GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna deletes social media posts featuring Russian fighter jets

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The office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) deleted two of the congresswoman’s social media posts after Raw Story reported that the airplane silhouettes used in her happy birthday message to the U.S. Air Force were actually Russian fighter jets.

“Happy Birthday United States Air Force! As an Air Force Veteran myself, I’m especially thankful for everything I learned while serving in this incredible branch of our Armed Forces,” Luna, an influencer on Instagram before being elected to Congress last year, wrote on her posts.

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Rob Young, historian for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, said the jets were a model developed in the old Soviet Union that evolved over the years and are still in use.

An image of a Sept. 18, 2023, Instagram post — now deleted — from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). Instagram

“As I examine them, the silhouettes look most like MiG-29s,” Young said.

Multiple messages from Raw Story to Luna’s office before publication were not returned.

Late Tuesday night, Edie Heipel, Luna’s communications director, sent a response via email.

“This post was published without approval from me as the comms director, via a junior staffer,” Heipel wrote. “Rep. Luna is a US Air Force veteran who worked in airfield management and her husband is a Bronze Star/Purple Heart Combat Controller. To suggest she doesn’t know the difference between American and Russian fighter jets is asinine.”

The posts had been online since Sept. 18.

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'DOJ screwed up': Republican lawmaker hits MAGA attorney with blunt fact check

A Republican lawmaker's announcement that he would be on TV this weekend resulted in a public fight with a MAGA lawyer with close ties to the Trump administration.

Rep. Thomas Massie announced Sunday, "I'll be appearing with Martha Raddatz on ABC at 9:23 AM ET. We will discuss AG Bondi’s Judiciary testimony and the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein documents. Tune in!"

Enter former GOP staffer Mike Davis, who has made headlines for his social media comments in the past, and was rumored to be on Trump's list for attorney general. He chimed in, "Yep, sure you will, Massie."

"You are now the useful liberal media darling. Of course, you didn’t have much to say about Epstein during 4 years of Biden," he then added. "But now you can team up with the Democrats on the Epstein hoax. (Did you ever apologize to the 4 men you smeared?)"

Massie responded with a fact check:

"DOJ released the names not me. The names should have been released with context of a line-up, but DOJ screwed up by omitting the context I gave them." He then wrote, "Here’s the tweet," and included a screenshot of the claim.

In a separate comment, Massie added, "History will not be kind to your side of this debate."

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GOP lawmaker explains Pam Bondi's 'cold' response to Epstein survivors: 'She was afraid'

The fallout from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “disqualifying” performance last week during an explosive congressional hearing has continued well into its fourth day, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) slamming the nation’s top law enforcement official on Sunday for what he described as her “cold” response to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged abuse.

Last Wednesday, Bondi testified before the House Judiciary Committee, taking a barrage of questions about Epstein and her agency’s failure to prosecute any of his potential co-conspirators.

One moment during the hearing stood out in particular. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) had asked a group of Epstein survivors attending the hearing to raise their hands if they’d been unable to meet with DOJ officials. Unanimously, the survivors raised their hands, a moment that was captured in a striking photo showing a stone-faced Bondi facing forward with her back turned to the survivors.

Appearing on ABC News Sunday, Massie was asked about that moment by ABC News’ Martha Raddatz.

“I want to talk to you about one of the moments in the hearing, and that is the attorney general would not look at the Epstein survivors behind her,” Raddatz said. “Did that surprise you?”

Massie, who’s being fiercely critical of Bondi and the DOJ over its non-compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, accused her of being “afraid” to confront the Epstein survivors standing just feet behind her.

“I think that was kind of cold on her part. I think she was afraid to,” Massie told Raddatz.

“And look, these survivors would love to have a meeting. It’s not about Bill Clinton and it’s not about Donald Trump. This Epstein Files Transparency Act was about getting these survivors justice. We’ve got some degree of transparency but it’s called the Department of Justice, not the department of transparency.”

White House ridiculed for 'insanely stupid' holiday post: 'Reads like a pedophile's diary'

The White House is getting significant pushback for an official Valentine's Day post on X.

The official White House account posted the holiday message, "Send to your Valentine," along with a cartoon heart, attached to a photo of Valentine's Day candies with phrases like, "MAGA" and "love." The largest candied heart simply says, "Daddy's home."

The post was immediately remixed by commenters, who changed the heart to say things like, "Daddy's a pedophile," or "Epstein's home."

Notable analysts also chimed in, with ex-GOP lawmaker Adam Kinzinger saying, "For a group of people that are supposedly not Gay….. Interesting."

Award-winning author Jennifer Erin Valent weighed in with, "It’s becoming increasingly evident that the people in this administration have no concept of how insanely stupid and grotesque they look to every sentient, mature human on the planet."

Author Shannon Watts also added, "I’ll never understand so-called alpha men who want to be spanked by an insane smelly orange elderly man."

Camille MacKenzie, a self-identified social conservative, went even further:

"This official account reads like a pedophile’s diary."

Union insider John Ryan E said, "Imagine calling Trump daddy," and asked, "What is wrong with you?"

Environmental scientist Bo Gardiner also said, "Our country has fallen into the hands of the most nauseating cult in existence."

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