Trump just signed the Halt act yesterday making fentanyl a schedule 1 drug which gives a much stiffer sentence if a dealer is selling. I agree 100% with what you’re saying and I am thankful for a President who is willing to make it happen. God continue to bless this nation and bless our President. All Americans should pick up the word of God and start studing it and living the way it shows us. This life is nothing but a test, read Gods word and see if your going to pass would be my suggestion. All the answers to life’s problems are in his word. Even drug addiction! Have a great day!
I imagine the wording of the text to be something along the lines of “non-pharmaceutical grade” fentanyl or perhaps even allowing that fentanyl sold without a valid prescription by a non-medical person be schedule I while valid RX / hospital use fentanyl retain Schedule II.
If you have the ear of the President please include Portland Oregon in your plea for help. The cartel have been controlling downtown Portland for years now. 😫
The same with the Palisades, they voted DEMRATS, and look what they got, kicked out of their beautiful homes, nobody is paying them, they are running the red tape
on them, 6 months and nothing, JUST A LOT OF ASBESTOS FLYING ALL OVER AND KILLING PEOPLE SOFTLY. But DEMRATS' idea is to build up LOW-INCOME HOUSING at the Palisades.!!!!! Lol.
CARTEL and BASS, GAVIN, SOROS, CARUSO'S CARTEL are destroying Los Angeles's business district. The 20 million that came across the border illegally, those are the ones causing terror in our Business District 26th between Broadway and Main in Downtown L.A., you see how these cartels took over the street, burned the whole block, and are sitting down in the terrible burned area, and nobody is moving them.
Their poor hygiene has led to a resurgence of typhoid due to the presence of rats' feces. IT IS SO BAD HERE.
Progressives want chaos, disorder, and division among people. Anything to make America a 3rd world hell hole, since they live in walled enclaves and don't experience it. I agree with the author. Start with the worst places. Show the world it doesn't need to be this way, and deport the drug dealers. It's about perception. The working class and poor are basically forced to live in these areas, since they don't have the resources to move (or maybe have hope their city will return to a former glory). This is also another way to show people that forever handouts never work. A job and the dignity of work can help many who are not mentally ill.
Team Red and Team Blue point fingers at each other to score points, but these complaints about public disorder go back to the dawn of time.
Rufo could be right here in that this performance he suggests could be good politics for Mr. Trump. It won’t actually “work” outside of the few weeks the show of force happens and handful of people they arrest.
People want their drugs. They pay big money for them, so the black market will find a way. Just like the Rum Runners, Moonshiners and the Mafia back during Prohibition.
The problem is not just ideological; it is grift. Cities with open air drug markets have huge budgets for social service providers for the so-called "homeless," i.e. drug addict customers. These providers operate on a pay to play basis; they have to make political contributions and support the politicians to get the lucrative contracts. We have seen cities temporarily clean up the open air markets for special events, but the politicians in charge have no incentive to do more than that. It is the politicians that are the problem, but it is not easy to prosecute for non-feasance, and proving pay for play is difficult even if there were the will. Where ideology comes in is in the way it makes the city voters blind to this reality. They believe they are being humane by supporting the perpetuation of these open air drug markets, but there is nothing compassionate about facilitating such misery.
When was it kind to tolerate people living in the streets awaiting their next fix and eventual death? We deserve better from our leaders. The solution is not NGO’s scamming the public with expensive solutions.
You’re so close to getting it, but these social service contractors donate to the politicians BECAUSE they are in power. If it was Team Red instead of Team Blue they’d donate there instead. Politics is pay to play just the same in the Reddest Red State and the Bluest Blue State. Most industries like mine (seafood) pay both sides and play both sides. Win-win for us.
I saw your documentary on PBS before I read your book. It is heartbreaking to see these broken people in our major cities. Univision is daily showing the arrests by ICE as something racist. They also interview lawyers for advice on how to avoid the authorities. Then the activist bishop of San Diego gives the illegals Dispensation from the obligation of Holy Mass on Sundays. I pray the illegals go back to where they came from.
I Agree, Chris; we do not do enough enforcement and proactive measures. Much of the crime in this country could be squashed, if it was desired, within hours and greater operations within days and weeks.
But I’d add: do not just focus on “foreign” criminals. We have countless American criminals and thugs running streets, and have been for decades and generations. Black, white, whatever. Nail them all.
And, it’s not just cities, which to this day people generally assume and disregard the idea that much of this activity is right in their own suburban and rural backyards. The “broken window” effect is in full display in countless areas across our great country, sadly.
It needs a multi-layered approach, but its needs action and swift, aggressive action at that. Ignore the social justice cowards and manipulators, and reign hard down upon every facet of criminality.
Our federal, state, and local “leaders” have all failed to do so
Consistently, and I would add so have the American people - we need to step up, take action, call the police when we see something instead of ignoring it or not getting involved.
Agree. I appreciate your work Chris. You think if more ppl get behind Trump and his admin instead of distracting them with Epstein nonsense that all of us would be better off? The 1000 victims are older now. Get names from them. Leave Bondi alone. Like she doesn’t have enough to do rooting out the Democrats in the DOJ. Same thing with Dan and Cash. Trump only has so many waking hours. If ppl expect him to do this, clean up America’s Leftist run cities and do the million and one other things, they need to let him focus, focus, focus. Just support him and his team. They’re good ppl. Let them do their work. Cash sent out 1000s of FBI agents to the worst cities. I heard 1000 new agents are in my city now.
This is a great idea, but ... As a retired law enforcement officer I know that federal agencies don't have the manpower to do this without the help of local law enforcement, which is a problem - proven by the current lack of assistance given ICE and the Border Patrol in the form of operational security, in some locations. If they want to close down open air drug markets, and similar problems, most local agencies can find a way to do it without federal help. If the feds decide to take this kind of action they will need to followup regularly in the same city until local law enforcement is forced to take over because of public demand. I recommend they start with a handful of medium size cities where they can provide enough resources for the job without local help, and whose citizens are tired of the local agencies inaction and are ready for a change.
Alternatively we could let leftist cities rot and focus on the less progressive cities. The conservative states helping out progressive cities like San Francisco seems an awful lot like nation building in the Middle East.
Alex, although I may agree with you that action would only bolster the “left” that believes the “right” is inconsiderate, uncaring and unkind. I know it is just the opposite and why most find San Frans of the US so appalling.
You know DemocRATS and the Fake News Media (But I repeat myself!) will vilify Trump if he goes after the drugs markets and the invaders who run them. "This is just like the NAZIS!!"
I have lived this experience having to work in SF for years. I travel to LA and see it there. I see videos of it in Philly, where I also use to live. When I moved to the Bay Area some 20 years ago, it was firsthand observation that made me realize that SF was too liberal for its own good. Since then, I realize that SJWs should not be running cities, and that "social justice" policies in general simply don't work to protect law-abiding taxpaying businesses and residents in our cities.
It's disgusting what is happening in these cities. It's not acceptable. We can't vote our way out of it, people and businesses have just left SF because it's a shithole. Trump needs to take Portland and Seattle back from Antifa and clean up the lawless areas mentioned in this article. The entrenched liberal mayors in these cities will never do it.
If I sound angry, I am. My red pill moments started with someone getting shot and killed in broad daylight because of SF's "Sanctuary Cities" policies, which at the time, I'd never heard of (a transient known criminal with an unregistered gun was the killer, of a young woman). When I looked into it, I realized this was absurd but a result of the left-leaning SF Board of Supervisors, a bleeding heart liberal clown car if there ever was one.
Once you start stepping over junkies shooting up on City Hall lawn and open area drug dealing blocking the ATMs nearby, you start to get really angry and jaded.
My wife and I would commute home from the Tenderloin and it was like a zombie apocalypse, people just stumbling into the streets, screaming, pooping on the sidewalks and god knows what else. It was so depressing she asked to take a different way home, but this mess was all over the city, anyway.
THIS IS NOT A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY. This is not acceptable. I can only pray to god Trump or someone like him gets another term, if this can all be turned around. We cannot let leftists run our cities into the ground like this anymore. We can not let liberal rot take over our country. Everything they touch turns to trash. Just look up YouTube videos of these areas. They do not care about our taxes, borders, or safety.
Bust these people, and (in California) Newsom loses a fair chunk of his electorate. Should this be attempted, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the "targeted unfairness" of it all ... to which I say, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Perhaps the reason so many people are willing to turn a blind eye to the drug dealers in the inner city comes from the NIMBY (not in my backyard) philosophy. Many people have been misled to believe that if they provide a space for drug dealers, crime will be contained to that area. This is a false assumption, as we can see from the spread of fentanyl use in rural areas. We need stricter penalties for drug dealers, and Trump is fulfilling the promise he campaigned on. The Big Beautiful Bill will help put wheels under his policy to eradicate the problem, and using the Federal government to enforce this will probably be the only way to get it done.
We actually need a better understanding of why some get trapped by drugs. For many the initial pleasure of casual use turns into a physical need that can’t be satisfied. We need a way to reverse that. Despite great effort rehab is less than 50% effective but at considerable cost.
Trump just signed the Halt act yesterday making fentanyl a schedule 1 drug which gives a much stiffer sentence if a dealer is selling. I agree 100% with what you’re saying and I am thankful for a President who is willing to make it happen. God continue to bless this nation and bless our President. All Americans should pick up the word of God and start studing it and living the way it shows us. This life is nothing but a test, read Gods word and see if your going to pass would be my suggestion. All the answers to life’s problems are in his word. Even drug addiction! Have a great day!
Americans and God? Living in the way of God who drowned every man, woman, child, animal, insect and plant on Earth, because???
Umm…Noah? He did not destroy all species as you claim. Instead had Noah save worthy ones from peril.
God promised not to flood the world again but said nothing about fire or plague. Perhaps another cleansing of the gene pool is in order?
Fine for illegal traffic, but it is a valuable painkiller for certain types of cancer and post-operatively. Will this bill end medical access to it?
I imagine the wording of the text to be something along the lines of “non-pharmaceutical grade” fentanyl or perhaps even allowing that fentanyl sold without a valid prescription by a non-medical person be schedule I while valid RX / hospital use fentanyl retain Schedule II.
That would be quite sensible.
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Good.
If you have the ear of the President please include Portland Oregon in your plea for help. The cartel have been controlling downtown Portland for years now. 😫
And Seattle!
@Kelli-Husband and I are going to Seattle next month. I'm disappointed because I wanted to see the city but I'm not sure...
I’d suggest skipping SeaTac
@Pine- we're flying into Seattle then going on an Alaskan cruise. Staying with husband's niece for a few days. Le sigh....
@Char- my brother lives in the city. He said he won't go downtown anymore because it simply isn't safe. Portland used to be beautiful.
The USPS no longer delivers mail to Amazon HQ, which is located downtown, due to safety issues.
Bull! My office looks at Amazon HQ. It is a normal and busy area. Zero such issues there. Why lie?
@Kelli- Ho. Lee. Chit. No way...
Nah, you people dug your own grave. Let you lie in it.
You voted for this.
Portland serves as a valuable lesson for any who follow the Left where it wants to go.
The same with the Palisades, they voted DEMRATS, and look what they got, kicked out of their beautiful homes, nobody is paying them, they are running the red tape
on them, 6 months and nothing, JUST A LOT OF ASBESTOS FLYING ALL OVER AND KILLING PEOPLE SOFTLY. But DEMRATS' idea is to build up LOW-INCOME HOUSING at the Palisades.!!!!! Lol.
CARTEL and BASS, GAVIN, SOROS, CARUSO'S CARTEL are destroying Los Angeles's business district. The 20 million that came across the border illegally, those are the ones causing terror in our Business District 26th between Broadway and Main in Downtown L.A., you see how these cartels took over the street, burned the whole block, and are sitting down in the terrible burned area, and nobody is moving them.
Their poor hygiene has led to a resurgence of typhoid due to the presence of rats' feces. IT IS SO BAD HERE.
Progressives want chaos, disorder, and division among people. Anything to make America a 3rd world hell hole, since they live in walled enclaves and don't experience it. I agree with the author. Start with the worst places. Show the world it doesn't need to be this way, and deport the drug dealers. It's about perception. The working class and poor are basically forced to live in these areas, since they don't have the resources to move (or maybe have hope their city will return to a former glory). This is also another way to show people that forever handouts never work. A job and the dignity of work can help many who are not mentally ill.
The “former glory” never existed in my opinion.
Team Red and Team Blue point fingers at each other to score points, but these complaints about public disorder go back to the dawn of time.
Rufo could be right here in that this performance he suggests could be good politics for Mr. Trump. It won’t actually “work” outside of the few weeks the show of force happens and handful of people they arrest.
People want their drugs. They pay big money for them, so the black market will find a way. Just like the Rum Runners, Moonshiners and the Mafia back during Prohibition.
The problem is not just ideological; it is grift. Cities with open air drug markets have huge budgets for social service providers for the so-called "homeless," i.e. drug addict customers. These providers operate on a pay to play basis; they have to make political contributions and support the politicians to get the lucrative contracts. We have seen cities temporarily clean up the open air markets for special events, but the politicians in charge have no incentive to do more than that. It is the politicians that are the problem, but it is not easy to prosecute for non-feasance, and proving pay for play is difficult even if there were the will. Where ideology comes in is in the way it makes the city voters blind to this reality. They believe they are being humane by supporting the perpetuation of these open air drug markets, but there is nothing compassionate about facilitating such misery.
When was it kind to tolerate people living in the streets awaiting their next fix and eventual death? We deserve better from our leaders. The solution is not NGO’s scamming the public with expensive solutions.
And the Heads of these groups pay themselves a nice large salary! Conflict of interest!!
You’re so close to getting it, but these social service contractors donate to the politicians BECAUSE they are in power. If it was Team Red instead of Team Blue they’d donate there instead. Politics is pay to play just the same in the Reddest Red State and the Bluest Blue State. Most industries like mine (seafood) pay both sides and play both sides. Win-win for us.
I saw your documentary on PBS before I read your book. It is heartbreaking to see these broken people in our major cities. Univision is daily showing the arrests by ICE as something racist. They also interview lawyers for advice on how to avoid the authorities. Then the activist bishop of San Diego gives the illegals Dispensation from the obligation of Holy Mass on Sundays. I pray the illegals go back to where they came from.
I Agree, Chris; we do not do enough enforcement and proactive measures. Much of the crime in this country could be squashed, if it was desired, within hours and greater operations within days and weeks.
But I’d add: do not just focus on “foreign” criminals. We have countless American criminals and thugs running streets, and have been for decades and generations. Black, white, whatever. Nail them all.
And, it’s not just cities, which to this day people generally assume and disregard the idea that much of this activity is right in their own suburban and rural backyards. The “broken window” effect is in full display in countless areas across our great country, sadly.
It needs a multi-layered approach, but its needs action and swift, aggressive action at that. Ignore the social justice cowards and manipulators, and reign hard down upon every facet of criminality.
Our federal, state, and local “leaders” have all failed to do so
Consistently, and I would add so have the American people - we need to step up, take action, call the police when we see something instead of ignoring it or not getting involved.
Agree. I appreciate your work Chris. You think if more ppl get behind Trump and his admin instead of distracting them with Epstein nonsense that all of us would be better off? The 1000 victims are older now. Get names from them. Leave Bondi alone. Like she doesn’t have enough to do rooting out the Democrats in the DOJ. Same thing with Dan and Cash. Trump only has so many waking hours. If ppl expect him to do this, clean up America’s Leftist run cities and do the million and one other things, they need to let him focus, focus, focus. Just support him and his team. They’re good ppl. Let them do their work. Cash sent out 1000s of FBI agents to the worst cities. I heard 1000 new agents are in my city now.
This is a great idea, but ... As a retired law enforcement officer I know that federal agencies don't have the manpower to do this without the help of local law enforcement, which is a problem - proven by the current lack of assistance given ICE and the Border Patrol in the form of operational security, in some locations. If they want to close down open air drug markets, and similar problems, most local agencies can find a way to do it without federal help. If the feds decide to take this kind of action they will need to followup regularly in the same city until local law enforcement is forced to take over because of public demand. I recommend they start with a handful of medium size cities where they can provide enough resources for the job without local help, and whose citizens are tired of the local agencies inaction and are ready for a change.
Alternatively we could let leftist cities rot and focus on the less progressive cities. The conservative states helping out progressive cities like San Francisco seems an awful lot like nation building in the Middle East.
Alex, although I may agree with you that action would only bolster the “left” that believes the “right” is inconsiderate, uncaring and unkind. I know it is just the opposite and why most find San Frans of the US so appalling.
You know DemocRATS and the Fake News Media (But I repeat myself!) will vilify Trump if he goes after the drugs markets and the invaders who run them. "This is just like the NAZIS!!"
But I completely agree he should do it anyway.
I have lived this experience having to work in SF for years. I travel to LA and see it there. I see videos of it in Philly, where I also use to live. When I moved to the Bay Area some 20 years ago, it was firsthand observation that made me realize that SF was too liberal for its own good. Since then, I realize that SJWs should not be running cities, and that "social justice" policies in general simply don't work to protect law-abiding taxpaying businesses and residents in our cities.
It's disgusting what is happening in these cities. It's not acceptable. We can't vote our way out of it, people and businesses have just left SF because it's a shithole. Trump needs to take Portland and Seattle back from Antifa and clean up the lawless areas mentioned in this article. The entrenched liberal mayors in these cities will never do it.
If I sound angry, I am. My red pill moments started with someone getting shot and killed in broad daylight because of SF's "Sanctuary Cities" policies, which at the time, I'd never heard of (a transient known criminal with an unregistered gun was the killer, of a young woman). When I looked into it, I realized this was absurd but a result of the left-leaning SF Board of Supervisors, a bleeding heart liberal clown car if there ever was one.
Once you start stepping over junkies shooting up on City Hall lawn and open area drug dealing blocking the ATMs nearby, you start to get really angry and jaded.
My wife and I would commute home from the Tenderloin and it was like a zombie apocalypse, people just stumbling into the streets, screaming, pooping on the sidewalks and god knows what else. It was so depressing she asked to take a different way home, but this mess was all over the city, anyway.
THIS IS NOT A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY. This is not acceptable. I can only pray to god Trump or someone like him gets another term, if this can all be turned around. We cannot let leftists run our cities into the ground like this anymore. We can not let liberal rot take over our country. Everything they touch turns to trash. Just look up YouTube videos of these areas. They do not care about our taxes, borders, or safety.
Enough is enough!
I like it. One thing you did not discuss, what do you do with the hundreds of drug addicted street people? You can’t just leave them there, can you?
What they do in Holland: either prison or treatment.
Bust these people, and (in California) Newsom loses a fair chunk of his electorate. Should this be attempted, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the "targeted unfairness" of it all ... to which I say, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Vance/Rufo 2028!
Perhaps the reason so many people are willing to turn a blind eye to the drug dealers in the inner city comes from the NIMBY (not in my backyard) philosophy. Many people have been misled to believe that if they provide a space for drug dealers, crime will be contained to that area. This is a false assumption, as we can see from the spread of fentanyl use in rural areas. We need stricter penalties for drug dealers, and Trump is fulfilling the promise he campaigned on. The Big Beautiful Bill will help put wheels under his policy to eradicate the problem, and using the Federal government to enforce this will probably be the only way to get it done.
We actually need a better understanding of why some get trapped by drugs. For many the initial pleasure of casual use turns into a physical need that can’t be satisfied. We need a way to reverse that. Despite great effort rehab is less than 50% effective but at considerable cost.
Who's in charge of the DEA??