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Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of Donald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, but she is now calling it quits after her Orange Lord and Savior criticized her for calling for the release of the Epstein Files.
Late Friday evening, Marjorie Taylor Greene threw a grenade into the political landscape when she announced she was quitting Congress.
It would appear that being labeled a “traitor” by her MAGA Lord, Donald Trump, and her party’s policies actually affecting people close to home was a bridge too far for Greene.
In the video announcing she was done, she said: “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
Donald Trump Is Happy To See Her Go
One person who is not sad to see Greene go is Donald Trump himself, who said her departure from Congress was “great news for the country” in an interview with ABC News.
“For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD,” Trump and his little fingers wrote on Truth Social.
“Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country!”
Damn.
In her video, Greene announced her final day on the job will be January 5, 2026, a full year before her actual term is up, which means Republicans will be down a seat in their already shrinking majority.
Greene might be a bellwether for her party because she said in her video that they could kiss goodbye to their majority rule.
The once extremely loyal MAGA congresswoman said she did “not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms”.
The Epstein Files & Trump’s Inability To Lower Costs Led To Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Decision
Greene had been one of the loudest proponents on the Republican side, calling for the release of the Epstein Files, even going against Trump, who called the moment a “Democratic hoax,” urging his party not to take the bait.
“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” Greene said in her resignation video.
The Epstein Files was not the only thing Marge was upset about with Trump. She was also critical of Trump for not doing enough to bring down the costs for Americans and slamming her fellow Republicans and, hilariously, Democrats for failing to keep healthcare affordable.
Is This The End of MTG’s Political Ambitions?
Now, does this mean that once she officially throws her MAGA hat into Lake Lanier, this will be the last we will see of her in politics?
According to reports, she has expressed interest in running for a state office, such as a Senate or gubernatorial seat.
Trump has shared on Truth Social that he is not willing to give her his golden blessing on either of those ambitions, telling her she shouldn’t run becuase of poor polling.
Well, we won’t miss her, just keeping it real. She is one of the reasons we got Trump in the first damn place.
First, Trump praises Zohran Mamdani, now MTG is bowing out, we are truly in the upside-down regarding American politics.
You can see more reactions below.
JIM WATSON / Zohran Mamdani
MAGA Republicans were foaming at the mouth at the idea of Donald Trump owning Zohran Mamdani during his White House visit; spoiler alert, that wasn’t the case at all.
For months, Donald Trump railed against Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, going as far as to call him a “communist lunatic” and threatening to leave NYC in the dark in terms of federal funding if Mamdani became mayor.
Mamdani didn’t mince words either, calling Trump a “despot.”
That wasn’t the case when the two men met face-to-face for the first time, and it turned out to be a love and praise fest.
Proving that we are in the upside-down, Trump was complimentary of Mamdani, while the Mayor-elect sounded hopeful that the two could work together to improve the lives of New Yorkers by lowering costs.
In a very jaw-dropping moment, Trump said that “I met with a man who’s a very rational person,” when one reporter asked, “[Elise] Stefanik has called Mamdani a ‘jihadist.’ Do you think you’re standing next to a jihadist right now?”
“I’ll really be cheering for him,” Trump continued.
Donald Trump even said, “he would, I really would,” be comfortable living in NYC under Mamdani’s mayoriship.
Despite her Orange Lord and Savior basically making her look and sound stupid, the NYC Governor hopeful stuck to her racist guns in labeling Mamdani a “jihadist.”
Stefanik wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in response to Trump, “We all want NYC to succeed. But we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. If he walks like a jihadist If he talks like a jihadist If he campaigns like a jihadist If he supports jihadists, He’s a jihadist.
Trump opened up their Oval Office meeting, congratulating Mamdani on his victory and running “an incredible race against a lot of smart people.”
“I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” Trump said. “The better he does, the happier I am. I will say there’s no difference in party. There’s no difference in anything, and we’re going to be helping him to make everybody’s dream come true — having a strong and very safe New York.”
MAGA Heads Are Spinning
As expected, MAGA heads are spinning after Trump threw every single Republican who has spent a reasonable amount of time calling Mamdani everything but his name.
MAGA political activist Laura Loomer is beside herself after witnessing what she saw in the Oval Office between Orange Mussolini and Zohran Mamdani.
“Wild to allow a jihadist communist to stand behind the President’s desk in the Oval Office. Sad to see,” Loomer wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
In another post she wrote, “So we are just going to normalize communism? Aren’t you a host of a conservative radio program? @ClayTravis What are you preserving by glazing communism, anti-white racism, Jew hatred, open borders and Islamic terror? Sad to see. The GOP will lose the midterms.”
Bruh.
MAGA world is in utter chaos, and we love to see it.
You can see reactions below to the mind-blowing Oval Office moment.
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On Thursday (November 20), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was questioned about President Donald Trump scolding Bloomberg New reporter Catherine Lucey when she asked him about the Jeffrey Epstein files last week while on Air Force One. “Quiet, piggy!” he replied to Lucey.“What did the president mean when he called the reporter piggy?”, a reporter asked Leavitt. She replied, “Look, the president is very frank and honest with everyone in this room…You have all experienced it yourself and I think it is one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president, because of his frankness. And he calls out fake news when he sees it. He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him, when you spread fake news about him and his administration.”
Leavitt continued, “The president being frank and open and honest to your faces, rather than hiding behind your backs, is, frankly, a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration.”With the last line, Leavitt appeared to suggest that former President Joe Biden’s administration wasn’t respectful of the press. But Trump’s comments to Lucey seems to be part of a growing pattern where he’s comfortable being rude to members of the press, especially if they’re women.Trump became upset with ABC News reporter Mary Bruce on Tuesday during an Oval Office meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. It was in response to her asking about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, with a followup question about the Epstein files.
In September, NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump “Are you trying to go to war with Chicago?” as he was heading to New York City for the U.S. Open. He called her question “fake news”, and when Alcindor tried to follow up, he snapped “Be quiet, listen! You don’t listen! You never listen. That’s why you’re second-rate.”
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On the same day in which he accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” that he said was “punishable by death” and shared someone else’s post that called for the Congress members’ hanging, Donald Trump once again lashed out at his late night nemesis Jimmy Kimmel.
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It started with Trump’s Truth Social post on Thursday (Nov. 20) in which he asked why “ABC Fake News” keeps Kimmel, “a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS, on the air?,” claiming the network’s (or Kimmel’s?) coverage of him is “totally biased.” He ended by demanding, “Get the bum of the air!!!”
The president, ensnared in particularly bruising media cycle whipped up by the back-and-forth over the release of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein — in which Trump is named more than 1,500 times, more than anyone else — appeared to be spun up again about Kimmel’s relentless jokes about the two men’s close ties.
So, on Thursday night’s show Kimmel doubled-down once again, sloughing off the latest attack from the leader of the free world on his late night comedy show. Kimmel opened his monologue by admitting that he’s “lost count” at this point of how many times Trump has called for him to be pulled off the air, revealing that he woke up that morning to his wife telling him that he was on Trump’s mind again.
“She’s got her phone. She goes, ‘Um, Trump tweeted you should be fired again,’” Kimmel said she told him. “I was like, ‘Oh.’ And then I went downstairs and made bagels for the kids… Talk about a snowflake, this guy. Every five weeks, he flips out and wants me fired. If you got this many threats from a neighbor, you’d have no problem getting a restraining order. The judge would be like, ‘Yeah, sounds like the guy’s nuts.’”
Kimmel read the president’s post to boos from the audience, noting that the late night missive went up at 12:49 a.m., just 11 minutes after his show ended on the East Coast. “Which is nice, he watches us live. Hi, Mr. President! How are you? Thanks for watching us on TV instead of on YouTube, we appreciate that. And I’ll tell you, it’s viewers like you who keep us on the air, ironically,” he joked.
And then Kimmel likely heaped more fuel to Trump’s fire by saying, “It’s also sweet that, even in the middle of the biggest sex scandal in the history of the American presidency, he takes precious time on the toilet to post about our show. Keeps saying we have bad ratings. And you should listen to him, because if anyone knows about bad ratings, it’s that guy,” he added, before rolling out a montage of clips with reports about Trump’s plunging polling numbers.
Trump’s latest broadside against Kimmel comes after ABC’s decision in September to pull Kimmel off the air for a few days after Trump’s FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, issued a warning to stations carrying the show following criticism about Kimmel’s comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Back on the air the next week, Kimmel continued tweaking the president in his nightly monologues and it appears to have again incensed Trump, who has also called for other late night hosts to be fired in seeming pique over their jabs at his administration.
Kimmel pulled not punches again on Thursday, laying down the gauntlet, saying, “Mr. President, I admire your tenacity. If you’re watching tonight, which I presume you are, how about this: I’ll go when you go, OK?,” before adding another teasingly disparaging nickname to his endless pile of alternate titles for the commander in chief. “We’ll be a team. Let’s ride off into the sunset together like Butch Cassidy and the Suntan Kid. And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: Quiet, piggy.”
The latter was a pointed reference to the insult Trump hurled at a reporter on Air Force One after she asked him a question about Epstein, with Trump snapping at Bloomberg News journalist Catherine Lucey, “Quiet! Quiet, piggy!“
After swift passage in the House and Senate, Trump signed legislation on Wednesday ordering the Justice Department to release documents related to Epstein. That came after multiple attempts by Trump to kill the legislation before changing course following the defection of several Republican House members urging their release, including such typically MAGA faithful stalwarts as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.
The Justice Department now has 30 days to release the files, which Kimmel suggested could make for a “very merry Christmas indeed. I have a prediction for the next 30 days: I think we’re going to see Trump do some of the craziest s–t ever.”
Watch Kimmel’s monologue below.
Chip Somodevilla / Donald Trump / Greg Abbott
The Ls keep on coming for Donald Trump and his MAGA movement.
Knowing that momentum is not on the side of the GOP as we barrel towards the midterm elections, Donald Trump decided to do the one thing he falsely claims Democrats have been doing to him and rig the game to keep the House of Representatives and Senate Republican controlled throughout his disastrous second stint as President.
Trump hopped on the phone and proposed that Republican-led states should draw racially gerrymandered maps to pick up additional GOP seats, but now it seems that plan is epically blowing up in his face.
A three-judge panel, which features a judge he appointed, said nah to those maps, calling them an illegal racial gerrymander, delivering a massive blow to the GOP’s cheating plans.
Trump bootlicker, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, was the first to hop aboard Trump’s cheating train and quickly approved new maps that added more Republican voters to five Democratic-held congressional districts around Austin, Dallas, Houston, and South Texas.
How Democrats Responded To Republicans’ Cheating Efforts
Texas Democrats put up a good fight and opted to leave the state for about 2 weeks rather than participate in silencing their constituents.
Governor Gavin Newsom, who has been lighting Trump’s orange a** up by showing how ridiculous his behavior is on social media, responded to the GOP’s cheating by allowing California residents to vote on a measure calling for similar redistricting that would allow the Democrats to fight fire with fire; the measure soundly passed.
Of course, you know Trump and his administration will push for further litigation, and the DOJ, led by partisan hack Pam Bondi, has challenged the Texas district court’s decision, vowing to fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
Hilariously, the same Bondi called California’s legal vote on the matter nothing more than a “power grab” by Gavin Newsom.
Social media is using the moment to clown Trump and the GOP.
“Old Don bout to be BIG MAD! I couldn’t be happier for him and his flunky, Abbott,” wrote Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on X, formerly Twitter.
Another user wrote, “The Democrats being the overwhelming winner of a redistricting war started by Trump is legitimately the funniest possible outcome.”
You can see more reactions below.
Getty Images / Hakeem Jeffries / Chi Ossé
Despite not having the support of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chi Ossé, son of the late Reggie “Combat Jack” Ossé, will seek to challenge Hakeem Jeffries.
New York City Councilmember Chi Ossé of Brooklyn is moving forward with his primary challenge of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Gothamist reports Ossé took the first step to challenge Jeffries by filing the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Monday to run in New York’s 8th Congressional District.
In a statement, Ossé said, “The Democratic Party’s leadership is not only failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to deliver a vision that we can all believe in.”
If Ossé Is Going To Win, He’s Going To Have To Do It Without Mamdani or AOC’s Support
Ossé will have to build excitement about his primary challenge without the help of both NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Ossé is trying to build off the momentum from Mamdani’s impressive electoral victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
“While I appreciate the great work that Council Member Ossé has done on the council, especially for tenants, I believe that there are many ways right here in New York City to both deliver on an affordability agenda and take on the authoritarian administration in the White House,” Mamdani said of Ossé, who was a prominent supporter of NYC’s new mayor.
Axios reports that AOC “signaled” in an exclusive interview with the website that she would not support Ossé’s, 27, primary challenge against Hakeem Jeffries, 55.
AOC said she was “not aware” of Ossé’s primary challenge against Jeffries, while also adding, “I certainly don’t think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now.”
Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t seem rattled at all, telling reporters when asked about Ossé’s decision, “Come on in, the water’s warm.”
We are intrigued to see how this plays out. You can see reactions to Ossé challenging Hakeem Jeffries below.
President Donald Trump has championed his tariff policy as a success despite little data or official accounting that shows the United States is flush with cash as a result. Earlier this month, President Trump said that he wants to pay out tariff dividend or rebate checks of up to $2,000 per person, save for the rich, but won’t do so until next year.
On November 9, Trump took to his Truth Social network to lash out at critics of the tariff policy and to make the promise of “dividend” payments to middle-class and low-income families.
“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” Trump began. “We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place. A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”
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This comes after a debunked post claimed that checks would be going out in phases between November 10 through November 30, just in time for the holiday shopping season. However, it appears that Americans banking on the payment will need to wait until next year.
On Friday (November 14), from Air Force One heading to Mar-a-Lago, Trump clarified that the payouts will happen next year, but a final date wasn’t given.
“It will be next year. The tariffs allow us to give a dividend. We’re going to do a dividend and we’re also going to be reducing debt,” according to the New York Post.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a dose of reality over the weekend during an appearance on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures program.
“We will see,” Bessent said of the proposed payouts, “We need legislation for that.”
Although a rollback of tariff policies seems highly unlikely, considering Trump’s fondness for the practice, the Supreme Court is currently reviewing whether the president’s emergency powers to enact tariffs are constitutional.
If the Supreme Court does rule the practice unconstitutional, the revenue stream for the so-called dividends would be eliminated. Trump vowed that he would “have to do something else” if the high court made the ruling to strike down the policy.
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Getty Images / Bill Clinton / Donald Trump / Jeffrey Epstein
One email in the Jeffrey Epstein files referencing “blowing Bubba” regarding Donald Trump has been the talk of the internet, but according to Epstein’s brother, it’s not what many think.
Social media has been on fire following the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails that mention Donald Trump and plenty of other high-profile individuals.
One email correspondence between the dead disgraced financier / convicted sex trafficker and his brother, Mark Epstein, has caught fire on social media.
Donald Trump, who still claims he didn’t have close ties to Epstein, calling the investigation a “hoax,” was mentioned a whopping 1500 times in the 20,000 documents released.
In one email from Epstein’s brother, Mark, it claims there are photos of Trump “blowing Bubba,” with many immediately thinking “Bubba” is none other than Bill Clinton, whose nickname is famously Bubba.
Speaking with Newsweek, Mark Epstein revealed that “Bubba” is not the former president, but didn’t provide the identity of “Bubba” or any other additional details.
Social Media Has Been Clowning Donald Trump About “Blowing Bubba”
Epstein debunking Trump and Clinton’s schenanigans comes after social media had a field day with the contents of the released email.
Orange Mussolini has not been able to wrap his head around the Epstein Files, which is looking like the one thing his supporters won’t turn a blind eye to.
Even House Republicans, including extreme MAGA loyalists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, are signaling they will join Democrats in voting for the full release of the files.
Greene has been leading the charge, and was also singled out by her orange lord and savior, who took back his support of Greene, promising to back someone to primary her.
Welp.
The Epstein Files are an issue that Trump will not be able to make go away.
You can see more reactions below.
ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Donald Trump / Marjorie Taylor Green
The MAGA wall, which seemed impervious, is starting to crack, and it’s all thanks to Republicans not siding with Donald Trump regarding the release of the Epstein files.
In one of his latest Truth Social rants, Donald Trump snatched back his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of his most staunch and loudest allies, even going as far as to personally attack her because she is one of four Republicans in the House of Representatives in support of the release of the Epstein files.
Trump’s social media attacks on Green are significant as they highlight a political breakup no one had on their bingo cards, and signal that Trump could be losing his grip on the Republican party, because it seems protecting pedophiles is a bridge too far for them.
They still have no issues pushing racist policies, but that’s a whole other argument.
The Back & Forth No One Saw Coming
Trump and Greene have been going back and forth on social media after she has openly criticized her Orange Lord and Savior on several issues, like his labeling the Epstein case a hoax, and his focus on foreign policy instead of his “America first” agenda.
“I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, while adding that Greene, who is up for reelection in 2026, has “gone Far Left.”
He continued, “She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”
Marjorie Taylor Green Responds
Greene has clapped back on her social media accounts, while at the same time still trying to show that she is a fan of Orange Mussolini, writing on her X account:
“This and the Epstein files is why I’m being attacked by President Trump. It really makes you wonder what is in those files and who and what country is putting so much pressure on him? I forgive him and I will pray for him to return to his original MAGA promises.”
Welp.
As you can imagine, social media, particularly those on the left, who are no fans of either of these individuals, have been seated for the drama and are loving every minute of it.
You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
Getty Images / Michael Wolff / Donald Trump / Jeffrey Epstein
As more revelations about the Epstein Files and Donald Trump’s closeness to the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker surface, journalist Michael Wolff decided to share even more details, and spoiler alert, it doesn’t make Trump look good.
Michael Wolff revealed after his emails with Epstein were released that he advised the convicted sex trafficker on how to manipulate the then-presidential candidate.
In the 2015 email, Epstein wonders what Trump would say if asked about their relationship during the presidential debate.
“I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency,” Wolff told Epstein.
“You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt,” Wolff continued. “Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.”
Michael Wolff Hopped On Instagram With Receipts
Wolff hopped on Instagram to further speak on Trump’s relationship with Epstein while also trying to tiptoe around the ethical issues that came with working with Epstein.
“This morning, the House Oversight Committee released emails directly linking Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein,” and that “some of those emails are between Epstein and me, with Epstein discussing his relationship with Donald Trump,” began in his video.
He claimed that he has “been trying to talk about this story for a very long time now,” while indicating the recently released emails are an indication that “this is, well, perhaps we’re getting close to the smoking gun.”
He continued by adding that Trump and Epstein,” had the closest of relationships for more than a decade” and “shared everything,” from women, financial advice, and even airplanes.
“You know, it’s curious that Epstein’s relationship with so many people in public life has damaged them considerably, but the one person who he was closest to has not been held accountable. That’s Donald Trump.”
Well damn.
As of right now, Trump and his White House are in panic mode as more emails continue to drop. Trump has even gone from claiming the Epstein investigation is a government hoax to now urging Pam Bondi and his highly partisan DOJ to investigate Democrats like Bill Clinton’s involvement with Epstein to save face.
Not sure how that will work out for Trump, but you can see more reactions to his crashout below.
