A juror in the Derek Chauvin trial turns out to have been a Black Lives Matter, a protester.

President Biden oversees the rise of racial polarization and crime, and Ron DeSantis destroys Biden's anti-scientific vaccine approach.

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coverage. All righty. So, the Biden administration came into power, promising moderation,

or returned to normalcy. And instead, they are overseeing what looks very much like the country coming apart at the seams. And the people who are paying the price for that are largely living in blue areas that are being cleaned out. I mean, there's a reason that the census data shows that people are moving from blue areas to red areas, and it's because blue areas increasingly suck. I mean, it just is the reality of life. Crime has gone up tremendously in places like L.A. where I used to live, or New York where a lot of my friends used to live, or places like Chicago, where I have friends who are now moving. You know, the fact of the matter is that as democratic policies start to have their effect, things go bad. Which is why Daily Wire is now reporting that Chicago may be headed for a violent summer. Over the weekend, dozens of people were shot, seven were killed in gun violence that spanned the city, a continuation of a trend that is dogged Chicago, the nation's third largest city, since last summer. Fox News reports more than 45 people were shot, including a 14-year-old boy, seven were killed in Chicago citywide over the weekend, according to the Chicago PD. There were 36 shootings reported from 6 p.m. Friday to 11.59 p.m. Sunday.

At least two others were stabbed, including one victim who succumbed to his injuries.

Information released by the authorities indicates the slain victims ranged from 17 to 37.

The youngest victim died. He was shot while driving on Sunday.

He crashed his car after sustaining a bullet wound.

The youngest victim who survived was just 14 years old. So all of this, of course, is terrible news,

but it is mirrored by the fact that there's terrible news in pretty much every major American

city when it comes to homicide, according to the Washington Post today. District officials in

Washington launched their annual summer crime prevention initiative. It's fun that it's annual, right? I mean, it's just like July 4th or like, you know, summer camp. It's a summer initiative to stop people for murdering each other in Washington, D.C. It's annual. It's an annual summer crime prevention initiative, which sounds like the state fair, against a backdrop of a soaring homicide rate and on the heels of particularly bloody weekend in the city. Now, I don't know why this would happen. I mean, they painted Black Lives Matter in giant yellow letters on the street, for God's sake. They renamed a square, Black Lives Matter Square in Washington, D.C. I thought for the life of me, this would mean more black people would live. But as it turns out, when you

rip on the cops and when you suggest the cops are the problem, it turns out that more black people

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