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  • Massie vows Trump’s threats to primary him will ‘backfire tremendously’

    07/22/2025 9:11:45 PM PDT · by RandFan · 78 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/22/25 3:43 PM ET | by Filip Timotija
    Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) vowed that President Trump’s threats to primary him will “backfire tremendously” and ultimately lead to Republicans losing their House majority in the 2026 midterms. “Well, they’ve spent $1.8 million against me so far in my congressional district. I think it has had very little effect, but they are trying to beat up on me to keep everyone else in line here and I think it is not working. I think what’s going to happen, this will be a referendum on whether the executive branch controls the legislative branch,” Massie said during a Tuesday interview with NBC...
  • Massie exposes foreign aid in DOD appropriations bill: "A misappropriation of military funds"

    07/18/2025 10:32:27 AM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    X ^ | July 18 | Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie 🧵 Foreign aid in DOD approps bill: $300 mil Syria & Iraq military $118 mil overseas disasters $15 mil AIDS in Africa $500 mil Israel $350 mil Kuwait $1.27 bil foreign security $500 mil Taiwan $500 mil Jordan $267 mil reimburse countries
  • The Guardian: How the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files became a vehicle for QAnon

    07/15/2025 11:43:02 AM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    The Guardian ^ | July 15 | The Guardian
    The release of the “Epstein client list” has long been the holy grail for the Maga movement. Supposedly, this list, once released, would incriminate a veritable who’s who of liberal elites complicit in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex-trafficking operation and expose the moral rot at the heart of the Democratic establishment. The mystery surrounding the Epstein files also became a vehicle for QAnon conspiracy theorists to push their ideas about a “deep state” cover-up of a network of global pedophiles into the broader tent of the Maga movement. During his campaign, Donald Trump promised on several occasions to declassify the Epstein...
  • Tucker hits conservatives: "Let's do the REAL stuff ..."

    07/12/2025 5:01:26 AM PDT · by RandFan · 106 replies
    X ^ | July 12 | Tucker Carlson
    Tucker hits conservatives for taking fake victory laps: "You spend all day telling me that it's so important that boys not play on girls soccer teams or whatever. I agree. But I don't know, it kind feels like you're feeding me appetizers. At some point, I want to look around and see a better country. I want to see a country I recognize. I don't want to see people sleeping on the sidewalk. I don't want to see people ODing on drugs. I want to know where those drugs are coming from. Why can't you stop it? You've got the...
  • Elon Musk drops Epstein files bombshell as he claims Steve Bannon on list

    07/08/2025 2:37:36 PM PDT · by RandFan · 145 replies
    The Mirror ^ | July 8 | By Anders Anglesey
    Elon Musk has dropped another bombshell amid his ongoing feud with the White House by claiming that Donald Trump ally and ex-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is named in the Epstein Files. Mr Musk claimed, without evidence, that Mr Bannon was in the Jeffrey Epstein files, in a reply shared on social media. His post on X/Twitter, was in response to Trump ally Roger Stone who questioned why former White House advisor Steve Bannon would meet with the notorious paedophile, Mr Musk said: "Bannon is in the Epstein files." Since being shared today, the post has been seen by...
  • Musk’s primary threats pose danger for Republicans

    07/07/2025 9:50:31 AM PDT · by RandFan · 59 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/05/25 6:00 AM ET | by Caroline Vakil
    Elon Musk is threatening to primary Republicans who voted for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” posing a challenge for the president and his allies as they look to defy midterm headwinds. Musk vowed earlier this week that Republicans who supported Trump’s megabill “will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth” as the Tesla CEO has reignited his feud with Trump in recent days. Republicans see the comments as unhelpful, with some saying if the threats come to fruition, it could risk diverting resources away in an election environment that historically hasn’t...
  • George Bush launches rare critique of Trump

    07/02/2025 10:50:01 AM PDT · by RandFan · 111 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | July 2 | Cameron Henderson
    George W Bush has issued a rare critique of Donald Trump over his shuttering of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The former president joined Barack Obama and U2 singer Bono in an emotional video call farewell with staff at the agency on Monday when it officially ceased operations. After six decades, the humanitarian organisation created by former president John F Kennedy to promote US national security by boosting prosperity and goodwill abroad, is being absorbed into the State Department under the supervision of Marco Rubio. Speaking to thousands of agency staff on the video conference, Mr Bush...
  • Trump Threatens to Deport Elon Musk by Using DOGE: ‘DOGE Is the Monster’ That Might ‘Eat Elon!’

    07/01/2025 9:22:16 PM PDT · by RandFan · 83 replies
    mediaite ^ | July 1 | Joe DePaolo
    President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday morning that he is open to deporting Elon Musk — amid his renewed battle with the Tesla boss. Speaking with reporters ahead of a flight to Florida on Tuesday, the president was asked about whether he would consider deporting the South African mogul. “We’ll have to take a look,” Trump said. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon! Wouldn’t that be terrible?” After a brief detente between the president and his former DOGE lieutenant, the war...
  • TRUMP-MASSIE FEUD REACHES FEVER PITCH

    06/28/2025 10:32:01 AM PDT · by RandFan · 65 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/28/25 12:00 PM ET | by Julia Manchester
    President Trump’s feud with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is showing no signs of abating as the president seeks to oust the GOP congressman for his history of regularly breaking with the administration. Massie recently opposed the administration by denouncing its strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and refusing to support the president’s legislative agenda, leading Trump’s political operation to launch a targeted campaign against Massie. On Friday, a Trump-aligned super PAC, led by the president’s co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita, rolled out its first ad as part of a $1 million ad buy targeting Massie. The 30-second ad — titled “What happened...
  • US joining Israeli strikes would cause HELL, Iranian minister tells BBC

    06/20/2025 12:42:29 AM PDT · by RandFan · 73 replies
    BBC ^ | June 20 | BBC
    The US joining Israeli strikes would cause "hell for the whole region", Iran's deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. Saeed Khatibzadeh said this is "not America's war" and if US President Donald Trump does get involved, he will always be remembered as "a president who entered a war he doesn't belong in". He said US involvement would turn the conflict into a "quagmire", continue aggression and delay an end to the "brutal atrocities". His comments came after the Soroka hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack. Iranian state media reported that the strike targeted a...
  • The American people overwhelming oppose our endless wars, and they voted that way when they voted for Donald Trump in 2024 [tr]

    06/13/2025 6:36:01 AM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 91 replies
    X.com ^ | 6/13/2025 | Rand Paul
    ... I urge President Trump to stay the course, keep putting America first, and to not join in any war between other countries. Every American should hope and pray for peace.
  • Revolutionary Guard leader dead - Iranian state media

    06/12/2025 7:48:48 PM PDT · by RandFan · 40 replies
    BBC [Live Page] ^ | June 12 | BBC [Live Page]
    Iran Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami has been killed in an Israeli strike, Iranian state media is reporting. He is among several senior leaders who have died in the attack. Fereydoon Abbasi, the former head of head of the Atomic Energy Organization has also been killed, state media has reported. As we reported earlier, an Israeli official said that its strikes targeted "Iran's nuclear programme and other military targets".
  • Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come

    06/09/2025 8:31:31 AM PDT · by RandFan · 76 replies
    BBC ^ | June 9 | Jeremy Bowen
    Even wars have rules. They don't stop soldiers killing each other but they're intended to make sure that civilians caught up in the fighting are treated humanely and protected from as much danger as possible. The rules apply equally to all sides. If one side has suffered a brutal surprise attack that killed hundreds of civilians, as Israel did on 7 October 2023, it does not get an exemption from the law. The protection of civilians is a legal requirement in a battle plan. That, at least, is the theory behind the Geneva Conventions. The latest version, the fourth, was...
  • Massie has a plan

    06/06/2025 8:54:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 56 replies
    X ^ | June 6 | Rep.Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Massie plan: Throw the big beautiful bill in the trash. Start over… skinny! Extend 2017 tax cuts End Green New Deal cold turkey No bloat for military industrial complex No SALT No pork Realistic border funding Serious Medicaid reform $1 spending cuts for $1 new tax cuts
  • Trump slams Paul for voting ‘NO on everything,’ lacking ‘constructive ideas’

    06/03/2025 7:35:41 AM PDT · by RandFan · 40 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/03/25 10:04 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    President Trump slammed conservative Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday for pledging to vote against his “big, beautiful bill”, accusing the Kentucky lawmaker of voting “NO on everything” and “never” having “practical or constructive ideas.” Paul said he could vote for the 1,116-page budget reconciliation bill that passed out of the House last month if it didn’t include language to raise the federal debt ceiling by $4 trillion. Paul’s comments sparked Trump to fire back on social media, accusing Paul of having “crazy” ideas. “Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are...
  • Rand Paul on CBS Face the Nation

    06/01/2025 12:39:51 PM PDT · by RandFan · 28 replies
    X / CBS ^ | June 1 | CBS
    @RandPaul The American people, like the Great People of Kentucky, do not support Biden spending levels and $5T in new debt. Therefore, I will not. It’s simple.** My Notes / paraphrasing for FR Only *** Rand: This (BBB) is a Military Industrial Complex bill... They love it as it's padding out defense spending by around 320 billion dollars in new money... (I can't vote for that) On tariffs: I spoke to the President about the tariffs this week. He did most of the talking and we dont agree.... I talk to people in Kentucky and none of them support the...
  • Rand: ‘America First’ Vision Has Won Out Hearts and Minds of Public, But Neocons Still Trying to Secretly ‘Undermine’ Trump

    05/28/2025 9:58:49 PM PDT · by RandFan · 30 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | May 28 | Matthew Boyle
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively that the neocons have lost the hearts and minds of the American public who are firmly with President Donald Trump’s America First vision on foreign policy, but that they are still very powerful behind the scenes in the swamp in Washington and trying to secretly “undermine” the president’s push for peace worldwide. “I think in the first term, one of the most remarkable achievements, and it really wasn’t so much anticipated, was the Abraham Accords,” Paul told Breitbart News. “A lot of that was Jared [Kushner], but also President...
  • RAND PAUL SOUNDS ALARM ON THE NATIONAL DEBT

    05/27/2025 1:44:58 PM PDT · by RandFan · 53 replies
    X ^ | 27 May | Sen. Rand Paul
    @RandPaul The national debt is over $36.9 TRILLION! That equates to: 👤More than $107,000 per citizen 💰More than $323,000 per taxpayer 💸Debt-to-GDP ratio of 122%
  • CLAIM: Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham to vote against BBB

    05/25/2025 8:53:34 PM PDT · by RandFan · 81 replies
    X ^ | May 25 | krassenstein
    @krassenstein BREAKING: Ron Johnson reportedly has enough votes to block Trump’s “big beautiful bill” including Mitch McConnell & Lindsey Graham. Republicans are in disarray.
  • Democratic senator [Ron Wyden] says he has recordings of favors ‘promised’ by Trump’s IRS pick

    05/20/2025 1:46:59 PM PDT · by RandFan · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | - 05/20/25 3:16 PM ET | by Tobias Burns
    Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he has recordings of business associates of President Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), saying they expect to get favors from him once he is in office. Wyden cited recordings of two instances of people saying they expect to receive favorable treatment from Long. “Our staff investigators have on tape now tax promoters saying you met with them at the inauguration and promised [them] a favorable private letter ruling,” Wyden said Tuesday during Long’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Finance Committee....