Decline of Progressive District Attorneys, Iran’s Upcoming Proxy, and Additional Insights

The Decline of Progressive District Attorneys

According to leftists, as noted by Jim Geraghty from National Review, progressive prosecutors who implement policies like “no cash bail, reducing charges, opting for the minimum crime, and pursuing lesser sentences” while “choosing not to prosecute two-thirds of those arrested” have no bearing on crime statistics.

In fact, it’s simply “just terrible luck” that these approaches keep resulting in “increases in violent and property crime!”

The most notable of these district attorneys is Alvin Bragg from Manhattan, whose “relentless pursuit of Trump over outdated business filings amid a rising crime wave in the city post-pandemic” has added to the belief that Democrats are more concerned with Trump’s actions than the real and escalating issues faced by everyday citizens.

Bragg “secured the most significant victory of his career, but at the expense of everything else.”

Mideast Update: Iran’s New Proxy

With Bashar al-Assad’s removal costing Tehran a critical ally, Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth at The Hill point out that Iran’s “urgent need for a new proxy” has led to its interest in the “Somalia-based terrorist organization,” al-Shabaab.

U.S. intelligence suggests that the Iran-backed “Houthi rebels have formed a weapons partnership with al-Shabaab,” granting “access to new arms, including drones and potentially ballistic missiles.”

“Al-Shabaab could serve as a menacing and effective proxy for Iran,” prompting Team Trump to exercise “maximum pressure” and vigilance against Tehran’s schemes in the Horn of Africa.

Conservative View: Antisemites & Facts at Oxford

“Recent news reports have highlighted” that the recent debate at the Oxford Union regarding Israel and genocide “spiraled into chaos,” as the pro-Israel “team struggled to deliver their statements amidst loud outrage from the audience,” observes Seth Mandel of Commentary.

Even worse, a video shared by debater Jonathan Sacerdoti reveals that “the crowd’s reaction reached a boiling point just from Sacerdoti stating statistics — mere facts.”

“Eight minutes in, Sacerdoti highlights, countering the claim that Israel is intentionally starving Gazans: ‘Israel has supplied 700,000 tons of food to Gaza during this conflict, averaging 3,200 calories per person daily.’ In response, a woman in the audience shouted: ‘You sick motherf—ker!’”

The Union’s video obscures the response as “the audio cuts out for 110 seconds, the duration it takes for the presiding official to restore order.”

Censorship Spotlight: The West’s Free Speech Issues

“Nearly every democracy in the West, from Britain to Australia, has adopted laws that limit what individuals can view and express online,” warns Paul Coleman at Spiked.

A proposed bill in Barbados would “criminalize online content considered to cause ‘annoyance’ or ‘emotional distress’,” carrying “penalties of up to seven years in prison and fines nearing £27,000.”

In Canada, “Justin Trudeau has amplified efforts to regulate online content through his Online Harms Bill,” permitting “life sentences” for mere “hateful conduct.”

Meanwhile, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, aims to block Daily Mail articles on platforms like X.

“As censorship mechanisms continue to grow, the battle to uphold free speech must expand in response,”

Libertarian Perspective: Health Care Delusions among Murder Fans

Supporters of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer are “naive” if they believe that “insurance leaders like Thompson are the sole barrier keeping them from their ideal vision of a single-payer healthcare system,” critics J.D. Tuccille from Reason contend.

As leftists advocate for government-funded healthcare, the reality is that “third-party payers, whether governmental or insurance firms, cause significant damage to healthcare delivery by removing consumer incentives to manage costs.”

Moreover, “concerns regarding escalating costs, demand, and limited resources remain valid regardless of whether the payer is the government.”

Canada’s “single-payer model is infamously reliant on long wait times to manage care availability.”

Ultimately, the best way to lower healthcare expenses is to “remove government and other third-party entities” from the equation.

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board