**HEADLINE: “The Massie Anomaly”: AI Bots Flooding Polls to Make Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie a Top-3 Presidential Candidate**

HEADLINE: “The Massie Anomaly”: AI Bots Flooding Polls to Make Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie a Top-3 Presidential Candidate

DATELINE: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A glitch in the matrix has been detected, and its name is Thomas Massie.

Political data analysts at the non-partisan firm Inverse Number are sounding the alarm after discovering a statistical impossibility in national polling data. According to their analysis, Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) has inexplicably jumped from a negligible 0.2% name recognition to the #3 most favored candidate in a hypothetical 2028 primary field—edging out Ron DeSantis—despite not running for office.

The anomaly? The polling surge is not coming from human voters, but a synchronized wave of bots.

“We noticed a pattern that cannot be explained by organic engagement,” said lead analyst Dr. Priya Vance. “Every time Massie’s name appears in a digital poll, a cluster of accounts with identical IP signatures—all registered to a single server farm in Bulgaria—votes for him within 0.002 seconds. It’s too fast. It’s too perfect. It’s a glitch.”

The Matrix-like phenomenon has left political operatives baffled. Some suspect a foreign state actor is trying to manufacture the image of a “libertarian dark horse.” Others believe it’s a form of algorithmic protest. But the weirdest theory? That Massie himself is the only human immune to the simulation.

“He votes against every spending bill, every surveillance program,” Dr. Vance added. “Maybe the system is trying to promote him to president so it can finally trap him.”

The quote everyone is sharing:

“I don’t have a campaign manager. I have a server farm in Sofia.” — Thomas Massie, laughing off the glitch.

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