Thomas Massie a Little ‘Suspicious’ of Trump Reversal on Epstein Files

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Republican U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky said he is a “little bit suspicious” of President Donald Trump after his reversal in stance on releasing files connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. . .

In a post to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said in part, “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.’” . . .

Trump has labeled these efforts a “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” previously claiming Democrats are using the issue to distract from their own performance and that “only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.” . . .

While speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday, Massie was asked his thoughts about Trump’s reversal on the issue.

“Well, he got tired of us winning,” Massie responded. “He decided to join us. Look, they could have done this four months ago, and instead they fought us every bit of the way. Now they want to be on our side, we’ll accept their support, but we’re, you know, a little bit suspicious of this sudden turn of events.”

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Congress Forces Release of Epstein Files After Trump U-Turn

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In a stunning and nearly unanimous move, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted this week to force the Department of Justice to release the long-sealed Jeffrey Epstein case files—ending months of political pressure, activist lobbying, and dramatic reversals from President Donald Trump himself.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the House 427–1, then cleared the Senate without a single objection, fast-tracked through the chamber in a matter of hours. The bill now heads to President Trump, who—after long opposing the release and calling the matter a “Democrat hoax”—has signaled he will sign it into law.

Once signed, the Justice Department will have 30 days to release the full collection of investigative files related to Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Survivors and advocates have spent weeks calling this moment a historic breakthrough—though many observers warn that the final result may still fall short of full transparency.

For years, Trump had urged Republicans to avoid pushing for the release of Epstein documents, claiming Democrats were weaponizing the issue for political reasons. That changed abruptly this week, when Trump reversed course and declared that Republicans should support the bill.

He has since vowed to investigate the Democratic power players most associated with Epstein, including Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, and executives connected to major financial institutions.

Notably, however, Trump has not publicly committed to probing Republicans who have been tied to Epstein socially or professionally.

Even with the bill set to become law, some legal experts and survivor advocates are raising a difficult possibility:

After years of stonewalling, legal shielding, and sealed evidence, key information may already be gone.

Under the bill:

The Attorney General may still withhold documents if releasing them would expose minors or jeopardize ongoing investigations.

Congress did not have to force this vote—Trump could have ordered full disclosure at any time.

The DOJ has already had five years since Epstein’s death to process, redact, or classify materials.

Rep. Thomas Massie, the Republican who helped lead the transparency push, warned that elite influence must not shape what the public ultimately sees.

“I hope those victims have confidence to come out and say the names,” he told BBC Newsnight, adding that lawmakers should not “create any special exemptions for these rich men who are worried about getting embarrassed.”

Survivors have echoed the same sentiment, telling lawmakers that anything less than full accountability would be “another betrayal.”

Democrats Explicitly Tell Spy Agencies, Military To Disobey Trump

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Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin posted a video to social media Tuesday morning in which she and five of her congressional colleagues called for the military and the intelligence community to “stand up” to President Donald Trump’s administration.

The half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who took part in the video titled, “Don’t give up the ship,” had all served as military or intelligence officers. In her X post of the video, Slotkin stated the lawmakers seek to “directly” tell service members and intelligence personnel that the “American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.”

“We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now,” Slotkin, a former CIA officer, said in the video she appeared in alongside Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Democratic Pennsylvania Reps. Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan, Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander and Democratic Colorado Rep. Jason Crow.

“Americans trust their military,” said Houlahan, a former Air Force officer.

“But that trust is at risk,” added Deluzio, a former officer in the Navy.

“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens,” Kelly, a former Navy officer, said in tandem with Crow, a former Army officer, and Slotkin. (Read more from “Democrats Explicitly Tell Spy Agencies, Military To Disobey Trump” HERE)

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Trump-Appointed Judge May Have Just Cost Republicans Nearly Half A Dozen House Seats

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A three-judge federal panel ruled on Tuesday that Texas can’t use the GOP-drawn redistricting map designed to boost Republican chances in the 2026 midterm elections.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the new map into law in August, which would add up to five additional House seats for the Republican Party in the midterms, The Texas Tribune reported. However, the 2-1 Tuesday ruling asserts the map was “racially gerrymandered.”

A judge appointed by President Donald Trump joined a judge appointed by former President Obama in the ruling. A judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan dissented.

“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map,” the ruling states. “But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”

Texas is anticipated to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to the Associated Press. (Read more from “Trump-Appointed Judge May Have Just Cost Republicans Nearly Half A Dozen House Seats” HERE)

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GOP Lawmaker Hits Back After Donald Trump Appears To Knock His Marriage

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By USA Today. Rep. Thomas Massie hit back at President Donald Trump this week, accusing the president of “trying to be a bully” after he appeared to criticize the Kentucky Republican’s recent marriage.

Trump on Friday, Nov. 14 shared a post on Truth Social asking if Massie got “married already,” saying “His wife will soon find out that she’s stuck with a LOSER!” Massie married Carolyn Moffa, a former congressional staffer for Sen. Rand Paul, last month. Massie’s late wife, Rhonda Massie, died in June 2024. They were married for over 30 years.

Massie and Trump have most recently been at odds because the Kentucky lawmaker and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, introduced legislation that would force the Justice Department to release a full version of the government’s files on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has fought against the move. . .

But when asked about Trump’s comments during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Nov. 16, Massie joked that his wife said “we should have invited Donald Trump. He’s mad that he didn’t get an invitation.”

“We’re taking it with a grain of salt,” Massie said. “He’s being a bully, or trying to be a bully.” (Read more from “GOP Lawmaker Hits Back After Donald Trump Appears To Knock His Marriage” HERE)

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‘Full on crash out’ as Trump pal implies dissenting GOP lawmaker ‘killed his wife’: report

By Raw Story. MAGA influencer Laura Loomer is under fire Sunday after calling the death of Rhonda Massie – the wife of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – a “mystery” and “bizarre,” with one independent journalist alleging Loomer to be “implying Massie killed his wife.”

In a social media post Saturday, Loomer posed what she called a “serious question” regarding the passing of Massie’s wife.

“How did Massie’s wife die? Is there a police report? Is there an autopsy report?” Loomer wrote in a social media post on X. “Why is this such a mystery? I’d like to know. I find it to be bizarre and I always have. Now there’s a much younger woman in the picture.”

Massie’s wife died last year due to “respiratory complications of chronic autoimmune myopathy,” according to coroner Amy Cox, and Massie has since remarried. Loomer has frequently targeted Massie for his efforts to release files on Jeffrey Epstein in direct opposition to President Donald Trump, whom she remains a strong ally to.

Independent journalist and documentary filmmaker James Li, however, tore into Loomer for what he described as her having a “full on crash out.”

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How Joe Rogan Stumbled Into Defending Christianity — And Exposed Atheist Nonsense

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Joe Rogan is undoubtedly the most popular podcaster in the world, hosting intriguing and expansive conversations about topics ranging from politics to sports — and everything in between. Rogan’s influence over the culture cannot be overstated.

That’s why his recent comments about Jesus, the Bible, and church are so notable.

Before this year, many had long assumed Rogan was a firm agnostic based on various on-air proclamations and statements. But 2025 seemed to signify what can only be described as a spiritual shift in the host’s life.

Specifically, Rogan’s recent statements about Christianity aren’t merely pointed and effective; they actively dismantle and challenge some of the most absurd atheist arguments against the Christian faith, with Rogan’s responses to Jesus, the Big Bang, and other related issues raising eyebrows. (Read more from “How Joe Rogan Stumbled Into Defending Christianity — And Exposed Atheist Nonsense” HERE)

Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Wants a ‘Real’ Investigation Into Prison Death, Not a ‘Cover-Up’

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Donald Trump’s decision to reverse course on Sunday night and urge House Republicans to vote to release the government’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have sent the media into a frenzy, but it didn’t move Mark Epstein.

“I really don’t care. I’m not interested in the files or anything,” Epstein, the late financier’s brother, told TheWrap on Monday. “My brother’s dead, so it doesn’t matter to me. What I’m concerned about is the fact that Jeffrey did not commit suicide.”

Mark Epstein has long maintained that his brother didn’t take his own life in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while facing federal sex-trafficking charges. He expressed doubt Monday that unreleased government files will provide any fresh insight into his brother’s death.

“There’s a whole cover-up,” Epstein added. “The DOJ is covering this up. They never investigated this as if it might be anything other than a suicide.”

The Epstein saga came roaring back last week following the release of more than 20,000 emails, some suggesting Trump was aware of his former friend’s sex-trafficking of underage women, claims the president has strongly denied. The document dump came hours before the swearing-in of Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva, who provided the final signature to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. (Read more from “Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Wants a ‘Real’ Investigation Into Prison Death, Not a ‘Cover-Up’” HERE)

Trump Reveals When ‘Moderate Income’ Americans Can Expect To Get $2K Tariff Checks

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President Trump vowed to issue tariff dividends sometime before the 2026 midterms during an Oval Office event touting his administration’s work bringing the FIFA World Cup to the US.

“We’re gonna be issuing dividends later on, somewhere prior to — the middle of next year, a little bit later than that,” he said, noting it would include “Thousands of dollars, for individuals of moderate income.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously revealed that the proposed $2,000 tariff dividend checks for American citizens would be awarded, but noted that the idea was only “in discussion.” . . .

The remittance would require approval from Congress, where even the president’s own Republican allies have expressed skepticism and encouraged Trump to focus on decreasing the federal budget deficit instead.

“It’ll never pass. We have a $37 trillion debt,” Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio told reporters in July, according to Business Insider. (Read more from “Trump Reveals When ‘Moderate Income’ Americans Can Expect To Get $2K Tariff Checks” HERE)

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Ford CEO Laments He Can’t Fill 5,000 Mechanic Jobs Paying $120K Per Year: ‘We Are in Trouble in Our Country’

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Ford has been unable to fill some 5,000 openings for mechanics despite offering a salary of $120,000 a year — prompting the company’s chief executive to warn of a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople in the US.

“We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said on an episode of the “Office Hours: Business Edition” podcast published earlier this week.

“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.” . . .

The $120,000 pay is nearly twice the average annual American salary, according to the Social Security Administration.

It takes about five years to learn the skills needed to pull a diesel engine out of a Ford Super Duty truck — and the country isn’t training enough people to do it, Farley said. (Read more from “Ford CEO Laments He Can’t Fill 5,000 Mechanic Jobs Paying $120K Per Year: ‘We Are in Trouble in Our Country’” HERE)

Illegal Alien Terrorist Fugitive Found Driving Big Rig in Kansas After Biden Administration Gave Him Work Permit

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal alien, wanted in his native Uzbekistan on terrorism charges, found driving a semi-truck in Kansas after he had been given a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) in Pennsylvania. The Biden administration, ICE officials reveal, awarded the illegal alien a work permit in 2024.

On November 9, ICE agents arrested 31-year-old illegal alien Akhror Bozorov of Uzbekistan while he was working as a commercial truck driver.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation had issued Bozorov a CDL to drive a semi-truck after he was approved for a work permit by the Biden administration in January of last year.

Bozorov, who crossed the southern border in February 2023 and was released into the United States interior by the Biden administration, has had a warrant for his arrest in Uzbekistan since 2022.

According to Uzbek law enforcement officials, Bozorov is a member of a terrorist organization and has allegedly distributed terrorist propaganda — including calling for jihad and urging others to join the jihad movement. (Read more from “Illegal Alien Terrorist Fugitive Found Driving Big Rig in Kansas After Biden Administration Gave Him Work Permit” HERE)