In a fiery post on Truth Social Monday morning, President Trump unleashed a fresh attack against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), branding the congressman a “BUM” and calling for his removal from office.

This latest smackdown comes after Massie joined forces with radical-left Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) last week to kneecap Trump’s constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief by pushing legislation that would require congressional approval before Trump could take further action against Iran — even in the face of mounting threats against U.S. allies and American troops.

Trump wrote:

“Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always Votes “NO,” no matter how good something may be. He’s a simple minded “grandstander” who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling “DEATH TO AMERICA” at every chance they get. Iran has killed and maimed thousands of Americans, and even took over the American Embassy in Tehran under the Carter Administration.

We had a spectacular military success yesterday, taking the “bomb” right out of their hands (and they would use it if they could!) but, as usual, and despite all of the praise and accolades received, this “lightweight” Congressman is against what was so brilliantly achieved last night in Iran. Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes “NO” on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be. He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday’s attack, which was a total and complete WIN. Massie should drop his fake act and start putting America First, but he doesn’t know how to get there — he doesn’t have a clue!

He’ll undoubtedly vote against the Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, even though non-passage means a 68% Tax Increase for everybody, and many things far worse than that. MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague! The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is definitely one. Thank you to our incredible military for the AMAZING job they did last night. It was really SPECIAL!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”

In response to Trump’s comments, Massie wrote on X: “[President Donald Trump] declared so much War on me today it should require an Act of Congress. #sassywithmassie”

.@realDonaldTrump declared so much War on me today it should require an Act of Congress. #sassywithmassie pic.twitter.com/ZrMiIKcAxu

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 23, 2025

On Monday morning, the President doubled down, writing in all caps: “GET THIS ‘BUM’ OUT OF OFFICE, ASAP!!!”

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President Trump will hold a closed-door meeting with his national security team this afternoon as Iran threatens retaliation for Saturday night’s bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities.

The President will receive his national security briefing at 1 pm ET, according to his public schedule.

The U.S. entered Israel’s war by bombing Iran on Saturday night, hitting three nuclear sites in the first ever use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator “Bunker Buster” bombs.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump addressed the nation on Saturday night, hours after the attack, which he called a “spectacular military success.” He further threatened Iran that “there are many targets left” and “we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, and skill” if they retaliate.

The mission, dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer,” was further discussed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine in a press conference on Sunday morning.

The 18-hour-plus mission was “the largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history, and the second longest B-2 mission ever flown, exceeded only by those in the days following 9/11,” said General Caine. The strikes also utilized more than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded to the attack, stating, “war starts right now.”

Iranian Parliament also voted on Sunday to close the Strait of Hormuz, which is used as a route for roughly 20% of the world’s oil shipping and is expected to impact oil prices across the world, especially for U.S. allies in the region.

The decision now awaits approval by Iran’s Supreme Council.

JUST IN: Iran Expected to Close Strait of Hormuz, Blocking Access to Oil Routes for 20% of Global Oil Production – Marco Rubio Says Move Would be “a Massive Escalation that Would Merit a Response” (VIDEO)

Meanwhile, other nuclear-armed countries have condemned the move, including Pakistan, which showed support for Iran to "defend itself" against U.S. forces in the region, and North Korea.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a statement on Sunday that “a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads,” attacking Trump for “push[ing] the US into another war.”

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New York City is in free fall — and the latest poll from Emerson College shows just how far the radical rot has spread.

According to a shocking new poll released Monday, socialist State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani — a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America and staunch supporter of abolishing the police — has overtaken former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the city’s ranked choice Democratic primary for mayor, according to New York Post.

The same Zohran Mamdani who called for defunding the NYPD during a crime wave… the same Mamdani who’s cheered on illegal migrants overrunning New York’s shelters and public schools… the same Mamdani who wants the Big Apple to have government-owned grocery stores is now beating Cuomo.

Even the far-left New York Times is urging its readers not to put him on the city’s ranked-choice ballot.

The paper notes that Mamdani lacks any sort of experience which would qualify him to run the Big Apple, and points out that some of his ideas will simply (further) bankrupt the city.

The news outlet wrote:

“Unfortunately, Mr. Mamdani is running on an agenda uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges. He is a democratic socialist who too often ignores the unavoidable trade-offs of governance. He favors rent freezes that could restrict housing supply and make it harder for younger New Yorkers and new arrivals to afford housing. He wants the government to operate grocery stores, as if customer service and retail sales were strengths of the public sector. He minimizes the importance of policing.”

“Most worrisome, he shows little concern about the disorder of the past decade, even though its costs have fallen hardest on the city’s working-class and poor residents. Mr. Mamdani, who has called Mr. de Blasio the best New York mayor of his lifetime, offers an agenda that remains alluring among elite progressives but has proved damaging to city life.”

“Mr. Mamdani would also bring less relevant experience than perhaps any mayor in New York history. He has never run a government department or private organization of any size. As a state legislator, he has struggled to execute his own agenda.”

“…We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkers’ ballots.”

In just five months, Mamdani has skyrocketed from 1% to 32% in support, according to the Emerson College Polling/Pix 11/The Hill survey. Cuomo, meanwhile, has stalled out at 35%, barely clinging to a 3-point lead in the first round of voting.

The Post reported:

Lefty upstart Zohran Mamdani has leapfrogged over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the city’s ranked choice Democratic primary for mayor, according to a stunning new poll released Monday.

In its hypothetical initial round of voting, Cuomo’s lead shrinks to 3 percentage points, with 35% of likely Democratic voters supporting him compared to 32% for Mamdani and 13% for city Comptroller Brad Lander, the Emerson College Polling/Pix 11/The Hill survey found.

[…]

But since no one garners the more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright, the ranked choice system kicks in. That means that even if a voter’s first choice is eliminated in successive rounds of calculations, their other picks could still be in the mix and emerge as the eventual overall winner.

Mamdani finally surpasses Cuomo in the eighth round of the simulated ranked choice voting — 51.8% to 48.2% — in the latest poll conducted June 18-20.

[…]

Voters who have already cast their ballots during the early voting period have broken for Mamdani, who holds a 10-point lead over Cuomo, 41% to 31%.

Cuomo leads Mamdani 36% to 31% among voters who plan to vote Tuesday.

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All well-informed Conservatives know that the European Union Globalists and her powerful Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen (VDL) are guilty of weaponizing the Union’s powers against the patriotic forces that oppose their suicidal policies.

Back in April, the Austrian News Site Exxpress reported (translated from the German):

“The suspicion has been around for years, but now it is official: The EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen has supported environmental organizations with taxpayers’ money – not only for climate and environmental protection, but also for political smear campaigns. The aim of the funded NGOs was to specifically attack critics of Brussels’ climate policy.

The explosive admission: In an official statement, the Commission admits that there have been ‘inappropriate lobbying activities’ in funded NGO programs. This apparently refers to targeted attacks on political opponents who opposed individual EU plans.”

But now, it arises that, in the European Parliament, the conservative European People’s Party and other right wing groups have teamed and approved a group to investigate VDL’s relationship with said NGOs.

The effort was opposed by the outvoted liberals and leftists.

The working group in the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) will ‘scrutinize how the European Commission funds non-governmental organizations’.

Euronews reported:

“The group will include 13 MEPs chaired by German lawmaker Niclas Herbst with two co-rapporteurs, from the center-right European People’s Party and the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists, Parliament sources told Euronews.

The decision came after a spat over the financing of environmental NGOs by the European Commission, accused by the German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag of having secretly paid up to €700,000 to promote the bloc’s climate policy. The Commission denied that it had signed ‘secret contracts’ and claims it exercises a high degree of transparency in providing funding to NGOs.”

| €17 billion in secret NGO contracts exposed — thanks to the #Patriots for Europe. The era of silence is over. We’re leading the charge for full transparency and accountability in the EU. pic.twitter.com/5AuxqIIIai

— Patriots for Europe (@PatriotsEP) June 19, 2025

The right-wingers were pushing for an inquiry committee, but their request was voted down during the leaders’ meeting of the Conference of Presidents (CoP).

“Instead, the CoP approved a working group, proposed by the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in the Parliament, and ultimately backed also by the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and Patriots for Europe (PfE).”

Socialists, liberals and Greens opposed both proposals.

The working group will conduct investigations with a six-month mandate.

“’The working group will go through every funding contract [between Commission and NGO] to verify if there were any interferences, or if it was foreseen that a part of the performance included in the funding was precisely aimed at lobbying the MEPs’, said ECR lawmaker Carlo Fidanza, during a press conference after the CoP. ‘It is a less invasive instrument compared to an inquiry committee, but we are still satisfied’, he added.”

Read more:

CONFIRMED: Ursula von Der Leyen’s European Commission Paid Millions to ‘Environmental Associations’ for Targeted Campaigns To Smear Political Opponents and Dissenting Voices

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President Trump made it clear Monday morning that he would not sit idly by while major organizations like OPEC potentially seek to capitalize on a disturbing development that threatens the world’s oil supply.

As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradon reported, Iran’s parliament voted yesterday to approve the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to Saturday’s attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities by U.S. forces. Closing the Strait of Hormuz could be just one of the retaliatory measures Iran takes in response to the U.S. jumping into Israel’s war.

The Strait is used as a route for roughly 20% of the world’s oil shipping. If Iran’s Supreme Council approves the move, it will likely raise oil prices worldwide.

Moreover, global shipping could stall and cause the economy to crash.

With the potential closure of the strait on his mind and a potential catastrophic spike in oil prices, Trump sent a powerful message to those seeking to gouge Americans at the gas pump and rake in the profits off the war.

“Everyone, keep oil prices down, I’m watching!” Trump wrote in all caps.

“You’re playing right into the hands of the enemy. Don’t do it!” he added.

It’s anyone’s guess at this point what action Trump will take should OPEC and others ignore his message, but Iran has already learned the hard way what happens when you try to call his bluff.

Trump later ordered the Department of Energy to act proactively to keep oil and gas prices low, assuming the Iranian regime shuts off the Strait of Hormuz.

“To the Department of Energy, DRILL BABY DRILL!!!” Trump said. “And I mean now!!!”

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