Federal prosecutors revealed in a Monday filing that Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old Democratic donor suspected of trying to assassinate Kamala Harris' opponent on Sept. 15, previously offered an international bounty on President Donald Trump's head and had foreknowledge of Trump's whereabouts. According to the filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a civilian witness approached law enforcement days after Routh's Sept. 15 arrest, indicating the suspected would-be assassin had dropped off a box at his residence several months prior. 'It is up to you now to finish the job.' Upon learning of the assassination attempt, the witness, who is unnamed in the filing, apparently opened the box. There, he reportedly found ammunition, a metal pipe, building materials, four phones, and a number of letters, including one addressed to "The World." Routh's appeal to murderers abroad, which largely reads like Harris campaign literature, allegedly states: Dear World, This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job. Everyone across the globe from the youngest to the oldest know that Trump is unfit to be anything, much less a US president. U.S. presidents must at bare minimum embody the moral fabric that is America and be kind, caring and selfless and always stand for humanity. While the Department of Justice disclosed the first page of the letter, the remainder was not shared. However, the filing indicated that the letter does at one point state, "He [the former President] ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled." Donald Trump Jr. asked on X, "WTF!? Why is Kamala's DOJ publicizing Ryan Wesley Routh putting a bounty on my dad's head???" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested, "The DOJ, which is trying to put Trump in prison, is now offering a bounty on Trump's head by releasing this. Why else would they release this?" Routh's letter to killers abroad echoes what he wrote in his self-published 2023 book, "Ukraine's Unwinnable War." In the book, Routh — who made around 20 small donations to Democrats through ActBlue between 2019 and 2020 and who the Department of Homeland Security declined to investigate despite previous complaints — apologized to Iranians for Trump dismantling the nuclear deal and noted, "You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment." Routh added, "No one here in the US seems to have the balls to put natural selection to work or even unnatural selection." Prosecutors indicated that the box Routh dropped off with the witness also contained a handwritten list of dates in August, September, and October and corresponding venues indicating where Trump had appeared or was anticipated to show up. It's presently unclear whether the dates and locations were all public knowledge. However, acting USSS Director Ronald Rowe told reporters last week that Trump "wasn't supposed to have gone there in the first place," referencing his Sept. 15 visit to the golf course. There was also a notebook in the box filled with names and phone numbers linked to Ukraine along with "discussions about how to join combat on behalf of Ukraine." Blaze News previously reported that Routh fancied himself an international recruiter for Ukrainian forces and ran the website "Fight for Ukraine." Although Ukraine's foreign legion reportedly figured him for a charlatan, he was featured in multiple mainstream reports about international recruitment. In addition to attempting to help Afghan militants qualify to fight against Russia in Ukraine, Routh was apparently a cheerleader for the Ukrainian brigade associated with neo-Nazis since its inception. He appears at the 1:50-minute mark in a 2022 video of a Ukrainian demonstration in support of the Azov Brigade. The Azov Brigade said in a statement last week that it "has no connection" to Routh. The court filing noted further that the FBI obtained cell site records for two of the phones found in the vehicle Routh reportedly used to flee the scene of the alleged assassination attempt. The records indicated that Routh traveled from Greensboro, North Carolina, to West Palm Beach on Aug. 14. Between Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, Routh's phone allegedly accessed cell towers near Trump's golf course and Mar-a-Lago residence on numerous occasions. Extra to revealing Routh's apparent willingness to outsource Trump's assassination to foreign killers and his apparent foreknowledge of Trump's whereabouts, prosecutors highlighted ahead of Routh's detention hearing Monday that on Dec. 20, 2002, the Ukraine-war obsessive was convicted in North Carolina for possession of a weapon of mass destruction — a "binary explosive device" — as well as in 2010 for multiple counts of possession of stolen goods. Blaze News previously reported that when Routh appeared in court on Dec. 18, 2002, his bond amount was increased to $100,000, and he was ordered released Dec. 18 by Superior Court Judge Peter M. McHugh. Days later, Routh entered a plea agreement that led to dismissal of the explosives charge, and his bond was reduced to $10,000. Rather than serve up to 19 months in prison, Routh was ultimately ordered to serve 60 months of probation and to pay a $225 fine. Like Blaze News? 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The Georgia State Election Board voted on Friday to pass a rule that mandates all counties to hand-count ballots in the upcoming election.The proposal requires ballots to be hand-counted by precincts in addition to machine-counting already in place. The poll manager and two poll officers will be tasked with unsealing the ballot boxes and making independent counts of the ballots. After their counts match one another, they are to compare that to the machine count and resolve any discrepancies.'Every time you make a statement that this could be against the law, you are welcoming lawsuits.'The rule aims to “ensure the secure, transparent, and accurate counting of ballots.”Critics of the proposal claim it will substantially slow down the ballot-counting process, causing delays in Georgia’s election results.Janelle King (R), a board member in support of the proposal, stated ahead of the vote on Friday, “According to our Georgia Code, the role of the state election board — part of our role — is to ‘to promulgate rules and regulations to define uniform and nondiscriminatory standards.’”“As we stated several times, having some counties counting by hand and some counties not does not establish uniformity. This rule will do that, and we do have the ability to do that. We would not be breaking any statutes,” King noted.The board’s chair, John Fervier (R), who opposed adopting the new rule, pushed back on King’s statements.Fervier said, “It says in accordance to the rule and with existing statute, I believe. And if there’s no statute support for this —”“Can you show that to me, Mr. Chairman?” King asked.“Did you read the attorney general’s opinion?” Fervier asked King, after appearing to sigh and drop his hands on the table in frustration.“I’m not talking about the attorney general’s opinion. I’m talking about what is in our Georgia election code book,” King responded.As his last comment before proceeding with the vote, Fervier stated that the board voting for the rule would be “going against the advice of our legal counsel.”Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) previously claimed that the proposal was “not tethered to any statute — and [is], therefore, likely the precise type of impermissible legislation that agencies cannot do.” Carr also expressed concerns that such changes are too close to the upcoming November election.“Mr. Chairman, I have to point out, that every time you make a statement that this could be against the law, you are welcoming lawsuits,” King stated.The audience cheered in response to King’s statement.“Lawsuits that we know will be dismissed,” King continued. “I just read in our code what we can and can’t do. Undisputed. So I just want to be on record stating that I really am getting a little tired of encouraging lawsuits.”“I will not correct your comments,” Fervier replied.Following the exchange, the board proceeded with a voice vote and passed the rule 3-2.Sara Tindall, a Democrat on the board who voted with Fervier to reject the measure, told CNN, “Everyone that I have heard from personally is against it.”Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed the rule “would not withstand a legal challenge.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A series of nearly a dozen street takeovers involving hundreds of cars and reckless drivers wreaked havoc during one night over the weekend in Philadelphia.Police said officers responded to multiple locations between 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 4:33 a.m. Sunday to address illegal street racing and car meetups, WTXF-TV reported.'We have your picture. We're coming for you. If you think you got away last night, you didn't, OK? So when you hear that banging on the door, it will be us. We’re coming with search warrants, and we’re coming with arrest warrants.'Blaze News has reported extensively on street takeovers, which typically involve participants meeting at a predetermined intersection, blocking it off, and doing endless donuts in a circle and other dangerous stunts while a big crowd gawks and records it all on video.Philadelphia has been dealing with the problem for some time.You can view a video report here about this weekend's incidents, which WTXF said involved "dangerous behaviors," including drifting, setting off fireworks, starting trash fires, and vandalizing police vehicles. The following are descriptions of some of them:Around 9:30 p.m. on Bustleton Avenue about 50 cars were involved, and police issued nine citations under the Nuisance Car Ordinance and 15 citations to spectators, the station said. One driver tried to escape capture by driving directly at officers, which resulted in a crash with a civilian vehicle, WTXF said, adding that the driver has been identified and a warrant issued for the driver's arrest.At the intersection of 20th Street and Pattison Avenue at 11:47 p.m., the station said more than 100 vehicles were reported drifting and engaging in reckless driving — and two people were arrested after fleeing from police and crashing into a pole.At 3:30 a.m. on Fox Street, a police officer suffered minor injuries while responding to an assist call when a car fleeing authorities struck his vehicle, WTXF noted.At Island and Bartram Avenue, more than 200 vehicles were involved in drag racing and drifting at 4 a.m., the station said. What's more, officers were attacked and a police vehicle was damaged — and the crowd dispersed when additional police units arrived, WTFX said.At 4:33 a.m., more than 100 cars were reported drifting and setting trash fires at 15th Street and Market Street, the station said, adding that participants also attacked officers and damaged multiple police vehicles, causing broken windshields and flattened tires. "There’s officers in the car; they’re jumping on the windshield. They're physically doing damage," Deputy Commissioner Mike Cram told reporters, according to WTXF. "They don't care about your safety, their own safety. If you've all seen the videos with their behavior, they really don't care. It's just about, 'How much chaos can we can we cause?'"Cram described how difficult it can be to corral the perps, the station noted: "It's plain whack-a-mole; that's the best way to describe it. We hit 'em at one location, they move to another very quickly. Obviously they don't abide by any traffic regulations. They don't care."Police said they're pulling out all the stops to combat street takeovers — and WTXF noted law enforcement's message to the culprits: "Do not think for a moment that you got away with it and that you will not be held accountable. There are cameras everywhere, there is a considerable amount of evidence to go through; PPD will use that evidence to make arrests when warranted."Deputy Commissioner Francis Healy added the following, the station reported: "We have your picture. We're coming for you. If you think you got away last night, you didn't, OK? So when you hear that banging on the door, it will be us. We’re coming with search warrants, and we’re coming with arrest warrants."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Lauren Windsor of Robert Creamer's Democrat-aligned Democracy Partners has repeatedly attempted to kneecap prominent conservatives and Republicans, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Windsor recently tried to take down Christopher Rufo, a senior Manhattan Institute fellow and New College of Florida board member whose success in combating critical race theory, DEI, and academic dishonesty has made him a popular bogeyman on the left. Despite fellow travelers' apparent desperation to believe in Windsor's latest narrative, it has quickly unraveled. In August 2015, hackers targeted a website for would-be adulterers, Ashley Madison, and released over 25 gigabytes of data. On Thursday, Politico reported that an email address belonging to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) was among those registered on the website. A spokesman for Robinson claimed that the Republican had not made an account on the site, which virtually anyone apparently could have done in his name. In response to the hit piece, Windsor tweeted, "Are there other prominent conservatives on Ashley Madison? I may know of one." The Democratic activist followed up with a message stating, "Email address belonging to conservative Chris Rufo found in Ashley Madison data dump." 'Leave my wife and children out of it, you disgusting hack.' Windsor tried to make something of this supposed discovery, advancing the suggestion that "Rufo appears to have no qualms about attempting to fool around on the mother of his children." She did, however, admit in subsequent messages that it is "possible that someone else registered his email to the site" and that at the time of the leaks, Rufo was unmarried. When Windsor pressed Rufo for comment, the conservative apparently responded, "No, but I heard these guys did," along with a picture of the fake white supremacist rally Windsor helped stage with the Lincoln Project in 2021 to smear then-candidate Glenn Youngkin ahead of the Virginia gubernatorial election. Extra to staging at least one false-flag event, Windsor — who serves as the executive director of the Democratic-aligned dark-money group American Family Voices — has spent time in recent years attempting to dox Project Veritas operatives and to take down others holding up Democrats' agenda. For instance, in June, she tried in vain to provide Democrats with ammunition to take down Justice Alito, having posed as a conservative at an event in hopes of getting Justice Alito and his wife on tape saying something damning. Rufo publicly called out Windsor, writing, "This is complete bull****, as you admit later in the threat. I have never used 'Ashley Madison.' If you want to attack me or my politics that's fine, but leave my wife and children out of it, you disgusting hack." The Manhattan Institute fellow added in a subsequent message that Windsor's accusation was "verifiably false," stating: This is verifiably false. I have never used this website and Lauren Windsor has provided zero evidence to the contrary. Moreover, her specific accusations are easily debunked. I was single in 2014, so the insinuation that I signed up for 'a website designed for married people seeking affairs' — or, even more grotesquely, that my son, whom I first met and then adopted years after this date, signed up for it using my credit card — is a total fabrication and a disgraceful slander against a child. Lauren Windsor has previously admitted to perpetrating the Youngkin Nazi hoax and this is an equally fake and partisan smear. A truly repulsive human being. Rufo revealed Friday that his legal representatives at Dhillon Law Group contacted Windsor with a cease and desist letter, advising her to preserve evidence. Krista Baughman, who runs Dhillon's First Amendment and defamation practice, noted, "It defies credulity that Mr. Rufo would register for a dating website marketed to people who are married in June 2014, when Mr. Rufo was an unmarried man," adding that Rufo met his wife in 2015, married her the following year, then legally adopted his son. Rufo made clear he was contemplating suing Windsor. Although Windsor has deleted one of her messages, specifically a quote tweet claiming that Rufo blamed his son, she has since amplified the suggestion by Steven Monacelli of the leftist blog Texas Observer that location data possibly supports her theory. Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote, "Do NOT mess with our clients." Dr. Jordan Peterson responded to the smear effort, writing, "Imagine that / Leftists tried to cancel @realchrisrufo / With lies / And stupid ill-thought through lies / Adding the sin of voluntary incompetence / To the sin of evil intent." Seth Dillon, CEO of the Babylon Bee, noted that "it's a common tactic for leftists to sign conservatives up for porn sites and LGBTQ newsletters and other garbage like that as a way of trolling us." "It isn't just annoying, though; it also gives them something to point to when data breaches happen later on. 'Oh look, we found your email on the gay dating site we signed you up for 2 years ago. Explain that!'" added Dillon. It appears that some of Windsor's more trollish detractors have evidenced the ease with which a personal email can be used by strangers to sign up for websites, creating an OnlyFans page with her name and email. When asked by Monacelli if the OnlyFans account belonged to her, Windsor replied, "There are plenty of people posting about signing my email up for sites." Blaze News reached out to Rufo for comment but did not receive a response by deadline. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

American singer, songwriter, and producer Pharrell Williams will not be joining Taylor Swift and the long list of celebrities endorsing a presidential candidate this election cycle. In fact, he thinks that celebrities should refrain from engaging in politics altogether. “I don’t do politics,” the “Happy” singer told the Hollywood Reporter. “In fact, I get annoyed sometimes when I see celebrities trying to tell you [who to vote for].” “Shut up. Nobody asked you,” Williams said in reference to celebrities who use their platforms to influence politics. - YouTube youtu.be Columnist Karol Markowicz commends Williams for keeping his political ideology to himself and says she prefers when celebrities stay away from politics. Dave Rubin thinks that Williams’ silence on political matters is because he’s secretly a conservative. “Adam Carolla said to me many years ago that if you don't know what a celebrity thinks, then they're a conservative,” he says. “Pharrell is my new favorite guy,” adds Dr. Drew Pinsky. “I love that he said that.” To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

After the success of the original Frostpunk back in 2018, it was only a matter of time until the grim and gritty survival strategy game spawned a sequel. Frostpunk 2 released on September 17 for advanced access players and Sep 20 for everyone else. It earned largely glowing reviews, and developer 11 Bit Studios now reveals the game has racked up enough sales to cover its production and marketing costs. Continue reading Frostpunk 2 sells 350k copies and turns a profit days after launch MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best city-building games, Best survival games, Frostpunk 2 review

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When is the Tales of the Shire release date? Tales of the Shire is the Lord of the Rings game we never knew we needed, but absolutely do. A cute, cozy farming sim like Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing, Tales of the Shire turns you into a Hobbit as you embark on a relaxing, homely life in the idyllic Middle-Earth countryside. There's so much more to Tales of the Shire than just farming, though, as you truly get immersed in the hobbit life. As a full-blown life sim, the Lord of the Rings game has you cooking up wholesome meals for your friends, trading gifts, farming, fishing, and so much more. So, let's look forward to the Tales of the Shire release date, with trailers, gameplay, and more. Continue reading Tales of the Shire release date, trailers, gameplay, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best relaxing games, Best upcoming PC games, Best indie games

Dark and Darker was one of 2023’s most talked about dungeon crawlers. Alongside its controversial delisting from Steam before being reinstated months later, Dark and Darker captured the attention of a plethora of fans of the dungeon crawler genre for its accessibility, addictive gameplay, and battle royale edge. Now, having been picked up by Krafton, Dark and Darker Mobile is in development and will be released before the end of the year, according to a recent interview we conducted with the game’s executive producer, Joonseok Ahn. Continue reading Dark and Darker Mobile will have “original” classes in future updates MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best multiplayer games, Best fantasy games

Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 is proving to be one of the biggest videogame hits to come from Games Workshop's universe to date, standing alongside other outstanding projects like Warhammer 40K: Boltgun, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, and the first Space Marine. It's also done very well for World War Z, Gloomhaven, and Evil Dead: The Game creator Saber Interactive, with the company's CEO now telling press that the Space Marine sequel has been enough of a success that the team is all but guaranteed to be working on DLC and a follow-up in the future. Continue reading Space Marine 2 “too big of a success” not to get DLC or a sequel MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Space Marine 2 review, Space Marine 2 system requirements , Best Warhammer 40k games