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DET

(2,428 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:44 PM Yesterday

Never Thought I'd Say This

But I’m developing a begrudging respect for Representative Tom Massie (R - Kentucky). His questioning of Pam Bondi was on point and scathing. So much so that Bondi accused Massie of Trump Derangement Syndrome (a stupid insult she’s flung at other people on the panel).

My introduction to Massie was his Christmas picture with all the members of his family proudly carrying guns. I still think that that’s child abuse, but he does seem to have some redeeming qualities. He’s been absolutely relentless when it comes to the Epstein files, and I applaud him for that.

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GoCubsGo

(34,771 posts)
4. She has been covering this thing up since 2011, when she was Florida AG.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:08 PM
23 hrs ago

It makes you wonder if she was involved in the pedophile cartel, somehow. It would certainly explain her devotion to The Pedophile in Chief.

2. The Epstein case is the biggest scandal
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:54 PM
Yesterday

of my lifetime. Long prison sentences, total destruction of the reputations and bank accounts of the perpetrators and those complicit in any coverup, and reparations/apologies to the victims and families must result from this. If Massie continues to keep the pressure on and gets results he gets a pass from me on some of his transgressions. I'll take the win.

D_Master81

(2,417 posts)
5. The only people with Trump Derangement stndrome
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:09 PM
23 hrs ago

Are the idiots accusing everyone else of it while blindly devoting themselves to him.

mahina

(20,550 posts)
7. Yesterday I learned he has 2 degrees from MIT
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:16 PM
23 hrs ago

How he can swallow the rest of this bullshit I don’t know because he votes with Trump 95% of the time or more

But I am thankful for him right now

TBF

(36,060 posts)
12. Reality is we have to work with the republicans who have also had enough -
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:20 PM
21 hrs ago

that doesn't mean we won't have policy disagreements.

We are truly in a very bad place right now with ICE and more concentration camps being built. He is putting a lot on the line standing up to a madman and he definitely has my respect for that.

Bev54

(13,349 posts)
13. I wonder how many hours were spent to research and assemble her binder of insults
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:39 PM
21 hrs ago

on each Dem member for her to spew, each time they asked her a question. That time should have been spent releasing more Epstein files instead.

Does she do this to her husband? Every time they have a tiff she pulls out a binder with statements and actions he has done and spews them at him. What an absolute disgrace as a person, let alone an AG for the US.

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