Crackpots

“My phone rings from not one, but two, one former State Department source, another CIA, then my phone rings from someone who associated with Delta Force, then I get some more phone calls, and they are like, ‘Why aren’t you covering this?’ This is huge. This is gigantic, this is meant to embarrass Trump, this is meant to destabilize things, …

Mediaite reports: Joy Reid battled Pastor Mark Burns this morning on AM Joy over his defense of President Trump on immigration. Burns first disputed the accuracy of the “shithole” comments and claimed he knows that this didn’t happen. Reid pointed to statements from people like Lindsey Graham and asked him, “Were you in the room?” Towards the end of the …

Pizzagate troll Mike Cernovich, who has famously bragged that his manly jism is so supremely powerful that women uncontrollably crave it, also apparently fancies himself to be a literal sorcerer. (Wizard? Warlock?) Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: “Everything I do is alchemy. That’s why I believe in magic. Not black magic, not the satanic magic that they practice …

From the petition: James Woods, governor of California? Why not? The Golden State has a long history of electing leaders from the deep end of thespian pool. From Ronald Reagan to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Californian voters actually seem to enjoy casting ballots for Republican actors. And with likely Democratic Party nominee Gavin Newsom not appearing to give a damn about anything …

“Maybe somehow, Kim Jong Un, you are watching this. If you are, turn your heart to the Lord Jesus. There are people praying for you and if you will completely change, God is going to help you on a path that will not be destructive. So you can choose, Kim Jong Un; you choose who you serve. If you serve …

Politico reports: Former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dismissed criticism from Sen. Jeff Flake Wednesday morning, telling Fox News that “at least I got the guts to face” voters in this year’s midterm elections. “I know he doesn’t like me. But who cares? He’s not running. He’s saying that I’m not going to last more than a month. That …

The Guardian reports: Ecuador’s foreign minister has said Julian Assange’s five-and-a-half-year stay in her country’s London embassy is “untenable” and should be ended through international mediation. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in Knightsbridge since the summer of 2012, when he faced the prospect of extradition to Sweden over claims that he sexual assaulted two women. He denies the …

The Washington Examiner reports: Republican Joe Arpaio, a close ally of President Trump and former sheriff known for his provocative approach to combatting illegal immigration, is running for Senate in Arizona. The 85-year-old Arpaio could shake up the late August Republican primary in a critical open-seat race to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Trump pardoned Arpaio last summer, sparing …

Via press release from Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue: The clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church made headline news in 2002, even though most of the offenses took place from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Over the past decade and a half, the Church launched many new policies to check this problem, the result being a dramatic reduction …

The Christian Post reports: Popular televangelist Paula White is urging her followers to donate a “first fruits” offering of up to their entire salary for the month of January to enjoy “blessings” for the rest of the year or suffer the “consequences” of failing to follow God’s command. “Each January, I put God first and honor Him with the first …

Business Insider reports: White House adviser Stephen Miller was escorted off the set of CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday after a contentious interview with host Jake Tapper. Two sources close to the situation told Business Insider that after the taping was done Miller was asked to leave several times. He ignored those requests and ultimately security was called …

Todd Starnes wails for Fox News: This has been a tremendous start to the Trump presidency. Things are going exceedingly well for Trump and his Administration. The Democrats and the Mainstream Media and the Never Trumpers want you to believe President Trump an illiterate, mental case — delusional, paranoid, unfit for office. What I’m about to tell you is politically …

Axios reports: Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff’s book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father …

Talking Points Memo reports: CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday ended an interview with White House aide Stephen Miller after Miller dodged Tapper’s questions about the White House’s irate response to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” Miller on CNN’s “State of the Union” said former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who Wolff quoted …

David Lane writes for the witch-obsessed Charisma News: New Year’s Eve coverage this weekend was doubtlessly a low point in contemporary American television history. Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, both homosexuals, interviewed giddy and possibly high CNN anchor Randi Kaye as she passed around a joint with young people in Denver. This is so contemptible that it should cost all …

“I hate to differ with the distinguished former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, but I don’t think we’re gonna have a nuclear war. I don’t think that God almighty is gonna allow that to happen to this world. I think there are too many other important things to be done – uh – spiritually and I just don’t think that’s …

According to bisexual scamvangelist and food slop bucket kingpin Jim Bakker, last month’s fatal Amtrak derailment in Washington state was a warning from God about…. something! Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Noting that the train was on its maiden voyage on a new stretch of track, Bakker likened the derailment to the sinking of the Titanic, which apparently …

Mike Huckabee appeared on Fox Business this morning to shrug off worries that Glorious Leader is pushing us to the brink of nuclear war. According to Huckabee, Trump’s base doesn’t care about the threat of war, they’re more interested in financially profiting from his agenda. Huckabee: “What people care about is not what the president tweets, it’s what happens in …

The Kansas City Star reports: A gun range owner who drew national attention for calling her establishment a “Muslim Free Zone” will run for Arkansas governor. Jan Morgan, owner of the Gun Cave Indoor Firing Range in Hot Springs, made the announcement in a video posted to YouTube on Dec. 30. In the Republican primary, she’ll challenge incumbent Asa Hutchinson, …

CNN reports: Former Milwaukee Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr., a vocal surrogate for President Donald Trump on the campaign trail, was temporarily blocked from tweeting after Twitter users’ complaints alerted the company that three of his messages violated the terms of service, CNN has learned. Clarke was placed in read-only mode until he deleted three tweets that seemed to call …