House Speaker Mike Johnson defied the naysayers on Thursday, telling Daily Wire host Michael Knowles that Republicans will expand their majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
“I’m very bullish about the midterms,” Johnson said during the interview. “I’m absolutely convinced we are going to win the midterms and grow the majority. It will defy historic trend.”
Johnson acknowledged that such a result would break a longstanding pattern. “It’s only twice in the last 90 years that a sitting president has picked up seats in that first two-year cycle,” he said.
Still, Johnson argued the political landscape favors Republicans, pointing to fundraising advantages and Democratic struggles to define a clear agenda.
“We have a fundraising advantage right now because the stakes are so high — Republicans over Democrats for the first time in 10 years,” Johnson said. “Democrats are at historic lows in approval ratings. They have no leadership, no message, no vision for where they’re going.”
“Their whole platform is they hate Donald Trump,” he added. “Well, good luck with that. That’s not exactly something to sell to constituents.”
Of all the issues Republicans are leading on, Johnson stressed election integrity, noting that the House has already passed the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship and identification to vote in federal elections. Johnson told Knowles the problem is the Senate, where the legislation has been held up.
“We passed the SAVE Act twice, the previous Congress and this Congress,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Now we pass the Save America Act because now it’s voter ID and proof of citizenship together.&#8221; He added that Trump has recently pushed for additional provisions to strengthen the bill, calling the package the “greatest hits” of election integrity measures.
Johnson said the bill now faces a complicated path in the Senate, where Majority Leader John Thune must decide whether to attempt moving the legislation despite procedural hurdles. According to Johnson, Senate rules could allow Democrats to stall the process with a flood of amendments.
“They’re concerned that if they open the talking filibuster … Democrats could flood the field with thousands of amendments,” Johnson said. “There’s no germaneness limitation. They can add any crazy Democrat policy they want.”
He warned that under Senate rules, each amendment must be read into the record in full, which could tie up the chamber. “They could file 1,400-page amendments and tie the Senate floor up for months,” Johnson said. “That’s what they’re concerned about.” 
Johnson said he has discussed the issue directly with Trump and that the president believes Republicans should move forward despite the risks. “Desperate times call for desperate measures,” Johnson said. “I talked to the president about the risks versus the benefits, and he said, ‘Let’s risk it. Go for it.’”
Johnson argued that voter ID and citizenship verification requirements enjoy broad public support and are necessary to restore trust in elections.
“You can’t have a constitutional republic if people don’t have faith in the election system,” Johnson said. “These are basic requirements.”
Johnson also addressed the challenges of managing the razor-thin Republican majority in the House, which has forced leadership to carefully balance competing factions inside the conference.
“I mean, we have the smallest margin in U.S. history,” Johnson said. “I have a one-vote margin. Which means I have to get unanimity because the aforementioned colleague of mine votes no almost every day.”
The comment was in reference to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is in the midst of a feud with President Trump and frequently breaks with party leadership on spending and foreign policy issues.
Johnson pushed back on the notion that internal disagreements reflect a broader ideological divide over the party’s direction on foreign policy, insisting Republicans are not pursuing an interventionist approach.
“We are not in the nation-building business,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;We are not interventionists. We are not out trying to be the world’s policemen.&#8221;
He added that fiscal realities also limit America’s ability to pursue large-scale overseas commitments. “In reality, because of our financial situation, we don’t have the ability to do those things even if someone wanted to,” Johnson said.

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The House of Representatives failed to pass a War Powers Resolution on Thursday over Operation Epic Fury in Iran, just one day after a Senate vote on the unlikely effort to halt military action against the country until Congress signs off on it.
The vote was 219-212, with most Republicans voting against the proposal and most Democrats voting for the resolution.
The House push was led by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), as Khanna argued on the House floor Wednesday that “the world needs a new moral vision.”
“The world needs an America that finds its moral center, Mr. Speaker,” he said.
“Let us rise to this historic challenge, in this body let us declare with courage and clarity that we reject this illegal and unjust war in Iran. Let us choose moral renewal over further moral decay,” the California lawmaker added.
Massie said in an X post earlier on Thursday that “the VOTE IS TODAY, but we’ve already won by forcing a debate and a vote.”
The Senate effort was led by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY), but it failed 53-47 on Wednesday.
“Congress hereby directs the President to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific authorization for use of military force,” the Senate resolution stated.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) explained her vote against the resolution in a lengthy X post on Wednesday, explaining that the resolution “would send the wrong message to Iran and to our troops.”
“The Administration has adhered to the provisions of the War Powers Act that require notification to Congress within 48 hours of hostilities commencing, and it has provided numerous classified briefings to Congress,” she wrote.
The nature of the resolution, even if the Senate and House did successfully pass it, is likely a lost cause, given that the president would have to give it the final stamp of approval, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-vote-iran-war-powers-resolution-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a>.
Republicans have primarily been in support of the recent military actions, whereas Democrats have largely been against them, with the notable exception of Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
Operation Epic Fury kicked off over the weekend, resulting in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other top Iranian leaders. Many Democrats have argued that the threshold has not been met to justify military action, with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) stating that the president “has presented no evidence that Iran or its nuclear program — which he falsely claimed to have ‘obliterated’ — pose an imminent threat to the United States, or that diplomacy was exhausted.”
Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. will need to play a direct role in deciding who is put in charge of the large Middle Eastern nation.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have to choose that person along with Iran. We&#8217;re going to have to choose that person,&#8221; the president told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-tells-reuters-us-will-have-role-choosing-irans-next-leader-2026-03-05/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.

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President Donald Trump urged Republicans on Monday to get behind a Navy SEAL who he hopes will oust Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115844769291604784">wrote</a> on Truth Social that Captain Ed Gallrein has his &#8220;Complete and Total Endorsement&#8221; in a bid to replace Massie in Kentucky&#8217;s 4th Congressional District. Massie has been a thorn in Trump&#8217;s side for most of his second term, criticizing the president&#8217;s handling of the Epstein files and voting against his &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
&#8220;The incredible people of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, who want desperately to get rid of Thomas Massie, the Worst &#8216;Republican&#8217; Congressman we have had in many years, gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The person that will help us do the job, and do it right, is Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, Fifth Generation Kentucky Farmer, and American Hero, Captain Ed Gallrein, a true Patriot.&#8221;
&#8220;Captain Ed Gallrein has my Complete and Total Endorsement against &#8216;Congressman&#8217; Thomas Massie — He only votes AGAINST the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;Unlike &#8216;lightweight&#8217; Congressman Massie, a true hater of Israel, and a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET KENTUCKY DOWN!&#8221;
Trump urged Republicans considering a run against Massie to stand down and &#8220;rally behind&#8221; Gallrein, arguing that Gallrein is in the best position to defeat the GOP congressman. Trump praised Gallrein for his service to the United States and said that the Navy SEAL &#8220;is a big fan of our recent attack on Nicolas Maduro, the Dictator of Venezuela.&#8221;
Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2008533475893104878">responded</a> to Trump&#8217;s lengthy statement on Gallrein, writing on X, &#8220;i ain’t reading all that. im happy for u tho. or sorry that happened.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to Massie&#8217;s office and campaign for comment.
Trump&#8217;s relationship with Massie has been a roller-coaster ride. In March 2020, Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-kentucky-thomas-massie-1a75ba7b28a5f889210e703a72b85630">called</a> Massie a “third rate Grandstander” and urged the GOP to throw him out of the party after the Kentucky congressman tried to stall a $2.2 trillion COVID aid package. Two years later, Trump endorsed Massie in his Republican primary, referring to him as a “Conservative Warrior” and a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution.”
Massie, who espouses libertarian views, regularly criticizes Trump&#8217;s foreign and domestic policies, including his major spending plan in the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221; Massie was one of just two Republicans in the House who voted against Trump&#8217;s signature piece of legislation.
Earlier this week, Massie condemned the Trump administration&#8217;s strikes in Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro, <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2007855570447913358">arguing</a> that the operation was only &#8220;about oil and regime change.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not what we voted for,&#8221; he said.
In a Christmas Day post calling out some of his enemies, Trump slammed Massie as &#8220;one lowlife &#8216;Republican'&#8221; who continues to focus on the Epstein saga, which Trump has called a &#8220;hoax.&#8221; Massie sent out a fundraising <a href="https://x.com/MassieforKY/status/2004577779640365204">message</a> in response to Trump&#8217;s Christmas Day criticism, writing on X, &#8220;Imagine celebrating a blessed Christmas with your family… suddenly phones alert everyone to the most powerful man in the world attacking you… for fulfilling his campaign promise to help victims!&#8221;

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Congress overwhelmingly votes to force the DOJ to open its full records on Jeffrey Epstein, markets tumble this week amid concerns about an AI bubble, and a new investigation suggests academic fraud in higher education.
It’s Wednesday, November 19, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251119-member-exclusive">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Congress Approves Release Of Epstein Files</h2>
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Topline: Congress on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to release all Justice Department files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein –  and with President Donald Trump’s support.
The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, a procedural method of approving legislation without a formal roll call, hours after the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a vote of 427-1. It was <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/cosponsors">sponsored</a> by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and a host of Democrats, and effectively calls for the release of all of the so-called Epstein files. It specifically calls for the Justice Department to release materials that relate to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s escort and lover. The release will supposedly include details Americans have been waiting for a long time to learn.
Not so fast: There&#8217;s a good chance the Justice Department could retain some names, redact others, and restrict certain files it believes the public shouldn&#8217;t see.
This is standard practice for sensitive official releases. Democrats recently released files while redacting the name of the late Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein&#8217;s victims. In Giuffre’s case, her identity and story regarding Epstein are already well-known, yet Democrats chose to redact her name anyway. There are certainly many discussions about how these documents will be viewed and what details the public will or won&#8217;t have access to.
White House under pressure:  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has appeared very restrained, very careful, telling the public that Democrats are pushing for the release of these files to weaponize them against Trump. The administration’s messaging has been that Trump hated Epstein, that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago, and that Trump was no longer friends with Epstein because he was a creep. The White House says Democrats want to weaponize these files and that if there were anything against Trump in them, it would&#8217;ve been used under the Biden Justice Department.
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The pivot for the White House has been that Trump is realizing his original MAGA base wants the files. The president has also realized that both House and Senate Republicans support releasing the files. 
Trump has already seen many different items released in the files, where people have tried to say this or that is incriminating to him. None of it has implicated the president in wrongdoing, however. Some items emerging might be distasteful or upsetting to some, but at the end of the day, none of it has implicated the president in anything like what Democrats would like to implicate him in.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Wall Street Bubble?</h2>
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Topline: Global stock markets tumbled this week amid growing fears over an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble and ongoing affordability concerns.
Throughout the summer and fall, millions of Americans were ecstatic to open up their investment portfolio each week as markets soared. The DOW, S&amp;P 500, and NASDAQ are up by more than 10% this year.
Those gains were primarily driven by excitement over AI, one of the most significant developments for Wall Street. As new applications and technologies emerge month after month, investors have gobbled up shares of anything remotely related to AI.
But in the past week, markets have begun to look a bit shaky—the DOW, SP500, and NASDAQ are each down by more than 3.5%, and tech stocks in particular have been hit the hardest.
Why? The biggest and most obvious concern is that a bubble has formed, and all the frenzied investors looking to get in on the AI action have pumped trillions of dollars into the industry, driving stock prices far beyond their worth.
Most AI companies are still in the research and development phase and are not making money. For example, MIT recently surveyed 300 AI companies and found that 95% had yet to turn a profit, despite taking in a combined $40 billion in outside investments.
Bets against AI: A number of well-known investors and venture capitalists are betting against AI stocks. Michael Burry, made famous in the movie &#8220;The Big Short&#8221; (2015), has reportedly made more than $1 billion in bets that Palantir and Nvidia’s stock prices will fall. Billionaire tech founder Peter Thiel and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son each liquidated all of their Nvidia stocks, sparking even more concern.
The other side: Goldman Sachs released a report this week expressing confidence that the market is correctly valuing the benefits from AI and that valuations are not at “bubble levels.” Two of their lead analysts wrote that “simple arithmetic” shows that markets are running “well ahead of the macro impact.” In other words, the market is pricing in future profits that will come thanks to AI technology.
Kenny Polcari, chief market strategist at Slatestone Wealth, told Morning Wire that the situation is not as bad as some people seem to think.
“While I think that valuations are stretched, I am not in the camp that I think we&#8217;re in a bubble. A bubble suggests something very different,” said Polcari. “This was the fourth industrial revolution. Everyone had to be in it, so they talked it up, and now with this, it&#8217;s exhausted. … It&#8217;s going to probably feel uncomfortable, but I&#8217;m not in the camp that I think it&#8217;s a bubble.”
Polcari conceded that prices were bound to correct at some point, but in his view, that presents a long-term opportunity for average investors.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Academic Standards Sink</h2>
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Topline: Colleges are increasingly admitting students who struggle with middle school-level academics.
Pop quiz: 7 + 2 = blank + 6.
The answer is three, of course. A simple enough math problem, but a quarter of students at the University of California, San Diego didn’t know the answer to that question.
The school put out a <a href="https://senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347/sawg-report-on-admissions-review-docs.pdf">report</a> this month on a “steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students.” It said “[b]etween 2020 and 2025, the number of freshmen whose math placement exam results indicate they do not meet middle school standards grew nearly thirtyfold.” Worse, it wasn’t because they hadn’t taken courses in high school–they did, and many of them actually got high grades. The high schools seem to be just passing students who have no idea what they’re doing, often with As and Bs.
Consequences: If students aren’t ready for college-level work, they may face academic difficulties that increase their chances of dropping out and taking on debt without a degree.
The dumbing down of college has also led to inflation. Now, people have to waste precious years getting a graduate degree just to prove they’re as smart as what used to be required for a bachelor’s.
Why? Some, but not all, of what’s gone wrong has been driven by racial politics. A Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-black-college-is-a-criminal-enterprise-ex-top-official-says-in-lawsuit">report</a> published Monday on an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) underscores the concerns.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore admits 90% of applicants and has a 17% graduation rate. There have been four separate lawsuits filed against it in the last few months, alleging, among other things, that the school has almost no standards and condones cheating to keep its graduation rate from falling.
One lecturer, Ciu Fang, said that most students failed her advanced computer science class—a result she saw as the inevitable outcome of turning students who barely made it through high school into college undergraduates.

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Morning Brief: The Epstein Files, AI Bubble Gets Nervous, & Schools Keep Lowering The Bar

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A trio of anti-Trump members of Congress will <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5609061-epstein-survivors-house-press-conference/">host</a> alleged survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday.
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Ro Khanna (D-CA), all of whom are inveterate opponents of the president, are hosts.
According to NewsNation, the press conference will “discuss next steps for Rep. Khanna and Rep. Massie’s bipartisan bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.”
On Sunday night, President Trump noted on Truth Social that he encourages the release of all the Epstein files, writing:
“As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown.’&#8221;
“The Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson stated. “The Democrat Party did nothing about Epstein for years; they are only pretending to care about these victims now as they attempt to score political points against President Trump.”
In February 2025, Massie was the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-set-vote-trumps-tax-cut-agenda-2025-02-25/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">sole Republican</a> in the House to vote no on a budget blueprint that would advance Trump’s tax-cut and border/big-spending agenda (a “$4.5 trillion” plan) in a 217-215 vote. In March, Massie <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/03/11/trump-massie-spending-bill?utm_source=chatgpt.com">opposed</a> a House stopgap spending bill/continuing resolution aimed at avoiding a government shutdown, which Trump supported. In June, Massie <a href="https://time.com/7294985/iran-israel-trump-us-war-powers-congress-massie-khanna-kaine/">co-sponsored</a> a war-powers resolution aimed at limiting the president’s authority to strike Iran without Congressional approval, against the Trump administration’s foreign-policy position. In June, he also he was one of only two Republicans to vote against the so-called “Great, Big, Beautiful Bill” (or similar bill) advanced by Republicans.
On November 28, 2023, the U.S. House passed a resolution “reaffirming the State of Israel’s right to exist.” Massie <a href="https://www.jns.org/on-israels-right-to-exist-massie-votes-no-tlaib-present/?utm">cast the lone</a> “nay” vote. In late May 2025, as Israel was at war with Hamas and Iran, Massie said the U.S. should “end all U.S. military aid to Israel now.”
“Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX TIMES, must be thrown out of office, ASAP!” Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115487538389910575">Truth Social</a> earlier this month.
After Trump launched a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites last May, Greene slammed him, saying, “We are entering a nuclear war—the World War, the World War III, because the entire world is going to erupt.” In October, she <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-condemns-argentina-beef-plan-trump-10928902">said</a> his plan to import Argentine beef to lower prices was “a punch in the gut to all of our American cattle ranchers.” She also <a href="https://x.com/OfTheBraveUSA/status/1977076561951260769">attacked</a> the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Trump, noting Greene’s opposition, wrote last week, “It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”
Khanna has <a href="https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-ro-khanna-says-trump-following-nixons-playbook-attempt-interfere-federal">accused</a> Trump of “following Richard Nixon’s playbook to interfere with” the Federal Reserve. He <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/7/ro_khanna">criticized</a> DOGE, saying, “It has really been disappointing and concerning to see the overreach and the unconstitutional actions.” He has mocked Trump’s foreign policy, declaring, “I think he is in the wrong century.”

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President Donald Trump says he&#8217;s done supporting GOP Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) and Thomas Massie (KY), and will give his endorsement to those who would offer primary challenges to his former allies.
Trump took to Truth Social on Friday night to tear into both Greene and Massie &#8212; serving up particular ire for Greene, who was a strong supporter of Trump before launching numerous criticisms at the president over the last month or so.
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In his post on Greene, Trump suggested the congresswoman started to publicly criticize him after he sent her a poll showing she&#8217;d fare poorly if she made a run for the Senate or governorship in Georgia, adding that she&#8217;s also upset that he doesn&#8217;t have time to return her phone calls anymore.
&#8220;It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!),&#8221; POTUS said. &#8220;She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.&#8221;
&#8220;She has gone Far Left, even doing &#8216;The View,&#8217; with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors,&#8221; Trump added. Greene notably trashed Republicans and criticized Trump&#8217;s agenda during her recent appearance on &#8220;The View,&#8221; earning some praise from the liberal anti-Trump co-hosts.
&#8220;I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,&#8221; the president added.
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Greene has recently <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/mtg-republicans-trump-america-first">accused</a> Trump of being &#8220;America Last&#8221; for meeting with foreign leaders and has routinely criticized Republican leadership. She&#8217;s also suggested Trump has made missteps concerning the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Before Trump posted his comments on Greene to Truth Social, he criticized Greene&#8217;s complaints about him going overseas.
&#8220;She&#8217;s lost a wonderful conservative reputation,&#8221; the president told the press. &#8220;She says, &#8216;Don&#8217;t go overseas?&#8217; If I didn&#8217;t, we may be in a war right now with China!&#8221;
&#8220;Something happened to her over the last period of a month or two,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think her constituents aren&#8217;t gonna be happy. Already, I have people calling me, they want to challenge her in her district in Georgia. That&#8217;s too bad.&#8221;
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🚨 BREAKING: Moments before he withdrew his endorsement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, President Trump FIRED BACK at her criticism that he spends too much time overseas
&#8220;She&#8217;s lost a wonderful conservative reputation. She says don&#8217;t go overseas? If I didn&#8217;t, we may be in a WAR right… <a href="https://t.co/UYku0nZwVh">pic.twitter.com/UYku0nZwVh</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1989513947871879169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Greene responded on X, suggesting Trump is trying to keep information about Epstein from the public and is no longer &#8220;America First.&#8221;
&#8220;Of course he’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other Republicans before next week&#8217;s vote to release the Epstein files,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level.&#8221;
&#8220;But really most Americans wish he would fight this hard to help the forgotten men and women of America who are fed up with foreign wars and foreign causes, are going broke trying to feed their families, and are losing hope of ever achieving the American dream,&#8221; MTG added.
&#8220;I don’t worship or serve Donald Trump,&#8221; Greene wrote. &#8220;I worship God, Jesus is my savior, and I serve my district GA14 and the American people. &#8230; For me, I remain America First and America Only!!!&#8221;
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President Trump just attacked me and lied about me. I haven’t called him at all, but I did send these text messages today. Apparently this is what sent him over the edge.
The Epstein files.
And of course he’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other… <a href="https://t.co/EcUzaohZZs">pic.twitter.com/EcUzaohZZs</a>
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1989518703507963940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
The president also unleashed on Massie, with whom he&#8217;s had a more volatile relationship. However, in 2022, Trump endorsed Massie and called him a “Conservative Warrior” and “first-rate Defender of the Constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;Did Thomas Massie, sometimes referred to as Rand Paul Jr., because of the fact that he always votes against the Republican Party, get married already???&#8221; Trump posted to Truth Social. &#8220;Boy, that was quick!&#8221;
Massie&#8217;s wife of over 35 years died in June 2024. Sixteen months after her passing, Massie married Carolyn Grace Moffa, 36, a former agriculture policy staffer for Senator Rand Paul.
&#8220;No wonder the Polls have him at less than an 8% chance of winning the Election,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;Anyway, have a great life Thomas and (?). His wife will soon find out that she’s stuck with a LOSER!&#8221;
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Trump made clear back in May that he will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-another-grandstander-trump-backs-primary-challenge-to-thomas-massie?utm_source=chatgpt.com">back a primary challenger to Massie</a>, saying he&#8217;d &#8220;lead the charge against him.&#8221;

US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP

Trump Goes Nuclear On Two Former Allies, Says He’ll Back Primary Challengers

Republican Primary

On Monday, the day before Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has consistently opposed President Trump’s agenda, is up for reelection, the president issued a strong statement supporting Massie’s challenger and deriding Massie as a “Weak and Pathetic RINO.”
In February 2025, Massie was the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-set-vote-trumps-tax-cut-agenda-2025-02-25/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">sole Republican</a> in the House to vote no on a budget blueprint that would advance Trump’s tax-cut and border/big-spending agenda (a “$4.5 trillion” plan) in a 217-215 vote. In March, Massie <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/03/11/trump-massie-spending-bill?utm_source=chatgpt.com">opposed</a> a House stop-gap spending bill/continuing resolution aimed at avoiding a government shutdown, which Trump supported. In June, Massie <a href="https://time.com/7294985/iran-israel-trump-us-war-powers-congress-massie-khanna-kaine/">co-sponsored</a> a war-powers resolution aimed at limiting the president’s authority to strike Iran without Congressional approval, against the Trump administration’s foreign-policy position. In June, he also he was one of only two Republicans to vote against the so-called “Great, Big, Beautiful Bill” (or similar bill) advanced by Republicans.
On November 28, 2023 the U.S. House passed a resolution “reaffirming the State of Israel’s right to exist.” Massie <a href="https://www.jns.org/on-israels-right-to-exist-massie-votes-no-tlaib-present/?utm">cast the lone</a> “nay” vote. In late May 2025, as Israel was at war with Hamas and Iran, Massie said the U.S. should “end all U.S. military aid to Israel now.”
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“Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX TIMES, must be thrown out of office, ASAP!” Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115487538389910575">Truth Social</a>. “The incredible people of Kentucky&#8217;s 4th Congressional District gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and the person that will help us do that is Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Fifth Generation Kentucky Farmer, Captain Ed Gallrein, a true America First Patriot. A Brave Combat Veteran, Ed knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Defend our Country, Support our Military/Veterans, and Ensure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.”
“Additionally, as a very successful Businessman, Ed knows how to Create GREAT Jobs, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Support our Amazing Farmers and American Agriculture, Unleash American Energy Dominance, and Champion our Nation&#8217;s Golden Age,” Trump continued. “In Congress, he will fight tirelessly to Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.”
“Captain Ed Gallrein has my Complete and Total Endorsement against Massie, who is now polling at about 9% because the Great People of Kentucky are wise to him — He only votes against the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left. Unlike ‘lightweight’ Massie, a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!” he concluded.

Rep. Thomas Massie

‘Weak and Pathetic RINO’: Trump Slams Massie, Praises Navy Seal Opponent

Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Wednesday they plan to release their own client list after the Justice Department in July announced it found no evidence of one.
At a rally on Capitol Hill, Epstein victim Lisa Phillips said she and other survivors of Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plan to release a list of those involved in the abuse.
“Epstein was not just a serial predator; he was an international human trafficker,” Phillips said. “And many around him knew this, many participated, and many profited, and yet, he was protected. I know what it’s like to be trafficked to others, and I know the files contain the names of powerful men who have been shielded because of their fame or fortune.”
“And let me announce now, several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names,” she added to the cheers of the crowd. “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors.”
After the rally, the Epstein victims and their supporters joined some Republican and Democratic lawmakers for a press conference just outside the Capitol Building. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke, calling on the federal government to release more information on the Epstein investigation.
“[The] Washington establishment is asking the American public to believe something that is not believable,” Massie said. “They’re asking you to believe that two individuals created hundreds of victims and they acted alone and that the DOJ has no idea of who else might have been involved that nobody else did anything that rose to a criminal enterprise. The American people know that’s not true.”
The DOJ said that it did not find evidence that Epstein had a client list or that powerful co-conspirators were involved in his child sex crimes. The DOJ also noted that the evidence showed that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in August 2019. President Donald Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-story-is-kept-alive-by-pretty-bad-people-including-fake-news">blasted</a> those focusing on the Epstein files, arguing that the issue is being pushed by the “Fake News” and “success-starved Dems.”
During the press conference, Epstein accuser Jena-Lisa Jones said, “I remembered crying the entire way home, thinking about how I couldn’t ever tell anyone about what actually happened in that house. This guy was so rich and had so many pictures with so many famous people and no one would have ever believed me if I told them.” Jones told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/us/jeffrey-epstein-survivors-interview">CNN</a> that she met Epstein when she was just 14, and that he was her first sexual experience.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-led-oversight-committee-drops-massive-trove-of-over-33000-epstein-docs?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Republican-Led+Oversight+Committee+Drops+Massive+Trove+Of+Over+33%2C000+Epstein+Docs">released</a> more than 33,000 pages of Epstein documents, but critics blasted the heavily redacted document trove.
“What people are waking up and discovering right now is — the folks who stayed up all night to go through the 34,000 individual pages have found that they’re so redacted as to be useless,” Massie said.
Khanna said during the press conference that less than 1% of the Epstein files had been released.
“A nation that allows rich and powerful men to traffic and abuse young girls without consequence is a nation that has lost its moral and spiritual core,” he said.
Wednesday’s rally and press conference was the largest gathering of Epstein’s accusers since a 2019 court hearing following the sex abuser’s death, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/house-epstein-files-victims-news-conference/#link-QMGSRWQ7GJFM3F6G2WVO222RZE">reported</a>. House lawmakers met with Epstein victims on Tuesday to discuss releasing more documents.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who supports a limited release of Epstein documents, praised the Tuesday document dump, saying, “There’s 33,000 documents that were released because of this administration. When we met with victims yesterday, they said that they don’t want their personal information to be out there, and they actually asked us to not put it out there, so obviously that was information that was withheld from that document release.”
Massie also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-massie-epstein-files-discharge-petition-house-vote/">filed</a> a discharge petition on Tuesday in an attempt to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files. The discharge petition must receive 218 votes, a majority of the House, to move a vote forward.
Khanna believes that all House Democrats would sign the petition, and is hopeful that at least six Republicans would also sign. Massie said he is two Republicans away from passing the discharge petition, along with Massie and Greene, Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Lauren Boebert of Colorado are the only Republicans to sign the petition.

House Members Introduce Epstein Files Transparency Act

‘We Know The Names’: Epstein Victims Say They Will Release Their Own Client List

Democrats

Trump Administration

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers is teaming to try and lock in a vote on legislation that would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019.
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is once again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-squad-endorses-massies-resolution-on-u-s-involvement-in-israel-iran-conflict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pitting himself against</a> President Donald Trump, joined forces with Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Wednesday on a <a href="https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/efta.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discharge petition</a> that would force leadership to act on a disclosure bill should it garner signatures from a majority of the GOP-led House&#8217;s membership.
&#8220;We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files,&#8221; Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1945237281096229095" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. He explained in a follow-up <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1945242813282611492">post</a>: &#8220;A discharge petition is a procedural tool for bypassing leadership. In 7 days we can start collecting signatures. At 218 signatures, the House must vote on our bill requiring a full release of the Epstein files. If your Representative won’t sign the discharge petition, ask why.&#8221;
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We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes.
Americans were promised justice and transparency.
We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files. <a href="https://t.co/Ja1xJ7Hiz1">pic.twitter.com/Ja1xJ7Hiz1</a>
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1945237281096229095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The announcement comes after the lower chamber repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-block-democrat-push-to-release-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> Khanna&#8217;s legislation this week, first in the Rules Committee in the form of an amendment to an unrelated crypto bill, and then a procedural vote on the House floor that Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-rejects-claims-of-blocking-epstein-files-a-misunderstanding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> would have given the Democrat minority the power to force votes on whatever agenda items they pleased.
Called the &#8220;Epstein Files Transparency Act,&#8221; Khanna&#8217;s <a href="https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395739">legislation</a> demands that the attorney general make available records and investigative materials public within 30 days. Redactions are permitted for certain types of content, including child sexual abuse materials, documents that would jeopardize active federal investigations or prosecutions, and information designated to be secret by executive order.
Trump, who recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-maga-trump-vows-to-help-crush-massie-in-primary-after-iran-strike-criticism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> to help defeat Massie in his next primary after disagreements on the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; and strikes on Iran, has expressed support for Attorney General Pam Bondi and dismissed the uproar within the “Make America Great Again” movement following the DOJ claiming it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered.
A &#8220;new SCAM&#8221; from &#8220;Radical Left Democrats&#8221; is &#8220;what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this &#8216;bullshit,&#8217; hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114863203348237352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! &#8221;
Still, even as has Trump decried the controversy, he <a href="https://x.com/theblaze/status/1945520557904081328" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Bondi can release whatever she believes is &#8220;credible.&#8221;
Many people remain skeptical that the DOJ is being completely forthcoming, and other Republican lawmakers, <a href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1945502464037326863" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), quickly signed on to become co-sponsors of the discharge petition. Democrats, who have suddenly taken an interest in releasing Epstein files after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-blackburn-says-democrat-led-senate-committee-chair-blocked-epstein-flight-logs-subpoena" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fighting</a> GOP efforts in the past, also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-rejects-claims-of-blocking-epstein-files-a-misunderstanding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signaled</a> their support for the measure and <a href="https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-demand-chairman-jordan-hold-public-hearing-with-doj-and-fbi-officials-on-their-handling-of-the-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> a hearing on the matter.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1945181783567319432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an interview with conservative political commentator Benny Johnson on Tuesday that he supports &#8220;transparency&#8221; with regard to the Epstein issue and called on Bondi to be more forthcoming to inform the American public what happened after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-great-trump-backs-bondi-wants-top-officials-to-end-conflict-over-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hinted</a> earlier this year that major bombshells were about to be revealed that never materialized.
If the discharge petition were to prevail, Khanna&#8217;s bill would still face long odds, as <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1945487474207461540" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> by Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman.
&#8220;Massie may succeed in getting signatures. But I anticipate the leadership will make the case &#8211; as they usually do &#8211; that this is handing the floor to Democrats,&#8221; Sherman said on X. &#8220;And even if this gets the requisite 218 signatures, it’s subject to a motion to table then a vote in the house. Then the senate can ignore it. If the Senate somehow does pass it — probably won’t happen — Trump would almost certainly veto. And then will there be a veto proof majority? Almost definitely not.&#8221;

Representative Thomas Massie

Massie Defies Trump Again, Teams Up With Democrat To Force Vote On Epstein Files

U.S. House of Representatives

President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that the &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; movement should cut any ties with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Sunday after the congressman decried this weekend&#8217;s U.S. military strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran and revealed that he will hit the campaign trail next year to support a primary challenger.
The comments mark an escalation in the intra-party war of words after Trump called Massie a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-capitol-hill-visit-trump-tells-house-gop-back-big-beautiful-bill-fool" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grandstander</a>&#8221; earlier this year for opposing the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; making its way through Congress and <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/05/20/trump-on-massie-i-think-he-should-be-voted-out-of-office/83745274007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> voters to kick the Kentucky Republican out from his House seat.
&#8220;Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always Votes &#8216;NO,&#8217; no matter how good something may be,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114728311939211877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Truth Social post. &#8220;He’s a simple minded &#8216;grandstander&#8217; who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling &#8216;DEATH TO AMERICA&#8217; at every chance they get.&#8221;
Massie claims the attack on Iran was &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936574721312923803" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unconstitutional</a>&#8221; because Congress did not authorize military force ahead of time. Prior to the strikes, the Kentucky Republican put <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-squad-endorses-massies-resolution-on-u-s-involvement-in-israel-iran-conflict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forward</a> a war powers resolution in the House that elicited the support of many Democrats, including leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; members.
&#8220;When two countries are bombing each other daily in a hot war, and a third country joins the bombing, that’s an act of war,&#8221; Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936722005451010479" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X, alluding to the conflict between Israel and Iran. &#8220;I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics being undertaken by neocons in DC (and their social media bots) to say we aren’t at war… so they can make war.&#8221;
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended Trump&#8217;s decision to launch an operation to destroy three facilities in Iran this weekend in a bid to stop that country from being able to create nuclear weapons.
&#8220;The President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants &#8216;Death to America,&#8217; simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight’s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties.&#8221;
Massie shot back, asking why Johnson did not call Congress back from &#8220;vacation&#8221; to vote on military action &#8220;if there was a serious threat&#8221; to the United States. &#8220;I introduced a War Powers Resolution on Tuesday, while Congress was on vacation. We would have had plenty of time to debate and vote on this,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936724385273979112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
In his post on Truth Social, Trump compared Massie to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), another Republican lawmaker who has shown a willingness to break with the &#8220;MAGA&#8221; line.
&#8220;Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes &#8216;NO&#8217; on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday’s attack, which was a total and complete WIN. Massie should drop his fake act and start putting America First, but he doesn’t know how to get there — he doesn’t have a clue!&#8221;
After noting how Massie will &#8220;undoubtedly&#8221; again vote against the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which will likely need to be approved by the House a second time with the changes being implemented by the Senate, Trump pledged to help defeat the congressman in next year&#8217;s midterm elections.
&#8220;MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague!&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is definitely one. Thank you to our incredible military for the AMAZING job they did last night. It was really SPECIAL!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.&#8221;
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/trump-massie-congress-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> later on Sunday that Trump&#8217;s team was launching a super PAC focused on getting Massie defeated in the May 2026 primary. The news outlet said the group is called Kentucky MAGA and led by the President&#8217;s senior political advisers Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita.
In a post on X, Massie acknowledged Trump&#8217;s pledge to back a primary challenger and <a href="https://x.com/MassieforKY/status/1936863008174616881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> people to support his re-election campaign.

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This past Thursday, the administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-pauses-ice-arrests-at-farms-hotels-in-major-shift-on-immigration-enforcement?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Pauses+ICE+Arrests+At+Farms%2C+Hotels+In+Major+Shift+On+Immigration+Enforcement">reportedly</a> instructed ICE to halt immigration raids on such businesses. The guidance followed a warning from the Department of Agriculture that aggressive deportations in rural areas could <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/859d3f21-fd73-43bd-b9ed-6730df5f594e?utm_source=chatgpt.com">destabilize</a> the food supply. 
“There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine ICE’s efforts,” Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said on a call Monday, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/16/trump-farms-hotels-immigration-raids/">reported</a>. “Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability.”
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Last week, President Donald Trump said there would be a forthcoming policy change regarding deportations at farms, hotels, and leisure businesses. He said he wanted his administration to use “common sense” and not focus on deporting “good workers&#8221; who have been here for decades.
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“Our farmers are being hurt badly. They have very good workers who have worked for them for 20 years. They’re not citizens, but they’ve turned out to be great, and we’re going to have to do something about that. We can’t take farmers and take all their people and send them back,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;You know what’s going to happen &#8212; what is happening, they get rid of some of their people … and they end up hiring the criminals that have come in, the murderers from prisons and everything else.”
Before the apparent reversal, the announcement to slow down such raids generated pushback from some Trump supporters, arguing that the move was de facto amnesty and not what they voted for. 
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – who’s disagreed with Trump over a number of issues – had <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1933966075449709031">criticized</a> the policy shift, writing, “Under Trump’s new immigration enforcement policy, if you’re an illegal alien, I guess you just have to switch jobs to a restaurant, hotel, farm, or meat packing plant?”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-strips-legal-status-from-over-half-a-million-migrants-tells-them-to-self-deport">Trump Strips Legal Status From Over Half A Million Migrants, Tells Them To Self-Deport</a>

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Members of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; are rallying behind a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to affirm that the United States cannot get involved in the fight between Israel and Iran without the consent of Congress.
The U.S. military has already <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-strikes-us-troops-973bc18970689bac42d82342bd29f601" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helped</a> shoot down missiles launched toward Israel from Iran. President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5KHUrg704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that the United States supports Israel&#8217;s defense while stressing that Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons. He <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114685507052179501" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Tehran that any attack on the U.S. would face the &#8220;full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces.&#8221;
Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1934749340813476204" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on X that he would introduce a &#8220;bipartisan War Powers Resolution&#8221; to &#8220;prohibit&#8221; U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict. &#8220;This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution,&#8221; Massie stated.
&#8220;Signing on,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1934790910455472635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/1934975318005305657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and</a> Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Both have repeatedly made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/match-lighter-condemns-blaze-aoc-shredded-for-past-comments-after-antisemitic-terror-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unsubstantiated accusations</a> against Israel of committing genocide in its war against the terror group Hamas.
Omar was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-boot-ilhan-omar-off-foreign-affairs-committee-over-anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kicked off</a> the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2023 for rhetoric deemed to be anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. Last year, Omar faced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republican-unveils-censure-resolution-against-ilhan-omar-after-remark-about-some-jewish-students-being-pro-genocide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censure threat</a> for suggesting that some Jewish students were “pro-genocide,” but it did not come to pass.
Massie also <a href="https://x.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1934774616964137145" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-posted</a> a response from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
&#8220;I look forward to supporting this War Powers Resolution. The American people aren&#8217;t falling for it again. We were lied to about &#8216;weapons of mass destruction&#8217; in Iraq that killed millions + forever changed lives,&#8221; Tlaib said. &#8220;It&#8217;s unconst&#8217;l for Trump to go to war without a vote in Congress.&#8221;
The House <a href="https://history.house.gov/Institution/Discipline/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured</a> Tlaib in 2023 for &#8220;promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.&#8221;
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) <a href="https://x.com/lawler4ny/status/1934797078380609877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> that it was a &#8220;good bet&#8221; that he would oppose any resolution that Massie and Ocasio-Cortez were teaming up to support.
&#8220;Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea are not our friends or our allies — in fact they are working to undermine us and destabilize the free world,&#8221; Lawler said. &#8220;A nuclear Iran will seek to eradicate Israel and all but ensure WWIII. We cannot allow that to happen. We must stand with Israel.&#8221;
Massie formally <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1935001863100699058" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> his resolution on Tuesday with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-announces-the-filing-of-a-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-war-with-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> a similar war powers resolution for the upper chamber.

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