US politics

US politics

Bad Congressman Tom Massie voted against Tax Cuts, the Border Wall, our Military and Law Enforcement, Trump wrote Sunday morning. Actually, he voted against almost everything that is good. The Worst Republican Congressman in History. Kentucky, vote the bum out on Tuesday. We can't live with this troublemaker for another two years. He is a true negative force!!!

Cassidy failed to secure enough support in the southern state on Saturday to advance to a run-off, finishing behind Representative Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming. The two will face each other in a second round of voting on June 27. The result underlines Trump's continued influence over the Republican Party as he targets politicians seen as disloyal, even as he faces growing political pressure over inflation, falling approval ratings and criticism of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

And with the takedown of Cassidy complete, the president quickly turned to another political enemy, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who faces primary voters on Tuesday. Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our Country, is an even bigger insult to our Nation than Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who suffered an unprecedented loss tonight by not even being allowed to run in the Republican Primary, Trump wrote in a subsequent Truth post.

To be clear: Contrary to her monolog [sic] and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5 not now, not ever. Any person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company's annual report or proxy statements would know this. I have had zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control. I have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing! I joined this trip for one reason: as a loving son who adores my father and wouldn't miss being by his side for this incredible moment. During the bilateral talks [Lara Trump] and I went to the Great Wall of China.

Maine Democratic Congressman Jared Golden was the target of fresh ire late Thursday after casting his party's sole vote against a war powers resolution in the US House aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's disastrous war against Iran. Though Golden, who is not seeking reelection this year, was an original cosponsor of the resolution ( H.Con.Res.75) offered by fellow Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) back in March, he became the deciding vote in the 212-212 tie when it finally hit the floor - even as two Republicans broke with their party for the first time to support such a measure.

Speaker Mike Johnson said he needs Rep. Tom Kean Jr. to get back as soon as he can as scrutiny grows over his unexplained two-month absence from the House of Representatives and his reelection prospects in a key swing district. Kean has not cast a vote since March 5 because of what his campaign has described only as a personal medical issue. The 57-year-old congressman said in an April 27 statement that he expected to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent in the near future, but remained absent when lawmakers returned to Washington this week.

I haven't seen it. I've been really busy the last couple of days, so I haven't seen the exact readout on how that discussion went, replied Johnson, who regularly feigns ignorance when pressed on Trump statements. The Louisiana Republican added, I've heard a couple of little comments offhand about what he said. He feels like they had a very productive meeting. They talked about some really important issues, and I'm awaiting to sit down with him and go through it in detail. We had an exchange of texts last night, but he's on the way back now, I think, and we'll sit down and go through it and we'll find out.

Below is my friend Thomas Massie. He loves America and is fighting to save it. Also below is my friend and President, Donald Trump. He's put his life on the line to save this great country. I support both of these men. I've worked with both to preserve freedom and liberty. And if that makes you angry, bless your heart.

The Supreme Court's recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, effectively demolishing a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is a "five-alarm fire," former Representative G. K. Butterfield Jr. told me this week. As southern states rush to draw new boundaries eliminating majority-minority districts, as much as a third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose their seats. Butterfield, a former CBC chair, knows that risk well. But he also knows the less visible yet still enormous effects that Callais could have at a local level in silencing the voices of Black voters.

The pink and green rectangles are mine. I chose to mark the things that most directly fed Trump's grand conspiracy theory, and so likely were a response to those interviews. I did that, in part, to highlight these two tweets, in which the President of the United States RTed others calling out Todd Blanche for not charging the grand conspiracy yet. (The timestamp on these is Irish time, but the RTed timestamp is the time of the post, with the YouWish account located in Central Time Zone.)