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  • Elon Musk escalates Trump feud — vowing to back Rep. Thomas Massie, one of the prez’s biggest rivals

    07/01/2025 7:21:27 AM PDT · by bitt · 90 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | July 1, 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    Elon Musk escalated his feud with President Trump, announcing that he would be backing one of the commander in chief’s biggest foes in congress, Rep. Thomas Massie — the libertarian-leaning House lawmaker who Trump has vowed to see defeated in the midterm election. Musk signaled he would donate to the Kentucky Republican’s 2026 reelection campaign on X when he responded “Me” to a post asking who would be backing Massie’s congressional bid. Trump, meanwhile, had pledged to support whichever candidate runs in the primary against Massie, who the president lambasted as a “loser” and “Third Rate Congressman” in an online...
  • Trump touts polling showing challenger defeating 'bad guy' Thomas Massie

    07/01/2025 1:49:52 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 30 replies
    President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted polling data suggesting that a candidate he endorsed would defeat Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in a Republican primary. "New poll: Anybody I Endorse beats Thomas Massie of Kentucky by 25 points. Get ready. Massie is a very bad guy!" he posted on Truth Social. The president has expressed his frustrations with the budget hawk and called for his ouster, largely due to his refusal to support the "Big, Beautiful Bill."
  • [Flashback] Massie bucks GOP leadership again on Adam Schiff censure vote, draws conservative ire

    06/26/2025 6:42:10 PM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 45 replies
    McClatchy DC ^ | June 15, 2023 | David Catanese
    Conservatives are conveying anger with northern Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie over his vote to oppose a resolution censuring California Rep. Adam Schiff, a favorite boogeyman of Republicans. Massie joined 19 other House Republicans in defecting from party leadership from condemning Schiff for championing the investigatory onslaught against former President Donald Trump. Combined with unanimous Democratic opposition, the measure failed, surprising even Schiff. The libertarian-leaning Massie claimed the resolution was unconstitutional for a clause that instructed Schiff should be fined $16 million if the House Ethics Committee found he “lied, made representations and abused sensitive information.” “Allowing a majority of Congress...
  • Trump Team Launches SuperPAC Focused Solely on Ousting Thomas Massie

    06/26/2025 5:43:39 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 70 replies
    thelibertydaily ^ | thelibertydaily
    Rapidly making good on President Trump’s promise to back a 2026 Republican primary challenger to libertarian-minded Rep. Thomas Massie, the Trump team has already launched a super PAC dedicated entirely to removing Massie from office next year. It promises to make for the strongest challenge Massie’s faced yet. The new “Kentucky MAGA” super PAC will be run by top Trump political operatives Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita, with La Civita telling Axios the new entity will spend “whatever it takes” to replace Massie. Trump’s political circle has already had discussions with potential challengers. “Massie’s long-time opposition to…really anything to do...
  • GOP Rep. Massie: ‘I Have the Trump Antibodies’

    06/24/2025 11:57:36 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 55 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/24/2025 | Pam Key
    Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) said Monday on MSNBC’s “All In” that he was not bothered by President Donald Trump’s criticisms because he had developed what he called “Trump antibodies.” Host Chris Hayes said, “You obviously, you’ve taken some votes that have really put you on an island, I think it’s fair to say. You’re the single, solitary, no vote on that on that Big, Beautiful Bill that was coming through the House.” He asked, “I’m not going to read the entirety of this long post from the president, but he said he’s called you a simple minded grandstander. That MAGA...
  • Trump and his political operation target their first GOP incumbent: Kentucky's Thomas Massie

    06/23/2025 5:12:17 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 61 replies
    AP ^ | Story by BRUCE SCHREINER and JILL COLVIN
    LA GRANGE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump and his political operation are working to unseat their first Republican incumbent: Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who has drawn Trump's wrath by saying the president lacked the authority to attack Iran's nuclear sites without congressional approval and voted against his massive tax and spending cuts bill. Trump aides have launched a new super PAC devoted to defeating Massie in his 2026 primary, Axios first reported. It is the first concerted effort by his team to unseat a sitting member of Congress and sends a clear signal to other Republicans that they cross...
  • 'Mofo...in the White House': Jasmine Crockett attacks Trump, praises Massie in anti-Iran strike rant

    06/23/2025 8:17:04 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 56 replies
    FOX News ^ | 6/23/25 | Elizabeth Elkind
    'There's only one Republican that I know I can count on for sure doing the right thing,' Rep Crockett says in a new video Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, launched another tirade against President Donald Trump over the weekend, while offering rare praise for one of her House GOP colleagues who is currently at odds with the commander in chief. The Democratic firebrand took to Instagram Live late Saturday to criticize Trump's strikes on Iran, while giving a "shout out" to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., over his bipartisan resolution to rein in the president's ability to conduct such operations. "So long...
  • Trump says MAGA should drop ‘pathetic loser’ Massie after pushback on US strikes

    06/22/2025 6:23:46 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 47 replies
    The Hill ^ | BY TARA SUTER
    President Trump said on Sunday that the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement should abandon Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) after his pushback Saturday night against the U.S. strikes on Iran. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Massie “not MAGA” and “a simple minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon.” Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes ‘NO’ on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be. He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not...
  • Nancy Pelosi Spits Bile at Trump After He Bombs Iranian Nuclear Sites – But Forgets What She Said When Obama Was Bombing Libya

    06/22/2025 1:12:20 PM PDT · by DFG · 31 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 06/22/2025 | Jim Hoft
    You just knew this was coming. Nancy Pelosi and Democrats are now attacking President Trump for destroying the Iranian regime’s nuclear sites with bunker-busting bombs. On Saturday night the United States military under the direction of President Donald J. Trump bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran in Operation Midnight Hammer. The US dropped 14 bunker busting bombs on Iran’s largest nuclear site in Fordow. It was the largest ever attack by B-2 stealth bombers by the United States. It was also the longest flight the bombers have made since 2001. The US strike involved more than 125 US aircraft. Following...
  • Rep. Thomas Massie explains why AIPAC is banned from his office

    06/21/2025 11:42:34 AM PDT · by RandFan · 21 replies
    X ^ | June 21 | Rep. Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Start at 14:53 in this interview if you want to know about AIPAC, the group that gives millions of dollars to my colleagues so they’ll support things like US involvement in Israel’s war against Iran. FWIW, AIPAC spent $400k against me last election and is banned from my office.
  • Trump Admin Sues Kentucky Over In-State Tuition For Illegals

    06/18/2025 7:30:13 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 11 replies
    AOL ^ | June 18, 2025 | ELISSA O'ROURKE
    The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday over a state rule that allows illegal immigrations to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. The lawsuit alleges that Kentucky improperly categorizes individuals in the country without legal status as state residents, thereby making them eligible for reduced in-state tuition rates, while U.S. citizens from other states must pay higher tuition. The move coincides with the Trump administration’s heightened scrutiny of jurisdictions that do not comply with federal immigration laws. “This unequal treatment of Americans is squarely prohibited and preempted...
  • Rep. Massie Joined by Dems in Resolution Opposing US Involvement in Iran

    06/18/2025 8:00:16 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 75 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 6/18/25 | Newsmax
    Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., filed a House resolution Tuesday looking to block U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict between Iran and Israel. Massie's resolution features numerous Democrat co-sponsors, including progressive legislators like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y.; Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. If passed, the resolution would block President Donald Trump from engaging in "unauthorized hostilities" with Iran.
  • MTG says again she will oppose Trump's Big Beautiful Bill over AI provision

    06/05/2025 4:05:43 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 25 replies
    FOX 5 Atlanta ^ | 6/5/2025 | Joyce Lupiani
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to oppose the One Big Beautiful Bill when it returns to the House if there are no changes made to the artificial intelligence provision. Greene says she was unaware of the AI provision when she first voted for the bill and now argues it would endanger state rights, risk job losses in her manufacturing-heavy district, and open the door to forced property seizures. Facing criticism for missing the provision, Greene defended her transparency, claiming no other lawmakers publicly flagged the AI clause and pledging to fight any future legislation that limits state authority over AI...
  • Republican Says US Should End All Military Aid to Israel

    05/30/2025 9:11:31 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 99 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 5/29/25 | Anna Commander
    Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said Thursday night that the United States should stop all military aid to Israel, citing mounting civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Newsweek reached out to Massie's office via email Thursday for comment.
  • Kentucky congressman 1 of only 2 Republican 'nays' on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

    05/22/2025 5:21:38 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 50 replies
    WLKY ^ | Alex Suckow
    After a marathon overnight session, House Republicans passed their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill." The bill passed the chamber by a single vote, 215-214, with Democrats unanimously opposing and only two Republicans voting against, one of which represents Kentucky. As expected, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky's 4th District, which includes a lot of area just east of Louisville, was one of the two who broke from party. When Massie began holding out, President Donald Trump lashed out about him, saying, "he doesn't understand government," and other various insults. Read more here. Ohio Rep. Warren...
  • Trump rips Massie on the Hill: 'I think he's a grandstander'

    05/20/2025 3:19:40 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 47 replies
    President Donald Trump today on Capitol Hill expressed frustration over Republican holdouts for his "One Big, Beautiful Bill." One Republican in particular found himself in Trump's cross hairs: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has criticized the bill. Trump laid into him saying, "I don't think Thomas Massie understands government. I think he's a grandstander, frankly. He'll probably vote [no] - we don't even talk to him much. I think he should be voted out of office. I just don't think he understands government." "If you ask him a couple of questions, he never gives you an answer... he just says:...
  • ‘Death to America’: Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Calls Trump a Liar, Doubles Down on Anti-U.S. Rhetoric

    05/19/2025 8:28:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/19/2025 | Joshua Klein
    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a blistering verbal assault on the United States and President Donald Trump during a nationally televised speech, calling Trump a liar who brings shame on the American people, as the regime’s signature chant “Death to America” rang out repeatedly. The remarks were aired Saturday on Iran’s state-run Channel 1 and featured a crowd erupting multiple times into chants of “Death to America,” “Death to England,” and “Death to Israel,” as Khamenei accused U.S. leaders of using military power to spread war. “Some of the things the U.S. President said in his recent visit...
  • Lone Republican becomes only lawmaker to vote against crackdown on human organ trafficking (Massie)

    05/08/2025 5:21:54 AM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 21 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/7/2025 | Elizabeth Elkind
    A bill aimed at cracking down on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its practice of forced organ harvesting passed with overwhelming support on Wednesday – though one House lawmaker voted against it. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the lone Republican to oppose the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, which passed 406-1. "It's just another example of us trying to stick our nose in another country's business and write their laws," Massie told Fox News Digital after the vote. "And at the end of the day, they're gonna do what they're gonna do, and it's just sort of a virtue...
  • Massie reintroduces resolution to disband US Department of Education

    04/10/2025 4:03:59 PM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 35 replies
    WOWK ^ | February 3, 2025 | Jessica Patterson
    WASHINGTON, DC (WOWK) – A new resolution in Congress seeks to abolish the United States Department of Education. U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced House Resolution 899, which, if passed, would end the Department. While the text of the resolution is not yet on the 119th Congress’ website, Massie provided the document on his own website. He says it consists of one sentence, “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2026.” According to Congress’ website, the resolution was introduced on Friday, Jan. 31 and sent to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • House approves budget resolution in narrow 216-214 vote

    04/10/2025 9:28:14 AM PDT · by CFW · 29 replies
    Just the News ^ | 4/10/25 | Charlotte Hazard
    The House on Thursday passed a budget resolution after delaying an earlier vote to lock up GOP support. The resolution passed in a 216-214 vote. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Ky., and Victoria Spartz, Ind., voted against the resolution. The budget resolution is critical to advancing President Trump’s legislative agenda on the southern border, tax cuts and energy policy, as it allows Republicans to avoid a Senate filibuster by Democrats. House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a press conference Thursday morning that he had the votes in order to move Trump's agenda forward. President Donald Trump praised the passage of the...