The results cut against the idea that there is a ravenous market for his brand of anti-Trump right-wing populism.
Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) primary loss on Tuesday was another example of President Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party, according to some political experts. But a new analysis suggests that Massie may get the last laugh against Trump before all is said and done. Ben Jacobs, a political reporter for Slate, wrote in a new column that Massie appears…
He broke the one real rule of the MAGA Republican Party.
Seven-term incumbent had spoken out against Iran war, government spending and Jeffrey Epstein files. Plus, Trump’s ‘board of peace’ receives just $23m to rebuild GazaDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Voters in northern Kentucky on Tuesday rejected the incumbent congressman Thomas Massie, who has been critical of Donald…
In a major victory for President Trump, his hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein, beat out U.S. House Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky House GOP primary, ending Massie's reelection bid.
Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was voting against OBBB in 2025 because, according to Massie, it did too much to secure the border.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) didn’t lose Tuesday — we lost him at least a year ago, when he deviated from being a principled conservative firebrand and started trafficking in conspiracy theories. Massie and his supporters claim he was ousted because he didn’t support Israel, but Massie never supported Israel in his entire high-approval 14-year tenure.…
President Trump scored another major primary victory as Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie lost to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein. Horrifying new details and livestream footage have emerged from the deadly San Diego mosque shooting. Investigators say the attackers were fueled by online radicalization and white supremacist ideology.
