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.”

(Read more from “‘Full on crash out’ as Trump pal implies dissenting GOP lawmaker ‘killed his wife’: report” HERE)

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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)

Report: Man Who Attempted to Kill Trump Had Furry Obsession, Online ‘They/Them’ Profile

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New reporting reveals disturbing details about Thomas Crooks, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. The allegations raise serious questions about Crooks’ ideological shift, online life, and possible intelligence or security failures around his rise.

According to a New York Post investigation, Crooks once expressed pro-Trump views but dramatically flipped his ideology in 2020, becoming virulently anti-Trump. Over a span of months, he channeled extremist language, praised mass violence, and floated terror-style tactics — including bombs and assassination — against political figures.

One chilling online post read:

“IMO the only way to fight the gov is with terrorism style attacks … sneak a bomb … track down any important people/politicians/military leaders … try to assassinate them.”

According to the Post’s source, Crooks was not a “lone actor” with no footprint — his online presence left a “digital trail” across multiple platforms: YouTube, Discord, Snapchat, Quora, and more. That trail reportedly includes extremist ideology, admiration for violence, and threats.

Adding a strange layer to the story, investigators trace Crooks’ online activity to two DeviantArt accounts, “epicmicrowave” and “theepicmicrowave,” where he used “they/them” pronouns. DeviantArt is a major hub for “furries” — people interested in anthropomorphized animal characters. According to the report, at least some of his artwork and commentary leaned sexual, featuring muscular male bodies and female heads.

Some commentators see parallels with Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was also reportedly involved in furry-related porn and subculture.

What’s fueling even more concern: why Crooks slipped under the radar. A former senior FBI agent, Rod Swanson, said Crooks may have already caught the bureau’s attention.

“If they investigated that kid there’s a record of it … but some leader made that this was not a threat … or they ‘did something else,’” Swanson told the Post.

Swanson’s remark hints that Crooks’ online extremism might not have been entirely secret — or that agencies misjudged its seriousness.

Angelina Jolie ‘Consumed by Guilt’ Over Bodyguard Being ‘Kidnapped’ by Ukraine Army and Forced Into War — ‘She Thinks It’s All Her Fault’

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Angelina Jolie is “devastated and guilt-ridden” after her Ukrainian bodyguard was detained by the army and conscripted into military service during her humanitarian visit to the war-torn country.

Sources close to the Hollywood star, 50, say she believes her presence may have inadvertently triggered the incident – with one insider calling it “a nightmare she can’t stop replaying.”

Jolie was traveling through southern Ukraine on November 5 as part of a UNICEF mission when her security escort, 33-year-old Dmytro Pyshchikov, was stopped at a military checkpoint in Pivdennoukrainsk.

Guards discovered he had no valid exemption from service and ordered him to the local Territorial Recruitment Center in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region – the department overseeing enlistment for the ongoing defense against Russian forces.

His family has not heard from him since. (Read more from “Angelina Jolie ‘Consumed by Guilt’ Over Bodyguard Being ‘Kidnapped’ by Ukraine Army and Forced Into War — ‘She Thinks It’s All Her Fault’” HERE)

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Congressman, 71, Blames Elon For Looking at Dirty Pictures on Plane

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Rep. Brad Sherman blamed Elon Musk’s X algorithm for serving him saucy pictures amid a potential scandal involving him scrolling through softcore pornography in public.

The 71-year-old California Democrat was photographed looking at pictures of lingerie-clad girls on his tablet while on a flight. The pictures of Sherman were posted to X by the Dear White Staffers account, an account made of a “group of Capitol Hill staffers working to expose poor working conditions.” The images were later reposted by Donald Trump Jr.

As the images circulated on social media, John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News secured an interview with Rep. Sherman, who claimed the photos were served to him by X’s algorithm.

“This was on Twitter. These pictures came up on ‘For You.’ I must’ve looked at more than 1,000 posts,” Sherman said.

X’s “For You” tab is an algorithmically driven feed that shows users a mix of old and new tweets from a variety of accounts, including ones they don’t follow. According to Social Bee, the content served in a user’s “For You” tab is determined by a variety of factors. (Read more from “Congressman, 71, Blames Elon For Looking at Dirty Pictures on Plane” HERE)

‘Called Me A Traitor’: MTG Holds Trump’s Feet To The Fire Over Epstein Files, Honoring ‘Terrorist’

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Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that President Donald Trump calling her a “traitor” was “hurtful,” a sentiment she reflected on the president over the Jeffrey Epstein files and recently meeting with the Syrian president.

Greene tore into Trump over what she dubbed his administration’s “shocking” handling of the Epstein files on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.” This was her first interview since Trump announced he would not be supporting his longtime stalwart for reelection in Georgia’s Republican primary. The congresswoman, who clarified during the interview she still supports Trump, is one of four House Republicans to support a discharge petition to release files related to the deceased sex trafficker Epstein. In recent weeks, she also publicly spoke out about her break with the administration on their handling of the matter.

Greene told Bash the “most hurtful” thing Trump said to her “is he called me a traitor.”

“Which is absolutely untrue … and that is so extremely wrong. And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger,” Greene said.

“I stood with President Trump when virtually no one else did,” she added. “Campaigned all over the country. Spent millions of my own dollars helping him get elected.”

“I do support him and his administration, and I support them in delivering the campaign promises we made to the American people. His remarks, of course, have been hurtful,” Greene said. “However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics. And this has been going on for years, and it has divided our country, split up friends and families, neighbors, and it’s not solving our problems.” (Read more from “‘Called Me A Traitor’: MTG Holds Trump’s Feet To The Fire Over Epstein Files, Honoring ‘Terrorist’” HERE)

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