Republican voters in Georgia have showed up to the polls to officially agree with the president's recommendation.More than 700,000 votes decided the Georgia Republican Senate runoff on Tuesday, with the victory going to the Trump-endorsed favorite.'Now it's time to get to work.'Sitting U.S. Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) received a detailed endorsement from President Trump just two days before the election, when he called Collins a "Highly Respected Congressman who has been with me from the very beginning," in a post on Truth Social.Collins won the runoff with about 56% of the vote against fellow Republican Derek Dooley — a former football coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers — despite Dooley outperforming Collins in the counties surrounding Atlanta, including Fulton County, where the capital city is located.Collins' victory was by nearly the same margin that separated the two during the May primary. At that time Collins finished with nearly 41% of the vote, while Dooley had about 30%, according to CBS News. This time, Dooley finished 11 points behind Collins again, garnering nearly 45% in the head-to-head vote, per The Hill.RELATED: Early red flag for GOP? Democrats rack up massive Q1 fundraising haulsCollins has long been considered the favorite in the election as a MAGA-style Republican and led polls ahead of the primary by an average of 11.5 points. However, polls had him with just a two-point advantage over Dooley ahead of the runoff election in June.Collins now heads to the November general election against Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff. Ossoff went unopposed in the Democratic primary, having held his office since 2021.Collins reacted to his victory with a post on X, saying he is "honored" to be the Republican nominee."Now it's time to get to work, defeat Jon Ossoff, and take this seat back for the people of this state. Hammer Down!" Collins wrote.RELATED: 'Friend' of President Trump advances to Georgia Republican Senate primary runoff Jason Allen/Getty Images Trump had previously endorsed Collins ahead of the primary, as well, calling Collins his "friend" while adding that he likes him "a lot."On Sunday, the president assured voters that Collins would work hard to "Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion American Energy DOMINANCE," and more.Collins reaffirmed his immigration stance in a post on runoff Election Day, stating that "America wasn't built by people who chose the easy path. It was built by patriots who worked hard, took risks, and never gave up."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Democrat-aligned lawfare outfit filed a lawsuit on behalf of a pair of anti-Trump protesters earlier this month in the hope of shutting down the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn last Sunday.Evidently, the Public Integrity Project and activist plaintiffs were not the only ones keen to rain on President Donald Trump's parade.'The landscape has changed.'The FBI announced on Tuesday that an alleged assassination plot targeting the UFC event was uncovered on June 10 and ultimately thwarted thanks to a timely phone call from a concerned mother and the rapid action of local and federal law enforcement agencies.Five men have been charged in the alleged plot to assassinate "high value targets" at the UFC event: Tycen C. Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio; Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa, California; Michael Alan Thomas 32, of Pinon Hills, California; Daniel K. Eskridge, 32, of Kidder, Missouri; and Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska.According to the Justice Department, the suspects' plan consisted of two parts: First, they would use explosive drones in and around the event to prompt an evacuation; and second, they would deploy snipers to assassinate specific individuals within the fleeing crowd. In addition to the estimated 4,300 people present for the invite-only event on the South Lawn, there were roughly 85,000 additional people gathered nearby during the back-to-back fights.One of the suspects, Michael Thomas, allegedly discussed the four "tiers" of this anti-government plot: the first being the gunmen on the ground; the second being the drivers and drone operators; the third being logistical suppliers; and the fourth being social media suppliers.In addition to allegedly advocating for jail breaks for surviving tier 1 members in the aftermath of the planned attack, Thomas allegedly underscored the need for suspects to train for "gorilla [sic] style warfare."Another suspect, Daniel Eskridge, allegedly proposed that they form "5 teams of 3 each team consisting of 1 sniper, 1 tier one operator as support/ look out, [and] one drone operator."RELATED: James Comey-style 'threat' against Trump apparently etched into National Mall grass Screenshots of messages and maps on a suspect's phone and a photo of another suspect's equipment. Justice Department.Another suspect, Alvarez, allegedly suggested that snipers could escape to the Potomac River after taking their shots and identified an old church in Nebraska as a potential safe house.Multiple federal complaints filed in relation to the case across the country allege that Tycen C. Proper told investigators that the ball got rolling on the plan around March. While there were apparently more individuals involved in the discussions at the outset — roughly 19 — Proper allegedly claimed that the more serious plotters migrated their conversations to an encrypted chat app.The FBI alleged beyond amassing firearms, ammunition, and tactical gear at his Ohio home, Proper identified multiple targets, including multiple members of Congress and business executives.According to an affidavit submitted with Proper's complaint, the Ohio suspect proposed the following lawmakers as targets: Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Jim Justice (W.Va.), and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), and Republican Representatives for West Virginia Carol Miller and Riley Moore.The targets were allegedly chosen in part because of their perceived coziness with the Israeli lobby.Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk's names were also allegedly floated as targets in the suspects' conversations.The affidavit indicates that the alleged plot — the purpose of which was to "jumpstart" a revolution in the United States — was foiled thanks to the vigilance of Proper's mother, who called law enforcement on the evening of June 10, expressing concerns about her son's recent conduct, including his firearm purchases and communications online.The Knox County Sheriff's Office and Danville Police Department arrived 20 minutes later and soon learned from Proper's father that the teen, who lived at home, was allegedly planning "recons" with individuals he met online; planning to leave to meet up with those individuals on the weekend of June 13; had spent roughly $3,000 of his graduation money to purchase camping gear, firearms, ammunition, plate carriers, and food; and had quit his job recently in preparation for his big excursion.The following day, the Knox County Sheriff's Office got the FBI involved.If convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, each of the defendants faces a maximum of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. They each face an additional five years in prison apiece if convicted of conspiracy to commit violence on the White House grounds."The FBI, our law enforcement partners and our U.S. attorneys did what they do every day to make America safe through quick response and vigilance in investigating, disrupting, and dismantling this alleged plan before it could be carried out," said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche."Protecting the president of the United States and the White House grounds is priority number one for the U.S. Secret Service,” said U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran. "The landscape has changed, and as a result we have seen a dramatic rise in threats against our protectees."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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In these trying times of late-stage capitalism and rising seas, we are once again reminded that Donald Trump’s foreign policy isn’t about strategy, strength, or even basic geography. It’s about his fragile, outdated, and deeply homophobic worldview. Consider the Strait of Hormuz — that narrow passage through which much of the world’s oil flows. Trump, in his latest bluster, talks tough about “opening” it, securing shipping lanes, and confronting Iran. Bold stuff, if you ignore the centuries of history, international law, and basic naval logistics. But let’s engage in a thought experiment that reveals the man’s soul: What if it weren’t the Strait of Hormuz? What if geography and destiny had conspired to name it the Gay of Hormuz? We all know the answer. He wouldn’t touch it. Trump, who rose to power on a wave of resentment politics and has spent years equating strength with a certain rigid, performative masculinity, would suddenly discover profound “concerns” about the waterway. Perhaps he would call it “radical” or “woke.” Maybe he would suggest it’s “grooming” tankers or that allowing passage would somehow threaten the oil’s traditional family values. Fox would run segments. Truth Social would explode with all-caps hysteria. “The GAY of Hormuz is a DISASTER! Total loser waterway. Sad!” This is not hyperbole. This is pattern recognition. The same man who mocked Pete Buttigieg’s very existence, who rolled back basic protections for LGBTQ Americans, and whose movement treats gender and sexuality as existential threats would never muster the political will to defend anything bearing the name “Gay.” National security? Economic stability? Climate consequences of disrupted energy flows? Irrelevant. If the shipping lane challenged his insecure 1950s vision of manhood, it would be left to fend for itself while he golfed and raged about windmills. Meanwhile, the rest of us live in reality. Names are names. Geography doesn’t have a sexuality, just as oil tankers don’t care about your feelings. But in Trump’s worldview, everything is filtered through grievance and identity — the very thing his side pretends to oppose. A waterway is not permitted to exist neutrally; it must affirm his worldview or be denounced as subversive. This is why we cannot entrust critical global chokepoints — literal or figurative — to someone whose foreign policy is downstream of personal insecurity. While the world navigates complex realities in the Middle East, Trump remains stuck in a junior high mindset where “straight” is strong and anything else is suspect. One shudders to imagine him negotiating with actual adversaries if the map itself triggers him. The Strait of Hormuz, under its current name, exposes the emptiness of MAGA bravado. If it were the Gay of Hormuz, that emptiness would become policy: Paralysis dressed up as principle. Bigotry sold as strength. America deserves better than a leader who would let the world economy seize up rather than associate himself with anything insufficiently “straight.” We must reject this smallness. The future — of energy, of security, and of basic human decency — cannot be held hostage by someone who confuses naval strategy with locker-room panic. The map is not the enemy. Closed minds are. The post AOC: Homophobic Trump would never have opened the Strait of Hormuz if it were called the ‘Gay of Hormuz’ appeared first on Genesius Times.

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