Crackpots

“We love president Trump, and I’ll tell you, I will confidently say that president Trump from his desk at Mar-a-Lago will accomplish more for America in the next four years than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could ever dream of. “That is because we are not giving up. The Republican Party is being reborn thanks to president Trump. It is …

Vice News reports:  His speaker bio on the CPAC website notes that Hiroaki “Jay” Aeba is the chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union (JCU), a right-wing political organization, and that he helped found CPAC Japan, which has been running for the last four years in Tokyo. What isn’t mentioned is the central role Aeba plays in a Japanese cult called …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends is angry with MSNBC host Chris Hayes and believes everyone should be furious over his comparing gun-loving Republicans to Osama bin Laden. At issue? Hayes noticed a curious trend that many Republican politicians and officials tend to post videos or participate in teleconference calls with a number of guns prominently featured behind them. He then …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Angela Stanton King, a promoter of QAnon conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ bigotry, is scheduled to speak at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference on a Sunday afternoon panel shortly before former President Donald Trump speaks. Stanton King spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. the night before the Capitol insurrection, …

“The ability to work was once considered a human right, one of the most basic human rights, but then a lot of things were once considered basic human rights. Remember ‘my body, my choice’? You’ve heard people chant that for 50 years, as recently as 2019 Kamala Harris endorsed that idea. “Yeah, it’s your body, it’s your right, oh sorry, …

Media Matters reports: Leading Republican officials are set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week along with a virulently anti-Semitic speaker named Young Pharaoh. Young Pharaoh is an online commentator who has told followers that Judaism is a “complete lie” and “made up for political gain,” said that Jewish people are “thieving fake Jews,” tweeted that …

“A lot of the things that God had given him to do he fulfilled as a checklist. But here’s the key: Who got the glory? And who was he taking the glory to? “Was he thanking God for it publicly? Was he pointing to God for it? What we saw over and over and over, to the point that it …

Yahoo News reports: While Texans sought heat and shelter, another problem emerged online. Conspiracy theories of outlandish proportions spread in far-right online spaces, including Telegram channels run by promoters of QAnon. The claims included the false allegations that the snow in Texas was fake and somehow engineered by President Joe Biden and that Bill Gates “blocking the sun” caused the …

“Biden’s never going to be the one to throw on the bomber jacket and the khakis and go off to Air Force One and show that his heart is with Texas. “Like any other president, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Trump, they would have already been there, throwing out paper towels or whatever presidents do to make it look like, for the …

The Wall Street Journal reports: One of the largest makers of voting machines in the U.S. on Monday sued a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, alleging that the businessman had defamed the company with false accusations that it had rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden. Dominion Voting Systems sued Mike Lindell, chief executive of Minnesota-based MyPillow Inc., …

“This is really, really serious, man. This is not something to laugh at. That they were able to – I got my tinfoil hat right here, hang on with me. “I watched a video the other day that said that storm – that freezing storm that came into Texas – was scientifically impossible. “It could not have on its own …

The Hill reports: Freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) responded to criticism of her gun storage in her Zoom background during a House Natural Resources Committee meeting. During the committee’s organizing meeting held over Zoom, the Republican appeared to have several guns including rifles and a hand gun propped up behind her on a book shelf. Her background was immediately spotted …

Mediaite reports: Talk about throwing out political red meat. Congresswoman and gun rights activist Lauren Boebert (R- CO) tweeted out an image of a steak on Tuesday, taunting Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to “come and take it,” in response to his call for widespread adoption of lab-created beef. But the rib steak image she so proudly tweeted out with the …

“No, ladies and gentlemen, Jill Biden is not Joe’s caretaker. She isn’t his nurse. She’s his fully equal romantic partner. Together they are like besotted teens, yet at the same time they are the wise and knowing parents of the nation. The Bidens’ affection is totally real. It’s in no way part of a slick PR campaign devised by cynical …

Media Matters reports: Fox hosts suggested adding a 51st star to the flag — not for the millions of people in the District of Columbia without voting representation in Congress, or for American citizens of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands who are not even permitted to vote for president. Instead, they are promoting, again, a secessionist effort within California. …

The Daily Beast reports: Last week, Michelle Rockwell logged on to Facebook to see her face splashed across a post from someone she’d never met. Two months earlier, Rockwell had lost her baby in a tragic miscarriage, and the post—a collage of text and pictures from her popular Instagram—insinuated that the COVID-19 vaccine was the culprit. “Dec. 21 she got …

Crooks & Liars reports: Dagen McDowell suddenly cares about kids getting school lunches, and she was there to bash the teachers’ union for that, because Fox News really loves to blame teachers’ unions for everything. Who does she think has been taking care of those needy students during this pandemic, anyway? TEACHERS have made sure those kids get lunch. You …

Politico reports: Doctors and nurses trying to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccines on social media are mounting coordinated campaigns to combat anti-vaccination forces prevalent on those platforms. At the same time, public health groups are mobilizing a global network of vaccine advocates to come to their aid when they are attacked online by activists, who closely monitor certain hashtags and …

The Daily Beast reports: MAGA lawyer Lin Wood says he received a 1,600-page grievance from the Georgia State Bar and whined that “they have thrown the kitchen sink at me.” A copy of a Telegram message sent by Wood to his followers—obtained by journalist Stephen Fowler—shows Wood then asked “an Army of Patriots” to dig into the backgrounds of the …

Metro Weekly reports: Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are reportedly embracing the idea that the COVID-19 vaccine can make people gay. It’s a claim previously shared by conservative religious figures, including an ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Israel and an Islamic cleric in Iran, who told their followers not to accept a coronavirus vaccine because those who have it “become homosexuals.” …