Mitch McConnell, Thomas Massie and other lawmakers will represent Kentucky at Donald Trump's second inauguration.

Thomas Massie, Kentucky’s libertarian firebrand, makes a strong impression with his passionate stance for small government, but are his strongly held convictions crossing the line into something entirely darker?

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has been removed from the House Rules Committee after being the lone vote against Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) reelection. Why it matters: Massie's departure from the influential panel could make it easier for Johnson to get legislation to the House floor.

Catturd, a prominent right-wing influencer on X, hinted he may bring a defamation lawsuit against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) after intense feuding erupted over the libertarian-leaning lawmaker dubbing Catturd and another major account “nenarded paid influencers.”

Massie was the sole Republican who voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson's re-election in early January. The House Republican Conference in a closed door meeting voted on a new committee roster that didn't include Massie, according to Axios.

The refusal of one of this area’s congressmen, Rep. Thomas Massie, to support Rep. Mike Johnson’s re-election as Speaker of the House was a bad decision.

The Republican’s predecessor had stocked the influential Rules Committee with conservatives. It looks different now.

Glow-up: it’s one of the LGBT crew’s favorite new terms. A riff on “grow up,” the term typically refers to a nerdy gay kid who eventually comes out of the closet as a teen or young adult, and consequently “glows up” with new style and confidence.

One week after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) stood as the only House Republican not to vote for Trump-endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana for re-election, news outlets reported that the conservative libertarian was “removed” from the House Rules Committee.

Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.