Minnesota Lt. Governor running for Senate

Thomas Massie still causing trouble

House GOP leaders send lawmakers home early, sidestepping Hegseth impeachment vote

House Republican leaders scrapped Thursday's scheduled votes and sent members home ahead of the midterm elections, a move that conveniently shelves a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until the lame duck session.

Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters the early exit had nothing to do with the eight-article impeachment resolution that Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican and vocal critic of the Trump White House, unveiled on Tuesday. Johnson called it "a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention" and predicted the resolution would be "immediately" rejected when the lame duck session begins November 9.

The cancellation caps a September in which Johnson had already wiped the last two weeks of scheduled session from the calendar. The House has now scrapped at least 63 voting days this Congress, according to Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican and Freedom Caucus member, nine of them this month alone

On September 15, 2026, Thomas Massie shocked his colleagues by filing an eight-article privileged resolution to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, prompting House leadership to truncate the legislative calendar and send members on an early recess to avoid a mandatory floor vote before the midterm elections.

With lawmakers now gone until after the election, a stack of unfinished business, a $95 billion reconciliation package, the Farm Bill, the Clarity Act on cryptocurrency regulation, and bipartisan AI safeguards, sits idle while the Senate shows no sign of moving.

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Thomas Massie can't get over that he was primaried. Ed Gallrein, endorsed by Trump, defeated incumbent Thomas Massie in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on May 19, 2026.

Stop being a "prick"

'Stop being a pr*ck': Watch John Cornyn get pounded for not endorsing fellow Republican Ken Paxton

'Lose Texas energy in a Senate fight and you don't just lose a race. You hand Democrats the chamber'

With control of the U.S. hanging in the balance, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was hammered Sunday for neither endorsing nor campaigning for Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the GOP nominee running for Senate in the Lone Star State against Democrat James Talarico.

Cornyn was crushed by Paxton 62.5% to 37.5% in a May Republican runoff after President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton over Cornyn, whom many consider to be a RINO, or Republican in Name Only.

"John Cornyn has to end the pity party," said Fox News contributor Joe Concha on Sunday's episode of "The Big Weekend Show."

"Stop being Thom Tillis. Stop being a pr*ck and get out and get your guy elected because that's a lot of voters that John Cornyn got in that primary.

"And the fact that he's still resisting phone calls? Be a man, take the call and figure out what you gotta do because you're gonna have a guy that is far to the left of Beta O'Rourke, if that's possible, as a senator in Texas. And it could be the difference between Republicans controlling the Senate and Democrats controlling the Senate, and that is a very big deal."

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GOP fundraiser raiser over half billion

Senate Leadership Fund raises over $500 million to defend GOP majority in 2026 midterms

The Senate Leadership Fund and its allied groups have raised more than half a billion dollars ahead of November's midterm elections, a sum the organization calls the largest Senate campaign haul in American history.

Alex Latcham, executive director of the Senate Leadership Fund, announced the milestone in a statement to Fox News Digital, crediting Senate Majority Leader John Thune with driving the fundraising effort and previewing an aggressive advertising campaign targeting Democratic Senate candidates in five states: Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina.

The $500 million-plus figure covers the Senate Leadership Fund, the top GOP campaign group aligned with Thune, and its affiliated organizations. Latcham framed the war chest as both a record and a necessity, warning that Democrats under Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer want to drag the country backward.

Latcham warns Republicans cannot afford to slow down--In his statement, Latcham paired the fundraising boast with a pointed message about the stakes:

"Thanks to Leader John Thune and our generous investors, Senate Leadership Fund and its affiliated groups have raised more resources than any other Senate effort in history."

But the executive director made clear he sees no room for complacency. Latcham added:

"However, we cannot slow down as Chuck Schumer and Radical Democrats seek to take our nation back to open borders, rampant crime and crushing inflation."

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Mike Rogers runing for Senate in Michigan against El-Sayed

A PERSONAL LETTER FROM MIKE ROGERS

U.S. Army Veteran | Former FBI Special Agent

Dear Fellow Patriot,

When I served as a U.S. Army officer and an FBI Special Agent, I swore a sacred oath to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I dedicated my life to keeping our families safe—working in the shadows, hunting down terrorists, and standing on the frontlines of our national security. I saw the dead body of Osama bin Laden with my own eyes, knowing that together, we had delivered justice for America.

That’s why what we are facing in this U.S. Senate race shakes me to my core.

"I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11."

My opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, isn't just another politician with whom I disagree. He has never believed America was great, and he never wanted to make it great. His agenda seeks to dismantle our way of life, weaken our national defenses, and push radical ideologies that threaten the very foundation of our freedom.

Make no mistake: this race doesn't just affect Michigan—it affects every single American family. Having someone who harbors this level of hostility toward our country in the United States Senate is dangerous for our entire republic.

The Cold War is no longer just a chapter in our history books; it is being fought right now on U.S. soil against radical, anti-American movements.

I make you this solemn promise: America will NEVER be a communist country.

Thune stalling Trump's Agenda

John Thune Sends Senate Home for 37 Days, Schedules 11 Sessions to Block Recess Appointments

The Senate is heading into a 37-day recess. But the chamber will not simply close its doors and stay away from Washington.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has scheduled 11 pro forma sessions during the break. These brief sessions are expected to involve no votes, debates, or meaningful legislative work. Instead, a lone senator periodically opens the chamber, gavels in, and gavels out.

The Senate had its first session on Monday, August 10, at 10 a.m. Regular Senate business is set to resume on September 14.

The schedule includes the following pro forma sessions:

Monday, August 10, at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, August 13, at 8:00 a.m.
Monday, August 17, at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 20, at 11:30 a.m.
Monday, August 24, at 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 27, at 8:00 a.m.
Monday, August 31, at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, September 1, at 12:30 p.m.
Friday, September 4, at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, September 8, at 1:15 p.m.
Thursday, September 10, at 3:00 p.m.

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The dates were confirmed by the official Senate floor schedule. On paper, the Senate is in recess. Procedurally, however, these brief meetings keep the chamber technically available to conduct business. Political parties use these brief meetings to stop the president from making temporary "recess appointments" to federal offices or judicial seats while Congress is away.

In other words, it's all bull and Trump views pro-forma blocks as a maneuver by the "swamp" to stall his agenda.

Senate Sanctons Russia and Iran

Senate Passes Bill to Impose New Sanctions on Russia and Iran

The bill must next go to a vote in the House of Representatives before the president can sign it into action.

The Senate on Aug. 7 overwhelmingly passed a bill to impose new sanctions against Russia and Iran.

In an 86–11 vote, the Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026. The bill still needs to pass a vote in the House of Representatives before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature.

The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died on July 11, had sponsored legislation to raise economic sanctions on Russia, as punishment for the ongoing war in Ukraine. The bill was revised and renamed in Graham’s honor following his death.

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Murkowski and Collins voted "no" on Todd Blanche

UPDATE: Last night, Todd Blanche was confirmed

Anti-Trumpers - RINOS

Murkowski announces opposition to Todd Blanche for attorney general, leaving confirmation on a razor's edge

Sen. Lisa Murkowski declared she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general, joining Sen. Susan Collins and putting the nomination's fate in the hands of a single undecided Republican.

Murkowski, the Alaska Republican, posted her decision on X, acknowledging that Blanche had impressed her personally and made solid decisions as acting attorney general, then listing a series of concerns she said made confirmation impossible.

She praised his willingness to visit Alaska's rural communities and called him "decent and capable," but said the Justice Department's trajectory under the current administration left her without confidence that Blanche would serve as an independent check on executive power.

Her opposition lands at the worst possible moment for the White House. Collins, the Maine Republican, had already announced her own "no" vote. Sen. Mitch McConnell remains absent from the Senate.

NBC News reported that a third Republican defection would be enough to sink the nomination outright, given that Democrats are expected to vote as a bloc against Blanche.

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CDC Director confirmed by Senate

Senate Confirms Trump Pick for CDC Director

Dr. Erica Schwartz will become the top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Senate on Aug. 5 confirmed President Donald Trump’s latest nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, a public health agency that aims to protect Americans from diseases, has about 12,000 employees.

Fifty-one senators voted to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz to the position, compared to 43 who voted no.

All the yes votes came from Republicans apart from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). All the no votes came from Democrats or Independents who caucus with Democrats. Six senators, including Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), missed the vote.

Schwartz will become the second person Trump has nominated to serve as director of the CDC.

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Senate Resolution: Ghislane Maxwell will not get a pardon

Senate votes unanimously to oppose any pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

Every senator on the floor backed a resolution opposing clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, a rare bipartisan rebuke aimed squarely at the possibility that the convicted sex trafficker could walk free.

Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, brought the non-binding resolution to the Senate floor on Wednesday, and not a single senator objected. The measure passed by unanimous consent, putting the full chamber on record against any presidential pardon, commutation, or other form of executive clemency for Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.

The timing was deliberate. Rosen introduced the resolution one day before the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche, the acting Attorney General whom President Trump has tapped to remain in the role permanently.

Blanche interviewed Maxwell for two days last summer and produced written testimony in which Maxwell stated she had never seen Trump engage in improper conduct.

Bipartisan agreement in the Senate is rare enough to be newsworthy on its own. Cross-party votes on resolutions tend to happen only when the alternative, being seen as the lone holdout, carries more risk than the vote itself.

On the question of pardoning a woman who helped traffic children, that calculation was apparently simple enough for every senator in the chamber.

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"Dear Diary" Fifth Amendment

Dr. Fauci Hearing Drama

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped into the Anthony Fauci hearing drama with a short message and a meme that quickly got attention online.

Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the most visible faces of the federal COVID response, appeared Wednesday morning under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

The hearing was titled “Testimony of Anthony Fauci” and was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET on July 29 in Room SD-342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, according to the committee notice cited in the report.

Sen. Rand Paul has been one of Fauci’s fiercest critics for years. The hearing followed Paul’s release of what has been described as Fauci’s “Diary Package” over the weekend. Critics say the material shows Fauci’s concern with his public image during the pandemic era.

Once the hearing began, Fauci reportedly refused to answer questions and invoked the Fifth Amendment. That move immediately fueled fresh criticism from conservatives who have long argued that Fauci has never been fully held accountable for his role in COVID policy, government messaging, and the broader pandemic response.

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Bernie Moreno's testimony--

Rand Paul kicked out Fauci's attorney from Senate hearing

Capitol Police Remove Fauci Lawyer from Senate Hearing

Capitol Police escorted Dr. Anthony Fauci’s attorney out of a fiery Senate hearing Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul accused him of repeatedly disrupting the proceedings.

The dramatic removal came as Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times and faced warnings that Congress could pursue contempt charges over his refusal to answer questions.

Defense attorney David Schertler sat beside Fauci throughout the nearly four-hour Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing. Schertler repeatedly attempted to intervene after Paul warned that Fauci could face consequences for refusing to testify.

Paul told the attorney several times that he was not authorized to speak during the hearing. When Schertler continued addressing the committee, Paul ordered Capitol Police to remove him.

“Security, please remove him from the room,” the Kentucky Republican declared.

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Senate about to take a 5 week break

We Have Until August 6th to Pass the SAVE America Act

Break from what?

President Donald Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to cancel its five-week August break, keeping lawmakers in session to advance several of his priorities, despite not having the votes.

Trump wrote in a social media post that he wanted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to keep the chamber open, preventing vulnerable Republicans facing reelection from the campaign trail, to pass a voter identification bill, among other measures.

“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929!” Trump wrote. “The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can’t believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership.

Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!”

Trump followed up with another post about 15 minutes later, writing that whichever political party eliminates the rule that requires at least 60 senators vote to limit debate, known as the legislative filibuster, will hold an advantage in the Senate.

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Cancel Senate August break and pass the Save Act

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes stalled voting bill

President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill, even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.

Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster, which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate, or find another workaround to pass the voting bill, known as the SAVE America Act.

But Republicans hold only a 53-47 majority, and Thune has consistently said they don’t have the votes to pass the bill or change the rules to get around the filibuster.

“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump wrote on social media.

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John Thune

Karoline Leavitt Returned in Full Force and John Thune Is Not Happy About Getting Taken to the Woodshed

Leavitt Confirms What Trump Voters Already Suspected

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stood behind the podium Thursday and delivered a line eight months of Senate inaction had been building toward.

"His patience is running out," Leavitt told reporters. She said Trump wants the SAVE America Act – the citizenship and voter ID law that would end the Democrat cheating machine for good – passed before the August recess.

The House has already done its job, passing versions of the bill more than once this year. The Senate has done nothing but stall.

Leavitt made the obvious point that Trump voters put Republicans in charge of both chambers of Congress, not just the Oval Office.

That is not a talking point.

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Socialist Troy Jackson

Democrats Pick Troy Jackson to Challenge Sen. Collins in Maine Senate Race

Jackson, a former state Senate president, is the Democrats’ replacement nominee after Graham Platner dropped out following sexual assault allegations.

He has been a registered Republican, Independent and now a Democrat. 

Despite being a progressive Democrat, Jackson began his political career as a Republican. Following the blockade, he unsuccessfully ran in 2000 as a Republican for the Maine House of Representatives. At the time, he was opposed to abortion, a position he has since reversed.

Jackson ran again in 2002, this time as an Independent, and won, beating the candidate he lost to two years prior. He changed his affiliation to Democrat in 2004 and has remained in the party since.

Jackson served as a delegate at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and was part of a small number of delegates who voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who lost to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton went on to lose the election to President Donald Trump.

Jackson unsuccessfully ran for governor this year, losing to Hannah Pingree

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Powerful speech by Senator Sheehy

United States Naval academy graduate and U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy spoke on the U.S. Senate floor casting his vote against the Iran War Powers Resolution.

The Senate voted 47–49, failing to advance a legally binding joint resolution sponsored by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the sole Democrat to vote against it, while Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted with Democrats. Key Republicans like Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) were absent or voted present, preventing the measure from clearing the chamber.

Iran War Powers Resolution

Senate reverses course on Iran war powers resolution after Trump rallies Republican holdouts

The U.S. Senate handed President Trump a clear win late Wednesday, rejecting a Democratic war powers resolution that would have directed him to withdraw American forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorized the mission.

The procedural motion failed 47-50-1, a sharp reversal from just one day earlier, when four Republican senators had defected to help pass a nearly identical measure.

The turnaround came after Trump met with GOP senators in a closed-door session that multiple outlets described as heated. Within hours, two key Republican holdouts, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, changed their positions, collapsing the bipartisan coalition that had briefly embarrassed the White House.

The result killed Sen. Tim Kaine's resolution, which would have ordered Trump to "remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran" without congressional authorization.

Had it cleared both chambers, Trump would have needed to veto it. Instead, the measure never got that far.

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A Senate Report no one will touch

Fox News and legacy media refuse to publish Ron Johnson's op-ed on COVID vaccine safety findings

Sen. Ron Johnson says every major media outlet in the country, including Fox News, either declined or ignored his request to publish an op-ed laying out what a Senate investigation found about federal officials allegedly concealing COVID-19 vaccine safety signals. So the Wisconsin Republican posted it himself.

Johnson self-published the piece on his X account and his Senate website on June 18, titling it "The story the media, and the government, don't want you to hear." The op-ed draws on a Majority Staff Interim Report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which Johnson chairs, dated April 29, 2026.

That report, as the Daily Caller News Foundation reported, details how Biden-era health officials allegedly "purposely turned a blind eye toward COVID-19 vaccine safety signals."

The senator named names, not just the left-leaning outlets you'd expect, but Fox Digital and The Wall Street Journal alongside The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA TODAY. All five, Johnson stated, "declined or ignored requests to publish this op-ed."

The subcommittee's interim report centers on the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the FDA division responsible for approving vaccines and monitoring their safety after they reach the public. 

Johnson alleges the CBER team received data "for over three months" pointing to dangers associated with COVID-19 vaccines, and that officials shut the analysis down.

His account is specific. Johnson claims Peter Marks, the former CBER director, was briefed that an algorithm used to analyze Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System data would "mask" or cover up adverse events.

When a data analyst flagged the problem, Johnson alleges, officials "ordered the data analyst to 'cease and desist' and then lied to the American public that 'they weren't seeing safety signals.'"

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Senate Parliamentarian

John Thune Told Trump No and Now the SAVE America Act Is Dead in the Senate

Democrats have been stealing elections for years – and Republicans finally had a bill to stop it.

Now one Senate Republican is standing between Trump and the only law that could fix it.

Thune just went on Fox Business and told the country why proving you're a citizen before you vote will never become law – and he aimed the blame everywhere except the mirror.

Elizabeth MacDonough has been the Senate parliamentarian since 2012 – appointed by Harry Reid, kept in place by Mitch McConnell, and still ruling against Republicans today.

Trump called her a "Radical Left Lunatic" this week and posted on Truth Social demanding Thune fire her immediately.

"Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the Parliamentarian, who treats Republicans, and everything that they stand for, horribly!" Trump wrote.

He's not wrong.

MacDonough spent the past year picking apart Trump's agenda piece by piece.

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