Marjorie Taylor Greene has gained an ally in her crusade to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position as head of the Republican caucus. On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced that he has signed on to co-sponsor Greene’s motion to vacate against Johnson.
“I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by [Greene]. He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker,” Massie wrote on X.
“I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by [Greene]. He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker,” Massie wrote on X.
- 4/16/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The House of Representatives has advanced a bill that could effectively ban TikTok within the United States. The legislation will now advance to the Senate, where it will likely face a steeper road to adoption.
The bill, titled the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, would require TikTok to sever itself completely from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a potential ban from mobile app stores and web-hosting services. The bill would also create a process through which the president can designate certain social media applications with...
The bill, titled the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, would require TikTok to sever itself completely from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a potential ban from mobile app stores and web-hosting services. The bill would also create a process through which the president can designate certain social media applications with...
- 3/13/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation today that would force the parent company of TikTok to divest the popular app or face a ban on U.S. platforms.
The legislation passed 352-65, easily clearing the 2/3 threshold needed.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where no timetable is set for considering the legislation.
“The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement.
But the bill gained two key supporters, Sen. Mark Warner (D-va) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-fl), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who have previously sought measures to restrict the effort.
Under the legislation, ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, would be forced to sell the social media platform within about five months or face having it banned on app stores or web hosting services. The bill, called the Protecting...
The legislation passed 352-65, easily clearing the 2/3 threshold needed.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where no timetable is set for considering the legislation.
“The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement.
But the bill gained two key supporters, Sen. Mark Warner (D-va) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-fl), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who have previously sought measures to restrict the effort.
Under the legislation, ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, would be forced to sell the social media platform within about five months or face having it banned on app stores or web hosting services. The bill, called the Protecting...
- 3/13/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina). The appeal sought to overturn fines imposed on the three for their consistent refusal to wear face masks on the House floor at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The justices chose not to provide any additional comments along with their decision to decline the appeal.
This ruling upholds the decision of a lower court, which dismissed the constitutional challenge brought forth by the congresspeople and ruled that the courts do not have jurisdiction to review the mask policy.
Lawyers who represented House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Lousiana) supported the lower court ruling and urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal. Notably, the Republican leadership as a whole opposed the mask mandate.
Greene accumulated fines that exceeded $100,000 due to her repeated violations of the mask requirement.
The justices chose not to provide any additional comments along with their decision to decline the appeal.
This ruling upholds the decision of a lower court, which dismissed the constitutional challenge brought forth by the congresspeople and ruled that the courts do not have jurisdiction to review the mask policy.
Lawyers who represented House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Lousiana) supported the lower court ruling and urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal. Notably, the Republican leadership as a whole opposed the mask mandate.
Greene accumulated fines that exceeded $100,000 due to her repeated violations of the mask requirement.
- 2/23/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Donald Trump is considering making a trip to the Capitol amid calls from loyalists within the lower chamber for him to assume the position of House Speaker. Such a visit would be the first time the former president has visited the building since a mob of his supporters breached it in a violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Multiple outlets reported on Thursday that the former president is mulling a trip next week ahead of a vote, with Politico noting that he is open to pitching himself as a candidate, citing a Republican familiar with internal discussions.
Multiple outlets reported on Thursday that the former president is mulling a trip next week ahead of a vote, with Politico noting that he is open to pitching himself as a candidate, citing a Republican familiar with internal discussions.
- 10/5/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans hauled FBI Director Christopher Wray in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as part of their effort to tear down federal law enforcement for investigating Donald Trump. The hearing was a circus, with Republicans pressing Wray about various conspiracy theories and generally doing whatever they could do to portray the FBI as a corrupt extension of the Biden administration.
Democrats spent their time highlighting the absurdity of the idea, considering Wray is a registered Republican appointed by Trump. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) poked several additional holes in...
Democrats spent their time highlighting the absurdity of the idea, considering Wray is a registered Republican appointed by Trump. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) poked several additional holes in...
- 7/12/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate Judiciary Committee revived the prospects for a long-proposed bill that would bolster print and broadcast news outlets in their negotiations with tech giants.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a 14-7 vote.
The bill would create a “safe harbor” from antitrust laws for a period of six years years for newspapers, broadcast stations and digital journalism outlets, giving them more market power in the face of competition for advertising from Google and Facebook. If publishers are unable to come to terms with platforms on a deal for their content, an arbitrator would ultimately determine the rates.
Lawmakers who champion the legislation, led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-la), say that it is needed in the face of the decline of local journalism, which has seen the scaling back of newsroom coverage and severe cuts in staffing.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a 14-7 vote.
The bill would create a “safe harbor” from antitrust laws for a period of six years years for newspapers, broadcast stations and digital journalism outlets, giving them more market power in the face of competition for advertising from Google and Facebook. If publishers are unable to come to terms with platforms on a deal for their content, an arbitrator would ultimately determine the rates.
Lawmakers who champion the legislation, led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-la), say that it is needed in the face of the decline of local journalism, which has seen the scaling back of newsroom coverage and severe cuts in staffing.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In a startling development, two Republican lawmakers have taken the lead in broadening the ongoing House inquiry into potential collusion between major financial institutions and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Ohio Representative Jim Jordan and Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie have initiated the process by authoring letters to several prominent banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan, Pnc […]
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- 6/13/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
Tucker Carlson’s abrupt exit from Fox News last week came after the revelation of a text message in which the host shared his views on a video in which a group of Donald Trump supporters attack an individual that Carlson calls an “Antifa kid.”
“It was three against one, at least,” Carlson wrote. “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight.”
The New York Times reported that the text message, still redacted in the trove of documents produced in the Dominion-Fox defamation litigation, set off concern about Fox board members, who planned for an investigation by an outside law firm.
The text message quickly spread across social media and other outlets, who have for the past week been speculating as to what ultimately led the network to cut loose its top personality.
Carlson’s message was sent to one of his producers...
“It was three against one, at least,” Carlson wrote. “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight.”
The New York Times reported that the text message, still redacted in the trove of documents produced in the Dominion-Fox defamation litigation, set off concern about Fox board members, who planned for an investigation by an outside law firm.
The text message quickly spread across social media and other outlets, who have for the past week been speculating as to what ultimately led the network to cut loose its top personality.
Carlson’s message was sent to one of his producers...
- 5/3/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The upper ranks of Donald Trump’s campaign and political operation exploded in jubilation on Tuesday, mocking Ron DeSantis’ staff as a bunch of “amateurs,” with multiple officials belly-laughing with one another over how much Trump had — in their verbiage — “cuck[ed]” the Florida governor on securing endorsements from the state’s congressional delegation, according to three sources familiar with the internal chatter.
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
- 4/19/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Trump may have just begun his battle in court, but some Republicans already think he’s losing the war. The day after the former president was arrested and arraigned on felony charges of falsifying business records, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced that he would be throwing his support for the 2024 Republican nomination behind yet undeclared Ron DeSantis.
“America needs a leader who is decisive, respects the Constitution, understands policy, puts family first, and leads by inspiring. That’s why I’m endorsing Ron DeSantis for President,” Massie wrote in a...
“America needs a leader who is decisive, respects the Constitution, understands policy, puts family first, and leads by inspiring. That’s why I’m endorsing Ron DeSantis for President,” Massie wrote in a...
- 4/5/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. David Cicilline (D-ri), who has championed a set of antitrust bills to curb the power of big tech, said that he plans to resign from Congress on June 1 to take a job at a non profit foundation.
Cicilline will serve as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.
“The chance to lead the Rhode Island Foundation was unexpected, but it is an extraordinary opportunity to have an even more direct and meaningful impact on the lives of residents of our state,” Cicilline said in a statement.
In the last Congress, as the chair of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, Cicilline, along with its top Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co), championed a set of bills aimed at curtailing the power of Google, Facebook and other major tech companies. The bills, including one that could have led to the breakup of major platforms, advanced in the House Judiciary Committee.
Cicilline will serve as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.
“The chance to lead the Rhode Island Foundation was unexpected, but it is an extraordinary opportunity to have an even more direct and meaningful impact on the lives of residents of our state,” Cicilline said in a statement.
In the last Congress, as the chair of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, Cicilline, along with its top Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co), championed a set of bills aimed at curtailing the power of Google, Facebook and other major tech companies. The bills, including one that could have led to the breakup of major platforms, advanced in the House Judiciary Committee.
- 2/21/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Thomas Massie has done it.
It took nearly two years of batting back competition from hordes of right-wing commentators and conservative lawmakers, but the Republican from Kentucky appears to have devised the single dumbest take on the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now killed nearly a million Americans. He tweeted it out on Wednesday.
“Over 70% of Americans who died with Covid, died on Medicare, and some people want #MedicareForAll?” Massie wrote.
Over 70% of Americans who died with Covid, died on Medicare, and some people want #MedicareForAll ?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 9, 2022
Massie...
It took nearly two years of batting back competition from hordes of right-wing commentators and conservative lawmakers, but the Republican from Kentucky appears to have devised the single dumbest take on the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now killed nearly a million Americans. He tweeted it out on Wednesday.
“Over 70% of Americans who died with Covid, died on Medicare, and some people want #MedicareForAll?” Massie wrote.
Over 70% of Americans who died with Covid, died on Medicare, and some people want #MedicareForAll ?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 9, 2022
Massie...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Lauren Boebert Isn’t Letting Murdered Teenagers Get in the Way of Trolling Liberals Over Gun Control
It’s been just over a week since four students were killed and seven people were injured after 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley allegedly opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan. Sandy Hook quashed the idea that any particular school shooting has the power to inspire Congress to enact common-sense gun reform, but one would think Republicans could at least refrain from going out of their way to glorify guns in the immediate aftermath of these tragedies.
They’d be wrong.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Tuesday night posted a photo...
They’d be wrong.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Tuesday night posted a photo...
- 12/8/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges on Friday after shooting three people and killing two of them during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Republicans were thrilled.
“Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for being found Innocent of all charges. It’s called being found Not Guilty,” former President Donald Trump wrote in a statement Friday evening. “And by the way, if that’s not self defense, nothing is!”
“Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty, my friends!” Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-n.C.) said in a video posted to his Instagram.
“Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for being found Innocent of all charges. It’s called being found Not Guilty,” former President Donald Trump wrote in a statement Friday evening. “And by the way, if that’s not self defense, nothing is!”
“Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty, my friends!” Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-n.C.) said in a video posted to his Instagram.
- 11/19/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
If you want to meet a Republican politician who’s the ultimate poster boy for shameless apple-polishing — the kind of eager conservative loyalist who would crawl across broken glass to shine Donald Trump’s shoes — you should watch “The Swamp,” the new HBO documentary, and get a load of Matt Gaetz, a congressman from Florida who got swept into the U.S. House of Representatives by the Trump tidal wave.
Gaetz is a real piece of work. At 38, he’s got the baby-faced, handsome-but-not-too-dashing, smile-by-committee looks and easy-talking facility of a jock bro who was popular in high school and is now a mid-level bank manager. If you had to describe what his job is, the most accurate thing to say might be that Gaetz is a congressman who plays a congressman on TV. With his Chris O’Donnell immaculateness, he’s a constant presence on Fox News and CNN, mouthing his talking points,...
Gaetz is a real piece of work. At 38, he’s got the baby-faced, handsome-but-not-too-dashing, smile-by-committee looks and easy-talking facility of a jock bro who was popular in high school and is now a mid-level bank manager. If you had to describe what his job is, the most accurate thing to say might be that Gaetz is a congressman who plays a congressman on TV. With his Chris O’Donnell immaculateness, he’s a constant presence on Fox News and CNN, mouthing his talking points,...
- 8/6/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
To call HBO’s The Swamp a thrilling character-based portrait of three conservative white guys might seem oxymoronic, but in the capable hands and open minds of co-directors Daniel Dimauro and Morgan Pehme (Get Me Roger Stone) it’s a completely apt description. The doc is an unexpected, up-close look at the daily D.C. lives of a trio of House members who few subscribers to HBO would ever conceive of voting for: far right-wingers Matt Gaetz (R-fl 1st District), Thomas Massie (R-ky 4th District), and Ken Buck (R-co 4th District). In other words, it’s exactly the caricature-busting film that progressives (like myself) really need […]...
- 8/4/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
To call HBO’s The Swamp a thrilling character-based portrait of three conservative white guys might seem oxymoronic, but in the capable hands and open minds of co-directors Daniel Dimauro and Morgan Pehme (Get Me Roger Stone) it’s a completely apt description. The doc is an unexpected, up-close look at the daily D.C. lives of a trio of House members who few subscribers to HBO would ever conceive of voting for: far right-wingers Matt Gaetz (R-fl 1st District), Thomas Massie (R-ky 4th District), and Ken Buck (R-co 4th District). In other words, it’s exactly the caricature-busting film that progressives (like myself) really need […]...
- 8/4/2020
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Updated: President Donald Trump signed a massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, just a couple hours after the House of Representatives have its approval by voice vote.
“I want to thank Democrats and Republicans for coming together and putting America first,” Trump said. Joining him were Republican leaders but no Democrats.
More from DeadlineHollywood Industry Unions Laud Congress For Passage Of $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill'Antlers' & 'Black Mass' Filmmaker Scott Cooper Says Senate Aid Package "A Welcome Boost Of Confidence" For CinemasC-span To Air Video Statements From Lawmakers In Lieu Of Floor Speeches On Coronavirus Relief Bill
Just hours earlier, the House leadership beat back an effort by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-ky) that would have delayed its approval.
The bill was passed by voice vote, with more than 216 members spaced apart throughout chamber, even in the public galleries, as a way to practice social distancing.
The legislation passed the Senate unanimously on Wednesday,...
“I want to thank Democrats and Republicans for coming together and putting America first,” Trump said. Joining him were Republican leaders but no Democrats.
More from DeadlineHollywood Industry Unions Laud Congress For Passage Of $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill'Antlers' & 'Black Mass' Filmmaker Scott Cooper Says Senate Aid Package "A Welcome Boost Of Confidence" For CinemasC-span To Air Video Statements From Lawmakers In Lieu Of Floor Speeches On Coronavirus Relief Bill
Just hours earlier, the House leadership beat back an effort by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-ky) that would have delayed its approval.
The bill was passed by voice vote, with more than 216 members spaced apart throughout chamber, even in the public galleries, as a way to practice social distancing.
The legislation passed the Senate unanimously on Wednesday,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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