Anti-Trump conservatives Tucker Carlson, MTG, Massie huddle about launching third-party movement - POLITICO

“We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise. But he’s betrayed us all,” Greene wrote in the post. “The movement has begun.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/tucker-carlson-mtg-thomas-massie-joe-kent-trump-01025860

 

Weekly Roundup: "Kill the Enemy": Iran War Lies, "Killing" Talarico, + Calls For Political Violence (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Welcome back to Straight White American Jesus. In this episode, Brad Onishi and co-host Dan Miller dig into the resignation of Joe Kent and the unraveling narrative around Iran. Kent's claim—that Iran posed no imminent nuclear threat—directly contradicts statements from figures like Mike Johnson and exposes what the hosts see as a familiar pattern: shifting justifications, vague timelines, and a disregard for expertise in favor of political loyalty. The conversation traces how dissent from within MAGA ranks—especially from someone like Kent—signals fractures in the movement, even as those critiques are quickly dismissed by Donald Trump. For Onishi and Miller, the deeper issue is a political culture where intelligence, experience, and even firsthand knowledge of war are subordinated to rhetoric, loyalty, and "feelings" about national security.

The episode then widens its lens, connecting foreign policy to a broader "culture of death" that the hosts argue defines the current political moment. From Pete Hegseth's blunt justification that "it takes money to kill bad guys" to the rhetoric emerging from his religious circle—where his pastor Brooks Potteiger and podcast host Joshua Haymes discussed James Talarico in terms that included prayers for his death and suggestions he should be "stopped by any means necessary"—Onishi and Miller highlight a throughline of violence, dehumanization, and theological justification for harm. They argue that this kind of language—casting opponents as enemies of God or demonic threats—creates a moral framework where violence becomes not just acceptable but righteous. The result is a dangerous fusion of nationalism, militarism, and extremist theology, where political disagreement is reframed as spiritual warfare and the stakes are nothing less than life, death, and the future of American democracy.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-kill-the-enemy-iran-war-lies-killing-talarico-calls-for-political-violence?hsLang=en

Calls for former counter-terror chief to face Congress after quitting over Iran war

"The American people deserve to know why this Administration dragged us into war in Iran," Khanna wrote on social media. "Joe Kent should come before Congress. If even officials like Joe Kent do not believe Iran posed an imminent threat, why are we sending more Americans to die in this war?"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today

 

Trump Stooge RESIGNS and drops BOMBSHELL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzllSUT80-A

 

Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war : NPR

He said that Israel pushed the U.S. into the conflict with a pressure campaign to "deceive" President Trump, and that Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5750426/joe-kent-counterterrorism-official-resigns-trump 

 

Trump’s pick for key national security position linked to far-right figures

Questions linger for director of counterintelligence nominee, Joe Kent, over ties to white nationalists and employment with shadowy military contractor…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/trump-national-security-joe-kent

 

 

Cawthorn, Greene, Trump seek to expand MAGA squad in midterm elections. - The Washington Post

… Kent said he has little interest in fighting with Democrats if he makes it to Congress. Instead, he wants to force Republicans into tough votes, starting with articles of impeachment against President Biden and a full congressional inquiry into the 2020 presidential election, which he says was stolen from Trump...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-maga-squad/2021/12/26/654f49ea-5448-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

CNN panel blows up Lindsey Graham’s ‘hearsay’ talking points: ‘He knows what he’s saying is nonsense’ – Raw Story

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday lashed out at the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry and argued that it was completely illegitimate because it was relying on “hearsay” testimony from witnesses such as George Kent and Bill Taylor.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/cnn-panel-blows-up-lindsey-grahams-hearsay-talking-points-he-knows-what-hes-saying-is-nonsense/

Impeachment hearings: Live highlights and updates from today's proceedings - POLITICO

George Kent and William Taylor are the first witnesses to testify publicly in the historic impeachment proceedings. ....
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/13/public-impeachment-hearings-live-highlights-and-updates-070279

5 takeaways from Bill Taylor’s and George Kent’s impeachment testimony - The Washington Post

What we have learned so far in the first day of public impeachment hearings.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/13/early-takeaways-bill-taylors-george-kents-impeachment-testimony/

Trump’s conspiracy to ‘undermine the electoral system’ is ‘the definition of a high crime’: Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein – Raw Story

On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Watergate veteran reporter Carl Bernstein laid into President Donald Trump for the Ukraine scandal during a discussion about the testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent to House impeachment investigators.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/trumps-conspiracy-to-undermine-the-electoral-system-is-the-definition-of-a-high-crime-watergate-reporter-carl-bernstein/

Trump wanted Ukrainian Clinton investigation, Kent says - The Washington Post

One of the central defenses of President Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine is that he’s really just interested in rooting out corruption. Ukraine is a corrupt country, the argument goes, so why shouldn’t U.S. aid and other things be conditioned on that? That argument, of course, ignores how seldom Trump has shown concerns about global corruption in the past. It also ignores the self-serving nature of the two specific investigations he has sought. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/07/top-official-says-trump-wanted-ukraine-announce-clinton-probe-further-undermining-trumps-defenses/

Another career diplomat caught in the Ukraine scandal set to testify - CNN Politics

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning for a closed-door deposition before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees....

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/politics/who-is-george-kent/index.html

Longtime Republican flees the GOP because their only goal is infuriating Democrats - Raw Story

Longtime Republican Party member Stephen Kent this week decided to leave his party -- and he said that the high-fiving after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation was the final straw. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/longtime-republican-flees-gop-goal-infuriating-democrats/