Crackpots

Axios reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gained ballot access in Michigan for the 2024 presidential election, his campaign announced Thursday. Michigan is a key battleground state in 2024, where polls show President Biden and former President Trump appear to be neck and neck — leaving room for Kennedy and running mate Nicole Shanahan to throw a curveball into the …

“I spend the day exploring the city, kinda staying around this area for the most part. I gotta say, I thought I would see more [of a] homeless situation here. I thought I would see a little more chaos on the streets than, um, from what I’ve been told. And I didn’t see as much as I thought I would. …

Ars Technica reports: Tesla is asking shareholders to approve a move to Texas and to re-approve a $55.8 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was recently voided by a Delaware judge. Musk’s 2018 pay package was voided in a ruling by Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick, who found that the deal was unfair to shareholders. After …

The Daily Beast reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, has repeatedly insisted she does not oppose vaccines—though she continues to sow doubt about at least some of them. In a post to X on Tuesday, the Silicon Valley lawyer opined about the “devastating reality” of Moderna’s mRNA jab. “It is not a safe vaccine, and must be …

The Hill reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday alleged in a social media post that allies of former President Trump reached out to him about joining the Republican presidential ticket as Trump’s running mate, something the former president’s campaign has denied. Kennedy’s assertion comes as Trump has in recent weeks more directly attacked Kennedy as a liberal as he …

Politico reports: The Black voter engagement director for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign posted — and then scrubbed — a homophobic attack against the founder of a Black conservative group. On Wednesday, Angela Stanton King, who has been working with Kennedy’s campaign for months, took to X and Instagram to attack Diante Johnson, who hosted former President Donald Trump …

ABC News reports: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ruled out a run as a Libertarian candidate to assist in his efforts to get on the ballots in all 50 states — a marked change from his prior posture, where he kept the door open. “We’re not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves so we …

NBC News reports: A campaign staffer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid has been fired after a video recently circulated of her talking about preventing President Joe Biden’s re-election by trying to send the race to the House of Representatives to potentially elect former President Donald Trump. In the video, Rita Palma said she had campaigned for Trump …

The Daily Beast reports: The sister of Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a band of conservative anti-vax activists are running for the board of a renowned public hospital in Florida under the banner of “medical freedom.” If they win, they’ll hold a majority over Sarasota’s award-winning facility where one of their allies—elected in 2022 with two other …

“The newest effort that God has impressed upon me to do, to create out of nothing, is to have an Israel institute where we teach and credential PhDs who go out in the Pentagon, the State Department, throughout government, teaching at universities, in schools, in think tanks on what God has to say about Israel and the Jewish people and …

The Toronto Star reports: One sign — and if you find the right corner of the internet, there are many, many signs — is that Monday’s total eclipse passes over a city with a portentous name: Rapture, Indiana. It’s also “shocking,” according to a TikTokker with 2.4 million followers, that the eclipse crosses eight towns named “Nineveh,” the city of …

Reuters reports: Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts, and he called on Sunday for the judge’s resignation. Musk said X was lifting all the restrictions decided by Justice Alexandre de Moraes on certain undisclosed accounts in Brazil and …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign has been “hijacked by MAGA” Friday. Kennedy referred to rioters in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as “activists” and suggested they were victims of an “outrageous miscarriage of justice,” in a Thursday statement. “His campaign has been hijacked by …

CNN reports: In a formal written statement on Friday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the wildly inaccurate claim that the participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol “carried no weapons” – and then, three hours later, said he was retracting the claim because he had learned he was incorrect.The claim that all of …

Bloomberg News reports: Tesla Inc. plans to unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8, according to a statement. The shares jumped 3.2% as of 4:59 p.m. after regular trading in New York. The stock was down 34% this year through Friday’s close. The promise of a fully autonomous vehicle has long been key to Tesla’s lofty valuation. In recent weeks, Tesla …

“Let me give you three primary signs that either you’re operating in witchcraft or the spirit of witchcraft is operating against you. Number one, manipulation, number two, intimidation and number three, domination. “How we get freedom from witchcraft is we keep obeying God. Do not give up, do not give in, do not allow that bullying. You’ve got to pray …

NBC News reports: The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent out with a fundraising email Thursday referring to Jan. 6 defendants as “activists” who have been “stripped of their Constitutional liberties,” echoing former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. In the appeal sent to supporters, signed by “Team Kennedy,” the …

“How’re you doing? I’m here at Mar-a-Lago supporting Kari Lake and it was a fantastic evening and our Trump is here, being the DJ, and I’ve just danced and everyone’s amazed. So I’m just going to say to you, please drop out of college because it’s going to ruin your lives. Do me a favor, drop out, they don’t teach …

NewsNation reports: Following up on comments he made during an interview on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, Kennedy, 70, told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday that he doesn’t think the election of either President Biden or former President Trump would present a threat to American democracy. “I think we’re all being told each one is a threat, because it’s a way …

ABC News reports: Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who left the Democratic Party in 2022, declined an offer to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate in his independent presidential bid, she tells ABC News. “I met with Kennedy several times, and we have become good friends,” she said in a statement. “He asked if I would be his running …