Outgoing Flint, Michigan City Councilman Leon Abdullah El-Alamin pleaded guilty to election law false swearing and no contest to felony assault and domestic violence charges on Thursday, just days after losing his bid for reelection.

The Democrat entered the pleas in Genesee County Circuit Court before Judge Khary Hanible on what had been scheduled as the first day of his trial on the assault charges.

El-Alamin pleaded guilty to one felony count of falsely swearing on an affidavit of identity when he filed to run for council.

Prosecutors alleged he claimed to live at a property inside Flint city limits in 2024, shortly after his appointment as interim 1st Ward councilman following the death of Eric Mays.

A tenant who lived at the address testified that El-Alamin never resided there and served only as landlord.

El-Alamin later won a special election to finish out the term.

Investigators determined he actually lived outside the city in Mount Morris Township.

In the separate assault case, El-Alamin pleaded no contest to felony assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and misdemeanor domestic violence.

Make sure you’re sitting down for this…

Democrats are supporting a career criminal for Flint, Michigan City Council

I’m not kidding

Leon El-Alamin previously served 7 years in prison on weapons & drug charges.

He’s facing a felony charge for allegedly assaulting a woman by choking her, hitting her in the face, and pulling out her hair.

He’s also facing election fraud charges for allegedly falsely claiming he lived in Flint to file to run for city council.

A resurfaced video allegedly shows El-Alamin approaching one of his tenants’ homes to evict them while wielding an AK-style firearm.

He’s a current city councilor and advanced to the general election where he will face a challenger for his reelection bid

What is going on in Michigan?!

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 6, 2026

Those charges stemmed from a July 2025 incident at a home he owns in Mount Morris Township, where he was accused of punching, choking, and pulling the hair of a woman, according to a report from ABC News.

The cases had been delayed multiple times.

A sentencing hearing covering both charges is set for January 4.

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As the Gateway Pundit recently reported, the state of California is going down the road that led to the 2008 financial crisis, by letting people buy more house than they can afford.

Now a former advisor to Joe Biden is suggesting a nationwide policy of letting people buy a house with just $1,000 down.

This is their fix to the housing crisis. They want to repeat bad history.

From Newsmax, via Yahoo Finance:

Former Biden economic adviser Lael Brainard is proposing a new federal mortgage program that would let qualifying first-time buyers purchase a home with just $1,000 down, financed through higher mortgage insurance fees, Bloomberg reports.

The Kitchen Table Project estimates the proposal could bring 2.2 million additional renter households into the homebuying market.

The proposed Federal Housing Administration program would require “strong underwriting criteria,” including a credit score of at least 660 and monthly debt payments below 50% of income.

To cover the cost, the group proposes increasing the FHA’s upfront mortgage insurance premium by about 30 basis points, or 0.3 percentage points.

“Not only can it help move 2.2 million renters into homeownership, it can also be done without any cost to the US government,” said Brainard, who led the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden.

Down payment assistance typically involves “grants, and grants are a direct cost to the government, and we know that we already have additional fiscal priorities,” she said.

“We really looked for proposals that could be done with a minimal amount of taxpayer funding.”

It’s such a dumb idea.

In the private sector, making a loan to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay it back is called “predatory lending.”

In the public sector, it’s called an “affordability measure.” https://t.co/W05XutzCsy

— Dominic Pino (@DominicJPino) November 10, 2026

This is a horrible idea that would just make housing even more unaffordable and potentially lead to a 2008-type disaster. If this were to arrive on President Trump’s desk, I hope he would veto it. There is so much brain rot about housing in this country. https://t.co/adWaSgnuOH https://t.co/TsFwDJ42qs

— Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) November 10, 2026

Feels as though we tried this once before – can’t recall how that turned out??!! https://t.co/QoTpw1Cnjg

— Scott Kupor (@skupor) November 11, 2026

This will not end well.

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Iran exported a single cargo of liquefied petroleum gas in October as the U.S. naval blockade cut its petroleum exports to a trickle. Tanker incidents were reported near the Strait of Hormuz on November 10 and 11, and Iran-backed Houthis fired on Saudi Arabia on both days.

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), an advocacy group, put October exports at 15,806 barrels per day in its October Tanker Tracker, based on that single cargo. That was down from 50,789 barrels per day in September, and exports to China, Iran’s key buyer, were zero in both months. Iran loaded about 2 million barrels per day in March, according to Kpler and Vortexa estimates, before Washington reimposed the blockade on July 14. UANI recorded 956 transits through the Strait of Hormuz in October, an average of 30.8 per day, with U.S. naval forces directly protecting many of them.

Seatrade Maritime News counted eight vessels attacked by Iran in the strait and the Gulf from November 1 to 8. The Joint Maritime Information Center kept the Hormuz threat level at “severe.”

On November 10, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that a tanker was struck by a projectile of unknown origin about 19 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman. The tanker’s master said all crew members were safe and reported no environmental impact. That afternoon, ADNOC Logistics & Services confirmed that one of its vessels was damaged in an attack in UAE territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. On November 11, UKMTO received a report of another tanker incident in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said two tankers burned on November 10. It said one struck a naval mine and the other had attempted “an unauthorized route” while escorted by U.S. fighter jets. On November 11, the IRGC Navy said two more tankers struck mines on an unauthorized route. It was unclear whether the IRGC and UKMTO were referring to the same vessels.

The Houthis appeared to be sitting out the conflict early on before they entered Iran’s war in July. An October attack on King Khalid International Airport killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. A Houthi attack on November 8 damaged an Aramco administrative building in Riyadh. The group has vowed to continue operations deep inside Saudi territory.

Saudi air defenses intercepted another round of Houthi missiles and drones on November 10 and 11. On the first day, coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile and a cruise missile heading toward Riyadh, a ballistic missile aimed at the south, and a drone over the Eastern Province. On November 11, the coalition said it destroyed three cruise missiles headed toward the Riyadh region, two drones aimed at Mecca and southern areas, and two missiles fired toward the west.

An Aramco facility and King Khalid International Airport were among the targets the Houthis named when they claimed four operations using ballistic missiles and drones on November 10. The following day, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the group struck the airport with three cruise missiles and also struck Pumping Station No. 11 in Yanbu. Saree denied targeting Mecca and said the group targets oil facilities and military bases, a line consistent with its propaganda campaign alongside Tehran. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the Houthi claims.

The State Department ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, effective October 23, citing escalating Houthi hostilities against the kingdom.

The November strikes came three months after Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on August 7. The agreement treats an armed attack against any one of the three countries as an attack against all three. It builds on a bilateral Saudi-Pakistan defense agreement signed in 2025.

As tanker attacks were reported in the Gulf and the Houthis fired on Saudi Arabia, France publicly accused an Iranian cyber unit of sabotaging hundreds of French retail sites. On November 10, France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs attributed cyberattacks against France to Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the IRGC’s Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defence Organization. French cyber authorities said the unit sabotaged refrigeration controllers at about 700 retail sites on October 11 and 12. At least 15 fires broke out. The Paris prosecutor requested international arrest warrants for three of the unit’s commanders. Iran’s government denied any role.

In Iraqi Kurdistan, President Nechirvan Barzani received an Iranian delegation on November 8. The two sides reviewed security agreements among Baghdad, Erbil and Tehran, including a 2023 pact under which Baghdad committed to preventing Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region from attacking Iran. They also agreed to expand cooperation in several areas.

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Widespread racial hate incidents in Los Angeles’ public schools have led to action from the worthless bureaucrats running things, but it has left several woke activists unsatisfied.

As the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday, the Black teachers at the failing Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are getting bombarded with a series of racial slurs from unruly students.

But when they complain, the students essentially receive no discipline.

From the LA Times:

One teacher reported that the N-word was written on the classroom wall for the fifth consecutive year.

Another teacher’s inbox contained the message: “I really hate you, [N-word]. Black is ugly, and so are you.”

A student addressed a teacher by shouting “stupid [N-word] four times,” but when the teacher issued a two-day suspension, the principal returned the student to the classroom with no consequences, according to an account shared at an online forum over the summer.

For perspective, the LAUSD student population is only 7% Black. In contrast, almost 75% are Hispanic, and 10% are White.

On Tuesday, the LAUSD Board of Education finally heard the teachers’ cries and issued a resolution that cited “the centuries-long legacy of anti-Black racism, violence, discrimination, and intimidation.”

This resolution called for more student counseling regarding the N-word and other ‘hate speech.’ It also urges staff training on responding to and reporting incidents.

Moreover, staff must report back to the board in March on the progress made.

But these left-wing advocates were left unsatisfied with the resolution. They were particularly piqued by the district’s use of a so-called “restorative justice” approach, which means students may not even face real punishment.

How ironic.

More from the LA Times:

A coalition of groups, including Black Educator Advocates Network, Community Coalition, Watts of Power Foundation and Black Teacher Project, wrote in support of the resolution: “Black teachers and students deserve to teach and learn in environments where their identities are respected, their dignity is protected, and their safety is prioritized.”

But the final version of the resolution was weaker than some advocates wanted. For one thing, it focuses on hate speech of all kinds, substantially echoing language in existing district policies. It mainly addresses harm to students and says comparatively little about educators.

Also, attempts to hold students accountable are entirely within the context of the district’s “restorative justice” approach to discipline and its policy to virtually eliminate suspensions. In restorative justice, students are supposed to learn why their actions were inappropriate and, ideally, make amends. But they don’t necessarily face outright punishment.

“This should not open the door for punitive actions against our students,” board member Griego said. “Students must be educated in order to understand the implications and harm of especially the use of the N-word and other racial slurs.”

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Back in 2017, a West Point graduate named Spenser Rapone went viral on social media for flashing a sign in his hat that read ‘Communism will win.’

People were outraged about it but he faded into obscurity and he was largely forgotten.

Until now.

You’ll never guess what he is up to today. He works in higher education, because of course he does.

Funniest thing about Syria collapsing. Remember this guy? After he got drummed out of the army, he (of course) got an academic sinecure… https://t.co/ZEruFFrEuW

— St. Rev. Dr. Rev (@St_Rev) December 11, 2024

Townhall reports:

In 2017, Second Lieutenant Spenser Rapone shared a picture from his May 2016 West Point Graduation on social media. In that pic, he raised his fist and held up his service cap to reveal “Communism will win” written inside.

The U.S. Army launched an investigation into Rapone and found that he advocated online for a socialist revolution and disparaged high-ranking officers. In 2018 he resigned and received an other-than-honorable discharge.

Now we’re catching up to what he’s doing now, and he’s a PhD student at the University of Chicago, where Abdul El-Sayed’s radical sister also teaches. It seems he’s picked up a taste for Islamic extremism, too.

NEW from me

Remember that “Communism Will Win” West Point grad from 2017 — Spenser Rapone?

He’s currently in a fully funded PhD program at the University of Chicago where he regularly declares his support for Islamic terrorism and Bashar Al-Assad https://t.co/6S1IqKoo0I

— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) November 11, 2026

More from the Washington Free Beacon:

The notorious West Point graduate who wrote “communism will win” on his cap during graduation—and who now openly praises Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, Hezbollah boss Hassan Nasrallah, and Syria’s sadistic Assad family—is now a Ph.D. student at the prestigious University of Chicago, all expenses paid.

Spenser Rapone, a self-described “revolutionary socialist” who was drummed out of the Army after declaring his support for communism and calling for violence against Republicans, has taken up residence at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in “modern Arab intellectual history” and the “history of the modern Middle East,” among other subjects.

In addition to his well-known communist bona fides, Rapone has also picked up a taste for Islamic extremism—which he now freely posts about on his public X page. His most inflammatory public pronouncements are in Arabic and remain live on X.

“Glory to the martyred leader Yahya Sinwar,” he said on Oct. 18, 2024, shortly after Israel killed the Hamas boss, who masterminded the Oct. 7 massacre.

A college campus is the perfect place for this guy.

He probably fits right in with all of the other communist revolutionaries.

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