Politics
Rep. Thomas Massie Name-Drops GOP Megadonor John Paulson — Allegedly Listed in Epstein’s “Black Book” — Accuses Billionaire of Bankrolling Campaign to Destroy Him

During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, Rep. Massie directly called out GOP megadonor John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager who has poured millions into Republican politics and who, according to Massie, also appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Black Book.”
“Well, let me give you the name of one of the billionaires who’s running $2 million of ads in my district since I started this effort,” Massie said.
“His name is John Paulson. He’s a hedge fund manager and a major donor to the Republican Party, a major donor to the Speaker of the House, a major donor to the President’s campaign, and he’s in Epstein’s Black Book. Now, that’s public, but that’s indicative of the types of people who may be implicated or just embarrassed by a release of these files.”
WATCH:
Massie: Let me give you the name of one the billionaires, John Paulson.
He is a major donor to the republican party, a major donor to the speaker of the house, a major donor to the president’s campaign and he is in Epstein’s black book. pic.twitter.com/AmjYRq5rjw
— Rachel Bitecofer (@RachelBitecofer) September 4, 2025
According to Politico, the newly formed MAGA KY PAC has raised $2 million in just weeks to try and take out Massie in the upcoming Republican primary:
- $1 million from hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer
- $250,000 from John Paulson
- $750,000 from Preserve America PAC, tied to GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson
John Paulson is the American founder and CEO of Paulson & Co., a New York–based investment management firm established in 1994.
A notable Republican donor, Paulson has contributed significantly to campaigns and causes. In 2024, his Palm Beach estate hosted a Trump campaign fundraiser that raised over $50 million.
In March, President Donald Trump officially declared political war on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for opposing the Trump-backed funding bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown.
Trump: “Congressman Thomas Massie, of beautiful Kentucky, is an automatic “NO” vote on just about everything, despite the fact that he has always voted for Continuing Resolutions in the past. HE SHOULD BE PRIMARIED, and I will lead the charge against him. He’s just another GRANDSTANDER, who’s too much trouble, and not worth the fight.
He reminds me of Liz Chaney before her historic, record breaking fall (loss!). The people of Kentucky won’t stand for it, just watch. DO I HAVE ANY TAKERS??? Anyway, thank you again to the House Freedom Caucus for your very important vote.”
Massie’s comments came just after a press conference featuring Epstein’s victims, where he doubled down on the political pressure being applied to silence him.
Reporter: “Thomas, what’s some of the kickback you’re getting from your colleagues? Are there reasons why they don’t want to endorse this?”
Massie: “They’re being threatened. I mean, look, I’ve got $2 million of ads running against me back in my district, and it’s funded by three billionaires. One of them is in Epstein’s Black Book. I mean, this is what happens. Your consultants will abandon you. When the White House gets mad at you, the Speaker will block all of your bills. They’ll shut down your fundraising. The opposition to this is very political.”
The Gateway Pundit has reached out to John Paulson for comments.
The post Rep. Thomas Massie Name-Drops GOP Megadonor John Paulson — Allegedly Listed in Epstein’s “Black Book” — Accuses Billionaire of Bankrolling Campaign to Destroy Him appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Politics
Senate Democrats Block DHS Funding Bill as Jihadists Attack Homeland

Senate Democrats on Thursday once again blocked funding for the Department of Homeland Security as Islamic terrorists attack the homeland.
The motion to proceed failed in a 51-46 vote.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman voted with the Republicans to advance the DHS funding bill.
The Hill reported:
Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies.
The motion failed by a vote of 51 to 46. Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans to advance the funding bill. It needed 60 votes to advance.
It marked the fourth time since Feb. 12 that Democrats have voted to block Homeland Security funding legislation.
The vote capped a day of skirmishes on the Senate floor between Democrats and Republicans on how to break the funding deadlock.
Democrats voted against the Homeland Security appropriations bill because it includes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two agencies they say need reforms after immigration agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
On Thursday, there were two separate Islamic terror attacks in the US.
36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who was previously convicted of providing material support for ISIS, opened fire at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning.
One person died, and another was wounded.
According to reports, Jalloh shouted Allahu Akbar as he opened fire.
Later Thursday, a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon attacked a synagogue in Michigan.
41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali rammed his vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township and opened fire.
Armed security engaged him, and he was found deceased and badly burned in his vehicle.
The FBI said both attacks are being investigated as terrorism.
The post Senate Democrats Block DHS Funding Bill as Jihadists Attack Homeland appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Politics
New Bill to Ban Abortion Pill Hits Senate

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri on Wednesday announced he is introducing a bill that would ban the abortion pill on the grounds that it is a danger to the women who take it.
“The science is clear: the chemical abortion drug is inherently dangerous to women and prone to abuse. Yet major companies like Danco Laboratories are making billions off it,” the pro-life senator said, according to a news release on Hawley’s website.
He said the bill would not only ban mifepristone, but also “empower women to sue its manufacturers. Congress must act now to protect the health and safety of women.”
Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee said she would introduce a companion version of the bill in the House.
“Evidence now suggests that the real-world risks to women are far greater than the federal government has acknowledged,” she said in the news release. “That’s why I’m proud to join Senator Hawley in introducing the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, to restore accountability and help ensure that women’s health — not politics — guides federal drug policy.”
WATCH: @HawleyMO announces a bill to ban mifepristone, the pill used for chemical abortions. pic.twitter.com/aQHK8uC7dM
— Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal) March 11, 2026
The release stated almost 11 percent of women who use the drug have a serious health complication within 45 days.
“Because the drug comes in capsule form and because it is at this juncture almost completely unregulated, it is inherently prone to abuse,” Hawley said, according to WGN-TV in Chicago.
“Over the years, one liberal administration after another, President Obama and then President Biden, removed almost all of the safety protocols around mifepristone such that today it is almost wholly unregulated,” he said. “They did it because of abortion politics. They did it because they wanted to turn mifepristone into the driver of abortion on demand.”
During a Wednesday media event, several women who took mifepristone said the drug multiplied the effects of killing their babies, according to a report about Hawley’s bill published by the World News Group, an explicitly Christian news organization based in Asheville, North Carolina.
One woman quoted in the World New Group’s report said the bleeding she experienced was so intense that she was put on life support.
“I developed a severe infection behind my uterus that went undetected until it became life-threatening. My condition deteriorated so rapidly that I was rushed into the ICU,” she said, according to WGN, noting she had a partial hysterectomy.
“I was [in a] medically induced coma for a month. During this time, I required several blood transfusions,” she said.
Hawley’s website included statements from pro-life leaders praising the bill, noting that mail-order abortion is one reason the United States actually saw an increase in abortions after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade:
“The Biden-era policy that enabled the abortion industry to adopt an ‘Amazon-style’ model—shipping abortion drugs directly to doorsteps across America, even into states where unborn life is protected—has contributed to a dramatic increase in the killing of unborn children following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, rather than the decrease many expected,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, said the bill addressed the biggest issue in abortion availability.
“The number 1 factor making abortion America’s top cause of death is mail-order abortion drugs, a dangerous relic of the Covid and Biden era that inexplicably continues to this day. This makes it impossible for states to protect women and children, creating a severe public health crisis,” Dannenfelser said.
Lila Rose, Founder and President of Live Action, said the bill is overdue.
The abortion pill “has fueled a deadly and deeply inhumane abortion industry that has killed millions of preborn babies and leaves women abandoned to suffer the physical and emotional consequences alone,” she said.
“For years, the abortion lobby has marketed these drugs as safe and easy while concealing the truth: nearly every time a pregnant mother takes the abortion pill, it ends the life of her living human child, and far too many women are left without real medical care when they are hemorrhaging or have a blood infection due to the abortion pill.”
As noted by KMOV-TV in St. Louis, Hawley introduced the bill last year, but it did not pass.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
The post New Bill to Ban Abortion Pill Hits Senate appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Politics
Palantir CEO Says AI Will Take Power Away From Democratic Voters and Toward Working-Class Men (VIDEO)
Alex Karp, during an interview with CNBC on Thursday.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has said that artificial intelligence (AI) could shift economic influence away from highly educated voters who tend to support Democrats and toward vocationally trained, working-class men.
In an interview with CNBC, Karp discussed the broader societal impact of artificial intelligence and how it is expected to transform employment.
“This technology disrupts humanities-trained, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less.”
“And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, uh voters,” Karp said.
“So these disruptions are gonna disrupt every aspect of our society,” he said.
“To make this work, we have to come to an agreement of what it is we’re going to do with the technology; how are we gonna explain to people who are likely gonna have less good, and less interesting jobs.”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp believes AI will reduce the political and economic power of white collar female (mostly Democrat) voters:
“If you are going to disrupt the economic and political power significantly of one party space, highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly… pic.twitter.com/riTUAlXCZH
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 12, 2026
The data analytics and artificial intelligence company, which was founded by Trump backer Peter Thiel, builds platforms designed to analyze enormous datasets and is widely used by governments, intelligence agencies, and major corporations.
Palantir first gained prominence for its work with U.S. intelligence and defense agencies, including the CIA, the Department of Defense, and other national security bodies.
Its software has been used for counterterrorism analysis, military planning, and intelligence operations.
In recent years, the company has also expanded into commercial sectors, providing data and artificial intelligence platforms to companies in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and energy.
However, Karp insisted that the technology still carries serious risks but that America must win the AI race against adversaries such as China.
“These technologies are dangerous societally,” Karp said.
“The only justification you could possibly have would be that if we don’t do it, our adversaries will do it,” he continued. “And we will be subject to their rule of law.”
“Why is it that we’re absorbing the risk of disrupting the very fabric of our society, including the most powerful parts of our society, if it’s not because it’s about maintaining our ability to be American in the near term and long term?” he said.
Karp has previously suggested America has empathy for everyone except for working-class white males.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: ‘Our Country Has Empathy For Everybody But Working Class, Particularly White Males’ (VIDEO)
The post Palantir CEO Says AI Will Take Power Away From Democratic Voters and Toward Working-Class Men (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
-
Politics6 months agoSEND IN THE TROOPS! At Least 5 Dead, 10 Wounded So Far in Chicago Weekend Shootings
-
Business6 months ago
How I Paid Off My Mortgage 10 Years Early On A Teacher’s Salary
-
Politics6 months agoBlack Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle
-
Tech6 months agoGet a lifetime subscription to the “ChatGPT for investors” for under $60
-
Tech6 months agoReview: The Dreame H15 Pro CarpetFlex is the first wet/dry vacuum I liked
-
Business6 months ago
25 Low-Effort Side Hustles You Can Start This Weekend
-
Business6 months ago
9 Ways to Command a Six-Figure Salary Without a Bachelor’s
-
Entertainment5 months agoFat Joe Recalls Bruno Mars Snapping on Him Over Question About Puerto Rican Roots: ‘Broke My Heart’
