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Leading GOP Critic of Israel Introduces 'AIPAC Act' Days Before Record-breaking $25m Primary
Haaretz ^ | May 17 | Ben Samuels

Posted on 05/17/2026 4:36:59 AM PDT by RandFan

Rep. Thomas Massie, the maverick Republican who pushed back against Trump on the Epstein files and Iran, aimed a not-so-subtle dig at the pro-Israel establishment that has bankrolled efforts to unseat him

WASHINGTON – Rep. Thomas Massie, the harshest Republican critic of Israel in Congress and stated foe of the American-Jewish establishment, has introduced legislation aimed at attacking foreign lobbying efforts days before his Kentucky primary race.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


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Good luck to Thomas Massie.

They've spent $30 million+ on a House GOP primary and I sincerely hope U.S. House seats cannot be bought like this but what do I know..

1 posted on 05/17/2026 4:36:59 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Flush him . Shake the handle to make sure he stays gone.


2 posted on 05/17/2026 4:40:00 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman

That’s harsh from you


3 posted on 05/17/2026 4:42:01 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Yes. There are questions as to who is funding him.


4 posted on 05/17/2026 4:44:28 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: RandFan

His 15 minutes of fame are used up. Maybe MSDNC will hire him after he gets tossed back home.


5 posted on 05/17/2026 4:45:09 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: RandFan

God promised to bless Abraham and make his name great, declaring that all families of the earth would be blessed through him. This included a conditional promise that God would bless those who blessed Abraham and curse those who cursed him.

God will not be pleased with Rep. Massie...........


6 posted on 05/17/2026 5:01:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Nateman

Don’t stand next to him when outside..........


7 posted on 05/17/2026 5:01:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Eli Kopter

$0R0$?................


8 posted on 05/17/2026 5:02:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: RandFan

This hatred for Israel is demonic.

According to Romans 2:28-29, all Christians are Jews inwardly, because their hearts has been circumsized.


9 posted on 05/17/2026 5:05:55 AM PDT by roving
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To: Red Badger
...Don’t stand next to him when outside..........


10 posted on 05/17/2026 5:08:53 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman

God will curse those who curse Israel.

It’s not safe to be near Massie in the rain......


11 posted on 05/17/2026 5:12:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Nateman

They’ve changed their name to BS NOW.


12 posted on 05/17/2026 5:18:24 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: Red Badger; Political Junkie Too; All

Apart from the divine intervention .....

This is a test of if there is room in the GOP for those like Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, MTG, Boebert and countless others especially more younger conservatives.

This race will tell us a lot. His opponent is a non-entity. If they swap Massie for him it will be seriously demoralizing to some.

“Good” many here will say but I suggest the winning coalition includes those more independent types.

But what do I know...


13 posted on 05/17/2026 5:18:48 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Less than $26M spent to date, total, and almost $11M spent by Massie, who has the incumbent advantage - boo hoo. Who’s buying what?


14 posted on 05/17/2026 5:22:14 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: RandFan

Between the sexual perversion scandal and the questionable funding, he’s just proving you can’t spell “Massie”, without “ass”...yet you keep rooting him on.


15 posted on 05/17/2026 5:23:08 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Merrick

Thanks for the correction

It’s still a large amount spent on the race (all together)

Double check the figures on the $11m,.I dont thin it’s close to that spent by Mr Massie?


16 posted on 05/17/2026 5:24:00 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

No, it’s not. Rand has a few principled stands, but is with the party on almost everything. I support Rand. MTG has lost her mind. Costa Rico? Boebert is still with Trump and vice versa - one comment and you’re going to hang your hat on that? Massie - sorry - he’s bucked the party on *too many* issues. Unreliable. You can call it “independent” or whatever other adjective you want to dress it up - unreliable. I don’t care what Trump thinks of him. I want him replaced.


17 posted on 05/17/2026 5:27:44 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: Merrick

But Rand mirrors Massie in the U.S. Senate

Also, his biggest supporter.

Anyway, NO more threads from me on this topic. It’s for the voters to decide right now.


18 posted on 05/17/2026 5:32:27 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

This is about the Congresswoman who fired Massie’s accuser:

WIKI

Spartz’s tenure was marked by high staff turnover. Congressional watchdog Legistorm measured her turnover in 2021 at three and half times the average of offices of House members, the highest turnover for a non-retiring member. In May 2022, Politico reported on what it described as a “toxic” environment within her office, with Spartz’s temper quickly jumping from tepid to boiling, and reported that “aides who have left after a couple of months did so because the work environment became untenable”. Examples of the office environment included Spartz ordering staff to record her direction to them and later denying the previously expressed instructions, despite the recordings. One former aide said, “the common theme: Staffers do their job, and then Victoria comes in saying that they have no idea what they’re doing, that they are ‘morons,’ calling them ‘idiots’”. Spartz responded that her working style is “not for everyone” and that her critics “need to ‘toughen up’”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Spartz


19 posted on 05/17/2026 5:33:14 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > ~$380 to each insured vehicle owner 4 gas)
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To: RandFan

“As of 05/17/2026 text has not been received for H.R.8809 - To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended to clarify the definition of “foreign principal” and ensure transparency in lobbying on behalf of foreign interests.”

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8809/text?s=1&r=1


20 posted on 05/17/2026 5:43:13 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > ~$380 to each insured vehicle owner 4 gas)
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