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FORT PIERCE, Florida – Would-be assassin Ryan Routh tried stabbing himself in the neck Tuesday after a jury found him guilty on all charges in last year's attempted murder of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Republican's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The verdict came just two hours after closing arguments Tuesday, as Routh acted as his own defense attorney on charges of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

"Today's guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Justice's commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence," said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on X.

"This attempted assassination was not only an attack on our President, but an affront to our very nation itself. "

"I am grateful to @USAO_SDFL Jason Quinones, his entire trial team, and our law enforcement partners for protecting President Trump and securing this important verdict."

Danamarie McNicholl of Fox News reported Routh tried stabbing himself in the neck upon learning the verdicts.

"It is quite shocking. As the verdict was read, it appeared to our producers inside the courtroom that Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen," said McNicholl.

"Then four marshals dragged him out of the courtroom, took his coat off, they then shackled him at the waist and ankles and then they brought him back in the courtroom."

President Trump reacted to the verdicts, saying on Truth Social: "Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and the entire DOJ team on the conviction, in Florida, of the person who attempted an assassination on my life.

"The trial was meticulously handled, and I would like to thank the Judge and Jury for their time, professionalism, and patience. This was an evil man with an evil intention, and they caught him.

"I would also like to thank the Secret Service, Department of Florida Law Enforcement, and the wonderful person who spotted him running from the site of the crime, and acted by following him, and getting all information on car type and license plate to the Sheriff's Office, IMMEDIATELY, which led to his arrest and conviction. What incredible instinct and foresight this person had – A very big moment for JUSTICE IN AMERICA!"

Former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker said the message the guilty verdicts send is: "If you do this in America, you will face the consequence and it is a heavy consequence. There is a life sentence on the first count of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate."

"I have no doubt he will be likely serving life in jail for the rest of his life."

Parker opined that Routh "thinks he's the victim."

"He just thinks the world is against him and he had the right to do what he did. In is mind, he didn't fire a shot, so he didn't do anything wrong."

A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 18, and Trump could potentially give a victim-impact statement in the case if he so chooses.

Jonathan Turley, constitutional law attorney at George Washington University told Fox News: "This is sort of the shortest game of Clue in history. They found him at the scene, they chased him from the scene with a weapon. He wrote that he was intending to kill the president.

"It's pretty hard to make out any discernible or viable defense. And in some ways, the trial was as bizarre as he is. He seemed to confuse a jury of your peers as with 12 equally delusional people. That's not what you get."

Routh was arrested on Sept. 15, 2024, heading north on Interstate 95 in Martin County, Florida, after being spotted pointing a gun through a fence as Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach. A citizen was able to give authorities a description of the getaway vehicle, helping his capture once he left Palm Beach County.

"The guy's a dangerous guy, there's no two ways about it. His intention was to harm the president," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told Will Cain of Fox News.

"It's unfortunate in today's environment these people are out there. Unless the temperature in this United States comes down a little bit in the political environment, we're gonna see more of it unfortunately."

The attempted assassination in Florida was the second against Trump in 2024, as he was struck in the ear by a bullet during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,.

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President Donald Trump, shortly after agreeing to a meeting with Democrat leaders in Congress about their looming threat to shut down the government by refusing to approve funding, has canceled that event.

He said he reviewed the demands from Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leaders in the Senate and House, and found them "unserious and ridiculous."

Congress must approve at least a stopgap funding mechanism or Democrats, after years of condemning shutdown threats as dangerous, are threatening to shut down the government if they don't get their way.

One of their demands is to cancel about a trillion dollars in savings for American taxpayers established by Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and lavish tax dollars are all sorts of projects, such as free healthcare services for illegal aliens in America, subsidized body mutilations for Americans who are pursuing the transgender ideology, open the nation's borders to criminals and more.

Trump said he would be happy to meet with Democrats as soon as they get serious about working to help America.

Trump said, "After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive. They are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States unless they can have over $1 Trillion Dollars in new spending to continue free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women's sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody."

His statement continued, "These Radical Left Views and Policies is what allowed me to win the Presidential Election, including all seven Swing States, and the Popular Vote, IN A HISTORIC LANDSLIDE. There are consequences to losing Elections but, based on their letter to me, the Democrats haven't figured that out yet. They are trying to eliminate the popular $50 Billion Dollar Rural and Vulnerable Hospital Fund, which was passed with only Republican Votes, and proudly signed into Law by ME. The Democrats in Congress seem to have totally lost their way.

"They obviously have no idea what it means to put America First or to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! All Congressional Democrats want to do is enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for — High Taxes, Open Borders, No Consequences for Violent Criminals, Men in Women's Sports, Taxpayer funded 'TRANSGENDER' surgery, and much more. Few people voted for what they represent, which would lead to the destruction of America. Instead, people voted for COMMON SENSE, and that's what the Republicans and your President, 'DONALD J. TRUMP,' stand for. I look forward to meeting with them if they get serious about the future of our Nation. We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed. I'll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter. They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!"

Schumer and Jeffries had been scheduled to meet with Trump on Thursday with their demands for taxpayer spending.

The partial government shutdown is looming on Sept. 30.

The meeting had been set after Schumer and Jeffries sent a letter threatening a shutdown, and trying to blame Republicans for their own refusal to cooperate.

Trump's response was that the Democrats were demanding about $1 trillion in additional spending.

Schumer and Jeffries last month had demanded meetings with majority Republican leaders in Congress, but it hasn't happened yet.

The Democrats have worked to include "Republican-caused" every time they talk about a government shutdown, even though it would be minority party opposition that would effect that.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained if the government shuttered, it "would be the fault of the Democrats."

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President Donald Trump boldly attacked European leaders at the United Nations in New York City on Tuesday, telling them to their faces that their countries "are going to hell."

"It's time to end the failed experiment of open borders. You have to end it now," Trump declared. "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."

"In America, we've taken bold action to shut down uncontrolled migration. Once we started detaining and deporting everyone who crossed the border and removing illegal aliens from the United States, they simply stopped coming. They're not coming anymore."

Trump touted the success of the American energy industry, while letting his world counterparts know that so-called renewable energy such as wind and solar are "a joke."

"The United States is now thriving like never before. We're getting rid of the falsely named renewables. By the way, they're a joke. They don't work," Trump explained.

"They're too expensive. They're not strong enough to fire up the plants that you need to make your country great. The wind doesn't blow. Those big windmills are so pathetic and so bad, so expensive to operate and they have to be rebuilt all the time. They start to rust and rot.

"The most expensive energy ever conceived and it's actually, you're supposed to make money with energy, not lose money. You lose money, the governments have to subsidize. You can't put 'em out without massive subsidies."

Without specifically naming them, Trump berated both the United Kingdom and France for recognizing a Palestinian state this week while the Islamic terror group Hamas continues to hold hostages it took in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

"Now as if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state," Trump indicated.

"The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities. This would be a reward for these horrible atrocities including October 7th."

"This could have been solved so long ago. But instead of giving in to Hamas' ransom demands, those who want peace should be united with one message: Release the hostages now."

On a humorous note, Trump began his speech by pointing out that both the U.N. escalator he and First Lady Melania Trump got stuck, and the U.N. teleprompter was out of order.

"These are the two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter," Trump noted.

"I don't mind making this speech without a teleprompter, because the teleprompter is not working," he said.

"I can only say that whosever operating this teleprompter is in big trouble."

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Google has confirmed in a letter to Congress that Joe Biden demanded censorship of COVID and elections information on YouTube that conflicted with his ideological agenda at the time.

"It is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden administration, attempts to dictate how the company moderates content, and the company has consistently fought against those efforts on First Amendment grounds," Google's lawyer said in a letter to Congress.

The letter was the result of oversight work by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

His announcement said the company admitted kicking creators off YouTube due to "political speech violations on topics such as COVID-19 and elections" and they are now being allowed to return if they choose.

Jordan's statement confirmed Google admitted that Biden "pressured Google to censor Americans and remove content that did not violate YouTube's policies" and that pressure was "unacceptable and wrong."

The fights over speech triggered by Biden's censorship agendas included his attempt to suppress many true statement statements about COVID, that it came out of Chinese lab experimenting on how to make bat viruses more dangerous, and that he demanded Americans take the experimental shots for the virus.

Those shots since have proven to be capable of causing serious injury to recipients, including death.

He also demanded suppression of comments about the failures of the American election system in the 2020 presidential vote that gave him the White House. Since then the public has learned that there were two major outside and undue influences on that election, one being the handout by Mark Zuckerberg of some $400 million to local election officials who often used it to recruit Democrat votes. Never before in American elections had such an amount of private money been used to influence the vote.

Further was the decision by the FBI to interfere in the vote, when it advised major news corporations to suppress information about Biden family scandals revealed in a laptop computer abandoned by Hunter Biden. The FBI falsely claimed it was Russia disinformation at a time the bureau knew the descriptions were factual.

Jordan confirmed that Google also promised never again to use third-party "fact-checkers," an industry that arose to spread leftist disinformation as true during COVID and the election.

Jordan's investigation of Google already has spanned years.

The letter to Jordan was from Daniel Donovan, a lawyer for Google.

In it, he claimed Google "is committed to doing its part to continue to keep the digital ecosystem safe, reliable and open to free expression."

It claims a bias "towards a particular viewpoint is not in line with the company's values…"

During COVID, he wrote, "Senior Biden administration officials, including White House officials, conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the company regarding certain user-generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies. While the company continued to develop and enforce its policies independently, Biden administration officials continue to press the company to remove non-violative user-generated content."

Biden, he said, "created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding misinformation."

He claimed YouTube's current policy "allows a wide range of content regarding COVID-19 and elections."

Further, it has "sunsetted a [previous] policy to allow for discussion of possible widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurring in the 2020 and other past U.S. presidential elections."

It is providing a way "for all creators to rejoin the platform if the company terminated their channels for repeated violations of COVID-19 and elections integrity policies that are no longer in effect."

Google also warned against Europe's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act as attempts to threaten "freedom of expression within and outside of the European Union … ."

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President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to designate Antifa, the leftist organization that has orchestrated dozens, maybe hundreds, of riots in opposition to MAGA in recent years, as a domestic terror organization.

"Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law," he said in his signed order on Monday.

"It uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals. This campaign involves coordinated efforts to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists.

"Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members. Individuals associated with and acting on behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other organizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech. This organized effort designed to achieve policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is domestic terrorism."

Trump said because of Antifa's "pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law," he designated it a "domestic terrorist organization."

Trump had announced his plan shortly after Charlie Kirk, a titan of the conservative movement often targeted by Antifa and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated by an alleged left-winger radicalized by transgender ideologies.

Tyler Robinson, the suspect, is accused of engraving bullet casings with slogans like, "Hey fascist! Catch!" and more.

There already had been a proposal in Congress to impose that declaration, and leaders now have endorsed it.

Fox News reported House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., and other Republican lawmakers expressed strong support for Trump's plan.

They also supported the idea of investigating those who fund the protests and riots.

Antifa, which erupted across the United States at the time of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis several years ago, at the time was blamed for the billions of dollars in damages Antifa riots and violence cost American families, business and cities.

One leftist network, in fact, had a reporter stand in front of a city block engulfed in flames and describe the destruction as fiery but mostly peaceful.

Reports reveal an alleged Antifa cell tried to assassinate police officers in July.

And in Georgia, more than 60 individuals were accused in 2023 of domestic terrorism and material support charges "over Antifa and eco-terrorist violence," according to a report in the Federalist.

At the time it apparently was, the report said, the "first known Antifa case where law enforcement successfully 'followed the money,' raiding the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and its fiscal sponsor, The Network for Strong Communities, over charity fraud allegations for their alleged role in backing violent protests."

Going forward, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security could make such local groups, leaders and even those funders a priority for their work against domestic terrorism.

WND had reported that the House of Representatives was at work on a parallel plan.

It is expediting legislation brought by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to designate Antifa.

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After a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky in New York Tuesday, President Trump posted that the embattled nation "is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" and "maybe even go further than that!"

Trump also endorsed the ongoing arrangement whereby the U.S. sells weaponry for the war to NATO, which then sells it Ukraine.

Posted Trump on Truth Social:

"After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.

"With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option. Why not? Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win. This is not distinguishing Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like 'a paper tiger.'

"When the people living in Moscow, and all of the Great Cities, Towns, and Districts all throughout Russia, find out what is really going on with this War, the fact that it's almost impossible for them to get Gasoline through the long lines that are being formed, and all of the other things that are taking place in their War Economy, where most of their money is being spent on fighting Ukraine, which has Great Spirit, and only getting better, Ukraine would be able to take back their Country in its original form and, who knows, maybe even go further than that!

"Putin and Russia are in BIG Economic trouble, and this is the time for Ukraine to act. In any event, I wish both Countries well. We will continue to supply weapons to NATO for NATO to do what they want with them. Good luck to all!"

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While Minnesota is hardly a stronghold for MAGA supporters, that was the location of the first Turning Point USA rally since the death of its founder and driving force, Charlie Kirk.

The campus-outreach organization went to the University of Minnesota Monday and drew at least 2,000 attendees, according to Townhall. The national tour has been renamed "This is the Turning Point."

"[The event] was 100% sold out. They are carrying Charlie's torch! This is AMAZING," posted Eric Daugherty about the Minneapolis event.

At one point, hundreds of students stood, many wearing red caps, and chanted, "Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!"

The event, which was originally to feature Kirk, was led by commentator and author Michael Knowles.

"Charlie accomplished more in his 31 years than most people could accomplish in many lifetimes," said Knowles. "His most public accomplishments were political. His most important were religious. He wanted to be remembered for his faith."

MPR News spoke to Keane Pfeifer of St. Paul, a high-school senior.

He said he hadn't heard of Kirk until the lead-up to the 2024 election and liked that Kirk was willing to talk with liberals – "and I also just agree with him on most of his points."

"Charlie was an inspiration for me to speak out and be confident in what I believe in. He started Turning Point USA when he was 18 years old," which is how old Pfeifer is now. "It has shown that youth can make a difference … if we come together and work together."

The tour's next stop is Wednesday night at Virginia Tech, where Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is slated to be one of the speakers.

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As President Donald Trump prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Tuesday, the U.S. Secret Service announced it "dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations."

The agency says this protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites.

"In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks," according to a news release.

"This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises.

"While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement."

Secret Service Director Sean Curran indicated: "The potential for disruption to our country's telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated."

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It seems that officials running a county fair in Ohio don't approve of Democrats using their event to shill for violence against President Donald Trump, suggestively called for his destruction with "8647" buttons and other hate-filled merchandise that asked, "Is he dead yet?"

The party, in fact, was booted from the "family friendly" fair run in Ashland County for, according to a column at RedState, "displaying hateful, bloodthirsty buttons and paraphernalia."

The report confirmed that local law enforcement even notified the Secret Service after Democrats promoted the "8647" messaging where "86" is understood to mean kill or destroy, while Trump is the 47th president.

The report noted, "This depravity of course comes on the heels of the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk on September 10."

"Luckily, decent people noticed, and the fair organizers kicked these creeps the heck out of there. The Ashland County Fair posted on Facebook around 8 p.m. on Thursday that it had been 'made aware of offensive buttons in the Democrat booth.'" the report said.

The fair stated, "We are a family friendly fair and do not condone this from any vendor/merchant. We apologize for those who saw the display. The democrat (sic) party has been asked to pack their booth up for this year so they not be here (for the remainder) of our fair week. This is not political, we just can't have this at our county fair."

Other "promotions" by the Democrats included a button with a red hat, like those used often by Trump, with "Fascist," "Resist" and other slogans.

One promoted item said, "One day, we will wake up to his obituary."

The report noted, "The disturbing incident was enough to catch the attention of the local sheriff, Kurt Schneider, who said he would pass this information along to the U.S. Secret Service."

"Violence shouldn't be tolerated in any way, in any venue in any jurisdiction in the United States and it certainly won't be tolerated here in Ashland County," he said.

RedState explained, "The Ashland County Ohio Democrat party revealed who they are with this display—bloodthirsty ministers of hate."

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A transgender activist has issued a graphic call to assassinate other Americans who think like Charlie Kirk, the Christian conservative champion who was gunned down Sept. 10.

Video of the activist, whom social media users identify as Kimberly McNeely, a purported tarot-card reader from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, reveals a disturbing call for blood recorded a day after Kirk was struck by a bullet while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

"F*** Charlie Kirk," the individual begins. "I don't want to see people hurt. Nobody deserves that. Some people do deserve that. People whose lives are causing death and harm to others, they f***ing deserve it.

"I hope he's the first of many because it's not like our kindness, our empathy is keeping our people from getting killed. It's not."

"It's time for minorities to stop being small, to stop being quiet, to stop being digestible. It's time for minorities to rise the f*** up, to fight f***ing back. And sometimes fighting is messy, sometimes it's bloody. And that's the f***ing way it has to be. I'm not gonna apologize for that. I will die on this f***ing hill.

"Show me a better way, because nothing so far is working," the activist continues.

"Capitalism is growing and growing. Patriarchy is growing and growing. Nothing's getting better. I think people are afraid to do what it takes, you know? Like even when you're not the one getting your hands dirty, don't condemn those who are so f***ing done that they did what they had to do to take a stand."

"No, killing one person isn't gonna fix things. But making people afraid to speak that kind of rhetoric, making people think twice, making people feel not empowered, yeah, that will."

Libs of TikTok noted: "Lgbtq+ t*rrorism is a massive problem."

Others indicated: "This is terrorism and should be treated as such."

"This is just unacceptable. Conservatives are being told they cant live their lives at all, let alone be safe, or exercise their rights. This is absolutely incitement to violence and from the same radicalized subgroup of people who have been disproportionately violently killing people."

"I wonder if this guy knows what he's really asking for. I wonder if he understands how much skilled firepower the right could bring against transtifa? Does he really want to find out?"

Others have been sharing Turning Point USA clips demonstrating Kirk's kindness and empathy toward transgender individuals.

In one video, speaking to a 19-year-old biological male who was transitioning to female, Kirk said: "I'm gonna have an opinion that very few people will ever tell you, which is I want you to be very cautious putting drugs into your system int he pursuit of changing your body.

"I instead encourage you to work on what's going on in your brain first. I think what you need first and foremost is just a diagnosis, just someone that is going to listen to what you'e gone through, listen to what else is going on."

"My prayer for you, and again, very few people will say this, I actually want to see you be comfortable in how you were born. I know that you might not feel that way, but I think that is something that you can achieve."

"I think that with the right team and the right people, you don't have to wage war on your body. You can learn to love your body."