A Republican who ran against Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has been charged with threatening to assassinate her with a Russian-Ukrainian hit squad.

William Braddock, who ran against Luna in the primary election for Florida’s 13th Congressional District, was arrested in the Philippines after fleeing the country in a bid to evade justice.

The Department of Justice said in a press release:

According to the indictment, William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, and Victim 1 were candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Victim 2 was a private citizen and acquaintance of Victim 1. On June 8, 2021, Braddock made several threats to injure and kill Victim 1 and Victim 2 during a telephone call with Victim 2. Specifically, Braddock threatened, in part, to “call up my Russian-Ukrainian hit squad” and make Victim 1 disappear.

After making the threats, Braddock left the United States and was later found to be residing in the Philippines. Braddock was recently deported from the Philippines to the United States and made his first court appearance yesterday in Los Angeles.

Braddock is charged with one count of interstate transmission of a true threat to injure another person. If convicted, Braddock faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

According to a recording obtained by Politico, Braddock said that although he did not want to kill Luna, he would do so if it were in the best interests of America.

“I really don’t want to have to end anybody’s life for the good of the people of the United States of America. That will break my heart,” he reportedly said. “But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done. Luna is a fucking speed bump in the road. She’s a dead squirrel you run over every day when you leave the neighborhood.”

Luna eventually triumphed in her primary race and was elected to Congress November 2022. Her victory was one of several crucial flips that ultimately gave the Republican Party control of the House of Representatives and she has since staked out a position as one of the most reliably conservative voices in Congress.

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“America is governed by Americans… We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. Around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty, not just from global governance but also from other new forms of coercion and domination.” — Donald J. Trump, 2018 address at the UN.

In his final address to the UN on September 24, President Biden acknowledged the global challenges: “I recognize the challenges from Ukraine to Gaza to Sudan and beyond: war, hunger, terrorism, brutality, record displacement of people, a climate crisis, democracy at risk, strains within our societies, the promise of artificial intelligence and its significant risks.”

Many of these issues existed before his presidency, while others emerged or worsened during his term. Like the UN, Biden did not resolve any of these problems.

President Trump criticized the United Nations for its ineffectiveness, particularly its inability to prevent wars or make positive global changes.

The United States, historically the largest financial contributor to the UN, has provided nearly 25% of the total funding, including about 25% of the UN peacekeeping budget.

Trump reduced U.S. funding to the organization during his presidency, citing the UN’s poor track record and demanding that other nations step up and take a more proactive role in both peacekeeping and overall contributions.

This decision was part of his broader “America First” approach, which emphasized reducing U.S. involvement in international bodies that he deemed ineffective or unbeneficial to American interests.

Not only did Biden restore U.S. funding to the United Nations, but he touted this increased funding as one of the accomplishments of his administration.

Ironically, he sees giving away free money as an achievement while ignoring the complete failure of the UN.

After four years of the Biden-UN alliance, the number of displaced people in Africa alone has increased by 40%, reaching 45 million. Today, there are 110 active, armed conflicts, resulting in a total of 120 million displaced around the world.

Despite starting his presidency with bold ambitions, framing it as “a battle between democracy and autocracy,” Biden has used the phrase less frequently each year and did not mention it even once during his final UN address.

Four years ago, in an attempt to placate liberals who criticized Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, he vowed to make the Kingdom a pariah state. This promise quickly became one of his major foreign policy blunders, leading to higher oil prices, increased conflicts, and a decline in global security.

Maintaining good relations with Saudi Arabia is essential for the U.S. due to several reasons: energy security, as Saudi Arabia plays a major role in global oil markets; regional stability, where Saudi Arabia is a key player in countering Iran and managing conflicts; counterterrorism cooperation, with Saudi intelligence vital in combating groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS; arms sales, which strengthen economic ties through defense industries; geopolitical influence in the Muslim world; economic cooperation beyond oil, with opportunities in sectors like technology; and strategic military presence, as U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia are crucial for regional operations.

As a result of Biden insulting one of the most crucial U.S. allies in the Middle East, he faced skyrocketing gasoline prices and a surge in conflict across the region.

Hamas and Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel, the Houthis targeted U.S. ships, and Iran ramped up its support for terrorism and destabilization efforts.

Meanwhile, Biden’s friends at the UN were powerless to stop any of it. Trump, on the other hand, knew how to handle autocrats and negotiate with Saudi Arabia to keep oil prices low.

Biden’s weakness only emboldened Iran and its allies to escalate violence. In the end, Biden had to go, hat in hand, to the Saudis, but even then, he couldn’t fix the problems.

The UN, however, issued its usual statements condemning the violence—statements that have so far failed to stop the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran.

In another joint failure, the UN was unable to stabilize Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Biden’s botched withdrawal not only cost American lives but also made the U.S. appear weak on the world stage.

He has also been unable to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, though he remains deeply committed to sending money, with new defense assistance already set in motion just two days after his UN address.

If he is so committed to defending Ukraine and believes the UN is a necessary global peacekeeper, why didn’t he urge the UN to send troops to Ukraine?

This single point underscores both his weakness as a leader and the UN’s complete ineffectiveness, raising the question of why the U.S. should continue funding both the UN and Ukraine.

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Donald Trump is a great world leader with a wonderful sense of humor, but he knows that geopolitics are a consequential thing that he tackles with due seriousness – and unlike the worst VP in American history Kamala Harris, he is not in the habit of making a fool of himself.

So when Cackling Harris ridiculously claims that world leaders are ‘laughing’ at Trump, it reveals a lot about herself.

Sure enough, Foreign ministers from European nations with close U.S. ties immediately reacted to her comment, dismissing it.

During the presidential debate, Harris said  that World leaders ‘are laughing at Donald Trump’. ‘I have talked with military leaders, some of whom worked with you, and they say you’re a disgrace’.

But when asked about this absurd quote, foreign ministers that are in attendance dismissed any preference, and made it clear that they will work with whomever wins.

Fox News reported:

“‘We are friends of America’, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, noting Italy and the U.S. are ‘two sides of the same coin’. ‘If Trump will be the new president of America, we will work with him as we worked with him when he was president of America. We worked well with Biden, with Bush, with Reagan, with Clinton, with Obama’, Tajani added. ‘For us, the transatlantic relations are the key strategy of our foreign policy, Europe and America’.”

Foreign minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky stressed that he would not interfere in the election, saying ‘leave it to the American citizens to decide’.

But he could not help but stress Trump’s ‘strong’ message of defense spending, one he hopes Europe would continue to embrace.

“‘The point is that Donald Trump had, at his time, one strong message for Europe, and that message was quite resonating and is resonating more now because he was saying spend more on your defense’, Lipavsky said. ‘My government is spending more on our defense. We want to reach those 2% of GDP, will be reaching them this year, and we will continue next year. So, (if) Donald Trump would be a president with this message, ‘Please spend 2%,” we would be OK’.”

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that that the long relationship between the countries ‘is more than politics’.

NATO countries are well aware that before the Trump administration, only a few members of NATO spent the mandatory 2% of GDP on defense.

That number rose sharply due to Trump’s forceful stance over the issue – that’s no laughing matter.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reported that now, 23 of the 32 member states have hit the minimum 2% spending requirement. That’s serious progress.

But of course, no European nation has praised the success of Trump’s first term – and expressed hopes for a strong second term – as has Hungary.

According to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, his government has ‘huge expectations’ for a new Trump administration.

“‘We have huge expectations because we do believe that many of the major crises which give us a lot of concern can be resolved by an administration of President Trump’, Szijjártó said, noting he speaks as the longest-serving foreign minister in NATO with 10 years under his belt.

“‘I didn’t really see anyone laughing at Trump’, Szijjártó said. ‘What I’ve seen many having fear. I’ve seen many being afraid of a U.S. president being honest, not a hostage by the liberal mainstream, representing a patriotic position, speaking clearly about America first’.

‘Under President Trump, everything was under control’, Szijjártó said. ‘Since President Trump has left office, the whole global security situation is deteriorating. So, I mean, these are experiences. If we base it on our experience, we say yes, from a perspective of U.S.-Hungary relations, I think President Trump would bring another impetus, freshness, dynamism to this relationship. And I think if President Trump is elected, I think the world has a good chance to become a more peaceful place compared to the current situation’.” 

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On Saturday, Hollywood leading man Zachary Levi endorsed former President Donald Trump at a pro-Trump rally in Dearborn, Michigan.

The rally was part of the Reclaim America Tour featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who both endorsed Trump in recent months.

Levi is no Hollywood lightweight.

The actor has starred in massively successful films such as Disney’s “Tangled” and Warner Bros./DC’s “Shazam!”

Videos of Levi’s endorsement of Trump quickly went viral online.

The following clip, for example, has garnered 5.5 million views on X as of Sunday.

BREAKING: Hollywood Superstar Zachary Levi just came out in full support of Trump, saying he initially supported RFK Jr. He just gave a beautiful speech in Michigan

“I stand with Bobby and I stand with everyone else who is standing with President Trump.”

“My parents were… pic.twitter.com/YE5NsQG5rJ

— George (@BehizyTweets) September 28, 2024

“I’m not gonna take too much time, but I did just wanna just give you a little context about why Shazam is sitting here talking to you about these various things,” Levi said, per The Hollywood Reporter.

“I grew up in my family that was Christian conservative, that was pretty much the lane that we were in.”

My parents were Kennedy Democrats that then turned into Reagan Republicans, and they taught me to have a healthy level of distrust for the government and a healthy level of distrust for industry that runs amok.”

Levi previously endorsed Kennedy Jr., though once the Democrat-turned-independent dropped out of the race himself to endorse Trump, Levi’s endorsement shifted as well.

It appears that Gabbard and Kennedy Jr.’s endorsements and involvement with the Trump campaign convinced Levi to shift his support.

“We’re here to make sure that we are going to take back this country, we are going to make it great again, we are going to make it healthy again,” Levi said.

“And so, I stand with Bobby, and I stand with Tulsi, and I stand with everyone else who is standing with President Trump. Because I do believe, of the two choices that we have, and we only have two, Donald Trump, President Trump is the man that can get us there.”

And he’s gonna get us there because he’s gonna have the backing and the support and the wisdom and the knowledge and the fight that exists in Robert Kennedy Jr. and former representative Tulsi Gabbard.”

Heading into the November election, polling between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump has been neck and neck.

At this point in the race, it’s quite likely that every endorsement matters.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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A taxpayer-funded food pantry in Minnesota has come under fire after it was revealed that the owner attempted to block white people from accessing the resources.

Mykela ‘keiko’ Jackson opened a pantry on July 27th using funds the obtained through a Minnesota State grant, for the purpose of feeding poor and hungry residents near the Sanctuary Covenant Church. However, the pantry was forced to relocate after a church chaplain filed a complaint over Jackson allegedly discouraging white people from using the service.

Chaplain Howard Dotson, 54, told Alpha News that he had stopped by the pantry for himself, but was denied service due to being a white male.

Dotson took photos of a sign that Jackson had on the pantry door that read, ‘The resources found here are for Black and Indigenous Folx. Please refrain from taking anything if you’re not.’ He also reported the incident to the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission.

”This is not building community, its destroying it,” he told Alpha News. “I went over there and confronted her. I told her that I saw the sign and I asked if she really thought she could take grant money from the state and discriminate against poor white people.”

According to the DailyMail, Jackson addmitted to hanging the sign, but claims that she did not turn anyone away. She then accused the chaplain of ‘political violence’.

”There was no one there directly turning them away. They felt entitled to the resources that were not for their demographic – white priviledge is real,” she said.

In a social media post announcing the pantry’s relocation, Jackson referred to the chaplain as a “karen”, blaming him for the discrimination he faced from her policy.

“It has been recently brought to our attention that our partnership with Sanctuary Church may not be fully aligned with our mission due to a recent ‘Karen’ last week,” Jackson wrote.

“Although the curch likes our concept they feel our commitment towards directing these resources towards Black and Indigenous families ONLY is exclusionary to other POC & White members of the community that use their establishement.”

The DailyMail reported that the Sanctuary Covenant Church has since stated that they felt misled by Jackson’s original proposal. They have asked her to either open her services to all members of the community or relocate.

Jackson refused to accommodate and later stated in her post that the pantry would be relocating to the F.T.P Bodega, claiming that the new venue is more “aligned” with Jackson’s discriminatory beliefs.

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