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The nation watched in real time as Savannah Guthrie begged for her mother’s safe return, releasing a desperate video as the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie — last seen January 31 and reported missing February 1 — entered its second week. The Guthrie family says they received a message they believe came from whoever took Nancy, and Savannah’s plea was a direct attempt to humanize a tragedy that too often becomes another anonymous crime statistic. Law enforcement, including the FBI, has poured resources into the case and the public has been asked to come forward with any tip that might bring her home.
This isn’t just a Hollywood tearjerker; it’s a reminder that lawlessness can touch any American family, no matter how famous or connected. Washington elites and their media defenders can’t pretend these are isolated incidents when neighborhoods are being treated like lawless zones and seniors are targets. Americans deserve a justice system that protects the vulnerable, and every resource should stay focused on recovering Nancy Guthrie alive and prosecuting whoever is responsible.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced an immediate drawdown of 700 DHS personnel in Minneapolis on February 4, saying increased local cooperation has allowed federal officials to scale back the surge while keeping serious enforcement in place. The pullback reduces the deployment from roughly 3,000 to about 2,300 personnel, a tactical adjustment Homan framed as contingent on continued partnership with state and local law enforcement. This was not surrender — it’s a strategic recalibration that preserves the administration’s ability to enforce immigration laws while responding to legitimate concerns about operations.
Conservatives should applaud a leader who can pivot without capitulating to mob rule, but we must also demand safety and accountability for cities that let radical rhetoric and street intimidation hamper basic law enforcement. Minnesota officials who complain about federal presence should explain how they’ll actually keep communities safe and cooperate to remove criminal aliens already jailed for crimes. The discharge of federal personnel should not be celebrated as a win for lawlessness; it should be a prompt for local leaders to prove they can keep citizens secure.
In health policy, two major U.S. medical organizations have stepped back from the activist-driven rush to operate on minors. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released a position recommending that gender-related chest, genital, and facial surgeries be delayed until at least age 19, and the American Medical Association acknowledged that the evidence supporting surgical interventions in minors is insufficient to make a definitive endorsement. This is a significant course correction from institutions that long bowed to ideology rather than prudence, and it marks a moment for medicine to put patients — especially children — ahead of political agendas.
This decision is a vindication for parents and doctors who have long warned against irreversible procedures performed on children whose long-term outcomes remain uncertain. Conservatives who have championed parental rights, medical caution, and evidence-based policy should view this as a victory for common sense and the protection of young Americans. The federal government’s role should be to encourage rigorous science and to protect practitioners who place patient welfare over ideological experiments.
Justice moved swiftly and appropriately in the sentencing of Ryan Routh, who was given life plus seven years for the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in 2024; U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon condemned the “premeditated, calculated plot” and imposed the maximum weight of the law. The sentence sends a clear message that political violence will be met with the full force of the justice system, and that attempts to upend our democratic process by force will not be tolerated. Victims and the nation need deterrence, not sympathy for anyone who plots murder under the guise of grievance.
We are living in an era of sharp polarization and, yes, real danger — from kidnappings to political violence and overreaching activist impulses inside institutions once devoted to neutral science. Conservatives must keep shouting for law and order, support serious enforcement when it’s needed, protect children from irreversible medical experimentation, and insist that the weak be held to account. America’s first duty is to its citizens’ safety and liberty, and that is a standard worth fighting for every day.
