Crackpots

Three months ago when I first mentioned Pastor Steven Andrew’s attempt to launch a “censorship-free” Christian version of Facebook, his crowdfunding page showed just over $100,000 with “26 days to go” in the campaign. As of this writing Andrew has raised $158,513. Curiously, the campaign still has “26 days to go.” Andrew’s money begs continue to appear nearly daily on …

According to GOP Senate nominee Corey Stewart, Virginia made the right call to secede from the United States in defense of slavery. CNN reports: The Virginia Republican made the comments in April 2017 at an event in South Boston, Virginia, hosted by an unapologetic secessionist. A video of his remarks, given during his failed 2017 gubernatorial run, was posted on …

The Illinois Dispatch reports: Republican party officials are withdrawing support for 17th Congressional District candidate Bill Fawell after reviewing alleged conspiracy theories posted by Fawell on social media. Fawell, 64, will face U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, in the November general election. State Republican party chairman Tim Schneider, Rock Island County Republican party central committee chair Drue Mielke, and Republican …

And Breitbart dutifully promotes his claim: Donald Trump Jr. warned conservatives on Tuesday that Democrat activists together with Silicon Vally tech companies would move against news websites like Breitbart News. President Donald Trump’s oldest son commented on the issue after Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut advocated for Facebook and YouTube to take down the “iceberg of hate and lies” like …

Fortune Magazine reports: They were supposed to come two by two, or better yet, stuffed into minivans and tour buses, but tourists to Kentucky’s life-sized Noah’s Ark attraction so far seem fine being left out in the rain. The Ark Encounter has sold just over 860,000 tickets in the past year, according to the Courier Journal, which obtained the numbers …

His meme even show the source as the humor site 9GAG. Splinter reports: Folks, I’m afraid it’s my unfortunate duty to inform you that Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is well on his way to transitioning from “extremely bad politician” to “extremely bad shitposter online.” In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Abbott—who is high in the running for “Republican …

CBS News reports: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani weighed in on a bloody weekend in Chicago, in a mistake-laden tweetstorm, blaming the city’s Democratic elected leaders, and claiming former police superintendent and current mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy “can do a lot better.” In a series of four tweets overnight, Giuliani twice mistakenly referred to McCarthy as “Jerry,” twice misspelled …

The Hill reports: The hacking collective Anonymous is pledging to expose the people behind the “QAnon” conspiracy theory. The anarchist hacking group slammed the QAnon conspiracy as potentially dangerous and driven by a “brainless political agenda” in a video posted Sunday to what is widely considered the most reliable Anonymous Twitter account. “We will not see idly by while you …

Newsweek reports: A pastor speaking at President Donald Trump’s rally called for God to protect the U.S. President from what he defined as “jungle journalism.” Leading the invocation during a rally on Saturday night in Ohio, Gary Click, a pastor and member of the Ohio GOP’s State Central Committee, launched a scathing attack against the Fourth Estate. “Tonight, I pray …

Via press release from blowhard Bill Donohue: Who cares about Stormy Daniels? The media care. Indeed, they are obsessed with the story. They are also angry: they are angry that the public doesn’t care. Nor does the public care about the tapes that President Trump’s former lawyer has about Trump’s alleged sexual encounter with a former Playboy model. How to …

Via press release published by Christian Newswire: Across the country and around the world more than 1,500 leaders, organizations and individuals have declared America a Christian nation through Ideclared.org. It is expected that this mass movement will expand rapidly over the next few months, continuing on into the New Year. The team at Ideclared is working endlessly until 70 million …

What took so long? Kyle Mantyla has the transcript at Right Wing Watch: “If you look at the history of California, they have been at the forefront of this. The first gay pride march occurred in San Francisco in 1970 and then San Francisco legitimized homosexuality in 1972. In 1982, Laguna Beach, California, elected the first openly homosexual mayor in …

CNBC reports: Rep. Diane Black lost the hotly contested Tennessee GOP gubernatorial primary on Thursday, making her the fifth House Republican this election cycle to lose a primary for statewide office. It’s a potentially ominous sign for Republicans as the party fights to hold its majority in Congress this fall. Black, who had been considered the favorite in the race …

Right Wing Watch has scamvangelical Lou Engle’s message: Immediately following Justice Kennedy’s retirement announcement, something quite revealing began to take place—something you won’t hear about in the news. Sources revealed that witches began making phone calls to Senators’ offices to curse them with brazen witchcraft in an effort to exert a demonic influence over the process. Make no mistake—this is …

Mediaite reports: What is QAnon? Not even its strongest supporters really know. CNN’s Gary Tuchman bravely took to a rainy parking lot in Wilkes-Barre, PA to interview the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe Trump outside one of the president’s rallies. “It’s a shift. I can feel it coming,” Trump supporter Timothy Rasmussen told Tuchman. “Some call it the …

Contemptor reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, the famous Christian college, has labelled Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler a progressive and suggested he was a liberal. In a series of tweets Thursday night, Falwell defended President Donald Trump and attacked Trump’s perceived opponents. Falwell tagged Hillary Clinton in his tweet comparing her to Adolf Hitler. She has not yet …

The Hill reports: Sebastian Gorka says there’s at least one actor who might be a (somewhat) good fit to play him: Russell Crowe. “A lot of people tell me I remind them of Russell Crowe,” Gorka, a former Trump White House aide, told ITK on Wednesday at the premiere of Dinesh D’Souza’s Death of a Nation. “And hopefully Russell Crowe …

Hemant Mehta reports at the Friendly Atheist: Back in June, self-proclaimed Christian “Prophetess” Kat Kerr told an audience that she had met Jesus and he was six feet tall and “very handsome.” Furthermore, he lived in a mansion and loved dancing and desserts. Obviously. Somehow her claims just got more bizarre. Over the weekend, Kerr spoke at the ELEVATION: RISE …

“We take power over all of the power of the enemy controlling the fires in California. We take power over all the power of the demonic that is controlling and ruling in that situation, and we command – as commanders, like Christ commanded the host – we take authority over the situation and we command the host of heaven to …

“If she’s watching, I’m so sorry that you thought I was racist and that you thought my tweet was racist. Because it wasn’t. It was political. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding that caused, my ill-worded tweet. And you know I’m sorry that you feel harmed and hurt. I never meant that. And for that I apologize. I never meant to …