups around Florida who spoke in opposition to the legislation at its committee stops during the process. While 'Critical Race Theory' has been much discussed in Tallahassee, criticism of history was used during the committee meetings, turning the focus of the legislation away from historic preservation and into history shaming sessions of Florida and American history.

Scott Powell, spokesman for Guardians of American History says: "Florida failed again to do the right thing. Each year, the cultural Marxists take more ground and the Florida Republicans have left our public art and history exposed to them by not being courageous enough to stop them."

Guardians of American History is a Florida non-profit that seeks to work with elected officials to understand the threat of historic destruction to the citizens of the state and to champion historic preservation. For more info, go to: GUARDIANS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, INC.

The Foremost Expert on Antisemitism and Islam

The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism

By Andrew Bostom, Author of The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism

In this interview I did for The European Conservative by Turkish journalist Uzay Bulut, I discuss the motivations behind my seminal analysis, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism, and its particular relevance to the explosion of antisemitism since Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks in southern Israel. During a previous Salem television interview in January with Dennis Prager, Mr. Prager referred to me as "one of the greatest living scholars of Islam & the Jews, in particular." My discussion provides a clear, unique melding of polling data, and authoritative, mainstream Islamic pronouncements on the Jews, for the past two decades, through the present. My analysis breaks a rigid taboo, shining incandescent light on the present scourge of Islamic antisemitism, a global pandemic. [more...]

4-16-24 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Fmr. Congressman Jody Hice: The Greatest Threat Facing America is Election Integrity

2. John Lott: How Can People Keep Claiming That Penalties Don't Deter Criminals?

3. Col. John Mills: Initial Iranian Drone and Missile Barrage on Israel Defeated

4. Kenneth Rapoza: Free Traders are Wrong - It's Time to Try Trade a New Way

5. Cheryl Chumley: The Stupidity of the Two-State Solution For Israel, Palestinians

6. Daniel Greenfield: Biden Refuses to Testify Before Congress About Chinese Business Dealings

7. James Hirsen: TikTok's Undue Influence on Our Youth

The Greatest Threat Facing America is Election Integrity

By Fmr. Congressman Jody Hice, Author of SACRED TRUST: Election Integrity and the Will of the People

As one of the first members of Congress to call for a full investigation into the systemic issues plaguing our country's electoral process, I became a nationally recognized voice of the election integrity movement. The USA is the greatest country in the world, and worth fighting for, and unless people take a stand right now, there is so much that will be lost... and once gone, it will never be restored. Patriotic citizens cannot afford to sit idly by while the foundations of the country are being tampered with and gradually destroyed. It is every person's duty to pass liberty on to the next generation. To do so, the citizens must get into the arena and be present. Now is the time. "We the people" must be heard before it's too late. [more...]

How Can People Keep Claiming That Penalties Don't Deter Criminals?

By John Lott

Soros backed District Attorneys across the country don’t believe that their unwillingness to prosecute criminals has anything to do with increasing crime. In academia, most criminologists (which is dominated by sociologists) don’t even include things like arrest and convictions rates in their empirical work on questions such as gun control because they don’t think that it matters in determining crime rates. It is hard to believe that anyone takes such a claim seriously, but it is a popular idea among progressives. [more...]

Initial Iranian Drone and Missile Barrage on Israel Defeated

By Colonel (Ret.) John Mills, Author of War Against the Deep State

Iran started the next phase of the Middle East Theater of WWIII with a massive barrage of drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles from Iranian Territory at Israel. Here are the major points... [more...]

Free Traders are Wrong - It's Time to Try Trade a New Way

By Kenneth Rapoza, Industry Analyst from the Coalition for a Prosperous America

A recent Daily Mail poll showed 54% of voters support Trump’s proposal to put 10% tariffs on most imports, from China or not. This is sacrilege to American free traders. The free-trade globalization crowd – who saw the '80s up to early 2000s as their heyday– believe in a world that does not exist the way they say it does on paper. Do you think Germany allows Ford Mustangs into their country tariff free? EU charges Ford a 10% tariff, four times what we charge their automakers. [more...]

The Stupidity of the Two-State Solution For Israel, Palestinians

By Cheryl Chumley

Joe Biden isn't doing Israel any favors by pressing for peaceful coexistence.

Imagine a group of thugs break into your home, rape your daughter, murder your son and run off with your baby after setting fire to all your belongings - and then a week after helping bring to justice the perpetrators, the local media and political leaders give up and demand you instead sit down and strike a deal with your attackers; that you agree to coexist peacefully alongside them so long as they agree to give back your baby. Would you say hey, now, what a great idea? That’s what the leftists in world powers are advocating for Israel. [more...]

Biden Refuses to Testify Before Congress About Chinese Business Dealings

By Daniel Greenfield

If you're a Trump administration official and you refuse to appear in front of a partisan witch hunt committee, you can go to prison, but if you're Joe Biden and you turn down an invite, well then you've somehow erased its existence. At least that’s the theory that the media is going with in heralding Biden’s refusal to testify before the House Oversight Committee as the "end of the investigation." Refusing to testify doesn’t actually end an investigation; but Team Biden is hyping a response letter from Biden’s counsel as if it were some sort of slam dunk. [more...]

TikTok's Undue Influence on Our Youth

By James Hirsen

Kids, tweens, and teens are increasingly coming to the conclusion that they suffer from myriad of mental health maladies, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive compulsive tendencies, generalized anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, and various other atypical conditions. It turns out that influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms have been providing an assist in fanning the psychological flames. [more...]

4-9-24 Excellent Guests for Your Show

1. Col. John Mills: TSMC Chip Facilities Back to 70% Capacity after Taiwan Earthquake

2. Kenneth Rapoza: How Republicans Can Pick Up Latino Voters with Core Cultural Issues

3. Cheryl Chumley: Joe Biden 'Playing' into 'Strategy of Hamas'

4. Daniel Greenfield: Swastikas are Progressive Now

5. James Hirsen: Despite What the Doctor Says, Life is Worth Living

TSMC Chip Facilities Back to 70% Capacity after Taiwan Earthquake

By Colonel (Ret.) John Mills, Author of War Against the Deep State

The TSMC plants are large and monolithic. Boeing Everett is/was? the largest production building in the world, but it wasn't built to be enduring and resilient in the face of storms, earthquakes and bombs. In contrast, the TSMC plants are built well - the "machining tolerances" and precision needed for the 5 and 3 nanometer chip production process need superbly engineered physical infrastructure. The buildings did seem to be built with hurricanes and earthquakes in mind - and perhaps some Chinese precision guided bombs. [more...]

How Republicans Can Pick Up Latino Voters with Core Cultural Issues

By Kenneth Rapoza, Industry Analyst from the Coalition for a Prosperous America

Want to stop the migrant crisis? Convince the Democrats and their Silicon Valley donors who pump millions into the pro migrant NGOs aiding and abetting in our border crisis by letting them now that Biden's "newcomers" are future MAGA voters. Here's how... [more...]

Joe Biden 'Playing' into 'Strategy of Hamas'

By Cheryl Chumley

Joe Biden is truly throwing Israel under the bus and providing aid to terror groups.

Joe Biden said he's "outraged and heartbroken by the deaths" of aid workers in Gaza who were mistakenly killed by Israeli's military as they were providing food for civilians in the middle of the war-torn strip of land. As are all - even the Israelis. But let's not lose focus on the reasons these aid workers were killed. [more...]

Swastikas are Progressive Now

By Daniel Greenfield

Vandalizing synagogues with swastikas is good, leftists argue.

After Hamas supporters vandalized a synagogue with a swastika, leftist cheered this prototypical Nazi act as a progressive commitment to human rights. "A swastika clearly has a deep and painful history for the people in our community, it’s a symbol of hatred and death," Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky of Temple Beth El said. However, Malcolm Harris, a former Occupy Wall Street activist and author of ‘Palo Alto’ and other books published through Hachette, explained that swastikas were progressive now. [more...]

Despite What the Doctor Says, Life is Worth Living

By James Hirsen

The Golden State, known for its beaches, mountains, theme parks and entertainment industry, may soon become the go-to destination for anyone who would like a swift death, courtesy of a doctor. California already allows people to end their own lives on the conditions that they have the mental capacity to decide, are expected to die within six months due to a terminal disease, and willingly administer the lethal dose themselves. Now new legislation has been proposed by a California state senator that will allow an individual to choose to undergo doctor-assisted suicide without having had a terminal diagnosis. [more...]