🚨 BREAKING: The new Epstein discharge petition just hit 218 signatures. Every Democrat signed, plus Massie, Mace, Norman and Fitzpatrick. That forces a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let survivors and state AGs sue DOJ to release the files. Johnson can’t stop it.
The Trump administration has laid off around 28,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees, nearly half of which were veterans employed by the agency.
New: I spoke to Massie last night, after House Republicans blocked his Hegseth impeachment resolution.
"I am disappointed, and I think it's interesting that my colleagues are still in a suicide pact with this administration and the Iran war. They know it's why they lost the election, but they can't bring themselves to do anything about it," he told me. @MSNOWNews
Rep. Thomas Massie: "My analogy here is the Titanic hit the iceberg on Nov. 3 and I offered people a life raft, and they said, 'No thanks, we'll stick with the Titanic.'"
🚨NEW: Incoming House Minority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R):
"To our colleagues on the left, enjoy this honeymoon phase because come January 3, 2027, you will REGRET EVER putting your name on a ballot."
"House Republicans will put forth an agenda that speaks directly to the American people, policies that actually lower the price of goods, increase wages, create affordable housing, and give every American the opportunity to build their American dream."- Trump's veto pen. Nothing gets past Trump's desk without him!
Blah, blah, blah! Republicans offer nothing but the same old tired-ass rhetoric. We're tired of hearing it. You had your chance, and you blew it! 🖕
"Trump has an Ace card up his sleeve. He plays it. The Deep State is arrested and hanged on the White House lawn for High Treason."
Meet MAGAt and J6 insurrectionist Samuel J. Fisher (aka "Brad Holiday"). A self-proclaimed online "dating coach" and QAnon conspiracy theorist, he swapped his toxic pickup advice for election denialism. His obsession with the "deep state" earned him multi-count federal charges for his actions at the U.S. Capitol.
On January 6, 2021, Fisher traveled to Washington, D.C., heavily armed with a personal arsenal. He joined the mob on the restricted Capitol grounds, later boasting about the chaos on social media. In his own posts, he gleefully bragged that he saw "cops literally run" and wrote online that the insurrection was "going to be great," adding that "people will die... but it’s necessary."
The FBI caught up with Fisher just weeks later at his Manhattan apartment. While executing a federal search warrant for his January 6 behavior, agents stumbled upon a terrifying stash of weapons: a modified semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle, an unregistered "ghost gun" handgun, a shotgun, 11 pre-loaded high-capacity magazines, machetes, and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Because of this discovery, Fisher faced a dual legal onslaught. In April 2022, he pleaded guilty to New York state charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Concurrently, he was forced to navigate federal charges for entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly conduct.
Though he served his state-level hard time in New York, his pending federal criminal exposure dissolved completely when Donald Trump issued an unconditional executive blanket pardon. The sweeping order wiped away his federal January 6 charges, letting this armed extremist walk away from his federal crimes completely unscathed.
NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.
30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.