47 Unfiltered - The Capital is a Battlefield
Sanctuary mayors under federal threat. DC suing to protect its swamp police. Trump invoking the Constitution to reclaim the city. And in Alaska, three hours of silence that NATO can’t stop replaying.
This week wasn’t noise. It was a realignment. The rebellion of blue cities exposed for what it is — parallel power centers protecting illegals and bureaucrats, not citizens. The capital dragged back under constitutional control for the first time in living memory. And abroad, Trump sitting across from Putin in a summit so tight-lipped the war machine is in panic mode.
They call it chaos. We call it clarity. The system is cracking where it matters most.
Sanctuary Cities as Parallel States
This isn’t about immigrants. It never was.
Sanctuary cities are not humanitarian zones — they are staging grounds.
Here’s what’s really going down:
For years, Democrat mayors, activist NGOs, and corporate-backed lawfare shops have worked hand in glove to build shadow power structures inside U.S. cities. They aren’t protecting “migrants.” They’re weaponizing them — creating a legal shield and a political cudgel to undermine federal sovereignty.
The media will spin this as Trump “settling political scores.” Wrong frame. What Trump and Pam Bondi are doing is naming the rebellion for what it is — elected officials openly obstructing federal law enforcement, carving out zones of nullification, and daring Washington to stop them.
This is not compassion. This is organized resistance. A deep state city-state project.
And Trump just declared: Enough.
“We’re coming for you” isn’t rhetoric — it’s the first clear signal that the regime’s lawfare machine will finally be met with federal prosecution. That elected officials cannot cloak themselves in office while openly aiding and abetting an invasion.
The mayors know it. That’s why they’re screaming “dictator” and running to court. Because if Trump pulls this off — if sanctuary leaders start getting perp-walked for obstruction — the entire parallel power grid collapses.
The battle lines are no longer theoretical.
It’s Washington versus the sanctuary state rebellion.
And for the first time in decades, Washington is on our side.
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The Swamp’s Municipal Guard
DC’s Attorney General wants you to believe this is about “local control.” Don’t take the bait.
Washington, D.C., isn’t a city like Chicago or Dallas. It’s the company town of the permanent bureaucracy — a fortress built to protect the swamp itself.
Here’s the play: President Trump declared a crime emergency and invoked the Home Rule Act. That law makes clear — when the president calls, the city’s police answer. But instead of following the law, DC’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing, claiming Trump staged a “hostile takeover” by putting DEA Administrator Terry Cole in command of the Metropolitan Police.
Why? Because Bowser, Schwalb, and their crew know the DC police force isn’t just cops on the beat — it’s the protective cordon for the ruling class. The restrictions Trump and Pam Bondi just tore down weren’t about safety. They were about shielding illegals, insulating political operators, and keeping federal law at arm’s length from the swamp’s own streets.
This lawsuit isn’t about public safety. It’s about preserving the swamp’s monopoly on its own protection detail.
And that’s why the statehood fantasy was always a fraud. DC doesn’t serve the people. It serves the system.
Trump just cut through their illusions — exposing DC’s government for what it is: the bureaucratic class guarding its own power base.
And now they’re suing not to protect the city — but to protect the regime.
The Constitution Reclaims Its Capital
The media screams “dictator.” DC’s mayor cries “autonomy.” But here’s the truth: Trump isn’t seizing anything. He’s restoring what the Constitution always demanded.
Washington, D.C., was never meant to function as just another city council fiefdom. The Founders carved it out as federal territory precisely to avoid what we’re seeing now — a local machine running interference against national authority. The president was always meant to be the ultimate lawman of the capital. Every president knew it. None had the backbone to use it. Until now.
The swamp hides behind cooked crime stats. Bowser claims a “30-year low.” Yet federal agents, members of Congress, and even children are carjacked, stabbed, and shot on her watch. The numbers are doctored. The people know the streets are broken. Trump called it out. And now he’s acting — federalizing the police, mobilizing the Guard, making clear that DC isn’t some protected blue enclave. It’s the seat of American power. And it will be secured.
This isn’t unprecedented. It’s overdue. The only thing “unprecedented” is that Trump refuses to play along with the polite fiction that DC belongs to the swamp. It doesn’t. It belongs to the American people.
For the first time in living memory, the Constitution is being enforced in the capital the way it was written.
And that’s why the swamp is howling.
Three Hours of Silence That Shook NATO
Two hours and forty-five minutes. No leaks. No whispers. Just Trump, Putin, and the kind of silence that makes defense contractors choke on their stock reports.
This wasn’t small talk over salmon. If it were, the media would already have their bullet points. Instead, nothing came out. Which tells you everything. The meeting was real. The stakes were lethal. And the establishment is terrified.
Understand this: every war profiteer in Washington is built on one assumption — endless conflict. Ukraine as cash spigot. NATO as forever racket. Syria and Taiwan as pretext for arms races. Billions flowing into think tanks, consultancies, and weapons firms. If Trump and Putin cut a deal that slows that river of blood money, the entire machine takes a hit.
The media frames it as “Trump won’t tell us what happened.” Wrong frame. Trump is forcing the swamp to sweat. Because the moment peace looks real, the gravy train derails. That’s why NATO bureaucrats are already in emergency sessions. Why State Department holdovers are panicking. Why CNN keeps saying “without evidence” every time Trump mentions rigged stats or war lies.
Trump doesn’t play their game. He doesn’t leak, posture, or spin. He cuts. Quietly. Directly. Which is why three hours in Alaska just shook Brussels harder than any summit in decades.
When Trump makes real peace, the swamp loses trillions.
That’s why they fear the silence more than the war.
Trump Does in Seven Months What Biden Couldn’t in Three Years
[Insert visual — Trump and Putin side by side at Alaska press conference]
The chyrons write themselves: “Trump urges Ukraine to make a deal.” The regime media wants you to think that’s a weakness. In reality, it’s the sound of history turning.
Three years of Biden’s “experts” gave us nothing but body counts, lost billions, and a Europe sleepwalking into World War III. They armed, they sanctioned, they lectured — and the war only bled deeper. Because endless war was the point.
Trump sits down in Alaska for one summit, and suddenly, Putin is talking about “understandings.” European leaders are admitting peace is closer than ever. Zelensky is flying to Washington, not Brussels. That’s leverage. That’s deal-making. That’s Trump.
Notice the double standard: when Biden’s handlers stalled and stumbled, the media called it “steady leadership.” Now that Trump is moving pieces they swore were immovable, the same outlets panic about “red carpets” and “secret deals.” They can’t admit it, but they know — Biden never had this kind of pull.
The truth is simple: Trump doesn’t need briefing books or think tank white papers. He understands raw power. He knows when to bluff, when to push, and when to walk away. And he knows the war machine in Washington fears peace more than it fears Putin.
If Trump pulls this deal across the finish line, it’s over for the foreign policy establishment. The forever war industry loses its crown jewel. NATO loses its stranglehold. And America reclaims its seat as peacemaker, not paymaster.
Biden promised “no World War III.” Trump might actually deliver it.
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The capital is contested. The cities are in open rebellion. The swamp is suing for its life. And overseas, three hours of silence just rattled NATO’s foundations.
Hold the line. Watch the signals. The week ahead won’t wait.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
PS — When the regime goes quiet, that’s when they’re moving fastest. Stay sharp.
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Two points. First your comment that no other President did to the Capital. Better to add the word “modern”. Simply because over 100 years there was no need. Always will be crime. We’re all sinners. But not at this magnitude. Second regarding summit. The Cook Hotel printer issue. Curious on that one.